Patents by Inventor John McMillan

John McMillan 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).

  • Patent number: 7388029
    Abstract: A method for treating hair loss in mammals uses compositions containing prostaglandin F analogs. The compositions can be applied topically to the skin. The compositions can arrest hair loss, reverse hair loss, and promote hair growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Mitchell Anthony DeLong, John McMillan McIver, Robert Scott Youngquist
  • Publication number: 20080058595
    Abstract: A medical device introduction system and method can include a medical introducer, a separate imaging device, and/or a separate working channel device, each of which may be movable independent of the other. The medical introducer can include a handle and an elongate introducer tube extending from the handle and having a plurality of lumens, and may be inserted into an interior body region of a patient. The separate imaging device may be inserted through the handle and positioned in one of lumens. The separate working channel device can include an elongate working channel tube and a position controller. The working channel tube can include at least one lumen defining a working channel. The position controller can be configured to control positioning of the working channel tube. The working channel device may be removably connected to the handle and positioned in another lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Phillip Snoke, Joe Massey, Marcus Finch, John McMillan, Mark Martel, Kenneth Cassidy, Philip Allred, Jon Wilson, Lawrence Rothstein
  • Publication number: 20080016489
    Abstract: Multiple, semi-independent virtual operating system (OS) environments coexist within a single (OS) such that a change made in one environment does not affect the main OS or any other environment. In this way each virtual OS environment appears to be an independent OS for the applications running within it. The file system and registry information for each environment is independent of the base OS and other environments. Each of the environments can contain a group of installed applications that will run independently of each other. Although the invention is described in terms of a Windows® environment, the approach is applicable to other operating systems through appropriate modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: John McMillan, Gary Chirhart
  • Publication number: 20070243543
    Abstract: The invention relates to efficient, high-throughput methods, systems, and DNA constructs for identification and isolation of transcription termination sequences. The invention relates further to specific terminator sequences identified by said methods isolated from rice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Michael Kock, Jeffrey Brown, Linda Loyall, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia, John McMillan, Lesley Ireland
  • Publication number: 20060174243
    Abstract: A system and method is used to identify and resolve issues that may prevent a software application from being properly installed in a target environment. A diagnostic tool kit provides a set of custom actions that a packager could use to instrument their package to return information about the status of the install. These actions send the data back to a repository for storage. Package instrumentation analyzes a package and generates a streamlined package containing only the components required to simulate an install and custom actions from the diagnostic tool kit. System administrators are able to specify which diagnostic actions they want included in the generated package. Once the package has been generated, the system administrator can deploy it across the intended machines. As the package installs it simulates an actual install on a target machine. Diagnostic custom actions are executed and the results will be sent to the repository for later analysis and reporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Gregory Brewer, John McMillan
  • Publication number: 20060037101
    Abstract: The present invention concerns double stranded RNA compositions and transgenic plants capable of inhibiting expression of essential genes in parasitic nematodes, and methods associated therewith. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of RNA interference to inhibit expression of a target essential parasitic nematode gene, which is a parasitic nematode pas-5 gene, and relates to the generation of plants that have increased resistance to parasitic nematodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: BASF PLANT SCIENCE GMBH
    Inventors: Peifeng Ren, Xiang HUANG, Sumita CHAUDHURI, Lawrence TALTON, John MCMILLAN
  • Publication number: 20050188438
    Abstract: The present invention concerns double stranded RNA compositions and transgenic plants capable of inhibiting expression of essential genes in parasitic nematodes, and methods associated therewith. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of RNA interference to inhibit expression of a target essential parasitic nematode gene selected from the group consisting of a parasitic nematode cytosolic chaperonin gene, a parasitic nematode gene encoding heat shock protein-90, a parasitic nematode gene homologous to the C. elegans Y65B4BR.5a gene, and a parasitic nematode gene homologous to a C. elegans pat-10 gene, and relates to the generation of plants that have increased tolerance to parasitic nematodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: BASF PLANT SCIENCE GMBH
    Inventors: Peifeng REN, Xiang HUANG, Sumita CHAUDHURI, Lawrence TALTON, John MCMILLAN
  • Publication number: 20050076326
    Abstract: Multiple, semi-independent virtual operating system (OS) environments coexist within a single (OS) such that a change made in one environment does not affect the main OS or any other environment. In this way each virtual OS environment appears to be an independent OS for the applications running within it. The file system and registry information for each environment is independent of the base OS and other environments. Each of the environments can contain a group of installed applications that will run independently of each other. Although the invention is described in terms of a Windows® environment, the approach is applicable to other operating systems through appropriate modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: John McMillan, Gary Chirhart
  • Patent number: 6726912
