Patents by Inventor Virinder S. Parmar

Virinder S. Parmar 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).

  • Mixed organic and inorganic polymers
    Patent number: 9156945
    Abstract: A polymer is characterized by a repeat unit represented by Structural Formula (I): or a copolymer thereof. A crosslinked polymer characterized by a repeat unit represented by Structural Formula (II), (III), (IV) or (V): or a copolymer thereof, wherein at least one such repeat unit of a first polymer strand is crosslinked with at least one repeat unit of a second polymer strand by at least one bridging unit, the first and second polymer strands and the repeat unit being components of the crosslinked polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignees: University of Massachusetts, The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Arthur C. Watterson, Ravi Mosurkal, Jayant Kumar, Virinder S. Parmar, Lynne A. Samuelson, Rajesh Kumar, Vincent B. Tucci
  • Mixed Organic and Inorganic Polymers
    Publication number: 20140088270
    Abstract: A polymer is characterized by a repeat unit represented by Structural Formula (I): or a copolymer thereof. A crosslinked polymer characterized by a repeat unit represented by Structural Formula (II), (III), (IV) or (V): or a copolymer thereof, wherein at least one such repeat unit of a first polymer strand is crosslinked with at least one repeat unit of a second polymer strand by at least one bridging unit, the first and second polymer strands and the repeat unit being components of the crosslinked polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicants: The Government of the United States, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Arthur C. Watterson, Ravi Mosurkal, Jayant Kumar, Virinder S. Parmar, Lynne A. Samuelson, Rajesh Kumar, Vincent B. Tucci
  • AMPHIPHILIC POLYMERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130216480
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amphiphilic polymers, and micelles and compositions comprising the same, and their use in a variety of biological settings, including imaging, targeting drugs, or a combination thereof for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Clark K. Colton, Arthur Watterson, Rajesh Kumar, Virinder S. Parmar, Robert Fisher, Jayant Kumar
  • Amphiphilic polymers and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 8349991
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amphiphilic polymers, and micelles and compositions comprising the same, and their use in a variety of biological settings, including imaging, targeting drugs, or a combination thereof for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Massachusetts Lowell
    Inventors: Clark K. Colton, Arthur Watterson, Rajesh Kumar, Virinder S. Parmar, Robert Fisher, Jayant Kumar
  • MIXED ORGANIC AND INORGANIC POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20110136958
    Abstract: A polymer is characterized by a repeat unit represented by Structural Formula (I), or a copolymer thereof. A crosslinked polymer characterized by a repeat unit represented by Structural Formula (II), (III), (IV) or (V), or a copolymer thereof, wherein at least one such repeat unit of a first polymer strand is crosslinked with at least one repeat unit of a second polymer strand by at least one bridging unit, the first and second polymer strands and the repeat unit being components of the crosslinked polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Arthur C. Watterson, Ravi Mosurkal, Jayant Kumar, Virinder S. Parmar, Lynne A. Samuelson, Rajesh Kumar, Vincent Tucci