Patents by Inventor Steven Sparks

Steven Sparks 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).

  • Glycogen Phosphorylase Inhibitor Compounds and Pharmaceutical Compositions Thereof
    Publication number: 20070249670
    Abstract: The invention relates to glycogen phosphorylase inhibitor compounds, pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds, methods of treatment using the pharmaceutical compositions to treat diabetes, conditions associated with diabetes, and/or tissue ischemia, including myocardial ischemia, and processes for making the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Karen Evans, Maria Cichy-Knight, Frank Coppo, Kate Dwornik, Jennifer Gale, Dulce Garrido, Yue Li, Mehul Patel, Francis Tavares, Stephen Thomson, Scott Dickerson, Andrew Peat, Steven Sparks, Pierette Banker, Joel Cooper
  • Production and removal of free-flowing coke from delayed coker drum
    Publication number: 20050269247
    Abstract: A method for producing and removing coke which has bulk morphology such that at least about 30 volume percent is free-flowing under the force of gravity or hydrostatic forces from a delayed coker drum. At the completion of the fill cycle, the coker drum, filled with hot coke, is cooled by steaming and then flooding it with water, thereby producing a coke/water mixture. The coke/water mixture is released from the coke drum through one or more drum closure/discharge throttling systems near the bottom of the coker drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Sparks, Te-Hung Chen, Christopher Eppig, Michael Siskin
  • Computer screen saver with wireless messaging capability and method therefor
    Patent number: 6256008
    Abstract: A wireless screen saver for use with an electronic information processing device (106) having a display screen (300). The wireless screen saver has a first screen layout with at least one predetermined display pattern (302) persisting until a user input is detected. Upon detection of the user input, a second screen layout is invoked, presenting at least a first virtual messaging device (410) for accepting and displaying a message for transmission to a real messaging device (118).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Motorola
    Inventors: James Steven Sparks, Jeffrey L. Steinberg