Patents by Inventor John Kim Vandiver

John Kim Vandiver 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).

  • Educational building blocks to model protein assembly from amino acids
    Patent number: 10410540
    Abstract: A kit of educational building blocks includes a first set of amino acid side chain building blocks, each amino acid side chain building block corresponding to a distinct one of 20 distinct amino acid side chains, a second set of identical amino end building blocks, each amino end building block having a first end configured to removably engage with the amino acid side chain building blocks to form an amino end-side chain block combination, and a third set of identical acid end building blocks, each acid end building block having a first end configured to removably engage with amino end-side chain block combination to produce an amino acid building block assembly. The first, second, and third set of blocks are configured so that a plurality of amino acid building block assemblies can be linked to one another so as to model a series of linked amino acids in a protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: John Kim Vandiver, Kathleen M. Vandiver
  • Educational building blocks to model DNA and RNA structures
    Patent number: 9779638
    Abstract: A kit of educational building blocks models nucleic acid structures for use in teaching nucleic acid structures using building blocks that visually represent nucleotides and their components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Bethany Lemanski Casarez, John Kim Vandiver, Kathleen M. Vandiver
  • EDUCATIONAL BUILDING BLOCKS TO MODEL PROTEIN ASSEMBLY FROM AMINO ACIDS
    Publication number: 20170270828
    Abstract: A kit of educational building blocks includes a first set of amino acid side chain building blocks, each amino acid side chain building block corresponding to a distinct one of 20 distinct amino acid side chains, a second set of identical amino end building blocks, each amino end building block having a first end configured to removably engage with the amino acid side chain building blocks to form an amino end-side chain block combination, and a third set of identical acid end building blocks, each acid end building block having a first end configured to removably engage with amino end-side chain block combination to produce an amino acid building block assembly. The first, second, and third set of blocks are configured so that a plurality of amino acid building block assemblies can be linked to one another so as to model a series of linked amino acids in a protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: John Kim Vandiver, Kathleen M. Vandiver
  • Educational Building Blocks to Model DNA and RNA Structures
    Publication number: 20160133157
    Abstract: A kit of educational building blocks models nucleic acid structures for use in teaching nucleic acid structures using building blocks that visually represent nucleotides and their components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Bethany Lemanski Casarez, John Kim Vandiver, Kathleen M. Vandiver
  • Set of educational building blocks to model nucleic acid structures
    Patent number: D745934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Bethany Lemanski Casarez, John Kim Vandiver, Kathleen M. Vandiver
  • Educational building block system to model amino acid and protein assembly structures
    Patent number: D887498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: John Kim Vandiver, Kathleen M. Vandiver