Patents by Inventor Andrew Boyd

Andrew Boyd 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: 20200267893
    Abstract: A system for handling a fluid includes a container for separating the fluid into a liquid and a vapor such that at least a portion of the vapor is disposed above the liquid. The system also includes at least one valve for releasing the vapor from the container, at least one sensor to detect a level of the liquid in the container, and a controller in communicatively coupled to the at least one valve and the at least one sensor. The controller is configured to control the at least one valve to release the vapor such that the liquid level is maintained at or above a desired liquid level. The controller is configured to determine diagnostic data based at least in part on signals received from the least one valve and the at least one sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Grimm, Andrew Boyd, Kale Schrader
  • Patent number: 10667463
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a fluid includes a container including a sidewall defining an interior space for holding the fluid and configured to separate the fluid into a liquid and a vapor. The system also includes at least one fluid inlet disposed in the sidewall, at least one liquid outlet disposed in the sidewall, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a controller. The first sensor is positioned adjacent to or upstream of the at least one fluid inlet and configured to detect a first temperature of the fluid. The second sensor is positioned adjacent to or downstream of the at least one liquid outlet and configured to detect a second temperature of the fluid. The controller is configured to determine a fluid temperature differential based on the first and second temperatures and determine an operational status of the system based on the fluid temperature differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Capstan Ag Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Grimm, Andrew Boyd, Kale Schrader
  • Patent number: 10617738
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the treatment of diseases and conditions exacerbated by signalling via the erythropoietin-producing-hepatoma receptor kinases EphA4 and to agents useful in such treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: The University of Queensland, The Council of The Queensland Institute of Medical Research
    Inventors: Perry Bartlett, Andrew Boyd, Mike Gerometta, Leanne Cooper
  • Publication number: 20200001295
    Abstract: This application provides a bead with a covalently attached chemical compound and a covalently attached DNA barcode and methods for using such beads. The bead has many substantially identical copies of the chemical compound and many substantially identical copies of the DNA barcode. The compound consists of one or more chemical monomers, where the DNA barcode takes the form of barcode modules, where each module corresponds to and allows identification of a corresponding chemical monomer. The nucleic acid barcode can have a concatenated structure or an orthogonal structure. Provided are method for sequencing the bead-bound nucleic acid barcode, for cleaving the compound from the bead, and for assessing biological activity of the released compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Plexium, Inc.
    Inventors: Kandaswamy VIJAYAN, Andrew Boyd MACCONNELL, Joseph Franklin ROKICKI
  • Publication number: 20190358629
    Abstract: This application provides a bead with a covalently attached chemical compound and a covalently attached DNA barcode and methods for using such beads. The bead has many substantially identical copies of the chemical compound and many substantially identical copies of the DNA barcode. The compound consists of one or more chemical monomers, where the DNA barcode takes the form of barcode modules, where each module corresponds to and allows identification of a corresponding chemical monomer. The nucleic acid barcode can have a concatenated structure or an orthogonal structure. Provided are method for sequencing the bead-bound nucleic acid barcode, for cleaving the compound from the bead, and for assessing biological activity of the released compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Plexium, Inc.
    Inventors: Kandaswamy Vijayan, Andrew Boyd MacConnell, Joseph Franklin Rokicki
  • Publication number: 20190210018
    Abstract: This application provides a bead with a covalently attached chemical compound and a covalently attached DNA barcode and methods for using such beads. The bead has many substantially identical copies of the chemical compound and many substantially identical copies of the DNA barcode. The compound consists of one or more chemical monomers, where the DNA barcode takes the form of barcode modules, where each module corresponds to and allows identification of a corresponding chemical monomer. The nucleic acid barcode can have a concatenated structure or an orthogonal structure. Provided are method for sequencing the bead-bound nucleic acid barcode, for cleaving the compound from the bead, and for assessing biological activity of the released compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Plexium, Inc.
    Inventors: Kandaswamy VIJAYAN, Andrew Boyd MACCONNELL, Joseph Franklin Rokicki, Michael VAN NGUYEN
  • Publication number: 20190093103
    Abstract: This application provides a bead with a covalently attached chemical compound and a covalently attached DNA barcode and methods for using such beads. The bead has many substantially identical copies of the chemical compound and many substantially identical copies of the DNA barcode. The compound consists of one or more chemical monomers, where the DNA barcode takes the form of barcode modules, where each module corresponds to and allows identification of a corresponding chemical monomer. The nucleic acid barcode can have a concatenated structure or an orthogonal structure. Provided are method for sequencing the bead-bound nucleic acid barcode, for cleaving the compound from the bead, and for assessing biological activity of the released compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Plexium, Inc.
