Patents by Inventor Stephen R. Little

Stephen R. Little 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: 20240082158
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions comprising a YAP1/WWRT1 inhibiting agent and a glutaminase inhibiting agent and methods of their use. Disclosed herein are therapeutic particles comprising a biocompatible polymer, a YAP1/WWRT1 inhibiting agent, and a glutaminase inhibiting agent. In one aspect, disclosed herein are methods of treating a pulmonary disease in a subject in need of such treatment comprising administering the therapeutic particle to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Abhinav Prakash ACHARYA, Stephen Yu-Wah CHAN, Steven R. LITTLE
  • Patent number: 10967066
    Abstract: An agent comprising: an algin crosslinked with acetal linkages; and at least one cation coupled to the crosslinked algin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Abhinav Acharya, Stephen R. Little
  • Publication number: 20190307889
    Abstract: An agent comprising: an algin crosslinked with acetal linkages; and at least one cation coupled to the crosslinked algin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Abhinav Acharya, Stephen R. Little
  • Patent number: 10376592
    Abstract: An agent comprising: an algin crosslinked with acetal linkages; and at least one cation coupled to the crosslinked algin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Abhinav Acharya, Stephen R. Little
  • Publication number: 20180161441
    Abstract: An agent comprising: an algin crosslinked with acetal linkages; and at least one cation coupled to the crosslinked algin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Abhinav Acharya, Stephen R. Little
  • Publication number: 20140274475
    Abstract: A golf ball marker holder includes a pocket adapted to receive a disc with a diameter of between about ? inch and 1 inch, a first magnetic disc in the pocket, and a second magnetic disc magnetically attached to the first magnetic disc with a portion of the pocket material therebetween. The golf ball holder may further include a ball marker disc magnetically attached to the second magnetic disc. The pocket may be provided in an article of clothing, or is anything that a golfer wears or carries while playing golf. The article of clothing may be a jacket, cap, visor, shirt, skirt, shorts, slacks, sweater, shoes, wrist band, or head band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Stephen R. Little
  • Patent number: 6055872
    Abstract: A push-pull valve for gas sampling is formed by assembling a body including a receptacle having a bore and a plug having a nose which seats in the bore. The plug has a through bore with a shoulder at its lower end serving as a lower stop and defining a hole at the bottom of the through bore. A hollow stem slides in the through bore, between an extended, closed position, and a retracted, open position. The stem has ports set above the foot of the stem a distance such that, in an upper position of the stem, the port is blocked by an O-ring, and in a lower position of the stem, gas can flow through the stem, the ports, an annular space around the stem, and out through the hole at the bottom of the through bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Jensen Wert Products
    Inventor: Stephen R. Little