Patents by Inventor Milton Thomas William Hearn

Milton Thomas William Hearn 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: 11078368
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a coating composition for forming a coating that at least partially mobilizes in response to UV light, the composition comprising a monomer selected from acrylates, methacrylates and mixtures thereof, a cross-linking agent comprising two sub-units covalently bonded together, each sub-unit comprising an unsaturated group which is co-polymerisable with the monomer, wherein the two sub-units are adapted to dissociate in response to irradiation by UV light. The cross-linking agent may be present in the coating composition in an amount of less than 15 mol % of the total of the monomer and cross-linking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Monash University
    Inventors: Mustafa Abdallh, Milton Thomas William Hearn, George Simon, Kei Saito
  • Publication number: 20190071574
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a coating composition for forming a coating that at least partially mobilizes in response to UV light, the composition comprising a monomer selected from acrylates, methacrylates and mixtures thereof, a cross-linking agent comprising two sub-units covalently bonded together, each sub-unit comprising an unsaturated group which is co-polymerisable with the monomer, wherein the two sub-units are adapted to dissociate in response to irradiation by UV light. The cross-linking agent may be present in the coating composition in an amount of less than 15 mol % of the total of the monomer and cross-linking agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Mustafa Abdallh, Milton Thomas William Hearn, George Simon, Kei Saito
  • Patent number: 9944784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for isolating proteins from a solution containing the proteins. The invention also relates to a method for the chromatographic separation of proteins. The present invention also relates to crosslinked hydroxylic polymer particles functionalized with temperature-responsive copolymer, and to methods of preparing such particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, MONASH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Brad William Woonton, Milton Thomas William Hearn, Pankaj Maharjan, Kirthi De Silva, William Roy Jackson
  • Publication number: 20150018440
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for isolating proteins from a solution containing the proteins. The invention also relates to a method for the chromatographic separation of proteins. The present invention also relates to crosslinked hydroxylic polymer particles functionalized with temperature-responsive copolymer, and to methods of preparing such particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicants: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, MONASH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Brad William WOONTON, Milton Thomas William HEARN, Pankaj MAHARJAN, Kirthi DE SILVA, William Roy JACKSON
  • Patent number: 8877477
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for isolating proteins from a solution containing the proteins. The invention also relates to a method for the chromatographic separation of proteins. The present invention also relates to crosslinked hydroxylic polymer particles functionalized with temperature-responsive copolymer, and to methods of preparing such particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, Monash University
    Inventors: Brad William Woonton, Milton Thomas William Hearn, Pankaj Maharjan, Kirthi De Silva, William Roy Jackson
  • Publication number: 20120052550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for isolating proteins from a solution containing the proteins. The invention also relates to a method for the chromatographic separation of proteins. The present invention also relates to crosslinked hydroxylic polymer particles functionalized with temperature-responsive copolymer, and to methods of preparing such particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Brad William Woonton, Milton Thomas William Hearn, Pankaj Maharjan, Kirthi De Silva, William Roy Jackson
  • Publication number: 20090143529
    Abstract: A polymer substrate functionalized with a functionality comprising at least one cyclic, metal ion coordinating ligand group which comprises at least 3 nitrogen donor atoms in the ring of the cyclic group, at least one of the nitrogen atoms having an optionally substituted carboxy(lower alkyl) or optionally substituted phosphono(lower alkyl) group covalently attached thereto, is well suited for use in conjunction with “hard” metal ions of low toxicity (such as Ca2+, Mg2+ or Fe3+) in the separation/purification of appropriately “tagged” polypeptides by Immobilized Metal ion Affinity Chromatography (IMAC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Milton Thomas William Hearn, Leone Spiccia, Rachel Daly, Ute Kreher
  • Publication number: 20080293917
    Abstract: A polymer substrate functionalized with a functionality comprising at least one cyclic, metal ion coordinating ligand group, the cyclic ligand group comprising at least 3 metal ion coordinating donor atoms independently selected from the group consisting of N, O and S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicants: Novo Nordisk A/S, Monash University
    Inventors: Thorkild Christensen, Milton Thomas William Hearn, Leone Spiccia, Wei Jiang, Therese Jane Mooney, Bimbil Graham
  • Patent number: 6319868
    Abstract: Porous zirconia or zirconium-containing particles, methods of making such particles and methods of using such particles including modifications to the surface of the particles are described. The method comprises heating zirconia particles to provide a substantially homogeneously liquid melt, quenching the particles of melt to effect spinodal decomposition to provide quench particles of a silica rich phase and a zirconia rich phase, annealing the quenched particles to provide non porous solid particles of zirconia and silica and, leaching the silica from these particles to produce porous solid zirconia particles comprising a three dimensionally substantially continuous interpenetrating network of interconnected pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Monash University
    Inventors: Mary Susan Jean Gani, Hans-Jurgen Wirth, Marie Isabel Aguilar, Milton Thomas William Hearn, Donald George Vanselow, Philip Hong Ning Cheang, Kjell-Ove Eriksson
  • Patent number: 6048840
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel insulin-potentiating hypoglycaemic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Monash University
    Inventors: Milton Thomas William Hearn, Frank Man-Woon Ng, Victoria Marie Jane Robson, Michael Francis O'Donoghue, Ian David Rae
  • Patent number: 5910462
    Abstract: Porous zirconia or zirconium-containing particles, methods of making such particles and methods of using such particles including modifications to the surface of the particles are described. The method comprises heating zirconia particles to provide a substantially homogeneously liquid melt, quenching the particles of melt to effect spinodal decomposition to provide quench particles of a silica rich phase and a zirconia rich phase, annealing the quenched particles to provide non porous solid particles of zirconia and silica and, leaching the silica from these particles to produce porous solid zirconia particles comprising a three dimensionally substantially continuous inter penetrating network of interconnected pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Inventors: Mary Susan Jean Gani, Hans-Jurgen Wirth, Marie Isabel Aguilar, Milton Thomas William Hearn, Donald George Vanselow, Philip Hong Ning Cheang, Kjell-Ove Eriksson