Patents by Inventor Tom S. Ells

Tom S. Ells 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).

  • Methods and compositions for preventing and treating heartburn
    Patent number: 5989588
    Abstract: A method for preventing heartburn episodes in a patient at risk to development of heartburn, comprising administering to the patient, following the heartburn inducing event but prior to development of heartburn, a composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of an H.sub.2 antagonist and an amount of antacid having between about 15 mEq and 46 mEq acid neutralizing capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignees: Merck & Co., Inc., McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott H. Korn, Gerard P. McNally, Joseph R. Luber, Tom S. Ells