Patents Examined by Albert T. Meyers
  • Patent number: 4587124
    Abstract: Novel compositions and a method is provided for treating cutaneous wounds by applying the heat-treated oil extract of fruit seed of Strychnos ignatii Berg thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1986
    Inventor: Tuk M. Kim
  • Patent number: 4585650
    Abstract: Water-based cosmetic compositions for lubricating the skin for shaving. The cosmetic compositions constitute thin lotions and include a mixture of effective amounts of water, a gel former and binding agent, a gelling agent with skin conditioning properties and an emollient. Titanium dioxide may be used to import color to the cosmetic composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: White Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Newberry, Jr., Ralph R. Uhrmacher, Robert K. Arblaster
  • Patent number: 4585792
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of prophylaxis with respect to Toxic Shock Syndrome in warm blooded animals, comprising the placing of a propylactically effective dosage of ascorbic acid in the vagina or in the area of the vagina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: Technology Unlimited Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Jacob, John R. Lau
  • Patent number: 4584315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel methods of use for known pharmacological anti-allergenic agents including disodiumchromoglycate (DSCG) and related compounds thereof, including generally bis chromones, benzopyrans, oxamic acids and salts or esters of each, preferably lodoxamide, its THAM salt and ethyl ester. All are subsequently included in the term biologues. The methods are for the treatment of pathological cardiovascular ischemic states in animals, particularly humans. Additionally, novel compositions incuding the biologues of the present invention in combination with known vasodilators and feed stuffs are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Norman B. Marshall
  • Patent number: 4584198
    Abstract: A new lipophobic fraction has been prepared by the extraction of camomile flowers with boiling ethyl or methyl alcohol, which can contain up to 30% water, letting the alcoholic solution evaporate to obtain a residue and washing the obtained residue with the appropriate organic solvents.This fraction is particularly free of any of the camomile extract components that are volatile in steam current and the fraction has a strong bacteriostatic and bactericidal action.Therapeutic compositions having antibacterial action were prepared, using the lipophobic fraction of the camomile extract prepared as described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: Bonomelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Aurelia Tubaro, Roberto Della Loggia, Elena Banfi, Marina Cinco, Claudio Redaelli
  • Patent number: 4583986
    Abstract: A dyeing system for human hair is provided comprising a bismuth salt and a catalyst which has a chemical structure having either an oxygen atom possessing a resonating double bond or an oxygen atom of an ether group attached to a carbon atom, such catalyst being characterized by a high degree of solubility in water and having a molecular weight of from about 50 to about 170.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: Combe Incorporated
    Inventor: Herbert Lapidus
  • Patent number: 4584193
    Abstract: The compound 5-hydroxy-4-methyl-3-heptanone (sitophilure) having the structural formula ##STR1## has been identified as an aggregation pheromone for both males and females of grain weevils belonging to the genus Sitophilus. The compound and compositions containing the same are useful tools for the monitoring and control of these major agricultural pests of stored grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Wendell E. Burkholder, Joel K. Phillips, Catherine A. Walgenbach, Janet A. Klein
  • Patent number: 4582845
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition is provided herein containing as a key ingredient 4-carbamoyl-imidazolium-5-oleate of the formula (I) ##STR1## its salt or hydrate thereof, and one or more of a sulfur compound capable of producing at least one of the ions selected from HSO.sub.3.sup.--, SO.sub.3.sup.2-- and S.sub.2 O.sub.5.sup.2--. The sulfur compounds prevent discoloration of the composition.The stabilization against coloration is further enhanced by the presence of L-cysteine hydrochloride. The solubility of the compound (I) can be further enhanced by the presence of a basic substance. The active ingredient is known as a therapeutic agent for the treatment of such diseases as rheumatism and nephritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1986
    Assignee: Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiya Yamahira, Keiji Fujioka
  • Patent number: 4582706
    Abstract: An externally applied liquid linament massage composition consisting essentially of a ternary solution of an aliphatic alcohol having up to six carbon atoms, turpentine, camphor, and the soluble materials at room temperature from fresh fig leaves of Ficus Carica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1986
    Inventor: Byron H. Bailey
  • Patent number: 4581233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new drugs based on extracts of algae.Said extracts consist in "protoexoplasma" obtained by a special method, and which has been found to increase the level of antibodies and to have an antivirus action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: S. A. Goemar
    Inventors: Rene Herve, Serge Percehais
  • Patent number: 4579736
    Abstract: Water-soluble extract of sonically induced disintegration of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans causes inhibition of growth and metabolism of bacteria associated with plaque formation. The water-soluble extract contains factors which are specifically inhibitory to these organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignees: Colgate-Palmolive Co., University of Pennsylvania
    Inventor: Benjamin F. Hammond
  • Patent number: 4578376
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of osteopathias is described which contains an effective amount of the active ingredient 6-amino-1-hydroxyhexane-1,1-diphosphonic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, or a chelation complex with copper and inert carriers. The compositions are suitable for oral or systemic administration or topical application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1986
    Assignee: Istituto Gentili S.p.A.
