Patents by Inventor Gertrude V. Upton

Gertrude V. Upton 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).

  • Venlafaxine in the treatment of hypothalamic amenorrhea in non-depressed women
    Patent number: 5506270
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for treating hypothalamic amenorrhea in a non-depressed female mammal by administering to the mammal an effective amount of a hydroxycycloalkanephenethyl amine compound of the following structural formula: ##STR1## in which A is a moiety of the formula ##STR2## wherein the dotted line represents optional unsaturation;R.sub.1 is hydrogen or alkyl;R.sub.2 is alkyl;R.sub.4 is hydrogen, alkyl, formyl, or alkanol;R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are, independently, hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, alkoxy, alkanoyloxy, cyano, nitro, alkylmercapto, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkanamido, halo, trifluoromethyl, or taken together, methylene dioxy;R.sub.7 is hydrogen or alkyl; andn is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4;or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Gertrude V. Upton, Albert T. Derivan, Richard L. Rudolph