Patents by Inventor John A. Wilkinson
John A. Wilkinson 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: 20140278597Abstract: A system for managing corporate travel provides a search module in which a traveler may search travel options and receive travel approval in line with the travel policies of an organization. The traveler completes the booking outside the system, by any means, through any supplier or reseller. The completed booking is then reconciled within the system with credit card transaction information and/or expense report information with a reconciliation module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: John Wilkinson, Masood Fakharzadeh, Thomas Johansson, Sushma Bhope
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Patent number: 8806951Abstract: Rheometer, also usable for stress-strain-investigations, with at least one bearing (28; 35) having an adjustable stiffness in a direction normal to the bearing surfaces (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27). The instrument further includes a system (31, 32, 33, 34; 36, 37) for controlling a parameter for adjusting the stiffness of the at least one bearing (28; 35); a system (10) for determining a value of a quantity associated with a second force exerted between the rotor (8, 5, 6,7) and the stator (2) and opposing the force associated with the quantity to be determined; and a data processing system for correcting the determined value of the quantity associated with the second force by a bias value, obtained using a mapping having as a parameter a variable representative of the parameter for adjusting the stiffness.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2009Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Malvern Instruments, Ltd.Inventors: John Wilkinson, Tim Jackson
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Patent number: 8739498Abstract: An insulated fire door includes a door shell having spaced first and second exterior panels and a gypsum panel between the first and second exterior panels. The insulated fire door includes a plurality of spacers bonded across an interior side of each of the first and second exterior panels. The spacers maintain the gypsum panel in a spaced position from the interior sides of the first and second exterior panels as the door bows during a fire on one side of the door, until the gypsum disintegrates. Each of the spacers may have a flat portion contacting the gypsum panel, a leg extending from the flat portion spacing the gypsum from the interior sides of the first and second exterior panels, and a flange extending from the leg bonding the spacer to the first and second exterior panels.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Assa Abloy Door Group, LLCInventors: John Wilkinson, Bobby Neal Strickland, Thomas Janicak, Jeffrey Badgett, Mark Drake
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Publication number: 20140109107Abstract: In one embodiment, a method allows an application running in a first process to communicate with a second process. A file system filter driver receives a command from the application for a file. The file system filter driver is configured to process file system commands. The file system filter driver determines that the command is for an inter-process communication with a service running in the second process based on the command being for the file. Then, the file system filter driver sends the command to the service running in the second process where the command is processed by the service. A response from the service is received based on the command being processed by the service and the file system filter driver sends the response to the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Anthony John Wilkinson, Erik Tatum
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Patent number: 8694541Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention can be used to organize and prioritize data to optimize the ability to answer business questions and address business needs. A data mapping system may be used to map value driver data elements to business questions to assess which data sets or sources of data are more important than others when assessing the business questions. This can assist in the process of identifying the most useful and accurate data for assessing a business question.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.Inventor: John Wilkinson
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Publication number: 20140047785Abstract: An insulated fire door includes a door shell having spaced first and second exterior panels and a gypsum panel between the first and second exterior panels. The insulated fire door includes a plurality of spacers bonded across an interior side of each of the first and second exterior panels. The spacers maintain the gypsum panel in a spaced position from the interior sides of the first and second exterior panels as the door bows during a fire on one side of the door, until the gypsum disintegrates. Each of the spacers may have a flat portion contacting the gypsum panel, a leg extending from the flat portion spacing the gypsum from the interior sides of the first and second exterior panels, and a flange extending from the leg bonding the spacer to the first and second exterior panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: ASSA ABLOY DOOR GROUP, LLCInventors: John Wilkinson, Bobby Neal Strickland, Thomas Janicak, Jeffrey Badgett, Mark Drake
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Patent number: 8635245Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention can be used to organize and prioritize data to optimize the ability to answer business questions and address business needs. A data mapping system may be used to map value driver data elements to business questions to assess which data sets or sources of data are more important than others when assessing the business questions. This can assist in the process of identifying the most useful and accurate data for assessing a business question.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2010Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.Inventor: John Wilkinson
