Patents by Inventor Ann Watson
Ann Watson 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: 11517577Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of general formula (I): wherein R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R5, Y and R7 are as defined herein are selective agonists at the FXR receptor and are useful for the treatment or prevention of diseases and conditions including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); primary biliary cirrhosis; primary sclerosing cholangitis; biliary atresia; cholestatic liver disease; hepatitis C infection; alcoholic liver disease; fibrosis; and liver damage arising from fibrosis.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignees: NZP UK LIMITED, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTONInventors: Alexander Charles Weymouth-Wilson, Gemma Packer, Bruno Jan Pol Linclau, Dannielle Kydd-Sinclair, Kimberly Ann Watson
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Publication number: 20220064419Abstract: The present invention concerns a foamable polymer composition and a foamed polymer composition obtained by foaming this foamable polymer composition. The invention is also concerned with a cable comprising at least one layer which comprises the foamable polymer composition or the foamed polymer composition. The invention further provides a process for producing a foamed polymer composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Asa Wannerskog, Anna Hjartfors, Oscar Prieto, Martin Anker, Ann Watson
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Publication number: 20220064418Abstract: The invention relates to a foamable polymer composition comprising a blowing agent and a foamed polymer composition obtained by foaming this foamable polymer composition. The invention further relates to a cable comprising at least one layer which comprises the foamable polymer composition or a foamed polymer composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Asa Wannerskog, Anna Hjartfors, Oscar Prieto, Martin Anker, Ann Watson
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Patent number: 11177051Abstract: The present invention is directed to a new cable having at least one insulation layer, to a process for producing such cable as well as to the use of a polymeric-nucleating agent for increasing the crystallization temperature of a polymer composition being part of an insulation layer of such a cable and the use of such a cable as communication cable and/or electrical cable.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2014Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: BOREALIS AGInventors: Katja Klimke, Markus Gahleitner, Davide Tranchida, Albrecht Dix, James Elliott Robinson, Ann Watson, Audrey Frenot Johansson
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Publication number: 20210299148Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of general formula (I): wherein R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R5, Y and R7 are as defined herein are selective agonists at the FXR receptor and are useful for the treatment or prevention of diseases and conditions including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); primary biliary cirrhosis; primary sclerosing cholangitis; biliary atresia; cholestatic liver disease; hepatitis C infection; alcoholic liver disease; fibrosis; and liver damage arising from fibrosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicants: NZP UK LIMITED, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTONInventors: Alexander Charles Weymouth-Wilson, Gemma Packer, Bruno Jan Pol Linclau, Dannielle Kydd-Sinclair, Kimberly Ann Watson
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Patent number: 10804005Abstract: The present invention is directed to a new cable having at least one insulation layer, to a process for producing such cable as well as to the use of a soluble a-nucleating agent (NA) for increasing the crystallization temperature of a polymer composition (PC) being part of an insulation layer of such a cable and the use of such a cable as communication cable and/or electrical cable.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: BOREALIS AGInventors: Katja Klimke, Dietrich Gloger, Markus Gahleitner, Davide Tranchida, James Ellis Robinson, Ann Watson
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Publication number: 20190292357Abstract: The present invention relates to a compounded polyethylene composition having a density of 930 to 965 kg/m3 and comprising at least 0.01 percent by weight (wt-%) of sodium bicarbonate after compounding of the compounded polyethylene composition, wherein the ratio between sodium bicarbonate, in the polyethylene composition, before and after compounding is X, wherein X1?X<X2, and X1 is 1.00 and X2 is 2.00, an article, for example, a coating, a wire or a cable, comprising the compounded polyethylene composition, a process for producing the article, and use of the compounded polyethylene composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Martin Anker, Ann Watson, Anna Hjärtfors, Asa Wannerskog
