Patents by Inventor Jack Howard Kessler

Jack Howard Kessler 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).

  • Methods for inhibiting the activation of immune cells
    Patent number: 8691290
    Abstract: A method for killing or substantially eradicating a pathogen in the upper respiratory tract of a mammal is disclosed. The method comprises generating molecular iodine (I2) in situ using an oxidant-reductant reaction with a minimum concentration of at least about 25 ppm of I2 and I2 comprises at least 40% of the total iodine atoms. A method for inhibiting superantigens using molecular iodine is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Iogen LLC
    Inventors: Jack Howard Kessler, James Carlton Richards
  • Method for the eradication of pathogens including and antibiotic resistant microbes from the upper respiratory tract of mammals and for inhibiting the activation of immune cells
    Patent number: 8303994
    Abstract: A method for killing or substantially eradicating a pathogen in the upper respiratory tract of a mammal is disclosed. The method comprises generating molecular iodine (I2) in situ using an oxidant-reductant reaction with a minimum concentration of at least about 25 ppm of I2 and I2 comprises at least 40% of the total iodine atoms. A method for inhibiting superantigens using molecular iodine is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Inventors: Jack Howard Kessler, James Carlton Richards
  • Method for the eradication of pathogens including S. aureus and antibiotic resistant microbes from the upper respiratory tract of mammals and for inhibiting the activation of immune cells
    Publication number: 20070298126
    Abstract: A method for killing or substantially eradicating a pathogen in the upper respiratory tract of a mammal is disclosed. The method comprises generating molecular iodine (I2) in situ using an oxidant-reductant reaction with a minimum concentration of at least about 25 ppm of I2 and I2 comprises at least 40% of the total iodine atoms. A method for inhibiting superantigens using molecular iodine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Jack Howard Kessler, James Carlton Richards
  • Iodine germicides that continuously generate free molecular iodine
    Patent number: 5962029
    Abstract: A method for forming an iodine disinfecting solution that continuously generates free molecular iodine at a controlled average rate of at least 0.2 ppm per hour over a sustained and extended time period. The method involves combining persulfate anions and iodide anions in sufficient quantity in an aqueous medium having a resulting pH of less than about 6.5 so as to create an iodine generating capacity in said aqueous medium of between 1.5 and 6.5 with a generated concentration of at least 5 ppm of free molecular iodine and maintaining this concentration over the course of the extended time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Symbollon Corporation
    Inventors: Yongjun Duan, Jack Howard Kessler