Patents by Inventor Eric Holmes

Eric Holmes 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: 12168995
    Abstract: A protective cap (1, 9, 12) for the partial covering of a pre-fitted or a fully fitted vehicle component (11). The protective cap (1, 9, 12) is made from a biogenic and/or renewable raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Florian Abendroth, Michael Lindemann, Eric Holmes
  • Patent number: 12161611
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compositions comprising at least one niclosamide compound, such as niclosamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and at least one permeability enhancer, such as glycerol or dimethylpalmityl-ammonio propanesulfonate (PPS), and their use of such compositions as niclosamide agents. Advantageously, the niclosamide compound is capable of being transported across a Caco-2 cell membrane by at least 150% relative to the amount capable of being transported across the Caco-2 cell membrane in the absence of the permeability enhancer. Compositions, including oral dosage forms, and methods for delivering niclosamide compounds, such as for treatment or prevention of human coronavirus infections, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Holmes, Gary Ostrander
  • Patent number: 11771668
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compositions comprising at least one niclosamide compound, such as niclosamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and at least one permeability enhancer, such as glycerol or dimethylpalmityl-ammonio propanesulfonate (PPS), and their use of such compositions as niclosamide agents. Advantageously, the niclosamide compound is capable of being transported across a Caco-2 cell membrane by at least 150% relative to the amount capable of being transported across the Caco-2 cell membrane in the absence of the permeability enhancer. Compositions, including oral dosage forms, and methods for delivering niclosamide compounds, such as for treatment or prevention of human coronavirus infections, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Holmes, Gary Ostrander
  • Patent number: 11518762
    Abstract: The invention concerns a scalable, large-scale castanospermine preparation method that yields levels of purity greater than 98% from castanospermine-containing plant sources, such as Castanospermum australe seed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Holmes, Gary Ostrander
  • Patent number: 11369592
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of an alpha-glucosidase glycoprotein processing inhibitor for the treatment or prevention of human coronavirus infections, such as SARS-CoV-2 or SARS-CoV-2 variant infections. Aspects of the invention include methods for treating or preventing coronavirus infection, or a symptom thereof, by administering an alpha-glucosidase glycoprotein processing inhibitor, such as castanospermine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, derivative, or prodrug thereof, to a human subject; methods for inhibiting human coronavirus infection in a human cell in vitro or in vivo; pharmaceutical compositions; packaged dosage formulations; and kits for treating or preventing human coronavirus infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Holmes, Gary Ostrander, Geoffrey Stuart Dow
  • Patent number: 11009064
    Abstract: A ball joint having a ball stud that has a joint ball fixed at one end; a housing that defines a longitudinal axis and has an interior area which receives the joint ball and a socket that is positioned between the housing and the joint ball. The housing has an open end that includes an opening through which the ball stud extends when the joint ball is received within the interior area of the housing. The open end of the housing is formed such that the opening has a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the joint ball. A press-on ring engages with an outer surface of the housing at the open end so as to increase a pull-out performance of the ball joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: FRIEDRICHSHAFEN
    Inventor: Eric Holmes
  • Patent number: 10597077
    Abstract: The system and method of making an asymmetrical buckling portion in a linkage member that is formed at the same time a hexagonal holding feature is being formed. The presence of the elongated groove drives the force of a buckling event asymmetrically through the inner tie rod ball stud near the area of failure, which influences the tie rod assembly to buckle in the direction of the groove, prior to other components in the linkage system and thus negates the effects of inner tie rod ball stud run-out tolerances that are present in conventional inner tie rod ball studs formed by machining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Richard Putnam, Eric Holmes
  • Patent number: 10561642
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of castanospermine or other alpha-glucosidase inhibitors for the treatment or prevention of Zika virus infections. Aspects of the invention include methods for treating or preventing Zika virus infection by administering an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor (e.g., an alpha-glucosidase I inhibitor) to a subject in need thereof; methods for inhibiting a Zika virus infection in a cell in vitro or in vivo; pharmaceutical compositions; packaged dosage formulations; and kits for treating or preventing Zika virus infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Holmes, Gary Ostrander
  • Patent number: 10562978
    Abstract: The invention includes monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, having specific binding affinity for 4,6-diamino-5-(formylamino)pyrimidine (FAPY-adenine); hybridomas producing such antibodies; immunoconjugates comprising an antibody or antigen-binding fragment of the invention coupled to a moiety; and in vitro and in vivo methods for using such antibodies, antibody fragments, and conjugates based on binding to FAPY-adenine; nucleic acids encoding the heavy and/or light chains of the antibodies; vectors comprising the nucleic acid sequences encoding the heavy and/or light chains; host cells comprising and, optionally, expressing the nucleic acid sequences; and methods for the production of the aforementioned materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Holmes, Gary Ostrander
  • Patent number: 10328061
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of castanospermine or other alpha-glucosidase inhibitors for the treatment or prevention of Zika virus infections. Aspects of the invention include methods for treating or preventing Zika virus infection by administering an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor (e.g., an alpha-glucosidase I inhibitor) to a subject in need thereof; methods for inhibiting a Zika virus infection in a cell in vitro or in vivo; pharmaceutical compositions; packaged dosage formulations; and kits for treating or preventing Zika virus infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Holmes, Gary Ostrander
