Patents by Inventor Kate Julie Akerman

Kate Julie Akerman 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).

  • Patent number: 9346832
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the Formula (I), in which W is independently selected from W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, or W represents a pair of substituents independently selected from H, alkyl, aryl or amide in which the amide is optionally part of a linking chain, and the Zn—Zn? bonds (n=4-17; n?=n+1) are optionally of any whole or partial bond order, Y is Y1 or Y represents a pair of substituents independently selected from H, C1-C6 alkyl, Z5 or Z6 aryl, or Y is optionally a bridging structure that may comprise one or more C1-C6 amide, C1-C6 ether, or C1-C6 ester groups, R—R39 are independently selected from no substituent, a lone pair of electrons, H, halogen, C5-C6 aryl, C1-C12 alkyl, amine, C1-C6 alkylamine, C1-C6 amide, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, C1-C6 ester, phosphane, thiol, C1-C6 thioether, OR40, and suitable pairs of adjacent R groups (R—R39) may optionally together form part of a C5 or C6 aryl ring, a Z5 or Z6 ring, R40 is independently selected from H, C1-C6 alkyl, Z5 or Z6 ar
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: University of Kwazulu-Natal
    Inventors: Orde Quentin Munro, Kate Julie Akerman, Piers Akerman
  • Publication number: 20130090472
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the Formula (I), in which W is independently selected from W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, or W represents a pair of substituents independently selected from H, alkyl, aryl or amide in which the amide is optionally part of a linking chain, and the Zn—Zn bonds (n=4-17; n?=n+1) are optionally of any whole or partial bond order, Y is Y1 or Y represents a pair of substituents independently selected from H, C-1-C6 alkyl, Z5 or Z6 aryl, or Y is optionally a bridging structure that may comprise one or more C-1-C6 amide, C-1-C6 ether, or C-1-C6 ester groups, R-R39 are independently selected from no substituent, a lone pair of electrons, H, halogen, C5-C6 aryl, C1- C-12 alkyl, amine, C-1-C6 alkylamine, C-1-C6 amide, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, C-1-C6 ester, phosphane, thiol, C-1-C6 thioether, OR?, and suitable pairs of adjacent R groups (R-R39) may optionally together form part of a C5 or C6 aryl ring, a Z5 or Z6 ring, R? is independently selected from H, C-1-C6 alkyl, Z5 or Z6 aryl, C-1-C6 ester,
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL
    Inventors: Orde Quentin Munro, Kate Julie Akerman, Piers Akerman