Inventor

Robert E. Short

Inventor

Los Gatos, CA, US

Overview

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Patents

1987–2013

Patent span

Human necessities

Primary field (CPC A)

Patents· 12 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

A61Kprimary

A61KPreparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes35%

A61BDiagnosis9%

B01JChemical or physical processes, e.g. catalysis or colloid chemistry9%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests9%

A41DOuterwear4%

A61FFilters implantable into blood vessels4%

A61LMethods or apparatus for sterilising materials or objects in general4%

A62BDevices, apparatus or methods for life-saving4%

B44CProducing decorative effects4%

B65DContainers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers4%

PatentTitleYear

8,486,444'Nanobubbles useful as an ultrasonic contrast agent for the lymphatic system'2013 8,460,637'Reconstitutable microsphere compositions useful as ultrasonic contrast agents'2013 6,919,068'Method of preparing gas-filled polymer matrix microparticles useful for echographic imaging'2005 6,776,761'Hollow microspheres with controlled fragility for medical use'2004 6,482,518'Excipient for the lyophilization of aqueous suspensions of microparticles'2002 6,193,951'Microparticles useful as ultrasonic contrast agents'2001 5,948,427'Microparticulate surgical adhesive'1999 5,607,971'Esterified vasoactive lipids for increasing perfusion pressure of the caruncular arterial bed in mammals'1997 5,578,119'Moldable sculpting medium'1996 5,333,613'Microparticles as ultrasonic contrast media'1994 5,278,194'Environmentall dispersible syntactic foam'1994 4,691,762'Personal temperature control system'1987

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1987Based in Cupertino, CA, US· patent location history

1994–1996Patents assigned to MICROSOME (2)· patent assignee history

1994–2013Based in Los Gatos, CA, US· patent location history

1997Based in Miles City, MT, US· patent location history

2001–2005Patents assigned to POINT BIOMEDICAL CORP (4)· patent assignee history

2013Patents assigned to OTTOBONI THOMAS B (2)· patent assignee history

2013Patents assigned to SHORT ROBERT E (2)· patent assignee history

2013Patents assigned to UNIV PITTSBURGH (2)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
POINT BIOMEDICAL CORP	4	2001–2005
MICROSOME	2	1994–1996
OTTOBONI THOMAS B	2	2013
SHORT ROBERT Eself	2	2013
UNIV PITTSBURGH	2	2013

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Los Gatos, California, US	10	1994–2013
Miles City, MT, US	1	1997
Cupertino, California, US	1	1987