Patents by Inventor Kenner Rice

Kenner Rice 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).

  • Partial agonists of the strychnine insensitive glycine modulatory site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex as neuropsychopharmacological agents
    Patent number: 6017957
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for the treatment of neuropsychopharmacological disorders which are associated with or result from excessive activation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex, which method comprises administering an effective neuropsychopharmacological disorder-treating amount of a compound possessing partial agonist properties for the strychnine insensitive glycine modulatory sites of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. Exemplary of partial agonists which are useful in the method of the invention are 1-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid, and associated derivates thereof. Novel injectable pharmaceutical compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Phil Skolnick, Anita Lewin, Juan-Carlos Marvizon, James Monn, Kenner Rice