Patents by Inventor Thomas Alberts

Thomas Alberts 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).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOLUTION BASED SEQUENCE ENRICHMENT
    Publication number: 20090105081
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for the capture and enrichment of target nucleic acids and analysis of the enriched target nucleic acids. In particular, the present invention provides for the enrichment of targeted sequences in a solution based format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: ROCHE NIMBLEGEN, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Rodesch, Thomas Albert
  • PURINE DERIVATIVES AS KINASE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20090105229
    Abstract: The present invention provides kinase inhibitors of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Albert Engler, Timothy Paul Burkholder, Joshua Ryan Clayton, Clive Gideon Diefenbacher, Kelly Wayne Furness, James Robert Henry, Yihong Li, Sushant Malhotra, Angela Lynn Marquart, Johnathan Alexander McLean, David Mendel, Jon Kevin Reel
  • TGF-? inhibitors
    Patent number: 7511056
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to inhibitors of TGF-? of Formula I:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Clive Gideon Diefenbacher, Thomas Albert Engler, Hong-Yu Li, Sushant Malhotra, Jason Scott Sawyer, Yan Wang
  • Smokable rod for a cigarette
    Patent number: 7503330
    Abstract: A smokable rod for a smoking article, such as a cigarette, possesses a co-axial or concentric construction. A longitudinally extending inner core of tobacco cut filler is positioned within a smokable rod. The outer material that circumscribes the inner core in an annular fashion is composed of a tobacco material treated with a burn suppressing agent, and the outer material acts as a substrate for an aerosol forming material. In use, one end of the smokable rod is lit, and the tobacco cut filler of the inner core burns to yield tobacco smoke. The outer material smolders, and hence thermal decomposition products of the outer tobacco material and volatilized aerosol forming material are produced. When the opposite end of the smokable rod is drawn upon, an aerosol composed of tobacco smoke, thermal decomposition products of tobacco, and volatilized aerosol forming material, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: August Joseph Borschke, Dwayne William Beeson, Sharon Pitts Dunlap, Thomas Albert Perfetti
  • Innovative Duct Bank Spacer
    Publication number: 20090057497
    Abstract: An Innovative Duct Bank Spacer allows the manipulation of the duct bank spacer to accommodate multiple conduit sizes in a single ready-made duct bank spacer. The inventive device includes PVC Pipe that is fitted thru drilled High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) slats. PVC pipe spacers are placed in between the HDPE slats to accommodate the conduit size and spacing needed and/or required. The PVC Pipe is glued into PVC couplings at each end of the Innovative Duct Bank Spacer to secure the placement of the PVC pipes. Two or more Innovative Duct Bank Spacers may be easily joined together with a piece of PVC pipe at either end to create an even larger duct bank spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas Albert Bradbury
  • Purine derivatives as kinase inhibitors
    Patent number: 7491716
    Abstract: The present invention provides kinase inhibitors of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventor: Thomas Albert Engler
  • Compositions for preparing low dielectric materials
    Patent number: 7482676
    Abstract: Low dielectric materials and films comprising same have been identified for improved performance when used as performance materials, for example, in interlevel dielectrics integrated circuits as well as methods for making same. In one aspect of the present invention, the performance of the dielectric material may be improved by controlling the weight percentage of ethylene oxide groups in the at least one porogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Keith Peterson, John Francis Kirner, Scott Jeffrey Weigel, James Edward MacDougall, Lisa Deis, Thomas Albert Braymer, Keith Douglas Campbell, Martin Devenney, C. Eric Ramberg, Konstantinos Chondroudis, Keith Cendak
  • Sulfur-bearing residue treatment system
    Patent number: 7442348
    Abstract: A sulfur-bearing residue treatment system is provided for the recovery of valuable organic components and the reduction of capital costs and operating costs. The treatment system involves the use of a stripping vessel in conjunction with a heating apparatus. All elements of the treatment system may be coupled together to form one integral piece of equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Curtis Instad Carlson, Jr., Michael Stanley DeCourcy, Jamie Jerrick John Juliette, Thomas Albert Kaminski, Nelson Ivan Quiros, Paul Benjamin Schladenhauffen
  • Tgf-Beta Inhibitors
    Publication number: 20080262004
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to inhibitors of TGF-? of Formula I:
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Clive Gideon Diefenbacher, Thomas Albert Engler, Hong-Yu Li, Sushant Malhotra, Jason Scott Sawyer, Yan Wang
  • Hash and Route Hardware with Parallel Routing Scheme
    Publication number: 20080198867
    Abstract: A multiprocessor switching device substantially implemented on a single CMOS integrated circuit is described in connection with a parallel routing scheme for calculating routing information for incoming packets. Using the programmable hash and route routing scheme, a hash and route circuit can be programmed for a variety of applications, such as routing, flow-splitting or load balancing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Laurent Moll, Barton J. Sano, Thomas Albert Petersen
  • Pyrrole-2, 5dione derivatives and their used as GSK-3 inhibitors
    Patent number: 7405305
    Abstract: The present invention provides kinase inhibitors of Formula (I)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Pamela Ann Albaugh, Jochen Ammenn, Timothy Paul Burkholder, Joshua Ryan Clayton, Scott Eugene Conner, Brian Eugene Cunningham, Thomas Albert Engler, Kelly Wayne Furness, James Robert Henry, Sushant Malhotra, Mark Joseph Tebbe, Guoxin Zhu, YiHong Li, Brian Raymond Berridge, Charles Edward Ruegg, John Morris Sullivan
  • Compounds as pharmaceutical agents
    Patent number: 7405299
    Abstract: The current invention relates to compounds of the formula: (Ia) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and their use as TGF-beta signal transduction inhibitors for treating cancer and other diseases in a patient in need thereof by administration of said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Douglas Wade Beight, Timothy Paul Burkholder, Todd Vincent Decollo, Alexander Glenn Godfrey, Charles Raymond Heap, Chi-Hsin Richard King, Hong-Yu Li, William Thomas McMillen, Jason Scott Sawyer, Yan Wang, Clive Gideon Diefenbacher, Thomas Albert Engler, Sushant Malhotra, Sreenivasa Reedy Mundla
