Patents by Inventor Alan Bruce

Alan 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).

  • Publication number: 20080046134
    Abstract: A GIS-based system that determines evacuation routes for specific areas requiring evacuation. Evacuation and safe areas are determined, and evacuation routes plotted, based on emergency-specific information as well as road flow and estimated time of travel for each section of road between the evacuation area and safe area. Routes, evacuation areas, and safe areas are dynamically calculated and recalculated based on additional data, either real-time, historical, or other data added to the system, to compute optimal initial routes and redirect evacuees if changes in the emergency situation occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Alan Bruce, Kenneth Cobleigh, Pauline Joe
  • Patent number: 6475566
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a method for improving the impregnability of refractory wood species by pretreatment with fungi of the genera Trichoderma o Gliocladium or with weakly wood-degraging fungi. The pretreatment comprises a thermal treatment of the wood, the addition of a nutrient medium as well as an incubation phase to promote fungal growth. The incubation phase is stopped when the desired depth of penetration of the fungus is reached. The wood is subsequently impregnated with a wood impregnating agent. The typical result of the fungal pretreatment is an incarease in the depth of penetration of the impregnating agent to a depth of penetration of 5 mm to 30 mm required depending on the intended use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Lignocell Holz-Biotechnologie Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Kurt Messner, Vinzenz Fleck, Alan Bruce, Bernhard Rosner