Patents by Inventor Altamura Sergio

Altamura Sergio 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).

  • Diketoacid-derivatives as inhibitors of polymerases
    Patent number: 6492423
    Abstract: Diketoacids of Formula (A) are useful as inhibitors of viral polymerases. In particular hepatitis C virus RNA dependent RNA polymerase (HCV RdRp), hepatitis B virus polymerase (HBV pol) and reverse transcriptase of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV RN.) The group R may be broadly chosen and is an organic moiety which contains 2 to 24 carbon atoms and includes an optionally cyclic or heterocyclic group in which the atom directly bonded to the adjacent carbonyl in the diketoacid is part of the ring structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare Pangeletti SpA
    Inventors: Altamura Sergio, Licia Tomei, Uwe Koch, Philippe Jean Sigfried Neuner, Vincenzo Summa