Patents by Inventor Richard J. Ford

Richard J. Ford 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: 10208012
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that can exhibit anti-cancer and/or anti-inflammatory properties, in some aspects, methods of treating an inflammatory disease or a hyperproliferative disease, such as cancer, with the compounds are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Richard J. Ford, Jr., William G. Bornmann, Ashutosh Pal, Lan V. Pham, Zhenghong Peng, David Maxwell, Archito Tamayo
  • Publication number: 20160016931
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that can exhibit anti-cancer and/or anti-inflammatory properties, in some aspects, methods of treating an inflammatory disease or a hyperproliferative disease, such as cancer, with the compounds are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Richard J. FORD, Jr., William G. BORNMANN, Ashutosh PAL, Lan V. PHAM, Zhenghong PENG, David MAXWELL, Archito TAMAYO
  • Patent number: 5718258
    Abstract: A canister for releasing oil additives into oil in an internal combustion engine, hydraulic equipment, or automatic transmission includes a container having an inlet, outlet, and interior volume. Partitions divide the interior volume into a plurality of different individual compartments, and a plurality of discrete shapes of thermoplastic material with oil property improving additives are disposed within at least a plurality of the individual compartments. The partitions may comprise a metal grid, the container may be disc-shaped with perforated end walls, and the container desirably fits between the engine block and a conventional oil filter. Alternatively the container may comprise an elongated tube having first and second end faces with the partition comprising disc-shaped elements extending in a plane substantially transverse to the dimension of elongation of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: T/F Purifiner, Inc.
    Inventors: Byron Lefebvre, Richard J. Ford