Patents by Inventor James A. MacDonald
James A. MacDonald 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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Publication number: 20240139684Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrodialysis stack that may be used for the treatment of an electrically conductive solution. The stack includes two electrodes (at least one is a recessed electrode), a plurality of ion-transport membranes and stack spacers. The membranes and spacers are arranged between the electrodes to define electrodialysis cell pairs. The stack includes an electrically insulated zone that extends substantially from a distribution manifold past the recessed edge of the electrode and substantially from the recessed electrode to the opposite electrode for a distance that is about 8% to 100% of the total distance between the electrodes. The overlap distance that the electrically insulated zone extends past the recessed edge of the electrode is calculated as: distance in cm=(0.062 cm?1)*(exp(?60/total cp)*(area in cm2 of the manifold ducts of the concentrated stream at the recessed edge)+/?10%.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: John H. BARBER, Wojciech GUTOWSKI, Yongchang ZHENG, Russell James MACDONALD
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Patent number: 11966788Abstract: Techniques for predictive autoscaling and resource optimization of software deployments. In an implementation, users declare performance objectives, and machine learning of application behavior and load profile is to used to determine minimum cost resourcing to meet the declared performance objectives. In an embodiment, convergent deployments are monitored and related feedback is provided to improve forecasting, behavior modeling, and resource estimation over time.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SNYK LIMITEDInventors: Jevon MacDonald, James Bowes, Domenic Rosati
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Patent number: 11904278Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrodialysis stack that may be used for the treatment of an electrically conductive solution. The stack includes two electrodes (at least one is a recessed electrode), a plurality of ion-transport membranes and stack spacers. The membranes and spacers are arranged between the electrodes to define electrodialysis cell pairs. The stack includes an electrically insulated zone that extends substantially from a distribution manifold past the recessed edge of the electrode and substantially from the recessed electrode to the opposite electrode for a distance that is about 8% to 100% of the total distance between the electrodes. The overlap distance that the electrically insulated zone extends past the recessed edge of the electrode is calculated as: distance in cm=(0.062 cm?1)*(exp(?60/total cp)*(area in cm2 of the manifold ducts of the concentrated stream at the recessed edge)+/?10%.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: John H. Barber, Wojciech Gutowski, Yongchang Zheng, Russell James MacDonald
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Patent number: 11905223Abstract: Methods of forming a fertilizer composition having slow-release nitrogen compounds with a molten process are disclosed. The methods include mixing of a polyethylene wax with urea, formaldehyde, and one or more of an acid catalyst and emulsifier to form a molten methylene urea mixture. The contents of the molten methylene urea mixture react to form slow-release nitrogen compounds. Fertilizer compositions formed of, or including, the slow-release nitrogen compounds are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventors: Harold E. Thompson, Curtis James MacDonald, Stephanie Von Ville Velez, David Patrick Inglish, Kwame Owusu-Adom
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Publication number: 20230304879Abstract: A sensing element having improved temperature and pressure characteristics including at least one acoustic sensing device formed mainly from a silicon substrate and having a microelectromechanical system without the use of quartz or polymer, wherein the at least one acoustic sensing device detects a torque associated with a metal object subject to said torque, and a high temperature bonding surface for directly connecting the sensing element to the metal object via a high temperature connecting processes comprising at least one of soldering, metalizing and/or brazing, without the need for a polymer adhesive. Related sensors using such sensing elements and methods are also disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Robert James MacDonald, Yizhen Lin, Nicholas G. Yost, David Richard Esler
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Patent number: 11577858Abstract: A bag handling system for a mass transit environment is disclosed. The bag handling system includes a first set of autonomous automated guided vehicles and a second set of autonomous automated guided vehicles. The first and second sets of autonomous automated guided vehicles are configured to transport bags through one or more bag processing areas.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Leidos Security & Automation LimitedInventors: Richard Cottle, Luke Thomas Woods, William Edward Watt, Michael William James MacDonald, Velibor Kilibarda, Kenneth Hamel, Freddie Tappo, William Frazer, Bryan Finzel, Martin Kinsella
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Publication number: 20230017973Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrodialysis stack that may be used for the treatment of an electrically conductive solution. The stack includes two electrodes (at least one is a recessed electrode), a plurality of ion-transport membranes and stack spacers. The membranes and spacers are arranged between the electrodes to define electrodialysis cell pairs. The stack includes an electrically insulated zone that extends substantially from a distribution manifold past the recessed edge of the electrode and substantially from the recessed electrode to the opposite electrode for a distance that is about 8% to 100% of the total distance between the electrodes. The overlap distance that the electrically insulated zone extends past the recessed edge of the electrode is calculated as: distance in cm=(0.062 cm?1)*(exp(?60/total cp)*(area in cm2 of the manifold ducts of the concentrated stream at the recessed edge)+/?10%.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: John H. BARBER, Wojciech GUTOWSKI, Yongchang ZHENG, Russell James MACDONALD
