Steven Craig Hand, 7218644 Bay Ridge Ct, Baton Rouge, LA 70817

7032071, Apr 18, 2006

May 21, 2002

10/153546

Steven G. Hand - Westminster CO, US
Arieh Markel - Lafayette CO, US
Deborah Peterson - Lafayette CO, US
Kristina A. Tripp - Denver CO, US

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

G06F 12/00

711117, 710 53, 710 52

Provided are a computer implemented method, system, and program for accessing information on a device. A first and second buffers are generated in a computer readable medium. The first buffer is indicated as a read buffer. Property values are returned from the buffer indicated as the read buffer in response to requests for property values for the device. The second buffer is indicated as a refresh buffer. Updates to the property values accessed from the device are written to the buffer indicated as the refresh buffer.

7111304, Sep 19, 2006

May 21, 2002

10/153484

Steven G. Hand - Westminster CO, US
Arieh Markel - Lafayette CO, US
Deborah Peterson - Lafayette CO, US
Kristina A. Tripp - Denver CO, US

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

G06F 3/00
G06F 9/44
G06F 9/46
G06F 13/00

719315, 719321, 710 15

Provided are a computer implemented method, system, and program for enabling access to information from a device. A device program is generated to access device property information from the device. Each device property indicates a state of the device and the device program includes device specific commands to query the device for information on the device properties and device independent statements common to device programs for other devices to buffer the queried property information to return to requesting clients. The device program is stored in a computer readable medium.

7314755, Jan 1, 2008

Oct 14, 2004

10/965039

Steven C. Hand - Baton Rouge LA, US
Michael A. Menze - Baton Rouge LA, US

Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College - Baton Rouge LA

C12N 5/00
A01N 1/02

435374, 435 13

A method is disclosed for reliably stabilizing eukaryotic cells that express the P2Xreceptor channel, particularly mammalian and other vertebrate cells, including human cells, for example mammalian macrophages, or hematopoietic stem cells, in order to introduce otherwise membrane-impermeable compounds that are helpful for stabilizing the cells during drying, chilling, freezing, freeze-drying, or cryopreservation. The cells are exposed to extracellular ATP in concentration sufficient to open pores in the plasma membrane. One or more otherwise membrane-impermeable compounds that aid the survivorship of cells are then introduced, for example, trehalose, and after a brief time the pores are closed—for example, by adding divalent cations, or by diluting the extracellular solution. Once the trehalose or other stabilizing compound has been introduced, the cells may be stably preserved. By taking advantage of an endogenous mammalian receptor and ATP, no antigenic compounds need be introduced.

5058162, Oct 15, 1991

Aug 9, 1990

7/564911

John C. Santon - Johnstown CO
Kenneth R. Nielsen - Loveland CO
Christen M. Armbrust - Boulder Creek CA
Pankaj B. Shah - Santa Clara CA
Steven J. Hand - San Jose CA

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

H04K 100
H04K 900
H04L 900

380 25

A method of distributing a plurality of data files to a plurality of recipients including the steps of: placing encrypted copies of the data files to be distributed on a plurality of identical media and providing the recipients with media reading devices having data file decryption capability; logically arranging the data files into data file groups; in response to a recipient's request for access to selected file groups providing the recipient with a group access map indicative of the file groups to which access is requested; in further response to a recipient's request for access to selected file groups providing the recipient with a password to be used for access verification; completing an access verification operation using the group access map and the password and data indicative of the media being read and data indicative of the reading device being used; providing access to the data files in the file groups to which access is requested by use of the group access map; and decrypting the accessed data files.

4897353, Jan 30, 1990

Oct 30, 1986

6/924794

John F. Carpenter - David CA
Steven C. Hand - Louisville CO
Lois M. Crowe - Davis CA
John H. Crowe - Davis CA

University of Southwestern Louisiana - Lafayette LA

C12N 996
C12N 912

435188

A method of protecting soluble proteins such that their biological activity is preserved after freezing by exposing the protein to an amino acid or trimethylamine-N-oxide and transition metal ion prior to freezing. The protected protein can then be thawed without denaturation or impairment of the protein's biological activity. The protein is preferably exposed to the amino acid or trimethylamine-N-oxide by placing it in a 25-100 mM aqueous solution of organic solute and 1 mM Zn. sup. +2. This method is especially effective in preserving the biological activity of fragile proteins such as the enzyme phosphofructokinase. The present method can be used to preserve pharmaceutically useful proteins in a frozen form for storage and distribution. The treated protein can be thawed and administered directly to a user without removing the cryoprotectant since the amino acid or oxide and trace amounts of many transition metal ions are nontoxic.