Patents by Inventor Mark Rattray

Mark Rattray 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).

  • Rosellinia subiculata ATCC 74386 and fungus ATCC 74387 for producing sordarin compounds for fungi control
    Patent number: 6436395
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling phytopathogenic fungi using pure strains of Rosellinia subiculata ATCC 74386 and fungus ATCC 74387. Further, methods of producing a sordarin compound are disclosed. The method includes cultivating each strain separately in a nutrient medium containing assimilable sources of carbon and nitrogen and recovering the compound. A sordarin compound of formula I is also disclosed. Also an antifungal composition containing a sordarin compound is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald F. Bills, Anne W. Dombrowski, Wendy S. Horn, Richard K. Jansson, Mark Rattray, Dennis Schmatz, Robert E. Schwartz
  • Antifungal agent from sporomiella minimoides
    Patent number: 5801172
    Abstract: There is disclosed a novel compound having the formula ##STR1## which exhibits antifungal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Wendy H. Clapp-Shapiro, Bruce W. Burgess, Robert A. Giacobbe, Guy H. Harris, Suzanne Mandala, Jon Polishook, Mark Rattray, Rosemary A. Thornton, Deborah L. Zink, Angeles Cabello, Maria Teresa Diez, Isabel Martin, Fernando Pelaez