Michael A Weiner

US Patent:

6975994, Dec 13, 2005

Filed:

Sep 12, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/951327

Inventors:

Sarah Leslie Black - El Granada CA, US
Michael L. Weiner - Webster NY, US

Assignee:

Technology Innovations, LLC - West Henrietta NY

International Classification:

G10L021/00

US Classification:

704275, 704235, 704 2, 704271, 381 43, 84609

Abstract:

A speech-driven control device for a media system includes a housing; a controller; a first communication port to enable communication of instructions between a data processing system and the controller; and a second communication port to enable communication of instructions between a media device and the controller. The controller includes a speech recognition system to recognize human speech and to convert the human speech into a first set of commands and into a second set of commands. The first set of commands provides instructions to the data-processing system to enable speech driven control of a media presentation. The second set of commands provides instructions to the media device to enable speech driven control of a functionality of the media device.

US Patent:

20030008287, Jan 9, 2003

Filed:

Jul 9, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/901372

Inventors:

Sarah Black - El Granada CA, US
Stuart Hameroff - Tucson AZ, US
Michael Weiner - Webster NY, US

International Classification:

C12Q001/68
G06F019/00
G01N033/48
G01N033/50
G06K009/00

US Classification:

435/006000, 382/128000, 702/020000

Abstract:

A process for determining the status of a living organism. In this process, cellular material which contains a first microtubule, a second microtuble, and a multiplicity of microtubule associated proteins is imaged to determine both the positions of the microtubles and the positions of the microtubule associated proteins located between the microtubules. The pattern of microtubules associated protein attachment is therein correlated with historic phenotypic data to determine whether there is any abnormality in the sample specimen.

US Patent:

42922275, Sep 29, 1981

Filed:

Dec 10, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/102215

Inventors:

Alan S. Michaels - San Francisco CA
Michael W. Weiner - Stanford CA
Hemant Jalan - Chicago IL

Assignee:

Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University - Stanford CA

International Classification:

B01D 1104
B01D 1300

US Classification:

260 296H

Abstract:

Method and compositions are provided concerning stable supersaturated aqueous solutions of sparingly soluble inorganic salts. The method involves exceeding the solubility level of a sparingly soluable inorganic salt in water at ambient temperatures in the presence of polyanionic polyelectrolyte having a molecular weight of at least about 900 daltons and an ionic equivalent weight of not greater than about 65 and at least five ionizable groups per molecule. The solubility level may be exceeded by cooling a saturated solution of the sparingly soluble salt, preparing the sparingly soluble salt in situ, or adding a soluble salt having a common ion with the sparingly soluble salt to a concentrated or saturated solution of the sparingly soluble salt.

US Patent:

20180057875, Mar 1, 2018

Filed:

Aug 7, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/670885

Inventors:

- Cambridge MA, US
Jeremy Agresti - Richmond CA, US
Michael P. Weiner - Guilford CT, US
Adam R. Abate - San Francisco CA, US
Tony Hung - Peachtree City GA, US

International Classification:

C12Q 1/68

Abstract:

The present invention relates to systems and methods for sequencing nucleic acids, including sequencing nucleic acids in fluidic droplets. In one set of embodiments, the method employs sequencing by hybridization using droplets such as microfluidic droplets. In some embodiments, droplets are formed which include a target nucleic acid, a nucleic acid probe, and at least one identification element, such as a fluorescent particle. The nucleic acid probes that hybridize to the target nucleic acid are determined, in some instances, by determining the at least one identification element. The nucleic acid probes that hybridize to the target nucleic acid may be used to determine the sequence of the target nucleic acid. In certain instances, the microfluidic droplets are provided with reagents that modify the nucleic acid probe. In some cases, a droplet, such as those described above, is deformed such that the components of the droplets individually pass a target area.