2001 Issued Patents
The following U.S. patents were issued to University of Virginia inventors in 2001:
| Issue Date | Patent No. | Patent Title | Inventor(s) |
| 01/30/01 | 6,180,612 | Methods and Compositions for Targeting DNA Metabolic Processes Using Aminoglycoside Derivatives | Joel W. Hockensmith, Ph.D., Rohini Muthuswami, Ph.D. |
| 01/30/01 | 6,181,960 | Biopsy Marker Device | Mary E. Jensen, M.D., Laurie L. Fajardo, M.D. |
| 02/13/01 | 6,187,310 | Recombinant Entamoeba Histolytica Lectin Subunit Peptides and Reagents Specific for Members of the 170 kDa Subunit Multigene Family | Barbara J. Mann, Ph.D., James M. Dodson, Ph.D., William A. Petri Jr., M.D., Ph.D. |
| 02/20/01 | 6,192,320 | 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. |
| 04/10/01 | 6,216,030 | Magnetic Stereotactic System for Treatment Delivery | Matthew A. Howard, M.D., Marc Mayberg, M.D., M. Sean Grady, M.D., Rogers C. Ritter, Ph.D., George T. Gillies, Ph.D. |
| 04/10/01 | 6,216,032 | Method and Apparatus for the Early Diagnosis of Subacute, Potentially Catastrophic Illness | M. Pamela Griffin, M.D., J. Randall Moorman, M.D. |
| 05/15/01 | 6,232,297 | Methods and Compositions for Treating Inflammatory Response | Joel M. Linden, Ph.D., Gail W. Sullivan, Ian J. Sarembock, M.D., Timothy L. Macdonald, Ph.D., Mark D. Okusa, M.D. |
| 06/12/01 | 6,245,440 | Continuous Metal Fiber Brushes | Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf, Ph.D., David D. Makel, Ph.D., George T. Gillies, Ph.D. |
| 06/12/01 | 6,245,938 | 4-Pentenoyl Groups for Derivatization and Protection of Amino Acids | Sidney M. Hecht, Ph.D., Michiel Lodder, Ph.D. |
| 07/03/01 | 6,255,490 | 7-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]-Heptane and -Heptene Derivatives as Cholinergic Receptor Ligands | Tsung-ying Shen, Ph.D., W. Dean Harman, Ph.D., Dao Fei Huang, Javier Gonzalez |
| 07/10/01 | 6,258,364 | Purified Sperm Surface Antigen, Monoclonal Antibody Therefor and Application Therefor | John C. Herr, Ph.D., Alan B. Diekman, Ph.D., V. Anne Westbrook-Case, Elizabeth J. Norton |
| 10/02/01 | 6,298,259 | Combined Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Magnetic Stereotaxis Surgical Apparatus and Processes | John Kucharczyk, Ph.D., George T. Gillies, Ph.D. |
| 10/16/01 | 6,302,661 | Electromagnetically 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. |
| 10/16/01 | 6,303,299 | Vitro Suppression as a Tool for the Investigation of Translation Initiation | Sidney M. Hecht, Ph.D., Vladimir Karginov, Ph.D., Andrei V. Karginov, Ph.D. |
| 10/16/01 | 6,303,619 | Meta-Substituted Acidic 8-Phenylxanthene Antagonists of A3 Human Adenosine Receptors | Joel M. Linden, Ph.D. |
| 10/23/01 | 6,306,606 | Antisense Modulation of MP-1 Expression | Michael J. Weber, Ph.D., Jacqueline Wyatt, Ph.D., Lex M. Cowsert, Ph.D. |
| 11/13/01 | 6,315,905 | Method for Structural Characterization of Biological Moieties Through HPLC Separation | Robert E. Settlage, Ph.D., Donald F. Hunt, Ph.D., Robert E. Christian, Ph.D. |
| 11/27/01 | 6,322,771 | Induction of Pharmacological Stress with Adenosine Receptor Agonists | Joel M. Linden, Ph.D., David K. Glover, Ph.D., George A. Beller, M.D., Timothy L. Macdonald, Ph.D. |
| 11/27/01 | 6,323,818 | Integration of Hollow Waveguides, Channels and Horns by Lithographic and Etching Techniques | Philip J. Koh, Ph.D., Thomas W. Crowe, Ph.D., William L. Bishop Jr., Jeffrey L. Hesler, Ph.D., Robert M. Weikle II, Ph.D., Chris Mann, David Matheson |
| 12/11/01 | 6,329,500 | Transforming Growth Factor-β Binding Site | Donna J. Webb, Ph.D., Steven L. Gonias, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 12/11/01 | 6,330,469 | Method and Apparatus for the Early Diagnosis of Subacute, Potentially Catastrophic Illness | M. Pamela Griffin, M.D., J. Randall Moorman, M.D. |