Patents by Inventor Michael Bigler

Michael Bigler 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: 9709568
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated antibodies that specifically bind to human PD-L1, as well as antigen binding fragments of such antibodies, and kits comprising the anti-PD-L1 antibodies or binding fragments and a set of reagents for detecting a complex of the antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, bound to human PD-L1. The antibodies and antigen binding fragments of this disclosure are useful for immunohistochemical detection of human PD-L1 expression in tissue samples. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies and antigen binding fragments of this disclosure, as well as expression vectors and host cells for expression thereof, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Robert H. Pierce, Patricia Bourne, Linda Liang, Michael Bigler
  • Publication number: 20150355184
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated antibodies that specifically bind to human PD-L1, as well as antigen binding fragments of such antibodies, and kits comprising the anti-PD-L1 antibodies or binding fragments and a set of reagents for detecting a complex of the antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, bound to human PD-L1. The antibodies and antigen binding fragments of this disclosure are useful for immunohistochemical detection of human PD-L1 expression in tissue samples. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies and antigen binding fragments of this disclosure, as well as expression vectors and host cells for expression thereof, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Robert H. Pierce, Patricia Bourne, Linda Liang, Michael Bigler
  • Publication number: 20060240010
    Abstract: Provided are methods for modulating activity of the immune system using agonists or antagonists of a CD200 receptor. Also provided are methods of treatment and diagnosis of immune disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Holly Cherwinski, Michael Bigler, Jonathon Sedgwick, Joseph Phillips
  • Patent number: 6159006
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a portable oral irrigator that is made up of a housing, a pump within the housing, a tube adapted to bring liquid to the pump, and an outlet for discharging a pulsating stream of liquid from the pump. The outlet includes a tip adapted for insertion into an oral cavity, and the tube has a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to the housing and the second end being free, thus enabling the second end to be placed by a user in a container of liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Conair Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart A. Cook, Michael Bigler
  • Patent number: 5465444
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush having in its slip-on brush a piston is disclosed, which is set rotating by a motor shaft projecting out of the handle segment. This piston exhibits a lifting cam, by means of which it effects an axial motion relative to the motor shaft in the slip-on brush. This axial motion causes a reciprocating motion of a toothed rack, which sets the bristle tufts of the toothbrush rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Bigler, Edgar Hommann, Scott Myerly
  • Patent number: 5435034
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush having separable handle and brush segments, a rotating motor shaft extending exteriorly of the handle segment, and a reciprocating toothed rack in the brush segment which engages and imparts a counter-rotating movement to a plurality of tufts on the brush head. A cylindrically shaped gear mounts to and is axially movable on the motor shaft when the brush and handle segments are attached together. First and second lifting cams configured as elliptical flanges lying in oblique planes are provided in radially spaced relationship on the exterior surface and interior bore hole of the gear, respectively. Respective first and second guide grooves are associated with the lifting cams and the reciprocal toothed rack whereby rotation of the gear generates a long stroke of the rack through the interaction of the first and second lifting cams and guide grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Bigler, Edgar Hommann, Scott Myerly
  • Patent number: 5383242
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush having in its slip-on brush a piston is disclosed, which is set rotating by a motor shaft projecting out of the handle segment. This piston exhibits a lifting cam, by means of which it effects an axial motion relative to the motor shaft in the slip-on brush. This axial motion causes a reciprocating motion of a toothed rack, which sets the bristle tufts of the toothbrush rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Bigler, Edgar Hommann, Scott Myerly