Patents by Inventor David A. Mills

David A. Mills 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).

  • Patent number: 10639357
    Abstract: Provided herein are deglycosylating enzymes that remove a broad range of N-glycans from N-glycosylated proteins. Further provided are methods of recombinantly producing and expressing the deglycosylating enzymes. The presently described deglycosylating enzymes can be used to produce free glycans for characterization, and for prebiotic and immunostimulatory uses. In addition, the presently described deglycosylating enzymes can be used to produce deglycosylated proteins for characterization, to improve digestion, and to reduce immunogenicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Daniel Garrido, J. Bruce German, Carlito B. Lebrilla, David A. Mills
  • Publication number: 20200078384
    Abstract: Oligosaccharides from bovine milk, whey and dairy products, and methods of producing bovine milk oligosaccharides are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: J. Bruce GERMAN, David MILLS, Carlito B. LEBRILLA, Daniela BARILE, Riccardo LoCASCIO
  • Publication number: 20200054228
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for neuromodulation of a tissue that include applying energy (e.g., ultrasound energy) into the tissue to cause altered activity at a synapse between a neuron and a non-neuronal cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Puleo, Victoria Cotero, Ying Fan, Tzu-Jen Kao, David Mills, Jeffrey Ashe, Sireesha KAANUMALLE, Kirk Dennis WALLACE, Kenneth Wayne RIGBY, Ileana HANCU, James ROTHMAN
  • Publication number: 20200046313
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound using microbubble-based ultrasound contrast agents to accomplish noninvasive subharmonic aided pressure estimation (SHAPE) in a region of interest (ROI) of a subject. The method of the invention provides a non-invasive, direct, and accurate method for pressure estimation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicants: THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY, GE HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Flemming Forsberg, David Mills, John R. Eisenbrey, Kirk Wallace, Ipshita Gupta
  • Publication number: 20200046783
    Abstract: Methods of reducing milk glycans, and thus enteric pathogens that use such glycans as carbon sources, in the gut of nursing mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: David A. MILLS, Steven A. FRESE
  • Publication number: 20200030491
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bioactive implant including the steps of (a) forming a mixture of an bioactive agent and a setting agent capable of transitioning from a flowable state to a rigid state; (b) converting the mixture into a flowable state; and (c) transitioning the mixture into a solid state in a shape of the implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffery Adam Weisman, James Connor Nicholson, David Mills
  • Publication number: 20200030418
    Abstract: Provided herein are deglycosylating enzymes that remove a broad range of N-glycans from N-glycosylated proteins. Further provided are methods of recombinantly producing and expressing the deglycosylating enzymes. The presently described deglycosylating enzymes can be used to produce free glycans for characterization, and for prebiotic and immunostimulatory uses. In addition, the presently described deglycosylating enzymes can be used to produce deglycosylated proteins for characterization, to improve digestion, and to reduce immunogenicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel GARRIDO, J. Bruce GERMAN, Carlito B. LEBRILLA, David A. MILLS
  • Publication number: 20190381150
    Abstract: Provided herein are deglycosylating enzymes that remove a broad range of N-glycans from N-glycosylated proteins. Further provided are methods of recombinantly producing and expressing the deglycosylating enzymes. The presently described deglycosylating enzymes can be used to produce free glycans for characterization, and for prebiotic and immunostimulatory uses. In addition, the presently described deglycosylating enzymes can be used to produce deglycosylated proteins for characterization, to improve digestion, and to reduce immunogenicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel GARRIDO, J. Bruce GERMAN, Carlito B. LEBRILLA, David A. MILLS
  • Publication number: 20190350950
    Abstract: Oligosaccharides from bovine milk, whey and dairy products, and methods of producing bovine milk oligosaccharides are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: J. Bruce GERMAN, David Mills, Carlito B. Lebrilla, Daniela Barile, Riccardo LoCascio
  • Patent number: 10471134
    Abstract: Provided herein are deglycosylating enzymes that remove a broad range of N-glycans from N-glycosylated proteins. Further provided are methods of recombinantly producing and expressing the deglycosylating enzymes. The presently described deglycosylating enzymes can be used to produce free glycans for characterization, and for prebiotic and immunostimulatory uses. In addition, the presently described deglycosylating enzymes can be used to produce deglycosylated proteins for characterization, to improve digestion, and to reduce immunogenicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Daniel Garrido, J. Bruce German, Carlito B. Lebrilla, David A. Mills
  • Patent number: 10441689
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bioactive implant including the steps of (a) forming a mixture of an bioactive agent and a setting agent capable of transitioning from a flowable state to a rigid state; (b) converting the mixture into a flowable state; and (c) transitioning the mixture into a solid state in a shape of the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Louisiana Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery Adam Weisman, Connor Nicholson, David Mills
