Patents by Inventor William R. Humphreys

William R. Humphreys 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).

  • IL-31 dog pruritus model
    Patent number: 10526405
    Abstract: An IL-31 dog pruritus model is provided. This model comprises administering canine IL-31 to dogs to produce a pruritic response; quantitatively measuring pruritic responses in the dogs which were administered canine IL-31; administering a candidate dog IL-31 inhibitor; and assessing the effectiveness of the candidate dog IL-31 inhibitor in reducing prurtic behavior in the treated dogs by challenging the dogs with canine IL-31 following the administration of the candidate dog IL-31 inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Zoetis Services LLC
    Inventors: Donald Wayne Mann, James Taylor Curry, Robert B. McCall, William R. Humphrey, Andrea Joy Gonzales, Gary Francis Bammert, Steven Alan Dunham
  • IL-31 DOG PRURITUS MODEL
    Publication number: 20190359702
    Abstract: An IL-31 dog pruritus model is provided. This model comprises administering canine IL-31 to dogs to produce a pruritic response; quantitatively measuring pruritic responses in the dogs which were administered canine IL-31; administering a candidate dog IL-31 inhibitor; and assessing the effectiveness of the candidate dog IL-31 inhibitor in reducing prurtic behavior in the treated dogs by challenging the dogs with canine IL-31 following the administration of the candidate dog IL-31 inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: DONALD WAYNE MANN, JAMES TAYLOR CURRY, ROBERT B. MCCALL, WILLIAM R. HUMPHREY, ANDREA JOY GONZALES, GARY FRANCIS BAMMERT, STEVEN ALAN DUNHAM
  • Automated biological reaction apparatus
    Publication number: 20020001849
    Abstract: An automated immunostaining apparatus having a reagent application zone and a reagent supply zone. The apparatus has a carousel slide support supporting a plurality of slide supports thereon, and drive means engaging the carousel slide support for consecutively positioning each of a plurality of slide supports in the reagent application zone. The apparatus also has a carousel reagent support having a plurality of reagent container supports thereon, and drive means engaging the carousel for rotating the carousel and positioning a preselected reagent container support in the reagent supply zone. The apparatus also has a reagent delivery actuator means positioned for engaging a reagent container positioned on a container support in the reagent delivery zone and initiating reagent delivery from the reagent container to a slide supported on a slide support in the reagent receiving zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Keith G. Copeland, Thomas M. Grogan, Charles Hassen, William R. Humphreys, Charles D. Lemme, Phillip C. Miller, William L. Richards, Wayne A. Showalter
  • Automated biological reaction apparatus
    Patent number: 5595707
    Abstract: An automated immunostaining apparatus having a reagent application zone and a reagent supply zone. The apparatus has a carousel slide support supporting a plurality of slide supports thereon, and drive means engaging the carousel slide support for consecutively positioning each of a plurality of slide supports in the reagent application zone. The apparatus also has a carousel reagent support having a plurality of reagent container supports thereon, and drive means engaging the carousel for rotating the carousel and positioning a preselected reagent container support in the reagent supply zone. The apparatus also has a reagent delivery actuator means positioned for engaging a reagent container positioned on a container support in the reagent delivery zone and initiating reagent delivery from the reagent container to a slide supported on a slide support in the reagent receiving zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith G. Copeland, Thomas M. Grogan, Charles Hassen, William R. Humphreys, Charles D. Lemme, Phillip C. Miller, William L. Richards, Wayne A. Showalter