IP Library Granted Patent US 7,838,556
Granted Patent B2
US 7,838,556 · App. 11/707,120 · Granted Nov 23, 2010

Ethers of 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid as selective gamma-hydroxybutyric acid receptor ligands

Assignees: University of Maryland, Baltimore; Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
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Patent No.
US 7,838,556
App. No.
11/707,120
Granted
Nov 23, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention generally relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising ethers of 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid. The present invention also relates to therapeutic uses of the ethers of 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid. The ethers of 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid have the chemical structural of formula (I): where R is an aromatic or arylalkyl substituent.

Claims (2)

1. A composition comprising: a compound having the chemical structural of formula (I):

where R is an arylalkyl substituent and wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of the phenylpropyl ether of 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid and the phenylethyl ether of 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Assignments (3)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Jan 20, 2011
From: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALT PROF SCHOOL
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 025666/0171 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2007
From: TICKU, MAHARAJ K.; FRANCE, CHARLES P.
To: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
Reel/Frame 019257/0217 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2007
From: COOP, ANDREW
To: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
Reel/Frame 019257/0253 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6077461900 · Feb 21, 2006
Related Publication 20070197650A1 · Aug 23, 2007