Patents by Inventor Nikolaos P. Rodis

Nikolaos P. Rodis 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).

  • Low molecular weight thiocarbamates as inhibitors of elastase, uses and method of synthesis
    Patent number: 5539123
    Abstract: A compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R and R' together represent a primary or a secondary aliphatic amine. Also described are elastase enzyme inhibitory compositions including a carrier and an elastase enzyme inhibiting amount of the compounds of the invention. A method of selectively inhibiting the enzyme elastase in an animal or a human in need of such treatment includes administering to the animal or human an enzyme elastase inhibiting amount of one of the compounds of the invention or a composition thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: George A. Digenis, Nikolaos P. Rodis