Patents by Inventor Emily Shacter

Emily Shacter 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).

  • Molecular encapsulation and delivery of alkenes alkynes and long chain alkanes, to living mammalian cells
    Patent number: 5321014
    Abstract: A complex of a cyclodextrin and an alkane, alkene, alkyne, aromatic compound, etc. can be prepared according to the method of the present invention. These complexes can be delivered to prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, tissues, and organs in vitro and in vivo. In this manner, the toxic, genotoxic, and mitogenic effects of these compounds can be determined. Ternary complexes further including one or more biologically active molecules in addition to an alkane, etc. can be employed to determine the modulatory effects of such biologically active molecules on these alkanes, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Siegfried Janz, Emily Shacter