Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Funk

Kenneth W. Funk 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).

  • Process and intermediates for the synthesis of LHRH antagonists
    Patent number: 5710247
    Abstract: A method is provided for preparing decapeptide and undecapeptide derivatives of LHRH by solution phase peptide chemistry as well as intermediate peptides useful in the same method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Funk, Edwin O. Lundell, Robert B. Miller, Jane L. Chang, Vimal Kishore, James J. Napier, Michael A. Staeger
  • Process for intermediates for the synthesis of LHRH antagonists
    Patent number: 5710246
    Abstract: A method is provided for preparing decapeptide and undecapeptide derivatives of LHRH by solution phase peptide chemistry as well as intermediate peptides useful in the same method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Funk, Edwin O. Lundell, Robert B. Miller, Jane L. Chang, Vimal Kishore, James J. Napier, Michael A. Staeger
  • Pentapeptide synthesis
    Patent number: 5212287
    Abstract: A method of synthesizing commercial quantities of the pentapeptide L-aspartyl-L-seryl-L-aspartyl-L-prolyl-L-arginine, and salts or solvates thereof, e.g., the hydrochloride or acetate salt or water solvate, compounds useful in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of allergic conditions, is disclosed, as are novel intermediate compounds produced in the course of the synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Immunetech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Tolle, Wenying Z. Gifford, Kenneth W. Funk