Patents Examined by Marianne C. Seidel
  • Patent number: 6419902
    Abstract: Disclosed is a color changing toothpaste which contains color reagents for interacting to provide a color change indicative of tooth brushing time. The color reagents comprise two separate color components which may be an FD&C dye, and FD&C lake or a natural food color, the two separate color components being adapted to interact after a predetermined brushing time to produce a third color. Optionally, the toothpaste may contain up to approximately 0.05% by weight of a foaming agent and other components such as a fluoride and a flavoring agent or flavor burst component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Inventor: Howard W. Wright
  • Patent number: 6384086
    Abstract: The present invention provides ethene containing solutions and the use thereof in methods of therapy and prophylaxis. Specifically provided are storage stable solutions comprising ethene solubilized in a suitable liquid. Methods of therapy and prophylaxis contemplated include direct and indirect action against disease and microorganisms, as well as methods for improving metabolic function and priming or causing a host to mount a protective response against disease or microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Inventor: Warwick Murrow Jameson
  • Patent number: 6369106
    Abstract: A method of reducing oxidative stress in the brain of an organism having a blood brain barrier and suffering an ischemic brain injury, the method comprising the step of administering a compound to the organism, the compound having (a) a combination of molecular weight and membrane miscibility properties for permitting the compound to cross the blood brain barrier of the organism; (b) a readily oxidizable chemical group for exerting antioxidation properties; and (c) a chemical make-up for permitting the compound or its intracellular derivative to accumulate within the cytoplasm of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignees: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mor-Research Applications Ltd., Ramot University Authority for Applied Research & Industrial Development Ltd.
    Inventors: Daphne Atlas, Eldad Melamed, Daniel Offen
  • Patent number: 6365618
    Abstract: The compound carvedilol has the chemical formula: ñ-1-(carbazol-4-yloxy)-3-[[2-(o-methyoxyphenoxy)ethyl]amino]-2-propanol. It exists in the form of optical isomers R- and S-carvedilol, and as mixtures of these isomers. It, or one of its optical isomers, is administered, preferably orally, several times per day in tablets of 3-25 mg for the treatment, prevention and clinical arrest of movement disorders associated with medications which block dopamine receptors, including many antipsychotic and antiemetic medications. Such movement disorders include tardive dyskinesia, tardive dystonia, and tardive akathisia. The compound carvedilol is also administered to improve the treatment of mental disorders in which dopamine-blocking medications are used, such as manic episodes, major depressive episodes, and psychoses such as schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Inventor: Conrad M. Swartz
  • Patent number: 6350759
    Abstract: Compound of formula (I): wherein: R1 represents hydrogen or wherein A is as defined in the description, R2 and R3 each independently represents alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocycloalkylalkyl, optionally substituted arylalkyl, optionally substituted heteroarylalkyl,or optionally substituted aminoalkyl or R2 and R3, together with the carbon atom carrying them, form cycloalkyl or monocyclic heterocyclic group, substituted or unsubstituted, R40 represents hydrogen or a group selected from optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl and optionally substituted alkynyl or Q or —V—Q wherein V represents alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene and Q represents optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heterocycloalkyl,or optionally substituted heteroaryl, R41 and R5 together form a bond or each represents hydrogen, R6,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Adir et Compagnie
    Inventors: Patrick Casara, Gilbert Dorey, Pierre Lestage, Brian Lockhart
  • Patent number: 6337322
    Abstract: Preventives and remedies for intestinal mucosal disorders and diseases caused thereby which contain as the active ingredient a member selected from the group consisting of ethanolamine, phosphoethanolamine, phosphoglycerolethanolamine and salts thereof. These preventives and remedies inhibit shrinkage of the intestinal mucosa and have a beneficial effect on various functions of the intestinal tract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Meiji Milk Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Sasaki, Kenji Mizumoto, Hisae Kume