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Patent number: 11484839Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrodialysis stack that may be used for the treatment of an electrically conductive solution. The stack includes two electrodes (at least one is a recessed electrode), a plurality of ion-transport membranes and stack spacers. The membranes and spacers are arranged between the electrodes to define electrodialysis cell pairs. The stack includes an electrically insulated zone that extends substantially from a distribution manifold past the recessed edge of the electrode and substantially from the recessed electrode to the opposite electrode for a distance that is about 8% to 100% of the total distance between the electrodes. The overlap distance that the electrically insulated zone extends past the recessed edge of the electrode is calculated as: distance in cm=(0.062 cm?1)*(exp(?60/total cp)*(area in cm2 of the manifold ducts of the concentrated stream at the recessed edge) +/?10%.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: BL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: John H. Barber, Wojciech Gutowski, Yongchang Zheng, Russell James MacDonald
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Patent number: 11442166Abstract: A measurement configuration of a remote sensing device for use in implementing a remote sensing measurement campaign is improved. One method includes adjusting a scan geometry configuration of the remote sensing device during the measurement campaign based on measurement data acquired in a previous scan geometry configuration. In another method, the remote sensing device is configured in a scan geometry configuration having a plurality of scan geometries, and following acquisition of a measurement data set by the remote sensing device at a first time interval, one of the scan geometries indicative of an improved or optimal scan geometry at the first time interval is selected. The remote sensing device forms part of a remote sensing system and includes an optical source emitting a probe as a light beam along different lines of sight. The remote sensing device includes or is operatively associated with a receiver for detecting the reflected probe.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SGURRENERGY LIMITEDInventor: Peter James Macdonald Clive
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Patent number: 11436087Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to, among other things, a method of managing a memory device. In some aspects, the method includes receiving data to be stored in a storage memory, wherein the storage memory is coupled to the memory device, wherein the memory device includes a first memory type and a second memory type different from the first memory type; storing a first copy of the received data in the first memory type; storing a second copy of the received data in the second memory type; receiving indication of a power loss to the memory device; in response to receiving indication of the power loss, copying the second copy from the second memory type to the storage memory; detecting for power restoration to the memory device after the power loss; and in response to detecting power restoration to the memory device, restoring data to the first memory type by copying data from the second memory type to the first memory type.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Everspin Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Pankaj Bishnoi, Trevor Sydney Smith, James MacDonald
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Patent number: 11359368Abstract: There is provided a ventilating sill plate for elevating a wall portion from a receiving surface. The ventilating sill plate comprises at least one longitudinal base having a first and a second face opposite the first face extending along a longitudinal axis, the first and the second face extending laterally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis between a first and a second lateral side. A plurality of longitudinally spaced support legs extend away from the second face and define at least one ventilating channel extending from the first to the second lateral side of the at least one longitudinal base. A plurality of support pads project from the first face and collaborate for supporting the wall portion. A plurality of longitudinally spaced arms are shaped and sized to receive the wall portion therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: 9619674 CANADA INC.Inventors: James MacDonald, Vincent Begin, Louise Charbonneau, Mado Poulin, Eric LeClair, Steven Arless
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Publication number: 20220000856Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds, in particular novel pyridinone derivatives according to Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the application and claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic receptors—subtype 2 (“mGluR2”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. In particular, such diseases are central nervous system disorders selected from the group of anxiety, schizophrenia, migraine, depression, and epilepsy. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey, Robert Johannes Lutjens, Terry Patrick Finn
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Publication number: 20210292252Abstract: Methods of forming a fertilizer composition having slow-release nitrogen compounds with a molten process are disclosed. The methods include mixing of a polyethylene wax with urea, formaldehyde, and one or more of an acid catalyst and emulsifier to form a molten methylene urea mixture. The contents of the molten methylene urea mixture react to form slow-release nitrogen compounds. Fertilizer compositions formed of, or including, the slow-release nitrogen compounds are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Harold E. Thompson, Curtis James MacDonald, Stephanie Von Ville Velez, David Patrick Inglish, Kwame Owusu-Adom
