Patents by Inventor Donald A. MacKinnon

Donald A. MacKinnon 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).

  • Publication number: 20220387539
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions comprising capsaicin and methods of treating muscle cramping in a subject, comprising orally administering to the subject a composition comprising capsaicin and an excipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Bruce P. Bean, Donald MacKinnon, Roderick MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20200375925
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions comprising capsaicin and methods of treating muscle cramping in a subject, comprising orally administering to the subject a composition comprising capsaicin and an excipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce P. Bean, Donald MacKinnon, Roderick MacKinnon
  • Patent number: 10568853
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions comprising capsaicin and methods of treating muscle cramping in a subject, comprising orally administering to the subject a composition comprising capsaicin and an excipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Cliff-Cartwright Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce P. Bean, Donald MacKinnon, Roderick MacKinnon
  • Patent number: 9937135
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions comprising capsaicin and methods of treating muscle cramping in a subject, comprising orally administering to the subject a composition comprising capsaicin and an excipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Flex Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce P. Bean, Donald MacKinnon, Roderick MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20160367506
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions comprising capsaicin and methods of treating muscle cramping in a subject, comprising orally administering to the subject a composition comprising capsaicin and an excipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Bruce P. Bean, Donald MacKinnon, Roderick MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20140343156
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions comprising capsaicin and methods of treating muscle cramping in a subject, comprising orally administering to the subject a composition comprising capsaicin and an excipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Bruce P. Bean, Donald MacKinnon, Roderick MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20120027693
    Abstract: The methods and compositions of the present invention are directed to the treatment or amelioration of muscle cramps using a composition that includes one or more TRPV1 channel activators, and/or one or more TRPA1 channel activators, and/or one or more ASIC channel activators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Bruce P. Bean, Donald MacKinnon, Roderick MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20060085751
    Abstract: A music user interface presents various thematic choices, such as themes organized around various artists, to organize digital music so as to enhance the user's browsing, playing, and purchasing experience. An “Artist Choice” user interface presents a dual presentation of a selected artist and his/her music preferences. A “Now Playing” user interface presents music selections being performed inside a store. A “Burn” user interface allows the rapid production of a music CD containing the choices of the listener/browser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: John O'Brien, Donald MacKinnon, Lisa Laarman, Robert Dixon
  • Patent number: 4603056
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of treating the surface of a molybdenum mask used for screening a metallized paste pattern to render it smooth and preserve the mask's hardness. The treatment consists of subjecting the mask to a nitridation step by which an ultrathin layer of molybdenum layer is first formed, followed by deposition of a comparatively thick silicon nitride layer thereon. The nitridation step may be accomplished in a plasma deposition system using either forming gas, ammonia or gas mixture of nitrogen and ammonia at a predetermined low temperature and pressure. The silicon nitride deposition may be accomplished in the same system at the same temperature and pressure by substituting the gas utilized to form the molybdenum nitride with a gaseous mixture of silane and one of nitrogen and ammonia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1986
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donald A. MacKinnon, Pei-Ching Li, Henry C. Schick
  • Patent number: 3943028
    Abstract: Apparatus and process for manufacturing non-woven textile pile fabric from a plurality of pile-forming strands having thermoplastic characteristics, as follows. A hollow strand extruder receives parallel textile strands therein extending longitudinally therethrough and shapes the strands into a continuous mass of a predetermined configuration for withdrawal therefrom. A plurality of relatively thin spaced-apart successive compartment devices are positioned generally in axial alignment with the extruder and define successive spaced-apart open-sided interior areas of the same general configuration of the shaped mass of strands and collectively define a longitudinally-extending passageway for receiving and holding the continuous mass of strands therein after withdrawal from the extruder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1976
    Inventor: Donald MacKinnon Davis