Patents by Inventor John D. Travers

John D. Travers 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 dimercaptan acids, salts and metabolites thereof as antiretroviral treatments
    Patent number: 5464869
    Abstract: A method for the prophylaxis or treatment of retroviruses in warm-blooded animals comprising administering to said warm-blooded animal a therapeutically effective amount of a dimercaptan acid, metabolites or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof alone or in combination with other drugs therapeutically effective in the treatment of said warm-blooded animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Travers, Eileen C. Helzner