Patents by Inventor William Belknap

William Belknap 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).

  • Method and system for extracting and utilizing metadata to improve accuracy in speech to text conversions
    Publication number: 20060074895
    Abstract: A computer-based system and method for speech to text conversion preprocessing of a presentation with a speech audio, useable in real time. The method captures a presentation speech audio input to be converted into text, temporally associates the speech audio input with at least one supporting text source from the same presentation containing common keywords and creates an optimized and prioritized keyword positional index metadata set for inputting into a speech to text conversion processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: William Belknap
  • Ubiquitin-lytic peptide gene promoter
    Patent number: 6448391
    Abstract: Stabilized ubiquitin-lytic peptide fusion polypeptides and a method of making the same by sub-cloning nucleic acid sequences coding for lytic peptides into a plasmid vector comprising a promoter and ubiquitin polypeptide coding sequence, wherein the ubiquitin polypeptide sequence is linked to the 5′ end of the lytic peptide nucleic acid sequence and is translated as a fusion polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Demegen, Inc.
    Inventors: Joan Garbarino, William Belknap
  • Plants producing lytic peptides
    Patent number: 6084156
    Abstract: Stabilized ubiquitin-lytic peptide fusion polypeptides and a method of making the same by sub-cloning nucleic acid sequences coding for lytic peptides into a plasmid vector comprising a promoter and ubiquitin polypeptide coding sequence, wherein the ubiquitin polypeptide sequence is linked to the 5' end of the lytic peptide nucleic acid sequence and is translated as a fusion polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Demegen, Inc.
    Inventors: Joan Garbabino, Jesse Jaynes, William Belknap
  • Ubiquitin-lytic peptide fusion gene constructs, protein products deriving therefrom, and methods of making and using same
    Patent number: 6018102
    Abstract: Stabilized ubiquitin-lytic peptide fusion polypeptides and a method of making the same by sub-cloning nucleic acid sequences coding for lytic peptides into a plasmid vector comprising a promoter and ubiquitin polypeptide coding sequence, wherein the ubiquitin polypeptide sequence is linked to the 5' end of the lytic peptide nucleic acid sequence and is translated as a fusion polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignees: Demegen, Inc., The United States of America represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Joan Garbarino, Jesse Jaynes, William Belknap
  • Ubiquitin-lytic peptide fusion gene constructs, protein products deriving therefrom, and methods of making and using same
    Patent number: 5955573
    Abstract: Stabilized ubiquitin-lytic peptide fusion polypeptides and a method of making the same by sub-cloning nucleic acid sequences coding for lytic peptides into a plasmid vector comprising a promoter and ubiquitin polypeptide coding sequence, wherein the ubiquitin polypeptide sequence is linked to the 5' end of the lytic peptide nucleic acid sequence and is translated as a fusion polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Demegen, Inc.
    Inventors: Joan Garbarino, Jesse Jaynes, William Belknap