Patents by Inventor Vincent C. Henrich

Vincent C. Henrich 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: 9126165
    Abstract: Disclosed are arrays for monitoring ecosystems, such as bodies of water, and methods and systems for making such arrays. In one embodiment, the array may include a plurality of oligonucleotides immobilized at known locations on a substrate, such that each location on the array is an oligonucleotide having a sequence derived from a single, predetermined operational taxonomic unit (OTU). The sequences immobilized on the array may be from known, or unknown organisms. Also disclosed are methods for identifying and isolating bioindicators diagnostic of specific ecosystems. The arrays and bioindicators of the invention may be used for rapid, and continual monitoring of ecosystems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    Inventors: Parke A. Rublee, Vincent C. Henrich, III
  • Patent number: 8637237
    Abstract: Ecdysteroid action in Drosophila melanogaster and other insects is mediated by the dimerization of two nuclear receptors, the ecdysone receptor (EcR) and Ultraspiracle (USP), which regulate the transcription of target genes. Disclosed are nucleic acid constructs to identify insecticides having the ability to modify insect development and growth in a developmental stage-specific and/or species-specific manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    Inventors: Vincent C. Henrich, Cary Alan Weinberger
  • Publication number: 20130281315
    Abstract: Described is a biointerface using near-infrared quantum dots for surface plasmon resonance imaging biosensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO
    Inventors: MARINELLA G. SANDROS, VINCENT C. HENRICH, STEPHEN A. VANCE
  • Patent number: 8383342
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, products, methods and systems for monitoring ecosystems, such as bodies of water, for a parameter of the ecosystems, such as the presence or absence of mercury. In one embodiment, the product may include a plurality of oligonucleotides immobilized at known locations on a substrate as an array, such that each location on the array is an oligonucleotide having a sequence derived from a single, predetermined operational taxonomic unit (OTU) and wherein at least one sequence on the array is associated with the presence or absence of mercury. The sequences immobilized on the array may be from known, or unknown organisms. Also disclosed are methods for identifying and isolating bioindicators diagnostic of ecosystem parameters, such as whether mercury is present. The compositions, products, methods and systems of the invention may be used for rapid, and continual monitoring of ecosystems for parameters of interest, such as the presence or absence of mercury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    Inventors: Parke A. Rublee, Vincent C. Henrich, III, Michael McClain Marshall
  • Publication number: 20120021429
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, products, methods and systems for monitoring ecosystems, such as bodies of water, for a parameter of the ecosystems, such as the presence or absence of mercury. In one embodiment, the product may include a plurality of oligonucleotides immobilized at known locations on a substrate as an array, such that each location on the array is an oligonucleotide having a sequence derived from a single, predetermined operational taxonomic unit (OTU) and wherein at least one sequence on the array is associated with the presence or absence of mercury. The sequences immobilized on the array may be from known, or unknown organisms. Also disclosed are methods for identifying and isolating bioindicators diagnostic of ecosystem parameters, such as whether mercury is present. The compositions, products, methods and systems of the invention may be used for rapid, and continual monitoring of ecosystems for parameters of interest, such as the presence or absence of mercury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Parke A. Rublee, Vincent C. Henrich, III, Michael McClain Marshall
  • Patent number: 8048623
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, products, methods and systems for monitoring ecosystems, such as bodies of water, for a parameter of the ecosystems, such as the presence or absence of mercury. In one embodiment, the product may include a plurality of oligonucleotides immobilized at known locations on a substrate as an array, such that each location on the array is an oligonucleotide having a sequence derived from a single, predetermined operational taxonomic unit (OTU) and wherein at least one sequence on the array is associated with the presence or absence of mercury. The sequences immobilized on the array may be from known, or unknown organisms. Also disclosed are methods for identifying and isolating bioindicators diagnostic of ecosystem parameters, such as whether mercury is present. The compositions, products, methods and systems of the invention may be used for rapid, and continual monitoring of ecosystems for parameters of interest, such as the presence or absence of mercury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    Inventors: Parke A. Rublee, Vincent C. Henrich, III, Michael McClain Marshall
  • Publication number: 20110207707
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for screening for compounds that act to modulate insect growth. Bioassays including cell culture and/or transgenic insects engineered with various components of the ecdysoid receptor (EcR) and/or the farsenoid-X receptor (RXR) systems to identify compounds that act as insecticides and/or hormone receptor activators are described. Also described are compounds, and compositions, identified as being putative insecticides based upon their ability to activate EcR and/or FXR mediated transcription.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Vincent C. Henrich, Cary Alan Weinberger
  • Publication number: 20100240056
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for identifying compounds that act to modulate insect growth and/or development in a species-specific manner. Such systems and methods may provide for the identification of species-specific insecticides. The methods and systems of the invention may include at least one an isolated nucleic acid molecule that encodes a polypeptide comprising an ecdysone receptor (EcR) isoform from a first distinct species and a second isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a DNA sequence that encodes a polypeptide comprising at least a portion of an Ultraspiracle (USP) protein from a second distinct species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventor: Vincent C. Henrich, III
  • Patent number: 7790377
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for screening for compounds that act to modulate insect growth. Bioassays including cell culture and/or transgenic insects engineered with various components of the ecdysoid receptor (EcR) and/or the farsenoid-X receptor (RXR) systems to identify compounds that act as insecticides and/or hormone receptor activators are described. Also described are compounds, and compositions, identified as being putative insecticides based upon their ability to activate EcR and/or FXR mediated transcription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    Inventors: Vincent C. Henrich, Cary Alan Weinberger
  • Patent number: 7214492
    Abstract: Disclosed are arrays for monitoring ecosystems, such as bodies of water, and methods and systems for making such arrays. In one embodiment, the array may include a plurality of oligonucleotides immobilized at known locations on a substrate, such that each location on the array is an oligonucleotide having a sequence derived from a single, predetermined operational taxonomic unit (OTU). The sequences immobilized on the array may be from known, or unknown organisms. Also disclosed are methods for identifying and isolating bioindicators diagnostic of specific ecosystems. The arrays and bioindicators of the invention may be used for rapid, and continual monitoring of ecosystems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    Inventors: Parke A. Rublee, Vincent C. Henrich, III