Patents by Inventor Louis C. Bock

Louis C. Bock 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: 10112289
    Abstract: Described herein is a tool for removing a wear ring, the tool comprising: a base; a leg base; a spreader disc comprising: a top, bottom, and sloped edge; a plurality of legs comprising: a first end coupled to the leg base, and a saw tooth shaped end; a plurality of spreader bolts, passing though the base and threaded into the spreader disc; and a puller bolt, passing through the base and spreader disc; and threaded into the leg base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander K. Miller, Shane McWhorter, Louis C. Bock
  • Publication number: 20170072547
    Abstract: Described herein is a tool for removing a wear ring, the tool comprising: a base; a leg base; a spreader disc comprising: a top, bottom, and sloped edge; a plurality of legs comprising: a first end coupled to the leg base, and a saw tooth shaped end; a plurality of spreader bolts, passing though the base and threaded into the spreader disc; and a puller bolt, passing through the base and spreader disc; and threaded into the leg base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander K. Miller, Shane McWhorter, Louis C. Bock
  • Patent number: 9486902
    Abstract: Described herein is a tool for removing a wear ring, the tool comprising: a base; a leg base; a spreader disc comprising: a top, bottom, and sloped edge; a plurality of legs comprising: a first end coupled to the leg base, and a saw tooth shaped end; a plurality of spreader bolts, passing though the base and threaded into the spreader disc; and a puller bolt, passing through the base and spreader disc; and threaded into the leg base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander K. Miller, Shane McWhorter, Louis C. Bock
  • Patent number: 5840867
    Abstract: Oligonucleotide sequences that mediate specific binding to selected target molecules and contain modified base, sugars, or sugar linkages are disclosed. Single-stranded DNA oligomers are obtained that bind to a series of biomolecules that differ in both size and composition. The range of target molecules that may be bound permits generation of binding oligomers that are specific for binding to nearly any biomolecule that is composed of amino acids, lipids and/or carbohydrates. The binding oligomers are useful for therapeutic, diagnostic and manufacturing purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Toole, Linda C. Griffin, Louis C. Bock, John A. Latham
  • Patent number: 5582981
    Abstract: A method for identifying oligomer sequences which specifically bind target biomolecules is described. The technique involves complexation of the support-bound target molecule with a mixture of oligonucleotides containing random sequences and sequences which serve as primer for PCR under conditions wherein a complex is formed with the specifically binding sequences, but not with the other members of the oligonucleotide mixture. The target-oligonucleotide complexes are then separated from both the support and the uncomplexed oligonucleotides and the complexed members of the oligonucleotide mixture are recovered from the separated complex and subsequently amplified using the polymerase chain reaction. The recovered oligonucleotides may be sequenced, and successive rounds of selection using complexation, separation, amplification and recovery can be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Toole, John Latham, Louis C. Bock, Linda C. Griffin