Patents by Inventor Stephen Baum

Stephen Baum 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: 20060290081
    Abstract: A child transporting apparatus includes a riding board having a horizontal use position for a child to stand on, and a collapsed position. The riding board has front and rear wheels for rolling along a surface and a support column having a lower end attached the riding board and an upper end. The column is collapsible and a handle bar is connected to the upper end of the column to be held by a child riding on the riding board. A pulling handle is pivotally connected to the column and movable between a collapsed position laying adjacent the column and a use position extending from the column, and at least one strap is connected to the column for carrying the apparatus like a backpack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventor: Stephen Baum
  • Patent number: 7122323
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for synthesizing a combinatorial library comprising a plurality of chemical compounds such that the chemical composition of each compound is easily tracked. The library compounds are synthesized on solid-phase supports, which are spatially arranged in frames during synthesis according to a predetermined protocol, such that each solid-phase support passes through a series of unique spatial 2D or 3D addresses by which the chemical composition of each compound may be determined at any point during synthesis. Solid-phase supports include hollow tubular-shaped lanterns and gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Patek, Safar Pavel, Martin Smrcina, Eric Wegrzyniak, Peter Strop, Gary A Flynn, Stephen A Baum
  • Patent number: 6872535
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) array of solid-phase supports is adapted to provide parallel synthesis of a library of molecules with 3D diversity. Individual locations in the 3D array may be assigned to selected molecules in the library such that molecules may be synthesized at and retrieved from such locations. Also, the supports include aperture walls in stacked plates; the supports may be suspended within stacked plate apertures; the 3D array include discrete supports arranged in columns in one or more wells; the supports include tube inner walls or be suspended in tubes, the tubes being secured in stacked, two-dimensional (2D) frameworks; or the supports include beads contained in porous enclosures having non-porous side walls and being secured in stacked, 2D frameworks. A support transfer device enables transfer of solid-phase supports used in a 3D array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen A. Baum
  • Patent number: 6799120
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods for generating combinatorial libraries on solid phase supports in which increased productivity is achieved by pooling all common steps in synthesis without using a tracking or coding system to record the synthetic history of each compound. Methods for generating combinatorial libraries in which containers with random mixtures of solid phase particles are divided and combined together in non-random ways without the exchange of particles between containers are also provided. Various products are optionally produced in multi-stage syntheses according to the invention, such as oligomers and synthetic non-repetitive organic molecules. The methods additionally relate to the identification of each library component without adding extra synthetic, physical, optical, or electronic encoding steps during library synthesis. Combinatorial synthetic systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Nanoscale Combinatorial Synthesis, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolai F. Sepetov, Olga L. Issakova, Stephen A. Baum, James A. Ostrem
  • Publication number: 20040058391
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) array of solid-phase supports is adapted to provide parallel synthesis of a library of molecules with 3D diversity. Individual locations in the 3D array may be assigned to selected molecules in the library such that molecules may be synthesized at and retrieved from such locations. Also, the supports include aperture walls in stacked plates; the supports may be suspended within stacked plate apertures; the 3D array include discrete supports arranged in columns in one or more wells; the supports include tube inner walls or be suspended in tubes, the tubes being secured in stacked, two-dimensional (2D) frameworks; or the supports include beads contained in porous enclosures having non-porous side walls and being secured in stacked, 2D frameworks. A support transfer device enables transfer of solid-phase supports used in a 3D array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen A. Baum
  • Publication number: 20030198999
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for synthesizing a combinatorial library comprising a plurality of chemical compounds such that the chemical composition of each compound is easily tracked. The library compounds are synthesized on solid-phase supports, which are spatially arranged in frames during synthesis according to a predetermined protocol, such that each solid-phase support passes through a series of unique spatial 2D or 3D addresses by which the chemical composition of each compound may be determined at any point during synthesis. Solid-phase supports include hollow tubular-shaped lanterns and gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: Selecticide Corporation
    Inventors: Marcel Patek, Safar Pavel, Martin Smrcina, Eric Wegrzyniak, Peter Strop, Gary A. Flynn, Stephen A. Baum
  • Publication number: 20030143630
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for synthesizing a combinatorial library comprising a plurality of chemical compounds such that the chemical composition of each compound is easily tracked. The library compounds are synthesized on solid-phase supports, which are spatially arranged in frames during synthesis according to a predetermined protocol, such that each solid-phase support passes through a series of unique spatial 2D or 3D addresses by which the chemical composition of each compound may be determined at any point during synthesis. Solid-phase supports include hollow tubular-shaped lanterns and gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: Selecticide Corporation
    Inventors: Marcel Patek, Safar Pavel, Martin Smrcina, Eric Wegrzyniak, Peter Strop, Gary A. Flynn, Stephen A. Baum
  • Publication number: 20030068644
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) array of solid-phase supports is adapted to provide parallel synthesis of a library of molecules with 3D diversity. Individual locations in the 3D array may be assigned to selected molecules in the library such that molecules may be synthesized at and retrieved from such locations. Also, the supports include aperture walls in stacked plates; the supports may be suspended within stacked plate apertures; the 3D array include discrete supports arranged in columns in one or more wells; the supports include tube inner walls or be suspended in tubes, the tubes being secured in stacked, two-dimensional (2D) frameworks; or the supports include beads contained in porous enclosures having non-porous side walls and being secured in stacked, 2D frameworks. A support transfer device enables transfer of solid-phase supports used in a 3D array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 1998
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventor: STEPHEN A. BAUM
  • Patent number: 6541211
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for synthesizing a combinatorial library comprising a plurality of chemical compounds such that the chemical composition of each compound is easily tracked. The library compounds are synthesized on solid-phase supports, which are spatially arranged in frames during synthesis according to a predetermined protocol, such that each solid-phase support passes through a series of unique spatial 2D or 3D addresses by which the chemical composition of each compound may be determined at any point during synthesis. Solid-phase supports include hollow tubular-shaped lanterns and gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Selectide Corporation
    Inventors: Marcel Patek, Safar Pavel, Martin Smrcina, Eric Wegrzyniak, Peter Strop, Gary A. Flynn, Stephen A. Baum
  • Publication number: 20010041344
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods for generating combinatorial libraries on solid phase supports in which increased productivity is achieved by pooling all common steps in synthesis without using a tracking or coding system to record the synthetic history of each compound. Methods for generating combinatorial libraries in which containers with random mixtures of solid phase particles are divided and combined together in non-random ways without the exchange of particles between containers are also provided. Various products are optionally produced in multi-stage syntheses according to the invention, such as oligomers and synthetic non-repetitive organic molecules. The methods additionally relate to the identification of each library component without adding extra synthetic, physical, optical, or electronic encoding steps during library synthesis. Combinatorial synthetic systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Applicant: Nanoscale Combinatorial Synthesis, Inc., 625 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043
    Inventors: Nikolai F. Sepetov, Olga L. Issakova, Stephen A. Baum, James A. Ostrem
  • Patent number: D528413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Inventor: Stephen Baum