Patents by Inventor Frank C. Tinsley

Frank C. Tinsley 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).

  • Methods of treating neuropeptide Y-associated conditions
    Patent number: 6221838
    Abstract: This invention describes methods of treating conditions associated with an excess of neuropeptide Y which comprises administering an analog of an obesity protein. This invention further describes methods of treating conditions associated with an excess of neuropeptide Y which coomprises administering an analog of an obesity protein in combination with a neuropeptide Y antagonist. This invention demonstrates that the obesity protein acts by reducing the production of neuropeptide Y by the hypothalamus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Juliana Maude Bue-Valleskey, Mark Louis Heiman, Thomas Wesley Stephens, Frank C. Tinsley
  • Methods of treating nueropeptide Y-associated conditions
    Patent number: 5972888
    Abstract: This invention describes methods of treating conditions associated with an excess of neuropeptide Y which comprises administering an obesity protein. This invention also describes methods of treating conditions associated with an excess of neuropeptide Y which comprises administering an obesity protein in combination with a neuropeptide Y antagonist. This invention demonstrates that the obesity protein acts by reducing the production of neuropeptide Y by the hypothalamus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Juliana Maude Bue-Valleskey, Mark Louis Heiman, Thomas Wesley Stephens, Frank C. Tinsley
  • Methods of inhibiting fertility in women
    Patent number: 5462949
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting fertility in women comprising administering to a female human an effective amount of a compound having the formula ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Charles D. Jones, Frank C. Tinsley