Patents by Inventor Anthony Douglas
Anthony Douglas 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: 8635611Abstract: Embodiments are provided to create a virtual application or suite of virtual applications. In an embodiment, a system is configured to create a virtual package which includes information that can be used in a hosted virtual application environment. The system can provide bits of a virtual package based in part on user demand for an application or certain application functionality. In one embodiment, a system includes a sequencer component which can create a virtual package which includes information associated with setup-time and run-time changes made to a computing device. The sequencer component can use a number of extensible markup language (XML) files to create the virtual package. Other embodiments are available.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2007Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jefferson B. Criddle, Anthony Douglas Krueger, John Sheehan, Joe Yap
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Publication number: 20110250241Abstract: A rigid, water-soluble container is made of an injection molded poly(vinyl alcohol) and/or a cellulose ether, which container encases a fabric care, surface care or dishwashing composition; and a capsule container comprising at least two components made of one or more material(s) that can be molded and which are water soluble or water dispersible or in which a substantial part of the surface of these components is water soluble or water dispersible so as to leave perforations throughout the wall when the capsular container is placed in contact with an aqueous environment. The container has one to six compartments, preferably one, two or three, the content of the various compartments being accessible to the aqueous environment when the capsular container is exposed to such an aqueous environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicants: AQUASOL LTD., RECKITT BENCKISER (UK) LIMITEDInventors: Paul John DUFFIELD, Geoffrey Robert HAMMOND, David Brian EDWARDS, William John McCARTHY, Arnold Heyworth BECKETT, Anthony Douglas JACKMAN
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Publication number: 20100318987Abstract: Technologies are described herein for bootstrapping streamed and virtualized applications from a network. Bootstrapping features may be deployed entirely over hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) or other file download, or file transfer, mechanisms. A bootstrap loader, or bootstrapper, may provide the user interface (UI) elements during launch of an application from a network. Prerequisites, system requirements, languages, and localization for the application may be supported. Consistent UI elements may be presented starting with the bootstrapper through to the streaming and initial execution of the application. Consistent UI elements and rapid streamed downloading can provide a user with a boot-like user experience even for an online click-to-run application being streamed from a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2009Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Paul Clay Barr, Joe Keng Yap, Bradley M. Corob, Anzhelika Nishanova, Gurashish Singh Brar, Anthony Douglas Krueger
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Patent number: 7797845Abstract: A mobile leveling apparatus for quickly and simply transferring the height of a visible, fixed datum point from a distant wall or column across a room. The leveling apparatus is hand-held and can be operated by a single user. The operator physically holds the apparatus at the actual point where the height of the datum point is required, thereby ensuring that the apparatus is always under his/her control.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2007Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Inventor: John Anthony Douglas Bruce Durham
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Publication number: 20100021534Abstract: A rigid, water-soluble container is made of an injection molded poly(vinyl alcohol) and/or a cellulose ether, which container encases a fabric care, surface care or dishwashing composition; and a capsule container comprising at least two components made of one or more material(s) that can be molded and which are water soluble or water dispersible or in which a substantial part of the surface of these components is water soluble or water dispersible so as to leave perforations throughout the wall when the capsular container is placed in contact with an aqueous environment. The container has one to six compartments, preferably one, two or three, the content of the various compartments being accessible to the aqueous environment when the capsular container is exposed to such an aqueous environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicants: RECKITT BENCKISER (UK) LIMITED, AQUASOL LTD.Inventors: Paul John Duffield, Geoffrey Robert Hammond, David Brian Edwards, William John McCarthy, Arnold Heyworth Beckett, Anthony Douglas Jackman
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Publication number: 20090219522Abstract: A mobile leveling apparatus for quickly and simply transferring the height of a visible, fixed datum point from a distant wall or column across a room. The leveling apparatus is hand-held and can be operated by a single user. The operator physically holds the apparatus at the actual point where the height of the datum point is required, thereby ensuring that the apparatus is always under his/her control.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2007Publication date: September 3, 2009Inventor: John Anthony Douglas Bruce Durham
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Patent number: 7565603Abstract: An application has its own namespace or namespaces and a schema, or a set of schemas, which can be used by applications to generate and/or validate documents in a unique format. The application can uniquely define the format (and properties) of styles of data in a document such that the document is represented in a native format. The document can be stored externally as a markup language file in accordance with the schema of the application. When the format is stored in a markup language, other applications can validate the document stored in accordance with the native format. The other applications can represent the styles in accordance to the degree to which they are aware of the unique properties of the application used to generate the document.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2003Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Brian Jones, Anthony Douglas Krueger, Marcin Sawicki, Robert Little