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Patent number: 8613180Abstract: An insulated door comprising a door shell having spaced first and second exterior panels. The door includes a plurality of stiffeners bonded to a liner panel, with thermal insulation between adjacent stiffeners, disposed within the door shell. The liner panel may extend along one side of the stiffeners and the thermal insulation along the liner panel between the stiffeners and the first and second exterior panels. The stiffeners and the liner panel are preferably made of steel and the stiffeners are welded to the liner panel. The stiffeners are preferably not welded to the first and second exterior panels of the door shell. The liner panel is preferably insertable into the first or second exterior panels of the door shell. The insulation material fills substantially all of the space between the liner panel and one of the first or second exterior panels.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Assa Abloy Door Group, LLCInventors: Bobby Neal Strickland, John A. Wilkinson, Dale Childers, Michael Campbell
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Patent number: 8504455Abstract: Enhanced systems, processes, tools, techniques and strategies are provided for executing corporate entity changes between or among institutions, particularly with respect to minimizing the negative effects of the corporate change on customers of the institutions. In various embodiments, a method is provided for determining a wave assignment for a customer in connection with multiple waves of the corporate change. The method may include establishing a baseline wave assignment for customers of the acquired institution based on customer account data; determining lines of business associated with the customer account data; and, applying wave assignments to the customer account data in response to the baseline wave assignments and the lines of business, among other potential factors.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.Inventors: Joseph J. Balestreire, Matt Bruhn, John DeMarchis, Anthony McIntyre, John Wilkinson
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Publication number: 20130116243Abstract: The invention relates to a series of compounds with particular activity as inhibitors of the serine-threonine kinase AKT. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising same as well as methods for treating cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: ALMAC DISCOVERY LIMITEDInventors: Lixin Zhang, Graham Peter Trevitt, Hugues Miel, Frank Burkamp, Timothy Harrison, Andrew John Wilkinson, Charles-Henry Fabritius
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Patent number: 8418427Abstract: An insulated door comprising a door shell having spaced first and second exterior panels. The door includes a plurality of stiffeners bonded to a liner panel, with thermal insulation between adjacent stiffeners, disposed within the door shell. The liner panel may extend along one side of the stiffeners and the thermal insulation along the liner panel between the stiffeners and the first and second exterior panels. The stiffeners and the liner panel are preferably made of steel and the stiffeners are welded to the liner panel. The stiffeners are preferably not welded to the first and second exterior panels of the door shell. The liner panel is preferably insertable into the first or second exterior panels of the door shell. The insulation material fills substantially all of the space between the liner panel and one of the first or second exterior panels.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Assa Abloy Door Group, LLCInventors: Bobby Neal Strickland, John A. Wilkinson, Dale Childers, Michael Campbell
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Publication number: 20110203384Abstract: Rheometer, also usable for stress-strain-investigations, with at least one bearing (28; 35) having an adjustable stiffness in a direction normal to the bearing surfaces (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27). The instrument further includes a system (31, 32, 33, 34; 36, 37) for controlling a parameter for adjusting the stiffness of the at least one bearing (28; 35); a system (10) for determining a value of a quantity associated with a second force exerted between the rotor (8, 5, 6,7) and the stator (2) and opposing the force associated with the quantity to be determined; and a data processing system for correcting the determined value of the quantity associated with the second force by a bias value, obtained using a mapping having as a parameter a variable representative of the parameter for adjusting the stiffness.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: John Wilkinson, Tim Jackson
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Patent number: 7966659Abstract: Techniques for system wide analysis of industrial protocol traffic are provided to determine an optimal location of a security device and/or to dynamically and automatically create rules for security devices, communication modules, and/or proxy devices, including replacement devices. Intrusion detection and/or prevention can be provided for an system utilizing mechanisms for an industrial protocol space. Automated configurable security rule combining can maintain a rule set that is simple and manageable. Configuration and maintenance of industrial protocol devices, communication devices, security-enabled devices, security proxies, and intrusion detection and/or prevention can be simplified within unique industrial environment architectures.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2006Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John Wilkinson, Brian A. Batke, Kenwood H. Hall, Tary J. Jasper, Michael D. Kalan, James B. Vitrano
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Patent number: 7878004Abstract: An aspect of the invention is directed towards a method and device for optimizing a light-up procedure of a gas turbine engine. An aspect of the method comprises repeating an engine start attempt with amended light-up parameter values or range of light-up parameter values, where the values are amended by a predefined scheme including recording the light-up parameter value or the range of light-up parameter values of each start attempt together with the light-up success rate achieved in the respective start attempts, and optimizing the light-up parameter value or range of parameter values by analyzing the recorded data after the start attempts have been finished. An aspect of the device is to provide a control unit that implements the inventive method.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2007Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gareth Davies, Richard Noden, Dorian Skipper, John Wilkinson, Richard Woods
