Who said vitamin D could not be patented

A few of the 1,000+ vitamin D entries for US and International Patents.

Most were for Vitamin D analogs and vitamin D testing.

These provide some insight as to what vitamin D might help with, and shows vitamin D uses which cannot be mentioned for fear of having to pay patent royalties.

Interesting to note that a majority of the patents are for TREATING, not PREVENTING

A majority of these vitamin D patents are owned by Big Pharma.

US Patents for vitamin D

Method of treating multiple sclerosis DeLuca March 2022
Method of preventing COVID-19 infection Feb 2022 Vit D is a portion of the solution
Nutritional intervention for improving muscular function and strength 2021
Dietary supplements for treating ADHD and related disorders June 2018 Vitamin D + Magnesium
Use of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 to enhance executive functions July 2017
Therapeutic vitamin D conjugates March 2017 Vit D + apelin proteins
Method for controlled release oral dosage of a vitamin D compound Nov 2016
9,066,958 - Lick vitamin D off of an object such as a nipple Veith, July 2015
7,915,242 March 2011 Vitamin D receptor antagonists and their use in treating asthma - Deluca
7,476,404 Jan 2009 Prevent bone loss with up to 70,000 IU of vitamin D and standard co-factors
7,094,775 Aug 2007 Cancer inhibited with vitamin D analogs, not natural D3
7,476,404 May 2006 up to 10,000 IU vitamin D and cofactors reduce bone loss
standard co-factors:Calcium Citrate Malate; Potassium Citrate; Magnesium; Boron and Vitamin K.
7,253,293 2007 20-hydroxyvitamin D? cancer, etc. analogue without Calcium problems
7,053,075 May 2006 Methods for reducing body fat using vitamin D compounds
7,053,074 May 2006 Prevention of ovarian cancer by administration of a Vitamin D compound
6,559,139 May 2003 Use of vitamin D in combination with chemotherapy (owned by NIH)
6,509,326 Jan 2003 Combined calcium and vitamin D supplements
5,795,882 Aug 1998 Prostatic diseases – enteric coatings
5,597,595 Jan 1997 Low pH beverage fortified with calcium and vitamin D
4,970,203 Nov 1990 Method for improving reproductive functions in mammals

US Patent Application

NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION FOR IMPROVING MUSCULAR FUNCTION AND STRENGTH July 2019
β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) and Vitamin D

20120196837 METHOD OF TREATING FRAILTY Aug 2012 Vitamin D along with anabolic steroid
20090196862 Aug 2009 High dosage (typically 10,000 IU) Vitamin D to prevent and cure a wide variety of diseases:
(SAD), fall prevention, multiple sclerosis, chemoprevention of cancer, accelerated fracture healing, and metabolic syndrome.
The applicant, Dr. William Davis is the author of the Heart Scan Blog
20070093459 April 2007 Use of Vitamin Ds or Vitamin D analogs to treat cardiovascular disease
20100209536 Aug 2010 Immune System or Infectious Diseases anything up to 10,000 IU
20100047363 Feb 2010 CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE Vitamin D up to 10,000 IU
20110059926 Vitamin D Compounds and Methods for Reducing Ocular Hypertension (OHT) March 2011, Deluca, Hector F (again)
Composition for treatment of bone loss - Jan 2009
20120195981 Vitamin D and Calcium for PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME, POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION, DEPRESSION AND PANIC ATTACKS: Aug 2012

Note: In addition, there are Patent Applications which are hidden – the applicant can choose to not have his application be public until it is approved.

