Patents by Inventor Ian A. Bruce

Ian A. Bruce 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: 8979261
    Abstract: Silicone hydrogel ophthalmic devices, such as ocular inserts and contact lenses, formed in direct contact with molds comprising at least one vinyl alcohol copolymer and related methods are described. The at least one vinyl alcohol copolymer of the molds is a vinyl alcohol copolymer other than an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. The methods of manufacturing ophthalmic devices can use dry or wet demolding processes, or dry or wet delensing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: CooperVision International Holding Company, LP
    Inventors: Neil Goodenough, David Robert Morsley, Ian Bruce, Edyta S. Bialek, Lee Darren Norris
  • Patent number: 8982707
    Abstract: Technologies are provided in example embodiments for intercepting a packet being multicast from a first tunnel endpoint in a network, determining first address mapping information of the first tunnel endpoint and a first host, wherein the first host created the packet, generating a control protocol message with the first address mapping information, and communicating the control protocol message through a control plane in the network. In more specific example embodiments, the communicating the control protocol message includes sending the control protocol message to a network repository, where the first address mapping information is registered in the network repository. In other more specific example embodiments, the communicating the control protocol message includes pushing the control protocol message to one or more other tunnel endpoints. Further embodiments include decapsulating the packet to determine an endpoint identifier of the first host and a location of the first tunnel endpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Manuel Moreno, Ian Bruce Bernard Cox
  • Publication number: 20150025059
    Abstract: Bicyclic heterocyclic derivatives of formula I useful in inhibiting PDGF receptor mediated biological activity. wherein A is and R1, R1a, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and X are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Ian Bruce, Sylvie Chamoin, Stephen Paul Collingswood, Pascal Furet, Vikki Furminger, Diana Janus, Sarah Lewis, Jon Christopher Loren, Valentina Molteni, Alex Michael Saunders, Duncan Shaw, Lilya Sviridenko, Christopher Thomson, Ryan West, Vince Yeh
  • Patent number: 8901134
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, where R1-R3 and Y are defined in the description, and its use in the treatment of disorders in which pi3 kinase is implicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Graham Charles Bloomfield, Ian Bruce, Brian Cox, Lee Edwards, Judy Fox Hayler, Catherine Howsham
  • Publication number: 20140343091
    Abstract: Compounds of formula in free or salt or solvate form, where Ar is a group of formula Y is carbon or nitrogen and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, X, n, p, q and r are as defined in the specification, their preparation and their use as pharmaceuticals, particularly for the treatment of obstructive or inflammatory airways diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Bernard Cuenoud, Ian Bruce, Robin Alec Fairhurst, David Beattie
  • Patent number: 8883819
    Abstract: Bicyclic heterocyclic derivatives of formula I useful in inhibiting PDGF receptor mediated biological activity. wherein A is and R1, R1a, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and X are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: IRM LLC, Novartis AG
    Inventors: Ian Bruce, Sylvie Chamoin, Stephen Paul Collingwood, Pascal Furet, Vikki Furminger, Diana Janus, Sarah Lewis, Jon Christopher Loren, Valentia Molteni, Alex Michael Saunders, Duncan Shaw, Lilya Sviridenko, Christopher Thomson, Ryan West, Vince Yeh
  • Publication number: 20140291875
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing ophthalmic devices and apparatus for treatment of ophthalmic devices are provided. The apparatus includes a tank, liquid, baffle and ophthalmic devices. The methods include placing the liquid, baffle and ophthalmic devices in a tank including at least one element which produces bubbles and/or convection currents. The baffle is structured and/or positioned to prevent bubbles from contacting the ophthalmic devices in the tank, to reduce the force of the convection currents, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Ian Bruce
  • Patent number: 8846687
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a compound of formula (I) or a salt, suitably a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or solvate thereof, wherein the groups R1, R2, Ar?, A and Y are defined in the description, to compositions and use of the compounds in the treatment of inflammatory and allergic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Ian Bruce, Emma Budd, Lee Edwards, Catherine Howsham
  • Publication number: 20140269702
    Abstract: Technologies are provided in example embodiments for intercepting a packet being multicast from a first tunnel endpoint in a network, determining first address mapping information of the first tunnel endpoint and a first host, wherein the first host created the packet, generating a control protocol message with the first address mapping information, and communicating the control protocol message through a control plane in the network. In more specific example embodiments, the communicating the control protocol message includes sending the control protocol message to a network repository, where the first address mapping information is registered in the network repository. In other more specific example embodiments, the communicating the control protocol message includes pushing the control protocol message to one or more other tunnel endpoints. Further embodiments include decapsulating the packet to determine an endpoint identifier of the first host and a location of the first tunnel endpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Manuel Moreno, Ian Bruce Bernard Cox
