Patents by Inventor Homer A. Burch

Homer A. Burch 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).

  • Use of 5-phenyl-2-furan esters and amides as antiepileptic agents
    Patent number: 5023272
    Abstract: A method of preventing epileptic seizures in a human or mammal subject susceptible to said seizures, comprising systemically administering to said subject a safe and effective amount of a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein (a) X is halo or hydrogen, and Y is a substituent selected from the group consisting of unsubstituted or halogen-substituted methyl, halo, nitro, amino, and methoxy; and(b) R is N(R.sup.3).sub.2, OR.sup.1 N(R.sup.3).sub.2, N(R.sup.2)R.sup.1 N(R.sup.3).sub.2, or N(R.sup.2)N(R.sup.3).sub.2 ; whereR.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkylene which is unsubstituted or substituted with C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; andeach R.sup.3 is, independently, hydrogen or lower alkyl; or both R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Assignee: Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Homer A. Burch, Alan W. Castellion, Stanford S. Pelosi, Jr.
  • Compositions for treating tumors
    Patent number: 4619928
    Abstract: The invention involves compositions useful for treating certain malignant tumors with the compound ethyl 4-hydroxy-2-[(5-morpholinomethyl-2-oxo)-3-oxazolidinyliminomethyl]furo[2,3 -b]pyridine-5-carboxylate (Compound I) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts or hydrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1986
    Assignee: Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Homer A. Burch, Frank F. Ebetino
  • 3,4-Dihydro-3,4-isoquinolinedione 4-oxime
    Patent number: 4349677
    Abstract: The compound 3,4-dihydro-3,4-isoquinolinedione 4-oxime is useful as an antifungal agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Assignee: Morton-Norwich Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Schwan, Homer A. Burch, Joseph E. Gray