Patents by Inventor Louis Ackerman

Louis Ackerman 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).

  • Management and treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia
    Patent number: 9061023
    Abstract: The invention provides the use of an extract of a plant of the genus Elephantorrhiza and at least one compound selected from quercitin-3?-O-glucoside, trans-3-O-galloyl-3,3?,5,5?,7-pentahydroxyflavan, taxifolin-3?-O-glucoside, catechin and epicatechin in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The mode of action is by a route selected from blocking the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone by inhibiting the 5?-reductase enzyme or by reducing oxidative stress or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: CSIR
    Inventors: Gerda Fouche, Vinesh Jaichand Maharaj, Xolani Mthembu, Louis Ackerman, Marina Van Der Merwe
  • MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
    Publication number: 20100316748
    Abstract: The invention provides the use of an extract of a plant of the genus Elephantorrhiza and at least one compound selected from quercitin-3?-O-glucoside, trans-3-O-galloyl-3,3?,5,5?,7-pentahydroxyflavan, taxifolin-3?-O-glucoside, catechin and epicatechin in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The mode of action is by a route selected from blocking the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone by inhibiting the 5?-reductase enzyme or by reducing oxidative stress or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Gerda Fouche, Vinesh Jaichand Maharaj, Xolani Mthembu, Louis Ackerman, Marina Van Der Merwe
  • Absorbent material including coir fibres and/or coir dust
    Patent number: 6107242
    Abstract: A fire retardant absorbent material including coir fibres and/or coir dust, an effective quantity of a fire retardant material in the form of small particles, the particle size of the fire retardant material being of the order of less than 1 micron to ensure that the fire retardant material substantially penetrates or substantially coats at least a substantial proportion of the coir fibres present in the absorbent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Coir Peat Aust Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Louis Ackerman, George Lopez