Patents by Inventor Jeffrey B. Sperry

Jeffrey B. Sperry 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 the irritating principal oleocanthal in olive oil, as well as structurally and functionally similar compounds
    Patent number: 8586632
    Abstract: The invention provides oleocanthal analogs and methods of using oleocanthals in various formulations including, food additives; pharmaceuticals; cosmetics; animal repellants; and discovery tools for mammalian irritation receptor genes, gene products, alleles, splice variants, alternate transcripts and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Monell Chemical Senses Center, The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Catherine Peyrot Des Gachons, Jeffrey B. Sperry, Bruce Bryant, Paul A. S. Breslin, Amos B. Smith, III, Gary K. Beauchamp
  • USE OF THE IRRITATING PRINCIPAL OLEOCANTHAL IN OLIVE OIL, AS WELL AS STRUCTURALLY AND FUNCTIONALLY SIMILAR COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20110020424
    Abstract: The invention provides oleocanthal analogs and methods of using oleocanthals in various formulations including, food additives; pharmaceuticals; cosmetics; animal repellants; and discovery tools for mammalian irritation receptor genes, gene products, alleles, splice variants, alternate transcripts and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Catherine Peyrot Des Gachons, Jeffrey B. Sperry, Bruce Bryant, Paul A.S. Breslin, Amos B. Smith, III, Gary K. Beauchamp