Patents by Inventor David Fontana

David Fontana 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).

  • Forming an interface layer for removable support
    Patent number: 11969795
    Abstract: Support structures are used in certain additive fabrication processes to permit fabrication of a greater range of object geometries. For additive fabrication processes with materials that are subsequently sintered into a final part, an interface layer is formed between the object and support in order to inhibit bonding between adjacent surfaces of the support structure and the object during sintering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Desktop Metal, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonah Samuel Myerberg, Ricardo Fulop, Michael Andrew Gibson, Matthew David Verminski, Richard Remo Fontana, Christopher Allan Schuh, Yet-Ming Chiang, Anastasios John Hart
  • SYSTEMS HAVING HEATED VALVE MANIFOLD ASSEMBLIES, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE OF SAME
    Publication number: 20230287992
    Abstract: A system for semiconductor fabrication having at least one heated valve manifold assembly comprising a heat-conductive plate having a total surface area, said conductive plate having a first side and a second side; at least one heater contacting said at least one heat-conductive plate; a valve manifold comprising a plurality of valves and pipes; said plurality of said valves and pipes having a total surface area wherein a portion of the surface area of said plurality of valves and pipes contacts said at least one heat-conductive plate; and one or more layers of insulation covering: (i) a majority of the surface area of said plurality of said valves and pipes where said portion contacts said at least one heat-conductive plate, (ii) said at least one heater in contact with said at least one heat-conductive plate, and (iii) the majority of the surface area of said at least one heat-conductive plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER DAVID FONTANA, DAVID CARL ESHELMAN, YSURA FATIMA, THOMAS WILLIAM PILTZ, MASON SEIDEL
  • PD-L1 ANTAGONIST COMBINATION TREATMENTS
    Publication number: 20210069326
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes combination therapies comprising an antagonist of Programmed Death Ligand 1 receptor (PD-L1) and another therapeutic agent, and the use of the combination therapies for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Glen Ian ANDREWS, Shihao CHEN, Alessandra DI PIETRO, David FONTANA, Zelanna GOLDBERG, Chia-Yang LIN, Hua LONG, Marcella MARTIGNONI, Dimitry Serge Antoine NUYTEN, Aron David THALL, Adrian WOOLFSON
  • PD-L1 antagonist combination treatments
    Patent number: 10869924
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes combination therapies comprising an antagonist of Programmed Death Ligand 1 receptor (PD-L1) and another therapeutic agent, and the use of the combination therapies for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignees: MERCK PATENT GMBH, PFIZER INC.
    Inventors: Glen Ian Andrews, Shihao Chen, Alessandra Di Pietro, David Fontana, Zelanna Goldberg, Chia-Yang Lin, Hua Long, Marcella Martignoni, Dimitry Serge Antoine Nuyten, Aron David Thall, Adrian Woolfson
  • PD-L1 Antagonist Combination Treatments
    Publication number: 20180169232
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes combination therapies comprising an antagonist of Programmed Death Ligand 1 receptor (PD-L1) and another therapeutic agent, and the use of the combination therapies for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicants: MERCK PATENT GMBH, PFIZER INC.
    Inventors: Glen Ian ANDREWS, Shihao CHEN, Alessandra DI PIETRO, David FONTANA, Zelanna GOLDBERG, Chia-Yang LIN, Hua LONG, Marcella MARTIGNONI, Dimitry Serge Antoine NUYTEN, Aron David THALL, Adrian WOOLFSON
  • APTAMERS THAT BIND THROMBIN WITH HIGH AFFINITY
    Publication number: 20120149764
    Abstract: The invention provides aptamers capable of binding to thrombin useful as therapeutics for and diagnostics of coagulation related disorders and/or other diseases or disorders in which thrombin has been implicated. The invention further provides materials and methods for the administration of aptamers capable of binding to thrombin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: John L. Diener, Jess Wagner-Whyte, David Fontana
  • Aptamers that bind thrombin with high affinity
    Patent number: 7998939
    Abstract: The invention provides aptamers capable of binding to thrombin useful as therapeutics for and diagnostics of coagulation related disorders and/or other diseases or disorders in which thrombin has been implicated. The invention further provides materials and methods for the administration of aptamers capable of binding to thrombin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Archemix Corporation
    Inventors: John L. Diener, Jess Wagner-Whyte, David Fontana
  • Aptamers that bind thrombin with high affinity
    Publication number: 20090221680
    Abstract: The invention provides aptamers capable of binding to thrombin useful as therapeutics for and diagnostics of coagulation related disorders and/or other diseases or disorders in which thrombin has been implicated. The invention further provides materials and methods for the administration of aptamers capable of binding to thrombin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: John L. Diener, Jess Wagner-Whyte, David Fontana