Patents by Inventor Sharon J. Elliot

Sharon J. Elliot 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).

  • Immortalized retinal pigmented epithelial cells
    Publication number: 20090226955
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated cultures of immortalized retinal pigmented epithelial cells. The cells retain one or more of the in vivo characteristics of non-immortalized retinal pigmented epithelial cells, including, for example, cobblestone morphology, polarization, the presence and/or expression of one or more protein markers, and a metabolic pattern typical of non-immortalized retinal pigmented epithelial cells. The present invention also provides methods of making and using immortalized retinal pigmented epithelial cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: University of Miami
    Inventors: Sharon J. Elliot, Paola Catanuto, Scott W. Cousins
  • Polymethylmethacrylate syrup as medium for liquid crystals
    Patent number: 5200107
    Abstract: Polymer dispersed liquid crystals are made by mixing liquid crystals into a syrup of polymethylmethacrylate dissolved in polymerizable monomers comprising methyl methacrylate, and polymerizing to monomers, to obtain finely dispersed micelles of liquid crystals which change refractive index in response to an electric field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Aristech Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Virginia Piermattie, Sharon J. Elliot