Patents by Inventor Keith M. Robinson

Keith M. Robinson 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).

  • Cholesterol-lowering tocopherol analogs
    Patent number: 5135945
    Abstract: This invention relates to alkylamino alkylene derivatives of certain 2H-1-benzopyrans useful as plasma cholesterol lowering agents and to their end-use application as therapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Keith M. Robinson, Eric W. Heineke
  • Method of treating diabetes mellitus with bisphenol derivatives
    Patent number: 5021461
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of lowering blood glucose in a patient afflicted with diabetes mellitus comprising administering to said patient a therapeutically effective glucose lowering amount of a 4,4'-bis(2,6-di-alkylphenol). The present invention also relates to a process for making 4,4'-bis(2,6-di-alkyl-phenol).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Keith M. Robinson, Simon J. T. Mao, Roger A. Parker, Richard L. Jackson
  • Method of treating diabetes mellitus with bisphenol derivatives
    Patent number: 5001282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of lowering blood glucose in a patient afflicted with diabetes mellitus comprising administering to said patient a therapeutically effective glucose lowering amount of a 4,4'-bis(2,6-di-alkyl-phenol). The present invention also relates to a process for making 4,4'-bis(2,6-di-alkyl-phenol).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Keith M. Robinson, Simon J. T. Mao, Roger A. Parker, Richard L. Jackson
  • Method of treating diabetes mellitus
    Patent number: 4959392
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of lowering blood glucose in a patient afflicted with diabetes mellitus comprising administering to said patient a therapeutically effective glucose lowering amount of a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1990
    Assignee: Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Keith M. Robinson, Simon J. T. Mao, Richard L. Jackson