  • Patent number: 10119894
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting wear and/or failure of a ball joint. The system having a ball housing which retains a ball head of the ball joint therein. A ball race is received within the ball housing and receives the ball head of the ball joint. An inwardly facing surface of the ball race engages the ball head such that the ball head can pivot in relation to the ball housing. A detection component is supported by the ball race and is spaced from an exterior surface of the ball head by a set distance. The detection component issues an indicator signal to alert a driver when the detection component detects at least one of a worn or a failure condition of the ball joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Eric Holmes, Timothy LaBuda, Joel Lautermilch
  • Patent number: 10036733
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a hardness of a component to be tested by utilizing an ultrasonic meter. The method and system both comprise selecting a component to be tested which has a longitudinal axis; positioning a probe of the ultrasonic meter for emitting a signal from an emitter of the probe into an end surface of the component to be tested and along the longitudinal axis of the component; emitting the signal from the emitter of the probe into the first surface of the component to be tested; passing the emitted signal through the component to be tested; reflecting the emitted signal via an opposed second surface of the component to be tested back toward a detector of the probe; detecting the reflected signal via the detector of the probe; and determining a hardness of the component to be tested based upon a velocity of the emitted signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Magnachek
    Inventors: Harold Hopkinson, III, Wally Lawrence, Eric Holmes, Joel Lautermilch, Tracy Holmes
  • Publication number: 20180153817
    Abstract: A composition is described having improved oral permeability of polar agents such as neuraminidase inhibitors. The composition includes one or more polar agents and one or more permeability enhancers such that the composition increases the amount of the polar agent capable of being transported across a Caco-2 cell membrane by at least 150% relative to the amount capable of being transported across the Caco-2 Cell membrane in the absence of the permeability enhancer. Oral dosage forms including the composition, and methods of treating or preventing influenza infection are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: ALA WAI PHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Holmes, Michael Hite
  • Patent number: 9884920
    Abstract: The invention includes monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, having specific binding affinity for 4,6-diamino-5-(formylamino)pyrimidine (FAPY-adenine); hybridomas producing such antibodies; immunoconjugates comprising an antibody or antigen-binding fragment of the invention coupled to a moiety; and in vitro and in vivo methods for using such antibodies, antibody fragments, and conjugates based on binding to FAPY-adenine; nucleic acids encoding the heavy and/or light chains of the antibodies; vectors comprising the nucleic acid sequences encoding the heavy and/or light chains; host cells comprising and, optionally, expressing the nucleic acid sequences; and methods for the production of the aforementioned materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Holmes, Gary Ostrander
  • Publication number: 20170157059
    Abstract: A composition is described having improved oral permeability of polar agents such as neuraminidase inhibitors. The composition includes one or more polar agents and one or more permeability enhancers such that the composition increases the amount of the polar agent capable of being transported across a Caco-2 cell membrane by at least 150% relative to the amount capable of being transported across the Caco-2 Cell membrane in the absence of the permeability enhancer. Oral dosage forms including the composition, and methods of treating or preventing influenza infection are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: ALA WAI PHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Holmes, Michael Hite
  • Patent number: 9579383
    Abstract: A composition is described having improved oral permeability of polar agents such as neuraminidase inhibitors. The composition includes one or more polar agents and one or more permeability enhancers such that the composition increases the amount of the polar agent capable of being transported across a Caco-2 cell membrane by at least 150% relative to the amount capable of being transported across the Caco-2 Cell membrane in the absence of the permeability enhancer. Oral dosage forms including the composition, and methods of treating or preventing influenza infection are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: ALA WAI PHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Holmes, Michael Hite
  • Patent number: 9451411
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices for to determine or assist in determining that a mobile station is at one or more particular indoor regions and to provide positioning assistance data and/or the like to the mobile station with regard to at least the one or more particular indoor regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rajarshi Gupta, Eric Holm
  • Patent number: 9387534
    Abstract: A method for forming a control arm is provided. The method includes providing an insert and a mold and also includes overcasting the insert within a metal in the mold. The insert defines a recess that is shaped for receiving a mating component. After the insert is overcast within the metal, the mating component may be positioned or mounted within the recess of the insert. A related control arm is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Eric Holmes, Harold Hopkinson, Barbara Jones
  • Publication number: 20160059651
    Abstract: A method for forming a control arm is provided. The method includes providing an insert and a mold and also includes overcasting the insert within a metal in the mold. The insert defines a recess that is shaped for receiving a mating component. After the insert is overcast within the metal, the mating component may be positioned or mounted within the recess of the insert. A related control arm is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Eric Holmes, Harold Hopkinson, Barbara Jones
  • Patent number: 9125021
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices for to determine or assist in determining that a mobile station is at one or more particular indoor regions and to provide positioning assistance data and/or the like to the mobile station with regard to at least the one or more particular indoor regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rajarshi Gupta, Eric Holm