Patents by Inventor Robert Taft

Robert Taft 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).

  • Publication number: 20250080117
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes: first through eighth gated inverters each having inputs and outputs; a first and second inverter each having an input and an output, the output of the first inverter coupled to the input of the second gated inverter, the output of the second inverter coupled to the input of the third gated inverter; the fifth gated inverter coupled to the input of the first gated inverter and the input of the first inverter; the sixth gated inverter coupled to the input of the second inverter and the input of the fourth gated inverter; the seventh gated inverter coupled to the output of the first gated inverter and the output of the third gated inverter; the eighth gated inverter coupled to the output of the second gated inverter and the output of the fourth gated inverter; and a bus-holder circuit between the seventh and eighth gated inverter inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Taft, Alexander Bodem, Filip Savic, Paul Kramer, Vineethraj Rajappan Nair
  • Publication number: 20240360082
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds of Formula (I): (I) as further described herein, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods to use the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of certain viral disorders, including influenza.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Graham Charles BLOOMFIELD, Matthew James HESSE, Richard Yichong HUANG, Michael Robert MASER, James Clifford SUTTON, Benjamin Robert TAFT, David Charles TULLY
  • Publication number: 20240274530
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a semiconductor die, a package substrate having opposite first and second surfaces, where the first surface includes a first metal pad, the second surface includes a second metal pad and a third metal pad. The semiconductor die is mounted on the second metal pad and the third metal pad by respective first and second metal interconnects. The package substrate includes a circuit with a single-ended terminal and a pair of differential terminals, where the single-ended terminal coupled to the first metal pad. The backage substrate also includes a metal layer including a first meandered conductor and a second meandered conductor. The first meandered conductor is coupled between a first terminal of the pair of differential terminals and the second metal pad. The second meandered conductor is coupled between a second terminal of the pair of differential terminals and the third metal pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Siraj Akhtar, Vineethraj Rajappan Nair, Robert Taft, Swaminathan Sankaran
  • Patent number: 11597733
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (Ia) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, solid forms, combinations of pharmacologically active agents, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using such compounds and solid forms thereof to treat or prevent parasitic diseases, for example malaria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Nicole Alice Blaquiere, Richard Yichong Huang, Thomas Martin Kirrane, Jr., Andreas Kordikowski, Anne-Catherine Mata, Christopher Ronald Sarko, Benjamin Robert Taft, Grace Lamprecht Waldron, Fumiaki Yokokawa, Tingying Zhu
  • Patent number: 11453677
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: (I) and therapeutic uses of these compounds. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, compositions comprising these compounds with a therapeutic co-agent, and methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rama Jain, Dennis Christofer Koester, James R. Manning, James Clifford Sutton, Benjamin Robert Taft, Lifeng Wan, Qian Zhao
  • Patent number: 11098051
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I): as further described herein, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods to use the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of certain viral disorders, including influenza.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rama Jain, Dennis Christofer Koester, James R. Manning, Vanessa Marx, Daniel Poon, James Clifford Sutton, Benjamin Robert Taft, Lifeng Wan, Aregahegn Yifru, Qian Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210115065
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (Ia) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, solid forms, combinations of pharmacologically active agents, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using such compounds and solid forms thereof to treat or prevent parasitic diseases, for example malaria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Nicole Alice Blaquiere, Richard Yichong Huang, Thomas Martin Kirrane, JR., Andreas Kordikowski, Anne-Catherine Mata, Christopher Ronald Sarko, Benjamin Robert Taft, Grace Lamprecht Waldron, Fumiaki Yokokawa, Tingying Zhu
  • Patent number: 10858366
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: and therapeutic uses of these compounds. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, compositions comprising these compounds with a therapeutic co-agent, and methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rama Jain, Dennis Christofer Koester, James R. Manning, James Clifford Sutton, Benjamin Robert Taft, Lifeng Wan, Qian Zhao
  • Publication number: 20200347072
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: (I) and therapeutic uses of these compounds. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, compositions comprising these compounds with a therapeutic co-agent, and methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat viral infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Rama JAIN, Dennis Christofer KOESTER, James R. MANNING, James Clifford SUTTON, Benjamin Robert TAFT, Lifeng WAN, Qian ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20200123167