International Patents
Multiple Sclerosis with 10,000 IU of Vitamin D + Biotin + Folate + Vitamin B12 + Vitamin C = etc. by Valery Lipenko, Nov 2018
(RU0002665969) PCOS Sept 2018 6,000 IU, 45 nanogram
WO2018136490) June 2018 Common Cold probiotic, vitamin C and vitamin D
(RU0002660341) PMS in girls July 2018 4,000 IU if a few poor genes, otherwise 2.000 IU
(US20180169034) TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY FORMULATION June 2018, Transdermal patch
(EP3320952) TREATING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS May 2018, WISCONSIN ALUMNI RES FOUND, DELUCA
COGNITIVE HEALTH AND MEMORY Jan 2018, 1,000-5000 IU vitamin D + Omega-3
Prevent Hair loss from Chemotherapy Jan 2018

TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Feb 2016
Prevent Cancer and other diseases Feb 2016
EP2621588) METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DISEASE TREATMENT USING INHALATION June 2013
WO/2012/047674 April 2012 inhaled, especially for pulmonary diseases
   Download the PDF from VitaminDWiki
    Note: inhaled patent is only for powedered vitamin D, not liquid.
    Company was bought out by big pharma company Tiva in 2013 - which does not appear to have made a product out of it
Vitamin D3 added for treating cancer March 2012
MEMANTINE AND VITAMIN D FOR TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE April 2012
(WO2011154004) A PHARMACEUTICAL SPRAY COMPOSITION COMPRISING A VITAMIN D ANALOGUE AND A CORTICOSTEROID Dec 2011
CALCIUM, VITAMIN D AND VITAMIN K FOR OSTEOPOROSIS ] Dec 2011
2011053410 ALLEVIATING SIDE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY
(WO2011097383) METHOD OF TREATING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
(WO2011079249) VITAMIN D GLYCOSIDES AND SULFATES FOR TREATING DISEASES
(WO2011152810) CALCIUM, VITAMIN D AND VITAMIN K FOR OSTEOPOROSIS
EP2321273) ONCE-A-WEEK ADMINISTRATION OF VITAMIN D3 TO SUSTAIN ELEVATED STEADY-STATE PHARMACOKINETIC BLOOD CONCENTRATION; DELUCA
    take at least every 7 days to get a response anywhere in the range of 30ng to 200 ng
(EP2340840) Pulse dose Vitamin D drug for the treatment of hyperproliferative skin diseases July 2011   other patents by Henner William > Psoriasis?
(WO/2010/008976) COMBINED calcium succinate, magnesium R-{+)- alpha-lipoate, and Vitamin D to improve bones
(WO/2011/076557) USE OF 25-OH D3 FOR IMPROVED REPRODUCTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE OF ROOSTERS (400 to 4000 IU of vitamin D per kg of feed)
(WO/2011/066351) IMMUNOMODULATORY COMPOUNDS FOR THE RESTORATION OF VITAMIN D SENSITIVITY IN VITAMIN D RESISTANT TUMOR CELLS
(WO/2010/102039) Sept 2010 INCREASING VITAMIN D CONTENT OF MUSHROOMS WITH UV LIGHT
(WO/2010/021590) Feb 2010 METHOD TO VITAMIN-D ENRICH FOOD USING YEAST AND UV LIGHT
(WO2010011906) Taking vitamin D weekly, Yet another vitamin D patent by DELUCA
Patent (WO2010075537) to include anti-oxident with vitamin D – 2010
(WO/2008/027438) Mar 2009 LAMP FOR STIMULATING VITAMIN D PRODUCTION in humans
(WO/2008/034908) Mar 2008 VITAMIN D COMPOUNDS FOR THE PREVENTION OF ADHESIONS
(WO2008061535) 2008 Strontium and vitamin D periodontitis, gingivitis
(WO2008024485)Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer and Breast Cancer aided by seocalcitol, a Vitamin D compound
(WO/2007/036802) SUBLINGUAL DOSAGE FORM COMPRISING VITAMIN D ANALOGUE, IN PARTICULAR CALCITRIOL CLICK HERE for detail on VitaminDWiki
(WO/2006/100285) Sept 2006 USE OF VITAMIN D COMPOUNDS TO TREAT ENDOMETRIOSIS
(WO2008039409) TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF DISEASES OR CONDITIONS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM OR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
   allergic rhinitis, eczema, psoriasis, food allergy, type-1 diabetes, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus, tuberculosis, parasitic infection, etc,
(WO/2006/094064) Sept 2006 METHOD OF REDUCING SCARS WITH VITAMIN D
(WO/2009/101132) COMBINATION OF VITAMIN D AND 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 3 CLICK HERE for detail on VitaminDWiki
(WO/2009/101135) COMBINED USE OF 25-HYDROXY-VITAMIN D3 AND VITAMIN D3 FOR IMPROVING BONE MINERAL DENSITY AND FOR TREATING OSTEOPOROSIS
WO/2005/016872 TREATMENT OF LUNG CANCER WITH ACTIVE VITAMIN D COMPOUNDS IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER TREATMENTS (in animals)
(WO/2003/059358) 25?HYDROXY VITAMIN D3 COMPOSITIONS - 2003 - use of oil
(WO/2004/047673) TREATMENT OF LIVER DISEASE WITH ACTIVE VITAMIN D COMPOUNDS = calcitriol. Patent Owner = NOVACEA
(WO/2002/058707) METHOD OF TREATMENT OF TYPE I DIABETES WITH VITAMIN D COMPOUNDS - early 2011
(WO/2011/017165) METHOD OF PREVENTING RENAL DISEASE AND TREATING SYMPTOMS THEREOF
(WO2005079464) VITAMIN D RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS AND THEIR USE IN TREATING ASTHMA

