Patents by Inventor Douglas Shander

Douglas Shander 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).

  • Inhibition of hair growth
    Patent number: 5554608
    Abstract: Mammalian hair growth is reduced by applying to the skin a composition including an inhibitor of protein kinase C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Inventors: Gurpreet S. Ahluwalia, Douglas Shander, Peter Styczynski
  • Reduction of hair growth
    Patent number: 5474763
    Abstract: Mammalian hair growth is reduced by applying to the skin a composition including an inhibitor of ornithine aminotransferase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Inventors: Douglas Shander, Margaret G. Funkhouser
  • Reduction of hair growth
    Patent number: 5468476
    Abstract: Mammalian hair growth is reduced by applying to the skin an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthetase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Inventors: Gurpreet S. Ahluwalia, Douglas Shander, James P. Henry
  • Inhibition of hair growth
    Patent number: 5455234
    Abstract: Mammalian hair growth is reduced by applying to the skin an inhibitor of a cysteine synthetic pathway enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Inventors: Gurpreet S. Ahluwalia, Douglas Shander
  • Method of reducing hair growth employing sulfhydryl active compounds
    Patent number: 5411991
    Abstract: A method of reducing the rate of mammalian hair growth includes topically applying a composition containing a sulfhydryl reactive compound to the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Inventors: Douglas Shander, Gurpreet S. Ahluwalia, Diana M-D. Grosso
  • Reduction of hair growth
    Patent number: 5364885
    Abstract: Mammalian hair growth is reduced by applying to the skin a composition including pantothenic acid or an analogue of pantothenic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Inventors: Gurpreet S. Ahluwalia, Douglas Shander
  • Treatment of acne or of pseudofolliculitis barbae
    Patent number: 5328686
    Abstract: Patients suffering from acne and/or pseudofolliculitis barbae are treated by applying to the skin of the patient an inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Inventors: Douglas Shander, F. Eugene Harrington, Mary C. Whitmore
  • Alteration of rate and character of hair growth
    Patent number: 5143925
    Abstract: The rate and character of mammalian hair growth is altered by topical application to the skin of a composition containing an inhibitor of the enzyme transglutaminase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Inventors: Douglas Shander, Margaret G. Funkhouser
  • Enzymic alteration of hair growth
    Patent number: 5132293
    Abstract: The rate and character of mammalian hair growth is altered by topical application to the skin of a composition containing a dermatologically acceptable carrier and an inhibitor of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase with or without an ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Inventors: Douglas Shander, F. Eugene Harrington, Gurpreet S. Ahluwalia
  • Alteration of rate and character of hair growth
    Patent number: 5096911
    Abstract: The rate and character of mammalian hair growth is altered by the topical application to the skin of a composition containing an inhibitor of the enzyme gamma- glutamyl transpeptidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Inventors: Gurpreet S. Ahluwalia, Douglas Shander, F. Eugene Harrington
  • Alteration of character of male beard growth
    Patent number: 4885289
    Abstract: The rate and character of androgen-stimulated beard hair growth in intact, sexually mature males is altered by the topical application out of a dermatologically acceptable carrier of an antiandrogen material. In a preferred practice of the invention, compositions containing both a steroid 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor and a cytoplasmic androgen receptor binding agent are employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Inventors: Miklos M. Breuer, Edwin G. Kaszynski, Douglas Shander, Vera R. Usdin, Hermes van der Lee
  • Hair growth modification with ornithine decarboxylase inhibitors
    Patent number: 4720489
    Abstract: The rate and character of human hair growth including androgen-stimulated beard hair growth in intact, sexually mature males is altered by the topical application out of a dermatologically acceptable carrier of a material capable of inhibiting the action of the enzyme ornithine decarboxylase. In a preferred practice of the invention, compositions containing such materials along with anti-androgen material are employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Inventor: Douglas Shander