  • Patent number: 8835444
    Abstract: There are described cyclohexyl amide derivatives useful as corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) receptor antagonists Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: David Beattie, Ian Bruce, Anny-Odile Colson, Andrew James Culshaw, Thomas Sharp
  • Publication number: 20140249177
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel solid forms of pharmaceutically active agents and therapeutic uses thereof. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Ian BRUCE, Sylvie CHAMOIN, Stephen Paul COLLINGWOOD, Pascal FURET, Vikki FURMINGER, Sarah LEWIS, Jon Christopher LOREN, Lin LV, Valentina MOLTEN, Alex Michael SAUNDERS, Duncan SHAW, Roy Maxwell TURNER, Vince YEH
  • Publication number: 20140235632
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, where R1-R3 and Y are defined in the description, and its use in the treatment of disorders in which pi3 kinase is implicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Graham Charles Bloomfield, Ian Bruce, Brian Cox, Lee Edwards, Judy Fox Hayler, Catherine Howsham
  • Patent number: 8796307
    Abstract: Compounds of formula in free or salt or solvate form, where Ar is a group of formula Y is carbon or nitrogen and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, X, n, p, q and r are as defined in the specification, their preparation and their use as pharmaceuticals, particularly for the treatment of obstructive or inflammatory airways diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Bernard Cuenoud, Ian Bruce, Robin Alec Fairhurst, David Beattie
  • Patent number: 8781684
    Abstract: A three-wheeled vehicle that includes: a single front wheel; two rear wheels; a passenger cabin; an electronic steering control unit; and a steering input device configured to send an electronic signal to the electronic steering control unit corresponding to an input received at the steering input device associated with turning the three-wheeled vehicle; wherein the electronic steering control unit is configured to counter-steer the front wheel in response to receiving the electronic signal, wherein the counter-steering of the front wheel initiates a leaning of the passenger cabin a direction of turning of the three-wheeled vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha Motors Company Limited
    Inventor: Ian A. Bruce
  • Publication number: 20140066478
    Abstract: Compounds of formula in free or salt or solvate form, where Ar is a group of formula Y is carbon or nitrogen and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, X, n, p, q and r are as defined in the specification, their preparation and their use as pharmaceuticals, particularly for the treatment of obstructive or inflammatory airways disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Bernard Cuenoud, Ian Bruce, Robin Alec Fairhurst, David Beattie
  • Patent number: 8658673
    Abstract: Compounds of formula in free or salt or solvate form, where Ar is a group of formula Y is carbon or nitrogen and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, X, n, p, q and r are as defined in the specification, their preparation and their use as pharmaceuticals, particularly for the treatment of obstructive or inflammatory airways diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Bernard Cuenoud, Ian Bruce, Robin Alec Fairhurst, David Beattie
  • Publication number: 20140051698
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, where R1-R3 and Y are defined in the description, and its use in the treatment of disorders in which pi3 kinase is implicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Ian Bruce, Judy Fox Hayler, Graham Charles Bloomfield, Lee Edwards, Brian Cox, Catherine Howsham
  • Publication number: 20140019006
    Abstract: A three-wheeled vehicle that includes: a single front wheel; two rear wheels; a passenger cabin; an electronic steering control unit; and a steering input device configured to send an electronic signal to the electronic steering control unit corresponding to an input received at the steering input device associated with turning the three-wheeled vehicle; wherein the electronic steering control unit is configured to counter-steer the front wheel in response to receiving the electronic signal, wherein the counter-steering of the front wheel initiates a leaning of the passenger cabin a direction of turning of the three-wheeled vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventor: Ian A. Bruce
  • Publication number: 20130293831
    Abstract: Ophthalmic lens molds made from one or more thermoplastic polymer having a low level of UV light transmittance (UV % T) ophthalmic lenses including silicone hydrogel contact lenses molded using these thermoplastic polymer having low UV % T, and methods of manufacturing ophthalmic lenses by cast molding a polymerizable composition in mold members formed of these thermoplastic polymers having low UV % T and curing the polymerizable composition using UV light are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY, LP
    Inventors: Lee Darren Norris, Edyta S. Bialek, Sarah L. Almond, David Robert Morsley, A.K.M. Shahab Siddiqui, Richard C. Rogers, Ian Bruce, Benjamin S. Sheader
  • Patent number: D690622
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Alpha Motors Company Limited
    Inventor: Ian A. Bruce