Patents by Inventor George M. Garrity
George M. Garrity 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).
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Publication number: 20210248204Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for automatically identifying name-like-strings in digital resources, matching these name-like-string against a set of names held in an expertly curated database, and for those name-like-strings found in said database, enhancing the content by associating additional matter with the name, wherein said matter includes information about the names that is held within said database and pointers to other digital resources which include the same name and it synonyms.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Charles T. Parker, Catherine M. Lyons, Gerald P. Roston, George M. Garrity
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Patent number: 10896236Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for automatically identifying name-like-strings in digital resources, matching these name-like-string against a set of names held in an expertly curated database, and for those name-like-strings found in said database, enhancing the content by associating additional matter with the name, wherein said matter includes information about the names that is held within said database and pointers to other digital resources which include the same name and it synonyms.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: NAMESFORLIFE, LLCInventors: Charles T. Parker, Catherine M. Lyons, Gerald P. Roston, George M. Garrity
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Patent number: 10535003Abstract: A method for establishing semantic equivalence between a plurality of concepts including: providing an Orthogonal Semantic Equivalence Map in which first, second, and third extensional concept models are related; selecting or de-selecting a concept in the first concept model; selecting or deselecting a (relation, concept) pair representing an intensional relation from a concept in the first concept model to a concept in the second concept model over a concept in the third concept model; determining a subset of intensional relations from the selected concepts in the first concept model to concepts in the second concept model; determining a set of concepts from the first concept model that are related to concepts in the second concept model over the selected (relation, concept) pairs; and determining the narrowest common extension of the set of concepts from the first, second, or third concept models that are related over the selected intensional relations.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignees: NamesForLife, LLC, Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Charles T. Parker, Jr., George M. Garrity, Nenad Krdzavac
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Publication number: 20190188232Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for automatically identifying name-like-strings in digital resources, matching these name-like-string against a set of names held in an expertly curated database, and for those name-like-strings found in said database, enhancing the content by associating additional matter with the name, wherein said matter includes information about the names that is held within said database and pointers to other digital resources which include the same name and it synonyms.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Charles T. Parker, Catherine M. Lyons, Gerald P. Roston, George M. Garrity
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Patent number: 10204168Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for automatically identifying name-like-strings in digital resources, matching these name-like-string against a set of names held in an expertly curated database, and for those name-like-strings found in said database, enhancing the content by associating additional matter with the name, wherein said matter includes information about the names that is held within said database and pointers to other digital resources which include the same name and it synonyms.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: NAMESFORLIFE, LLCInventors: Charles T. Parker, Catherine M. Lyons, Gerald P. Roston, George M. Garrity
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Publication number: 20170337290Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for automatically identifying name-like-strings in digital resources, matching these name-like-string against a set of names held in an expertly curated database, and for those name-like-strings found in said database, enhancing the content by associating additional matter with the name, wherein said matter includes information about the names that is held within said database and pointers to other digital resources which include the same name and it synonyms.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Charles T. Parker, Catherine M. Lyons, Gerald P. Roston, George M. Garrity
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Patent number: 9672293Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for automatically identifying name-like-strings in digital resources, matching these name-like-string against a set of names held in an expertly curated database, and for those name-like-strings found in said database, enhancing the content by associating additional matter with the name, wherein said matter includes information about the names that is held within said database and pointers to other digital resources which include the same name and it synonyms.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: NAMESFORLIFE, LLCInventors: Charles T. Parker, Catherine M. Lyons, Gerald P. Roston, George M. Garrity
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Publication number: 20160224893Abstract: A method for establishing semantic equivalence between a plurality of concepts including: providing an Orthogonal Semantic Equivalence Map in which first, second, and third extensional concept models are related; selecting or de-selecting a concept in the first concept model; selecting or deselecting a (relation, concept) pair representing an intensional relation from a concept in the first concept model to a concept in the second concept model over a concept in the third concept model; determining a subset of intensional relations from the selected concepts in the first concept model to concepts in the second concept model; determining a set of concepts from the first concept model that are related to concepts in the second concept model over the selected (relation, concept) pairs; and determining the narrowest common extension of the set of concepts from the first, second, or third concept models that are related over the selected intensional relations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicants: NamesForlife, LLC, Bord of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Charles T. Parker, Jr., George M. Garrity, Nenad Krdzavac
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Patent number: 8903825Abstract: A method of classifying a plurality of documents. The method includes steps of providing a first set of classification terms and a second set of classification terms, the second set of classification terms being different from the first set of classification terms; generating a first frequency array of a number of occurrences of each term from the first set of classification terms in each document; generating a second frequency array of a number of occurrences of each term from the second set of classification terms in each document; generating a first similarity matrix from the first frequency array; generating a second similarity matrix from the second frequency array; determining an entrywise combination of the first similarity matrix and the second similarity matrix; and clustering the plurality of documents based on the result of the entrywise combination.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: NamesforLife LLCInventors: Charles T. Parker, George M. Garrity
