Patents by Inventor Kathryn F. LaNoue

Kathryn F. LaNoue 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).

  • Method for improving insulin sensitivity using an adenosine receptor antagonist
    Patent number: 6060481
    Abstract: Methods for improving insulin sensitivity in a patient using one or more A.sub.2B adenosine receptor antagonists are disclosed. These methods stimulate insulin dependent glucose uptake in muscle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Kathryn F. LaNoue, George H. Crist, Joel M. Linden
  • Methods of treating obesity with purine related compounds
    Patent number: 5300298
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of treating obesity in warm-blooded animals, including humans, as well as a method of increasing the muscle mass to fat ratio in farm animals. The methods entail administering to an animal in need thereof, an effective amount of certain 8-phenylxanthines substituted in the 3- or 4-position of the phenyl group by an alkenylene, alkenyleneoxy, alkynylene or alkynyleneoxy bearing a terminal acetic grouping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: The Pennsylvania Research Corporation
    Inventor: Kathryn F. LaNoue