Patents by Inventor Laura Fontana

Laura Fontana 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).

  • Publication number: 20240127208
    Abstract: An automated teller machine (ATM) allows a user with accounts at both a first institution and a second institution to use an ATM of the first institution to physically place cash or a check into the ATM of the first institution for deposit into an account at the second institution. In some cases, a failed attempt message may indicate a funds transfer failed due to a network connectivity issue, an inactive payee account, or an expired payee account number. In case of a network connectivity issue, the funds transfer may be reinitiated. In case of an inactive payee account or expired payee account number, funds may be transferred to the first account instead of the second account. The ATM may display an indication of the failed attempt and a confirmation of a transfer to the first account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Laura Fontana, Margot Lockwood-Stein, Michael R. Thomas
  • Patent number: 10915948
    Abstract: Systems and methods related facilitating default sharing between frequently used line of business products according to one or more example embodiments are shown. Such systems and methods make use of sharing of information between the line of business products. In some embodiments, this sharing of the data between line of business products facilitates a universal portal that may be personalized and/or customized in function and appearance. In some embodiments, the universal portal is an application on a user device that, at least, provides access to other applications running on the user device in a consolidated manner as well as additional functions present in the universal portal itself. In some embodiments, visual aspects of the presentation of applications and functionality are changed in the universal portal based on information that has been shared between different line of business products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Laura Fontana, Amita Kheterpal, Daniel Oshima, Samuel Ostler, Marria Rhodriquez
  • Patent number: 7611868
    Abstract: Recombinant adenoviruses comprising modified fiber proteins which expand the tropism of the adenovirus in comparison to wild-type virus are disclosed. The modified fiber proteins described herein contain a peptide ligand for a cell surface binding site other than CAR comprising a 14 amino acid core sequence containing both fixed and variable amino acid residues. The invention includes isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the modified adenovirus fiber proteins disclosed, as well as recombinant vectors and host cells containing said nucleic acid molecules. Methods of identifying peptide ligands that bind to cell binding sites other than CAR are included comprising screening a phage-display library of peptide ligands expressed within an adenovirus fiber knob context on CAR-negative cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Instituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare P. Angeletti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Monaci, Laura Fontana
  • Publication number: 20060281073
    Abstract: Recombinant adenoviruses comprising modified fiber proteins which expand the tropism of the adenovirus in comparison to wild-type virus are disclosed. The modified fiber proteins described herein contain a peptide ligand for a cell surface binding site other than CAR comprising a 14 amino acid core sequence containing both fixed and variable amino acid residues. The invention includes isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the modified adenovirus fiber proteins disclosed, as well as recombinant vectors and host cells containing said nucleic acid molecules. Methods of identifying peptide ligands that bind to cell binding sites other than CAR are included comprising screening a phage-display library of peptide ligands expressed within an adenovirus fiber knob context on CAR-negative cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Paolo Monaci, Laura Fontana