    Inventors: Kandaswamy VIJAYAN, Andrew Boyd MACCONNELL, Joseph Franklin Rokicki, Michael VAN NGUYEN
  • Publication number: 20190066172
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may receive, via a network and from at least one account processor computer system, requests for compensations associated with a first account; provide the compensations from the first account to a second account; receive, via the network, user credentials from a customer computer system; authenticate the user credentials with a database; receive information from the customer computer system that indicates cessation of compensation associated with the second account; and provide cessation information to account processor computer systems, that includes the at least one account processor computer system, to prevent at least one future transaction based on a request for compensation from the first account. For example, another request for another compensation associated with the first account from an account processor computer system and associated with the second account may be received, and the other request may be declined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Therese H. Willis, Charles Andrew Boyd, Richard E. Farnum, Monte D. Harmon, Martha Sain McClellan, John C. Monteiro, James J. Park, James Christian Storey
  • Patent number: 10172279
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a volatile fluid includes a container defining an interior space for holding the fluid. The container is configured to separate the fluid into a liquid and a vapor such that at least a portion of the vapor is disposed above the liquid. The system also includes a fluid inlet, a liquid outlet, a vapor valve, a sensor, and a controller. The liquid outlet is disposed above the fluid inlet and below a liquid reference plane defined through the container. The vapor valve is configured to exhaust vapor disposed above the liquid from the container. The sensor is configured to detect a level of the liquid in the container. The controller is configured to determine the level of the liquid and actuate the vapor valve to maintain the level of the liquid at or above the liquid reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Capstan Ag Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Grimm, Andrew Boyd
  • Publication number: 20180343793
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a fluid includes a container including a sidewall defining an interior space for holding the fluid and configured to separate the fluid into a liquid and a vapor. The system also includes at least one fluid inlet disposed in the sidewall for fluid to enter the interior space, and at least one liquid outlet disposed in the sidewall for liquid to exit the interior space. The system further includes a first sensor, a second sensor, and a controller communicatively connected to the first sensor and the second sensor. The first sensor is positioned adjacent to or upstream of the at least one fluid inlet and configured to detect a first temperature of the fluid. The second sensor is positioned adjacent to or downstream of the at least one liquid outlet and configured to detect a second temperature of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Grimm, Andrew Boyd, Kale Schrader
  • Publication number: 20180339020
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the treatment of diseases and conditions exacerbated by signalling via the erythropoietin-producing-hepatoma receptor kinases EphA4 and to agents useful in such treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Perry BARTLETT, Andrew BOYD, Mike GEROMETTA, Leanne COOPER
  • Patent number: 10064325
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing apparatus includes a container defining an interior space for holding a fluid. The container is configured to separate the fluid into a liquid and a vapor such that at least a portion of the vapor is disposed above the liquid. The container includes a sidewall and a top wall connected to the sidewall. A fluid inlet and a fluid outlet are disposed in the sidewall. A plurality of vapor valves are releasably connected to the top wall. The top wall includes a plurality of recesses and a plurality of passageways connecting the plurality of recesses to at least one outlet in the top wall. Each of the plurality of vapor valves is disposed within one of the plurality of recesses, and the plurality of vapor valves is configured to regulate the flow of fluid through the plurality of passageways and exhaust vapor disposed above the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CAPSTAN AG SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Grimm, Andrew Boyd, Kale Schrader
  • Publication number: 20180015490
    Abstract: Electric fluid flow monitoring apparatus, and agricultural fluid application systems and methods including the same are described. The fluid flow monitoring apparatus generally includes a housing, a sensor assembly, and a traveler. The housing defines an interior cavity, and includes an inlet for fluid to enter the interior cavity and an outlet for fluid to exit the interior cavity. The sensor assembly is disposed in the interior cavity, and extends longitudinally in the direction of fluid flow. The traveler is movably supported by the sensor assembly such that fluid flow through the interior cavity causes the traveler to move longitudinally along the sensor assembly. The sensor assembly detects a longitudinal position of the traveler relative to the sensor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Grimm, Andrew Boyd, Kale Schrader
