Patents by Inventor Jamie M. Ahrens

Jamie M. Ahrens 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).

  • Vitamin D analogs for obesity prevention and treatment
    Patent number: 8188064
    Abstract: Methods for treating and preventing obesity, inhibiting adipocyte differentiation, inhibiting increased SCD-1 gene transcription, and/or reducing body fat in a subject include administering at least one analog of 1?,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 or 1?,25-dihydroxyvitamin D2 or a pharmaceutical composition that includes such an analog to a subject in need thereof. The analog may be a 19-nor vitamin D analog such as a compound of formula IA, a compound of formula IB, or a mixture thereof where the variables R1, R2, and R3 have the values described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Margaret Clagett-Dame, Hector F. DeLuca, Jamie M. Ahrens, James M. Ntambi, Brian Thomson