Patents by Inventor Brian G. Humblestone

Brian G. Humblestone 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).

  • Treating habit disorders
    Patent number: 5223497
    Abstract: A method for treating habit disorders in a human patient comprising administering to the patient an anti-habitual amount of a pharmaceutically active compound, which results in activation of a brain reward system, e.g., flupenthixol, or esters thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, either alone or in admixture with a physiologically acceptable diluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Frank H. Gawin, Brian G. Humblestone, David F. Allen
  • Treating habit disorders
    Patent number: 5114942
    Abstract: A method for treating habit disorders in a human patient comprising administering to the patient an antihabitual amount of a pharmaceutically active compound, which results in activation of a brain reward system, e.g., flupenthixol, or esters thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, either alone or in admixture with a physiologically acceptable diluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Frank H. Gawin, Brian G. Humblestone, David F. Allen
  • Treating habit disorders
    Patent number: 5059600
    Abstract: A method for teating habit disorders in a human patient comprising administering to the patient an anti-habitual amount of a pharmaceutically active compound, which results in activation of a brain reward system, e.g., flupenthixol, or esters thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, either alone or in admixture with a physiologically acceptable diluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Frank H. Gawin, Brian G. Humblestone, David F. Allen