Patents by Inventor Russell George Hunt

Russell George Hunt 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: 20090029978
    Abstract: The use of a compound comprising formula (I), or a salt, ester, amide or prodrug thereof in the treatment of obesity and related disorders. The invention also relates to novel compounds within formula (I), to processes for preparing them and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. In formula (I): A is an optionally substituted thienyl moiety, Y is O, S, or NR2, R1 is a branched or unbranched alkyl (optionally interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms), alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, reduced arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroarylalkenyl, reduced aryl, reduced heteroaryl, reduced heteroarylalkyl or a substituted derivative of any of the foregoing groups and R2 is hydrogen or a group as defined for R1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Alizyme Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Harold Francis HODSON, Christopher Robert DUNK, Richard Michael John PALMER, Dale Robert MITCHELL, Veronique BIRAULT, Russell George HUNT
  • Patent number: 7407954
    Abstract: The use of a compound comprising formula (I), or a salt, ester, amide or prodrug thereof in the treatment of obesity and related disorders. The invention also relates to novel compounds within formula (I), to processes for preparing them and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. In formula (I): A is an optionally substituted thienyl moiety, Y is O, S, or NR2, R1 is a branched or unbranched alkyl (optionally interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms), alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, reduced arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroarylalkenyl, reduced aryl, reduced heteroaryl, reduced heteroarylalkyl or a substituted derivative of any of the foregoing groups and R2 is hydrogen or a group as defined for R1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Alizyme Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Harold Francis Hodson, Christopher Robert Dunk, Richard Michael John Palmer, Dale Robert Mitchell, VĂ©ronique Birault, Russell George Hunt