Patents Assigned to Aston University
  • Optical pulse transmission lines
    Patent number: 6826340
    Abstract: An optical pulse transmission line portion is provided, having dispersion slope compensation, including an optical waveguide (length L1, dispersion parameter D1) having a dispersion slope parameter (S1) of a first sign, and a dispersion compensation unit (length L2, dispersion parameter D2) having a dispersion slope parameter (S2) of the opposite sign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Aston University
    Inventors: Ian Bennion, Sergei Konstantinovich Turitsyn
  • Enzymatic nucleic acid treatment of diseases of conditions related to levels of epidermal growth factor receptors
    Patent number: 6623962
    Abstract: Enzymatic nucleic acid molecules which cleave EGFR RNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignees: Sirna Therapeutics, Inc., Aston University
    Inventors: Saghir Akhtar, Patricia Fell, James A. McSwiggen
  • Lipid-containing compositions and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6436905
    Abstract: Lipid-containing compositions are disclosed which provide surfactants and solubilizing agents useful in medicine, biochemistry and other industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Aston University
    Inventors: Stephen R Tonge, Brian J Tighe