Patents by Inventor Jordan THOMAS

Jordan THOMAS 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: 7635569
    Abstract: Many proteins, when produced recombinantly, suffer from improper processing, folding and lack normal solubility. Modified proteins, including those indicative of disease states, also can have such defects. The present invention is directed to methods of identifying proper and improper protein folding, aberrant processing and/or insolubility. The method relies on the use of two components: a specialized fusion protein and structural complementation. The fusion protein contains sequences from the protein of interest and one portion of a marker protein that, by itself, is not active. A host cell then provides the remainder of the marker protein that serves to “complement” the function of the fused marker protein such that their association restores activity, permitting detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignees: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Philip Jordan Thomas, John F. Hunt, William Christian Wigley, Rhesa D. Stidham
  • Publication number: 20090287473
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for distributing translated resources from a unified source involves collecting a plurality of translatable resources in differing format and/or file type and creating a unique key for each translatable resource that contains information about the type and name of the translatable resource which is used to re-distribute the translated resources from a common translation format file to the address and in the format or file type indicated by the unique key after translation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brendan Clarke Bull, Jordan Thomas Liggitt, Hirenkumar Ishvarbhai Patel
  • Patent number: 7455978
    Abstract: Many proteins, when produced recombinantly, suffer from improper processing, folding and lack normal solubility. Modified proteins, including those indicative of disease states, also can have such defects. The present invention is directed to methods of identifying proper and improper protein folding, aberrant processing and/or insolubility. The method relies on the use of two components: a specialized fusion protein and structural complementation. The fusion protein contains sequences from the protein of interest and one portion of a marker protein that, by itself, is not active. A host cell then provides the remainder of the marker protein that serves to “complement” the function of the fused marker protein such that their association restores activity, permitting detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignees: The Trustees of Columbia University In The City of New York, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Philip Jordan Thomas, John F. Hunt, William Christian Wigley, Rhesa D. Stidham
  • Publication number: 20080040466
    Abstract: A method for managing an asset includes identifying an asset type of the asset, identifying a plurality of categories of the asset type, assembling a plurality of primitive definitions into a native asset interface definition according to the plurality of categories, where the plurality of primitive definitions are stored in a library, where the native asset interface definition is bound to a data acquisition (DAQ) definition, and where the DAQ definition is an interface between a protocol handler and an information model, and adding the native asset interface definition to a DAQ runtime, where the DAQ runtime uses the DAQ definition to manage the asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Arieh Markel, Jordan Thomas Boucher, Peter H. Schow, Brandon Eugene Taylor
  • Patent number: 6727070
    Abstract: Many proteins, when produced recombinantly, suffer from improper processing, folding and lack normal solubility. Modified proteins, including those indicative of disease states, also can have such defects. The present invention is directed to methods of identifying proper and improper protein folding, aberrant processing and/or insolubility. The method relies on the use of two components: a specialized fusion protein and structural complementation. The fusion protein contains sequences from the protein of interest and one portion of a marker protein that, by itself, is not active. A host cell then provides the remainder of the marker protein that serves to “complement” the function of the fused marker protein such that their association restores activity, permitting detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignees: The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Philip Jordan Thomas, John F. Hunt, William Christian Wigley, Rhesa D. Stidham
  • Publication number: 20040002065
    Abstract: Many proteins, when produced recombinantly, suffer from improper processing, folding and lack normal solubility. Modified proteins, including those indicative of disease states, also can have such defects. The present invention is directed to methods of identifying proper and improper protein folding, aberrant processing and/or insolubility. The method relies on the use of two components: a specialized fusion protein and structural complementation. The fusion protein contains sequences from the protein of interest and one portion of a marker protein that, by itself, is not active. A host cell then provides the remainder of the marker protein that serves to “complement” the function of the fused marker protein such that their association restores activity, permitting detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Philip Jordan Thomas, John F. Hunt, William Christian Wigley, Rhesa D. Stidham