Patents by Inventor Gunter S. Schemmann

Gunter S. Schemmann 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).

  • METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING GENES WHICH PREDICT DISEASE OUTCOME FOR PATIENTS WITH COLON CANCER
    Publication number: 20110257034
    Abstract: Closures for containers and methods for using same are provided. In a general embodiment/the present disclosure provides a closure having a top portion (12), a bottom portion (14) and a side portion (16), an aperture (18) extending though the closure, a projection (20) extending from the closure and at least two rib members (36) on an interior of the projection. The projection may also include a cover (22). In another embodiment, a method for using a closure includes inserting a. spike member into a projection, piercing a membrane that hermetically seals a medical container, pushing rib members within the projection to center the spike member inserted into the projection, and tearing the membrane to create a vent hole in the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicants: CORNELL UNIVERSITY, THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY
    Inventors: Francis Barany, Owen Parker, Manny D. Bacolod, Sarah F. Giardina, Yu-wei Cheng, Daniel A. Notterman, Gunter S. Schemmann, Philip B. Paty, Monib Zirvi