Patents by Inventor Wai-Chong Foong

Wai-Chong Foong 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).

  • Composition and pharmaceutical preparation containing same for the treatment of herpes and related viral infections
    Publication number: 20030215529
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, novel compositions useful for the treatment of the cytopathogenic effects of an enveloped virus in mammals have been discovered by extraction and purification from the spikes of Prunella vulgaris. In particular, invention compositions comprise a lignin-carbohydrate complex as an active ingredient for inhibition of viral infection in a mammal. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, it has been discovered that invention compositions are effective agents for the prophylaxis and therapy in mammals of diseases caused by enveloped viruses, e.g., herpes simplex virus. Methods for producing invention compositions and uses therefor are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicants: Dalhousie University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Song F. Lee, Paul P.H. But, Spencer H.S. Lee, Vincent E.C. Ooi, Hong-Xi Xu, Yongwen Zhang, Wai-Chong Foong, Jonathan Blay