Patents by Inventor Calvin M. Kunin

Calvin M. Kunin 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).

  • Compounds, compositions and methods for treating antibiotic-resistant infections
    Publication number: 20020115678
    Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections, including particularly infections caused by bacteria, Mycobacteria and fungi. A preferred group of compositions of the invention contain as active agents compounds containing pyridyl, quinolyl or benzoquinolyl ring systems substituted on the nitrogen-containing ring at the carbon opposite the nitrogen by a carbon bound to an oxygen which is also bound to a nitrogen through a saturated carbon or carbon chain, or, in the case of the pyridyl ring system, the substituent at the 4 position of the pyridyl ring may be an alkyl which may be substituted with halo, hydroxy, alkoxy, amino or alkylamino.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: William Y. Ellis, Calvin M. Kunin
  • Methods for treating antibiotic-resistant infections
    Patent number: 6274598
    Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections, including particularly infections caused by bacteria, Mycobacteria and fungi. A preferred group of compositions of the invention contain as active agents compounds containing pyridyl, quinolyl or benzoquinolyl ring systems substituted on the nitrogen-containing ring at the carbon opposite the nitrogen by a carbon bound to an oxygen which is also bound to a nitrogen through a saturated carbon or carbon chain, or, in the case of the pyridyl ring system, the substituent at the 4 position of the pyridyl ring may be an alkyl which may be substituted with halo, hydroxy, alkoxy, amino or alkylamino.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: William Y. Ellis, Calvin M. Kunin
  • Methods for treating antibiotic-resistant infections
    Patent number: 5965572
    Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections, including particularly infections caused by bacteria, Mycobacteria and gi. A preferred group of compositions of the invention contain as active agents compounds containing pyridyl, quinolyl or benzoquinolyl ring systems substituted on the nitrogen-containing ring at the carbon opposite the nitrogen by a carbon bound to an oxygen which is also bound to a nitrogen through a saturated carbon or carbon chain, or, in the case of the pyridyl ring system, the substituent at the 4 position of the pyridyl ring may be an alkyl which may be substituted with halo, hydroxy, alkoxy, amino or alkylamino.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: The United States of America as respresented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: William Y. Ellis, Calvin M. Kunin