Patents by Inventor Eldon C. Nelson

Eldon C. Nelson 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: 6586460
    Abstract: Compounds, known as heteroarotinoids, having varying abilities to inhibit growth of certain cancerous cells, induce normal cell differentiation, and induce apoptosis or death of cancerous cells, of the general formula: in which: Ar and Ar′ denote aryl substituents, and wherein at least one of said aryl substituents comprises an aromatic ring having at least one heteroatom in a fused, partially saturated ring; W denotes O or S; and Q denotes H or i-C3H7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignees: The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University, The Board of Regents for University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Kenneth Darrell Berlin, Doris M. Benbrook, Eldon C. Nelson