Patents by Inventor Donald H. Marks

Donald H. Marks 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: 20190159712
    Abstract: A process of correlating cognitive response to a stimulus is provided by collecting biometric data with a camera having a microprocessor for modifying an image by localizing eyes within a face in the image, collecting neural activity data from a subject while exposed to a stimulus and mapping neural activation in response to the stimulus onto neuronal structure of a subject brain. A unique three-dimensional cognitive engram representative of the neural activity caused by the stimulus is then constructed. The cognitive engram is then compiled in a database containing a plurality of engrams, each of which is associated with a different stimulus for interpreting cognitive response. Then, each unique three-dimensional cognitive engram stored in the database is correlated with the biometric data representative of a stimulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Donald H. Marks
  • Publication number: 20110263962
    Abstract: A method of interpreting cognitive response to a stimulus is disclosed. The method includes collecting baseline neural activity data from a subject absent a stimulus. Neural activity data is collected while the subject is being stimulated through exposure to a stimulus. A unique three-dimensional cognitive engram is then plotted representative of cerebral regions of stimulated neural activity caused by the stimulus. A novel graphical representation is plotted in three dimensions to indicate the brain region response unique to that stimulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventor: Donald H. Marks
  • Publication number: 20100249573
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process of correlating cognitive response to a stimulus by collecting neural activity data from one or more subjects while the subject is exposed to a stimulus. A unique three-dimensional cognitive engram representative of the neural activity caused by the stimulus is then plotted. A unique three-dimensional cognitive engram with biometric data representative of said stimulus is then correlated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventor: Donald H. Marks
  • Publication number: 20100069777
    Abstract: A method of interpreting cognitive response to a stimulus is disclosed. The method includes collecting baseline neural activity data from a subject absent a stimulus. Neural activity data is collected while the subject is being stimulated through exposure to a stimulus. A unique three-dimensional cognitive engram is then plotted representative of cerebral regions of stimulated neural activity caused by the stimulus. A novel graphical representation is plotted in three dimensions to indicate the brain region response unique to that stimulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventor: Donald H. Marks
  • Patent number: 7627370
    Abstract: A method of interpreting cognitive response to a stimulus is disclosed. The method includes collecting baseline neural activity data from a subject absent a stimulus. Neural activity data is collected while the subject is being stimulated through exposure to a stimulus. A unique three-dimensional cognitive engram is then plotted representative of cerebral regions of stimulated neural activity caused by the stimulus. A novel graphical representation is plotted in three dimensions to indicate the brain region response unique to that stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Inventor: Donald H. Marks
  • Patent number: 6716823
    Abstract: Disclosed and claimed are methods of non-invasive genetic immunization in an animal and/or methods of inducing a systemic immune or therapeutic response in an animal, products therefrom and uses for the methods and products therefrom. The methods can include contacting skin of the animal with a vector in an amount effective to induce the systemic immune or therapeutic response in the animal. The vector can include and express an exogenous nucleic acid molecule encoding an epitope or gene product of interest. The systemic immune response can be to or from the epitope or gene product. The nucleic acid molecule can encode an epitope of interest and/or an antigen of interest and/or a nucleic acid molecule that stimulates and/or modulates an immunological response and/or stimulates and/or modulates expression, e.g., transcription and/or translation, such as transcription and/or translation of an endogenous and/or exogenous nucleic acid molecule; e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: The UAB Research Foundation
    Inventors: De-chu C. Tang, Donald H. Marks, David T. Curiel, Zhongkai Shi
  • Patent number: 6706693
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of inducing an immune response in a non-invasive mode, comprising the step of: contacting skin of an individual in need of such treatment topically by applying to said skin an immunologically effective concentration of a genetic vector encoding a gene of interest. Also provided is a method of inducing an anti-tumor immune response in an animal in need of such treatment, comprising the step of: contacting skin of said animal topically by applying to said skin an immunologically effective concentration of a vector encoding a gene which encodes an antigen which induces an anti-tumor effect in said animal following administration. The genetic vector may include adenovirus recombinants, DNA/adenovirus complexes, DNA/liposome complexes, or any other vectors capable of expressing transgenes. Topical application of geneticvectors may preferably include a device as designed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: The UAB Research Foundation
    Inventors: De-chu Tang, Donald H. Marks, David T. Curiel, Zhongkai Shi
  • Publication number: 20030125278
    Abstract: The present invention relates to techniques of skin-targeted non-invasive gene delivery to elicit immune responses and uses thereof. The invention further relates to methods of non-invasive genetic immunization in an animal and/or methods of inducing a systemic immune or therapeutic response in an animal following topical application of vectors, products therefrom and uses for the methods and products therefrom. The methods can include contacting skin of the animal with a vector in an amount effective to induce the systemic immune or therapeutic response in the animal as well as such a method further including disposing the vector in and/or on the delivery device. The vector can be gram negative bacteria, preferably Salmonella and most preferably Salmonella typhimurium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: De-Chu C. Tang, Donald H. Marks, David T. Curiel, Zhongkai Shi, Kent Rigby van Kampen
  • Patent number: 6348450
    Abstract: Disclosed and claimed are methods of non-invasive genetic immunization in an animal and/or methods of inducing a systemic immune or therapeutic response in an animal, products therefrom and uses for the methods and products therefrom. The methods can include contacting skin of the animal with a vector in an amount effective to induce the systemic immune or therapeutic response in the animal. The vector can include and express an exogenous nucleic acid molecule encoding an epitope or gene product of interest. The systemic immune response can be to or from the epitope or gene product. The nucleic acid molecule can encode an epitope of interest and/or an antigen of interest and/or a nucleic acid molecule that stimulates and/or modulates an immunological response and/or stimulates and/or modulates expression, e.g., transcription and/or translation, such as transcription and/or translation of an endogenous and/or exogenous nucleic acid molecule; e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: The UAB Research Foundation
    Inventors: De-chu C. Tang, Donald H. Marks, David T. Curiel, Zhongkai Shi, Kent Rigby van Kampen