Patents by Inventor Cal Y. Meyers

Cal Y. Meyers 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).

  • Therapeutic applications of estrogenic carboxylic acids
    Publication number: 20040116398
    Abstract: Provided are methods employing estrogenic compounds for: repressing weight gain or reducing weight in male patients; treating or preventing prostate cancer and peri- or post-menopausal symptoms; treating estrogen-responsive conditions that no longer respond to treatment with conventional steroidal estrogens; treating or preventing estrogen-responsive uterine cancer, breast cancer, and ovarian follicle atresia; inducing ovulation to increase fertility; oral contraception; treating or preventing diseases or conditions caused or prolonged by free radicals; treating or preventing cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia or hypercholesterolemia, and hyperglycemia; improving body fat distribution; and treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, and pattern baldness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Southern Illinois University
    Inventors: Cal Y. Meyers, William J. Banz, Stuart R. Adler, Todd A. Winters, Yuqing Hou, Walter B. Dandliker
  • Method for treating or preventing prostatic conditions
    Patent number: 6608111
    Abstract: Provided is a method comprising administering (+) -Z- bisdehydrodoisynolic acid to a patient for treating, inhibiting or delaying the onset of prostatic conditions including prostatitis, benign prostatic hypertrophy and prostate cancer without accompanying feminizing effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Southern Illinois University Office of Research, Development and Administration
    Inventors: Cal Y. Meyers, William J. Banz, Stuart R. Adler, Todd A. Winters, Yuqing Hou, Walter B. Dandliker
  • Doisynolic acid type compounds as weight and appetite suppressing and control agents
    Patent number: 5420161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of weight and appetite suppression in an animal, including humans, in need of such treatment, by administering an effective amount of the (+), the (-) or the (.+-.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Inventor: Cal Y. Meyers
  • Process for preparation of deuterated methylene chloride
    Patent number: 4967021
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of deuterated methylene chloride. The process comprises contacting methylene chloride with an aqueous phase containing deuteroxide ions in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: Southern Illinois University Foundation
    Inventors: Cal Y. Meyers, Roch Chan-Yu-King