Patents by Inventor Richard F. Meyers

Richard F. Meyers 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).

  • Coronavirus isolated from humans
    Patent number: 7776521
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a newly isolated human coronavirus (SARS-CoV), the causative agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Also provided are the nucleic acid sequence of the SARS-CoV genome and the amino acid sequences of the SARS-CoV open reading frames, as well as methods of using these molecules to detect a SARS-CoV and detect infections therewith. Immune stimulatory compositions are also provided, along with methods of their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Inventors: Paul A. Rota, Larry J. Anderson, William J. Bellini, Michael D. Bowen, Cara Carthel Burns, Raymond Campagnoli, Qi Chen, James A. Comer, Byron T. Cook, Shannon L. Emery, Dean D. Erdman, Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Jeanette Guarner, Charles D. Humphrey, Joseph P. Icenogle, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Richard F. Meyer, Stephan S. Monroe, William Allan Nix, M. Steven Oberste, Christopher D. Paddock, Teresa C. T. Peret, Pierre E. Rollin, Mark A. Pallansch, Anthony Sanchez, Wun-Ju Shieh, Suxiang Tong, Sherif R. Zaki
  • Digital storage apparatus including sections exhibiting different access speeds
    Patent number: 4594690
    Abstract: A digital storage includes several sections having different time characteristics. Such sections are operated in the overlap mode and include a common address and control circuit. The fast sections store data which are accessed more frequently or which are addressed first when data blocks are transferred. The digital storage may be used in a storage hierarchy comprising a cache storage and wherein only data blocks positioned at main storage address boundaries are transferred to the cache storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard F. Meyers, Francis Rossi, Werner Strahle