Patents by Inventor Janice M. Kerr

Janice M. Kerr 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: 20020115612
    Abstract: An automated solid-phase method for the synthesis of poly (N-substituted glycines) (referred to herein as poly NSGs) taught here can be used to obtain poly NSGs of potential therapeutic interest which poly NSGs can have a wide variety of side chain substituents. Each N-substituted glycine monomer is assembled from two “sub-monomers” directly on the solid support. Each cycle of monomer addition consists of two steps: (1) acylation of a resin-bound secondary amine with an agent such as a haloacetic acid, and (2) introduction of the side-chain by nucleophilic displacement of the halogen (as a resin-bound &agr;-haloacetamide) with an excess of primary amine. The efficient synthesis of a wide variety of oligomeric NSGs using automated synthesis technology, as presented here, makes these polymers attractive candidates for the generation and rapid screening of diverse peptidomimetic libraries. The oligomers of N-substituted glycines (i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Applicant: Chiron Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald N. Zuckermann, Janice M. Kerr, Stephen Brian Henry Kent
  • Patent number: 5977301
    Abstract: A solid-phase method for the synthesis of N-substituted oligomers, such as poly (N-substituted glycines) (referred to herein as poly NSGs) is used to obtain oligomers, such as poly NSGs of potential therapeutic interest which poly NSGs can have a wide variety of side-chain substituents. Each N-substituted glycine monomer is assembled from two "sub-monomers" directly on the solid support. Each cycle of monomer addition consists of two steps: (1) acylation of a secondary amine bound to the support with an acylating agent comprising a leaving group capable of nucleophilic displacement by --NH.sub.2, such as a haloacetic acid, and (2) introduction of the side-chain by nucleophilic displacement of the leaving group, such as halogen (as a resin-bound .alpha.-haloacetamide) with a sufficient amount of a second sub-monomer comprising an --NH.sub.2 group, such as a primary amine, alkoxyamine, semicarbazide, acyl hydrazide, carbazate or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Chiron Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald N. Zuckerman, Janice M. Kerr, Stephen B. H. Kent, Walter H. Moos, Reyna J. Simon, Dane A. Goff
  • Patent number: 5831005
    Abstract: A solid-phase method for the synthesis of N-substituted oligomers, such as poly (N-substituted glycines) (referred to herein as poly NSGs) is used to obtain oligomers, such as poly NSGs of potential therapeutic interest which poly NSGs can have a wide variety of side-chain substituents. Each N-substituted glycine monomer is assembled from two "sub-monomers" directly on the solid support. Each cycle of monomer addition consists of two steps: (1) acylation of a secondary amine bound to the support with an acylating agent comprising a leaving group capable of nucleophilic is displacement by --NH.sub.2, such as a haloacetic acid, and (2) introduction of the side-chain by nucleophilic displacement of the leaving group, such as halogen (as a resin-bound .alpha.-haloacetamide) with a sufficient amount of a second sub-monomer comprising an --NH.sub.2 group, such as a primary amine, alkoxyamine, semicarbazide, acyl hydrazide, carbazate or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Chiron Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald N. Zuckerman, Janice M. Kerr, Stephen B. H. Kent, Walter H. Moos, Reyna J. Simon, Dane A. Goff
  • Patent number: 5080884
    Abstract: An agent for imaging organs using a radioactive complex of a radioactive metal with a benzene ring having two 2-mercapto-2-methylpropylamino substituents where one of these mercapto substituents is substituted with a hydrocarbyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: Medi-Physics, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. McBride, Ronald M. Baldwin, Janice M. Kerr, Lisa M. Schultze, Nilda Salazar, James M. Chinitz
  • Patent number: 5026913
    Abstract: An agent for imaging organs using a radioactive complex of a radioactive metal with a benzene ring having two 2-mercapto-2-methylpropylamino substitutents where one of these mercapto substituents is substituted with a hydrocarbyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Assignee: Medi-Physics, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. McBride, Ronald M. Baldwin, Janice M. Kerr, Lisa M. Schultze, Nilda Salazar