Patents by Inventor Do Le Minh

Do Le Minh 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: 11718839
    Abstract: A composition and method for preventing and treating infections caused by enveloped viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2 virus. The invention includes compounds having a catalytic domain of a glycosidase and a binding domain that binds the compound to the surface of the targeted virus. The invention also includes a pharmaceutical formulation comprising the compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to deliver the active portion of the compound to the infecting virus within an infected human or animal. The pharmaceutical formulation can be an inhalant or a nasal spray to the infected human or animal. The invention also includes methods of using a glycosidase or the catalytic part of a glycosidase to deactivate enveloped virus by removing glycans from the viral surface protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Oscar Juarez, Karina Tuz, David Do Le Minh
  • Patent number: 5826738
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a child-restraint combination of a container and a one-piece closure. The interior surface of the closure has one type-A lug, and a plurality of type-B lugs. The exterior surface of the container has one type-A groove, and a plurality of type-B grooves. If the user aligns the two side lines, one on the container and one on the closure, before lifting the closure away from the container, then the type-A lug is lifted into the type-A groove, and the closure can be removed very easily from the container. If the user lifts the closure without aligning the two side lines first, then the type-A lug is lifted into one of the type-B grooves, causing the container and the closure interlock, making it impossible to rotate or to lift the closure away from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Inventor: Do Le Minh
  • Patent number: 5148931
    Abstract: This invention provides a new and simple tamper-resistant, safety closure for a container having threaded neck. It requires the user to align the two arrows, then give it an upward lift while turning in the counter-clockwise direction to unscrew it from the container.Features of the invention useful in accomplishing the above objects include an outer cap and an inner cap. The interior surface of the outer cap has a plurality of identical protrusions, called the type A protrusions, and one type B protrusion. The exterior surface of the inner cap has a plurality of identical grooves, called the type A grooves, and one type B groove. If the type B protrusion is lifted into the type B groove, then the two caps inter-lock and turning the outer cap in the counter-clockwise direction would also turn the inner cap in the same direction, resulting in the unscrewing of the closure from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Inventor: Do Le Minh