Patents by Inventor Scott Gary Franzblau

Scott Gary Franzblau 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).

  • Cationic substituted benzofurans as antimicrobial agents
    Publication number: 20080221191
    Abstract: A method of treating a Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject an effective amount of a cationic substituted benzofuran compound. Methods of treating microbial infections, including infections from protozoan pathogens, such as Leishmania donovani, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, a Trypanosoma cruzi, and Plasmodium falciparum, and fungal pathogens, such as Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Cryptococcus neoformans, in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject an effective amount of a cationic substituted benzofuran compound. Methods of synthesizing novel cationic substituted benzofuran compounds and the novel compounds themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Richard R. Tidwell, Karl Werbovetz, Scott Gary Franzblau, Svetlana Bakunova, Stanislav Bakunov
  • Cationic substituted benzofurans as antimicrobial agents
    Patent number: 7417158
    Abstract: A method of treating a Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject an effective amount of a cationic substituted benzofuran compound. Methods of treating microbial infections, including infections from protozoan pathogens, such as Leishmania donovani, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, a Trypanosoma cruzi, and Plasmodium falciparum, and fungal pathogens, such as Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Cryptococcus neoformans, in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject an effective amount of a cationic substituted benzofuran compound. Methods of synthesizing novel cationic substituted benzofuran compounds and the novel compounds themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Richard R. Tidwell, Karl Werbovetz, Scott Gary Franzblau, Svetlana Bakunova, Stanislav Bakunov