Patents Examined by Charanjit S. Alilakh
  • Anti-viral compounds
    Patent number: 6180815
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which inhibit an envelope virus by inhibiting the fusion of the virus with the host cell. The virus may be inhibited in an infected cell, a cell susceptible of infection or a mammal in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Scott C. Mauldin, John E. Munroe
  • Process for producing 1,1,1,2,3,3,3,-heptafluoroprane
    Patent number: 5780691
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for production of 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane, HFC-227ea. In particular, the invention provides an inexpensive process for producing HFC-227ea in good yield by reacting 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane, HFC-236fa, with elemental fluorine in an inert gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Allied Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Hsueh Sung Tung, Lois Anne Ellis