Patents by Inventor David A. Norris
David A. Norris 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: 11982486Abstract: A system for cooling and/or heating one or more articles such as a tumble chiller is disclosed. The system comprises a reservoir 20 configured to contain a cooling and/or heating liquid 22, and a belt conveyor system. The belt conveyor system is configured in a first mode of operation to cause one or more articles to be tumbled within the reservoir 20, and in a second mode of operation to cause the one or more articles to be removed from the reservoir 20.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: D C NORRIS & COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: David Norris
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Patent number: 11976262Abstract: A biological culture unit comprises a chamber body and a valve plate. The chamber body has defined therein a growth chamber and an aliquot chamber. The valve plate is disposed on the top surface of the chamber body and is movable to define selectable configurations of the biological culture unit for: (1) loading the growth chamber; (3) transferring an aliquot from the growth chamber to the aliquot chamber via a path defined within the biological culture unit in the transfer position; and (4) extracting the aliquot from the aliquot chamber. The selectable positions may further include (2) a growth position, and (5) a termination position for putting a termination agent into the growth and aliquot chambers. The valve plate may further include a neutralizer port that is aligned with the aliquot chamber in the loading position, for loading a neutralizing agent into the aliquot chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: Charles L. Desanti, Ryan W. Daly, David Charles Seibert, Jr., Patrick Norris, John Bartholomew, Sherry K. Blight
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Publication number: 20240115667Abstract: Compositions and formulations comprising diphenhydramine and lactoferrin for preventing or treating infection by a SARS-CoV-related betacoronavirus are described. Methods of using the compositions and formulations are also described. The methods include administering to a patient at risk of being infected by a SARS-CoV-related betacoronavirus or suffering from SARS-CoV-related betacoronavirus-related illness a composition or formulation comprising diphenhydramine and lactoferrin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: David A. OSTROV, Michael NORRIS
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Patent number: 11851034Abstract: A method of producing vehicles comprises: in a vehicle production process, manufacturing vehicle components of different types, and assembling the vehicle components to form vehicles; creating a set of vehicle records, each being a record of one of the vehicles entering active service; performing vehicle repairs on a subset of the vehicles after they have entered active service; creating a respective record of each of the vehicle repairs, each of which comprises or indicates a vehicle age or usage value, and records a vehicle component fault identified in the vehicle repair; receiving at a data processing stage the vehicle records and vehicle repair records, wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage processes the received records so as to, for each type of vehicle component: 1) identify a respective set of the vehicle repair records relating to that type of vehicle component, and 2) use the respective set of vehicle repair records to predict a respective number of or resource valueType: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventors: James Gareth Davies, Anthony Peter Griffiths, Christopher Lee Davies, Martyn Neil Jones, Stephen David Norris, Christopher George Reed, Patrick James Tudor, Timothy Peter Davis, David Hong Sau Chung, Michael Paul Nicholas, Kelly Marie Nock, Jonathan Michael Phillips, Ashley Steven Burgess, Nicholas Peter Rees, Steffan Rees
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Publication number: 20230333183Abstract: The invention provides a method for performing a magnetic resonance measurement of an element in a target region, wherein the element has a magnetic resonance excitation spectrum peak with a linewidth LR, wherein the method comprises a measurement cycle (100) comprising: a magnetization transfer stage (110) comprising providing a plurality of pulses (115) of first radiation to the target region, wherein the plurality of pulses (115) are selected to provide a net pulse having a net pulse angle ?N?1°, and wherein the first radiation comprises a first frequency spectrum peak having a first linewidth LF, wherein the first frequency spectrum peak at least partially overlaps with the magnetic resonance excitation spectrum peak, and wherein LF>5*LR; an excitation stage (130) comprising providing a radio frequency pulse to the target region, wherein the radio frequency pulse excites the element resulting in a transverse magnetization of the element; and a measurement stage (140) comprising detecting a signal fromType: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Stichting Katholieke UniversiteitInventor: David Norris
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Publication number: 20230212017Abstract: An ink composition for additive manufacture of silica aerogel objects essentially consists of a gellable silica sol containing an admixture of 30 to 70 vol.% of a mesoporous silica powder in a base solvent. The mesoporous silica powder has a particle size range of 0.001 to 1 mm and a tap density of 30 to 200 kg/m3 and comprises at least 10% by weight of silica aerogel powder. The composition has a yield stress in the range of 30 to 3000 Pa and a viscosity of 5 to 150 Pa·s at a shear rate of 50 s?1. Furthermore, the composition has shear thinning properties defined as a reduction in viscosity by a factor between 10 and 103 for an increase in shear rate by a factor of 104 to 105. A method of additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional silica aerogel object by direct ink writing comprises providing such ink composition, forcing the same through a convergent nozzle, thereby forming a jet of the ink composition which is directed in such manner as to form a three-dimensional object by additive manufacturing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2020Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Shanyu ZHAO, Gilberto DE FREITAS SIQUEIRA, Wim MALFAIT, Matthias KOEBEL, Christopher UBERT, David NORRIS
