Patents by Inventor Jack V. Smith

Jack V. Smith 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: 6537823
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of toxicology and clinical diagnostics. More specifically, this invention provides a single dry chemistry, liquid chemistry, or lateral flow dry chemistry combination test device for use in the detection of adulteration by the addition of bromine(s) to a specimen submitted for Drugs of Abuse (DAU) testing and clinical diagnostic purposes in aqueous fluids, including urine, saliva, serum, blood, sweat extracts, and liquid homogenates of hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Sciteck Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack V. Smith
  • Publication number: 20030045003
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of toxicology and clinical diagnostics. More specifically, this invention provides a single dry chemistry, liquid chemistry, or lateral flow dry chemistry combination test device for use in the detection of addition of the adulterant contained in Urine LuckT™ a commercial adulterant to a specimen submitted for Drugs of Abuse (DAU) testing in aqueous fluids, including urine, saliva, serum, blood, sweat extracts, and liquid homogenates of hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventor: Jack V. Smith
  • Publication number: 20030027350
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of toxicology and clinical diagnostics. More specifically, this invention provides a single dry chemistry, liquid chemistry, or lateral flow dry chemistry combination test device for use in the detection of adulteration by the addition of bromine(s) to a specimen submitted for Drugs of Abuse (DAU) testing and clinical diagnostic purposes in aqueous fluids, including urine, saliva, serum, blood, sweat extracts, and liquid homogenates of hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventor: Jack V. Smith
  • Publication number: 20030006162
    Abstract: The present invention is an inflatable box which can come in any shape or size and be made up of any rigid material. The box is uniquely designed to allow for a simple one step process using a box with an integrated inflating tube and bottom liner to expand internally by inflation which cushions the article to be shipped 3 dimensionally thus completely protecting the article and removing the need for peanuts, paper or other fillers in boxes used for shipping goods once the box is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventor: Jack V. Smith
  • Publication number: 20030007892
    Abstract: The present invention is a device for assaying and collection of biological and other specimens and is especially designed for the collection and determination of the presence of chemical constituents in clinical chemistry, drugs of abuse testing, infectious disease testing, and other fields of analysis of fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventor: Jack V. Smith
  • Publication number: 20020196708
    Abstract: A whale and/or manatee device designed to be installed on boats externally or internally or be hand held which will emit an continuous signal (continuous sounds in the form of manatee or whale signals replicated or copied from actual manatees or whales sounds) that is noticeable by whales and/or manatees so that the whales and/or manatees can move out of the way of impending danger of collision with a boat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventor: Jack V. Smith
  • Publication number: 20020182600
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for the use of particles made up of nucleotides or fragments of base groups of DNA and RNA molecules herein referred to as synthetic nucleounits which can be used as recognition molecules with specificity and sensitivity significantly greater than that of antibodies which are used in clinical diagnostics, biotechnology, and research.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventor: Jack V. Smith
  • Patent number: 6468805
    Abstract: In an automated analyzer containing a spectrophotometer for determining color changes in a urine sample the urine is admixed with a basic indicator effecting the first color change and an acidic indicator effecting a second color change, a surfactant and water. The spectrophotometer determines and prints whether a first or second color change has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Chimera Research and Chemical Inc.
