Patents by Inventor Federica Sponga

Federica Sponga 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).

  • Use of tropolone derivatives as inhibitors of the enzyme inositol monophosphatase
    Patent number: 5990160
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of puberulic or puberulonic acid as inhibitors of the enzyme iositol monophosphatase (EC 3.1.3.25) and thus useful in the treatment of manic or depressive symptoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Gruppo Lepetit, SpA
    Inventors: Khalid Islam, Stefania Stefanelli, Federica Sponga, Maurizio Denaro
  • Sesquiteterpenic dervatives
    Patent number: 5854036
    Abstract: The present invention concerns novel compounds obtained by fermenting a microorganism of the genus Memnonoiella or Stachybotrys, which compounds are inhibitors of the enzyme inositol monophosphatase (EC 3.1.3.25). The present invention also relates to the use of these novel compounds in treating manic depression and pharmaceutical formulations comprising said compounds as active ingredient; a further object is the use of these compounds in an analytical method for detecting inositol monophosphatase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Gruppo Lepetit S.p.A.
    Inventors: Stefania Stefanelli, Federica Sponga, Khalid Islam, Maurizio Denaro, Pietro Ferrari