Patents by Inventor Walter Rodriguez

Walter 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COLLABORATION OF A GROUP
    Publication number: 20110134204
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating collaboration of a group. The system and method provide a ubiquitous anytime/everywhere environment realized through fixed and mobile technologies and scaffolded by group support software. The system includes a collaboration engine having an architecture that supports both generic collaborative processes along with task specific team processes instantiated through a sophisticated suite of advanced modular technologies. The collaboration engine drives dynamic and real time collaborative problem solving and decision making by integrating sensor and human data from the field with group support software that efficiently and effectively manages team interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Walter Rodriguez, Augusto Opdenbosch, Deborah S. Carstens, Brian Goldiez, Stephen M. Fiore, Veton Kepuska
  • Portable shopping cart
    Patent number: 7566069
    Abstract: A portable shopping cart that allows an individual to both collect items when shopping and then conveniently store the shopping cart when done by folding it up into a small, packable space. The shopping cart includes a lower mounted platform that can be folded up against a stand when the shopping cart is not in use. Furthermore, the shopping cart includes a telescoping stand that supports a pair of handlebars for properly grasping and steering the shopping cart when it is being used. An extendible arm is attached to the telescoping stand for pushing the cart and for hanging items from the arm over the platform, along with a basket that is attached to the telescoping stand for general storage needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Inventors: Francisco E. Ortega, Walter Rodriguez
  • STABLE NON-HYGROSCOPIC CRYSTALLINE FORM OF N-[N-[N-(4-(PIPERIDIN-4-YL)BUTANOYL)-N-ETHYLGLYCYL]ASPARTYL]-L-&bgr;-CYCLOHEXYL ALANINE AMIDE, INTERMEDIATES THEREOF, AND PREPARATION THEREOF AND OF ANTITHROMBOTIC AZACYCLOALKYLALKANOYL PEPTIDES AND PSEUDOPEPTIDES
    Patent number: 6753409
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a non-hygroscopic stable crystalline form of the antithrombotic compound N-[N-[N-(4-piperdin-4-yl)butanoyl)-N-ethylglycyl]-(L)-aspartyl]-(L)-&bgr;-cyclohexyl-alanine amide, to processes for preparing said stable crystalline form, to a pharmaceutical composition thereof, and intermediates thereof, and the invention is directed also to processes for preparing a compound of the formula wherein: A, B, Z, E1, E2, G, R, m, n, and p are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Zofia J. Chrzan, James J. Mencel, David Toledo-Velasquez, Vincent Windisch, Rick G. Woodward, Diane C. Salazar, Narasimha M. Vemuri, Anthony J. Gardetto, Matthew R. Powers, Gregory G. Kubiak, Robert C. Liu, Benoit J. Vanasse, James P. Sherbine, Walter Rodriguez, Adam W. Sledeski
  • Process for preparing N6-substituted adenosine derivatives
    Patent number: 6184382
    Abstract: The invention is directed to improved methods for preparing N6-substituted adenosine derivatives, to intermediates useful therefor and to methods of preparing these intermediates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Products Inc.
    Inventors: Diane C. Salazar, Walter Rodriguez, James P. Sherbine, Rick G. Woodward, Adam W. Sledeski, Matthew R. Powers, Michael K. O'Brien
  • Stable non-hygroscopic crystalline form of N-[N-[N-4-(piperidin-4-yl)butanoyl)-N-ethylglycyl] aspartyl]-L-.beta.-cyclohexyl alanine amide
    Patent number: 6153588
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a non-hygroscopic stable crystalline form of the antithrombotic compound N-[N-[N-(4-piperdin-4-yl)butanoyl)-N-ethylglycyl]-(L)-aspartyl]-(L)-.beta. -cyclohexyl-alanine amide, to processes for preparing said stable crystalline form, to a pharmaceutical composition thereof, and intermediates thereof, and the invention is directed also to processes for preparing a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein: A, B, Z, E.sup.1, E.sup.2, G, R, m, n, and p are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Products Inc.
    Inventors: Zofia J. Chrzan, James J. Mencel, David Toledo-Velasquez, Vincent Windisch, Rick G. Woodward, Diane C. Salazar, deceased, Narasimha M. Vemuri, Anthony J. Gardetto, Matthew R. Powers, Gregory G. Kubiak, Robert C. Liu, Benoit J. Vanasse, James P. Sherbine, Walter Rodriguez, Adam W. Sledeski
  • 2,6-methano-2H-1-benzoxocincarboxylic acids, esters and amides
    Patent number: 5288731
    Abstract: Novel compounds which are 2,6-methano-2H-1-benzoxocincarboxamides having 5-HT.sub.3 -antagonist properties including unique CNS, antiemetic and gastric prokinetic activities and which are void of any significant D.sub.2 receptor binding affinity, therapeutic compositions and methods of treatment of disorders which result from 5-HT.sub.3 activity using said compounds. Processes for their preparation and the preparation of their intermediates are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Airey, Matthew R. Powers, Walter Rodriguez, Raymond D. Youssefyeh