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I): as further described herein, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods to use the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of certain viral disorders, including influenza.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Rama JAIN, Dennis Christofer KOESTER, James R. MANNING, Vanessa MARX, Daniel POON, James Clifford SUTTON, Benjamin Robert TAFT, Lifeng WAN, Aregahegn YIFRU, Qian ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20190092780
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: and therapeutic uses of these compounds. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, compositions comprising these compounds with a therapeutic co-agent, and methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat viral infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Rama JAIN, Dennis Christofer KOESTER, James R. MANNING, James Clifford SUTTON, Benjamin Robert TAFT, Lifeng WAN, Qian ZHAO
  • Patent number: 9237740
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for producing selected non-human mammalian germ cells and gametes and for making non-human animals using the produced germ cells and gametes are provided by the present invention. Methods of generating a non-human embryo and/or animal derived from donor stem cells, methods of generating chimeric non-human animals having substantially all gametes and/or germ cells derived from the donor stem cells, methods of producing a non-human host embryo lacking functional endogenous germ cells and non-human host embryos incapable of developing endogenous gametes of the present invention are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: The Jackson Laboratory
    Inventors: Michael V. Wiles, Robert Taft
  • Publication number: 20150150667
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for efficient and cost-effective provision of mouse colony management services to customers. Described herein is a novel integrated approach to provide a plurality of mouse colony management services by utilizing a common core process shared by the plurality of services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Taft, Michael V. Wiles
  • Patent number: 8685637
    Abstract: Described herein are kits for use in cryopreserving mammalian sperm including a composition that comprises a cryoprotectant; a membrane protectant that stabilizes or assists in stabilization of membranes of sperm; and monothioglycerol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Jackson Laboratory
    Inventors: G. Charles Ostermeier, Jane S. Farley, Robert Taft, Michael V. Wiles
  • Patent number: 8658155
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for producing selected non-human mammalian germ cells and gametes and for making non-human animals using the produced germ cells and gametes are provided by the present invention. Methods of generating a non-human embryo and/or animal derived from donor stem cells, methods of generating chimeric non-human animals having substantially all gametes and/or germ cells derived from the donor stem cells, methods of producing a non-human host embryo lacking functional endogenous germ cells and non-human host embryos incapable of developing endogenous gametes of the present invention are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Jackson Laboratory
    Inventors: Michael V. Wiles, Robert Taft
  • Publication number: 20130298269
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for producing selected non-human mammalian germ cells and gametes and for making non-human animals using the produced germ cells and gametes are provided by the present invention. Methods of generating a non-human embryo and/or animal derived from donor stem cells, methods of generating chimeric non-human animals having substantially all gametes and/or germ cells derived from the donor stem cells, methods of producing a non-human host embryo lacking functional endogenous germ cells and non-human host embryos incapable of developing endogenous gametes of the present invention are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Michael V. Wiles, Robert Taft
  • Patent number: 8552254
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods of maintaining genetic stability of non-human animal inbred strains. In the methods, pedigree-tracked cryopreserved embryos or gametes or pre-gametes derived from a foundation colony are produced and used to re-establish the foundation colony at appropriate intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Jackson Laboratory
    Inventors: Michael V. Wiles, Robert Taft, Eva M. Eicher, Shannon Byers
  • Patent number: 8435729
    Abstract: Described herein is a composition that comprises a cryoprotectant; a membrane protectant that stabilizes or assists in stabilization of membranes of sperm; and a free radical scavenger (e.g., a reducing agent, an antioxidant).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: The Jackson Laboratory
    Inventors: G. Charles Ostermeier, Jane S. Farley, Robert Taft, Michael V. Wiles
  • Patent number: 8420307
    Abstract: Described herein is a composition that comprises a cryoprotectant; a membrane protectant that stabilizes or assists in stabilization of membranes of sperm; and a free radical scavenger (e.g., a reducing agent, an antioxidant).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Jackson Laboratory
    Inventors: G. Charles Ostermeier, Jane S. Farley, Robert Taft, Michael V. Wiles
  • Publication number: 20120180146
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods of maintaining genetic stability of non-human animal inbred strains. In the methods, pedigree-tracked cryopreserved embryos derived from a foundation colony are produced and used to re-establish the foundation colony at appropriate intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: The Jackson Laboratory
    Inventors: Michael V. Wiles, Robert Taft, Eva M. Eicher