Patents by Inventor Gerald Rhodes

Gerald Rhodes 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).

  • Patent number: 8016290
    Abstract: A flying disk challenge game involves two or more players, each positioned within a boundary ring to define a player position. The players in turn throw or toss a group of colored disks to each other. The disks each have a point value according to its color. The boundary ring may be formed of flexible tubing about five feet in diameter, and given a bright color. The boundary rings are spaced about twenty-five feet apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Inventor: Gerald A. Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20090291990
    Abstract: Oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazoles and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and methods for using oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxzazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as anti-picornaviral agents are described herein. The methods include using pleconaril as a prodrug for conversion to anti-picornaviral compounds in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Gerald Rhodes, Theodore J. Nitz
  • Patent number: 7585884
    Abstract: Oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazoles and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and methods for using oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxzazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as anti-picornaviral agents are described herein. The methods include using pleconaril as a prodrug for conversion to anti-picornaviral compounds in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: ViroPharma Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerald Rhodes, Theodore J. Nitz
  • Publication number: 20080293783
    Abstract: Oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazoles and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and methods for using oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxzazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as anti-picornaviral agents are described herein. The methods include using pleconaril as a prodrug for conversion to anti-picornaviral compounds in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Gerald Rhodes, Theodore J. Nitz
  • Patent number: 7429606
    Abstract: Oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazoles and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and methods for using oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as anti-picornaviral agents are described herein. The methods include using pleconaril as a prodrug for conversion to anti-picornaviral compounds in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: ViroPharma Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerald Rhodes, Theodore J Nitz
  • Publication number: 20060167109
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of pleconaril to reduce the contagion of rhinovirus virions shed from a host infected with a rhinovirus and thereby reduce disease transmission or re-infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel Pevear, Gerald Rhodes, Theodore Nitz, Mark McKinlay, Marc Collett
  • Publication number: 20050043542
    Abstract: Oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazoles and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and methods for using oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as anti-picornaviral agents are described herein. The methods include using pleconaril as a prodrug for conversion to anti-picornaviral compounds in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Gerald Rhodes, Theodore Nitz