Patents by Inventor Guy H. Harris

Guy H. Harris 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).

  • Publication number: 20040242904
    Abstract: A novel sordarin derivative was isolated from fungal cultures. The compound is useful in the treatment and/or prevention of human and animal fungal infections, as well as in the control of phytopathogenic fungi in crops. Two novel cultures of fungi, ATCC No. PTA-3862 and ATCC No. PTA-3861 can be used to ferment and produce the present compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Angelo Basilio, Javier Collado, Maria Teresa Diez, Ziqiang Guan, Guy H Harris, Michael C Justice, Jennifer Nielsen-Kahn, Mythili S Shastry
  • Patent number: 6228622
    Abstract: 11-hydroxysordarin, biotransformation product of a fermentation with sordarin and Actinomyces spp., (Merck Culture Collection MA7235) ATCC No. 202103 is an antifungal agent. This compound may be useful in the treatment of diseases caused by fungal pathogens such as Candida albicans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Sturr, Michel M. Chartrain, Guy H. Harris, Jennifer Nielsen-Kahn, Brian Heimbuch
  • Patent number: 5972994
    Abstract: Biotransformation products of a fermentation with Streptomyces sp., (Merck Culture Collection MA7165) ATCC No. 55946 are potent antifungal agents. These products may be useful in the treatment of diseases caused by fungal pathogens such as Candida sp. and Cryptococcus neoformans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Shafiee, Guy H. Harris, Deborah L. Zink, Janet M. Sigmund, Mark J. Rosenbach, Suzanne Miller Mandala
  • Patent number: 5855771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for separating pyrite from sulfide ores and coal during flotation separation which comprises the depressing of pyrite with from about 0.05 to 0.75 kilograms per ton of concentrate solids, using a pyrite depressant compounds selected from the group consisting ofR1--S (CH.sub.2').sub.n PO (OH).sub.2 (I)wheren is between 2 and 4, andR1 is selected from a group consisting of hydrogen (H) and amidine, and ##STR1## where Ro is a lower alkyl having carbon atoms in a range of 3 to 8 with 3 to 6 being preferred and a final pH in a range of 4 to 9 depending on the ore being processed, and therafter recovering the flotation concentrate thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Inventors: Douglas W. Fuerstenau, Guy H. Harris
  • Patent number: 5853571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for separating pyrite from sulfide ores and coal during flotation separation which comprises the depressing of pyrite with from about 0.05 to 0.75 kilograms per ton of concentrate solids using a pyrite depressant compounds selected from the group consisting ofR1, R2, R3 N.sup.+ O.sub.2 H.sub.4 SR4X.sup.- (I)where R1, R2 and R3 are lower alkyls wherein the final sum of the carbon atoms is in a range of 3 to 6, R4 is selected from a group consisting of hydrogen (H) and amidine and X is chlorine, bromine or iodine, ##STR1## where Ro is a lower alkyl having carbon atoms in a range of 3 to 8 with 3 to 6 being preferred and a final pH in a range of 4 to 9 depending on the ore being processed, and therafter recovering the flotation concentrate thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Inventors: Guy H. Harris, Douglas W. Fuerstenau
  • Patent number: 5846407
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for separating pyrite from sulfide ores and coal during flotation separation which comprises the depression of pyrite with from about 0.125 to 1.250 pounds per ton of 2-S thironium-ethane sulfonate (IESA) as a pyrite depressant. The aforementioned depressant is surprisingly effective in pyrite removal, being substantially independent of the pH values of the treated ore or coal, compatible with conventional collector reagents such as xanthates in the case of copper sulfide bearing ores as well as being substantially unobtrusive in not depressing other useful ore sulfides, including but limited to chalcopyrite, bornite, chalcosite, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Inventors: Douglas W. Fuerstenau, Guy H. Harris
  • Patent number: 5801172
    Abstract: There is disclosed a novel compound having the formula ##STR1## which exhibits antifungal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Wendy H. Clapp-Shapiro, Bruce W. Burgess, Robert A. Giacobbe, Guy H. Harris, Suzanne Mandala, Jon Polishook, Mark Rattray, Rosemary A. Thornton, Deborah L. Zink, Angeles Cabello, Maria Teresa Diez, Isabel Martin, Fernando Pelaez
