Patents by Inventor David T. Harris

David T. Harris 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: 11937769
    Abstract: A method including detecting a modular surgical device within bounds of a surgical operating room, connecting the modular surgical device to a surgical hub, connecting the surgical hub to a cloud-based system, transmitting surgical data associated with a surgical procedure being performed in the surgical operating room from the modular surgical device to the surgical hub, and transmitting the surgical data from the surgical hub to the cloud-based system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, David C. Yates, Eitan T. Wiener, Jeffrey L Aldridge, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Jason L Harris, Tamara Widenhouse
  • Patent number: 10059825
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the preparation of a silica-treated functionalized resin composition comprising the steps of reacting a polymer backbone with a hydrosilylation agent to produce a silane-functionalized resin composition, wherein the polymer backbone is selected from at least one of dicyclopentadiene (DCPD)-based polymers, cyclopentadiene (CPD)-based polymers, DCPD-styrene copolymers, C5 homopolymers and copolymer resins, C5-styrene copolymer resins, terpene homopolymer or copolymer resins, pinene homopolymer or copolymer resins, C9 homopolymers and copolymer resins, C5/C9 copolymer resins, alpha-methylstyrene homopolymer or copolymer resins, and combinations thereof; and mixing the silane-functionalized resin composition with a silica to produce a silica-treated functionalized resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Harris, Ian C. Stewart, Olivier J. Georjon, Edward J. Blok
  • Patent number: 10059782
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the preparation of a silane-functionalized resin composition comprising the steps of mixing a polymer backbone, a silane, and a free radical initiator; and producing a silane-functionalized resin composition. The polymer backbone is selected from at least one of dicyclopentadiene (DCPD)-based polymers, cyclopentadiene (CPD)-based polymers, DCPD-styrene copolymers, C5 homopolymers and copolymer resins, C5-styrene copolymer resins, terpene homopolymer or copolymer resins, pinene homopolymer or copolymer resins, C9 homopolymers and copolymer resins, C5/C9 copolymer resins, alpha-methylstyrene homopolymer or copolymer resins, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Blok, Ian C. Stewart, David T. Harris
  • Patent number: 9840569
    Abstract: This invention relates to a functionalized resin composition having the formula P—S—X where S is a spacer selected from at least one of C2-C40 straight chain and branched alkyl, C6-C40 aromatics, butadiene, isoprene, and combinations thereof, P is a polymer backbone selected from at least one of dicyclopentadiene (DCPD)-based polymers, cyclopentadiene (CPD)-based polymers, DCPD-styrene copolymers, C5 homopolymers and copolymer resins, C5-styrene copolymer resins, terpene homopolymer or copolymer resins, pinene homopolymer or copolymer resins, C9 homopolymers and copolymer resins, C5/C9 copolymer resins, alpha-methylstyrene homopolymer or copolymer resins, and combinations thereof, and X is a silane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Blok, Ian C. Stewart, David T. Harris
  • Patent number: 9611348
    Abstract: An ethylene copolymer, a Group 4 transition metal catalyst compound, and methods for polymerization using such a compound, said compound represented by the formula: (L)p(R?)zT(Cp)(A)MX2, where M is a Group 4 metal; z is 0 to 8; p is 1 to 3; X is an anionic leaving group; T is a bridging group; R1 to R4 are hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl group, a substituted hydrocarbyl group, aryl group, substituted aryl group, or a heteroatom-containing group (where adjacent R groups can form rings); R? is hydrogen, a C1 to C10 alkyl group, a C6 to C24 aryl group, or a C7 to C40 alkylaryl group; and L is a heteroatom or heteroatom-containing group bound to T, Cp is a cyclopentadienyl ring substituted with 0 to 4 substituent groups (where adjacent groups can form C4 to C20 rings); A is Cp or (JS?z*-1-y), where J is a Group 15 or 16 element; S? is a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, or heteroatom; z* is 2 or 3, and y is 0 or 1, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Ian C. Stewart, Steven D. Brown, Crisita Carmen H. Atienza, David T. Harris, Aaron M. Hollas
