Patents by Inventor Marilyn Ghanem

Marilyn Ghanem 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).

  • Publication number: 20080280770
    Abstract: A method of producing a chemical compound library comprises extracting at least one extract from at least one species of plant; processing at least one of the extract(s) to remove at least one type of chemical interference to produce a processed extract; chromatographically separating the processed extract into a plurality of chromatographic fractions, each containing an amount of chemical compounds; determining the amount of chemical compounds in at least one of the chromatographic fractions; and normalizing the chromatographic fractions in which the amounts were determined to produce normalized chromatographic fractions, each such fraction comprising from about 1 microgram to about 500 micrograms of each of from one to seven chemical compounds that were present in lower concentrations in the extract and that each have a log P of from about ?1 to about 5 and a molecular weight less than about 1000 Daltons; thereby to produce a chemical compound library from at least one species of plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: Sequoia Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Eldridge, Lu Zeng, Peader Cremin, Chris Lee, Helene C. Vervoort, Marilyn Ghanem
  • Publication number: 20080255001
    Abstract: A method of producing a chemical compound library comprises extracting at least one extract from at least one species of plant; processing at least one of the extract(s) to remove at least one type of chemical interference to produce a processed extract; chromatographically separating the processed extract into a plurality of chromatographic fractions, each containing an amount of chemical compounds; determining the amount of chemical compounds in at least one of the chromatographic fractions; and normalizing the chromatographic fractions in which the amounts were determined to produce normalized chromatographic fractions, each such fraction comprising from about 1 microgram to about 500 micrograms of each of from one to seven chemical compounds that were present in lower concentrations in the extract and that each have a log P of from about ?1 to about 5 and a molecular weight less than about 1000 Daltons; thereby to produce a chemical compound library from at least one species of plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Gary Eldridge, Lu Zeng, Peader Cremin, Chris Lee, Helene C. Vervoort, Marilyn Ghanem
  • Patent number: 7367933
    Abstract: A method of producing a chemical compound library comprises extracting at least one extract from at least one species of plant; processing at least one of the extract(s) to remove at least one type of chemical interference to produce a processed extract; chromatographically separating the processed extract into a plurality of chromatographic fractions, each containing an amount of chemical compounds; determining the amount of chemical compounds in at least one of the chromatographic fractions; and normalizing the chromatographic fractions in which the amounts were determined to produce normalized chromatographic fractions, each such fraction comprising from about 1 microgram to about 500 micrograms of each of from one to seven chemical compounds that were present in lower concentrations in the extract and that each have a log P of from about ?1 to about 5 and a molecular weight less than about 1000 Daltons; thereby to produce a chemical compound library from at least one species of plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Sequoia Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Eldridge, Lu Zeng, Peader Cremin, Chris Lee, Helene C. Vervoort, Marilyn Ghanem
  • Publication number: 20060223118
    Abstract: A method of producing a chemical compound library comprises extracting at least one extract from at least one species of plant; processing at least one of the extract(s) to remove at least one type of chemical interference to produce a processed extract; chromatographically separating the processed extract into a plurality of chromatographic fractions, each containing an amount of chemical compounds; determining the amount of chemical compounds in at least one of the chromatographic fractions; and normalizing the chromatographic fractions in which the amounts were determined to produce normalized chromatographic fractions, each such fraction comprising from about 1 microgram to about 500 micrograms of each of from one to seven chemical compounds that were present in lower concentrations in the extract and that each have a log P of from about ?1 to about 5 and a molecular weight less than about 1000 Daltons; thereby to produce a chemical compound library from at least one species of plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Gary Eldridge, Lu Zeng, Peader Cremin, Chris Lee, Helene Vervoort, Marilyn Ghanem
  • Publication number: 20030044846
    Abstract: The invention provides a chemical compound library containing a collection of chromatographic fractions purified from biological sources suitable for high-throughput screening for biological activity, wherein: (a) the chromatographic fractions contain primarily from about 1 microgram to 100 micrograms of primarily one to five chemical compounds; (b) the compounds have log P of greater than-1 and less than 5 and molecular weights less than 3,000 Daltons; (c) the library can include chemical compounds produced from at least fifty different biological sources; and (d) the library can contain at least about 200 different chemical compounds from each different biological source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Gary Eldridge, Lu Zeng, Chris Lee, Peadar Cremin, Helene C. Vervoort, Marilyn Ghanem