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Patent number: 11071729Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds, in particular novel pyridinone derivatives according to Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the application and claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic receptors—subtype 2 (“mGluR2”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. In particular, such diseases are central nervous system disorders selected from the group of anxiety, schizophrenia, migraine, depression, and epilepsy. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignees: Addex Pharmaceuticals S.A., Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey, Terry Patrick Finn
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Patent number: 10947242Abstract: The present invention relates to novel [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-yl derivatives as inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, to processes for preparing such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds and compositions for the prevention and treatment of disorders in which PDE2 is involved, such as neurological and psychiatric disorders.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NVInventors: Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck, Frans Alfons Maria Van den Keybus, Gary John Tresadern, Petrus Jacobus Johannes Antonius Buijnsters, Adriana Ingrid Velter, Edgar Jacoby, Gregor James Macdonald, Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen, Abdellah Ahnaou, Wilhelmus Helena Ignatius Maria Drinkenburg
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Publication number: 20210070539Abstract: Shipping system for temperature-sensitive materials. In one embodiment, the shipping system may include a frame defining an enclosure. The frame may include a bottom, a top, a front, a rear, a left side, a right side, a left corner gusset, and a right corner gusset. The front may serve as a door. Thermal breaks may be provided in one or more of the bottom, the front, the left corner gusset, and the right corner gusset. Vacuum insulated panels may be positioned along all sides of the frame. Many of the vacuum insulated panels may be encapsulated between the frame and an outer shell. A plurality of phase-change material assemblies may be positioned within the frame along all sides. Heat-spreaders may be positioned interior to the phase-change material assemblies. The shipping system may be dimensioned so that four such shipping systems may be seated on a prorate manual cargo sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: James R. Chasteen, Brian Paul Skocypec, Peter Martino, William D. Robertson, Amanda Lynn Longley, Stephanie Jean Pazniokas, Brandon James MacDonald, Theodore Smith, Matthew Dunham
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Publication number: 20210025161Abstract: There is provided a ventilating sill plate for elevating a wall portion from a receiving surface. The ventilating sill plate comprises at least one longitudinal base having a first and a second face opposite the first face extending along a longitudinal axis, the first and the second face extending laterally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis between a first and a second lateral side. A plurality of longitudinally spaced support legs extend away from the second face and define at least one ventilating channel extending from the first to the second lateral side of the at least one longitudinal base. A plurality of support pads project from the first face and collaborate for supporting the wall portion. A plurality of longitudinally spaced arms are shaped and sized to receive the wall portion therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: James MACDONALD, Vincent BEGIN, Louise CHARBONNEAU, Mado POULIN, Eric LECLAIR, Steven ARLESS
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Publication number: 20210002078Abstract: Systems and methods described herein are for high throughput object handling and X-Ray screening systems. Material handling systems can adopt the proposed system to assist with the transportation of objects into X-Ray screening machines populated with lead curtains to curtail radiation emissions. The lead curtains associated with X-Ray screening machines can cause numerous problems to the safe and secure transportation of the objects. The systems and methods proposed control several aspects of the object handling to overcome the problems associated with the lead curtains. The system and methods results in the increase of system throughput, improved efficiency, reduction in line stoppages and general wear and tear. Systems can include a smart conveyor that assists objects through lead curtains using flights that are raised behind the trailing edge of the objects. The system can include smart conveyors and control systems that communicate with the X-Ray machine regarding the identity and status of the objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventor: Michael William James MacDonald
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Publication number: 20200405881Abstract: Provided herein are engineered cells and methods for engineering cells to deliver a therapeutic agent, e.g., a small molecule, peptide or other drug, to a cell or tissue to be treated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2018Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE, COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATIONInventors: Patrick S. STAYTON, Anthony CONVERTINE, Debobrato DAS, Hye-Nam SON, Selvi SRINIVASAN, Katherine MONTGOMERY, Ian BLUMENTHAL, Courtney CRANE, Michael JENSEN, James MATTHAEI, John CHIEFARI, Maarten DANIAL, Fei HUANG, James MACDONALD, Almar POSTMA, Kathleen TURNER
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Publication number: 20200276318Abstract: Provided herein are engineered cells and methods for engineering cells to deliver a therapeutic agent, e.g., a small molecule, peptide or other drug, to a cell or tissue to be treated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2018Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE, COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATIONInventors: STAYTON S. Patrick, Katherine MONTGOMERY, Courtney CRANE, Michael JENSEN, John CHIEFARI, James MACDONALD, Maarten DANIAL, Fei HUANG, Almar POSTMA, Kathleen TURNER