Patents by Inventor David McPherson

David McPherson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240084808
    Abstract: A ceiling fan includes a motor housing and a motor enclosed by the motor housing. A set of blades can extend from the motor housing and be operably coupled to the motor. The motor can include a rotor assembly and a stator assembly. The motor housing can include an upper housing and a lower housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Michael Paul Conti, Jason Matthew McPherson, Charles David McKee, Arvind G. Ramani, Douglas Troy Mason, Nicholas Dakota Vongprachanh
  • Patent number: 11491184
    Abstract: Provided herein is a novel composition for oral administration and delivery of Noble gas, such as xenon or argon. Methods of treating and preventing neuronal or cardiovascular damage with such compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Shao-Ling Huang, David McPherson, Yong-Jian Geng, Xing Yin, Hyunggun Kim, Melvin Klegerman, Tao Peng
  • Publication number: 20200215100
    Abstract: Provided herein is a novel composition for oral administration and delivery of Noble gas, such as xenon or argon. Methods of treating and preventing neuronal or cardiovascular damage with such compositions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Shao-Ling HUANG, David MCPHERSON, Yong-Jian GENG, Xing YIN, Hyunggun KIM, Melvin KLEGERMAN, Tao PENG
  • Publication number: 20180271897
    Abstract: Provided herein is a novel composition for oral administration and delivery of Noble gas, such as xenon or argon. Methods of treating and preventing neuronal or cardiovascular damage with such compositions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Shao-Ling HUANG, David MCPHERSON, Yong-Jian GENG, Xing YIN, Hyunggun KIM, Melvin KLEGERMAN, Tao PENG
  • Patent number: 9993421
    Abstract: A method of treating a medical condition resulting from a tattoo has the steps of cleaning at least one surface of the tattoo; preparing a plurality of needles to administer a formulation of a solution containing aloe, less than about 30% salt, carboxymethylcellulose and distilled water; covering the surface of the tattoo surrounding area with injections of the solution until the selected area has a different appearance; spreading the solution on the surface of the tattoo to provide a coating, and permitting the solution to dry. Preferably the salt is Himalayan salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: DYNAMO, LLC
    Inventors: David A. McPherson, James B. Severson, Jr., Samir Haggar
  • Patent number: 9789513
    Abstract: A modular, rotisserie type tooling fixture assembly for use in a coating operation and method of its use are disclosed. The tooling fixture assembly includes an arbor or shaft and a retaining base with a plurality of anchor members disposed in a prescribed radial orientation from the center of the retaining base, the anchor members are uniquely configured or adapted to retain a plurality of workpieces to be coated. The tooling fixture assembly further comprises a unique workpiece masking arrangement that employs a unitary masking cap having a plurality of solid walls or surfaces adapted to cover portions of the plurality of workpieces in a masking relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: PRAXAIR S.T. TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Albert Feuerstein, Andrew Thomas Westfall, Thomas F. Lewis, III, David A. McPherson, Ardy Kleyman, Don Lemen
  • Publication number: 20170143618
    Abstract: A method of treating a medical condition resulting from a tattoo has the steps of cleaning at least one surface of the tattoo; preparing a plurality of needles to administer a formulation of a solution containing aloe, less than about 30% salt, carboxymethylcellulose and distilled water; covering the surface of the tattoo surrounding area with injections of the solution until the selected area has a different appearance; spreading the solution on the surface of the tattoo to provide a coating, and permitting the solution to dry. Preferably the salt is Himalayan salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Go Tattless International, LLC
    Inventors: David A. McPherson, James B. Severson, JR., Samir Haggar
  • Patent number: 9381537
    Abstract: A modular, rotisserie type multifunctional tooling fixture assembly is disclosed. The disclosed tooling fixture assembly comprises a positioning ring having a plurality of anchor members configured or adapted to retain a plurality of workpieces to be processed, and a retaining base defining a plurality of retaining members configured to be in locking engagement with the anchor members of the positioning ring and retain a plurality of workpieces in a fixed orientation. The tooling fixture assembly has utility in various coating related processes, including coating and grit blasting operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: David A. McPherson, Albert Feuerstein, Thomas F. Lewis, III, Don Lemen, Ardy Kleyman, Andrew Thomas Westfall
  • Publication number: 20160030470
    Abstract: Provided herein is a novel composition for oral administration and delivery of Noble gas, such as xenon or argon. Methods of treating and preventing neuronal or cardiovascular damage with such compositions are also provided. The present invention relates generally to the fields of molecular biology, medicine and nutraceuticals. More particularly, it concerns methods for oral delivery of inert gas compositions, such as Xenon or Argon, for the treatment and prevention of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Shao-Ling HUANG, David MCPHERSON, Yong-Jian GENG, Xing YIN, Hyunggun KIM, Melvin KLEGERMAN, Tao PENG
