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Bradley David Opperman, Belleville, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110023800MIRROR-IMAGE CYLINDER HEADS - A vee-engine has left and right cylinder banks have valve configurations that are mirror images of each other. The exhaust valves and associated exhaust ports are situated more toward the rear of the engine than the intake valves in any particular cylinder. With all the exhaust valves nearer the rear of the engine, the overall exhaust manifold runner length between the ports and the turbocharger is reduced relative to an engine with offset cylinder banks where exhaust valves in one bank are located nearer the front of the engine than exhaust valves of the other bank.02-03-2011
20110023819GLOW PLUG PLACEMENT IN A DIESEL ENGINE - A four-valve per cylinder engine has two intake valves, two exhaust valves and a centrally located fuel injector. Between each adjacent pair of valves is a valve bridge with a point of minimum separation between adjacent valves. In the present disclosure, the glow plug port is defined in the cylinder top at a location outboard of the minimum separation between adjacent and at a depth which is tangent to an edge of a fuel jet emanating the injector. By placing the glow plug farther outboard than found in the prior art, the glow plug contacts the fuel as it comes out of the injector and as it rebounds off a feature of the piston bowl.02-03-2011

Gary Opperman, St. Louis Park, MN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090176663ARRAY PRINT BUFFERS - The present invention relates to compositions suitable for spotting compounds onto a substrate, and methods employing these compositions. The composition can include one or more organic anions of formula I: R(X)07-09-2009
20100096320Ultra-thin photo-polymer coatings and uses thereof - The invention provides methods for forming ultra-thin hydrophilic polymeric coatings on articles, as well as articles formed therefrom. The coatings are formed by irradiating a composition including a polymer having pendent photoreactive groups while the composition is in contact with a surface of the article.04-22-2010

Patent applications by Gary Opperman, St. Louis Park, MN US

Gary W. Opperman, St. Louis Park, MN US

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20090123436CRYOPRESERVATIVE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS - The invention relates to compositions for the cryogenic storage of biological materials and related methods. In an embodiment, the invention includes a cryopreservative composition including a chaotropic agent and a kosmotropic agent. In an embodiment, the invention includes a cryopreservative composition including urea and trimethylamine-N-oxide. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of cryopreserving cells including contacting cells with a cryopreservative composition, the cryopreservative composition comprising a chaotropic agent and a kosmotropic agent. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of transplanting cells into a subject, the method including administering a composition to the subject, the composition comprising an effective amount of a chaotropic agent, an effective amount of a kosmotropic agent, and cells. Other embodiments are also included herein.05-14-2009
20090269407Poly-alpha(1-4)glucopyranose-based matrices with hydrazide crosslinking - The present invention provides biocompatible, biodegradable matrices formed from poly-α(1→4)glucopyranose and reactive hydrazide groups. The matrices can be used for various applications in the body, including drug delivery and cell therapy.10-29-2009

Kay Opperman, Rockton, IL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110262917MODIFIED NUCLEOTIDES - Modified nucleotides, and methods to modify nucleotides with a moiety or label, such as biotin, that permits their detection and results in a modified nucleotide, and methods of use of the modified nucleotide in quantitative and qualitative assays.10-27-2011

Timothy Opperman, Somerville, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090017054NUCLEIC ACID AND AMINO ACID SEQUENCES RELATING TO STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS - The invention provides isolated polypeptide and nucleic acid sequences derived from 01-15-2009
20090074806NUCLEIC ACID AND AMINO ACID SEQUENCES RELATING TO STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS - The invention provides isolated polypeptide and nucleic acid sequences derived from 03-19-2009
20090148890Nucleic acid and amino acid sequences relating to streptococcus pneumoniae for diagnostics and therapeutics - The invention provides isolated polypeptide and nucleic acid sequences derived from 06-11-2009
20090215149Nucleic acid and amino acid sequences relating to Streptococcus pneumoniae for diagnostics and therapeutics - The invention provides isolated polypeptide and nucleic acid sequences derived from 08-27-2009

Patent applications by Timothy Opperman, Somerville, MA US

Timothy J. Opperman, Arlington, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110098323INHIBITORS OF BACTERIAL BIOFILM FORMATION - Organic compounds are described for use in inhibiting or preventing formation of bacterial biofilms.04-28-2011