    Abstract: A papillomavirus polyprotein construct comprises at least two amino acid sequences fused directly or indirectly together, each of the sequences being the sequence of an early ORF protein of papillomavirus or an immunogenic variant or fragment thereof, and at least one of said sequences being other than the E6 or E7 protein sequence or an immunogenic variant or fragment thereof. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the polyprotein construct, prophylactic or therapeutic compositions comprising the polyprotein construct or the nucleic acid molecule, and methods for eliciting an immune response against papillomavirus in a host animal are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignees: CSL Limited, University of Queensland of St. Lucia
    Inventors: Elizabeth Ann Webb, Mary Brigid Margetts, John Cooper Cox, Ian Frazer, Nigel Alan John McMillan, Mark Philip Williams, Margaret Bridget Holland Moloney, Stirling John Edwards
  • Patent number: 6723717
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes novel compounds of formula (A), wherein R1-R12, X and Y have the meanings given in the specification and compositions containing them which are particularly useful for treating hair loss in mammals, including arresting and/or reversing hair loss and promoting hair growth. The compounds described herein are cardiac-sparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Inventors: Robert Scott Youngquist, John McMillan McIver
  • Publication number: 20030143186
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having the general formula:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Todd Laurence Underiner, Renae Dianna Fossum, John McMillan McIver
  • Publication number: 20020172693
    Abstract: A method for treating hair loss in mammals uses compositions containing prostaglandin F analogs. The compositions can be applied topically to the skin. The compositions can arrest hair loss, reverse hair loss, and promote hair growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Michell Anthony DeLong, John McMillan McIver, Robert Scott Youngquist
  • Publication number: 20020146439
    Abstract: A method for treating hair loss in mammals uses compositions containing prostaglandins analogs. The compositions can be applied topically to the skin. The compositions can arrest hair loss, reverse hair loss, and promote hair growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Mitchell Anthony DeLong, John McMillan McIver, Robert Scott Youngquist
  • Patent number: 6365160
    Abstract: Peptides, antibodies and recombinant expression systems or cells that contain and express a DNA insert of HPV encoding a region of a papilloma induced or a papilloma protein, such as E6 or E7, are produced. Compositions containing these peptides, antibodies and/or recombinant cells are utilized as immunogenic compositions and in methods for inhibiting and treating HPV infection and tumor initiation and progression. Specific peptides and recombinant cells, such as vaccinia virus and tumor cells, that express epitopic regions of the HPV16 E6 or E7 nucleoprotein are particularly described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignees: CSL Limited, The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Elizabeth Ann Webb, Mary Brigid Margetts, John Cooper Cox, Ian Frazer, Nigel Alan John McMillan, Mark Philip Williams, Margaret Bridget Holland Moloney, Stirling John Edwards
  • Publication number: 20020037914
    Abstract: A method for treating hair loss in mammals uses compositions containing prostaglandin F analogs. The compositions can be applied topically to the skin. The compositions can arrest hair loss, reverse hair loss, and promote hair growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Mitchell Anthony Delong, John McMillan McIver, Robert Scott Youngquist
  • Publication number: 20020013294
    Abstract: A method for treating hair loss in mammals uses compositions containing 2-decarboxy-2-phosphinico prostaglandin derivatives. The compositions can be applied topically to the skin. The compositions can arrest hair loss, reverse hair loss, and promote hair growth. Compositions containing 2-decarboxy-2-phosphinico prostaglandin derivatives can also be used to lower intraocular pressure and treat bone disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Mitchell Anthony DeLong, John McMillan McIver, Robert Scott Youngquist
  • Patent number: 6334280
    Abstract: A die assembly for providing a gypsum ceiling tile having improved acoustic absorption properties includes a punch plate having punches which form perforations through a plasterboard tile and indentors which form indentations in the tile. The punches and indentors are arranged in elongate strips to produce fissure-like perforations and indentations. A stripper plate having apertures corresponding to the punches and indentors and a die plate having apertures corresponding to the punches sandwich the tile, and the punch plate is applied to the tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: BPB PLC
    Inventors: Etienne Frappart, David Townsend, William John McMillan, Utkarsha Joshi, William Bell Devereux
  • Patent number: 6307049
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes novel compounds and compositions which are particularly useful for treating hair loss in mammals, including arresting and/or reversing hair loss and promoting hair growth. The present compounds and compositions may also be useful against a variety of disorders including, for example, multi-drug resistance, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), cardiac injury, and neurological disorders, and may be useful for controlling parasites and invoking immunosuppression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: John McMillan McIver, Charles Raymond Degenhardt, David Joseph Eickhoff
  • Patent number: 6300341
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes novel compounds and compositions which are particularly useful for treating hair loss in mammals, including arresting and/or reversing hair loss and promoting hair growth. The present compounds and compositions may also be useful against a variety of disorders including, for example, multi-drug resistance, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), cardiac injury, and neurological disorders, and may be useful for controlling parasites and invoking immunosuppression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: John McMillan McIver, Charles Raymond Degenhardt, David Joseph Eickhoff
  • Publication number: 20010012895
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes novel compounds and compositions which are particularly useful for treating hair loss in mammals, including arresting and/or reversing hair loss and promoting hair growth. The present compounds and compositions may also be useful against a variety of disorders including, for example, multi-drug resistance, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), cardiac injury, and neurological disorders, and may be useful for controlling parasites and invoking immunosuppression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: John McMillan McIver, Charles Raymond Degenhardt, David Joseph Eickhoff