Patents by Inventor Richard W. Saunders

Richard W. Saunders 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: 6831079
    Abstract: This invention provides novel formulations for vasopressin agonist compounds, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having the general structure: and processes for making them, the formulations comprising from about 1% to about 20% of active ingredient, from about 1% to about 18% of a surfactant component, from about 50% to about 80% of a component of one or more polyethylene glycols, from about 1% to about 20% of a component of one or more sucrose fatty acid esters and/or polyvinylpyrrolidone and, optionally, one or more preservatives or antioxidants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Joseph K. Yoon, Richard W Saunders, Mahdi Fawzi
  • Publication number: 20040054920
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to encoding and encrypting digital content, and distributing the encoded digital content to end users. A content provider creates or chooses a digital rights profile that is unique to a license server. The digital content is encoded and encrypted with the digital rights profile as portions of a streaming digital content are immediately received. The encoded digital profile is sent to an end user for rendering. The end user must have a license from the license server to decrypt the encoded digital content. Either the end user has a pre-existing license to decrypt, or must order a license to decrypt the received encoded and encrypted digital content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Mei L. Wilson, Krishnamurthy Ganesan, Richard W. Saunders, Pratul Dublish, Brian D. Crites, Michael Patten, James M. Alkove
  • Patent number: 6437006
    Abstract: This invention provides carrier systems useful in preparing pharmaceutical formulations, the systems comprising, by weight percentage, from about 1% to about 20%, preferably from about 5% to about 12%, of a surfactant component; from about 55% to about 93%, preferably from about 60% to about 85%, of a component of one or more polyethylene glycols (PEG); and from about 1% to about 25%, preferably from about 5% to about 15%, of one or more sucrose fatty acid esters or polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) with a K value between about 15 and about 90, preferably with a K value of from about 16 to about 18, most preferably about 17, as defined in USP/NF, or a combination of one or more sucrose fatty acid esters or PVP, and, optionally, one or more pharmaceutically acceptable preservatives or antioxidants, such as BHA, BHT, ascorbyl palmitate or benzyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Joseph K. Yoon, Richard W. Saunders, Mahdi Fawzi
  • Patent number: 6352718
    Abstract: This invention provides novel formulations for N-[4-(5H-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepin-10(11H)ylcarbonyl)-3-chlorophenyl]-5-fluoro-2-methyl-benzamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and processes for making them, the formulations comprising from about 1% to about 20% of active ingredient, from about 1% to about 18% of a surfactant component, from about 50% to about 80% of a component of one or more polyethylene glycols, from about 1% to about 20% of a component of one or more sucrose fatty acid esters and/or polyvinylpyrrolidone and, optionally, one or more pharmaceutically acceptable preservatives or antioxidants
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Joseph K. Yoon, Richard W. Saunders, Mahdi Fawzi
  • Patent number: 6331547
    Abstract: This invention provides novel water soluble pegylated esters of rapamycin, having the general structure: wherein n is an integer from about 5 to about 450, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for their use as immunosuppressive, anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antiproliferative and antitumor agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Tianmin Zhu, Syed M. Shah, Richard W. Saunders