Patents by Inventor Jocelyn Childs

Jocelyn Childs 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).

  • Adjustable-size reusable gift wrap and method
    Patent number: 7926702
    Abstract: A gift wrapping enclosure encloses a gift which has been inserted within an interior of a main body formed of flexible material. An end portion of the main body surrounding an open end is folded back to form a cuff. An interior surface is exposed at the cuff, and the exposed cuff surface has a different color, texture or material characteristic from the main body. The main body is constricted at the cuff to close the open end and confine the gift, and is expanded at the cuff to provide access to the interior to remove the gift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Inventor: Jocelyn Childs
  • Neurogenerative or neurotrophic factors for mitigating a symptom of ischemia
    Patent number: 7605128
    Abstract: This invention pertains to the identification of neurogenerative and/or neurotrophic factors that can induce migration of stem cells to neural tissue and/or induce proliferation and/or differentiation of such cells into neurons. Such agents include, but are not limited to stem cell factor (SCF), heparin binding EGF (HB-EGF), and VEGF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Buck Institute for Age Research
    Inventors: David C. Greenberg, Kunlin Jin, Xiao Ou Mao, Lin Xie, Yunjuan Sun, Jocelyn Childs
  • Adjustable-size reusable gift wrap and method
    Publication number: 20090152332
    Abstract: A gift wrapping enclosure encloses a gift which has been inserted within an interior of a main body formed of flexible material. An end portion of the main body surrounding an open end is folded back to form a cuff. An interior surface is exposed at the cuff, and the exposed cuff surface has a different color, texture or material characteristic from the main body. The main body is constricted at the cuff to close the open end and confine the gift, and is expanded at the cuff to provide access to the interior to remove the gift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventor: Jocelyn Childs
  • Neurogenerative or neurotrophic factors for mitigating a symptom of ischemia
    Publication number: 20050222022
    Abstract: This invention pertains to the identification of neurogenerative and/or neurotrophic factors that can induce migration of stem cells to neural tissue and/or induce proliferation and/or differentiation of such cells into neurons. Such agents include, but are not limited to stem cell factor (SCF), heparin binding EGF (HB-EGF), and VEGF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: David Greenberg, Kunlin Jin, Xiao Mao, Lin Xie, Yunjuan Sun, Jocelyn Childs
  • Reusable gift wrap
    Patent number: D612744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventor: Jocelyn Childs