Patents by Inventor Michael R. Boyd

Michael R. Boyd 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).

  • Patent number: 6774141
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel antiviral compounds, refered to as calanolides, related compounds, and their derivatives, which may be isolated from plants, or derived from compounds from plants, of the genus Calophyllum in accordance with the present inventive method. The compounds and their derivatives may be used alone or in combination with other antiviral agents in compositions, such as pharmaceutical compositions, to inhibit the growth or replication of a virus, such as a retrovirus, in particular a human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 or HIV-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Michael R. Boyd, John H. Cardellina, II, Kirk R. Gustafson, James B. McMahon, Richard W. Fuller, Gordon M. Cragg, Yoel Kashman
  • Patent number: 6743577
    Abstract: The present invention provides antiviral proteins, peptides and conjugates, as well as methods of obtaining these agents. The antiviral proteins, peptides and conjugates of the present invention can be used alone or in combination with other antiviral agents in compositions, such as pharmaceutical compositions, to inhibit the infectivity, replication and cytopathic effects of a virus, such as a retrovirus, in particular a human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 or HIV-2, in the treatment or prevention of viral infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventor: Michael R. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20040087566
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula (I) or (II), wherein R1 is H, alkyl, alkenyl or aryl, R2 is H, alkyl or aryl, R3 is H, a alkyl, alkenyl or aryl, R4 and R4-R8 are independently R10, C(O)R10 or SO2R10, wherein R10 is H, alkyl, alkenyl or aryl, and R9 is R9a, C(O)R9a or SO2R9a, wherein R9a is H, alkyl, alkenyl or aryl. R9a can be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more oxo(═O), OR9b, OC(O)R9b, OSO2R9b, NHR9b, NHC(O)R9b and NHSO2R9b groups. R9a is H, alkyl, alkenyl, or aryl. R9b can be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more groups such as oxo(═O), OR9c, CO2R9c, CO2R9c and OC(O)R9c. R9c is H, or a unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, alkenyl or aryl. The present invention further provides a composition comprising at least one compound of the present invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, alone or in combination with at least one additional active agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Michael R Boyd, Kirk R Gustafson, Charles L Cantrell
  • Patent number: 6684157
    Abstract: An improved system and method of integrating GPS and wireless communication systems with the systems of a user's vehicle make the GPS and wireless communication systems more readily and safely accessible to the vehicle operator during travel. GPS and data from other navigational equipment is transmitted over a digital data network, preferably a fiber optic network, that is provided in a vehicle for distributing data among the various electronic devices on-board. Voice and data streams sent to, and received from, wireless networks operating in the area, e.g., a WWAN, WPAN or WLAN, are also distributed over the fiber optic network for use by various on-board devices. An antenna farm, for a GPS receiver and wireless transceivers, can be connected to the on-board data network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Barman, Michael R. Boyd, David J. Paul
  • Patent number: 6673830
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel antiviral compounds, refered to as calanolides, related compounds, and their derivatives, which may be isolated from plants, or derived from compounds from plants, of the genus Calophyllum in accordance with the present inventive method. The compounds and their derivatives may be used alone or in combination with other antiviral agents in compositions, such as pharmaceutical compositions, to inhibit the growth or replication of a virus, such as a retrovirus, in particular a human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 or HIV-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Michael R. Boyd, John H. Cardellina, II, Kirk R. Gustafson, James B. McMahon, Richard W. Fuller, Gordon M. Cragg, Yoel Kashman, Doel Soejarto
  • Patent number: 6627641
    Abstract: The present invention provides antimalarial pharmaceutical compositions containing antimalarial naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids or antimalarial derivatives thereof, useful new antimalarial naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid derivatives, methods for obtaining such derivatives, and methods of using such antimalarial compounds for the prevention of malaria infections in mammals and for treating mammals with malarial infections. The antimalarial compounds of the present invention inhibit the reproduction and cytopathicity of Plasmodium sp. parasites in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Guido François, Gerhard Bringmann, J. David Phillipson, Michael R. Boyd, Laurent Aké Assi, Christoph Schneider, Georges Timperman
  • Publication number: 20030166552
