Patents by Inventor George Simon Attard

George Simon Attard 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).

  • Alkaloid glycoside for use as a medicament
    Patent number: 6673357
    Abstract: The invention concerns an alkaloid glycoside for use in medicine. In a preferred aspect, the alkaloid glycoside is used for the stimulation of a class I-restricted immune response and/or a class II-restricted immune response. In a preferred aspect, the alkaloid glycoside is tomatine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignees: University of Southampton, Queen Mary and Westfield College
    Inventors: George Simon Attard, William John Woodroofe Morrow, Palasingam Rajananthanan
  • Method of electrodepositing a porous film
    Patent number: 6503382
    Abstract: A method of preparing a porous film comprises electrodepositing material from a mixture onto a substrate, the mixture comprising: (I) a source of metal, inorganic oxide, non-oxide semiconductor/conductor or organic polymer, (II) a solvent such as water; and (III) a structure-directing agent such as octaethylene glycol monododecyl ether in an amount sufficient to form an homogeneous lyotropic liquid crystalline phase in the mixture. Electrodepositing the film from a lyotropic liquid phase in this manner provides a porous film having a substantially regular structure and substantially uniform pore size. Following deposition, the porous film may be treated to remove the structure-directing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: University of Southampton
    Inventors: Philip Nigel Bartlett, John Robert Owen, George Simon Attard, Joanne Elliott
  • ALKALOID GLYCOSIDE FOR USE AS A MEDICAMENT
    Publication number: 20020155118
    Abstract: The invention concerns an alkaloid glycoside for use in medicine. In a preferred aspect, the alkaloid glycoside is used for the stimulation of a class I-restricted immune response and/or a class II-restricted immune response. In a preferred aspect, the alkaloid glycoside is tomatine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 1999
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: GEORGE SIMON ATTARD, WILLIAM JOHN WOODROOFE MORROW, PALASINGAM RAJANANTHANAN
  • Porous metal and method of preparation thereof
    Patent number: 6203925
    Abstract: A method of preparing a porous metal comprises reducing a mixture comprising (I) a source of metal; (II) a solvent such as water; and (III) a structure-directing agent such as octaethylene glycol monododecyl ether to form a liquid crystalline phase in the mixture. The reduction of the mixture having a liquid crystalline phase, for example using zinc metal as reducing agent, provides a porous film having a substantially regular structure and substantially uniform pore size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: University of Southampton
    Inventors: George Simon Attard, Christine Goeltner