Patents by Inventor Andrew Hughes
Andrew Hughes 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: 20140127309Abstract: The present invention meets one or more of the above needs and is a composition comprising plurality of capsules wherein the capsules comprise: a core of one or more highly polar liquids; one or more polar active materials dissolved in or dispersed in one or more highly polar liquids; a mixture of one or more polymers and one of more highly polar liquids; or a mixture of one or more polymers, one or more highly polar liquids and one or more polar active materials, and a shell comprising, particles in a polymer matrix or particles; wherein the thickness of the shell is sufficient to prevent passage of the highly polar liquid or the active material through the shell or to control the rate passage of the highly polar liquid or the active material through the shell with the proviso that the one or more polymers may be located in the core, in the polymer matrix of the shell or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicants: ROHM and HAAS COMPANY, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Ian J. Drake, Andrew Hughes, Christopher J. Tucker, Thomas H. Kalantar, Joshua S Katz
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Publication number: 20140038532Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include an antenna, LTE RF differential inputs, and a front end circuit. The front end circuit may include band pass filters coupled to the antenna, LNAs coupled respectively to the band pass filters, and RF switching circuits. Each RF switching circuit may be respectively coupled between each LNA and a pair of LTE RF differential inputs and configured to switch to one or both of the pair of LTE RF differential inputs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Liviu GEORGE, Simon Andrew Hughes, Christopher Robert Little, Tajinder Manku
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Publication number: 20140038667Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include an antenna, an LTE RF transmitter circuit, and an LTE RF receiver circuit. The mobile wireless communications device may also include band pass filters coupled to the antenna and configured to operate at respective different LTE RF bands, and RF switches coupled respectively between the band pass filters, and the LTE RF cellular transmitter and receiver circuits.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Christopher Robert Little, Simon Andrew Hughes, Liviu George
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Publication number: 20140038663Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include an antenna, primary RF receivers configured to operate at different RF bands, each primary RF receiver having a differential input, and secondary RF receivers also configured to operate at the different RF bands, each secondary RF receiver having a differential input. The mobile wireless communications device may also include first and second RF filters coupled to the antenna and configured to respectively pass first and second RF bands from among the different RF bands, and a first DDPDT RF switch coupled between the first and second RF filters and the differential inputs of respective first ones of the primary and secondary RF receivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Liviu George, Christopher Robert Little, Simon Andrew Hughes
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Publication number: 20130331208Abstract: The present disclosure provides a basketball stopping apparatus arranged for attachment to a basketball goal assembly. In some embodiments, the basketball stopping apparatus is configurable between a first position and a second position, the first position being arranged for the deflection of errant basketball shots and the second position being arrange for storage of the basketball stopping apparatus before and/or after use. Additionally, some embodiments include a wall coupled to base arms that are pivotably mounted to a bottom end of the basketball goal assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventors: Philip Elpers, Michael Guerzini, Andrew Hughes
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Publication number: 20130325149Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for detecting a plurality of use cases of a communication device, determining an initial tuning state for each of a plurality of tuning algorithms according to the plurality of use cases, configuring each of the plurality of tuning algorithms according to their respective initial tuning state, executing a first tuning algorithm of the plurality of tuning algorithms according to an order of execution of the plurality of tuning algorithms, detecting a stability condition of the first tuning algorithm, and executing a second tuning algorithm of the plurality of tuning algorithms responsive to the detected stability condition of the first tuning algorithm. Each tuning algorithms can control one of a tunable reactive element, a control interface, or both of one of a plurality of circuit components of a radio frequency circuit. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: PARATEK MICROWAVE, INC.Inventors: Keith Manssen, Carsten Hoirup, Matthew Greene, Simon Andrew Hughes, Steven Mark Morelen, Victor Galperin, John Spears
