Patents by Inventor Peter A. Crooks

Peter A. Crooks 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).

  • Use of L-canavanine as a chemotherapeutic agent for the treatment of pancreatic cancer
    Patent number: 5552440
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition of canavanine, and a method treatment of cancer, particularly pancreatic cancer with L-canavanine is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: The University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Peter A. Crooks, Gerald A. Rosenthal