Patents by Inventor Paul Davies
Paul Davies 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: 20050232055Abstract: A drag-and-drop user interface (DDUI) can generate multiple charts in an integrated chart report and supports the drag-and-drop method of adding fields to the integrated chart report. When a field is dropped from a field list into a multiple chart drop zone, the DDUI will automatically generate additional charts to represent the data in the dropped field. An additional chart will be generated for each unique entry in a data field. The number of charts can be modified by selecting particular elements in the dropped field, by means of a drop-down menu. The drop-down menu enables the elimination or addition of elements of the dropped field. Each additional field dropped into the multiple chart drop zone will add a chart to the chart report. Conversely, each field dragged out of the multiple chart drop zone will eliminate a chart from the chart report. The DDUI can accommodate various chart types.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2005Publication date: October 20, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jeff Couckuyt, Paul Davies, Jason Cahill
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Publication number: 20050198037Abstract: System and method for removal of private information associated with a client from public databases. The system and method includes (a) receiving information from the client to be deleted from the public databases; (b) storing the client information in a database; (c) storing in the database a list of the public databases; (d) for each of the public databases in the public database list, transmitting a query to each of the public databases to determine if the client information exists in the public databases; (e) if the client information does exist in the public databases, deleting the client information from the public databases; and (f) after deleting the client information, transmitting a query to the public databases from which the client information was deleted to determine the success. This process is then repeated on a predetermined periodic basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2005Publication date: September 8, 2005Inventors: Charles Berman, Paul Davy
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Patent number: 6906717Abstract: A drag-and-drop user interface (DDUI) can generate multiple charts in an integrated chart report and supports the drag-and-drop method of adding fields to the integrated chart report. When a field is dropped from a field list into a multiple chart drop zone, the DDUI will automatically generate additional charts to represent the data in the dropped field. An additional chart will be generated for each unique entry in a data field. The number of charts can be modified by selecting particular elements in the dropped field, by means of a drop-down menu. The drop-down menu enables the elimination or addition of elements of the dropped field. Each additional field dropped into the multiple chart drop zone will add a chart to the chart report. Conversely, each field dragged out of the multiple chart drop zone will eliminate a chart from the chart report. The DDUI can accommodate various chart types.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2001Date of Patent: June 14, 2005Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jeff Couckuyt, Paul Davies, Jason M. Cahill
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Publication number: 20050123972Abstract: The present invention relates to a chimeric chemokine receptor comprising two components: a first sequence comprising the N terminus through the last residue of the seven helix TM region of a first chemokine receptor joined with a second sequence comprising the C terminus of a second chemokine receptor extending from the first intracellular residue of the chemokine receptor to the last residue of the chemokine receptor. The chimeric chemokine receptor can be employed in various applications, such as ligand binding and screening assays and signalling assays. The chimeric chemokine receptor can also form a component of a chemokine receptor modulator design program.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2004Publication date: June 9, 2005Inventors: Joseph Dinchuk, Paul Davies, Qihong Zhao, Percy Carter, Kimberly Solomon, Peggy Scherle
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Publication number: 20050001839Abstract: A formatting object according to the present invention conveys information to the reader of a document (such as a table or chart) by associating visual attributes (such as color, fill type, border width, line width, line style, font size, marker size and marker type) to characters or markers within the document. The formatting object may be used to emphasize data within a table or a chart by modifying the structural visual attributes of characters or markers within the table or chart according to pre-defined criteria. Similarly, the formatting object may be used to increase information density within a table or chart, and to elegantly represent the relationships between four or more interrelated variables in a two-dimensional chart. The formatting object accomplishes this by defining at least one format map that comprises one or more mapping segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2004Publication date: January 6, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Randall Davis, Jeff Couckuyt, Paul Davies
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Publication number: 20040248245Abstract: Novel zinc activated ion channel (ZAC) polypeptides, proteins and nucleic acid molecules are provided. In addition to isolated, full-length ZAC proteins, isolated ZAC fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-ZAC antibodies are provided. Moreover, ZAC nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing a nucleic acid encoding ZAC, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced and nonhuman transgenic animals in which a ZAC gene has been introduced or disrupted are provided. Diagnostic, screening and therapeutic methods utilizing ZAC compositions or composition that detect, bind or modulate ZAC also are provided. Methods for identifying ZAC agonists, antagonists, inverse agonists and the like are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2003Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Ewen F. Kirkness, Tim G. Hales, Paul A. Davies