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Publication number: 20090136536Abstract: A method is provided of producing an immunogenic complex comprising a heat shock protein (hsp) coupled to a heterologous antigenic polypeptide, which method comprises: (a) expressing the antigenic polypeptide in a cell which cell has been subjected to a stimulus which causes the induction of a heat shock response in said cells; and (b) recovering the antigenic polypeptide coupled to one or more hsps from said cell or the culture medium. Also provided are immunogenic compositions comprising a heat shock protein (hsp) derived from a non-mammalian eukaryote coupled to a heterologous antigenic polypeptide which composition is capable of inducing an immune response to said antigenic polypeptide in a human or animal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER FOR LAND AND WATER CONSERVATIONInventors: Anthony Douglas Shannon, Camilo Anthony Leo Selwyn Colaco, Melinda Jane Frost
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Publication number: 20090133013Abstract: Embodiments are provided to create a virtual application or suite of virtual applications. In an embodiment, a system is configured to create a virtual package which includes information that can be used in a hosted virtual application environment. The system can provide bits of a virtual package based in part on user demand for an application or certain application functionality. In one embodiment, a system includes a sequencer component which can create a virtual package which includes information associated with setup-time and run-time changes made to a computing device. The sequencer component can use a number of extensible markup language (XML) files to create the virtual package. Other embodiments are available.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2007Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jefferson B. Criddle, Anthony Douglas Krueger, John Sheehan, Joe Yap
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Patent number: 7494785Abstract: A method is provided of producing an immunogenic complex comprising a heat shock protein (hsp) coupled to a heterologous antigenic polypeptide, which method comprises: (a) expressing the antigenic polypeptide in a cell which cell has been subjected to a stimulus which causes the induction of a heat shock response in said cells; and (b) recovering the antigenic polypeptide coupled to one or more hsps from said cell or the culture medium. Also provided are immunogenic compositions comprising a heat shock protein (hsp) derived from a non-mammalian eukaryote coupled to a heterologous antigenic polypeptide which composition is capable of inducing an immune response to said antigenic polypeptide in a human or animal.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2000Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Land and Water ConservationInventors: Anthony Douglas Shannon, Camilo Anthony Leo Selwyn Colaco, Melinda Jane Frost
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Publication number: 20090008820Abstract: A rigid, water-soluble container is made of an injection molded poly(vinyl alcohol) and/or a cellulose ether, which container encases a fabric care, surface care or dishwashing composition; and a capsule container comprising at least two components made of one or more material(s) that can be molded and which are water soluble or water dispersible or in which a substantial part of the surface of these components is water soluble or water dispersible so as to leave perforations throughout the wall when the capsular container is placed in contact with an aqueous environment. The container has one to six compartments, preferably one, two or three, the content of the various compartments being accessible to the aqueous environment when the capsular container is exposed to such an aqueous environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicants: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited, Aquasol Ltd.Inventors: Paul John Duffield, Geoffrey Robert Hammond, David Brian Edwards, William John McCarthy, Arnold Heyworth Beckett, Anthony Douglas Jackman
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Publication number: 20080296196Abstract: A rigid, water-soluble container is made of an injection molded poly(vinyl alcohol) and/or a cellulose ether, which container encases a fabric care, surface care or dishwashing composition; and a capsule container comprising at least two components made of one or more material(s) that can be molded and which are water soluble or water dispersible or in which a substantial part of the surface of these components is water soluble or water dispersible so as to leave perforations throughout the wall when the capsular container is placed in contact with an aqueous environment. The container has one to six compartments, preferably one, two or three, the content of the various compartments being accessible to the aqueous environment when the capsular container is exposed to such an aqueous environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicants: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited, Aquasol Ltd.Inventors: Paul John DUFFIELD, Geoffrey Robert Hammond, David Brian Edwards, William John McCarthy, Arnold Heyworth Beckett, Anthony Douglas Jackman
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Patent number: 7231598Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for editing an electronic document containing markup language tags are provided. According to the method, a computer application program for editing an electronic document operates in one of two editing modes. In a first editing mode, any markup language tags contained within the document are displayed. In a second editing mode, the markup language tags are not displayed. However, when operating in the second editing mode, a determination is made as to whether any of the markup language tags are empty. For each of the tags that are empty, a placeholder is displayed. The placeholder may comprise the name of the tag or a user-defined text string. The placeholder may be selected and utilized to insert data into the tag, delete the tag, or move the tag without viewing the tag itself.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2003Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Marcin Sawicki, Robert Little, Anthony Douglas Krueger, Ziyi Wang, Brian Jones