  • Publication number: 20170066898
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the preparation of a silica-treated functionalized resin composition comprising the steps of reacting a polymer backbone with a hydrosilylation agent to produce a silane-functionalized resin composition, wherein the polymer backbone is selected from at least one of dicyclopentadiene (DCPD)-based polymers, cyclopentadiene (CPD)-based polymers, DCPD-styrene copolymers, C5 homopolymers and copolymer resins, C5-styrene copolymer resins, terpene homopolymer or copolymer resins, pinene homopolymer or copolymer resins, C9 homopolymers and copolymer resins, C5/C9 copolymer resins, alpha-methylstyrene homopolymer or copolymer resins, and combinations thereof; and mixing the silane-functionalized resin composition with a silica to produce a silica-treated functionalized resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: David T. Harris, Ian C. Stewart, Olivier J. Georjon, Edward J. Blok
  • Publication number: 20170051085
    Abstract: This invention relates to a functionalized resin composition having the formula P—S—X where S is a spacer selected from at least one of C2-C40 straight chain and branched alkyl, C6-C40 aromatics, butadiene, isoprene, and combinations thereof, P is a polymer backbone selected from at least one of dicyclopentadiene (DCPD)-based polymers, cyclopentadiene (CPD)-based polymers, DCPD-styrene copolymers, C5 homopolymers and copolymer resins, C5-styrene copolymer resins, terpene homopolymer or copolymer resins, pinene homopolymer or copolymer resins, C9 homopolymers and copolymer resins, C5/C9 copolymer resins, alpha-methylstyrene homopolymer or copolymer resins, and combinations thereof, and X is a silane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Edward J. Blok, Ian C. Stewart, David T. Harris
  • Patent number: 9388255
    Abstract: This invention relates to relates to a polyolefin composition comprising one or more of the following formulae: wherein the PO is the residual portion of a vinyl terminated macromonomer (VTM) having had a terminal unsaturated carbon of an allylic chain and a vinyl carbon adjacent to the terminal unsaturated carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Ian C. Stewart, David T. Harris
  • Patent number: 9169334
    Abstract: This invention relates to a reaction product obtained by ring-opening metathesis polymerization of norbornene ketones functionalized with the residual portion of a vinyl terminated macromonomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Ian C. Stewart, David T. Harris
  • Publication number: 20140316085
    Abstract: An ethylene copolymer, a Group 4 transition metal catalyst compound, and methods for polymerization using such a compound, said compound represented by the formula: (L)p(R?)zT(Cp)(A)MX2, where M is a Group 4 metal; z is 0 to 8; p is 1 to 3; X is an anionic leaving group; T is a bridging group; R1 to R4 are hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl group, a substituted hydrocarbyl group, aryl group, substituted aryl group, or a heteroatom-containing group (where adjacent R groups can form rings); R? is hydrogen, a C1 to C10 alkyl group, a C6 to C24 aryl group, or a C7 to C40 alkylaryl group; and L is a heteroatom or heteroatom-containing group bound to T, Cp is a cyclopentadienyl ring substituted with 0 to 4 substituent groups (where adjacent groups can form C4 to C20 rings); A is Cp or (JS?z*-1-y), where J is a Group 15 or 16 element; S? is a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, or heteroatom; z* is 2 or 3, and y is 0 or 1, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Ian C. Stewart, Steven D. Brown, Crisita Carmen H. Atienza, David T. Harris, Aaron M. Hollas
  • Publication number: 20140308297
    Abstract: Model systems and methods for exploring mechanisms of carcinogenesis and the acquisition of metastatic ability, and to provide insights into potential therapeutic targets. The systems include and methods involve fusion of a stem cell and a genetically altered cell to evaluate carcinogenesis and metastasis and for the discovery and evaluation of new therapeutic targets to inhibit metastasis and other markers of carcinogenesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: David T. Harris, Tom C. Tsang, Xianghui He, Brian L. Pipes, Michael E. Pennington, Linda C. Meade-Tollin
