Patents by Inventor Gregory A. Miranda

Gregory A. Miranda 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).

  • FOOTBALL PLAYING PIECE
    Publication number: 20080116643
    Abstract: A game piece includes a substantially triangularly-shaped housing, an impact detection apparatus which generates a signal in response to an impacting blow to the housing, and a signaling apparatus which produces an audio or visual signal in response to the signal produced by the impact detection apparatus. A kit includes a first triangular game piece, a set of stickers sized to fit within the bounds of the triangular game piece, and an instruction set for playing a game with the first triangular game piece. Some kits include a second game piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Gregory A. Miranda, Kurt Randall Knappen, Donald John Wanek, William W. Brooks
  • Activators for oligonucleotide synthesis
    Publication number: 20060041114
    Abstract: A process for the sysnthesis of oligonucleotides using phosphoramidite chemistry is provided. The process employs as activator a 1,1-dioxo-1,2-dihydro-1?6-benzo[d]isothiazol-3-one, preferably in the presence of an organic base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Nanda Sinha, William Zedalis, Gregory Miranda