Patents by Inventor Neil E. Willmer

Neil E. Willmer 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).

  • CL-1957E antibiotic compound and its production
    Patent number: 4725621
    Abstract: A purified isolate of an actinomycete identified as ATCC 39366 is capable of producing the antimicrobial compound CL-1957E which also exhibits antitumor properties.The antimicrobial compound CL-1957E is produced by cultivating isolate ATCC 39366 under aerobic conditions in a culture medium containing assimilable sources of carbon and nitrogen until a substantially quantity of the CL-1957E compound is produced, and subsequently isolating the CL-1957E compound.The antibiotic compound CL-1957E and pharmaceutical compositions comprising this substance together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is also disclosed, as are methods of treating microbial infections and tumors in mammals, employing these pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Richard H. Bunge, James C. French, Timothy R. Hurley, Neil E. Willmer
  • CL-1957D antibiotic compound and its production
    Patent number: 4696794
    Abstract: A purified isolate of an actinomycete identified as ATCC 39366 is capable of producing the antimicrobial compound CL-1957D.The antimicrobial compound CL-1957D is produced by cultivating isolate ATCC 39366 under aerobic conditions in a culture medium containing assimilable sources of carbon and nitrogen until a substantial quantity of the CL-1957D compound is produced, and subsequently isolating the CL-1957D compound.The antibiotic compound CL-1957D and pharmaceutical compositions comprising this substance together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is also disclosed, as are methods of treating microbial infections in mammals, employing these pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1987
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Richard H. Bunge, James C. French, Timothy R. Hurley, Neil E. Willmer