Patents by Inventor Andrew Merryweather

Andrew Merryweather 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).

  • ORTHOTIC DEVICE FOR HAPTIC TERRAIN FEEDBACK AND CONTROL
    Publication number: 20210045495
    Abstract: An orthotic device for haptic terrain feedback and control includes a plate having a mechatronic unit, a bladder structure secured to the plate, the bladder structure having one or more bladder cells, and a passageway extending between the bladder cell and an environment outside the orthotic device. The orthotic device is configured to provide haptic feedback to a user by way of selective inflation and deflation of the one or more bladder cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Minor, Yue Wang, Andrew Merryweather
  • Regulation of gene expression
    Patent number: 6010887
    Abstract: Pseudo-operator sequences may be located in (or inserted into) plant genomes and utilized to drive expression of foreign genes. These pseudo-operator sequences are nucleotide sequences which are present at a suitable location in a gene at which repressor binding will lead to inhibitation or enhancement of gene expression. The disclosed technique permits the design of altered specificity repressors, which bind the pseudo-operators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignees: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, University of Leicester
    Inventors: Ian George Bridges, Simon William Jonathan Bright, Andrew James Greenland, Wolfgang Walter Schuch, Andrew Merryweather, David Pioli