Patents by Inventor Christa Marie LaClair

Christa Marie LaClair 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).

  • Tris carbamic acid esters: inhibitors of cholesterol absorption
    Patent number: 5952354
    Abstract: Inhibition of the enzymes cholesterol ester hydrolase (CEH) and/or acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) results in the inhibition of the esterification of cholesterol and are therefore implicated in the inhibition of absorption of cholesterol and thus can lower serum cholesterol levels. Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## where Z is ##STR2## or --Ar.sup.1 --(CR.dbd.CR).sub.1-3 --Ar.sup.2, --AR.sup.1 --NR.sup.7 --AR.sup.2 and A is a linking group inhibit the enzymes CEH and/or ACAT (in vitro) and inhibit absorption of cholesterol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Commons, Donald Peter Strike, Christa Marie LaClair