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Patent number: 10266671Abstract: The invention relates to a tube comprising a heterophasic polypropylene composition comprising a heterophasic polypropylene copolymer with an antioxidant comprising a sterically hindered phenol. The heterophasic polypropylene copolymer has the relative amount of crystal line polypropylene above 20 wt %. the relative amount of xylene cold solubles (XCS) fraction is at least 10 wt % and the relative content of isolated ethylene sequences (I(E)) of the XCS fulfills the equation: I(E)<78?1.97×C+0.015×(C)2 wherein C is the comonomer content [wt %] of the XCS fraction and wherein the I(E) content is defined by equation I(E) wherein I(E) is the relative content of isolated to block ethylene sequences.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Borealis AGInventors: Ann Watson, Bill Fajardo, Ted Gormanos, Markus Gahleitner, Jingbo Wang, Hermann Braun, Fredrik Bergfors
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Publication number: 20180301238Abstract: The invention relates to a cable comprising at least one layer which comprises a foamable polyolefin polymer composition comprising a polyolefin polymer composition and blowing agent wherein the blowing agent comprises more than 90 wt % of citric acid or a derivate of citric acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2016Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Anna Kontro, Asa Wannerskog, Martin Anker, Ann Watson, Oscar Prieto
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Publication number: 20180201756Abstract: The invention relates to a tube comprising a heterophasic polypropylene composition comprising a heterophasic polypropylene copolymer with an antioxidant comprising a sterically hindered phenol. The heterophasic polypropylene copolymer has the relative amount of crystal line polypropylene above 20 wt %. the relative amount of xylene cold solubles (XCS) fraction is at least 10 wt % and the relative content of isolated ethylene sequences (I(E)) of the XCS fulfills the equation: I(E)<78?1.97×C+0.015×(C)2 wherein C is the comonomer content [wt %] of the XCS fraction and wherein the I(E) content is defined by equation I(E) wherein I(E) is the relative content of isolated to block ethylene sequences.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Ann Watson, Bill Fajardo, Ted Gormanos, Markus Gahleitner, Jingbo Wang, Hermann Braun, Fredrik Bergfors
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Patent number: 9607737Abstract: A semiconductive polyolefin composition comprising (i) up to 80 wt. % of a polyolefin (I), (ii) carbon black, and (iii) up to 60 wt. % of a polymer (II) having a melting point of not less than 100° C., wherein the polyolefin (I) comprises two different ethylene copolymers: a first ethylene copolymer and second ethylene copolymer; wherein the first ethylene copolymer comprises polar group containing co-monomers in the amount of 3.5 mol % or less; and wherein the second ethylene copolymer comprises silane group containing co-monomers in the amount of 0.7 mol % or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Borealis Technology OyInventors: Ola Fagrell, Ann Watson
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Patent number: 9552394Abstract: Aspects retrieve, organize and display different classifications of sets of search results in different, respective tabbed sheets that are nested on top of one another in a web-based interface dashboard. A text string search query is classified into constituent primary search terms that are likely to return satisfactory search results as indicated by retrieved search history data as a function of search resources and language classification rules associated with the user identity indicia. Secondary search terms related to the primary search terms and including synonyms and antonyms are determined as substitutes for the primary search terms in response to search history indicating follow-up searches immediately subsequent to searches of the primary search terms at less than a specified threshold of frequency. The set of peripheral knowledge article results is generated by searching knowledge article resources for background information on the primary search terms or the secondary search terms.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Divya Gopinath, Gili Mendel, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Jennifer Ann Watson
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Publication number: 20160154858Abstract: Aspects retrieve, organize and display different classifications of sets of search results in different, respective tabbed sheets that are nested on top of one another in a web-based interface dashboard. A text string search query is classified into constituent primary search terms that are likely to return satisfactory search results as indicated by retrieved search history data as a function of search resources and language classification rules associated with the user identity indicia. Secondary search terms related to the primary search terms and including synonyms and antonyms are determined as substitutes for the primary search terms in response to search history indicating follow-up searches immediately subsequent to searches of the primary search terms at less than a specified threshold of frequency. The set of peripheral knowledge article results is generated by searching knowledge article resources for background information on the primary search terms or the secondary search terms.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2016Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: DIVYA GOPINATH, GILI MENDEL, RAJESH RADHAKRISHNAN, JENNIFER ANN WATSON
