Patents by Inventor David Robert Worthern

David Robert Worthern 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 of use in the treatment of epilepsy, seizure, and electroconvulsive disorders
    Patent number: 7226949
    Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical preparations and the uses thereof for preventing and/or treating seizures and other electroconvulsive disorders by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a therapeutic compound having the following formula (I): Embodiments include administering an effective amount of 4,4?-thiodianiline, 4,4?-diaminobenzophenone, 4,4?-methylenedianiline, 4,4?-diaminodiphenyl ether, or (3-aminophenyl)-(4-aminophenyl) amine, an analog, or a pharmaceutically accepted salt or complex thereof to a mammal in need of treatment or prevention of epilepsy, seizure, or other electroconvulsive disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: University of Kentucky
    Inventors: Peter A. Crooks, Aimee Karis Bence, David Robert Worthern
  • Compounds of use in the treatment of epilepsy, seizure, and electroconvulsive disorders
    Publication number: 20040266737
    Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical preparations and the uses thereof for preventing and/or treating seizures and other electroconvulsive disorders by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a therapeutic compound having the following formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: University of Kentucky
    Inventors: Peter A. Crooks, Aimee Karis Bence, David Robert Worthern
  • Compounds of use in the treatment of epilepsy, seizure, and electroconvulsive disorders
    Publication number: 20030186942
    Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical preparations and the uses thereof for preventing and/or treating seizures and other electroconvulsive disorders by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a therapeutic compound having the following formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Peter A. Crooks, Aimee Karis Bence, David Robert Worthern