Patents by Inventor Michael Cookson

Michael Cookson 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: 6387615
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for diagnosing an individual as being asthmatic, or of having a predisposition to asthma, and a kit therefor, which method comprises demonstrating in the individual the presence or absence of an unusual variant form of a polynucleotide sequence in the MHC region of chromosome 6p, said unusual variant form being associated with an increased secretion of TNF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: ISIS Innovation Limited
    Inventors: William Osmond Charles Michael Cookson, Miriam Fleur Moffatt
  • Patent number: 5300920
    Abstract: A basketball game includes a generally planar backboard supporting a circular hoop having a basketball net extending downwardly therefrom. A center housing is supported beneath the hoop and secured to the backboard. A pair of score indicators having digital score indicating displays are supported on either side of the backboard. A pair of slap actuated depressible slap-pads are secured to and supported by the indicator housings. A flexible score sensor is secured to the center housing and extends into the net passage. The score sensor includes a flexible joint having a flex gauge or strain gauge operative therewith to provide an electrical signal each time the ball is successfully shot by a player and passes through the hoop and basketball net. In the preferred play pattern, the player having successfully scored a basket is able to increment the player's indicated score by slapping the appropriate one of the slap-pads following the successful shot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Caselli, Pat Tura, Michael Cookson, Ake Larsson