    Inventor: Sergio Rosini
  • Patent number: 4575458
    Abstract: Moths of the armyworm Pseudaletia unipuncta have been found to be attracted strongly to mixtures of three or four chemical compounds. The mixtures found to be the most powerful and specific attractants are those comprising:(a) (Z)-11-hexadecenyl acetate(b) (Z)-11-hexadecenol and(c) (Z)-11-hexadecenal, preferably with(d) (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate.The respective weight ratios for the best effect were found to be approximately 10000:20:4:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: Canadian Patents and Development Limited
    Inventors: Warren F. Steck, Edward W. Underhill, Melvin D. Chisholm, Berton K. Bailey
  • Patent number: 4575377
    Abstract: This invention is directed to compositions of the developer-coupler type of the dyeing of hair consisting essentially of resorcinol derivatives or salts thereof as coupling components and, as developer components, the conventional components used in oxidation dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: David Rose, Edgar Lieske
  • Patent number: 4571403
    Abstract: The anginal medicated compound according to the present invention comprises the active principle 2,4,6,8-tetramethyl-2,4,6,8-tetraazobicyclo-/3,3,0/-octanedione-3,7 of the formula: ##STR1## in combination with a pharmaceutical carrier. The medicated compound according to the present invention is useful for the treatment of patients suffering from ischemic heart disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Assignee: Institut Organicheskoi Khimii Imeni N.D. Zelinskogo Akademii Nauk SSSR
    Inventors: Irina E. Zimakova, Dania A. Valimukhametova, Irina V. Zaikonnikova, Vladimir F. Bogoyavlensky, Natalya V. Kaverina, Roman A. Kamburg, Anatoly M. Karpov, Lenor I. Khmelnitsky, Oleg V. Lebedev, Lia V. Epishina, Lidia V. Lapshina, Ljudmila I. Suvorova, Nikolai V. Darinsky, Sergei S. Novikov, deceased
  • Patent number: 4569843
    Abstract: A method is provided for treatment of drug dependent subjects comprising the step of orally administering to such subjects during the period of drug withdrawal an herbal composition comprising Radix angelica sinensis, Herba pogostemi, Cyperus rotundus and Squama manitis pendactilae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Inventor: Tuk M. Kim
  • Patent number: 4568546
    Abstract: A composition effective against the symptoms of venom, such as convulsions and throat blockage, suffered by a victim of a venomous creature, which composition comprises an ethyl alcohol infusion of previously dried herbs and iron filings, said alcohol infusion being a supernatant decanted from an infusion of from 28 to 31 liters of an ethyl alcohol and water solution containing at least 55% ethyl alcohol; from 130 to 300 grams of red cinchona; from 130 to 300 grams of curcuma root; from 60 to 100 grams of aloe; from 80 to 200 grams of saffron; from 80 to 200 grams of white agaric; from 80 to 200 grams of nutmeg; from 250 to 400 grams manna; from 150 to 330 grams of gencian; from 70 to 170 grams of orange blossom; from 80 to 200 grams of rhubarb; from 450 to 650 grams of cinnamon; and from 2,800 to 3,500 grams of iron filings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Inventor: Timoteo Vicario-Arcos
  • Patent number: 4565806
    Abstract: The invention concerns a composition, i.e., a multifunctional medically active agent for rational therapy of malignant (cancerous) diseases based on cause-and-effect relationship. The new composition according to the invention contains dimethylsulfoxide, DMSO, or sulfolan, preferably DMSO, in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of at least one cytostatic agent. The invention also concerns a method for treatment of malignant (cancerous) conditions in man comprising local or systemic administration thereto of an effective dosage of the composition according to the invention.The invention surprisingly provides a composition, as well as a method of treatment, allowing rational specific or selective carcinostatic-carcinocidic therapy. This therapy-form aims at the intracytoplasmic 3-dimensional cytoskeleton (differentiation organelle) that is specifically changed in the malignant cells, as well as at the targets responsible for karyokinesis and cytokinesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1986
    Inventor: Kai M. E. Setala
  • Patent number: 4565698
    Abstract: A microbial hair tonic composition containing, as an effective ingredient, cells belonging to species Staphylococcus capitis, or the crushed products, extracts, or cultured products thereof. This microbial hair tonic composition can effectively prevent the generation of dandruff and itching and can also effectively accelerate the growth of hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1986
    Assignee: Suntory Limited
    Inventors: Hajime Yoshizumi, Teruo Amachi, Takaaki Kusumi, Takaharu Tanaka, Hiroshi Ishigooka
  • Patent number: 4564631
    Abstract: An insecticidal bait comprising an insecticidally effective amount of(a) .alpha.-cyano-3-phenoxy-4-fluorobenzyl 2,2-dimethyl-3-(.beta.,.beta.-dichlorovinyl)-cyclopropanecarboxylate of the formula ##STR1## and (b) an insect attracting amount of at least one ingestion attractant. It may also contain additional insecticides, a grinding auxiliary, carrier, adhesive or swelling agent. Surprisingly the principal active ingredient does not repel insects, as do other pyrethroid-like insecticides in baits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1986
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alfred Elbert, Wolfgang Behrenz, Ingomar Krehan