  • Multilayer nitride-containing coatings
    Publication number: 20080118643
    Abstract: This invention relates to erosion resistant coatings comprising at least 2 sublayer systems in which each sublayer system is separated from another by an interlayer, wherein (i) each sublayer system is the same or different and comprises at least 4 layers, (ii) said layers comprise alternating layers of a nitride-containing compound of stoichiometric composition and a nitride-containing compound of nonstoichiometric composition, (iii) each sublayer system has a thickness of greater than about 0.4 microns, and (iv) each interlayer is the same or different and comprises a metal-containing compound. This invention also relates to a method for producing the coatings and to articles, e.g., gas turbine compressor rotor blade and stator vanes, coated with the coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Albert Feuerstein, Thomas Albert
  • Hash and route hardware with parallel routing scheme
    Patent number: 7366092
    Abstract: A multiprocessor switching device substantially implemented on a single CMOS integrated circuit is described in connection with a parallel routing scheme for calculating routing information for incoming packets. Using the programmable hash and route routing scheme, a hash and route circuit can be programmed for a variety of applications, such as routing, flow-splitting or load balancing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Laurent Moll, Barton J. Sano, Thomas Albert Petersen
  • Method for chemically modifying tobacco during curing
    Patent number: 7293564
    Abstract: A method for chemically modifying a tobacco material during a curing process involves treating the tobacco material in a curing enclosure at a temperature and for a time sufficient to produce cured tobacco. The method also involves contacting the tobacco material with a chemical reagent before and/or during the time period that the tobacco material is cured so that the chemical reagent can interact with the tobacco material, thus resulting in further change in the chemical nature of the cured tobacco material. An exemplary chemical reagent is an ammonia source, which can be applied to a tobacco material in a variety of ways, including by spraying an aqueous ammonia source onto the tobacco or by introducing gaseous ammonia into the curing enclosure during the curing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Thomas Albert Perfetti, Watson Minyard Dufour, Stephen Keith Cole, William Monroe Coleman, III, Marvin Glenn Riddick, Wennuan Liu, Paul Andrew Brinkley
  • Compositions for preparing low dielectric materials
    Patent number: 7294585
    Abstract: Low dielectric materials and films comprising same have been identified for improved performance when used as performance materials, for example, in interlevel dielectrics integrated circuits as well as methods for making same. In one aspect of the present invention, the performance of the dielectric material may be improved by controlling the weight percentage of ethylene oxide groups in the at least one porogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Keith Peterson, John Francis Kirner, Scott Jeffrey Weigel, James Edward MacDougall, Lisa Deis, legal representative, Thomas Albert Braymer, Keith Douglas Campbell, Martin Devenney, C. Eric Ramberg, Konstantinos Chondroudis, Keith Cendak, Thomas Alan Deis, deceased
  • Detection of support for security protocol and address translation integration
    Patent number: 7191331
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for integration of network address translation and source address security, including, but not limited to, determining whether a gateway computer is integrated for network address translation and source address security, is described. A client computer requests a first address from the gateway computer and then requests a second address from the gateway computer. The latter request is done with a different client identifier that is nearly equivalent, except for one bit, to the client identifier used for the prior address request. If the gateway computer is integrated for network address translation and source address security, in response to the latter request a public address will be provided from the gateway computer to the client computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Albert Maufer, Sameer Nanda, Paul J. Sidenblad
  • Process for preparing heterocyclic indene analogs
    Patent number: 7169935
    Abstract: A process for the preparation heterocyclic indene analogs, especially with the preparation of 4-hydroxycarbazole or N-protected 4-hydroxycarbazole, involves cyclocarbonylation followed by saponification. This process avoids high temperatures and high catalyst loadings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Michelangelo Scalone, Thomas Albert Zeibig
  • Method and apparatus for security protocol and address translation integration
    Patent number: 7143137
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) and Network Address Translation (NAT) integration is described. A client obtains a public address from a gateway for IPSec communication. A mapping table is used to form associations between a local address for the client and a destination address for a peer, an Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) Initiator Cookie and a Security Parameters Index associated with communication between the client and the peer. Incoming and outgoing routing may be done at the gateway using the mapping table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Albert Maufer, Sameer Nanda, Paul J. Sidenblad
  • Method and apparatus for network address translation integration with internet protocol security
    Patent number: 7143188
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for enhanced security for communication over a network, and more particularly to Network Address Translation (NAT) integration Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), is described. A client computer makes a second address request in order to prompt an address server to provide a public address. This address, recorded in a mapping table accessible by a gateway computer. This public address is used as a source address for packets from a client using IPSec. When the gateway computer identifies a packet's source address as one of it's public addresses, NAT is suspended for this packet, and the packet is routed without NAT. Incoming traffic is routed using the mapping table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Albert Maufer, Sameer Nanda, Paul J. Sidenblad