Patents by Inventor Edward Duncan Blair

Edward Duncan Blair 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).

  • Patent number: 8524291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising one or more anthraquinones for use in the treatment of obesity and related metabolic and liver disease. More particularly it relates to a plant extract fraction rich in anthraquinones including both anthraquinone glycosides and anthraquinone aglycones obtainable from a member of the Leguminosae family, more particularly Cassia seeds. It also relates to a method of obtaining a plant extract fraction rich in anthraquinones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignees: Chongquing Institute of Ecological Materia Medica Co. Ltd., Phynova Limited
    Inventors: Bendong Huang, Nanming Chen, Edward Duncan Blair
  • Publication number: 20130018009
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising one or more anthraquinones for use in the treatment of obesity and related metabolic and liver disease. More particularly it relates to a plant extract fraction rich in anthraquinones including both anthraquinone glycosides and anthraquinone aglycones obtainable from a member of the Leguminosae family, more particularly Cassia seeds. It also relates to a method of obtaining a plant extract fraction rich in anthraquinones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Bendong Huang, Nanming Chen, Edward Duncan Blair
  • Patent number: 8247001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising one or more anthraquinones for use in the treatment of obesity and related metabolic and liver disease. More particularly it relates to a plant extract fraction rich in anthraquinones including both anthraquinone glycosides and anthraquinone aglycones obtainable from a member of the Leguminosae family, more particularly Cassia seeds. It also relates to a method of obtaining a plant extract fraction rich in anthraquinones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Chongquing Institute of Ecological Materia Medica Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Bendong Huang, Nanming Chen, Edward Duncan Blair
  • Patent number: 7837648
    Abstract: A medicament dispensing system for treatment of a disease is disclosed, the system comprising: (i) detecting means for detecting one or more biochemical marker(s) indicative of the disease; (ii) electronic processing means for processing information obtainable from the detecting means; and (iii) medicament dispensing means for dispensing a quantity of medicament determinable by the electronic processing means. The medicament dispensing system is particularly useful for the treatment of respiratory disorders, such as asthma, or for other disorders which may be treated by inhalation, either through the nose or mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Edward Duncan Blair, Liqun Yang
  • Publication number: 20100021568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising one or more anthraquinones for use in the treatment of obesity and related metabolic and liver disease. More particularly it relates to a plant extract fraction rich in anthraquinones including both anthraquinone glycosides and anthraquinone aglycones obtainable from a member of the Leguminosae family, more particularly Cassia seeds. It also relates to a method of obtaining a plant extract fraction rich in anthraquinones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Bendong Huang, Nanming Chen, Edward Duncan Blair
  • Publication number: 20020142294
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting one or more indicator(s) of the probable onset of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation; primers for use in the method; a computer model using detection of one or more indicator(s) to the probable onset of a COPD exacerbation for patient management and the prophylactic or curative treatment of COPD exacerbation and to a prognostic and/or diagnostic test for use in the detection of one or more indicator(s) to the probable onset of a COPD exacerbation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Edward Duncan Blair, Barbara Wendy Snowden, Chantelle Louise Ward