Patents by Inventor Rick J. Rutter

Rick J. Rutter 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).

  • Process for producing N-substituted polyhydroxy nitrogen-containing heterocycles
    Patent number: 5695969
    Abstract: A process for producing N-substituted amino compounds, a process for oxidizing an N-substituted amino compound with a microbe, or cell fragment or cell free extract thereof, and a process for oxidizing an N-substituted amino compound with a microbe, or cell fragment or cell free extract thereof and reducing the oxidized N-substituted amino compound to N-substituted-polyhydroxy piperidines based on N-substituted mannosamines, allosamines and altrosamines, N-substituted polyhydroxy pyrrolidines, and N-substituted polyhydroxy azetidines. In addition, a one pot process for producing N-substituted-polyhydroxy piperidines based on N-substituted mannosamines, allosamines and altrosamines, N-substituted polyhydroxy pyrrolidines, and N-substituted polyhydroxy azetidines from the respective sugar is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignees: Monsanto Company, G. D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: Roy W. Grabner, Bryan H. Landis, Mike G. Scaros, Rick J. Rutter
  • Process for producing n-substituted polyhydroxy nitrogen-containing heterocycles utilizing acetobacteraceae and corynebacterium
    Patent number: 5401645
    Abstract: A process for producing N-substituted amino compounds, a process for oxidizing an N-substituted amino compound with a microbe, or cell fragment or cell free extract thereof, and a process for oxidizing an N-substituted amino compound with a microbe, or cell fragment or cell free extract thereof and reducing the oxidized N-substituted amino compound to N-substituted-polyhydroxy piperidines based on N-substituted mannosamines, allosamines and altrosamines, N-substituted polyhydroxy pyrrolidines, and N-substituted polyhydroxy azetidines. In addition, a one pot process for producing N-substituted-polyhydroxy piperidines based on N-substituted mannosamines, allosamines and altrosamines, N-substituted polyhydroxy pyrrolidines, and N-substituted polyhydroxy azetidines from the respective sugar is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignees: Monsanto Company, G. D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: Roy W. Grabner, Bryan H. Landis, Mike G. Scaros, Rick J. Rutter