Patents by Inventor Sergio E. Rodriguez

Sergio E. Rodriguez 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).

  • Vesicular stomatitis vectors encoding Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever antigen
    Patent number: 11274282
    Abstract: Certain embodiments are directed generally to compositions and methods related to recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vectors (?GrVSV) encoding Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever glycoprotein precursor (CCHFV-GPC) and forming a recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vector encoding Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever glycoprotein precursor (?GrVSV-CCHFV-GPC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Sergio E. Rodriguez, Robert W. Cross, Chad E. Mire, Thomas W. Geisbert
  • VESICULAR STOMATITIS VECTORS ENCODING CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER ANTIGEN
    Publication number: 20200362316
    Abstract: Certain embodiments are directed generally to compositions and methods related to recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vectors (?GrVSV) encoding Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever glycoprotein precursor (CCHFV-GPC) and forming a recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vector encoding Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever glycoprotein precursor (?GrVSV-CCHFV-GPC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Sergio E. Rodriguez, Robert W. Cross, Chad E. Mire, Thomas W. Geisbert
  • Compact diffuser
    Patent number: 5735469
    Abstract: A compact diffuser for recovering pressure from a supersonic flow with boundary layers. Sharp splicer plates near the wails form boundary layer scoops and separate the flow into an inner coreflow chapel and outer chambers containing small supersonic ejector nobles. The coreflow without boundary layers undergoes a single near-normal shock to recover pressure. The boundary layers are pumped to the recovery pressure in the outer ejector chambers. The subsonic part of the boundary layer flow to the outer chambers can be choked against boundary layer scoop inlet corners to isolate the upstream flow. The leading edge angle of the splicers may be selected to help induce coreflow shocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Boeing North American, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio E. Rodriguez, James P. Maddox, Raymond J. Netzer, Alan Z. Ullman
  • Method and apparatus for lensing a light beam
    Patent number: 4740062
    Abstract: A gas lens 10 for lensing a light beam 12. A first gas is injected through orifices 18-18.sup.n into enclosure 16 thereby forming a row of jets 14-14.sup.n. A second gas having a different index of refractivity than the first gas also is contained within the enclosure 16 in the form of a mantle 24 surrounding each jet 14-14.sup.n. The light beam 12 is lensed (either convergently or divergently) as it passes through the jet/mantle interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventor: Sergio E. Rodriguez
  • Mechanism and method for recovering material from the surface of a liquid body
    Patent number: 4142972
    Abstract: Material such as an oil slick floating on a body of liquid, ordinarily water, is collected by a mechanism comprising an impeller beneath the liquid surface and a rotatable tubular element which together form a free vortex as the surface of the body of liquid that draws the material into a vortex pocket from which it can be pumped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1979
    Assignee: Scientific Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene B. Nebeker, Sergio E. Rodriguez, Paul G. Mikoalj