Patents by Inventor Stuart Shapiro

Stuart Shapiro 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).

  • Macrolides
    Publication number: 20060264387
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new antibiotic macrolide compounds of the general formula I: with improved activity, to medicaments comprising such antibiotics, and to the use of such antibiotics for the treatment of infectious diseases, inflammatory diseases and human diseases or disorders which can be ameliorated by inhibition human phospdiesterases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Johannes Kellenberger, Stuart Shapiro, Salima Mathews, Philippe Guerry, Pierre Noel Barbier
  • Antiplaque oral composition and method
    Patent number: 6096293
    Abstract: An oral antiplaque composition for treatment of teeth wherein the essential antiplaque agent is a substantially water insoluble noncationic antibacterial phenol containing, relative to the hydroxyl group, an alkyl or cycloalkyl group, preferably tert.-butyl (t-butyl), in the 2-position, and substituents in one or both of the 4- and 5-positions, one or both of which may be alkyl or cycloalkyl, one being preferably t-butyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Orum David Stringer, John Brahms, Ernest Kelly, Malathy Subramanian, Stuart Shapiro
  • Anti-inflammatory and antibacterial benzyl phenol agents and their use in oral compositions
    Patent number: 5998487
    Abstract: An antibacterial, anti-inflammatory compound for use in oral products, of the formulae: ##STR1## Wherein: R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are straight chain or branched alkyl substituents or cycloalkyls with one or more alkyl substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John C. Brahms, Dale S. Scherl, Susan Herles, Stuart Shapiro, Abdul Gaffar
  • Antiplaque oral composition and method
    Patent number: 5851513
    Abstract: An oral composition comprising an orally acceptable vehicle and an effective antiplaque amount of at least one substantially water insoluble noncationic antibacterial agent of the formulae: ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John C. Brahms, Shirley A. Lucchesi, Frederick G. Saunders, Abdul Gaffar, Stuart Shapiro
  • Biocatalytic process for the production of L-(-)-carnitine from crotonobetaine and strains of proteus for use in said process
    Patent number: 5300430
    Abstract: A process is described for stereospecifically hydrating crotonobetaine to L-(-)-carnitine via the action of an enzyme produced by four new strains of Proteus mirabilis (NRRL B-18480, NRRL B-18481, NRRL B-18482, and NRRL B-18483) in biotransformation media containing from 10 to 12% (w/v) crotonobetaine inner salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A.
    Inventors: Stuart Shapiro, Manrico Bernardini, Charles J. Sih