2000 Issued Patents
The following U.S. patents were issued to University of Virginia inventors in 2000:
| Issue Date | Patent No. | Patent Title | Inventor(s) |
| 03/07/00 | 6,034,133 | Use of Virucidal Hand Lotion to Prevent the Spread of Rhinovirus Colds | J. Owen Hendley, M.D., Jack M. Gwaltney Jr., M.D., Deborah F. Thacker |
| 04/25/00 | 6,055,487 | Interactive Remote Sample Analysis System | Keith S. Margrey, Robin A. Felder, Ph.D., James C. Boyd, M.D., J. William Holman, John Savory, Ph.D. |
| 05/09/00 | 6,060,481 | Method for Improving Insulin Sensitivity Using an Adenosine Receptor Antagonist | Kathryn F. LaNoue, Ph.D. George H. Crist, Ph.D., Joel M. Linden, Ph.D. |
| 06/13/00 | 6,074,180 | Hybrid Magnetically Suspended and Rotated Centrifugal Pumping Apparatus and Method | Pratap S. Khanwilkar, Ph.D., M.B.A., Paul E. Allaire, Ph.D., Gill B. Bearnson, Ph.D., Don B. Olsen, M.D., Eric H. Maslen, Ph.D., James W. Long, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 06/13/00 | 6,075,057 | Inhibition of Carbohydrates Metabolism by Quinone Compounds | Sidney M. Hecht, Ph.D., Edward Locke, Ph.D. |
| 06/20/00 | 6,077,885 | Chromate-Free Protective Coatings | Harold E. Hager, Ph.D., Chris J. Johnson, Ph.D., Kay Y. Blohowiak, Chun M. Wong, John H. Jones, Ph.D., Robert L. Cook Jr., Ph.D., S. Ray Taylor, Ph.D. |
| 06/27/00 | 6,080,838 | Peptidomimetic of Helix-Turn-Helix or Gamma-Turn | Felicia A. Etzkorn, Ph.D., Jeremy M. Travins, Ph.D. |
| 07/04/00 | 6,082,364 | Pluripotential Bone Marrow Cell Line and Methods of Using the Same | Gary Balian, Ph.D., Gwo-Jaw Wang, M.D., David R. Diduch, M.D., Chang Hahn, Ph.D. |
| 07/25/00 | 6,093,697 | Synthetic Insulin Mimetic Substances | Joseph Larner, M.D., Ph.D., John Price, Ph.D., Thomas Piccariello, Ph.D., Laura C. Huang, Ph.D. |
| 08/01/00 | 6,096,021 | Flow Arrest, Double Balloon Technique for Occluding Aneurysms or Blood Vessels | Gregory A. Helm, M.D., Ph.D., David F. Kallmes, M.D., Gerald R. Hankins, Ph.D. |
| 08/08/00 | 6,099,821 | Nuclear Scintigraphic Assessment of Mucosal Function | Tyvin A. Rich, M.D., Alexander V. Kirichenko, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 08/15/00 | 6,101,886 | Multi-Stage Sampler Concentrator | Jack S. Brenizer Jr., Ph.D., Charles E. Daitch, Ph.D., Bouvard Hosticka, L. Roger Mason Jr., Ph.D., Pamela M. Norris, Ph.D. |
| 09/12/00 | 6,117,878 | 8-Phenyl- or 8-Cycloalkyl Xanthine Antagonists of A2B Human Adenosine Receptors | Joel M. Linden, Ph.D. |
| 09/12/00 | 6,117,889 | 7-Azabicyclo-[2.2.1]-Heptane and -Heptene Derivatives as Analgesics and Anti-Inflammatory Agents | Tsung-ying Shen, Ph.D., W. Dean Harman, Ph.D., Dao Fei Huang, Javier Gonzalez |
| 10/24/00 | 6,136,785 | Protection from Loss of Sensory Hair Cells in the Inner Ear by Administration of Insulin-like Growth Factor and Platelet Derived Growth Factor | Jeffrey T. Corwin, Ph.D., Eugenia Gray, M.D., Mark E. Warchol, Ph.D., Linda D. Saffer, Ph.D. |
| 10/31/00 | 6,139,734 | Apparatus for Structural Characterization of Biological Moieties Through HPLC Separation | Robert E. Settlage, Ph.D., Donald F. Hunt, Ph.D., Robert E. Christian, Ph.D. |
| 11/28/00 | 6,152,563 | Eye Gaze Direction Tracker | Thomas E. Hutchinson, Ph.D., Christopher P. Lankford, Ph.D., Peter Shannon |
| 11/28/00 | 6,154,826 | Method and Device for Maximizing Memory System Bandwidth by Accessing Data in a Dynamically Determined Order | William A. Wulf, Ph.D., Sally A. McKee, Ph.D., Robert Klenke, Ph.D., Andrew J. Schwab, Ph.D., Stephen A. Moyer, James H. Aylor, Ph.D., Charles Y. Hitchcock |
| 12/12/00 | 6,159,467 | In Vivo Suppression of Osteosarcoma Pulmonary Metastasis with Intravenous Osteocalcin Promoter-Based Toxic Gene Therapy | Leland W.K. Chung, M.D., Chinghai Kao, Ph.D., Robert A. Sikes, Ph.D., Song-Chu Ko, M.D., Ph.D., Jun Cheon, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 12/19/00 | 6,162,472 | Nutritional Formula for Premature Infants and Method of Making | M. Pamela Griffin, M.D., James W. Hansen, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 12/26/00 | 6,165,469 | Recombinant Entamoeba Histolytica Lectin Subunit Peptides and Reagents Specific for Members of the 170 kDa Subunit Multigene Family | Barbara J. Mann, Ph.D., William A. Petri Jr., M.D., Ph.D. |