Patents by Inventor Robert Hof

Robert Hof 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).

  • Publication number: 20050222092
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonist in the treatment of heart diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Volker Brinkmann, Gilles Feutren, Robert Hof
  • Publication number: 20050090674
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the conversion of group X in a 2-(6-substituted)-1,3-dioxane-4yl) acetic acid derivative according to formula 2 into a group OY in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst and an oxylating agent, by using as a phase transfer catalyst a quarternary phosphonium ion and by using as an oxylating agent an OY-ion. X stands for a halogen and R1, R2 and R3 are each independently a C1-4 alkylgroup or R1 and R2 together with the C-atom to which they are bound form a 5- or 6-membered cycloalkyl; Y stands for RA-CO— or for RB—SO2- with RA, RB are chosen from the group of alkyl or aryl with 1-12 C-atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventor: Robert Hof
  • Patent number: 6293395
    Abstract: Packaging (1) for the extemporaneous mixing of two products (A, B) includes a first bottle (6) intended to contain a first product (A), this bottle being open at its base (12) in the form of a skirt (7) and being fitted with a dispensing nozzle (36); a connecting part (10) fixed to the base (12) of the first bottle (6), including a central hollow shaft (14) capable of receiving a first detachable stopper (16) allowing the first bottle to be closed; a second bottle (5) intended to contain a second product (B), provided with a neck (18) which can be engaged in the central hollow shaft (14), the second bottle (5) being equipped with a removable closure (26) and bearing an engagement part (48) which, after the closure (26) has been removed, interacts with a complementary part (46) provided in the central hollow shaft (14), to allow the first stopper (16) to be expelled and allow the two products (A+B) to be mixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Robert Hof