Patents by Inventor Kirk A. Knowlton

Kirk A. Knowlton 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).

  • Method and Materials for Use in Diagnosing Viral Myocarditis
    Publication number: 20110097272
    Abstract: The invention consists of assay methods, assay kits and antibodies for detecting the polypeptide fragments of dystrophin protein cleavage by enteroviral protease 2A as a result of an enteroviral infection in the heart. The presence of dystrophin cleavage products in the myocytes or blood of a subject is diagnostic for enteroviral infection and myocarditis resulting therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Kirk Knowlton, Sotirios Tsimikas
  • Method and materials for use in diagnosing viral myocarditis
    Patent number: 7867476
    Abstract: The invention consists of assay methods, assay kits and antibodies for detecting the polypeptide fragments of dystrophin protein cleavage by enteroviral protease 2A as a result of an enteroviral infection in the heart. The presence of dystrophin cleavage products in the myocytes or blood of a subject is diagnostic for enteroviral infection and myocarditis resulting therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Kirk Knowlton, Sotirios Tsimikas
  • Coupling for a snow plow
    Patent number: 5111603
    Abstract: A coupling for a plow which includes push beam which is attachable to the front of a vehicle and a supporting frame which is attachable to the back side of the plow. The push beam has at least one forwardly extending arm at each end of the beam and a transversely extending connecting pin for each arm. The supporting frame has a pair of rearwardly extending arms. The coupling also includes a slotted mounting tab which is attached to the rearward end of each rearwardly extending arm for receiving the pins and a retaining rod which is removably attached to the tabs for blocking the downward movement of the forwardly-extending arms and preventing the pins from moving out of the slots in the tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Inventors: Leland P. Knowlton, Kirk A. Knowlton