Patents by Inventor Joy Polefrone

Joy Polefrone 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).

  • Hybrid polymers for functional tuning of microfluidic device surfaces
    Publication number: 20060057402
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved microdevices and methods of manufacturing such devices. More particularly the present invention is directed to the use of a compound having the general structure (formula (I)): wherein R is selected from the group consisting of C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, and C5-C6 aryl for bonding silica based substrates to plastic substrates or to other silica based substrates. In addition the polymer can be used to coat microchannels to enhance the physical properties of the microdevice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Brian Augustine, James Landers, Jerome Ferrance, Joy Polefrone, W. Christopher Hughes
  • Phosphopeptide antigens associated with MHC molecules
    Publication number: 20050277161
    Abstract: The present invention describes novel tumor-specific phosphorylated peptides, nucleic acids encoding those peptides, and antibodies generated against said peptides. The genes, peptides, and antibodies described herein may be used as diagnostic indicators of the presence of cancer and/or used in therapeutics to treat cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Victor Engelhard, Angela Zarling, Donald Hunt, Anne Evans, Jeffrey Shabanowitz, Joy Polefrone, Leann Hopkins