2004 Issued Patents
The following U.S. patents were issued to University of Virginia inventors in 2004:
| Issue Date | Patent No. | Patent Title | Inventor(s) |
| 02/10/04 | 6,688,123 | Automated Storage and Retrieval Apparatus for Freezers and Related Method Thereof | Robin A. Felder, Ph.D., B. Sean Graves, Ph.D., James P. Gunderson, Ph.D. |
| 02/17/04 | 6,692,439 | Angular Scatter Imaging System Using Translating Apertures and Method Thereof | William F. Walker, Ph.D., Michael J. McAllister, Gregg E. Trahey, Ph.D. |
| 03/30/04 | 6,713,638 | 2-Amino-3-Aroyl-4,5 Alkylthiophenes: Agonist Allosteric Enhancers at Human A1 Adenosine Receptors | Joel M. Linden, Ph.D., Ray A. Olsson, M.D., Peter J. Scammells, Ph.D. |
| 04/20/04 | 6,723,703 | Therapeutic Use of Aerosolized S-Nitrosoglutathione in Cystic Fibrosis | Benjamin M. Gaston, M.D., Jonathan S. Stamler, M.D. |
| 07/06/04 | 6,759,402 | Cyclic Felbamate Derived Compounds | Timothy L. Macdonald, Ph.D., Thomas A. Miller, Charles D. Thompson, Ph.D., Christine M. Fandozzi, Ph.D. |
| 08/10/04 | 6,775,568 | Exchange-Based NMR Imaging and Spectroscopy of Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 | John P. Mugler III, Ph.D., Kai Ruppert, Ph.D., James R. Brookeman, Ph.D. |
| 10/12/04 | 6,804,551 | Method and Apparatus for the Early Diagnosis of Subacute, Potentially Catastrophic Illness | M. Pamela Griffin, M.D., J. Randall Moorman, M.D., Boris P. Kovatchev, Ph.D. |
| 10/19/04 | 6,805,697 | Method and System for Fusing a Spinal Region | Gregory A. Helm, M.D., Ph.D., David F. Kallmes, M.D., Gerald R. Hankins, Ph.D., Mary E. Jensen, M.D. |
| 12/21/04 | 6,834,201 | Catheter Navigation Within an MR Imaging Device | George T. Gillies, Ph.D., Roger N. Hastings, Ph.D., Jeffrey M. Garibaldi, William C. Broaddus, M.D., Ph.D. |