Patents by Inventor Patricia McDonald
Patricia McDonald 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).
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Publication number: 20230210855Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for promoting insulin sensitivity in a subject that involves administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising an monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) inhibitor. For example, the subject can have or be at risk of developing a metabolic disorder characterized by high blood glucose and low insulin levels, e.g., type 2 diabetes, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and atherosclerosis. The subject can also have been diagnosed with cancer cachexia or with a cancer, such as a solid tumor or lymphoma.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Patricia McDonald, Tracey Bailey
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Publication number: 20230208904Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer readable media for providing a network analysis system are disclosed. An example of a system for providing a network analysis system includes at least one satellite device configured to monitor wireless network traffic to determine at least one network communication event, generate an event message based on the at least one network communication event, and transmit the event message. The system also includes a controller device configured to receive the event message, determine an identity of at least one device communicating during the network communication event, determine a network status based at least in part on the identity of the at least one device, and provide the network status via an interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Cameron HURST, Joan Patricia McDonald MEYER, Stuart SAUNDERS
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Patent number: 11563796Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer readable media for providing a network analysis system are disclosed. An example of a system for providing a network analysis system includes at least one satellite device configured to monitor wireless network traffic to determine at least one network communication event, generate an event message based on the at least one network communication event, and transmit the event message. The system also includes a controller device configured to receive the event message, determine an identity of at least one device communicating during the network communication event, determine a network status based at least in part on the identity of the at least one device, and provide the network status via an interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Assurant, Inc.Inventors: Cameron Hurst, Joan Patricia McDonald Meyer, Stuart Saunders
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Publication number: 20200358840Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer readable media for providing a network analysis system are disclosed. An example of a system for providing a network analysis system includes at least one satellite device configured to monitor wireless network traffic to determine at least one network communication event, generate an event message based on the at least one network communication event, and transmit the event message. The system also includes a controller device configured to receive the event message, determine an identity of at least one device communicating during the network communication event, determine a network status based at least in part on the identity of the at least one device, and provide the network status via an interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Cameron Hurst, Joan Patricia McDonald Meyer, Stuart Saunders
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Patent number: 10745456Abstract: The invention provides combinatorial peptide or polypeptide libraries that can become membrane tethered once expressed in cells. The invention additionally provides methods for selecting peptide modulators (e.g., agonists) of GPCRs from the combinatorial libraries of the invention. The invention also provides novel GPCR polypeptide modulators, e.g., biased polypeptide agonists of the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R). The invention further provides methods of promoting insulin sensitivity, lowering blood glucose, and reducing body weight as well as methods for treating various diseases such as diabetes and obesity.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: The Scripps Research InstituteInventors: Richard A. Lerner, Hongkai Zhang, Patricia McDonald, Jia Xie, Emmanuel Sturchler, Philip Dawson
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Patent number: 10701578Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer readable media for providing a network analysis system are disclosed. An example of a system for providing a network analysis system includes at least one satellite device configured to monitor wireless network traffic to determine at least one network communication event, generate an event message based on the at least one network communication event, and transmit the event message. The system also includes a controller device configured to receive the event message, determine an identity of at least one device communicating during the network communication event, determine a network status based at least in part on the identity of the at least one device, and provide the network status via an interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Assurant, Inc.Inventors: Cameron Hurst, Joan Patricia McDonald Meyer, Stuart Saunders
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Publication number: 20190246296Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer readable media for providing a network analysis system are disclosed. An example of a system for providing a network analysis system includes at least one satellite device configured to monitor wireless network traffic to determine at least one network communication event, generate an event message based on the at least one network communication event, and transmit the event message. The system also includes a controller device configured to receive the event message, determine an identity of at least one device communicating during the network communication event, determine a network status based at least in part on the identity of the at least one device, and provide the network status via an interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Cameron Hurst, Joan Patricia McDonald Meyer, Stuart Saunders
