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).

  • Patent number: 8635611
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jefferson B. Criddle, Anthony Douglas Krueger, John Sheehan, Joe Yap
  • Publication number: 20110250241
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicants: AQUASOL LTD., RECKITT BENCKISER (UK) LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul John DUFFIELD, Geoffrey Robert HAMMOND, David Brian EDWARDS, William John McCARTHY, Arnold Heyworth BECKETT, Anthony Douglas JACKMAN
  • Publication number: 20100318987
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Clay Barr, Joe Keng Yap, Bradley M. Corob, Anzhelika Nishanova, Gurashish Singh Brar, Anthony Douglas Krueger
  • Patent number: 7797845
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventor: John Anthony Douglas Bruce Durham
  • Publication number: 20100021534
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicants: 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
  • Publication number: 20090219522
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventor: John Anthony Douglas Bruce Durham
  • Patent number: 7565603
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Jones, Anthony Douglas Krueger, Marcin Sawicki, Robert Little
  • Publication number: 20090136536
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER FOR LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION
    Inventors: Anthony Douglas Shannon, Camilo Anthony Leo Selwyn Colaco, Melinda Jane Frost
  • Publication number: 20090133013
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jefferson B. Criddle, Anthony Douglas Krueger, John Sheehan, Joe Yap
  • Patent number: 7494785
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Land and Water Conservation
    Inventors: Anthony Douglas Shannon, Camilo Anthony Leo Selwyn Colaco, Melinda Jane Frost
  • Publication number: 20090008820
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicants: 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
  • Publication number: 20080296196
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicants: 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
  • Patent number: 7231598
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Marcin Sawicki, Robert Little, Anthony Douglas Krueger, Ziyi Wang, Brian Jones
  • Publication number: 20040151855
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited and Aquasol Limited
    Inventors: Paul John Duffield, Geoffrey Robert Hammond, David Brian Edwards, William John McCarthy, Arnold Heyworth Beckett, Anthony Douglas Jackman
  • Publication number: 20030108705
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicants: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited, Aquasol Limited
    Inventors: Paul John Duffield, Geoffrey Robert Hammond, David Brian Edwards, William John McCarthy, Arnold Heyworth Beckett, Anthony Douglas Jackman
  • Patent number: 6181247
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Meto International GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Bremer, Terence Clancy, Peter Schneider, David Stocks, Anthony Douglas
  • Patent number: 6092522
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Limited
    Inventors: John Richard Calvert, Robert Stanley Cook, Michael Anthony Hobbs, Ann-Marie Leighton, Gordon Thomas Simpkin, Roy Trunley, Anthony Douglas West
  • Patent number: 6089374
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: May & Baker, Ltd.
    Inventors: David Brian Edwards, William John McCarthy, Alan James Aldred, Anthony Douglas Jackman
  • Patent number: 3942562
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1976
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Douglas Ridgway, John Hugh Smith, Peter Terrick Stainforth