Patents by Inventor Gerard J. Hickey

Gerard J. Hickey 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).

  • Method for improving reproductive efficiency in farm animals
    Patent number: 5599809
    Abstract: Oxytocin receptor antagonists of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.12 is hydrogen, alkoxycarbonyl or unsubstituted of substituted alkyl; R.sup.13 is hydrogen, alkoxyl, aralkoxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonylamino, unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted amino, unsubstituted or substituted rings of the formulae ##STR2## unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful for increasing fertility rates, embryonic survival and overall reproductive efficiency in farm animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gerard J. Hickey, Douglas J. Pettibone