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Patent number: 8527199Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for generating accurate maps for autonomous vehicles. A map is stored at a computing device associated with a vehicle. The vehicle can be operated in a partially-autonomous mode, where the computing device can generate driving directions for manual execution along a route based on the map. The computing device can be configured to receive and store information related to features and a quality of driving along the route. The map can be updated and quality control statistics can be determined based on the stored information. The updated map can be promoted based on the quality control statistics. In response to promoting the updated map, the computing device can store the promoted map and enable the vehicle to operate in the autonomous-operation mode using the promoted map.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Donald Jason Burnette, Andrew Hughes Chatham, Matthew Paul McNaughton
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Patent number: 8475819Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides and suitable salts thereof wherein R1 is Me, Cl, Br or F; R2 is F, Cl, Br, C1-C4 haloalkyl or C1-C4 haloalkoxy; R3 is F, Cl or Br; R4 is H; C1-C4 alkyl, C3-C4 alkenyl, C3-C4 alkynyl, C3-C5 cycloalkyl, or C4-C6 cycloalkylalkyl, each optionally substituted with one substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, CN, SMe, S(O)Me, S(O)2Me, and OMe; R5 is H or Me; R6 is H, F or Cl; and R7 is H, F or Cl. Also disclosed are methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula 1, an N-oxide thereof or a suitable salt of the compound (e.g., as a composition described herein).Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Kenneth Andrew Hughes, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Publication number: 20120277100Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein X is O or S; Y is O or S; A is O, S, NR3e or C(R3c)?C(R3d); Z is a direct bond, O, S(O)n, NR6, C(R7)2O, OC(R7)2, C(?X1), C(?X1)E, EC(?X1), C(?NOR8) or C(?NN(R6)2); a is 1, 2 or 3; and R1, R2, R3a—R3e, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, X1 and E are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventors: Wenming Zhang, Caleb William Holyoke, JR., Kenneth Andrew Hughes, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Francis Pahutski, JR., My-Hanh Thi Tong, Ming Xu
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Publication number: 20120252116Abstract: The present invention relates to device and method for cell trafficking. In particular, the invention relates to a fluid flow device in which the flow surface has nanotubes immobilized thereon. The nanotubes have molecules on their outer surface, which support cell rolling. Also provided is a method for separation of a cell type from a mixture of different cell types or from a fluid based on the differential rolling property of the cell type on the flow surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2010Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Cornell UniversityInventors: Michael R. King, Andrew Hughes
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Publication number: 20120122679Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides and salts thereof, wherein X is O or S; Y is O or S; Z is a direct bond, O, S(O)n, NR6, C(R7)2O, OC(R7)2, EC(?X1); a is 1, 2 or 3; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5a, R5b, R6, R7, X1 and E are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and CompanyInventors: Wenming Zhang, Caleb William Holyoke, JR., Kenneth Andrew Hughes, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Francis Pahutski, JR., My-Hanh Thi Tong, Stephen Frederick McCann
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Publication number: 20110319452Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides and suitable salts thereof wherein R1 is Me, Cl, Br or F; R2 is F, Cl, Br, C1-C4 haloalkyl or C1-C4 haloalkoxy; R3 is F, Cl or Br; R4 is H; C1-C4 alkyl, C3-C4 alkenyl, C3-C4 alkynyl, C3-C5 cycloalkyl, or C4-C6 cycloalkylalkyl, each optionally substituted with one substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, CN, SMe, S(O)Me, S(O)2Me, and OMe; R5 is H or Me; R6 is H, F or Cl; and R7 is H, F or Cl. Also disclosed are methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula 1, an N-oxide thereof or a suitable salt of the compound (e.g., as a composition described herein).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Kenneth Andrew Hughes, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 7938926Abstract: In a method of and apparatus for manufacturing a filtering screen, a frame of plastics coated metal or reinforced plastics material is located in a jig and at least two sheets of wire cloths are placed over the frame and their edges gripped by pneumatically operated clamps carried by the jig. The clamps are pneumatically driven outwardly of the frame to tension each cloth in orthogonal directions. The tensioned cloths are pressed against the frame and heated in order to bond the cloths to the frame. The heated material is allowed to cool, and after completion of the bonding step the clamps a released, allowing the frame to be removed from the jig. Where necessary the cloths are trimmed back to the edges of the frame. A separate set of pneumatically operated clamps may be provided for gripping all four edges of each wire cloth layer to allow each layer to be individually tensioned.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: United Wire LimitedInventors: Andrew Hughes, Morton Barrowmore Auld
