Patents by Inventor James McDevitt

James McDevitt 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).

  • Biological particle collector and method for collecting biological particles
    Patent number: 8250903
    Abstract: Provided are devices and methods for the collection of bioaerosols (such as viruses, bacteria, and proteins) from the exhaled breath of humans and/or animals, for the purpose of determining, for example, particle size, generation rate, diseases and interventions for particle release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: James McDevitt, Donald Milton, Petros Koutrakis, Stephen T. Ferguson, Jack M. Wolfson
  • Biological Particle Collector, and Methods of Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20100242633
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to the devices and methods for the collection of bioaerosols (such as viruses, bacteria, and proteins) from the exhaled breath of humans and/or animals, for the purpose of determining, for example, particle size, generation rate, diseases and interventions for particle release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicants: The President and Fellows of Harvard University, University of Massachusetts Lowell
    Inventors: James McDevitt, Donald Milton, Petros Koutrakis, Stephen T. Ferguson, Jack M. Wolfson
  • Manufacturing clear plastic lids
    Patent number: 3936265
    Abstract: Continuous thermoplastic sheeting is manufactured by extruding thermoplastic material from a circular die to form seamless thin walled tubing. This hot, seamless tube is pressed together between a water cooled draw roll and a water cooled elastomerically coated roll to form sheet material which is transparent and without the speckled finish caused by included air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1976
    Assignee: Continental Can Company, Inc.
    Inventor: James A. McDevitt