Patents by Inventor Mark Gregory Forest

Mark Gregory Forest 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).

  • Methods, systems, and computer readable media for data analysis and inference of particle diffusion in target materials and target material simulants
    Patent number: 10679755
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for data analysis and inference of particle diffusion in mucus barriers and generic permeable biomaterials are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for data analysis and inference of particle diffusion in target materials, such as mucus barriers, or their simulants. The method includes collecting experimental data of observed particle movement through samples of a target material or simulant (“the target”), analyzing the collected data to determine the stochastic diffusive process that is being observed for particular particles in the particular sample, using one or more of the observed stochastic diffusive processes to simulate the diffusion of particles through layers of the target of various thicknesses, using the simulation results to determine how passage time scales according to thickness of the target, and verifying the simulation results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
    Inventors: Mark Gregory Forest, John William Mellnik, Paula Andrea Vasquez, David Brooks Hill, Scott Alister McKinley
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR DATA ANALYSIS AND INFERENCE OF PARTICLE DIFFUSION IN TARGET MATERIALS AND TARGET MATERIAL SIMULANTS
    Publication number: 20160004839
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for data analysis and inference of particle diffusion in mucus barriers and generic permeable biomaterials are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for data analysis and inference of particle diffusion in target materials, such as mucus barriers, or their simulants. The method includes collecting experimental data of observed particle movement through samples of a target material or simulant (“the target”), analyzing the collected data to determine the stochastic diffusive process that is being observed for particular particles in the particular sample, using one or more of the observed stochastic diffusive processes to simulate the diffusion of particles through layers of the target of various thicknesses, using the simulation results to determine how passage time scales according to thickness of the target, and verifying the simulation results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Gregory Forest, John William Mellnik, Paula Andrea Vasquez, David Brooks Hill, Scott Alister McKinley