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Publication number: 20040151855Abstract: A rigid, water-soluble container is made of an injection molded poly(vinyl alcohol) and/or a cellulose ether, which container encases a fabric care, surface care or dishwashing composition; and a capsule container comprising at least two components made of one or more material(s) that can be molded and which are water soluble or water dispersible or in which a substantial part of the surface of these components is water soluble or water dispersible so as to leave perforations throughout the wall when the capsular container is placed in contact with an aqueous environment. The container has one to six compartments, preferably one, two or three, the content of the various compartments being accessible to the aqueous environment when the capsular container is exposed to such an aqueous environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited and Aquasol LimitedInventors: Paul John Duffield, Geoffrey Robert Hammond, David Brian Edwards, William John McCarthy, Arnold Heyworth Beckett, Anthony Douglas Jackman
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Publication number: 20030108705Abstract: A rigid, water-soluble container is made of an injection molded poly(vinyl alcohol) and/or a cellulose ether, which container encases a fabric care, surface care or dishwashing composition; and a capsule container comprising at least two components made of one or more material(s) that can be molded and which are water soluble or water dispersible or in which a substantial part of the surface of these components is water soluble or water dispersible so as to leave perforations throughout the wall when the capsular container is placed in contact with an aqueous environment. The container has one to six compartments, preferably one, two or three, the content of the various compartments being accessible to the aqueous environment when the capsular container is exposed to such an aqueous environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2002Publication date: June 12, 2003Applicants: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited, Aquasol LimitedInventors: Paul John Duffield, Geoffrey Robert Hammond, David Brian Edwards, William John McCarthy, Arnold Heyworth Beckett, Anthony Douglas Jackman
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Patent number: 6181247Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for electronically surveying items in a monitored area. The device is equipped with a transmitting and/or a receiving device. The aim of the surveying device is to provide an economical way for surveying electronically protected items. To this end, the surveying device is made up of individual layers of material, which taken individually are flexible and possessed of a low level of resistance, but when combined are characterized by a high level of rigidity and resistance.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1999Date of Patent: January 30, 2001Assignee: Meto International GmbHInventors: Peter Bremer, Terence Clancy, Peter Schneider, David Stocks, Anthony Douglas
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Patent number: 6092522Abstract: An inhaler for inhaling pulverulent medicament from within a capsule comprises a chamber 24 within which the capsule is free to rotate while having its longitudinal axis in the median plane of the chamber and thus generally parallel to the front and rear walls 30 and 31 of the chamber, by virtue of the fact that the spacing between said front and rear walls is less than the axial length of the capsule but just greater than the diameter of the capsule. The device includes pins 21 serving as opening means to pierce the ends of the capsule while it is seated in a recess 25, whereupon the retraction of the pins 21 allows the capsule to be entrained into swirling airflow in the chamber 24 during inhalation of air through air inlets 26 and out through a mouthpiece nozzle 27.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 1996Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Rorer LimitedInventors: John Richard Calvert, Robert Stanley Cook, Michael Anthony Hobbs, Ann-Marie Leighton, Gordon Thomas Simpkin, Roy Trunley, Anthony Douglas West
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Patent number: 6089374Abstract: A package for a liquid comprising an outer container, an inner water soluble or water dispersible solution or dispersion in an organic liquid of a chemical. There is a space between the container and the envelope which is at least 5% of the volume of the outer container. The chemical is potentially toxic or damaging or detrimental to health or to the environment. Examples of chemicals are pesticides and phytosanitary chemicals.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1994Date of Patent: July 18, 2000Assignee: May & Baker, Ltd.Inventors: David Brian Edwards, William John McCarthy, Alan James Aldred, Anthony Douglas Jackman
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Patent number: 3942562Abstract: A device for controlling the flow of fine powders in a quantising machine includes a pinch valve in combination with a fluidiser maintaining a constant head of fluidised powder. A weigh bucket having a plurality of compartments is rotatably mountable to allow simultaneous filling and discharge. Means for delivering charges of fine powders to receivers rapidly with low change in quantity of the charge, have a power-tight system from the charge measuring means to the receiver, and means for venting the air from the receiver. Accurate net weighing machines for rapidly weighing and delivering charges of fine powders incorporate some or all of the above features in an integrated system.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 1974Date of Patent: March 9, 1976Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries LimitedInventors: Anthony Douglas Ridgway, John Hugh Smith, Peter Terrick Stainforth