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Patent number: 6822650Abstract: A formatting object according to the present invention conveys information to the reader of a document (such as a table or chart) by associating visual attributes (such as color, fill type, border width, line width, line style, font size, marker size and marker type) to characters or markers within the document. The formatting object may be used to emphasize data within a table or a chart by modifying the structural visual attributes of characters or markers within the table or chart according to pre-defined criteria. Similarly, the formatting object may be used to increase information density within a table or chart, and to elegantly represent the relationships between four or more interrelated variables in a two-dimensional chart. The formatting object accomplishes this by defining at least one format map that comprises one or more mapping segments.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2000Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Randall Davis, Jeff Couckuyt, Paul Davies
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Patent number: 6802475Abstract: An aircraft flight surface actuator has at least one eccentric cam mechanism, the eccentric cam mechanism imparting movement onto the flight surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2003Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: Smiths Wolverhampton LimitedInventors: Jonathan Paul Davies, Brian Farley
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Patent number: 6789661Abstract: An inline feeder for delivering oriented parts, said inline feeder including a hopper section including a vibratory hopper for storing parts and transporting parts to an elevator section including an inclined elevator for receiving parts from said vibratory hopper and depositing said parts onto a linear feeder. Said inline feeder further including a part sensor for sensing flow of parts along said linear feeder, said sensor sensing flow and orientation of said parts on said linear feeder; and a an air fitting/valve for applying a burst of compressed gas against a part for rejecting and removing said part from said linear feeder, wherein said air valve operably in communication with said part sensor means for triggering a part rejection due to misorientation or jammed parts from said linear feeder and allowing properly oriented parts to be delivered.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2002Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Inventors: Jeff Davies, Paul Davies
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Publication number: 20040004163Abstract: An aircraft flight surface actuator has at least one eccentric cam mechanism, the eccentric cam mechanism imparting movement onto the flight surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Inventors: Jonathan Paul Davies, Brian Farley
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Publication number: 20030172020Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for integrated management of an organization's intellectual property. The system and method generate assets for each particular piece of intellectual property within the system. Each asset has particular attributes associated with it which are used to identify and manage the asset through all phases of the intellectual property life cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2002Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventors: Nigel Paul Davies, William A. Mariani, Ralph G. Schroeder
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Publication number: 20030080139Abstract: An inline feeder for delivering oriented parts, said inline feeder including a hopper section including a vibratory hopper for storing parts and transporting parts to an elevator section including an inclined elevator for receiving parts from said vibratory hopper and depositing said parts onto a linear feeder. Said inline feeder further including a part sensor for sensing flow of parts along said linear feeder, said sensor sensing flow and orientation of said parts on said linear feeder; and a an air fitting/valve for applying a burst of compressed gas against a part for rejecting and removing said part from said linear feeder, wherein said air valve operably in communication with said part sensor means for triggering a part rejection due to misorientation or jammed parts from said linear feeder and allowing properly oriented parts to be delivered.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2002Publication date: May 1, 2003Inventors: Jeff Davies, Paul Davies
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Publication number: 20030029258Abstract: A ballnut assembly is provided in which a locknut (20), which is normally unloaded becomes loaded in the event of failure of a primary load path. This loading causes relative motion between Tocking nut (24) and the threads of a shaft (8) such that on clearance there between is eliminated. This causes frictional forces to initiate a lock-up of the locknut.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2002Publication date: February 13, 2003Inventors: Jonathan Paul Davies, Brian Farley, Neil Andrew Venables
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Publication number: 20030019802Abstract: A domestic water filtration system includes a first water treatment unit (7) with a replaceable ion exchange resin water softener cartridge (15) accommodated in a canister (19) and a second water treatment unit (8) with a replaceable filter cartridge (16) including an activated carbon block (16a) wrapped with a depth filter (22a) and a membrane filter (22b). A flow control device comprising a three way valve (2) has an inlet (12) for connection to the mains water supply and two outlets (13, 14) respectively connected to the inlets of the water treatment units (7, 8) so that rotation of the valve spindle (10) in one direction from an off position allows water to flow to the inlet (3) of the first treatment unit (7) and in the other direction from the off position allows water to flow to the inlet (5) of the second treatment unit (8).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2002Publication date: January 30, 2003Inventors: Jennifer Claire Roff, Michael Anthony Thomson, Paul Davies, Gerald Tanny, Sally J. Davies
