Patents by Inventor Alan W. Castellion

Alan W. Castellion has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Use of 5-phenyl-2-furan esters and amides as antiepileptic agents
    Patent number: 5023272
    Abstract: A method of preventing epileptic seizures in a human or mammal subject susceptible to said seizures, comprising systemically administering to said subject a safe and effective amount of a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein (a) X is halo or hydrogen, and Y is a substituent selected from the group consisting of unsubstituted or halogen-substituted methyl, halo, nitro, amino, and methoxy; and(b) R is N(R.sup.3).sub.2, OR.sup.1 N(R.sup.3).sub.2, N(R.sup.2)R.sup.1 N(R.sup.3).sub.2, or N(R.sup.2)N(R.sup.3).sub.2 ; whereR.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkylene which is unsubstituted or substituted with C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; andeach R.sup.3 is, independently, hydrogen or lower alkyl; or both R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Assignee: Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Homer A. Burch, Alan W. Castellion, Stanford S. Pelosi, Jr.