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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David H Katz, La Jolla, CA (US);
Laura E Pope, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Mohammed H Khalil, San Diego, CA (US);
John F Marcelletti, San Diego, CA (US);
Lee R Katz, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514724 ; 514936 ; 424434 ; 424435 ;
Abstract
Therapeutic compositions including a nonionic surfactant combined with long chain fatty acids, alkanes, amides or mono-unsaturated alcohols, particularly stearyl alcohol, erucyl alcohol, brassidyl alcohol, arachidyl alcohol, n-docosane, n-docosanoic acid, erucamide and stearic acid, or mixtures thereof, as active ingredients are disclosed. Methods of preventing or treating viral infections, treating skin or membrane inflammation or inhibiting cell proliferation using such compositions are disclosed.