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Publication number: 20220347180Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for using therapeutic compounds, for example BH3 mimetics such as MCL1 inhibitors, to treat patients that may have failed to respond to targeted or immunotherapy treatments. In several embodiments, methods for treating such patients include combining MCL1 inhibitors with immunotherapies to enhance immunotherapy treatment. For example, the combination of MCL1 inhibitors with immunotherapies is used to treat cancer, such as melanoma. In some embodiments, MCL1 inhibitory compounds and therapies may be useful in treating tissues or tumors having one or more MDSC cell expressing high levels of MCL1. In some embodiments, MCL1 and BCL2 inhibitory compounds and therapies comprising same may be used to treat one or more melanomas, for example cutaneous melanoma, melanoma subtypes selected from uveal, acral, and mucosal. In some embodiments, MCL1 inhibitory compounds and therapies comprising same may be used to treat one or more melanomas, for example uveal melanoma.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Yiqun Shellman, Richard Tobin, Nabanita Mukherjee, David Norris, Martin D.` Carter
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Publication number: 20220193016Abstract: Embodiments of the instant disclosure generally concern compositions, preparation and methods of use for inhibitory compounds of C-terminal binding proteins (CtBPs), for example, CtBP1 and CtBP2. Certain embodiments concern administering inhibitory compounds of CtBP1 and/or CtBP2 to a subject to treat or reduce the effects of a brain injury or brain trauma in a subject. In other embodiments, agents for inhibiting CtBP1 and/or CtBP2 to treat a subject having a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can include, but are not limited to a peptide capable of inhibiting CtBP expression and/or activity. In other embodiments, agents for inhibiting CtBP1 and/or CtBP2 to treat a subject having a TBI can include, but are not limited to, E1A peptide, a small molecule, an siRNA or a combination thereof. In certain embodiments, CtBP inhibitory agents can be administered alone or as a combination with other CtBP inhibitors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Mingxia HUANG, David NORRIS, Rui ZHAO
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Publication number: 20220026136Abstract: A system for cooling and/or heating one or more articles such as a tumble chiller is disclosed. The system comprises a reservoir 20 configured to contain a cooling and/or heating liquid 22, and a belt conveyor system. The belt conveyor system is configured in a first mode of operation to cause one or more articles to be tumbled within the reservoir 20, and in a second mode of operation to cause the one or more articles to be removed from the reservoir 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventor: David NORRIS
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Publication number: 20210380076Abstract: A method of producing vehicles comprises: in a vehicle production process, manufacturing vehicle components of different types, and assembling the vehicle components to form vehicles; creating a set of vehicle records, each being a record of one of the vehicles entering active service; performing vehicle repairs on a subset of the vehicles after they have entered active service; creating a respective record of each of the vehicle repairs, each of which comprises or indicates a vehicle age or usage value, and records a vehicle component fault identified in the vehicle repair; receiving at a data processing stage the vehicle records and vehicle repair records, wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage processes the received records so as to, for each type of vehicle component: 1) identify a respective set of the vehicle repair records relating to that type of vehicle component, and 2) use the respective set of vehicle repair records to predict a respective number of or resource valueType: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: James Gareth DAVIES, Anthony Peter GRIFFITHS, Christopher Lee DAVIES, Martyn Neil JONES, Stephen David NORRIS, Christopher George REED, Patrick James TUDOR, Timothy Peter DAVIS, David Hong Sau CHUNG, Michael Paul NICHOLAS, Kelly Marie NOCK, Jonathan Michael PHILLIPS, Ashley Steven Burgess, Nicholas Peter Rees, Steffan Rees
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Patent number: 11117555Abstract: A method of producing vehicles comprises: in a vehicle production process, manufacturing vehicle components of different types, and assembling the vehicle components to form vehicles; creating a set of vehicle records, each being a record of one of the vehicles entering active service; performing vehicle repairs on a subset of the vehicles after they have entered active service; creating a respective record of each of the vehicle repairs, each of which comprises or indicates a vehicle age or usage value, and records a vehicle component fault identified in the vehicle repair; receiving at a data processing stage the vehicle records and vehicle repair records, wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage processes the received records so as to, for each type of vehicle component: 1) identify a respective set of the vehicle repair records relating to that type of vehicle component, and 2) use the respective set of vehicle repair records to predict a respective number of or resource valueType: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: We Predict LimitedInventors: James Gareth Davies, Anthony Peter Griffiths, Christopher Lee Davies, Martyn Neil Jones, Stephen David Norris, Christopher George Reed, Patrick James Tudor, Timothy Peter Davis, David Hong Sau Chung, Michael Paul Nicholas, Kelly Marie Nock, Jonathan Michael Phillips, Ashley Steven Burgess, Nicholas Peter Rees, Steffan Rees
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Publication number: 20210090359Abstract: A computer-implemented method of predicting vehicle faults, the method comprising, at a data processing stage: receiving: i) sets of telematics data each associated with a vehicle identifier, and ii) a vehicle fault dataset, which records historic vehicle fault events, wherein the vehicle fault events are associated in the datasets with cooperating vehicle identifiers; for each of the vehicle identifiers, determining i) a feature object by processing the associated set of telematics data to determine at least one driving style parameter therefrom, the feature object comprising the at least one driving style parameter, and ii) a training label for the feature object based on one or more of the vehicle fault events associated with that vehicle identifier; and using the feature objects and their training labels to train a predictive component, executed at the data processing stage, to learn causal associations between the driving style parameters and the vehicle fault events, such that a feature object comprisinType: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Anthony Peter GRIFFITHS, Christopher Lee DAVIES, James Gareth DAVIES, Stephen David NORRIS, Patrick James TUDOR, Timothy Peter DAVIS, Kelly Marie NOCK, Steffan Rees
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Publication number: 20210084392Abstract: Embodiments of Power Over Ethernet sensors providing processed signals directly to User devices or via a sensor processing system. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: David Smith, Alan LeVezu, Karl LeVezu, David Norris, JR.
