Patents by Inventor Michael Ferro

Michael Ferro 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).

  • Toilet cover having internal cleaning mechanism
    Patent number: 9138112
    Abstract: A toilet seat assembly has a user operated cleaning feature in the form of a mechanism that includes a plurality of discharge ports formed within a toilet seat cover and being open along the bottom surface of the toilet seat cover. The mechanism also includes a manually operated actuator that is accessible along one surface of the toilet seat cover and a reservoir for containing a sanitizing agent. The actuator is operably coupled to the reservoir and operable to drive the sanitizing agent from the reservoir and out of the discharge ports so as to allow sanitizing agent to be delivered to the top surface of the toilet seat when the actuator is operated with the seat cover in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Inventor: Michael Ferro
  • TOILET COVER HAVING INTERNAL CLEANING MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20140096314
    Abstract: A toilet seat assembly has a user operated cleaning feature in the form of a mechanism that includes a plurality of discharge ports formed within a toilet seat cover and being open along the bottom surface of the toilet seat cover. The mechanism also includes a manually operated actuator that is accessible along one surface of the toilet seat cover and a reservoir for containing a sanitizing agent. The actuator is operably coupled to the reservoir and operable to drive the sanitizing agent from the reservoir and out of the discharge ports so as to allow sanitizing agent to be delivered to the top surface of the toilet seat when the actuator is operated with the seat cover in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Ferro
  • 1,3- and 2,3-diarylcycloalkano and cycloalkeno pyrazoles as selective inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2 and antiinflammatory agents
    Patent number: 6083969
    Abstract: This invention is directed to certain 1,3- and 2,3-diarylpyrazole antiinflammatory compounds of the general formulae: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkoxy, nitro, amino, hydroxy, trifluoro, --S(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkyl, --SO(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkyl and --SO.sub.2 (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkyl and the fused moiety Q is a group selected from the group consisting of an optionally substituted cyclohexyl and cycloheptyl group as herein described, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, processes for their production and use as COX-2 inhibitor and antiinflammatory agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ferro, Zhihua Sui, Michael Wachter
  • 1.5-diphenyl-3-(N-hydroxycarbamoyloxyalkyl)pyrazoles
    Patent number: 5387602
    Abstract: 1,5-Diphenyl-3-(N-hydroxycarbamoyloxyalkyl)pyrazoles of the general formula: ##STR1## are disclosed to have anti-inflammatory activity in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Ferro
  • 1,5-diphenyl-3-pyrazolylalkyl-N-hydroxydithiocaramates, compositions and use
    Patent number: 5298521
    Abstract: 1,5-Diphenyl-3-pyrazolylalkyl-N-hydroxydithiocarbamates of the general formula: ##STR1## are disclosed to have anti-inflammatory activity in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Ferro
  • Foodstuffs containing 2-mercaptobenzoic acid and derivatives thereof
    Patent number: 3984573
    Abstract: Methods for altering the flavor of foodstuffs and flavoring compositions for foodstuffs by including therein 2-mercaptobenzoic acid and derivatives thereof to produce in the foodstuffs and flavoring compositions a Concord grape flavor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Assignee: Givaudan Corporation
    Inventors: Richard E. Naipawer, Michael Ferro, Leslie Blau