Patents by Inventor Barry Berkowitz

Barry Berkowitz 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).

  • Composition and treatment with biologically active peptides and antibiotics which inhibit DNA gyrase
    Patent number: 5208220
    Abstract: A composition comprising at least one biologically active amphiphilic peptide or protein, said peptide or protein being an ion channel-forming peptide or protein, and an antibiotic which inhibits DNA gyrase. The biologically active amphiphilic peptide and the antibiotic which inhibits DNA gyrase may be administered in amounts effective to inhibit growth of a target cell such as a bacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: Magainin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Berkowitz
  • Wound treatment employing biologically active ion channel forming peptides and proteins
    Patent number: 5045531
    Abstract: A process for treating a wound in a host which comprises administering to the host having a wound at least one biologically active amphiphilic peptide. The peptide is an ion channel-forming peptide and is administered in an amount effective for treating a wound in a host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Assignee: Magainin Sciences Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Berkowitz, Leonard S. Jacob
  • Synergistic compositions of renal dopaminergic agent and .beta.-blocker
    Patent number: 4469690
    Abstract: Compositions useful for improving kidney function and treating hypertension are comprised of a 6-chloro, 6-fluoro or 6-methyl-7,8-dihydroxy-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzaze pine combined with a .beta.-adrenergic blocking agent known to the art, especially, propranolol. The compositions are administered, most readily, orally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: SmithKline Beckman Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis M. Ackerman, Barry A. Berkowitz, Virgil D. Wiebelhaus