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Publication number: 20130013603Abstract: A method of classifying a plurality of documents. The method includes steps of providing a first set of classification terms and a second set of classification terms, the second set of classification terms being different from the first set of classification terms; generating a first frequency array of a number of occurrences of each term from the first set of classification terms in each document; generating a second frequency array of a number of occurrences of each term from the second set of classification terms in each document; generating a first similarity matrix from the first frequency array; generating a second similarity matrix from the second frequency array; determining an entrywise combination of the first similarity matrix and the second similarity matrix; and clustering the plurality of documents based on the result of the entrywise combination.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: NAMESFORLIFE, LLCInventors: Charles T. Parker, George M. Garrity
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Publication number: 20100198841Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for automatically identifying name-like-strings in digital resources, matching these name-like-string against a set of names held in an expertly curated database, and for those name-like-strings found in said database, enhancing the content by associating additional matter with the name, wherein said matter includes information about the names that is held within said database and pointers to other digital resources which include the same name and it synonyms.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Charles T. Parker, Catherine M. Lyons, Gerald P. Roston, George M. Garrity
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Patent number: 6588133Abstract: A vehicle banner assembly employs a continuous leading edge attachment and elastic bands to stretch and display a banner on the door of a vehicle. The vehicle banner assembly permits easy removal of the banner and is constructed of plastic materials that do not damage the finish of the vehicle. The vehicle banner assembly permits the user to adjust the length of the banner to accommodate variations in the size of vehicle doors.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2001Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Inventor: George M. Garrity
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Patent number: 5627057Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which inhibit farnesyl-protein transferase (FPTase) and the farnesylation of the oncogene protein Ras. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for inhibiting farnesyl-protein transferase and the farnesylation of the oncogene protein Ras. Furthermore, Actinoplanes sp. ATCC 55532 and Streptomces sp. ATCC 55550 are microorganisms which are capable of producing the disclosed compounds which are classified as carboxylic acid esters. In addition a method for preparing the compounds is disclosed which includes cultivating strain ATCC 55532 or strain ATCC 55550. The strains are independently capable of producing the carboxylic acid ester compounds.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1996Date of Patent: May 6, 1997Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Sheo B. Singh, George M. Garrity, Olga Genillourd, Russell B. Lingham, Isabel Martin, Mary Nallin-Omstead, Keith C. Silverman, Deborah L. Zink
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Patent number: 5612217Abstract: Biotransformation products of a fermentation with culture MA7074 are potent HIV protease inhibitors. These products are useful in the prevention or treatment of infection by HIV and in the treatment of AIDS, either as compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical composition ingredients, whether or not in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines. Methods of treating AIDS and methods of preventing or treating infection by HIV are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1994Date of Patent: March 18, 1997Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Ali Shafiee, Shieh-Shung T. Chen, Byron H. Arison, Randall R. Miller, George M. Garrity, Brian Heimbuch
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Patent number: 5605819Abstract: A process is disclosed that quantitatively bioconverts indene to (1S,2R)-indene oxide and (1S,2R)-indandiol, by the action of fungal haloperoxidase followed by various chemical step(s), e.g., adjusting the pH.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1995Date of Patent: February 25, 1997Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Michel M. Chartrain, Neal C. Connors, George M. Garrity, Roger C. Olewinski, Jr., Thomas R. Verhoeven, Jinyou Zhang
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Patent number: 5510371Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which inhibit farnesyl-protein transferase (FPTase) and the farnesylation of the oncogene protein Ras. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for inhibiting farnesyl-protein transferase and the farnesylation of the oncogene protein Ras.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1994Date of Patent: April 23, 1996Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Sheo B. Singh, George M. Garrity, Olga Genillourd, Russell B. Lingham, Isabel Martin, Mary N. Omstead, Keith C. Silverman, Deborah L. Zink
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Patent number: 5491077Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the stereoselective reduction of phenylalkyl ketones to their corresponding (S)-hydroxy compounds. The process utilizes the novel microorganism Microbacterium MB 5614 to effectuate the chiral reduction. The present invention also provides said novel Microbacterium, which has been deposited with the ATCC and assigned the accession number ATCC 55557.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 1994Date of Patent: February 13, 1996Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Michel M. Chartrain, Shieh-Shung T. Chen, George M. Garrity, Brian Heimbuch, Christopher Roberge, Ali Shafiee
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Patent number: 5468771Abstract: A compound of structural formula ##STR1## having antihypercholesterolemic utility is produced by culturing a Streptomyces sp.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 1994Date of Patent: November 21, 1995Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Magda M. Gagliardi, Shieh-Shung T. Chen, Byron H. Arison, George M. Garrity, Leeyuan Huang, John G. MacConnell, Raymond F. White
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Patent number: 5290689Abstract: Described is a process for producing a new immunosuppressant, a C-19/C-22 cyclic hemiketal (Compound I) biotransformation analog of FR-900520, under novel fermentation conditions utilizing the novel microorganism, Streptomyces sp. (Merck Culture Collection MA6969) ATCC No. 55280. The macrolide immunosuppressant is useful in preventing human host rejection of foreign organ transplants, e.g. bone marrow, liver, lung, kidney and heart transplants.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1992Date of Patent: March 1, 1994Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: George M. Garrity, Magda M. Gagliardi, Shieh-Shung T. Chen
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Patent number: 5283183Abstract: Described is a process for producing a new immunosuppressant, a C-19/C-22 cyclic hemiketal (Compound I) biotransformation analog of FR-900520, under novel fermentation conditions utilizing the novel microorganism, Streptomyces sp. (Merck Culture Collection MA6971) ATCC No. 55282. The macrolide immunosuppressant is useful in preventing human host rejection of foreign organ transplants, e.g. bone marrow, liver, lung, kidney and heart transplants.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1992Date of Patent: February 1, 1994Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: George M. Garrity, Shieh-Shung T. Chen