Patents by Inventor Daniel Brown
Daniel Brown 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: 9097700Abstract: The present disclosure relates to packaging containers for holding a plurality of test sensors. The packaging container may include a first semi-circular housing and a second semi-circular housing. The first semi-circular housing has a plurality of first test sensor containing regions. Each of the plurality of the first test sensor containing regions is adapted to contain at least one test sensor having a top portion covered by a foil cover. The second semi-circular housing has a plurality of second test sensor containing regions. Each of the plurality of the second test sensor containing regions is adapted to contain at least one test sensor. The second semi-circular housing has a top portion. The first semi-circular housing and the second semi-circular housing are positioned adjacent to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Bayer HealthCare LLCInventors: Daniel Brown, Martin Antoine Mathelier, Sung-Kwon Jung
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Publication number: 20150208494Abstract: A target material is provided at a target location, the target material including a material that emits extreme ultraviolet light when converted to plasma, and the target material extending in a first extent along a first direction and in a second extent along a second direction; an amplified light beam is directed along a direction of propagation toward the target location; and the amplified light beam is focused in a focal plane, where the target location is outside of the focal plane and an interaction between the amplified light beam and the target material converts at least part of the target material to plasma that emits EUV light.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Robert J. Rafac, Richard L. Sandstrom, Daniel Brown, Kai-Chung Hou
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Publication number: 20150157708Abstract: The present invention relates in part to nicotine-derived hapten-carrier conjugates of the formula (III): wherein m, n, W, -(spacer)-, X* and Y are as defined in the description. In certain embodiments, said nicotine-derived hapten-carrier conjugates can be used to prepare vaccines for the treatment and/or prevention of nicotine addiction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Alan Daniel Brown, Heather Lynn Davis, David P. Gervais, Lyn Howard Jones, James R. Merson, David Cameron Pryde, David R. Stead, Michael J. McCluskie, Jennifer Marie Thorn, Paul Robert Mehelic, Parag Ashok Kolhe, Keshab Bhattacharya, Jari Ilmari Finneman, Erin Kristen Parsons, Nickolas Anastasiou
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Publication number: 20150121883Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a compressor assembly and a combustion assembly in flow communication with the compressor assembly. The combustion assembly includes a plurality of fuel nozzles and a fluid conduit for delivering fuel to the fuel nozzles. The fluid conduit has a plurality of first outlet ports that are spaced apart from one another along the fluid conduit, and the fluid conduit also has a plurality of second outlet ports that are spaced apart from one another along the fluid conduit. The fluid conduit further has a first flow path extending along the fluid conduit in flow communication with the first outlet ports, and the fluid conduit also has a second flow path extending along the fluid conduit in flow communication with the second outlet ports. At least a portion of the first flow path is circumscribed by the second flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Jared Matthew Wolfe, Joshua Daniel Brown, Christopher Francis Poranski, Edward J. Condrac, Raymond Floyd Martell
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Patent number: 9023872Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazoles of formula (I), uses thereof, processes for the preparation thereof and compositions containing said compounds. These inhibitors have utility in a variety of therapeutic areas including sexual dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Ixchelsis LimitedInventors: Alan Daniel Brown, Andrew Antony Calabrese, David Ellis
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Patent number: 8995080Abstract: Apparatus and method for non-destructive detection of contamination on a slider in a data storage device. In some embodiments, the slider supports a read element adjacent a rotating data recording medium. A non-repeatable runout (NRRO) component of a position error signal (PES) obtained from readback signals transduced from the read element is extracted. A power spectral density (PSD) analysis of the NRRO component is performed to identify a peak power level, and slider contamination is detected responsive to the peak power level.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: James Mou, Daniel Brown, Robert German
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Patent number: 8982922Abstract: An aspect of the disclosed subject matter includes a method of reducing the laser absorption of a beam reverser prism consisting of at least one of the following: increasing a first distance between a first incident point and a chamfered corner, wherein the first incident point is on a first reflective surface of the prism and the chamfered corner is formed between the first reflective surface and a second reflective surface of the prism, wherein the chamfered corner has a chamfered surface; increasing a second distance between a second incident point and the chamfered corner, wherein the second incident point is on the second reflective surface of the prism; and increasing a reflectivity of the chamfered surface of the chamfered corner of the prism. A method of determining a prime cut for an optical component is also disclosed. A laser including at least one prime cut optical component is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Cymer, LLCInventors: Hong Ye, Alex Ershov, Rajasekhar Rao, Daniel Brown, Slava Rokitski, Rong (Lauren) Liu, Ray Cybulski, James J. Ferrell, Robert Bergstedt, John Viatella, Thomas Duffey
