Patents by Inventor Andrew Pakula

Andrew Pakula 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).

  • Publication number: 20130061261
    Abstract: A method for a wireless promotional offer delivery (WPOD) system to deliver promotional offers broadcast in radio and television advertising or programming content to mobile devices or fixed computer stations is presented. A WPOD application, downloaded onto a mobile device or fixed computer station, allows for the capture of timed segments of the content. The content, sent by the WPOD application to a WPOD server, is analyzed and matched to a unique digital ID. The digital ID is returned to the mobile device or fixed computer station. The WPOD application then delivers the digital ID to the server along with the user's current geographical position coordinates, client ID and date/time stamp. The WPOD server looks up the digital ID and matches any “live” offers then available, and delivers such offer back to the WPOD application. The user of the WPOD application may then act upon the promotional offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventor: Andrew Pakula
  • Publication number: 20040191835
    Abstract: A novel method for screening chemical compounds (test ligands) for potential pharmaceutical effectiveness is provided. The disclosed method identifies possible therapeutic test ligands by placing them in the presence of target proteins and determining their ability to increase or decrease the ratio of folded target protein to unfolded target protein. The present methods do not require that biochemical function of the target protein be known, nor that any other ligands be previously identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Andrew Pakula, James Bowie
  • Publication number: 20030113779
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for high-throughput screening for bioactive compounds, in particular those that bind to RNA sequences involved in the pathogenesis of disease or in regulation of a physiological function. The methods involve measuring the conformation of an RNA target in the presence and absence of test ligands, and identifying as a ligand any test ligand that causes a measurable change in target RNA conformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Jaime E. Arenas, James W. Lillie, Andrew Pakula
  • Patent number: 6503721
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for high-throughput screening for bioactive compounds, in particular those that bind to RNA sequences involved in the pathogenesis of disease or in regulation of a physiological function. The methods involve measuring the conformation of an RNA target in the presence and absence of test ligands, and identifying as a ligand any test ligand that causes a measurable change in target RNA conformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaime E. Arenas, James W. Lillie, Andrew Pakula
  • Publication number: 20020064793
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for high-throughput screening for bioactive compounds, in particular those that bind to RNA sequences involved in the pathogenesis of disease or in regulation of a physiological function. The methods involve measuring the conformation of an RNA target in the presence and absence of test ligands, and identifying as a ligand any test ligand that causes a measurable change in target RNA conformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: ANADYS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jaime E. Arenas, James W. Lillie, Andrew Pakula
  • Publication number: 20020055123
    Abstract: A novel method for screening chemical compounds (test ligands) for potential pharmaceutical effectiveness is provided. The disclosed method identifies possible therapeutic test ligands by placing them in the presence of target proteins and determining their ability to increase or decrease the ratio of folded target protein to unfolded target protein. The present methods do not require that biochemical function of the target protein be known, nor that any other ligands be previously identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Pakula, James Bowie
  • Patent number: 6337183
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for high-throughput screening for bioactive compounds, in particular those that bind to RNA sequences involved in the pathogenesis of disease or in regulation of a physiological function. The methods involve measuring the conformation of an RNA target in the presence and absence of test ligands, and identifying as a ligand any test ligand that causes a measurable change in target RNA conformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Scriptgen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaime E. Arenas, James W. Lillie, Andrew Pakula
  • Patent number: 5679582
    Abstract: A novel method for screening chemical compounds, test ligands, for potential pharmaceutical effectiveness. The disclosed method identifies possible therapeutic test ligands by placing them in the presence of target proteins and determining the ability of test ligands to increase the ratio of folded target protein to unfolded target protein. This differs significantly from known methods of novel pharmaceutical testing in that the biochemical function of the target protein need not be known and, except for one of the five embodiments of the method, the existence of any known ligands of the target protein is unnecessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Scriptgen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: James U. Bowie, Andrew Pakula