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Publication number: 20210070258Abstract: A method of producing vehicles comprises: in a vehicle production process, manufacturing vehicle components of different types, and assembling the vehicle components to form vehicles; creating a set of vehicle records, each being a record of one of the vehicles entering active service; performing vehicle repairs on a subset of the vehicles after they have entered active service; creating a respective record of each of the vehicle repairs, each of which comprises or indicates a vehicle age or usage value, and records a vehicle component fault identified in the vehicle repair; to receiving at a data processing stage the vehicle records and vehicle repair records, wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage processes the received records so as to, for each type of vehicle component: 1) identify a respective set of the vehicle repair records relating to that type of vehicle component, and 2) use the respective set of vehicle repair records to predict a respective number of or resource valType: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: James Gareth DAVIES, Anthony Peter GRIFFITHS, Christopher Lee DAVIES, Martyn Neil JONES, Stephen David NORRIS, Christopher George REED, Patrick James TUDOR, Timothy Peter DAVIS, David Hong Sau CHUNG, Michael Paul NICHOLAS, Kelly Marie NOCK, Jonathan Michael PHILLIPS, Ashley Steven Burgess, Nicholas Peter Rees, Steffan Rees
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Publication number: 20210016786Abstract: A computer-implemented method of predicting vehicle failures comprises: receiving, at a processing stage: i) a vehicle diagnostics dataset, which records historic diagnostic warning events and an associated timing for each diagnostic warning event, and ii) a vehicle fault dataset, which records historic vehicle fault events and an associated timing for each vehicle fault event, wherein the diagnostic warning events and vehicle fault events are associated in their respective datasets with cooperating vehicle identifiers; wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage determines whether or not each diagnostic warning event of a target type is time-associated with a diagnostic warning event in that its associated timing is within a predetermined time window relative to that of any vehicle fault event associated with a matching vehicle identifier, and computes, based thereon, a significance value for the target type of diagnostic warning event, the significance value denoting the likelihoodType: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Anthony Peter GRIFFITHS, Christopher Lee DAVIES, James Gareth DAVIES, Stephen David NORRIS, Patrick James TUDOR, Timothy Peter DAVIS, Kelly Marie NOCK, Steffan Rees
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Patent number: 10115259Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining if an item of media is invalid. The method includes providing an ultrasound image of an item of media, determining a plurality of regions of the image that satisfy a pre-determined condition and determining that an item of media is invalid if the location of said regions satisfies a pre-determined condition.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Susan Carreon, David Norris
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Patent number: 9996666Abstract: In one embodiment, a matching-engine system may receive a set of physician-selection parameters from an administrator. The physician-selection parameters may comprise a range of acceptable performance-scores and experience-scores for physicians. The matching-engine system may receive, from a user, a search query comprising a geographic location of the user, a preferred date and time for an appointment, and a user-specified symptom or a user-specified treatment. A first set of physicians may be determined based on a geographic location of each physician, a performance-score associated with the physician with respect to a base-concept associated with the search query, and an experience-score associated with the physician with respect to the base-concept. A second set of physicians is identified from the first set based on one or more physician preferences, the preferred date and time, and an indication of whether the physician is available at the preferred date and time.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: MD Insider, Inc.Inventors: Eric Wilson, Paul Michael White, Sanjay Anand, Kingshuk Chatterjee, David Norris
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Patent number: 9946839Abstract: In one embodiment, a matching-engine system receives from a user a search query with a location of the user and a user-specified symptom or treatment. The matching-engine system determines a base-concept of a medical diagnosis or medical procedure based on the search query. The matching-engine system may identify a set of physicians to be recommended to the user based on factors relevant to the base-concept such as readmission rate, infection rate, average length-of-stay, relative invasiveness, and healthcare facility ratings. The matching-engine system may send a search-results page to the user listing the recommended physicians.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Inventors: Eric Wilson, Kingshuk Chatterjee, David Norris
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Publication number: 20180082559Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of safety and warning devices, such as a system for zone entry warning. The present disclosure utilizes attaching a stretchable band to the worker enabling the warning of the worker that they are proximate a demarcated zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Ryan David NORRIS, David MOUSSA
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Patent number: D932055Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Inventors: Rudy G Sturgill, David Norris, Rudy Christopher Sturgill