Patents Represented by Law Firm Kerkam, Stowell, Kondracki & Clarke
  • Anti-neoplastic, anti-viral and ribonucleotide reductase activity affecting pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment
    Patent number: 5498622
    Abstract: A method for treating a human or non-human animal afflicted with malignant cells sensitive to vibriobactin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or complex thereof comprising administering to the animal an amount of vibriobactin effective to inhibit the proliferation of the malignant cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond J. Bergeron
  • Anti-neoplastic, anti-viral and ribonucleotide reductase activity affecting pharmaceutical compositions and method of treatment
    Patent number: 5496841
    Abstract: A method for treating a human or non-human animal afflicted with malignant cells sensitive to vibriobactin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or complex thereof comprising administering to the animal an amount of vibriobactin effective to inhibit the proliferation of the malignant cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond J. Bergeron
  • Anti-neoplastic anti-viral and ribonucleotide reductase activity affecting pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment
    Patent number: 5496837
    Abstract: A method for treating a human or non-human animal afflicted with malignant cells sensitive to parabactin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or complex thereof comprising administering to the animal an amount of parabactin effective to inhibit the proliferation of the malignant cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond J. Bergeron
  • Anti-neoplastic, anti-viral and ribonucleotide reductase activity affecting pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment
    Patent number: 5496838
    Abstract: A method for treating a human or non-human animal afflicted with malignant cells sensitive to parabactin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or complex thereof comprising administering to the animal an amount of parabactin effective to inhibit the proliferation of the malignant cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond J. Bergeron
  • Anti-neoplastic, anti-viral and ribonucleotide reductase activity affecting pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment
    Patent number: 5496839
    Abstract: A method for treating a human or non-human animal afflicted with malignant cells sensitive to parabactin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or complex thereof comprising administering to the animal an amount of parabactin effective to inhibit the proliferation of the malignant cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond J. Bergeron
  • Anti-neoplastic, anti-viral and ribonucleotide reductase activity affecting pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment
    Patent number: 5496840
    Abstract: A method for treating a human or non-human animal afflicted with malignant cells sensitive to vibriobactin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or complex thereof comprising administering to the animal an amount of vibriobactin effective to inhibit the proliferation of the malignant cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond J. Bergeron
  • Apparatus for retaining a load in a vehicle
    Patent number: 5494386
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for retaining a load having load engaging members (12) to engage the load (100) to be retained along with movement limiting members (14,16) and contact members (18). The load engaging members (12) are movable between first and second positions. The contact members (18) contact the movement limiting members (14,16) so that the load engaging members (12) are fixable in the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignees: Michael John Paull, Keith Paull, Gregory Keith Paull, Neville Paull, Stephen Murray Paull
    Inventor: Michael J. Paull
  • Method to help in optimizing a query from a relational data base management system, and resultant method of syntactical analysis
    Patent number: 5495605
    Abstract: The method for help in optimizing a query (10) in a window (24) of a screen of a work station consists of forming a tree (26) representative of the execution plan of the query, representing the tree on the screen (25), making a syntactical analysis of the query in order to form a syntactical graph, comparing the elements of the tree with those of the graph, and completing the tree with elements contained only in the graph. The advantageous result is a method of syntactical analysis consisting of analyzing the function of the RDBMS in order to determine in particular the types of nodes of the syntactical graph and preferably the information associated with these type of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Bull S.A.
    Inventor: Michel Cadot
  • Method for preparing desferrioxamine B and homologs thereof
    Patent number: 5493053
    Abstract: A new and versatile route to N'-[5-[[4-[[5-(acetylhydroxyamino)pentyl]amino]-1,4-dioxobutyl]hydroxyamin o]pentyl]-N-(5-aminopentyl)-N-hydroxybutanediamide, desferrioxamine B (DFO) is described. N-Benzyloxy-1,5-diaminopentane is selectively protected at the primary amino site. The product is reacted at the benzyloxyamine with an anhydride to produce a carboxylic acid which is, in turn, acylated regio-specifically with a diamine at the primary amine to give a benzyloxyamine. The previous two steps are repeated to afford a DFO reagent. Acetylation of the DFO reagent, followed by hydrogenolysis and tert-butoxycarbonyl group removal, furnishes DFO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond J. Bergeron, Jr.