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Patent number: 8980276Abstract: The present invention relates in part to nicotine-derived hapten-carrier conjugates of the formula (III): wherein m, n, W, -(spacer)-, X* and Y are as defined in the description. In certain embodiments, said nicotine-derived hapten-carrier conjugates can be used to prepare vaccines for the treatment and/or prevention of nicotine addiction.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Pfizer IncInventors: Alan Daniel Brown, Heather Lynn Davis, David P. Gervais, Lyn Howard Jones, James R. Merson, David Cameron Pryde, David R. Stead, Michael J. McCluskie, Jennifer Marie Thorn, Paul Robert Mehelic, Parag Ashok Kolhe, Keshab Bhattacharya, Jari Ilmari Finneman, Erin Kristen Parsons, Nickolas Anastasiou
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Publication number: 20150047785Abstract: A plasma processing device may include a plasma processing chamber, a plasma electrode assembly, a wafer stage, a plasma producing gas inlet, a plurality of vacuum ports, at least one vacuum pump, and a multi-port valve assembly. The multi-port valve assembly may comprise a movable seal plate positioned in the plasma processing chamber. The movable seal plate may comprise a transverse port sealing surface that is shaped and sized to completely overlap the plurality of vacuum ports in a closed state, to partially overlap the plurality of vacuum ports in a partially open state, and to avoid substantial overlap of the plurality of vacuum ports in an open state. The multi-port valve assembly may comprise a transverse actuator coupled to the movable seal plate and a sealing actuator coupled to the movable seal plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: Lam Research CorporationInventors: Michael C. Kellogg, Daniel A. Brown, Leonard J. Sharpless, Allan K. Ronne
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Publication number: 20150041062Abstract: An apparatus for plasma processing a wafer is provided. A bottom plate is provided. A tubular chamber wall with a wafer aperture is adjacent to the bottom plate. A bottom removable seal provides a vacuum seal between the bottom plate and the tubular chamber wall at a first end of the tubular wall. A top plate is adjacent to the tubular chamber wall. A top removable seal provides a vacuum seal between a second end of the tubular wall and the top plate. A vertical seal is provided, where a vertical movement of the tubular wall allows the vertical seal to create a seal around the wafer aperture. A bottom alignment guide aligns the tubular chamber wall with the bottom plate. A top alignment guide aligns the top plate with the tubular chamber wall. A wafer chuck is disposed between the bottom plate and the top plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: Lam Research CorporationInventors: Michael C. KELLOGG, Daniel A. BROWN
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Patent number: 8927587Abstract: The invention relates to benzimidazole and imidazopyridine derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to new Nav1.8 modulators of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7. X and Y are as defined in the description. Nav1.8 modulators are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Pfizer LImitedInventors: Sharanjeet Kaur Bagal, Alan Daniel Brown, Mark Ian Kemp, Wolfgang Klute, Laia Malet Sanz, Brian Edward Marron, Duncan Charles Miller, Sarah Elizabeth Skerratt, Mark J. Suto, Christopher William West
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Publication number: 20150004059Abstract: A test sensor container (400) is designed for use with an analyte measuring system (40). The test sensor container (100) may include a cartridge (200) including a plurality of stacked individual compartments (202) connected to one another in an accordion-style fashion. Each individual compartment (202) is collapsible from an expanded to a collapsed condition and is dimensioned to hold a test sensor (6) when in the expanded condition. The test sensor container further includes at least one foil cover (116) sealing the plurality of compartments (102, 202).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2012Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Daniel Brown, Martin Antoine Mathelier, Sung-Kwon Jung
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Patent number: 8828038Abstract: A lancing device formed from a main body and a cap. The main body is configured from a lower housing, an upper housing extending over a portion of the lower housing, and an actuator operatively engaged to the upper and lower housings with the actuator extending along the portion of the lower housing not covered by the upper housing. The upper housing further includes an actuator button, wherein a lancet may be placed within the body such that movement of the actuator from a first position to a second position away from said endcap cocks the lancet for firing, which is achieved by depressing the actuator button. Conveniently, the lancing device is configured for tactile recognition in the palm of a human hand and may preferably be operated one handed and without visual observation.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Bayer HealthCare LLCInventors: Daniel Brown, Martin Antoine Mathelier, Maria Isabel Lorza, William McCloud, Glenn Purcell, Tom Walker, Sehegeun Choi, Philip Walsh