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Patent number: 7875634Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides and suitable salts thereof wherein R1 is Me, Cl, Br or F; R2 is F, Cl, Br, C1-C4 haloalkyl or C1-C4 haloalkoxy; R3 is F, Cl or Br; R4 is H; C1-C4 alkyl, C3-C4 alkenyl, C3-C4 alkynyl, C3-C5 cycloalkyl, or C4-C6 cycloalkylalkyl, each optionally substituted with one substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, CN, SMe, S(O)Me, S(O)2Me, and OMe; R5 is H or Me; R6is H, F or Cl; and R7is H, F or Cl. Also disclosed are methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula 1, an N-oxide thereof or a suitable salt of the compound (e.g., as a composition described herein).Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2007Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Kenneth Andrew Hughes, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 7674936Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula I, their N-oxides and agriculturally suitable salts wherein J is a phenyl ring, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or an aromatic 8-, 9- or 10-membered fused carbobicyclic or heterobicyclic ring system wherein each ring or ring system is substituted with from one to four substituents independently selected from R5; K is —NR1C(=A)-, —N?C(GR6)— or —NR1SO2—; L is —C(?B)NR2—, —C(GR6)?N—, —SO2NR2—, —C(?B)O— or —C(?B)—; and A, B, G, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and n are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are methods for controlling invertebrate pests comprising contacting the pests or their environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I and compositions containing the compounds of Formula I. Intermediate compounds useful in preparing the compounds of Formula I are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2007Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: E.I. du Pont De Nemours and CompanyInventors: Kenneth Andrew Hughes, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Benjamin Kenneth Smith, William Thomas Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20100035896Abstract: A combination, comprising N-(3-methoxy-5-methylpyrazin-2-yl)-2-(4-[1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl]phenyl)pyridine-3-sulphonamide and an anti-mitotic cytotoxic agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: ASTRAZENECA ABInventors: John Curwen, Andrew Hughes, Donna Johnstone, Francis Thomas Boyle, Gwen Boyle
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Publication number: 20090104145Abstract: Disclosed are mixtures and compositions for controlling invertebrate pests relating to combinations comprising (a) 3-bromo-N-[4-cyano-2-methyl-6-[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, an N-oxide, or a salt thereof, Formula (1) and (b) at least one invertebrate pest control agent selected from neonicotinoids, cholinesterase inhibitors, sodium channel modulators, chitin synthesis inhibitors, ecdysone agonists, lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, macrocyclic lactones, GABA-regulated chloride channel blockers, juvenile hormone mimics, ryanodine receptor ligands, octopamine receptor ligands, mitochondrial electron transport inhibitors, nereistoxin analogs, pyridalyl, flonicamid, pymetrozine, dieldrin, metaflumizone, biological agents, and salts of the foregoing. Also disclosed are methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a mixture or composition of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2005Publication date: April 23, 2009Inventors: Kenneth Andrew Hughes, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson, Isaac Billy Annan
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Publication number: 20080142155Abstract: In a method of and apparatus for manufacturing a filtering screen, a frame of plastics coated metal or reinforced plastics material is located in a jig and at least two sheets of wire cloths are placed over the frame and their edges gripped by pneumatically operated clamps carried by the jig. The clamps are pneumatically driven outwardly of the frame to tension each cloth in orthogonal directions. The tensioned cloths are pressed against the frame and heated in order to bond the cloths to the frame. The heated material is allowed to cool, and after completion of the bonding step the clamps a released, allowing the frame to be removed from the jig. Where necessary the cloths are trimmed back to the edges of the frame. A separate set of pneumatically operated clamps may be provided for gripping all four edges of each wire cloth layer to allow each layer to be individually tensioned.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2007Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Andrew Hughes, Morton Barrowmore Auld
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Publication number: 20080076780Abstract: A combination, comprising N-(3-methoxy-5-methylpyrazin-2-yl)-2-(4-[1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl]phenyl)pyridine-3-sulphonamide and an anti-mitotic cytotoxic agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2005Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: ASTRAZENECA ABInventors: John Curwen, Andrew Hughes, Donna Johnstone, Francis Boyle, Gwen Boyle
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Patent number: 7306022Abstract: In a method of and apparatus for manufacturing a filtering screen, a frame of plastics coated metal or reinforced plastics material is located in a jig and at least two sheets of wire cloths are placed over the frame and their edges gripped by pneumatically operated clamps carried by the jig. The clamps are pneumatically driven outwardly of the frame to tension each cloth in orthogonal directions. The tensioned cloths are pressed against the frame and heated in order to bond the cloths to the frame. The heated material is allowed to cool, and after completion of the bonding step the clamps are released, allowing the frame to be removed from the jig. Where necessary the cloths are trimmed back to the edges of the frame. A separate set of pneumatically operated clamps may be provided for gripping all four edges of each wire cloth layer to allow each layer to be individually tensioned.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2002Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: United Wire LimitedInventors: Andrew Hughes, Morton Barrowmore Auld