Patents by Inventor Roberta E. Brinton

Roberta E. Brinton 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).

  • Method, compositions, and compounds for modulating brain excitability
    Patent number: 5208227
    Abstract: Method, compositions, and compounds for modulating brain excitability to alleviate stress, anxiety, and seizure activity using certain steroid derivatives that act at a newly identified site on the gamma-ammobutyric acid/benzodiazepine receptor-chloride ionophore (GBR) complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Kelvin W. Gee, Michael B. Bolger, Roberta E. Brinton, Deborah J. Burke, Bruce S. McEwen