Patents by Inventor Aubrey E. Thompson

Aubrey E. Thompson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6486166
    Abstract: An important aspect of the present invention is a method for inhibiting proliferation of a DNA virus dependent upon events associated with cell proliferation for replication. The DNA virus includes any of the herpesvirus family, and most particularly human cytomegalovirus. The method involves administering prophylactically or therapeutically effective amount of a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor to a patient or animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas
    Inventors: Thomas Albrecht, Aubrey E. Thompson, Wade Bresnahan, Laurent Meijer
  • Patent number: 5148208
    Abstract: A disposable container in the shape of a bottle made of molded polyethylene plastic serves as a reservoir for a photographic development liquid, that is circulated between the container's reservoir and a machine. The container has large planar sides to which good thermal contact is made by electrical heating pads for the purpose of heating the liquid within the container's reservoir. A substantially planar top surface of the container defines a central outlet aperture. This aperture connects to a feed tube which extends into the container's reservoir. The container is mounted upright to the machine's bottom surface by a screw collar. The machine's bottom surface is complementary to, and mates with, the container's top surface. A fluid-tight compressive seal is made in a first annular region about the container's central aperture by means of an O ring or gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Anacomp, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald H. Klosterboer, Jerry M. Owens, Aubrey E. Thompson
  • Patent number: 4569583
    Abstract: Novel apparatus (probe) for sensing and controlling the surface charge on an electro-photographic copier drum in which a hollow, cylindrical, tubular shield member provided with a single elongated aperture therein houses a rotatable charge receiving, insulatingly segmented, rod-like fluted member, the latter extending centrally through the shield member. The elongated slot of the outer shield member extends from edge-to-edge of the drum and in close, spaced proximity thereto. One end of the probe apparatus carries an electromagnetic, Hall effect transducer including a phasing paddle wheel member rotatable with the segmented member for timing and synchronizing the rotation of the probe with the drum rotation. The probe is disposed between two spaced apart drum charging corotrons. The probe senses the surface charge on the drum and compares this charge with a known standard charge level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Assignee: Burroughs Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Robson, Aubrey E. Thompson
  • Patent number: D344082
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignees: InterActive, Inc., Torrey Pines Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard C. Lafreniere, Lonnie C. Pogue, Aubrey E. Thompson, J. Randolph Sanders, Gerard L. Kappenman