Patents by Inventor Catherine A. Rice-Evans

Catherine A. Rice-Evans 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).

  • Hydroxamic acids for reperfusion injury
    Patent number: 5506266
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) ##STR1## in which R and R' are each separately selected from aliphatic hydrocarbon groups, aryl groups and aliphatic hydrocarbon groups substituted by an aryl group, are of value for use in medicaments for the control of free radical induced damage arising from reperfusion injury in tissue, particularly heart damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: British Technology Group Limited
    Inventors: Michael J. Davies, Catherine A. Rice-Evans
  • Diagnostic test for determining the antioxidant status of a sample
    Patent number: 5427951
    Abstract: A diagnostic test can determine the occurrence of myocardial infarction or the total plasma antioxidant status as a marker of predisposition to such an event, or the antioxidant status of other clinical and non-clinical samples. The test involves contacting a clinical sample in the presence of myoglobin and an oxidant therefor with a compound which reacts in that environment to form a chromogenic species with a characteristic absorption band in the visible spectrum spaced from potentially interfering bands attributable to haem proteins and other blood components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: British Technology Group Limited
    Inventors: Michael J. Davies, Catherine A. Rice-Evans