Patents by Inventor Steven Fletcher

Steven Fletcher 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: 20140179743
    Abstract: A compound, having the formula A-1: Wherein R1 and R2 are defined herein. Methods of using the compound and compositions containing the compound are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
    Inventors: Paul S. Shapiro, Alexander D. MacKerell, JR., Steven Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20040219202
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising (i) a lipid compound comprising at least one non-polar moiety and a polar moiety, wherein the non-polar moiety is of the formula X-Y-Z- wherein X is an acetylenic hydrocarbyl group containing a single C≡C bond, Y is O or CH2, and Z is an optional hydrocarbyl group, wherein the polar moiety is of the formula -[T]mPHG, wherein [T]m is an optional group selected from C(O), NH, NR1, NHC(O), C(O)NH, NRIC(O) and C(O)NR1 and CH2, where R1 is a hydrocarbyl group, wherein PHG is a polar head group, and wherein m is the number of non-polar moieties (ii) a therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Steven Fletcher, Michael R. Jorgensen, Andrew David Miller
  • Patent number: 5690527
    Abstract: A new coated fibrous substrate is produced by applying a coating containing swelled super absorbent particles having a minimum dimension of at least 5 microns to obtain the desired porosity and roughness in the finished coating, applying the coating to the substrate at least partially setting the coating thereafter driving at least the majority of the carrier absorbed by the super absorbent particles from the particles to leave macro-voids in the coating and produce a coated surface having a roughness in the macro as opposed to the micro range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: MacMillan Bloedel Packaging Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Dean Rutledge, Ronald Steven Fletcher, James Lynwood Jonakin
  • Patent number: 5649185
    Abstract: Library service protocols are provided for moving large data objects into an out of a data image library with attention to security, authentication, and consistency of related images stored in different machines. The protocol consists of particular message sequences, special tokens within messages, and out-of-sequence database changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Antognini, Robert Michael Cubert, Henry Martin Gladney, David Burns Hildebrand, Jr., Steven Fletcher Horne, Robert Walter Schmiedeskamp