Patents by Inventor Curtis C. Hecht

Curtis C. Hecht 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).

  • Treatment of erectile dysfunction using isoquinoline compound melanocortin receptor ligands
    Patent number: 6608082
    Abstract: Methods for treating erectile dysfunction using tetrahydroisoquinoline aromatic amines that function as melanocortin receptor ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Lion Bioscience AG
    Inventors: Amaresh Basu, Timothy C. Gahman, Beverly E. Girten, Michael C. Griffith, Curtis C. Hecht, John S. Kiely, Sandra R. Slivka
  • Isoquinoline compound melanocortin receptor ligands and methods of using same
    Patent number: 6127381
    Abstract: The invention relates to melanocortin receptor ligands and methods of using the ligands to alter or regulate the activity of a melanocortin receptor. The invention further relates to tetrahydroisoquinoline aromatic amines that function as melanocortin receptor ligands and as agents for controlling cytokine-regulated physiologic processes and pathologies, and combinatorial libraries thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Inventors: Amaresh Basu, Timothy C. Gahman, Beverly E. Girten, Michael C. Griffith, Curtis C. Hecht, John S. Kiely, Sandra R. Slivka