Patents by Inventor Simon Kelly Shannon

Simon Kelly Shannon 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).

  • Synthetic microcarriers for culturing cells
    Patent number: 8404485
    Abstract: A coated microcarrier for cell culture includes a microcarrier base and a polymeric coating grafted to the base via a polymerization initiator. A method for forming the coated microcarrier includes (i) conjugating a polymerization initiator to the microcarrier base to form an initiator-conjugated microcarrier base; (ii) contacting the initiator-conjugated microcarrier base with monomers; and (iii) activating the initiator to initiate polymerization and graft the polymer to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Robert McCarthy, Simon Kelly Shannon, Florence Verrier
  • SYNTHETIC MICROCARRIERS FOR CULTURING CELLS
    Publication number: 20120288912
    Abstract: A coated microcarrier for cell culture includes a microcarrier base and a polymeric coating grafted to the base via a polymerization initiator. A method for forming the coated microcarrier includes (i) conjugating a polymerization initiator to the microcarrier base to form an initiator-conjugated microcarrier base; (ii) contacting the initiator-conjugated microcarrier base with monomers; and (iii) activating the initiator to initiate polymerization and graft the polymer to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Kevin Robert McCarthy, Simon Kelly Shannon, Florence Verrier
  • Synthetic microcarriers for culturing cells
    Patent number: 8257828
    Abstract: A coated microcarrier for cell culture includes a microcarrier base and a polymeric coating grafted to the base via a polymerization initiator. A method for forming the coated microcarrier includes (i) conjugating a polymerization initiator to the microcarrier base to form an initiator-conjugated microcarrier base; (ii) contacting the initiator-conjugated microcarrier base with monomers; and (iii) activating the initiator to initiate polymerization and graft the polymer to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Robert McCarthy, Simon Kelly Shannon, Florence Verrier
  • PEPTIDE-MODIFIED SURFACES FOR CELL CULTURE
    Publication number: 20120052580
    Abstract: A cell culture article including a pre-blocked, peptide-modified, polymer surface of the formula (I), where AAj represents at least one covalently bonded peptide, j is an integer of from 5 to 50, m, n, o, Sur, X, R, R?, and the mer ratio (m-o:n:o), including salts thereof, are as defined herein. Methods for making and using the cell culture article, as defined herein, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Sadashiva Karnire Pai, Odessa Natalie Petzold, Simon Kelly Shannon, David Michael Weber, Theresa Chang, Jin Liu
  • PEPTIDE-MODIFIED MICROCARRIERS FOR CELL CULTURE
    Publication number: 20120052579
    Abstract: A cell culture article including a microcarrier having a peptide-modified polymer surface of the formula (I) where AAj represents at least one covalently bonded peptide, j is an integer of from 5 to 50, m, n, o, Sur, X, R, R?, and the mer ratio (m-o:n:o), including salts thereof, are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods for making and using the cell culture article, as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Simon Kelly Shannon, Florence Verrier
  • Synthetic Peptide (Meth) Acrylate Microcarriers
    Publication number: 20110207216
    Abstract: A process for forming microcarriers includes contacting an initiator-conjugated microcarrier base with one or more monomers and activating the initiator to initiate polymerization and to graft a polymer from the base via the initiator or a remnant thereof. At least one of the monomers is conjugated to a polypeptide so that incorporation of the monomer into the forming polymer conjugates the polypeptide to the polymeric coating as it is formed in situ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Arthur Winston Martin, Kevin Robert McCarthy, Shawn Michael O'Malley, Simon Kelly Shannon, Meenal Pauddar Soni
  • Synthetic Microcarriers for Culturing Cells
    Publication number: 20110027889
    Abstract: A coated microcarrier for cell culture includes a microcarrier base and a polymeric coating grafted to the base via a polymerization initiator. A method for forming the coated microcarrier includes (i) conjugating a polymerization initiator to the microcarrier base to form an initiator-conjugated microcarrier base; (ii) contacting the initiator-conjugated microcarrier base with monomers; and (iii) activating the initiator to initiate polymerization and graft the polymer to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Kevin Robert McCarthy, Simon Kelly Shannon, Florence Verrier