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods of removing virus from a sample, a composition comprising a solid support matrix to which is attached a cyanovirin, a conjugate comprising a cyanovirin coupled to at least one effector component, a composition comprising such a conjugate, methods of inhibiting prophylactically or therapeutically a viral infection of a host, and a matrix-anchored anti-cyanovirin antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Gov't. of the USA, represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventor: Michael R. Boyd
  • Patent number: 6586392
    Abstract: The present invention provides antiviral proteins, peptides and conjugates, as well as methods of obtaining these agents. The antiviral proteins, peptides and conjugates of the present invention can be used alone or in combination with other antiviral agents in compositions, such as pharmaceutical compositions, to inhibit the infectivity, replication and cytopathic effects of a virus, such as a retrovirus, in particular a human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 or HIV-2, in the treatment or prevention of viral infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventor: Michael R. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20030109987
    Abstract: An improved system and method of integrating GPS and wireless communication systems with the systems of a user's vehicle make the GPS and wireless communication systems more readily and safely accessible to the vehicle operator during travel. GPS and data from other navigational equipment is transmitted over a digital data network, preferably a fiber optic network, that is provided in a vehicle for distributing data among the various electronic devices on-board. Voice and data streams sent to, and received from, wireless networks operating in the area, e.g., a WWAN, WPAN or WLAN, are also distributed over the fiber optic network for use by various on-board devices. An antenna farm, for a GPS receiver and wireless transceivers, can be connected to the on-board data network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Alan W. Barman, Michael R. Boyd, David J. Paul
  • Publication number: 20030103997
    Abstract: The present invention provides antiviral proteins, peptides and conjugates, as well as methods of obtaining these agents. The antiviral proteins, peptides and conjugates of the present invention can be used alone or in combination with other antiviral agents in compositions, such as pharmaceutical compositions, to inhibit the infectivity, replication and cytopathic effects of a virus, such as a retrovirus, in particular a human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 or HIV-2, in the treatment or prevention of viral infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventor: Michael R. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20030079035
    Abstract: A multi-format decoder board interfaces with a digital data network, preferably a fiber optic digital data network. Because data can be transmitted over the data network in a wide variety of formats, the decoder board of the present invention is able to decode data streams of audiovisual programming in a variety of formats so that the data can then be output by the board to various output devices including speakers, headphones, video monitors and other display devices. The data network is preferably on-board a vehicle in which the use of multiple playback devices for various audiovisual data formats would be limited by space and power constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael R. Boyd, David J. Paul, Sean C. Sinotte
  • Publication number: 20020151476
    Abstract: The present invention provides antiviral proteins, peptides and conjugates, as well as methods of obtaining these agents. The antiviral proteins, peptides and conjugates of the present invention can be used alone or in combination with other antiviral agents in compositions, such as pharmaceutical compositions, to inhibit the infectivity, replication and cytopathic effects of a virus, such as a retrovirus, in particular a human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 or HIV-2, in the treatment or prevention of viral infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: MICHAEL R. BOYD
  • Publication number: 20020127675
    Abstract: An isolated and purified nucleic acid molecule that encodes a protein or peptide comprising at least nine contiguous amino acids of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein the at least nine contiguous amino acids comprise amino acids 30-32 of SEQ ID NO: 2 which have been rendered glycosylation resistant and wherein the at least nine contiguous amino acids have antiviral activity, a vector comprising such an isolated and purified nucleic acid molecule, a host cell or organism comprising the vector, a method of producing an antiviral protein or antiviral peptide, the antiviral protein or antiviral peptide itself, a conjugate comprising the antiviral protein or antiviral peptide, and compositions comprising an effective amount of the antiviral protein, antiviral peptide, antiviral protein conjugate or antiviral peptide conjugate. Further provided is a method of inhibiting prophylactically or therapeutically a viral infection, specifically an influenza viral infection, of a host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventor: Michael R. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20020110557
