Patents by Inventor Thang Dinh

Thang Dinh 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).

  • C-terminal modified oxamyl dipeptides as inhibitors of the ICE-ced-3 family of cysteine proteases
    Publication number: 20020042376
    Abstract: This invention is directed to novel oxamyl dipeptide ICE/ced-3 family inhibitor compounds. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, as well as to the use of such compositions in the treatment of patients suffering inflammatory, autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases, for the prevention of ischemic injury, and for the preservation of organs that are to undergo a transplantation procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: Donald S. Karanewsky, Robert J. Ternansky, Steven D. Linton, Thang Dinh
  • Shape memory actuator system
    Patent number: 6041728
    Abstract: A control tab on a submarine or the like is angularly displaced by a remote control actuator system featuring a pair of shape-memory cables consist of a superelastic actuating cable connected to the control tab and a force generating thermoelastic cable anchored to the submarine frame. A force transmitting lever interconnects the cables and is selectively locked by a releasable locking mechanism in a position holding the actuating cable fully stretched with the control tab displaced a maximum amount from its neutral position by the displacing force generated in the thermoelastic cable in response to heating thereof by electric current conducted therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: David Goldstein, Thang Dinh Nguyen