WIPO Patent granted for adding vitamin D to sunblock - Feb 2011

WO2002030430 Vitamin D2 patent granted to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy – 2002
WO/2011/025368 METHOD OF TREATING FRAILTY March 2011
WO/2011/019617 VITAMIN D3 AND ANALOGS THEREOF FOR TREATING ALOPECIA - delivered to the skin March 2011
WO/2011/012568 NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR LACTATING WOMEN - add vitamin D to Omega - 3
WO/2011/007208 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OFCANCER - vitamin D and, this is different, a vitamin D receptor modulator Jan 2011
WO/2010/143986 COMBINED THERAPY OF COLORECTAL CARCINOMA - add vitamin D to Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer
WO/2010/133793 DRUG CONTAINING CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D - Patent for preventing and treating osteoporosis
WO/2010/008976 COMBINED CALCIUM, MAGNESIUM AND VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS - calcium succinate, magnesium R-(+)-alpha-lipoate, and Vitamin D for bone health
WO/2009/026265 A METHOD OF EXTENDING THE DOSE RANGE OF VITAMIN D COMPOUNDS - DeLuca again
WO/2007/143862 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY OF AN INFANT - using UV lamps
WO/2006/133829 USE OF 25-HYDROXY-VITAMIN D3 - cream for many forms of skin problems
WO/2007/036802 SUBLINGUAL DOSAGE FORM COMRISING VITAMIN D ANALOGUE, IN PARTICULAR CALCITRIOL
Patent for patients of Chronic Heart Failure includes vitamin D – June 2011
(WO/2007/059960) USE OF vitamin D during mammal pregnancy and lactation - example 200 to 600 IU per kg of pig weight

It is interesting to note how many vitamin D patents are owned by single organizations

Example: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION has 162 patents (136 + 27)

Vitamin D patents became public - 1946 taken from Wisconsin Alumni 65 years ago
Note that H DeLuca has a lot to gain if vitamin D analog is 'shown' to be better than vitamin D
He was a consultant to the Institute of Medicine panel investigating vitamin D during 2010
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Finally! (July 2011)- found out how big money is made in patents - even if the patent could not be defended in a court

EXTORTION

More than 97% of patent infringement suits are settled before having a costly court battle

Of the 3% of patents infringements which actually get to litigation, 40% are declared invalid in court

from Freakonomics- July 2011

Nice details on patent infringement at Law dot com

Some of the non-bone for diseases that vitamin D has been patented for

PCOS, Breast and many other cancers, Obesity, Fall prevention, Stroke and other Cardiovascular,
Immune system, wounds and reduce scars, Kidney disease, Diabetes, improve fertility,
decrease pregnancy problems, SAD, multiple sclerosis (2),chemoprevention of cancer,
accelerate fracture healing, metabolic syndrome, periodontitis, gingivitis, endometreosis,
hair loss due to Chemotherapy, asthma, allergy, PMS in girls, ADHD