  • Publication number: 20140213732
    Abstract: This invention relates to a reaction product obtained by ring-opening metathesis polymerization of norbornene ketones functionalized with the residual portion of a vinyl terminated macromonomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Ian C. Stewart, David T. Harris
  • Patent number: 8758755
    Abstract: Methods for modeling cancer cell migration, screening drugs for effects on tumor cell migration, and detecting the potential for tumor cell migration relating to the fusion of a bone marrow derived stem cell with a genetically altered cell. Antibodies against ubiquitin are shown to inhibit tumor cell migration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: David T. Harris, Tom C. Tsang, Xianghui He, Brian L. Pipes, Linda C. Meade-Tollin
  • Publication number: 20140088266
    Abstract: This invention relates to relates to a polyolefin composition comprising one or more of the following formulae: wherein the PO is the residual portion of a vinyl terminated macromonomer (VTM) having had a terminal unsaturated carbon of an allylic chain and a vinyl carbon adjacent to the terminal unsaturated carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Ian C. Stewart, David T. Harris
  • Publication number: 20120295344
    Abstract: Model systems and methods for exploring mechanisms of carcinogenesis and the acquisition of metastatic ability, and to provide insights into potential therapeutic targets. The systems include and methods involve fusion of a stem cell and a genetically altered cell to evaluate carcinogenesis and metastasis and for the discovery and evaluation of new therapeutic targets to inhibit metastasis and other markers of carcinogenesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: David T. Harris, Tom C. Tsang, Xianghui He, Brian L. Pipes, Michael E. Pennington, Linda C. Meade-Tollin
  • Publication number: 20120201808
    Abstract: Methods for modeling cancer cell migration, screening drugs for effects on tumor cell migration, and detecting the potential for tumor cell migration relating to the fusion of a bone marrow derived stem cell with a genetically altered cell. Antibodies against ubiquitin are shown to inhibit tumor cell migration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: David T. Harris, Tom C. Tsang, Xianghui He, Brian L. Pipes, Linda C. Meade-Tollin
  • Patent number: 8158126
    Abstract: Methods for modeling cancer cell migration, screening drugs for effects on tumor cell migration, and detecting the potential for tumor cell migration relating to the fusion of a bone marrow derived stem cell with a genetically altered cell (FIG. 1). Antibodies against ubiquitin are shown to inhibit tumor cell migration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of The University of Arizona
    Inventors: David T. Harris, Tom C. Tsang, Xianghui He, Brian L. Pipes, Linda C. Meade-Tollin
  • Publication number: 20090016961
    Abstract: Methods for modeling cancer cell migration, screening drugs for effects on tumor cell migration, and detecting the potential for tumor cell migration relating to the fusion of a bone marrow derived stem cell with a genetically altered cell (FIG. 1). Antibodies against ubiquitin are shown to inhibit tumor cell migration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: David T. Harris, Tom C. Tsang, Xianghui He, Brian L. Pipes, Linda C. Meade-Tollin
  • Patent number: 7285542
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for transgene expression in target cells. Expression constructs using an inducible amplification system to drive expression of a therapeutic gene or other gene of interest in mammalian host cells are provided, as well as methods therefor. Inducible expression of the transgenes at high levels under physiologic conditions results from induction by hyperthermic conditions relative to the basal temperature of the host cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of The University of Arizona
    Inventors: Tom Tsang, Eugene W. Gerner, David T. Harris, Evan Hersh
  • Patent number: 7098191
    Abstract: Expression constructs using an inducible amplification system to drive expression of a therapeutic gene or other genes of interest in mammalian cells are provided, as well as methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: The Arizona Board of Reagents
    Inventors: Tom Tsang, Eugene W. Gerner, David T. Harris, Evan Hersh