Patents by Inventor Gerard Ayme

Gerard Ayme 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).

  • Immunostimulant medicament and process of preparing same
    Patent number: 4337243
    Abstract: A new medicament which stimulates non-specific immunity and contains a phenol-soluble extract of micro-organisms, wherein the phenol-soluble extract or fraction thereof of bacteria, yeasts and/or protozoa is rendered water soluble and free from endotoxin, substantially free from phenol and used in a portion for stimulating the receiving organism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1982
    Assignee: Institut Merieux, S.A.
    Inventor: Gerard Ayme
  • Process for separating lipids from endotoxins
    Patent number: 4242270
    Abstract: Bacterial endotoxins are hydrolyzed to yield lipid fractions which exhibit biological activity equal to, and in some instances greater than, the biological activity of the parent endotoxin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Assignee: Institut Merieux
    Inventors: Gerard Ayme, Ladislas Szabo
  • New immunostimulant medicament and process of preparing same
    Patent number: 4182751
    Abstract: A new medicament which stimulates non-specific immunity and contains a phenol-soluble extract of micro-organisms, wherein the phenol-soluble extract or fraction thereof of bacteria, yeasts and/or protozoa is rendered water soluble and free from endotoxin, substantially free from phenol and used in a portion for stimulating the receiving organism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1980
    Assignee: Institut Merieux
    Inventor: Gerard Ayme