  • Patent number: 9208332
    Abstract: Resource authorization policies and resource scopes may be defined separately, thereby decoupling a set of authorization rules from the scope of resources to which those rules apply. In one example, a resource includes anything that can be used in a computing environment (e.g., a file, a device, etc.). A scope describes a set of resources (e.g., all files in folder X, all files labeled “Y”, etc.). Policies describe what can be done with a resource (e.g., “read-only,” “read/write,” “delete, if requestor is a member of the admin group,” etc.). When scopes and policies have been defined, they may be linked, thereby indicating that the policy applies to any resource within the scope. When a request for the resource is made, the request is evaluated against all policies associated with scopes that contain the resource. If the conditions specified in the policies apply, then the request may be granted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Leach, David McPherson, Vishal Agarwal, Mark Fishel Novak, Ming Tang, Ramaswamy Ranganathan, Pranav Kukreja, Andrey Popov, Nir Ben Zvi, Arun K. Nanda
  • Patent number: 8813170
    Abstract: A policy that governs access to a resource may be tested against real-world access requests before being used to control access to the resource. In one example, access to a resource is governed by a policy, referred to as an effective policy. When the policy is to be modified or replaced, the modification or replacement may become a test policy. When a request is made to access the resource, the request may be evaluated under both the effective policy and the test policy. Whether access is granted is determined under the effective policy, but the decision that would be made under the test policy is noted, and may be logged. If the test policy is determined to behave acceptably when confronted with real-world access requests, then the current effective policy may be replaced with the test policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark F. Novak, Paul Leach, Vishal Agarwal, David McPherson, Sunil Gottumukkala, Jignesh Shah, Arun K. Nanda, Nir Ben Zvi, Pranav Kukreja, Ramaswamy Ranganathan
  • Patent number: 8555069
    Abstract: Modern network communications often require a client application requesting data to authenticate itself to an application providing the data. Such authentication requests can be redundant, especially in the case of stateless network protocols. When a full authentication is performed, a conversation identifier and one or more encryption keys can be agreed upon. Subsequent authentication requests can be answered with a fast reconnect token comprising the conversation identifier and a cryptographically signed version of it using the one or more encryption keys. Should additional security be desirable, a sequence number can be established and incremented in a pre-determined or a random manner to enable detection of replayed fast reconnect tokens. If the recipient can verify the fast reconnect token, the provider can be considered to have been authenticated based on the prior authentication. If an aspect of the fast re-authentication should fail, recourse can be had to the original full authentication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Liqiang Zhu, Paul J. Leach, Kevin Thomas Damour, David McPherson, Tanmoy Dutta
  • Publication number: 20130177707
    Abstract: A modular, rotisserie type multifunctional tooling fixture assembly is disclosed. The disclosed tooling fixture assembly comprises a positioning ring having a plurality of anchor members configured or adapted to retain a plurality of workpieces to be processed, and a retaining base defining a plurality of retaining members configured to be in locking engagement with the anchor members of the positioning ring and retain a plurality of workpieces in a fixed orientation. The tooling fixture assembly has utility in various coating related processes, including coating and grit blasting operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Albert Feuerstein, Andrew Thomas Westfall, Thomas F. Lewis, III, David A. McPherson, Ardy Kleyman, Don Lemen
  • Publication number: 20130149450
    Abstract: A modular, rotisserie type tooling fixture assembly for use in a coating operation and method of its use are disclosed. The tooling fixture assembly includes an arbor or shaft and a retaining base with a plurality of anchor members disposed in a prescribed radial orientation from the center of the retaining base, the anchor members are uniquely configured or adapted to retain a plurality of workpieces to be coated. The tooling fixture assembly further comprises a unique workpiece masking arrangement that employs a unitary masking cap having a plurality of solid walls or surfaces adapted to cover portions of the plurality of workpieces in a masking relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Albert Feuerstein, Andrew Thomas Westfall, Thomas F. Lewis, III, David A. McPherson, Ardy Kleyman, Don Lemen
  • Publication number: 20130125199
