Patents by Inventor Linda S. Borman

Linda S. Borman 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).

  • Modulator agent and use thereof
    Patent number: 5369111
    Abstract: Sensitizing tumoral cells to anticancerous drugs and/or inhibiting the tumoral cells resistance to antitumoral drugs employing as a modulator agent a vinca alkaloid dimer, analog to vinblastine or vincristine, with a low cytotoxicity or devoid of cytotoxicity, comprising at least one stereoisomerism different from that of vinblastine or vincristine in the C-14', C-16' or C-20' position. Notably, the modulator agent may have the R absolute configuration in the C-16' position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: University of Vermont
    Inventors: Martin E. Kuehne, Linda S. Borman