Patents by Inventor Yves Rouille

Yves Rouille 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).

  • Use of Epigallocatechin Gallate as an Antiviral Agent against infections by the Hepatitis C Virus
    Publication number: 20140088184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flavonoid compound having the formula I, where R3, R5 and/or R7 is a group having the formula II, or R1 and R2 are both OH groups, or to one of the pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof, for use as an antiviral agent in the treatment and/or prevention of a hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The invention also relates to an ex vivo method for reducing the infectivity of HCV or for inactivating HCV, including a step of contacting said hepatitis C virus with a compound having the formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicants: INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Karin Seron, Jean Dubuisson, Yves Rouille, Czeslaw Wychowski
  • LEPROTL1 and OB-RGRP genes for screening compounds that act on the gain or loss of weight or on diabetes in a human or animal subject
    Publication number: 20060068429
    Abstract: A method for identifying compounds acting on weight gain or weight loss or on diabetes in a human or animal subject including measuring effect of the compounds on (a) expression of at least one of genes LEPROTL1 and OB-RGRP or a part of them and/or (b) intracellular transport up to a cellular membrane and/or (c) presence at the cellular membrane level and/or (d) internalization from the membrane of proteins coded by at least one of these genes or part of them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS, an organization of France
    Inventors: Bernard Bailleul, Yves Rouille, Karin Seron, Sandrine Belouzard