Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Brooks

Thomas J. Brooks 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).

  • Patent number: 12018045
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds suitable for enhancing cancer treatment, for example, a compound of formula (I): (I) wherein R1 is as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of enhancing the response of cancer cells in a mammal to treatment with an apoptosis inducing ligand, a method of inducing apoptosis in cancer cells in a mammal, and a method of treating prostate cancer in mammal in need thereof comprising administration of a compound described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Thomas J. Sayers, Poonam Tewary, Leslie Gunatilaka, Alan D. Brooks, Kithsiri Wijeratne, Yaming Xu
  • Patent number: 11953952
    Abstract: An input device includes a touch plate having a central axis and a top surface with three outer points evenly spaced away from the central axis. A touch sensor is used to detect a user touch on the top surface at the first outer point, and a support mechanism supports the touch plate and is configured to translate the touch plate at the second and third outer points upon application of the user touch and translation of the touch plate at the first outer point. Translation of the three outer points is substantially equal along the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Thomas R. Matzinger, Bradley J. Hamel, Ryan P. Brooks, Scott J. Krahn, Arka P. Roy
  • Publication number: 20090140669
    Abstract: A highly-directed light, with color in the blue area of the spectrum, has been developed that meets the particular requirements of two types of users. One application enables a user to see a keyboard clearly enough, predominately from his peripheral vision, to use it while engaged in other principal tasks. The other application allows readers with aging eyesight to more clearly focus on written text without the aid of magnifying or reading glasses. The user's ocular physiology, the physics of the light source and the juxtaposition of the working components for the typical operational scenario were considered while designing an apparatus and method to deliver an optimal working solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: James W. Masten, JR., Thomas J. Brooks