Brian Thomas Sullivan

Address:

275 Hodencamp Rd APT 23, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

VIN:

1FMCU03789KA07558

Make:

FORD

Model:

ESCAPE

Year:

2009

US Patent:

6562209, May 13, 2003

Filed:

Apr 19, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/837946

Inventors:

Brian M. Sullivan - Redondo Beach CA
Denes L. Zsolnay - Rolling Hills CA
Richard K. McHugh - Alhambra CA

Assignee:

Northrop Grumman Corporation - Redondo Beach CA

International Classification:

G01N 27416

US Classification:

20440301, 20440314, 4352861, 435817

Abstract:

An electronic controller, such as a programmed microcontroller ( ), controls a series of pumps (P -P ) to automatically sequence the pumping of the individual fluids required by the ELISA procedure into a cell (or cells) necessary to produce a reporter, control the positioning of the carrier of the reporter ( ) adjacent the reporter sensor ( ), analyze the data obtained from the reporter sensor and display ( ) the concentration of the bioagent determined from the analysis of the foregoing data. The foregoing elements automate the ELISA procedure. Once started, the apparatus, governed by the program, conducts the test automatically without the necessity for human intervention. In accordance with a specific aspect, the foregoing components may be housed in a single package for easy portability; may be battery powered or line powered.

US Patent:

6591224, Jul 8, 2003

Filed:

Jun 1, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/585211

Inventors:

Brian M. Sullivan - Hermosa Beach CA
Shi-Ping Hsu - Pasadena CA

Assignee:

Northrop Grumman Corporation - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

G06K 980

US Classification:

702179, 702 32, 702108, 702181, 702183, 702189

Abstract:

Method and apparatus for providing a standardized measure of accuracy of each biometric device in a biometric identity authentication system having multiple users. A statistical database includes continually updated values of false acceptance rate and false rejection rate for each combination of user, biometric device and biometric device comparison score. False acceptance rate data are accumulated each time a user successfully accesses the system, by comparing the users currently obtained biometric data with stored templates of all other users of the same device. Each user is treated as an âimpostorâ with respect to the other users, and the probability of an impostors obtaining each possible comparison score is computed with accumulated data each time a successful access is made to the system. The statistical database also contains a false rejection rate, accumulated during a test phase, for each combination of user, biometric device and biometric device comparison score.

US Patent:

6803202, Oct 12, 2004

Filed:

Oct 23, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/055318

Inventors:

Brian M. Sullivan - Redondo Beach CA
Denes L. Zsolnay - Rolling Hills Estates CA

Assignee:

Northrop Grumman Corporation - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

G01N 33543

US Classification:

435 792, 435 71, 435 793, 435 794, 436518

Abstract:

The existence of any one of a plurality of 2 -1 bioagents in a sample (1) may be determined by dividing the sample into N parts and performing separate ELISA processes (TEST 1 TEST 2) on each of the N parts concurrently, where N is an integer greater than 1, each of the separate ELISA processes possessing the capability to identify a bioagent from a combination of possible bioagents (3), and in which the combination of possible bioagents of any one of the separate ELISA processes is different (7) from the combination of possible bioagents of any other of the separate ELISA processes.

US Patent:

6933143, Aug 23, 2005

Filed:

Feb 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/374295

Inventors:

Brian M. Sullivan - Redondo Beach CA, US
Denes L. Zsolnay - Rolling Hills Estates CA, US

Assignee:

Northrop Grumman Corporation - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

C12M003/02

US Classification:

4352861, 4352871, 435817, 422 67, 422 99, 20440301, 20440314

Abstract:

An electronic controller, such as a programmed microcontroller, controls a series of pumps to automatically sequence the pumping of the individual fluids required by the ELISA procedure into a cell (or cells) necessary to produce a reporter, including the addition of o-nitrophenyl beta-D galactopyranoside substrate of the enzyme (“ONP-GP”), control the positioning of the carrier of the reporter adjacent the reporter sensor, analyze the data obtained from the reporter sensor and display the concentration of the bioagent determined from the analysis of the foregoing data. Once started, the apparatus, governed by the program, conducts the test automatically in the shortest time known to date, without the necessity for human intervention.

US Patent:

7081366, Jul 25, 2006

Filed:

Jun 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/449898

Inventors:

Brian M. Sullivan - Manhattan Beach CA, US
Denes L. Zsolnay - Rolling Hills Estates CA, US

Assignee:

Northrop Grumman Corporation - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

G01N 33/553

US Classification:

436526, 436518, 436173, 424 9, 424 129, 424602, 1286534, 128654, 514492, 423263, 423301, 423305, 252359, 252312, 44 51

Abstract:

A primary antibody bead suspension for an enzyme-linked immunoassay (“ELISA”) procedure is formed of a quantity of primary antibody coated magnetic beads () uniformly dispersed and held in suspension () by a thixotropic non-Newtonian fluid (). To remove the thixotropic non-Newtonian fluid prior to application in the ELISA procedure, a magnet () is placed against the side of the non-magnetic vessel () holding the suspension to draw the magnetic beads against the side while the thixotropic fluid is washed away by pumping (& ) and replaced by a saline buffer solution.

US Patent:

7319039, Jan 15, 2008

Filed:

Nov 9, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/985602

Inventors:

Brian M. Sullivan - Manhattan Beach CA, US

Assignee:

Northrop Grumman Corporation - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

G01N 21/76

US Classification:

436172, 356318, 2504581, 436181

Abstract:

The presence of an aerosol or cloud () of a toxic substance is detected by producing an aerosol () of ligands () to the target substance in a region of sky that contains the target substance, permitting molecules the target substance to bind to the ligand, directing light () of a first frequency into the revised aerosol; and then inspecting () the revised aerosol for emissions of light of a second frequency. When light of the second frequency exists an alarm () is initiated.

US Patent:

7713752, May 11, 2010

Filed:

Feb 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/374270

Inventors:

Brian M. Sullivan - Redondo Beach CA, US
Denes L. Zsolnay - Rolling Hills Estates CA, US

Assignee:

Northrop Grumman Corporation - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

G01N 33/553
B05D 7/00

US Classification:

436526, 436435, 436518, 210 42, 210222, 210695, 427212

Abstract:

Mixing of a sample containing a suspect bioagent or antigen with 1 recognition molecule coated magnetic beads in the preliminary stage of an enzyme linked immunoassay (“ELISA”) procedure is emulated by first inserting the coated magnetic beads into a non-magnetic confinement region, generating a magnetic field B along the axis of said non-magnetic confinement region to agglomerate the coated magnetic beads into a porous mass; then percolating or otherwise forcing the sample solution through said porous mass; and withdrawing the magnetic field to de-agglomerate said coated magnetic beads. In seeping or otherwise flowing through the magnetic beads the molecules of the sample link to respective magnetic beads that are coated with recognition molecules.

US Patent:

20020156584, Oct 24, 2002

Filed:

Apr 19, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/838625

Inventors:

Brian Sullivan - Redondo Beach CA, US
Denes Zsolnay - Rolling Hills Estates CA, US

International Classification:

G06F019/00

US Classification:

702/019000

Abstract:

Fast, safe and effective monitoring of the presence of (and/or spread of) a virus or other disease causing agent is obtained by a computer controlled test unit () that automatically collects and tests flying insects in the environment, such as mosquitoes, for the presence of disease causing virus. Responding to bait () furnished in the front end () of the unit, mosquitoes are attracted and drawn into an air stream, generated by a fan (), that forces the mosquitoes into a detergent solution reservoir within a chamber (). The mosquitoes drown in the solution and the detergent solution leaches any virus carried by the mosquito from the mosquito carcass. After a suitable lapse of time necessary to collect mosquito specimens, the detergent solution is automatically pumped () into the automated enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (“ELISA”) device portion () of the unit and the results of the ELISA are displayed.