Patents by Inventor Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve 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).

  • Process for the preparation of dihydroxy esters and derivatives thereof
    Publication number: 20060194297
    Abstract: A process is provided for the preparation of a compound of formula (1) wherein R and R? represent optionally substituted hydrocarbyl groups and X represents a hydrocarbyl linking group. The process comprises either the stereoselective reduction of the keto group in a dihydroxy keto precursor followed by selective esterification of a primary hydroxy, or selective esterification of a primary hydroxy of a dihydroxy keto precursor followed by stereoselective reduction of the keto group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Andrew Blacker, Christopher Reeve, Robert Holt
  • Preparation of pharmaceutically active compounds by biooxidation
    Patent number: 5840552
    Abstract: Enantiomeric or enantiomerically enriched H.sup.+ K.sup.+ ATPase inhibiting pyridinylsulfinyl--benzimidazoles are prepared using microorganisms or microbial enzyme systems to enantioselectively biooxidize corresponding prochiral sulfide compounds and isolating the pharmaceutically active enantiomer or enantiomerically enriched sulfoxide form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Astra Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Robert Holt, Per Lindberg, Christopher Reeve, Stephen Taylor