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Patent number: 10212618Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer readable media for providing a network analysis system are disclosed. An example of a system for providing a network analysis system includes at least one satellite device configured to monitor wireless network traffic to determine at least one network communication event, generate an event message based on the at least one network communication event, and transmit the event message. The system also includes a controller device configured to receive the event message, determine an identity of at least one device communicating during the network communication event, determine a network status based at least in part on the identity of the at least one device, and provide the network status via an interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: ASSURANT, INC.Inventors: Cameron Hurst, Joan Patricia McDonald Meyer, Stuart Saunders
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Publication number: 20160105814Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer readable media for providing a network analysis system are disclosed. An example of a system for providing a network analysis system includes at least one satellite device configured to monitor wireless network traffic to determine at least one network communication event, generate an event message based on the at least one network communication event, and transmit the event message. The system also includes a controller device configured to receive the event message, determine an identity of at least one device communicating during the network communication event, determine a network status based at least in part on the identity of the at least one device, and provide the network status via an interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: Cameron Hurst, Joan Patricia McDonald Meyer, Stuart Saunders
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Publication number: 20120197666Abstract: An apparatus for unemployment insurance may include a processor and a non-transitory memory storing instructions. The instructions, responsive to execution, configure the processor to cause the apparatus at least to perform receiving information indicative of a user selection of an unemployment insurance coverage option defining policy parameters corresponding to a policy entitling the user to receive a financial benefit for a predefined period of time in response to an occurrence of a qualifying involuntary unemployment event and determining a premium fee to be paid on behalf of the user to maintain the policy. The premium fee may be determined based at least in part on the user selected coverage option.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2011Publication date: August 2, 2012Inventors: Joan Patricia McDonald Meyer, Alexa Stephens, Alison P. Northup, Cassandra G. Conrad, Michael James Yates
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Publication number: 20090042887Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of preventing gout flares in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one xanthine oxidoreductase inhibiting compound or salt thereof and at least one non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug for a period of six months on a regular basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Lademacher, Patricia McDonald, Nancy Joseph Ridge, Rajneesh Taneja
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Publication number: 20050163790Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of modulating the immunoactivity of a population of immune cells and, more particularly to a method of down-regulating the immunoactivity of an immunocompetent graft. The method of the present invention is useful, inter alia, in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of conditions characterised by aberrant, unwanted or otherwise inappropriate graft immunoactivity such as, but not limited to, the prophylaxis treatment of graft versus host disease in allogeneic stem cell graft recipients.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2002Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Derek Hart, Geoffrey Hill, Kelli Patricia McDonald
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Patent number: 5674753Abstract: Diagnostic/prognostic methods are provided for detecting and/or quantitating in the body fluids, preferably serum, of mammals carrying a malignant tumor burden, elevated levels of a portion of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr) which comprises substantially the EGFr ectodomain having a molecular weight in the range of from about 90 kilodaltons (kd) to about 115 kd, preferably from about 95 kd to about 105 kd, and more preferably about 100 kd. Substantially pure compositions comprising EGFr ectodoman protein and/or fragments thereof are disclosed as well as test kits for performing the disclosed assays.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1994Date of Patent: October 7, 1997Assignee: Chiron Diagnostics CorporationInventors: Jeanne P. Harvey, Victoria A. Crebbin, Roger P. Walker, Victor Liu, Susan L. Hammond, Patricia A. McDonald
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Patent number: 5344760Abstract: Diagnostic/prognostic methods are provided for detecting and/or quantitating in the body fluids, preferably serum, of mammals carrying a malignant tumor burden, elevated levels of a portion of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr) which comprises substantially the EGFr ectodomain having a molecular weight in the range of from about 90 kilodaltons (kd) to about 115 kd, preferably from about 95 kd to about 105 kd, and more preferably about 100 kd. Substantially pure compositions comprising said EGFr ectodoman protein and/or fragments thereof are disclosed as well as test kits for performing the disclosed assays.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1992Date of Patent: September 6, 1994Assignee: Ciba Corning Diagnostics Corp.Inventors: Jeanne P. Harvey, Victoria A. Crebbin, Roger P. Walker, Victor Liu, Susan L. Hammond, Patricia A. McDonald