Patents by Inventor Shawn D. Miller

Shawn D. Miller 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).

  • High throughput automatic nucleic acid isolation and quantitation methods
    Publication number: 20040115720
    Abstract: A high throughput RNA laboratory protocol is provided for the extraction and maintenance of a sufficient quantity of high quality RNA during sample preparation in order to analyze several genes at a time with assistance of computer analysis. The subject invention includes a method for analyzing RNA comprising the steps of extracting RNA from a complex biological construct in sufficient quantities to provide accurate RNA data, transferring RNA to an apparatus that maintains the RNA and necessary reagents at a temperature of between about 0 to 10° C., and analyzing RNA with a computer generated mathematical analysis of the data to access the presence of RNA and ultimately test the efficacy of a drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Diana R. McWilliams, Robert G. Becker, Charles W. Bolten, Pamela A. De Ciechi, Shawn D. Miller, Andrew T. Pinz, Jeffrey V. Surry
  • Anti-corrosion composition
    Publication number: 20040099845
    Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-corrosion composition which can be applied to various substrates. The composition comprises a glass matrix formed by crosslinking a mixture of an amine-functionalized silane and an alkoxy-functionalized siloxane, an epoxy and a compatabilizing agent for coupling the epoxy and the alkoxy-functionalized siloxane of the glass matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: William H. Simendinger, David William Garrett, Shawn D. Miller
  • Anti-icing composition
    Patent number: 6702953
    Abstract: The anti-icing composition of the present invention includes a glassy matrix formed by crosslinking a mixture of a functionally-terminated silicone and an alkoxy-functionalized siloxane to provide an interpenetrating polymer network of glass and silicone, at least two materials capable of microphase separation, at least one of which is graftable to the glassy matrix and a freezing point depression agent. The present invention also provides a glass matrix formed by crosslinking a mixture of an epoxy, an alkoxy-functionalized siloxane, and a compound capable of compatibilizing the epoxy and the alkoxy-functionalized silaxane to provide an epoxy-modified interpenetrating polymer network of glass and epoxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Microphase Coatings, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Simendinger, III, Shawn D. Miller
  • Anti-icing composition
    Publication number: 20020139956
    Abstract: The anti-icing composition of the present invention includes a glassy matrix formed by crosslinking a mixture of a functionally-terminated silicone and an alkoxy-functionalized siloxane to provide an interpenetrating polymer network of glass and silicone, at least two materials capable of microphase separation, at least one of which is graftable to the glassy matrix and a freezing point depression agent. The present invention also provides a glass matrix formed by crosslinking a mixture of an epoxy, an alkoxy-functionalized siloxane, and a compound capable of compatibilizing the epoxy and the alkoxy-functionalized silaxane to provide an epoxy-modified interpenetrating polymer network of glass and epoxy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: William H. Simendinger, Shawn D. Miller