  • Patent number: 5686637
    Abstract: There is disclosed a novel compound having the formula ##STR1## which exhibits antifungal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald F. Bills, James E. Curotto, S. Dreikorn, Robert A. Giacobbe, Guy H. Harris, Suzanne Miller Mandala, Rosemary A. Thornton, Deborah L. Zink, Angeles Cabello Arroyo, Fernando Pelaez Perez, Teresa Diez Matas, Francisca Vicente Perez
  • Patent number: 5597806
    Abstract: There are disclosed novel compounds having the formula ##STR1## which exhibit antifungal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Wendy H. Clapp, Guy H. Harris, Gerald F. Bills, James E. Curotto, Anne W. Dombrowski, Sarah J. Driekorn, Myra B. Kurtz, Maria S. Meinz, Janet C. Onishi, Jon D. Polishook, Stanley L. Streicher, John R. Thompson, Marie Williams, Deborah L. Zink
  • Patent number: 5441987
    Abstract: A compound having the formula ##STR1## which is useful as an antifungal agent and for the treatment and control of several agricultural phytopathogens, including Phytophthora infestans, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Guy H. Harris, James E. Curotto, Robert A. Giacobbe, Suzanne M. Mandala, Richard L. Monaghan, Richard K. Jansson, Joan A. Lasota
  • Patent number: 5364948
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of structural formula (I) isolated from an aerobic fermentation of Trichoderma viride MF5628, ATCC 74084: ##STR1## which are squalene synthase inhibitors and thus useful as cholesterol lowering agents. These compounds are also potent antifungal agents. Additionally, they inhibit farnesyl protein transferase and farnesylation of the oncogene protein Ras and are thus useful in treating cancer. This invention also relates to a process for obtaining compounds of structural formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Guy H. Harris, Deborah Zink, E. Tracy T. Jones, Yu L. Kong
  • Patent number: 5286895
    Abstract: An acyclic tricarboxylic compound has been isolated from a culture of MF5453. The compound and its derivatives are active as squalene synthetase inhibitors and are useful in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Guy H. Harris, Henry Joshua, Deborah L. Zink
  • Patent number: 5262435
    Abstract: A new Zaragozic acid analog has been isolated from a culture of MF5453. The compound and its derivatives are active as squalene synthetase inhibitors and are useful in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Joshua, Guy H. Harris
  • Patent number: 4793852
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of recovering non-ferrous metal sulfides from a metal ore which comprises subjecting the metal ore, in the form of an aqueous pulp, to a froth flotation process in the presence of a flotating amount of a flotation collector wherein the collector comprises a compound which corresponds to one of the formulas ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is alkyl, aryl or aralkyl group wherein the aryl and aralkyl can be substituted with a halo or alkyl moiety;R.sup.2 is alkyl, aryl or aralkyl group wherein the aryl or aralkyl can be substituted with a halo or alkyl moiety;R.sup.3 is aryl or aralkyl unsubstituted or substituted with a halo or alkyl moiety;R.sup.4 is alkyl, aryl or aralkyl group wherein the aryl or aralkyl can be substituted with a halo or alkyl moiety; with the proviso that at least one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 must be aryl or aralkyl unsubstituted or substituted;under conditions such that the metal sulfide values are recovered in the froth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Guy H. Harris, Patrice K. Ackerman, Frank F. Aplan
  • Patent number: 4130477
    Abstract: A process for the recovery of mineral values by froth flotation in an aqueous medium from mineral ores with the use of an effective amount of a mercaptan polyalkylene oxide frother.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1978
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Donald M. Podobnik, Guy H. Harris
  • Patent number: 4122004
    Abstract: A process for the recovery of mineral values by froth flotation in an aqueous medium from mineral ores with the use of an effective amount of a sulfide-containing polyalkylene oxide frother.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventor: Guy H. Harris