Patents by Inventor Mark Connor

Mark Connor 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: 8122567
    Abstract: A floor mat clip assembly adapted to attach a floor mat to the interior carpet of a vehicle is disclosed. The clip assembly includes a floor clip attached to the carpet and a mat clip attached to the floor mat. The floor clip includes a base member and a top member having a locking member rotatably attached thereto. The base and top member of the floor clip are adapted to cut through the carpet and interlock to sandwich the carpet therebetween. The mat clip includes a top member and a base member, each having an aperture and adapted to interlock to sandwich the mat therebetween. The mat can then be positioned to insert the locking member of the floor clip through the aperture of the mat clip. A subsequent rotation of the locking member locks together the respective clips to secure the floor mat to the interior carpet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Inventor: Mark A. Connor, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110052631
    Abstract: Provided is a method of activating an immune cell of a subject with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), comprising contacting the immune cell with a phorbol ester and a calcium ionophore. Also provided is a composition comprising immune cells of a subject diagnosed with HIV, wherein the immune cells are activated by contact with a phorbol ester and a calcium ionophore. Methods of using the disclosed compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: The United States of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department of
    Inventors: Mark Connors, Stephen A. Migueles
  • Publication number: 20090235485
    Abstract: A floor mat clip assembly adapted to attach a floor mat to the interior carpet of a vehicle is disclosed. The clip assembly includes a floor clip attached to the carpet and a mat clip attached to the floor mat. The floor clip includes a base member and a top member having a locking member rotatably attached thereto. The base and top member of the floor clip are adapted to cut through the carpet and interlock to sandwich the carpet therebetween. The mat clip includes a top member and a base member, each having an aperture and adapted to interlock to sandwich the mat therebetween. The mat can then be positioned to insert the locking member of the floor clip through the aperture of the mat clip. A subsequent rotation of the locking member locks together the respective clips to secure the floor mat to the interior carpet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventor: Mark A. Connor, JR.
  • Patent number: 7546661
    Abstract: A floor mat clip assembly adapted to attach a floor mat to the interior carpet of a vehicle is disclosed. The clip assembly includes a floor clip attached to the carpet and a mat clip attached to the floor mat. The floor clip includes a base member and a top member having a locking member rotatably attached thereto. The base and top member of the floor clip are adapted to cut through the carpet and interlock to sandwich the carpet therebetween. The mat clip includes a top member and a base member, each having an aperture and adapted to interlock to sandwich the mat therebetween. The mat can then be positioned to insert the locking member of the floor clip through the aperture of the mat clip. A subsequent rotation of the locking member locks together the respective clips to secure the floor mat to the interior carpet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Inventor: Mark A. Connor, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20090007371
    Abstract: A floor mat clip assembly adapted to attach a floor mat to the interior carpet of a vehicle is disclosed. The clip assembly includes a floor clip attached to the carpet and a mat clip attached to the floor mat. The floor clip includes a base member and a top member having a locking member rotatably attached thereto. The base and top member of the floor clip are adapted to cut through the carpet and interlock to sandwich the carpet therebetween. The mat clip includes a top member and a base member, each having an aperture and adapted to interlock to sandwich the mat therebetween. The mat can then be positioned to insert the locking member of the floor clip through the aperture of the mat clip. A subsequent rotation of the locking member locks together the respective clips to secure the floor mat to the interior carpet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventor: Mark A. Connor, JR.
  • Publication number: 20060086787
    Abstract: A method includes storing information associated with at least one purchaser in a database. The information may include discount or rate information to be applied when calculating charges for purchases. The method also includes receiving, from a seller, payment card information associated with the sale of fuel to a first purchaser and determining whether the first purchaser is registered in the database. The method also includes calculating, when the first purchaser is registered in the database, a charge amount based on information stored in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Roy, Craig Watson, Paul Lersch, Mark Connors
  • Patent number: 6284254
    Abstract: The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of lower respiratory tract disease in infants and children throughout the world. RSV is a major cause of pneumonia and bronchiolitis in infants under one year of age, and is a major cause of fatal respiratory tract disease in these infants. The treatment and prevention of RSV infection has been problematic. However, the present invention addresses some of these concerns by providing attenuated RSV strains that are suitable for inclusion in immunizing compositions. Specifically, the present invention is directed toward the introduction of growth restriction mutations into incompletely attenuated host range-restricted cold-passaged respiratory syncytial virus (cpRSV) strains by further passage of the strains at increasingly reduced temperatures to produce derivative strains which are more satisfactorily attenuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Brian R. Murphy, Robert M. Chanock, James E. Crowe, Jr., Mark Connors, Kuo-Hom Lee Hsu, Alan R. Davis, Michael D. Lubeck, Bernard H. Selling
  • Patent number: 5922326
    Abstract: The present invention provides vaccine compositions of attenuated respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). More particularly, the attenuated virus may be a derivative of RSV which has been incompletely attenuated by cold-passage or introduction of mutations which produce virus having a temperature sensitive (ts) or cold adapted (ca) phenotype. The invention also provides methods for stimulating the immune system of an individual to induce protection against respiratory syncytial virus by administration of attenuated RSV. The invention also provides pure cultures of attenuated RS virus, wherein the virus has been more completely attenuated by the further derivatization of previously identified incompletely attenuated ts or cp mutants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Health & Human Services
    Inventors: Brian R. Murphy, Robert M. Chanock, James E. Crowe, Jr., Mark Connors
  • Patent number: 5882651
    Abstract: The present invention provides vaccine compositions of attenuated respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). More particularly, the attenuated virus may be a derivative of RSV which has been incompletely attenuated by cold-passage or introduction of mutations which produce virus having a temperature sensitive (ts) or cold adapted (ca) phenotype. The invention also provides methods for stimulating the immune system of an individual to induce protection against respiratory syncytial virus by administration of attenuated RSV. The invention also provides pure cultures of attenuated RS virus, wherein the virus has been more completely attenuated by the further derivatization of previously identified incompletely attenuated ts or cp mutants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignees: United States of America, American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Brian R. Murphy, Robert M. Chanock, James E. Crowe, Jr., Mark Connors, Kuo-Hom Lee Hsu, Alan R. Davis, Michael D. Lubeck, Bernard H. Selling
  • Patent number: D431127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Inventor: Jeremy Mark Connor