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Patent number: 8772293Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonamide derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to new sulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Z1, Ra, Rb, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description. Nav 1.7 inhibitors are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignees: Pfizer Limited, Icagen Inc.Inventors: Alan Daniel Brown, Marcel John De Groot, Brian Edward Marron, David James Rawson, Thomas Ryckmans, Robert Ian Storer, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain, Christopher William West
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Patent number: 8772343Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonamide derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to a new sulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors of formula 10 (I):(I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Z, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description. Nav1.7 inhibitors are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Pfizer LimitedInventors: Andrew Simon Bell, Alan Daniel Brown, Russell Andrew Lewthwaite, Manuel Perez-Pacheco, David James Rawson, Robert Ian Storer, Nigel Alan Swain
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Publication number: 20140163466Abstract: Balloon catheter includes an elongate tubular shaft having an outer tubular member having proximal and distal portions, and an inner tubular member having a distal length extending distally from the distal portion of the outer tubular member. The elongate tubular shaft has an inflation lumen and a guidewire lumen defined therein. The guidewire lumen extends along at least the distal length of inner tubular member. The balloon catheter also includes a distal end section coupled to a distal end of the inner tubular member and having a proximal end and a distal end. The balloon catheter also includes a balloon having a proximal portion sealingly coupled to the distal portion of the outer tubular member, a distal portion sealingly coupled to the distal end section, and a working length therebetween. The balloon defines an inner chamber. The proximal end of the distal end section is disposed within the inner chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2014Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Ramon Arana, Daniel Brown, Curt A. Novak, Justin K. Mann, John A. Simpson, Bruce M. Wilson, Leonard D. Barbod
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Patent number: 8685977Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonamide derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to a new sulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Ar1, X, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description. Nav 1.7 inhibitors are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Pfizer LimitedInventors: Andrew Simon Bell, Alan Daniel Brown, Russell Andrew Lewthwaite, Ian Roger Marsh, David Simon Millan, Manuel Perez Pacheco, David James Rawson, Nunzio Sciammetta, Robert Ian Storer, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain, Marcel John De Groot
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Patent number: 8657782Abstract: A catheter having shaft segments which are joined together by a strong bond providing a low profile shaft section with a flexibility transition and/or a compositional transition. A balloon catheter embodying features of the invention has a distal tip member and a coupling band member surrounding a junction of an inner tubular member of the shaft, and has a gradual change in bending stiffness along a distal end section of the shaft which extends distally from a location within the balloon interior. Another catheter embodying features of the invention has shaft segments joined together by a diagonal seam.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Ramon Arana, Daniel Brown, Curt A. Novak, Justin K. Mann, John A. Simpson, Bruce M. Wilson, Leonard D. Barbod
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Publication number: 20140017239Abstract: The present invention relates to the provision of novel immunogens comprising an antigenic IgE peptide preferably linked to an immunogenic carrier for the prevention, treatment or alleviation of IgE-mediated disorders. The invention further relates to methods for production of these medicaments, immunogenic compositions and pharmaceutical compositing thereof and their use in medicine.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: PFIZER VACCINES LLCInventors: Alan Daniel Brown, Brian Robert Champion, Clare Christy, David Paul Gervais, Lyn Howard Jones, Anne Maria Kristina Kjerrstrom, David Cameron Pryde, Lee Richard Roberts, David Michael Wyatt
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Patent number: 8592629Abstract: This invention relates to sulfonamide derivative of formula (I), to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation, and to intermediates used in such processes. These compounds are inhibitors of Nav1.7.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Pfizer LimitedInventors: Andrew Simon Bell, Alan Daniel Brown, Marcel John De Groot, Russell Andrew Lewthwaite, Ian Roger Marsh, David Simon Millan, Manuel Perez Pacheco, David James Rawson, Nunzio Sciammetta, Robert Ian Storer, Nigel Alan Swain, Steven Matthieu Gaulier