  • Patent number: 10412900
    Abstract: An implement system for a machine. The implement system includes a boom, an implement, a roller assembly and a carriage. The boom has a telescopic structure and a first end. The implement is coupled to the first end of the boom. The roller assembly is configured to be coupled to the machine. The carriage is engaged with the roller assembly and is coupled to the boom. The carriage is configured to move linearly along a longitudinal axis of the machine between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Progress Rail Services Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Lynn West, Mark T Plyler, Richard David Mills
  • Patent number: 10364417
    Abstract: The pntAB locus may provide for increased alcohol tolerance in a microorganism, through expression of one or both of the pntA and pntB genes. A microorganism may have increased alcohol tolerance due to a transformation of the microorganism or an ancestor of the microorganism utilizing one or both of the pntA and pntB genes. The microorganism may be, for example, of a bacterial or fungal species. According to some exemplary embodiments, the microorganism may be a lactic acid bacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Siqing Liu, Christopher D. Skory, David A. Mills
  • Patent number: 10360723
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automated projection mapping previsualization is provided. A computer model of an object is received, at a controller of a device, from a publicly accessible remote mapping server, the computer model comprising a publicly available three-dimensional computer model, the computer model defining an object in geographic coordinates and elevation coordinates, the object located at given geographic coordinates. The controller generates a time dependent previsualization projection mapping model for the object using images to be projected onto the object, the computer model, and data for generating one or more of Sun behavior and the Moon behavior at the given geographic coordinates. The controller controls a display device to render a previsualization of the time dependent previsualization projection mapping model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Shawn David Mills, Gerhard Dietrich Klassen, Ian Chadwyck Faragher
  • Patent number: 10350249
    Abstract: Methods of reducing milk glycans, and thus enteric pathogens that use such glycans as carbon sources, in the gut of nursing mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: David A. Mills, Steven A. Frese
  • Patent number: 10238674
    Abstract: Oligosaccharides from bovine milk, whey and dairy products, and methods of producing bovine milk oligosaccharides are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: J. Bruce German, David Mills, Carlito B. Lebrilla, Daniela Barile, Riccardo LoCascio
  • Patent number: 10234852
    Abstract: A bioreactor control system comprises a batch server for controlling a bioreactor system in response to a recipe, a batch software system for generating a control sequence for the bioreactor system via the batch server for implementing the recipe, and a recipe conversion system that inputs the recipe into the batch software system. Preferably, the recipe conversion system reads a word processor file containing the recipe and interprets styles applied to text in the word processor file as indicating equipment and phases of the recipe to the recipe conversion system. Generally, the bioreactor system includes one or more bioreactors and additional hardware to perform the upstream and downstream processing. The document properties of the word processor file containing the recipe are applied as header information for the recipe input into the batch software system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: GE HEALTHCARE BIO-SCIENCES CORP.
    Inventor: David Mills
  • Publication number: 20190054155
    Abstract: Provided herein are deglycosylating enzymes that remove a broad range of N-glycans from N-glycosylated proteins. Further provided are methods of recombinantly producing and expressing the deglycosylating enzymes. The presently described deglycosylating enzymes can be used to produce free glycans for characterization, and for prebiotic and immunostimulatory uses. In addition, the presently described deglycosylating enzymes can be used to produce deglycosylated proteins for characterization, to improve digestion, and to reduce immunogenicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel GARRIDO, J. Bruce GERMAN, Carlito B. LEBRILLA, David A. MILLS
  • Publication number: 20190055525
    Abstract: The pntAB locus may provide for increased alcohol tolerance in a microorganism, through expression of one or both of the pntA and pntB genes. A microorganism may have increased alcohol tolerance due to a transformation of the microorganism or an ancestor of the microorganism utilizing one or both of the pntA and pntB genes. The microorganism may be, for example, of a bacterial or fungal species. According to some exemplary embodiments, the microorganism may be a lactic acid bacterium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: SIQING LIU, CHRISTOPHER D. SKORY, DAVID A. MILLS
  • Patent number: 10207988
    Abstract: The technology described herein relates to methods of inducing cell death. The technology described herein further relates to treating conditions including cancers and autoimmune diseases comprising administering inhibitors of double strand break repair. Also described herein are inhibitors of double strand break repair and methods of screening for such inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: THE JACKSON LABORATORY
    Inventors: Kevin David Mills, Muneer Gulamhusien Hasham, Caroline Gardner McPhee