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Publication number: 20020118192Abstract: A drag-and-drop user interface (DDUI) can generate multiple charts in an integrated chart report and supports the drag-and-drop method of adding fields to the integrated chart report. When a field is dropped from a field list into a multiple chart drop zone, the DDUI will automatically generate additional charts to represent the data in the dropped field. An additional chart will be generated for each unique entry in a data field. The number of charts can be modified by selecting particular elements in the dropped field, by means of a drop-down menu. The drop-down menu enables the elimination or addition of elements of the dropped field. Each additional field dropped into the multiple chart drop zone will add a chart to the chart report. Conversely, each field dragged out of the multiple chart drop zone will eliminate a chart from the chart report. The DDUI can accommodate various chart types.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2001Publication date: August 29, 2002Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jeff Couckuyt, Paul Davies, Jason M. Cahill
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Patent number: 6164997Abstract: An arrangement for protecting a multi-port electrical connection between a component housed in a housing part and a cable from its environment, for example from varying weather conditions. The arrangement comprises a single piece tube like adapter, said adapter having a non-uniform internal cross-sectioned portion for receiving a first electrical connection part in a single predetermined orientation and an internal circumferential seal for sealing against the cable passing through said adapter and connected to the first electrical connection part. The arrangement additionally comprises an external surface portion of non-uniform cross-section locatable within a receiving recess of the housing part in a single predetermined orientation and an external circumferential seal for sealing against a part of the receiving recess.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1998Date of Patent: December 26, 2000Assignee: Nortel Networks LimitedInventor: David Paul Davies
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Patent number: 5980857Abstract: A process for producing hydrogen gas by reacting steam with a gas mixture containing carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen to produce a hydrogen-enriched product gas and subjecting the product gas to pressure swing adsorption to produce a high purity hydrogen product and a hydrogen-depleted waste gas is improved by drying, where necessary, part of the gas mixture and subjecting the dry gas mixture to pressure swing adsorption using a carbon monoxide-selective adsorbent to produce a high purity carbon monoxide product gas and a carbon monoxide-depleted waste gas. Where the gas mixture is produced by endothermic reaction, one or both of the hydrogen-depleted waste gas and the carbon monoxide-depleted waste gas can be used as fuel to supply heat for the endothermic reaction.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1998Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: The Boc Group, Inc.Inventors: Akhilesh Kapoor, Yudong Chen, Simon Paul Davies, Ravi Kumar, Robert Michael Thorogood
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Patent number: 5399457Abstract: A method of making a lithographic printing plate that comprises the steps of:(a) imagewise exposing a unitary, light sensitive material which consists of a support, at least one negative working light sensitive silver halide layer and a surface physical development nucleating layer, said construction containing a developing agent and electron transfer agent in one or more layers;(b) processing said printing plate in a diffusion transfer alkaline activator solution containing at least one aminocarboxylic acid complexing agent.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1993Date of Patent: March 21, 1995Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Paul Davies, Elsie A. Fohrenkamm
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Patent number: 5368980Abstract: A method of making a lithographic printing plate that comprises of:(a) imagewise exposing a light sensitive material comprising of a support, at least a negative working light sensitive silver halide layer and a surface physical development nucleating layer, said material containing a silver halide black-and-white photographic developing agent and an electron transfer agent in one or more layers;(b) processing said printing plate in a diffusion-transfer alkaline activator solution to provide a transferred oleophilic silver complex and a non-transferred black image in the nucleating layer;(c) said diffusion-transfer alkaline activator comprising at least one compound of the following structure: ##STR1## where R is a hydrogen, hydroxy or amine group,R.sub.1, may be a methine group,n is zero or one,R.sub.2 is hydrogen, a lower alkyl, alkoxy, carboxyl, or forms a pyrazolidone group with the nitrogen atom,X may be one or more amine, hydroxy, lower alkyl, alkoxy or carboxyl substituent groups.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1993Date of Patent: November 29, 1994Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Paul Davies
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Patent number: 5283157Abstract: A method for making a lithographic printing plate which comprises the steps of A) imagewise exposing a light sensitive material which comprises a support, a negative working silver halide emulsion layer and a surface physical development nucleating layer on said support, and B) processing the exposed material in a silver complex diffusion transfer developer containing a water soluble iodide to produce a non-black oleophilic silver image on the surface of said printing plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1993Date of Patent: February 1, 1994Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Paul Davies