U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Maryland (Jan. 5)

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Maryland.

*** HHS Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been assigned a patent (8,344,019) developed by Michael L. Pendrak, Kensington, Md., and David D. Roberts, Bethesda, Md., for "methods for the production of biliverdin." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the production of biliverdin and methods of treatment and prevention. In particular, the invention concerns methods for producing biliverdin in yeast, especially Candida albicans, and other microorganisms." The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2012 (13/372,361). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,344,019&OS=8,344,019&RS=8,344,019 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Pixelligent Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Pixelligent Technologies, Baltimore, has been assigned a patent (8,344,053) developed by four co-inventors for highly conductive composites. The co-inventors are Wei Xu, Greenbelt, Md., Jun Xu, Greenbelt, Md., Zehra Serpil Gonen-Williams, Lanham, Md., and Gregory D. Cooper, Arlington, Va.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Domain segregation of polymer blends or block copolymers in the presence of thermal conducting high aspect ratio nanocrystals leads to preferential placement of conductive filler either inside one domain, which promote the self-assembly of a thermal and/or electrical conducting pathway composed of high aspect ratio filler. The self-assembly of such thermal and/or electrical conducting pathway effectively enhances the thermal and/or electrical conductivity of the composite with significantly less amount of filler." The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2010 (12/878,515). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,344,053&OS=8,344,053&RS=8,344,053 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Synaptic Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Synaptic Research, Baltimore, has been assigned a patent (8,343,743) developed by George A. Oyler, Baltimore, and Yien Che Tsai, Frederick, Md., for a "designer ubiquitin ligases having a non-cleavable SNAP25 domain and E3-ligase domain." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a designer or recombinant ubiquitin ligase molecule that includes a toxin binding domain that is specific for a toxin active fragment, wherein the toxin active fragment is an enzymatically active fragment of one or more toxins or toxin serotypes; and an E3-ligase domain that comprises an E3-ligase or polypeptide that facilitates E2-mediated ubiquitination of the toxin active fragment. In an embodiment, the composition further includes a delivery system that allow the designer ubiquitin ligase to enter the cell. The present invention further includes methods for treating an individual intoxicated with a toxin by administering the designer ubiquitin ligase of the present invention." The patent application was filed on June 10, 2009 (12/482,420). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,343,743.PN.&OS=PN/8,343,743&RS=PN/8,343,743 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** University of Maryland Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- The University of Maryland, Baltimore, has been assigned a patent (8,343,760) developed by four co-inventors for a p53 activator peptides. The co-inventors are Wuyuan Lu, Ellicott City, Md., Davide Zella, Catonsville, Md., Min Liu, Xian, China, and Changqing Li, Ellicott City, Md.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to novel polypeptides that activate p53, and the polynucleotides encoding these p53 activator peptides. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the p53 activator peptides as well as methods of treating abnormal conditions, such as malignant tumors, with the methods comprising administering the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention to a subject in need of treatment thereof." The patent application was filed on June 5, 2009 (12/996,196). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,343,760.PN.&OS=PN/8,343,760&RS=PN/8,343,760 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Northrop Grumman Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Northrop Grumman Systems, Falls Church, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,344,934) developed by Robert Ryland, Silver Spring, Md., for a "synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the invention includes a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system including a receiver configured to receive a plurality of reflected radar pulses corresponding to a plurality of radar transmission pulses having been reflected from a target region. A processing controller divides the target region into a plurality of tiles at a highest data layer and each of the plurality of tiles into a plurality of sub-tiles corresponding to one of a plurality of data layers and iteratively processes a portion of pulse data corresponding to a given tile associated with a higher data layer to generate pulse data corresponding to a given sub-tile in a lower data layer. An image processor is configured to generate a radar image of the target region based on the pulse data corresponding to each of the plurality of sub-tiles associated with a lowest data layer of the plurality of data layers." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2010 (12/913,130). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,344,934.PN.&OS=PN/8,344,934&RS=PN/8,344,934 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Cadence Design Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,344,925) developed by William Pierce Evans, Catonsville, Md., for a "system and method for adaptive timing control of successive approximation analog-to-digital conversion." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are provided for adaptively controlling timing in SAR ADC of a sampled analog signal within a conversion period. A state machine maintains a set of SAR states including a sampling state and a plurality of bit conversion states. A reference generator generates a quantization level reference for each of the bit conversion states within a parametric settling time thereof. A comparator compares the sampled analog signal with the quantization level reference over a parametric propagation time for determining a hit value for each hit conversion state. A clock generator adaptively defines signals for clocking the state machine and comparator for each SAR state, thereby adaptively delaying bit determination in each bit conversion state by an integration period not less than the settling time, while adaptively delaying quantization level reference generation for a next bit conversion state by a regeneration period not less than the propagation time." The patent application was filed on May 26, 2011 (13/116,497). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,344,925.PN.&OS=PN/8,344,925&RS=PN/8,344,925 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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