Patents by Inventor Geoffrey B. Dreyer

Geoffrey B. Dreyer 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).

  • Coumarin derivatives as retroviral inhibitors
    Patent number: 5723631
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a compound of the following structure: ##STR1## wherein, substituents are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Ashok Dharmaji Patil, Robert Philip Hertzberg, Geoffrey B. Dreyer, Alan James Freyer, John W. Westley, Balan Chenera, Michael Leo West
  • Chelator-functionalized nucleosides and nucleotides and methods for making same
    Patent number: 4837312
    Abstract: Nucleosides and nucleotides functionalized with a metal chelator, and methods of synthesizing such nucleosides and nucleotides are described. These compounds are useful, for example, as constituents of nucleic acid probes for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Peter B. Dervan, Geoffrey B. Dreyer
  • Nucleic acid probes and methods of using same
    Patent number: 4795700
    Abstract: A probe and method for specific recognition or cleavage of single-stranded DNA or RNA at desired loci utilizing sequence-specific polynucleotide-chelator probes. The probe may also be utilized as a diagnostic agent when the metal ion is replaced with a radiolabelled, fluorescing, or otherwise detectable metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Peter B. Dervan, Geoffrey B. Dreyer