Patents by Inventor Bart Jan Ravoo

Bart Jan Ravoo 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).

  • Patent number: 7786095
    Abstract: Soluble amphiphilic macrocycle analogues having lipophilic groups attached to one side of the units making up the macrocycle and hydrophilic groups attached to the other side. These amphiphilic macrocyclic derivatives have the ability to self-assemble in aqueous solvent forming micelles or vesicles and can be used as hosts for the solubilization and/or stabilization of various compounds. Embodiments of the present invention utilize macrocyclic oligosaccharides and preferably cyclodextrin as the macrocyclic derivatives to be modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: University College Dublin
    Inventors: Raphael Darcy, Lawrence John Penkler, Bart Jan Ravoo
  • Publication number: 20030092672
    Abstract: Soluble amphiphilic macrocycle analogues having lipophilic groups attached to one side of the units making up the macrocycle and hydrophilic groups attached to the other side. These amphiphilic macrocyclic derivatives have the ability to self-assemble in aqueous solvent forming micelles or vesicles and can be used as hosts for the solubilisation and/or stabilisation of various compounds. Embodiments of the present invention utilise macrocyclic oligosaccharides and preferably cyclodextrin as the macrocyclic derivatives to be modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Raphael Darcy, Lawrence John Penkler, Bart Jan Ravoo