Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Mimi Yang
  • Skin treatment method with extract
    Patent number: 7510734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of stimulating beta-defensins in skin cells which comprises applying to the skin cells an effective amount of a Lactobacillus extract or active fraction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: E-L Management Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Sullivan, Steven F. Schnittger, Thomas Mammone, Earl C. Goyarts
  • Low-pressure medical balloons and method of making same
    Patent number: 6712832
    Abstract: A low-pressure balloon, and method of forming same by the steps of: preheat a thin film of thermoplastic polymeric material to a sufficient temperature; forming two halves of the balloon on said thin film of thermoplastic polymeric material by vacuum suction; isolating the two halves of the balloon from said thin film of thermoplastic polymeric material; bonding the two halves together on their edges to form the low-pressure balloon by radio-frequency welding method; and inverting the low-pressure balloon from inside out to turn the rough bonded edge of the two halves into the interior side of the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Inventor: Tilak M. Shah
  • Mutant DEDD proteins for regulating apoptosis
    Patent number: 6696547
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protein for regulating apoptosis and to a nucleic acid encoding the protein. The protein and nucleic acids are useful in the regulation of apoptosis, and in methods for diagnosing or detecting apoptosis. The invention also relates to antibodies directed against the protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Stiftung des Offentlichen Rechts
    Inventors: Marcus Peter, Peter Krammer
  • Method and apparatus for quantitative phase analysis of textured polycrystalline materials
    Patent number: 6678347
    Abstract: A method for quantitatively determining the phase composition of a sample mixture that comprises two or more textured polycrystalline materials, based on corrected and integrated x-ray diffraction intensities. The effect of texture has been analytically eliminated from such corrected and integrated x-ray diffraction intensities, based on the texture information obtained from the sample mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: HyperNex, Inc.
    Inventors: Krzysztof J. Kozaczek, David S. Kurtz, Paul R. Moran, Roger I. Martin
  • Isotropically expansible balloon articles useful in in vivo lumenal procedures, and method of making such balloon articles
    Patent number: 6663646
    Abstract: A balloon article, e.g., for an in vivo lumenal procedure, formed of a UV cross-linkable polyurethane material that is partially cross-linked to an extent providing a desired expansibility and/or compliant character to the balloon. The degree of cross-linking is selectively modified by the degree of UV exposure to which the balloon article is exposed, and/or the relative proportion of the cross-linking agent, to achieve corresponding product characteristics ranging from semi-compliant to non-compliant polyurethane film properties, including low creep/semi-compliant films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Tilak M. Shah