Patents by Inventor Rob Short

Rob Short 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).

  • Reversible binding surface
    Patent number: 8409874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to treat a product which product comprises a surface which surface includes a plasma polymer of an organic monomer wherein immobilized on said plasma polymerized surface is at least one biological entity comprising, contacting said product with an agent that promotes, either directly or indirectly, the disassociation of said entity from said product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Corning Incorported
    Inventors: Rob Short, Anthony J. Day
  • Reversible Binding Surface
    Publication number: 20080003659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to treat a product which product comprises a surface which surface includes a plasma polymer of an organic monomer wherein immobilised on said plasma polymerized surface is at least one biological entity comprising, contacting said product with an agent that promotes, either directly or indirectly, the disassociation of said entity from said product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Rob Short, Anthony Day
  • Preparation of coatings through plasma polymerization
    Publication number: 20060166183
    Abstract: The invention provides a method to prepare at least part of at least one surface of a substrate comprising; depositing on said surface at least one plasma monomer wherein during deposition of said monomer, means are provided which move the monomer source across a surface to be treated to manufacture a non-uniform plasma polymer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Rob Short, Jason Whittle, Alex Shard, David Barton
  • Vehicle
    Publication number: 20040161443
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle for use in tissue engineering and/or surgical procedures comprising a Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (MSH) receptor ligand: The vehicle may be a prosthesis, implant, matrix, stent, gauze, bandage, plaster, biodegradable matrix, or polymeric film the invention also provides a method of forming a vehicle of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Sheila MacNeil, Rob Short, Chris Hunter, John Haycock, Nick Williams, Anthony J R Ryan