Patents by Inventor Alan Tuck

Alan Tuck 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: 20070243158
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compositions containing growth agents synthesized from cultured cells from skin. Skin cells such as keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts are cultured in vitro in cell medium and in the course of culture the cultured cells synthesize and secrete agents into the cell medium. The medium containing agents are collected and incorporated into pharmaceutical or cosmetic preparations to treat an individual. The preparation is applied and has a rejuvenating effect on the cells and tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: ORGANOGENESIS, INC.
    Inventors: Vincent Ronfard, Alan Tuck, Leon Wilkins
  • Patent number: 6243657
    Abstract: A pipeline inspection and defect mapping system includes a pig having an inertial measurement unit and a pipeline inspection unit for recording pig location and defect detection events, each record time-stamped by a highly precise onboard clock. The system also includes several magloggers at precisely known locations along the pipeline, each containing a fluxgate magnetometer for detecting the passage of the pig along the pipeline and further containing a highly precise clock synchronized with the clock in the pig. The locations of the various magloggers are known in a north/east/down coordinate system through a differential global positioning satellite process. Finally, a postprocessing off-line computer system receives downloaded maglogger, inertial measurement, and odometer data and through the use of several Kalman filters, derives the location of the detected defects in the north/east/down coordinate frame. Consequently, a task of identifying sites for repair activity is much simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: PII North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Tuck, Gary Brayson, Mario B. Ignagni, Alan B. Touchberry, Donald William Anderson, Stephen James Glen, James Michael Alexander Gilman
  • Patent number: 6243483
    Abstract: Pipeline data and satellite data are used to provide surveillance for a pipeline. The satellite data is integrated with the pipeline data to produce a current pipeline map. The current pipeline map is then compared with a previous pipeline map to determine whether the route of the pipeline or a surrounding environment of the pipeline has changed. The satellite data includes very high resolution (VHR) satellite imagery and the pipeline data includes location data that is a series of global positioning system (GPS) coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: PII North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Petrou, Andy J. Fraser, Brian Hewitt, Alan Tuck