The Carbon Is Double Bonded Directly At The 2-position Patents (Class 552/527)
  • Longer-acting progestin prodrug contraceptives
    Patent number: 10624903
    Abstract: Described herein are progestin compounds that have extended release rates and that can be used without an estrogen to produce a contraceptive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Evestra, Inc.
    Inventors: Gulzar Ahmed, Frederick Meece, Hareesh Nair, Klaus Nickisch
  • Hip, ridge or rake shingles and stacks of hip, ridge or rake shingles
    Patent number: 8820020
    Abstract: A plurality of hip, ridge or rake shingles, and the shingles produced thereby and stacks and packages of such shingles are provided. An adhesive impregnated mat is moved longitudinally, and granules are provided onto adhesive, in predetermined bands. An overlay band of adhesive, continuous or discontinuous is provided, with granules thereon, increasing the thickness of the shingle material being made, in predetermined bands, relative to the remainder of the shingle material. The shingle material is slit longitudinally, and one portion can be laminated to another portion, preferably creating a multiple-ply laminated shingle material with thickened overlay portions and optionally with shadow line portions. The material is then slit longitudinally, and cut transversely into a plurality of hip, ridge or rake shingles, which may be individually separated from each other, or which may comprise a plurality of connected together shingles. The shingles are then stacked and wrapped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen A. Koch, Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Robert L. Jenkins, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • 17-Methylene steroids, process for their production and pharmaceutical compositions that contain these compounds
    Patent number: 6855836
    Abstract: The invention relates to 17-methylene steroids, process for their production and pharmaceutical compositions that contain these compounds. The compounds according to the invention have a hybrid-type profile of action in the sense that they act as inhibitors of 5?-reductase and simultaneously as gestagens. They are therefore suitable for treating diseases that are the result of elevated androgen levels in certain organs and tissues in men and women. Together with other hormonal substances, such as an estrogen, testosterone or a strong androgen, the compounds according to the invention are suitable as contraceptive agents for women and for men.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Jenapharm GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Menzenbach, Peter Droescher, Walter Elger, Alexander Hillisch, Gunter Kaufmann, Hans-Udo Schweikert, Gerd Muller
  • Aminosterol compounds and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6388108
    Abstract: Newly isolated aminosterol compounds and pharmaceutical compositions based on the aminosterol compounds are described. Methods for the treatment of various disorders, for example, a microbial infection, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Genaera Corporation
    Inventors: Meena Rao, Binyamin Feibush, William Kinney, Michael Zasloff, Lincoln Noecker
  • Non-linear optical material containing steroidal ketone compound
    Patent number: 5443758
    Abstract: A steroidal ketone compound having a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group or heterocyclic aromatic group is useful as a non-linear optical material in a non-linear optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: Hatachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Kaji