Patents by Inventor Justin Drew SEARCY

Justin Drew SEARCY 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED INTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF CONJUGATED OLIGOMERIC COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20220184112
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions for enhanced intestinal absorption of oligomeric compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Drew Searcy, Zhengrong Yu, Julie C. Ma, Yanfeng Wang, Kaustubh H. Kulkarni
  • Purification and decolorization of polymers
    Patent number: 10556999
    Abstract: Methods according to the present invention decolorize a polymer by mixing a solution of the polymer with a photocatalyst and exposing the mixture to ultraviolet light; by way of non-limiting example, the polymer may be a star polymer and the photocatalyst may be titanium dioxide. Methods according to the present invention also utilize a metal scavenger, in some embodiments a solid-phase metal scavenger, to remove a metal catalyst from a polymer solution; by way of non-limiting example, the metal catalyst may be a tin catalyst. The decolorization methods and the catalyst removal methods of the present invention may be practiced separately, sequentially in any order, or simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Tolmar, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Drew Searcy, George Sal Lewis, John Charles Middleton
  • PURIFICATION AND DECOLORIZATION OF POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20190016860
    Abstract: Methods according to the present invention decolorize a polymer by mixing a solution of the polymer with a photocatalyst and exposing the mixture to ultraviolet light; by way of non-limiting example, the polymer may be a star polymer and the photocatalyst may be titanium dioxide. Methods according to the present invention also utilize a metal scavenger, in some embodiments a solid-phase metal scavenger, to remove a metal catalyst from a polymer solution; by way of non-limiting example, the metal catalyst may be a tin catalyst. The decolorization methods and the catalyst removal methods of the present invention may be practiced separately, sequentially in any order, or simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Justin Drew SEARCY, George Sal LEWIS, John Charles MIDDLETON