Patents by Inventor Brian Mansfield

Brian Mansfield 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).

  • Identification of bacteria and spores
    Publication number: 20070003996
    Abstract: Bacteria can be identified by analyzing a data stream that is obtained by processing a sample containing the bacteria, where the data stream has been abstracted to produce a sample vector that characterizes the data stream in a predetermined vector space containing at least one diagnostic cluster, the diagnostic cluster being associated with bacteria of known type, and by determining whether the sample vector rests with the diagnostic cluster, and if the sample rests within the diagnostic cluster, an indication that the bacteria are of the known type can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Ben Hitt, Brian Mansfield, Ping Yip
  • Scaffolded fusion polypeptides and compositions and methods for making the same
    Publication number: 20050148028
    Abstract: The present invention provides soluble forms of integral membrane proteins, or domains or portions thereof, that retain the biological activity of the integral membrane protein, domain or portion from which they are designed or derived and that can readily be expressed in high yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: Human Genome Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Coleman, Brian Mansfield