Patents by Inventor Jeffrey C. Berlin

Jeffrey C. Berlin 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).

  • Topical delivery of phthalocyanines
    Patent number: 8211883
    Abstract: The invention relates to topical pharmaceutical compositions comprising a phthalocyanine, wherein a diamagnetic metal ion moiety is either coordinated or covalently bound to the phthalocyanine core. The invention also relates to methods for destroying cancer tissue, precancerous cells, photo-aged cells, damaged cells, or otherwise pathologic cells, or activated cells, such as lymphocytes or other cells of the immune system, or activated or inflamed tissue cells comprising topically administering to the cancer tissue or surrounding tissue an effective amount of a phthalocyanine composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: Kevin D. Cooper, Nancy L. Oleinick, Malcolm E. Kenney, Thomas S. McCormick, Jeffrey C. Berlin, Elma D. Baron
  • TOPICAL DELIVERY OF PHTHALOCYANINES
    Publication number: 20090156552
    Abstract: The invention relates to topical pharmaceutical compositions comprising a phthalocyanine, wherein a diamagnetic metal ion moiety is either coordinated or covalently bound to the phthalocyanine core. The invention also relates to methods for destroying cancer tissue, precancerous cells, photo-aged cells, damaged cells, or otherwise pathologic cells, or activated cells, such as lymphocytes or other cells of the immune system, or activated or inflamed tissue cells comprising topically administering to the cancer tissue or surrounding tissue an effective amount of a phthalocyanine composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Kevin D. Cooper, Nancy L. Oleinick, Malcolm E. Kenney, Thomas S. McCormick, Jeffrey C. Berlin, Elma D. Baron