    Abstract: A policy that governs access to a resource may be tested against real-world access requests before being used to control access to the resource. In one example, access to a resource is governed by a policy, referred to as an effective policy. When the policy is to be modified or replaced, the modification or replacement may become a test policy. When a request is made to access the resource, the request may be evaluated under both the effective policy and the test policy. Whether access is granted is determined under the effective policy, but the decision that would be made under the test policy is noted, and may be logged. If the test policy is determined to behave acceptably when confronted with real-world access requests, then the current effective policy may be replaced with the test policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark F. Novak, Paul Leach, Vishal Agarwal, David McPherson, Sunil Gottumukkala, Jignesh Shah, Arun K. Nanda, Nir Ben Zvi, Pranav Kukreja, Ramaswamy Ranganathan
  • Publication number: 20120167158
    Abstract: Resource authorization policies and resource scopes may be defined separately, thereby decoupling a set of authorization rules from the scope of resources to which those rules apply. In one example, a resource includes anything that can be used in a computing environment (e.g., a file, a device, etc.). A scope describes a set of resources (e.g., all files in folder X, all files labeled “Y”, etc.). Policies describe what can be done with a resource (e.g., “read-only,” “read/write,” “delete, if requestor is a member of the admin group,” etc.). When scopes and policies have been defined, they may be linked, thereby indicating that the policy applies to any resource within the scope. When a request for the resource is made, the request is evaluated against all policies associated with scopes that contain the resource. If the conditions specified in the policies apply, then the request may be granted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Leach, David McPherson, Vishal Agarwal, Mark Fishel Novak, Ming Tang, Ramaswamy Ranganathan, Pranav Kukreja, Andrey Popov, Nir Ben Zvi, Arun K. Nanda
  • Patent number: 7976743
    Abstract: The present invention provides gas-containing liposomes. In particular, the present invention provide methods of generating gas-containing liposomes where the gas is introduced under pressure, as well as gas-containing liposomes which contain a large volume of gas (e.g., 10 ul of gas per 5 mg of gas-containing liposomes). In certain embodiments, the gas-containing liposomes contain nitric oxide gas. In some embodiments, such nitric oxide containing liposomes are used to treat a medical condition that is treatable by nitric oxide gas (e.g., intimal hyperplasia).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignees: Northwestern University, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Shaoling Huang, Patrick Kee, Robert C. MacDonald, David McPherson
  • Publication number: 20100228982
    Abstract: Modern network communications often require a client application requesting data to authenticate itself to an application providing the data. Such authentication requests can be redundant, especially in the case of stateless network protocols. When a full authentication is performed, a conversation identifier and one or more encryption keys can be agreed upon. Subsequent authentication requests can be answered with a fast reconnect token comprising the conversation identifier and a cryptographically signed version of it using the one or more encryption keys. Should additional security be desirable, a sequence number can be established and incremented in a pre-determined or a random manner to enable detection of replayed fast reconnect tokens. If the recipient can verify the fast reconnect token, the provider can be considered to have been authenticated based on the prior authentication. If an aspect of the fast re-authentication should fail, recourse can be had to the original full authentication process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Liqiang Zhu, Paul J. Leach, Kevin Thomas Damour, David McPherson, Tanmoy Dutta
  • Patent number: 7419704
    Abstract: The invention is a coating and a method for applying coatings to fiber reinforced composite materials. A first polymeric layer, free of fibers and particulate, coats a fiber reinforced polymer substrate. The first layer joins the fiber reinforced polymer substrate to a second polymeric layer. The second polymeric layer contains a polymeric matrix and a particulate within the polymeric matrix. Finally, at least one thermally sprayed material coats the second polymeric layer to form an adherent multi-layer coating attached to the fiber reinforced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Praxair S. T. Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Kent Passman, David A. McPherson
  • Publication number: 20080175893
    Abstract: The present invention provides gas-containing liposomes. In particular, the present invention provide methods of generating gas-containing liposomes where the gas is introduced under pressure, as well as gas-containing liposomes which contain a large volume of gas (e.g., 10 ul of gas per 5 mg of gas-containing liposomes). In certain embodiments, the gas-containing liposomes contain nitric oxide gas. In some embodiments, such nitric oxide containing liposomes are used to treat a medical condition that is treatable by nitric oxide gas (e.g., intimal hyperplasia).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shaoling Huang, Robert C. MacDonald, Patrick Kee, David McPherson