Patents by Inventor Robert M. Grant

Robert M. Grant 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).

  • Method for identifying agents capable of inhibiting APOBEC3C activity in HIV-infected cells
    Patent number: 8133666
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of identifying agents that reduce a level of active APOBEC3C in a cell. The present invention provides agents that reduce a level of active APOBEC3C in a cell; and compositions comprising the agents. The present invention further provides methods of reducing the mutation rate of a lentivirus in a cell; and methods of reducing the emergence of drug-resistant strains of lentivirus. The present invention further provides methods for treating lentivirus infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: The J. David Gladstone Institutes
    Inventors: Robert M. Grant, Khaoula Bourara
  • Method for controlling an engine having variable cam timing
    Patent number: 7600495
    Abstract: A method for operating an engine having a variable cam timing control system, for controlling a camshaft angle in such engine. The method includes deactivating the variable cam timing system and setting the camshaft angle to a predetermined angle for a predetermined duration after failure in a sensor used to control the variable cam timing system and then reactivating the variable cam timing system after such predetermined time. The deactivating continues during the predetermined duration in the presence of a subsequent failure of the sensor during the predetermined duration. The reactivating comprises driving the cam angle to a camshaft angle established by the variable cam timing system in a predetermined manner. The reactivating occurs over a predetermined reactivation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John E. Rollinger, Paul A. Pietrzyk, Michael Sweppy, Eric A. Luehrsen, Robert M. Grant
  • METHODS OF TREATING LENTIVIRUS INFECTION
    Publication number: 20090105187
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of identifying agents that reduce a level of active APOBEC3C in a cell. The present invention provides agents that reduce a level of active APOBEC3C in a cell; and compositions comprising the agents. The present invention further provides methods of reducing the mutation rate of a lentivirus in a cell; and methods of reducing the emergence of drug-resistant strains of lentivirus. The present invention further provides methods for treating lentivirus infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Robert M. Grant, Khaoula Bourara