Patents by Inventor Eva Pietsch

Eva Pietsch 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).

  • Five member ring sulfenate esters and thiosulfinate esters
    Patent number: 6242478
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel sulfenate esters and thiosulfinate esters that induce the expression of metabolic enzymes, particularly Phase II enzymes such as glutathione-s-transferase, DT-diaphorase and Ferritin H when administered to a subject. Also disclosed, such compounds are effective to displace a zinc ion from retroviral zinc finger nucleocapsid proteins effective to inhibit HIV replication. The present invention is further directed to novel methods of making these compounds, and any compounds produced by the process of making these novel compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Wake Forest University
    Inventors: Mark E. Welker, Suzy V. Torti, Frank M. Torti, Alan J. Townsend, Eva Pietsch, Allison L. Hurley