Patents by Inventor Laura THOMAS

Laura THOMAS 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: 10307007
    Abstract: The arrangement for dispensing a curtain using an extendable tube with mating rods and cartridges provides an expedient and convenient method for mounting, changing and removing curtains. It consists primarily of an extendable tube housing a cartridge for dispensing a curtain that is pre-assembled with attached circular balls and a guide piece. The cartridge is attached to mating rods that can be adjusted as needed to attach or remove additional cartridges. The user pulls the guide piece in a downward direction to release the curtain from the release chamber of the extendable tube. The circular balls spread along the sliding tracks of the extendable tube and the user can then spread the curtain as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Annie Laura Thomas
  • Publication number: 20180268565
    Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments, the method and system for film previsualization provides users with real-time previsualization guidance. In accordance with example embodiments, the method includes scanning a set using a mobile camera system; setting a master shot position in the set; tagging a position of one or more subjects within the set; calculating one or more camera positions based on the position of the master shot and the position of the one or more subjects; and displaying on the display of the mobile camera system the location of the one or more camera positions on a map of the set. In accordance with example embodiments, the method further includes overlaying selected composition guides over a camera live view on the display of the mobile camera system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: John DOLIN, Daniel Chantal MILLS, Srinivas KRISHNA, Naimul Mafraz KHAN, Edward Albert ROSALES, Pavan JAKHU, David Alexander YUE, Sidhdharthkumar PATEL, Laura THOMAS, Danning LU
  • Publication number: 20180020860
    Abstract: The arrangement for dispensing a curtain using an extendable tube with mating rods and cartridges provides an expedient and convenient method for mounting, changing and removing curtains. It consists primarily of an extendable tube housing a cartridge for dispensing a curtain that is pre-assembled with attached circular balls and a guide piece. The cartridge is attached to mating rods that can be adjusted as needed to attach or remove additional cartridges. The user pulls the guide piece in a downward direction to release the curtain from the release chamber of the extendable tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Annie Laura Thomas
  • Publication number: 20090162425
    Abstract: Provided are methods for inhibiting undesirable proliferation of a tumor cell or a tumor in a subject including administering to the subject a composition that includes an effective amount of an active agent, wherein the active agent is entrapped by one or more liposomes, the active agent has activity in inhibiting undesirable proliferation of the tumor cell or the tumor, and the one or more liposomes include one or more targeting agents that preferentially or specifically bind to a binding molecule expressed by the tumor cell or the tumor, present on the tumor cell or the tumor, present in the tumor cell or the tumor, or combinations thereof. Also provided are compositions for treating tumors, particularly gliomas, in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Murali Krishna Divi, George C. Wood, M. Waleed Gaber, Laura Thoma