Patents by Inventor Marco Avila-Elchiver

Marco Avila-Elchiver 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).

  • Designing synthetic biological circuits using optimality and nonequilibrium thermodynamics
    Patent number: 8504948
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to a method for designing a biological circuit. The method includes obtaining a target circuit objective for the biological circuit, determining an objective function corresponding to the target circuit objective, obtaining a number of nodes for the biological circuit, obtaining a set of possible circuit subgraphs using the number of nodes, obtaining a specific dissipation energy (SDE) for each one of the set of possible circuit subgraphs by optimizing the objective function, selecting at least one circuit subgraph from the set of possible circuit subgraphs with the lowest SDE, and designing the biological circuit using the at least one selected one circuit subgraph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignees: William Marsh Rice University, The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Deepak Nagrath, Marco Avila-Elchiver, Martin Yarmush
  • DESIGNING SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICAL CIRCUITS USING OPTIMALITY AND NONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS
    Publication number: 20120117518
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to a method for designing a biological circuit. The method includes obtaining a target circuit objective for the biological circuit, determining an objective function corresponding to the target circuit objective, obtaining a number of nodes for the biological circuit, obtaining a set of possible circuit subgraphs using the number of nodes, obtaining a specific dissipation energy (SDE) for each one of the set of possible circuit subgraphs by optimizing the objective function, selecting at least one circuit subgraph from the set of possible circuit subgraphs with the lowest SDE, and designing the biological circuit using the at least one selected one circuit subgraph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Deepak Nagrath, Marco Avila-Elchiver, Martin Yarmush