Patents by Inventor Floyd A. Smith

Floyd A. Smith 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: 11035820
    Abstract: A general methodology for the development of sensitive and selective sensors that can achieve a low cost detection of glucose without using enzymes is disclosed. The method uses carbon nanofiber (CNF) array electrodes for the electrochemical detection of glucose. CNFs grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) with diameters ranging from 13-160 nm and a height of approximately one micrometer are preferred. The CNFs have a sensitivity of 2.7 ?A/mM cm2 and detection limit of 2 mM. Also provided are methods of preparing the CNF sensors and kit components. Methods of using such CNF sensors for detecting target agents, particularly glucose, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Tuskegee University
    Inventors: Tamara Floyd Smith, Julaunica Tigner, Jessica Koehne
  • Publication number: 20190310223
    Abstract: A general methodology for the development of sensitive and selective sensors that can achieve a low cost detection of glucose without using enzymes is disclosed. The method uses carbon nanofiber (CNF) array electrodes for the electrochemical detection of glucose. CNFs grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) with diameters ranging from 13-160 nm and a height of approximately one micrometer are preferred. The CNFs have a sensitivity of 2.7 ?A/mM cm2 and detection limit of 2 mM. Also provided are methods of preparing the CNF sensors and kit components. Methods of using such CNF sensors for detecting target agents, particularly glucose, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Tuskegee University
    Inventors: Tamara Floyd SMITH, Julaunica TIGNER, Jessica KOEHNE
  • Patent number: 8959564
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for creating an overlay application for use within a broadcast communications system are disclosed. A method in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises collecting image data from a computer network, generating at least one selectable area within the image data, associating a function with the at least one selectable area, and selectively displaying the image data on a monitor simultaneously with a broadcast data stream, wherein selection of the at least one selectable area executes the associated function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Thompson, Edgar C. Camacho, Manohar S. Gandla, Surya P. Dasi, Floyd Smith
  • Publication number: 20120019724
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for creating an overlay application for use within a broadcast communications system are disclosed. A method in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises collecting image data from a computer network, generating at least one selectable area within the image data, associating a function with the at least one selectable area, and selectively displaying the image data on a monitor simultaneously with a broadcast data stream, wherein selection of the at least one selectable area executes the associated function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Thompson, Edgar C. Camacho, Manohar S. Gandla, Surya P. Dasi, Floyd Smith
  • Patent number: 7730769
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a viscometer for measurements of both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. In one embodiment, the viscometer comprises (i) a storage reservoir to store a test fluid, (ii) at least one drain tube assembly comprising a capillary drain tube, (iii) a collector for collecting said test fluid, and (iv) a detector. In addition, its novel viscosity equations suitable for the described viscometers are provided and illustrated for the application to Newtonian fluids and non-Newtonian fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Inventors: Kyung C. Kwon, Nader Vahdat, Tamara M. Floyd-Smith, Legand L. Burge, Jr., Paul Jones
  • Patent number: 7700628
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula (I) (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or prodrug thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa and/or thrombin, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor. An example of a compound of formula (I) is (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Ankush Baburao Argade, Theodore Goodson, Jr., David Kent Herron, Sajan Joseph, Salvatore Donato Lepore, Angela Lynn Marquart, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Leander Merritt, Andrew Michael Ratz, Gerald Floyd Smith, Anne Louise Tebbe, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
  • Patent number: 7666866
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula (I) (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa and/or thrombin, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Jeffry Bernard Franciskovich, David Kent Herron, Valentine Joseph Klimkowski, Angela Lynn Marquart, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Andrew Michael Ratz, Gerald Floyd Smith, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
  • Patent number: 7615568
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula I (or a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or prodrug thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa and/or thrombin, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Jeffry Bernard Franciskovich, David Kent Herron, Jared Harris Linebarger, Angela Lynn Marquart, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Leander Merritt, Andrew Michael Ratz, Gerald Floyd Smith, Leland Otto Weigel, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
  • Publication number: 20090227566
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula (I) (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or prodrug thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa and/or thrombin, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor. An example of a compound of formula (I) is (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Ankush Baburao Argade, Theodore Goodson, JR., David Kent Herron, Sajan Joseph, Salvatore Donato Lepore, Angela Lynn Marquart, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Leander Merritt, Andrew Michael Ratz, Gerald Floyd Smith, Anne Lousie Tebbe, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