  • Vortex connector
    Patent number: 5490545
    Abstract: A vortex connector system has a connector body with a projection therein to selectively abut one of a plurality of removable inserts. The removable inserts have holes with different sizes, shapes, patterns, depths, and numbers in order to allow observation of how such variations affect the vortex effect and/or flow rate of fluid between plastic bottles connected by the connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Michael D. Sokoloff
    Inventors: Michael D. Sokoloff, Randy A. Johnson
  • Cooking apparatus
    Patent number: 5488897
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus uses a cooking grid having an upper surface with a series of parallel rails and parallel valleys. The cooking grid has a continuous upper surface such that juices and other drippings from food which is being cooked upon the upper surface cannot come into contact with a heat source such as an electrical heating element. The grid further prevents flame from striking the food disposed on the top of the grid. The heat source may be an electrical heat source disposed within the grid. Alternately, the heat source could be separated from the grid by air. Another alternative as the heat source as part of a heating assembly upon which the grid is disposed. A multi-finger utensil is used with the grid. The grid is made of sections with grease seals between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: Griller's World Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne C. Snyder
  • Spiker with hole sensing
    Patent number: 5487341
    Abstract: A spiker vehicle and associated method of spiking apply a line of laser light which is reflected from a tie plate and imaged by a CCD camera connected to a computer programmed for image recognition by simultaneously determining the locations of two spike holes in the tie plate and the edge(s) of the tie plate, which spike holes are offset in the rail direction. A first spiker is mounted to a carriage which is moved automatically until the first spiker is over one of the sensed holes. The laser and camera are mounted to the spiker for rail direction movement therewith. A second spiker may be mounted to the carriage for spiking spike holes on the opposite side of the rail from the first spiker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: Harsco Corporation
    Inventors: G. Robert Newman, Edwin H. Reeves
  • Silica mediated synthesis of peptides
    Patent number: 5486598
    Abstract: A method for synthesizing polypeptides from amino acids and/or peptides utilizing a novel reaction medium containing a hydrated silica entity containing silanol groups which function as an inorganic enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: Jon K. West, Larry L. Hench
  • Method and apparatus for performing cup earing test
    Patent number: 5485387
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for testing a drawn metal cup for earing, including using a sensing device operable to obtain a first data set representing the height of the rim portion of the cup by rotating the cup relative to the sensing device and recording rim height data each time the cup rotates a given number of degrees, generating a second data set which represents the first derivative of the first data set, and calculating the percent earing for the cup by using values in the first data set which correspond to zero-crossings in the second data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: National Steel Corporation
    Inventor: Eric M. Franke-Polz
  • Lighting apparatus
    Patent number: 5483424
    Abstract: A light apparatus is provided for illuminating a subject with "soft light", i.e., diffused light that does not cast a defined shadow. The apparatus includes lamp holder (16), a lamp (14), a reflector (12) for reflecting light from the lamp towards the subject, a diffuser or a baffle (23) located in front of the lamp for preventing light from the lamp from passing directly onto the subject. The reflector has a reflecting surface at least 500 mm in diameter and composed of a plurality of convex light-reflecting elements less than 20 mm in diameter. The light reflecting elements (28) constitute at least 90% (by area) of the reflecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Optical & Textile Limited
    Inventor: Derek C. Lightbody
  • Ductile iron pipe joint employing a coupling and coupling therefor
    Patent number: 5480196
    Abstract: A pipe joint capable of transmitting high axial compressive loads includes a reduced wall thickness section at the ends of the pipe to be joined and a coupling sleeve supported in telescoping relation with the reduced wall thickness section. Shoulders formed at the ends of the reduced sections bear against the ends of the sleeve, and the ends of the reduced thickness sections bear against each other so that a portion of the axial compressive load is transmitted through the coupling sleeve and a portion through the reduced thickness sections and a substantially uniform unit stress is maintained. O-rings carried by the coupling sleeve provide a fluid-tight seal between the sleeve and the adjacent surface of the reduced thickness section of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: American Cast Iron Pipe Company
    Inventor: William T. Adams, Jr.
  • Method for producing an elongated sintered article
    Patent number: 5480601
    Abstract: Method for producing an elongated sintered article, characterized by the steps including filling powder material in a pipe, carrying out plastic deformation of the pipe filled with the powder material, and heating the pipe filled with the powder material to burn and/or sinter the powder material.The method of the present invention is advantageously applicable to production of wire or rod of ceramics, particularly so called new ceramics or fine ceramics, sintered alloys or their combination, which are difficult of shaping or moulding by conventional process such as wire-drawing, rolling or extrusion of powder material and are difficult of machining or processing after the powder material is sintered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Yamamoto, Teruyuki Murai, Nozomu Kawabe, Masaaki Tobioka
  • System for designing information control networks for modeling all kinds of processes
    Patent number: 5481668
    Abstract: A system for designing information control networks for modeling all kinds of processes, characterized in that the model considers the process as a set of independent procedures composed of objects represented by graphical symbols and accompanied by textual attributes and links between these objects and information which is represented in the form of graphs intended to be manipulated interactively on a graphical screen of a workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Bull S.A.
    Inventor: Michel Marcus
  • Layered structure comprising insulator thin film and oxide superconductor thin film
    Patent number: 5480861
    Abstract: A layered structure formed on a substrate comprising an oxide superconductor thin film deposited on the substrate, a noble metal monolayer deposited on the oxide superconductor thin film and an insulator thin film deposited on the noble metal monolayer. The noble metal monolayer prevents interdiffusion between the oxide superconductor thin film and the insulator thin film so that they have excellent properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: So Tanaka, Michitomo Iiyama
  • Spring clip
    Patent number: D366610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: Clipstix, Inc.
    Inventor: Jon M. Blumenaus