  • Publication number: 20180015491
    Abstract: Electric fluid flow monitoring apparatus, and agricultural fluid application systems and methods including the same are described. The fluid flow monitoring apparatus generally includes an outer housing defining a cavity. The outer housing includes an inlet for fluid to enter the cavity and an outlet for fluid to exit the cavity. Fluid flows through the cavity from the inlet to the outlet. The flow monitoring apparatus also includes an inner housing defining an interior cavity and positioned within the outer housing cavity such that fluid flows through the interior cavity. The inner housing is removably connected to the outer housing such that the inner housing is interchangeable with another inner housing having a different cross-sectional profile. The flow monitoring apparatus further includes a traveler movably disposed within the interior cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Grimm, Andrew Boyd, Samuel Evans Marx
  • Publication number: 20170245425
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing apparatus includes a container defining an interior space for holding a fluid. The container is configured to separate the fluid into a liquid and a vapor such that at least a portion of the vapor is disposed above the liquid. The container includes a sidewall and a top wall connected to the sidewall. A fluid inlet and a fluid outlet are disposed in the sidewall. A plurality of vapor valves are releasably connected to the top wall. The top wall includes a plurality of recesses and a plurality of passageways connecting the plurality of recesses to at least one outlet in the top wall. Each of the plurality of vapor valves is disposed within one of the plurality of recesses, and the plurality of vapor valves is configured to regulate the flow of fluid through the plurality of passageways and exhaust vapor disposed above the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Grimm, Andrew Boyd, Kale Schrader
  • Publication number: 20170139429
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a volatile fluid includes a container defining an interior space for holding the fluid. The container is configured to separate the fluid into a liquid and a vapor such that at least a portion of the vapor is disposed above the liquid. The system also includes a fluid inlet, a liquid outlet, a vapor valve, a sensor, and a controller. The liquid outlet is disposed above the fluid inlet and below a liquid reference plane defined through the container. The vapor valve is configured to exhaust vapor disposed above the liquid from the container. The sensor is configured to detect a level of the liquid in the container. The controller is configured to determine the level of the liquid and actuate the vapor valve to maintain the level of the liquid at or above the liquid reference plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Grimm, Andrew Boyd
  • Patent number: 9394748
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for connecting an umbilical to a marine riser is provided. The method and apparatus can be employed in instances when a riser is already in place in the water, extending from a drilling vessel to subsea equipment on the ocean floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas B. Heyward, John Rodney Hensely, Evan P. Graybill, Andrew Boyd, Kalyan Vajapeyajula, Andreas Stamatiou
  • Patent number: 9256990
    Abstract: Apparatus 10 for detecting inadequate maintenance of a system 12 of an aircraft or other vehicle is provided. The apparatus comprises: computer readable medium or media 14 configured to store data 18 relating to operation or non-operation of the system 12 over a period of time; and a data processing unit 16 configured to evaluate the data to identify at least one event indicative of the inadequate maintenance of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: David Benjamin Meisels, Peter Andrew Boyd
  • Patent number: 8852937
    Abstract: The present invention makes available methods and reagents for modulating proliferation or differentiation in a cell or tissue comprising contacting the cell with a hedgehog agonist, such as the compounds depicted in FIGS. 32 and 33. In certain embodiments, the methods and reagents may be employed to correct or inhibit an aberrant or unwanted growth state, e.g., by antagonizing a normal ptc pathway or agonizing smoothened or hedgehog activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Curis, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony David Baxter, Edward Andrew Boyd, Maria Frank-Kamenetsky, Oivin Guicherit, Jeffery Porter, Stephen Price, Lee Rubin, John Harry Alexander Stibbard
  • Patent number: 8815895
    Abstract: The present invention makes available methods and reagents for inhibiting aberrant growth states resulting from hedgehog gain-of-function, ptc loss-of-function or smoothened gain-of-function comprising contacting the cell with a hedgehog antagonist of formula (I) in a sufficient amount to aberrant growth state, e.g., to agonize a normal ptc pathway or antagonize smoothened or hedgehog activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Curis, Inc., Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Oivin M. Guicherit, Edward Andrew Boyd, Shirley Ann Brunton, Stephen Price, John Harry Alexander Stibbard, Colin H. Mackinnon