2007 Issued Patents
The following U.S. patents were issued to University of Virginia inventors in 2007:
| Issue Date | Patent No. | Patent Title | U.Va. Inventor(s) |
| 01/02/07 | 7,157,480 | Use of Pramipexole to Treat Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | James P. Bennett Jr., M.D., Ph.D. |
| 01/16/07 | 7,163,799 | Neuromedin U Receptor NMUR2 and Nucleotides Encoding It | Kevin R. Lynch, Ph.D. |
| 01/16/07 | 7,164,268 | Method and Apparatus for Spin-Echo-Train MR Imaging Using Prescribed Signal Evolutions | John P. Mugler III, Ph.D., James R. Brookeman, Ph.D. |
| 01/30/07 | 7,169,818 | Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptor Agonists and Antagonists | Kevin R. Lynch, Ph.D., Timothy L. Macdonald, Ph.D., Christopher E. Heise, Ph.D. Mark D. Okusa, M.D. |
| 02/06/07 | 7,172,760 | Compositions and Methods for Prevention and Treatment of Uncontrolled Formation of Intravascular Fibrin Clots | Ronald P. Taylor, Ph.D. |
| 02/06/07 | 7,174,200 | Optimized High-Speed Magnetic Resonance Imaging Method and System Using Hyperpolarized Noble Gases | Michael Salerno, M.D., Ph.D., John P. Mugler III, Ph.D., James R. Brookeman, Ph.D. |
| 04/03/07 | 7,200,243 | Spectral Mixture Process Conditioned by Spatially-Smooth Partitioning | Daniel M. Keenan, Ph.D. |
| 05/01/07 | 7,211,348 | Multifunctional Battery and Method of Making the Same | Haydn N.G. Wadley, Ph.D., Douglas T. Queheillalt, Ph.D. |
| 05/08/07 | 7,214,665 | 2-propynyl Adenosine Analogs Having A2A Agonist Activity and Compositions Thereof | Joel M. Linden, Ph.D., Jayson M. Rieger, Ph.D., Timothy L. Macdonald, Ph.D., Gail W. Sullivan, Lauren J. Murphree, Ph.D., Robert A. Figler, Ph.D. |
| 05/29/07 | 7,223,325 | Method for Orthogonal Analyte Stacking/Injection Systems in Electrophoresis | James P. Landers, Ph.D., James F. Palmer, Ph.D. |
| 06/05/07 | 7,226,913 | Pharmaceutical Compositions Having A2A Adenosine Receptor Agonist Activity | Joel M. Linden, Ph.D., Gail W. Sullivan, Ian J. Sarembock, M.D., Timothy L. Macdonald, Ph.D., Mark D. Okusa, M.D., Irving L. Kron, M.D., W. Michael Scheld, M.D. |
| 06/12/07 | 7,229,258 | Streamlined Unobstructed One-Pass Axial-Flow Pump | Houston G. Wood III, Ph.D., Paul E. Allaire, Ph.D., Steven W. Day, Ph.D., Xinwei Song, Ph.D., Alexandrina Untaroiu, Ph.D., Amy L. Throckmorton, Ph.D. |
| 06/12/07 | 7,230,073 | Sperm Specific Proteins | Zhonglin Hao, M.D., Ph.D., John C. Herr, Ph.D., Friederike L. Jayes, Ph.D., Jagathpala Shetty, Ph.D., Michael J. Wolkowicz, Ph.D. |
| 06/26/07 | 7,235,295 | Polymeric Nanofibers for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery | Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D., Lakshmi S. Nair, Ph.D., Subhabrata Bhattacharyya, Ph.D. |
| 07/10/07 | 7,241,790 | Compounds Active in Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Signaling | Kevin R. Lynch, Ph.D., Timothy L. Macdonald, Ph.D. |
| 08/14/07 | 7,255,858 | Enhancing the Efficacy of Immunotherapies by Supplementing with Complement | Ronald P. Taylor, Ph.D., Margaret A. Lindorfer, Ph.D., Michael D. Solga, Adam D. Kennedy, Ph.D. |
| 08/28/07 | 7,261,511 | Robotic Pick Up and Delivery System | Robin A. Felder, Ph.D., Randy A. Turner, J. William Holman, Christopher A. Estey, Ph.D. |
| 10/30/07 | 7,288,326 | Active Energy Absorbing Cellular Metals and Method of Manufacturing and Using the Same | Dana M. Elzey, Ph.D., Haydn N.G. Wadley, Ph.D. |
| 11/13/07 | 7,294,409 | Medical Devices Having Porous Layers and Methods for Making Same | Whye-Kei Lye, Ph.D., Kareen L. Looi, J.D., M.B.A., Michael L. Reed, Ph.D. |