Patents by Inventor Jordan Zjawiony

Jordan Zjawiony 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).

  • Agents with selective ?-opioid receptor affinity
    Patent number: 7687538
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions that are salvinorin A and salvinorin B derivatives that demonstrate selectivity and/or potency for the k-opioid receptor (KOR), allowing for their use as medicines, as well as chemical probes (both radiolabeled and cold) for fields utilizing the techniques of radiolabeled binding assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignees: University of Mississippi, Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: Jordan Zjawiony, Hesham Fahmy, David Jeremy Stewart, Bryan Roth
  • Enzymatic method to produce 7-dehydropregnenolone, vitamin D3-like compounds and derivatives thereof
    Patent number: 7253293
    Abstract: Provided herein are enzymatic methods of producing steroid compounds such as 7-dehydropregnenolone, hydroxy derivatives thereof and vitamin D2- and D3-like compounds and derivatives thereof. Also provided are the derivatives of the vitamin D3-like compounds so generated via the action of cytochrome P450scc enzyme on substrates 7-dehydrocholesterol, vitamin D2 or vitamin D3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Inventors: Andrzej Slominski, Robert Tuckey, Jordan Zjawiony, D. Jeremy Stewart, Jacobo Wortsman
  • Agents with selective K-opioid receptor affinity
    Publication number: 20060083679
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions that are salvinorin A and salvinorin B derivatives that demonstrate selectivity and/or potency for the k-opioid receptor (KOR), allowing for their use as medicines, as well as chemical probes (both radiolabeled and cold) for fields utilizing the techniques of radiolabeled binding assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Jordan Zjawiony, Hesham Fahmy, David Stewart, Bryan Roth
  • Enzymatic method to produce 7-dehydropregnenolone, vitamin D3-like compounds and derivatives thereof
    Publication number: 20050277171
    Abstract: Provided herein are enzymatic methods of producing steroid compounds such as 7-dehydropregnenolone, hydroxy derivatives thereof and vitamin D2- and D3-like compounds and derivatives thereof. Also provided are the derivatives of the vitamin D3-like compounds so generated via the action of cytochrome P450scc enzyme on substrates 7-dehydrocholesterol, vitamin D2 or vitamin D3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Andrzej Slominski, Robert Tuckey, Jordan Zjawiony, D. Stewart, Jacobo Wortsman