  • Patent number: 7511066
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula I (or a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or prodrug thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa and/or thrombin, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Jeffry Bernard Franciskovich, Theodore Goodson, Jr., David Kent Herron, Angela Lynn Marquart, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Leander Merritt, Andrew Michael Ratz, Gerald Floyd Smith, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
  • Publication number: 20090062271
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula I (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa and/or thrombin, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Eli Lilly And Company
    Inventors: Jeffry Bernard Franciskovich, David Kent Herron, Valentine Joseph Klimkowski, Angela Lynn Marquart, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Andrew Michael Ratz, Gerald Floyd Smith, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
  • Patent number: 7449457
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula (I) (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: David Kent Herron, Sajan Joseph, Angela Lynn Marquart, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Gerald Floyd Smith, Anne Louise Tebbe, Philip Parker Waid, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
  • Publication number: 20080108594
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula I (or a pro-drug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or prodrug thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa and/or thrombin, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Jeffry Bernard Franciskovich, David Kent Herron, Jared Harris Linebarger, Angela Lynn Marquart, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Leander Merritt, Andrew Michael Ratz, Gerald Floyd Smith, Leland Otto Weigel, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
  • Patent number: 7163938
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula I (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: David Kent Herron, Sajan Joseph, Angela Lynn Marquart, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Gerald Floyd Smith, Philip Parker Waid, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
  • Patent number: 7160878
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula (I) (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: David Kent Herron, Sajan Joseph, Angela Lynn Marquart, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Gerald Floyd Smith, Philip Parker Waid, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
  • Patent number: 7129245
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula I (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Douglas Wade Beight, Trelia Joyce Craft, Carl Penman Denny, Jeffry Bernard Franciskovich, Theodore Goodson, Jr., Steven Edward Hall, David Kent Herron, Sajan Joseph, Valentine Joseph Klimkowski, Jeffrey Alan Kyle, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Guy Milot, Marta Maria Pi{hacek over (n)}elro-Nú{hacek over (n)}ez, Jason Scott Sawyer, Robert Theodore Shuman, Gerald Floyd Smith, Anne Louise Tebbe, Jennifer Marie Tinsley, Leonard Crayton Weir, James Howard Wikel, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
  • Publication number: 20060100558
    Abstract: A heated massage ball apparatus has a ball that may be heated retained within a grip that allows for the ball to rotate freely therewithin. The ball may be heated, for example, in a microwave oven, and may be substantially hollow and filled with a liquid that retains heat. The grip is pliable enough to allow the forced insertion or ejection of the ball past its widest circumference. An opening in the bottom of the base may facilitate the removal of the ball from the base, whereby the user inserts a finger therein to force the ball out of the grip. A heating base can accept the grip and ball and provide heat to the ball, such as a heated conductor that extends through the bottom opening in the grip and heats the ball by direct contact and thermal conduction. An electrical circuit may be included that provides on/off and temperature controls, a heating element, a temperature-sensing means, a thermostat, and a display for indicating a target and current ball temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventor: Floyd Smith
  • Publication number: 20040242581
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula (I) (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceuical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa, as well as a process for its preparation and intermedicates therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: David Kent Herron, Sajan Joseph, Angela Lynn Marquart, John Joseph Fishers, David Mendel, Gerald Floyd Smith, Anne Louise Tebbe, Philip Parker Waid, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
  • Patent number: 6780878
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula I (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Douglas Wade Beight, Trelia Joyce Craft, Jeffry Bernard Franciskovich, Theodore Goodson, Jr., Steven Edward Hall, David Kent Herron, Sajan Joseph, Valentine Joseph Klimkowski, Jeffrey Alan Kyle, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Guy Milot, Marta Maria Piñeiro-Núñez, Jason Scott Sawyer, Robert Theodore Shuman, Gerald Floyd Smith, Anne Louise Tebbe, Jennifer Marie Tinsley, Leonard Crayton Weir, James Howard Wikel, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
  • Patent number: 6759414
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula I (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Douglas Wade Beight, Trelia Joyce Craft, Carl Penman Denny, Jeffry Bernard Franciskovich, Theodore Goodson, Jr., Steven Edward Hall, David Kent Herron, Sajan Joseph, Valentine Joseph Klimkowski, Jeffrey Alan Kyle, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Guy Milet, Marta Maria Piñeiro-Nuñez, Jason Scott Sawyer, Robert Theodore Shuman, Gerald Floyd Smith, Anne Louise Tebbe, Jennifer Marie Tinsley, Leonard Crayton Weir, James Howard Wikel, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee