Patents by Inventor Allan Grant
Allan Grant has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11514494Abstract: A computer-implemented process for defining a telecommunications product in accordance with a predefined schema, the process including the steps of: receiving, via a user interface, a request from a user for a specification for the telecommunications product; receiving, via the user interface, characteristics data representing one or more characteristics for the specification from the user, including a plurality of properties for at least one of the characteristics; receiving, via the user interface, input rules data representing at least one rule for the specification, including: a selection of at least one of the received characteristics to provide a condition characteristic for the rule to operate, a selection of a rule type to define operation of the rule, and a selection of at least one of the received characteristics to provide a target characteristic on which the rule will operate; and processing the characteristics data and the input rules data, according to the predefined schema, to generate specificType: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: DGIT Consultants Pty Ltd.Inventors: Mark Alun Spoelstra, Frankie Wing Kee Wong, Allan Grant Randall, Michael James Hanrahan, Gregory Scott Tilton, Douglas Gordon Nixon
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Patent number: 11355256Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods and devices for storing and/or disposing of hazardous waste material such as calcined material. In certain embodiments, the system comprises a filling nozzle having a valve body having a distal end and an outer surface, the outer surface proximate the distal end being configured to sealingly and removeably couple to an inner surface of a filling port of the container. In certain embodiments, the method comprises (a) coupling an outer surface of a filling nozzle with an inner surface of a filling port of a container to form a first seal (b) adding hazardous waste material into the container (c) decoupling the filling port from the filling nozzle and (d) inserting a fill plug into the filling port, the fill plug forming a second seal with the inner surface of the filling port, the second seal being distally spaced from at least a portion of the first seal with respect to the container.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology OrganisationInventors: Salvatore Moricca, Walter Guillermo Bermudez, Allan Grant Murray
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Publication number: 20210134473Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods and devices for storing and/or disposing of hazardous waste material. In some embodiments, the waste material includes nuclear waste such as calcined material. In certain embodiments, the device includes a container having a container body, a filling port configured to couple with a filling nozzle and a filling plug, and an evacuation port having a filter. The evacuation port is configured to couple with an evacuation nozzle and an evacuation plug. In certain embodiments, the method includes (a) adding hazardous waste material via a filling nozzle coupled to a filling port of a container, the container including an evacuation port, (b) evacuating the container during adding of the hazardous waste material via an evacuation nozzle coupled to an evacuation port of the container, (c) sealing the filling port, (d) heating the container, and (e) sealing the evacuation port.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology OrganisationInventors: Walter Guillermo Bermudez, Salvatore Moricca, Allan Grant Murray
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Patent number: 10910121Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods and devices for storing and/or disposing of hazardous waste material. In some embodiments, the waste material includes nuclear waste such as calcined material. In certain embodiments, the device includes a container having a container body, a filling port configured to couple with a filling nozzle and a filling plug, and an evacuation port having a filter. The evacuation port is configured to couple with an evacuation nozzle and an evacuation plug. In certain embodiments, the method includes (a) adding hazardous waste material via a filling nozzle coupled to a filling port of a container, the container including an evacuation port, (b) evacuating the container during adding of the hazardous waste material via an evacuation nozzle coupled to an evacuation port of the container, (c) sealing the filling port, (d) heating the container, and (e) sealing the evacuation port.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology OrganisationInventors: Walter Guillermo Bermudez, Salvatore Moricca, Allan Grant Murray
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Publication number: 20200365291Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods and devices for storing and/or disposing of hazardous waste material such as calcined material. In certain embodiments, the system comprises a filling nozzle having a valve body having a distal end and an outer surface, the outer surface proximate the distal end being configured to sealingly and removeably couple to an inner surface of a filling port of the container. In certain embodiments, the method comprises (a) coupling an outer surface of a filling nozzle with an inner surface of a filling port of a container to form a first seal (b) adding hazardous waste material into the container (c) decoupling the filling port from the filling nozzle and (d) inserting a fill plug into the filling port, the fill plug forming a second seal with the inner surface of the filling port, the second seal being distally spaced from at least a portion of the first seal with respect to the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology OrganisationInventors: Salvatore Moricca, Walter Guillermo Bermudez, Allan Grant Murray
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Patent number: 10706980Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods and devices for storing and/or disposing of hazardous waste material such as calcined material. In certain embodiments, the system comprises a filling nozzle having a valve body having a distal end and an outer surface, the outer surface proximate the distal end being configured to sealingly and removeably couple to an inner surface of a filling port of the container. In certain embodiments, the method comprises (a) coupling an outer surface of a filling nozzle with an inner surface of a filling port of a container to form a first seal (b) adding hazardous waste material into the container (c) decoupling the filling port from the filling nozzle and (d) inserting a fill plug into the filling port, the fill plug forming a second seal with the inner surface of the filling port, the second seal being distally spaced from at least a portion of the first seal with respect to the container.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology OrganisationInventors: Salvatore Moricca, Walter Guillermo Bermudez, Allan Grant Murray
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Patent number: 9741459Abstract: A modularized system for processing, storing and/or disposing of a hazardous waste material is described. In one exemplary embodiment, the modularized system includes a container configured to sealingly contain hazardous waste material; a first cell, the first cell comprising a first area for manipulating the container; and a second cell, the second cell comprising a second area for manipulating the container. The second cell is isolated from the first cell. The first cell is held at a first pressure and the second cell held at a second pressure, the first pressure being less than the second pressure. An interlock couples the first cell to the second cell. The first cell, second cell and interlock are configured to allow the container to be transferred from the first cell to the second cell while maintaining at least one seal between the first cell and the second cell.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology OrganisationInventors: Salvatore Moricca, Walter Guillermo Bermudez, Allan Grant Murray
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Publication number: 20170124617Abstract: A computer-implemented process for defining a telecommunications product in accordance with a predefined schema, the process including the steps of: receiving, via a user interface, a request from a user for a specification for the telecommunications product; receiving, via the user interface, characteristics data representing one or more characteristics for the specification from the user, including a plurality of properties for at least one of the characteristics; receiving, via the user interface, input rules data representing at least one rule for the specification, including: a selection of at least one of the received characteristics to provide a condition characteristic for the rule to operate, a selection of a rule type to define operation of the rule, and a selection of at least one of the received characteristics to provide a target characteristic on which the rule will operate; and processing the characteristics data and the input rules data, according to the predefined schema, to generate specificType: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Mark Alun SPOELSTRA, Frankie Wing Kee WONG, Allan Grant RANDALL, Michael James HANRAHAN, Gregory Scott TILTON, Douglas Gordon NIXON
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Publication number: 20140221720Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods and devices for storing and/or disposing of hazardous waste material such as calcined material. In certain embodiments, the system comprises a filling nozzle having a valve body having a distal end and an outer surface, the outer surface proximate the distal end being configured to sealingly and removeably couple to an inner surface of a filling port of the container. In certain embodiments, the method comprises (a) coupling an outer surface of a filling nozzle with an inner surface of a filling port of a container to form a first seal (b) adding hazardous waste material into the container (c) decoupling the filling port from the filling nozzle and (d) inserting a fill plug into the filling port, the fill plug forming a second seal with the inner surface of the filling port, the second seal being distally spaced from at least a portion of the first seal with respect to the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATIONInventors: Salvatore Moricca, Walter Guillermo Bermudez, Allan Grant Murray
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Publication number: 20140221721Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods and devices for storing and/or disposing of hazardous waste material. In some embodiments, the waste material includes nuclear waste such as calcined material. In certain embodiments, the device includes a container having a container body, a filling port configured to couple with a filling nozzle and a filling plug, and an evacuation port having a filter. The evacuation port is configured to couple with an evacuation nozzle and an evacuation plug. In certain embodiments, the method includes (a) adding hazardous waste material via a filling nozzle coupled to a filling port of a container, the container including an evacuation port, (b) evacuating the container during adding of the hazardous waste material via an evacuation nozzle coupled to an evacuation port of the container, (c) sealing the filling port, (d) heating the container, and (e) sealing the evacuation port.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Australian Nuclear Science And Technology OrganisationInventors: Walter Guillermo Bermudez, Salvatore Moricca, Allan Grant Murray
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Publication number: 20140137986Abstract: A modularized system for processing, storing and/or disposing of a hazardous waste material is described. In one exemplary embodiment, the modularized system includes a container configured to sealingly contain hazardous waste material; a first cell, the first cell comprising a first area for manipulating the container; and a second cell, the second cell comprising a second area for manipulating the container, the second cell being isolated from the first cell, the first cell held at a first pressure and the second cell held at a second pressure, the first pressure being less than the second pressure. The first cell can include a filling station and the filling station can include (a) a blender configured to mix the hazardous waste material with additives; (b) a hopper coupled to the blender; and (c) a fill nozzle coupled to the hopper and configured to transfer the hazardous waste material and additive mixture into the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Australian Nuclear Science And Technology OrganisationInventors: Salvatore Moricca, Walter Guillermo Bermudez, Allan Grant Murray
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Patent number: 7954561Abstract: A direction adjustment tool for a downhole drilling apparatus is disclosed. The tool has a tubular housing adapted to be incorporated into a downhole drilling apparatus, and steering blades mounted to the housing. A drive shaft transmits drive to a drill bit of a drilling apparatus, wherein the shaft defines a passage for transmitting drilling fluid to the drill bit. A first pressure chamber is defined between the housing and the shaft and communicates with the passage, wherein the steering blades are moved from retracted positions to extended positions thereof as a result of increase of fluid pressure the first pressure chamber. A pendulum member is pivotably mounted to extend in a vertical orientation when the shaft is not rotating relative to the housing, and pistons prevent movement of at least one steering blade to the extended position thereof as a result of the angle between a longitudinal axis of the shaft and the longitudinal axis of the pendulum member exceeding a predetermined amount.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Sondex PLCInventors: Rory McCrae Tulloch, Roger Farries Findlay, Allan Grant Clark, Victor Laing Allan
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Publication number: 20100163311Abstract: A direction adjustment tool 2 for a downhole drilling apparatus is disclosed. The tool has a tubular housing 8 adapted to be incorporated into a downhole drilling apparatus, and steering blades 10 mounted to the housing. A drive shaft 16 transmits drive to a drill bit of a drilling apparatus, wherein the shaft defines a passage for transmitting drilling fluid to the drill bit. A first pressure chamber 32 is defined between the housing and the shaft and communicates with the passage, wherein the steering blades are moved from retracted positions to extended positions thereof as a result of increase of fluid pressure the first pressure chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventors: Rory McCrae Tulloch, Roger Farries Findlay, Allan Grant Clark, Victor Laing Allan
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Publication number: 20090207421Abstract: A laser distance and angle calculator that will give three measured distances simultaneously; for example from Point A to B, Point A to C and Point B to C. It will also calculate the angle at each intersecting points. The angle at your point of reference is required, but the other angles are calculated. The laser control is used to rotate the corresponding laser. As each laser is pointed to their respective targets, the distances to these are captured. The lasers are optionally placed adjacent to each other or one above the other. The angle between these two points are also captured. With these pieces of captured data, the distance between the two targets along with the angles formed by this triangular formation will be calculated. This data will then be displayed on the LCD. This data can be cleared and the process repeated as often as desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2008Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventors: Alphonse Kelly, Allan Grant, Saudia Kelly, Leroy Gunning
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Publication number: 20080315519Abstract: A vehicle racing card game according to embodiments of the invention includes a number of track cards that can be arranged by the players to form a race course. A vehicle racing card game also includes a number of vehicle cards to be played by the players. In some embodiments, players advance along the race course by playing their vehicle cards one at a time, and by scoring points depending, for example, on how closely certain graphical elements of a players vehicle card matches corresponding graphical elements of the track card corresponding to their position along the race course.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2007Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Travis Allan Grant, Corbin Edward Grant