Patents by Inventor Bruce Shapiro

Bruce Shapiro 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).

  • Publication number: 20120263648
    Abstract: The instant invention provides polyvalent RNA nanoparticles comprising RNA motifs as building blocks that can form RNA nanotubes. The polyvalent RNA nanoparticles are suitable for therapeutic or diagnostic use in a number of diseases or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicants: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    Inventors: Bruce A. Shapiro, Yaroslava G. Yingling, Eckart Bindewald, Wojciech Kasprzak, Luc Jaeger, Isil Severcan, Cody Geary, Kirill Afonin
  • Publication number: 20100016409
    Abstract: The instant invention provides polyvalent RNA nanoparticles comprising RNA motifs as building blocks that can form RNA nanotubes. The polyvalent RNA nanoparticles are suitable for therapeutic or diagnostic use in a number of diseases or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Government of the US, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Yaroslava G. Yingling, Bruce A. Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20070051284
    Abstract: An organizing unit for a locker including a collapsible box portion having first, second, third and fourth sides, a middle panel, and a releasable connection between opposite edges of the middle panel and the second and fourth sides. The first and third sides are substantially rigid and opposite one another, with the second side pivotally connected to one edge of the first side and to one edge of the third side and the fourth side pivotally connected to the opposite edge of the first side and to the opposite edge of the third side. The second and fourth sides each include a central hinge between their pivotal connections with the first and third sides. The connection secures the middle panel at right angles to both the second and fourth sides, and includes flanges along the middle panel opposite edges and a channel defined at each of the central hinges. The flanges are slidably receivable in the channel of the side connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Bruce Shapiro, David Shapiro, David Stone
  • Publication number: 20070029905
    Abstract: A shelf unit for a metallic locker, including a shelf having an adjustable width between its sides, a reinforcing flange depending downwardly around the periphery of the shelf, and first and second leg units. The shelf sides are magnetic for attaching to the side wall of the metallic locker. The first and second leg units are secured to opposite shelf sides for pivoting about pivot axes defined by the flange. Each of the leg units is pivotable between a storage position parallel with the shelf and a supporting position at right angles to the shelf. Each of the leg units consists of a pair of legs pivotally secured at their heads adjacent opposite ends of the shelf side, a foot portion between the feet of the legs, and a magnet for attaching to the side walls of the metallic locker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Bruce Shapiro, David Shapiro, David Stone
  • Patent number: 6910621
    Abstract: An expanding file portfolio that comprises a front panel member, a rear panel member and a spine member, all of which are made from a substantially rigid plastic material. The spine member has a base portion, a front section and a rear section. The front section of the spine member overlaps and is attached to a portion of the front panel member and the rear section of the spine member overlaps and is attached to a portion of the rear panel member. A divider insert member extends between the front panel member and the rear panel member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: It's Academic of Illinois, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Shapiro, David Stone, David Shapiro
  • Patent number: 6847394
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus adapted for use in motor vehicle maintenance and repair is disclosed. A sensor, such as a video camera, is coupled by an elongated, flexible shaft to a self-contained, handheld power source. A source of illumination is mounted near the sensor and directs light onto an object that is viewed by the sensor. Input power to the sensor and the illumination source, and an output signal from the sensor, are coupled through the shaft, which will maintain any desired flexed position. Optionally, one or more microphones are mounted near the sensor to receive sounds produced by the object. Connectors extend from a housing of the power source so that the sensor output signal and an output from the microphones may be coupled to an external device. A removable clamp may be affixed to the apparatus so that the apparatus can be temporarily attached to a motor vehicle. As a result, a technician may easily visualize parts of the motor vehicle safely, clearly, and without disassembling the parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Snap-On Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard W. Hansen, Patrick Elmendorf, Bruce Shapiro, Virgil Chip Hennen
  • Publication number: 20040079792
    Abstract: An expanding file portfolio that comprises a front panel member, a rear panel member and a spine member, all of which are made from a substantially rigid plastic material. The spine member has a base portion, a front section and a rear section. The front section of the spine member overlaps and is attached to a portion of the front panel member and the rear section of the spine member overlaps and is attached to a portion of the rear panel member. A divider insert member extends between the front panel member and the rear panel member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: Its Academic of Illinois, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Shapiro, David Stone, David Shapiro
  • Patent number: D451140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: It's Academic of Illinois, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Shapiro
  • Patent number: D451143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: It's Academic of Illinois, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Shapiro
  • Patent number: D451961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: It's Academic of Illinois, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Shapiro
  • Patent number: D522284
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: It's Academic of Illinois, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Shapiro, David Shapiro, David Stone
  • Patent number: D456135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: It's Academic of Illinois, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Shapiro
  • Patent number: D465087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: It's Academic of Illinois, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Shapiro
  • Patent number: D465331
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: It's Academic of Illinois, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Shapiro
  • Patent number: D537249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: It's Academic of Illinois, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Shapiro, David Shapiro, David Stone
  • Patent number: D471014
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: It's Academic of Illinois, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Shapiro
  • Patent number: D544278
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: It's Academic of Illinois, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Shapiro, David Shapiro, David Stone
  • Patent number: D545103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: It's Academic of Illinois, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Shapiro, David Shapiro, David Stone
  • Patent number: D481074
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: It's Academic of Illinois, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Shapiro, David Stone, David Shapiro
  • Patent number: D697628
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Drey, Margaret Falconio-West, Bruce Shapiro