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods of removing virus from a sample, a composition comprising a solid support matrix to which is attached a cyanovirin, a conjugate comprising a cyanovirin coupled to at least one effector component, a composition comprising such a conjugate, methods of inhibiting prophylactically or therapeutically a viral infection of a host, and a matrix-anchored anti-cyanovirin antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventor: Michael R. Boyd
  • Patent number: 6428790
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods of removing virus from a sample, a composition comprising a solid support matrix to which is attached a cyanovirin, a conjugate comprising a cyanovirin coupled to at least one effector component, a composition comprising such a conjugate, methods of inhibiting prophylactically or therapeutically a viral infection of a host, and a matrix-anchored anti-cyanovirin antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventor: Michael R. Boyd
  • Patent number: 6420336
    Abstract: The present invention provides antiviral proteins, peptides and conjugates, as well as methods of obtaining these agents. The antiviral proteins, peptides and conjugates of the present invention can be used alone or in combination with other antiviral agents in compositions, such as pharmaceutical compositions, to inhibit the infectivity, replication and cytopathic effects of a virus, such as a retrovirus, in particular a human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 or HIV-2, in the treatment or prevention of viral infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventor: Michael R. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20020086898
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel antiviral compounds, refered to as calanolides, related compounds, and their derivatives, which may be isolated from plants, or derived from compounds from plants, of the genus Calophyllum in accordance with the present inventive method. The compounds and their derivatives may be used alone or in combination with other antiviral agents in compositions, such as pharmaceutical compositions, to inhibit the growth or replication of a virus, such as a retrovirus, in particular a human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 or HIV-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Michael R. Boyd, John H. Cardellina, Kirk R. Gustafson, James B. McMahon, Richard W. Fuller, Gordon M. Cragg, Yoel Kashman, Doel Soejarto
  • Patent number: 6353019
    Abstract: The present invention provides compound of the formula: wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and are independently H, C1-C6 straight-chain or branched saturated or unsaturated alkyl, aryl, R6CH2—, R6CO—, or R6SO2—, wherein R6 is H, C1-C6 straight-chain or branched saturated or unsaturated alkyl, or aryl; R3 is H, C1→C6 straight-chain or branched-chain saturated alkyl, aryl, an oxime, or an oxime methyl ether; at least one aromatic ring position is optionally substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of halo, nitro, amino, hydroxyl, thio, acyl, C1-C6 alkyl, and cyano; and Z is a contiguous linker comprising a chain of 7-10 atoms (including heteroatoms) which atoms, together with the five atoms beginning with the carbon of the aromatic ring in meta-relationship with OR1 and ending with the carbon directly attached to the alkyl oxygen of the lactone, which carbons are covalently bonded to either end of linker Z, integrally form a 12-15 membe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Michael R. Boyd, Tawnya C. McKee, John H. Cardellina, II, John A. Beutler, Karen Erickson, Deborah Galinis, Lewis Pannell
  • Patent number: 6331630
    Abstract: The present invention provides new naphthylisoquinoline derivatives. In particular, the present invention furthermore provides novel dimeric arylisoquinoline alkaloids comprised of coupled first and second arylisoquinoline monomers. Monomeric and dimeric compounds of the present invention have medically useful properties, such as antimicrobial properties, more specifically such as antimalarial and antiviral properties. Monomeric compounds of the present invention are also useful as building blocks or intermediates for synthesis of novel dimeric arylisoquinoline alkaloids. Monomeric and dimeric compounds of the present invention may be obtained in substantially pure form by total synthesis, partial synthesis, or derivatization from known synthetic or naturally occurring compounds, and by isolation and purification from plants of the Dioncophyllaceae and Ancistrocladaceae families.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Gerhard Bringmann, Michael R. Boyd, Matthias Wenzel
  • Patent number: 6245737
    Abstract: The present invention provides antiviral proteins, peptides and conjugates, as well as methods of obtaining these agents. The antiviral proteins, peptides and conjugates of the present invention can be used alone or in combination with other antiviral agents in compositions, such as pharmaceutical compositions, to inhibit the infectivity, replication and cytopathic effects of a virus, such as a retrovirus, in particular a human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 or HIV-2, in the treatment or prevention of viral infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Michael R. Boyd, Kirk R. Gustafson, Robert H. Shoemaker, James B. McMahon