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Publication number: 20100293960Abstract: A method of starting a gas turbine engine by use of a start sequence is provided. Turbine speed and fuel delivery are coordinated so as to provide a fuel/air mixture at an ignition device allowing a successful ignition. If a successful ignition has not occurred by end of the start sequence the gas turbine engine is purged and the start sequence is repeated after the purging of the gas turbine engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2007Publication date: November 25, 2010Inventors: Gareth Huw Davies, John Wilkinson, Stuart Wilkinson, Maria Helen Kathakin Wilkinson, Richard Woods
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Publication number: 20100257802Abstract: An insulated door comprising a door shell having spaced first and second exterior panels. The door includes a plurality of stiffeners bonded to a liner panel, with thermal insulation between adjacent stiffeners, disposed within the door shell. The liner panel may extend along one side of the stiffeners and the thermal insulation along the liner panel between the stiffeners and the first and second exterior panels. The stiffeners and the liner panel are preferably made of steel and the stiffeners are welded to the liner panel. The stiffeners are preferably not welded to the first and second exterior panels of the door shell. The liner panel is preferably insertable into the first or second exterior panels of the door shell. The insulation material fills substantially all of the space between the liner panel and one of the first or second exterior panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2009Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: ASSA ABLOY DOOR GROUP, LLCInventors: Bobby Neal Strickland, John A. Wilkinson, Dale Childers, Michael Campbell
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Patent number: 7788815Abstract: A prism pole has a tubular housing having an open top, a flange at the open top, a bottom portion for contacting ground soil, a height-adjustable rod insertable into the tubular housing with an outer diameter less than inner diameter of the tubular housing to provide a slidable friction fit therebetween for positioning the height-adjustable rod with respect to the tubular housing, a lip at the top of the rod, a laser sensor mounted on the tubular housing for emitting a laser toward the lip to measure distance between the laser sensor and the lip, an electronic control unit in electrical communication with the laser sensor for receiving height measurements and providing height reference data corresponding to the height measurements, an electronic display in electrical communication with the electronic control unit for receiving the height reference data and displaying the height reference data, an audio device in electrical communication with the electronic control unit for emitting an alarm in response to recType: GrantFiled: August 6, 2007Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Wilkinson & AssociatesInventors: Richard Yandrick, Edward Wilkinson, John Wilkinson
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Patent number: 7606717Abstract: A method of developing a computer software system comprising defining a first interface between a proposed view sub-system and a proposed business logic sub-system, defining a second interface between a proposed handler sub-system and the proposed business logic sub-system, creating the view sub-system in accord with the second interface, and creating the handler sub-system in accord with the second interface. In another form, the invention provides is a related computer software system and computer program.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2001Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vijay Seetharaman, Sundaresan Venkataraman, John Wilkinson
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Publication number: 20080256812Abstract: A prism pole has a tubular housing having an open top, a flange at the open top, a bottom portion for contacting ground soil, a height-adjustable rod insertable into the tubular housing with an outer diameter less than inner diameter of the tubular housing to provide a slidable friction fit therebetween for positioning the height-adjustable rod with respect to the tubular housing, a lip at the top of the rod, a laser sensor mounted on the tubular housing for emitting a laser toward the lip to measure distance between the laser sensor and the lip, an electronic control unit in electrical communication with the laser sensor for receiving height measurements and providing height reference data corresponding to the height measurements, an electronic display in electrical communication with the electronic control unit for receiving the height reference data and displaying the height reference data, an audio device in electrical communication with the electronic control unit for emitting an alarm in response to recType: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2007Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Richard Yandrick, Edward Wilkinson, John Wilkinson
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Publication number: 20080127792Abstract: A process for producing a flexible foam sheet from a flexible foam block comprising the steps of: forming at least one cut in a first wall of the flexible foam block, the at least one cut extending from the first wall toward a second wall, the second wall being generally opposite the first wall; forming at least one cut in the second wall of the flexible foam block, the at least one cut extending from the second wall toward the first wall; thereby forming a concertina of flexible foam sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: Dunlop Latex Foam LimitedInventor: Paul John Wilkinson