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Publication number: 20160071628Abstract: The present invention is directed to a new cable having at least one insulation layer, to a process for producing such cable as well as to the use of a polymeric-nucleating agent for increasing the crystallization temperature of a polymer composition being part of an insulation layer of such a cable and the use of such a cable as communication cable and/or electrical cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Katja Klimke, Markus Gahleitner, Davide Tranchida, Albrecht Dix, James Elliott Robinson, Ann Watson, Audrey Frenot Johansson
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Publication number: 20150187464Abstract: A semiconductive polyolefin composition comprising (i) up to 80 wt. % of a polyolefin (I), (ii) carbon black, and (iii) up to 60 wt. % of a polymer (II) having a melting point of not less than 100° C., wherein the polyolefin (I) comprises two different ethylene copolymers: a first ethylene copolymer and second ethylene copolymer; wherein the first ethylene copolymer comprises polar group containing co-monomers in the amount of 3.5 mol % or less; and wherein the second ethylene copolymer comprises silane group containing co-monomers in the amount of 0.7 mol % or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Ola Fagrell, Ann Watson
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Patent number: 9006575Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductive polyolefin composition comprising: (i) up to 80 wt. % of a polyolefin (I), (ii) carbon black, and (iii) optionally up to 60 wt. % of a polymer (II) having a melting point of not less than 100° C., wherein the polyolefin (I) has a co-monomer content of equal to or less than 4.3 mol %, to the use of that composition for the production of a power cable and to a power cable comprising that composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Borealis Technology OyInventors: Ola Fagrell, Ann Watson
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Publication number: 20140349110Abstract: The present invention is directed to a new cable having at least one insulation layer, to a process for producing such cable as well as to the use of a soluble a-nucleating agent (NA) for increasing the crystallization temperature of a polymer composition (PC) being part of an insulation layer of such a cable and the use of such a cable as communication cable and/or electrical cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2012Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Katja Klimke, Dietrich Gloger, Markus Gahleitner, Davide Tranchida, James Ellis Robinson, Ann Watson
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Patent number: 8557859Abstract: Isolated immunomodulatory (e.g. immunostimulatory) polyhydroxlated pyrrolizidine compounds having the formula (I), wherein R is selected from the group comprising hydrogen, straight or branched, unsubstituted or substituted, saturated or unsaturated acyl, alkyl (e.g. cycloalkyl), alkenyl, alkynyl and aryl groups, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof, are useful in therapy and prophylaxis, including increasing the Th1:Th2 response ratio, haemorestoration, alleviation of immuno-suppression, cytokine stimulation, treatment of proliferative disorders (e.g. cancer), vaccination, stimulation of the innate immune response and boosting of the activity of endogenous NK cells.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Summit (Wales) LimitedInventors: Alison Ann Watson, Robert James Nash, Emma Louisa Evinson
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Patent number: 8383665Abstract: Isolated immunomodulatory (e.g. immunostimulatory) polyhydroxlated pyrrolizidine compounds having the formula are disclosed. In these compounds R is selected from hydrogen, straight or branched, unsubstituted or substituted, saturated or unsaturated acyl, alkyl (e.g. cycloalkyl), alkenyl, alkynyl and aryl groups. The compounds are useful in therapy and prophylaxis, including increasing the Th1:Th2 response ratio, hemorestoration, alleviation of immunosuppression, cytokine stimulation, treatment of proliferative disorders (e.g. cancer), vaccination, stimulation of the innate immune response and boosting of the activity of endogenous NK cells.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2004Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Summit (Wales) LimitedInventors: Alison Ann Watson, Robert James Nash, Emma Louisa Evinson
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Publication number: 20100025073Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductive polyolefin composition comprising: (i) up to 80 wt. % of a polyolefin (I), (ii) carbon black, and (iii) optionally up to 60 wt. % of a polymer (II) having a melting point of not less than 100° C., wherein the polyolefin (I) has a co-monomer content of equal to or less than 4.3 mol %, to the use of that composition for the production of a power cable and to a power cable comprising that composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2007Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: BOREALIS TECHNOLOGY OYInventors: Ola Fagrell, Ann Watson