    Inventor: Jack V. Smith
  • Patent number: 6304174
    Abstract: There is herein described an emergency auto visual communication system that will enhance roadway, vehicular, and individual safety. A stranded motorist, accident victim, medical emergency, etc. is provided a viable means for communication of the situation to a casual observer, or proper authorities, precisely, and rapidly without having to leave the safety and confines of the vehicle. That is, the invention provides an advantageous means to prevent loss of life, save precious seconds, and provide the individual in need the proper help by use of the illuminated electronic message board attached to the rear window of a vehicle controlled by a alpha-numeric computer keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Inventors: Jack V. Smith, Jesse M. Carter
  • Publication number: 20010019821
    Abstract: Method for analyzing a sample using an aqueous liquid reagent to determine the concentration of HIV antibody in an individual's random urine sample in order to determine if the individual's exposure to the HIV virus, and normalizing or correcting this assay value with the sample's creatinine, cystatin C, or specific gravity concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventor: Jack V. Smith
  • Patent number: 6195000
    Abstract: There is herein described an emergency auto visual communication system that will enhance roadway, vehicular, and individual safety. Whereby the stranded motorist, accident victim, medical emergency, etc. is provided a viable means for communication of the situation to a casual observer, proper authorities, or other parties of interest accurately, precisely, and rapidly without having to leave the safety and confines of the vehicle. That is, the invention provides an advantageous means to prevent loss of life, save precious seconds, and provide the individual in need the proper help by use of the luminated electronic message board attached to the rear window of a vehicle controlled by a alpha-numeric computer keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Inventors: Jack V. Smith, Jesse M. Carter
  • Patent number: 6065238
    Abstract: A device designed for releasing air from the bladder of a fish brought up from depth. Depth is defined as water exceeding 33 feet deep. This device releases air from the bladder of a fish brought up from depth by puncturing the swim bladder of said fish, and consisting of an elongated hollow tubular cannula having an axially extending lumen therethrough, with a means for producing an audible, visible, mechanical or electrical alert signal activated by the movement of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Inventors: Jesse M. Carter, Jack V. Smith
  • Patent number: 5955374
    Abstract: Method for detecting total bilirubin in urine using a chemical detection means with an indicator that will produce a detectable quantitative response in the presence of bilirubin in urine on an automated analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Inventors: Jack V. Smith, Jesse M. Carter
  • Patent number: 5801059
    Abstract: Aliquot of a urine sample is placed in a first automated analyzer sampling cup and a known standard is placed in a second cup. The urine sample and standard are transferred to separate cuvettes and at least one reagent composition in an aqueous medium is injected into the cuvette. The reagent composition contains a compound to remove substances in the urine interfering with a calorimetric reaction, a compound to convert B-hydroxybutyric acid in the urine to acetoacetic acid in the presence of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and reading at a specified wavelength to determine quantitatively the total ketone bodies in the patient's urine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Chimera Research & Chemical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack V. Smith, Jesse M. Carter
  • Patent number: 5801060
    Abstract: In an automated analyzer containing a spectrophotometer for determining color changes in a urine sample the urine is admixed with a litmus, methyl red or azolitmin indicator effecting the color change, a surfactant and water. The spectrophotometer determines and prints whether a color change has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Chimera Research & Chemical, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack V. Smith
  • Patent number: 5780239
    Abstract: Method for detecting casts in urine by measuring Tamm-Horsfall protein by solid and liquid phase reagents including a method for manufacturing a enzyme specific for Tamm-Horsfall protein which produces a detectable response in the presence of casts in urine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Inventors: Jesse M. Carter, Jack V. Smith
  • Patent number: 5776780
    Abstract: Detecting white blood cells in an aliquot of urine by placing the aliquot of urine in an automated analyzer sampling cup, transferring the urine to a cuvette and injecting at least one reagent composition. The reagent composition contains a buffer, an activator such as benzalkonium chloride, an indicator and at least one substance to remove substances in the urine that cause interference with colorimetric photometry. The aliquot of urine is read in accordance with a preprogrammed code at a monochromatically specified wavelength to compare absorbance of the patient's urine with a known standard containing a known concentration of white blood cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Chimera Research & Chemical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack V. Smith, Jesse M. Carter
  • Patent number: 5759860
    Abstract: Placing an aliquot of a urine sample in an automated analyzer first sampling cup, and a standard containing a known quantity of nitrite in a second cup. Injecting known specified amounts of each sample from these cups into discrete cuvettes in the autoanalyzer, injecting at least one reagent composition in an aqueous medium containing a buffer, a compound to remove substances in the urine interfering with a colorimetric reaction, oxidized glutathione, and B-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and reading at a preprogrammed code in an automated analyzer at a preprogrammed wavelength to compare the patient's urine with the standard to determine quantitatively the presence of bacterial nitrite in the patient's urine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Chimera Research & Chemical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack V. Smith, Jesse M. Carter
  • Patent number: 5753451
    Abstract: An automatic analyzer is used to determine out of range specific gravity of adulterants in a urine sample. An aliquot of the urine is mixed with a buffer and ion detector and thereafter with a polymer activator for ion detection. The mixture is analyzed by setting a spectrophotometer in the automatic analyzer at about 600 nanometers, setting the calibrating value for specific gravity at 1.000 and 1.0500 and reading a color change to determine the presence of adulterants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Chimera Research & Chemical, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack V. Smith
  • Patent number: D472848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Inventor: Jack V. Smith