Patents by Inventor Dita M. Rasper

Dita M. Rasper 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).

  • Method for identifying inhibitors for apopain based upon the crystal structure of the apopain: Ac-DEVD-CHO complex
    Patent number: 5834228
    Abstract: The apopain:Ac-DEVD-CHO complex has been crystallized and its structure determined by x-ray crystallography. Based upon this crystal structure of the complex, a method for identifying inhibitors of apopain is presented which comprises designing putative inhibitors having specific contacts with apopain, making the putative inhibitors, and testing the putative inhibitors for their ability to inhibit apopain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignees: Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Becker, Donald W. Nicholson, Jennifer Rotonda, Nancy A. Thornberry, Kimberly M. Fazil, Michel Gallant, Yves Gareau, Marc Labelle, Erin P. Peterson, Dita M. Rasper, Rejean Ruel, John P. Vaillancourt