Patents by Inventor Andrew Shaw

Andrew Shaw 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: 20250144610
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for the activation of catalyst material utilized in ammonia cracking can include an initial use of hydrogen and heat to perform an initial stage of catalyst activation and a subsequent use of ammonia and heat to perform a subsequent state of catalyst activation. The subsequent use of ammonia can be configured so that different catalytic material at different plant elements are activated in a pre-selected sequence to provide activation of the catalytic material utilized in different plant elements. Some embodiments can be configured to avoid excess temperatures that can be detrimental to equipment that can be positioned upstream of a furnace in some embodiments while also avoiding sintering of the catalytic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Shaw, JACOB SHELLEY, Kui Xie, Simon Craig Saloway, Dhaval Dhondu Patil
  • Patent number: 12266182
    Abstract: The disclosure relates improving correctional officer safety. A system can include a first camera facing a region of a correctional facility including monitored objects, the first camera configured to generate first pixel data including first pixels corresponding to the objects, a second camera in the correctional facility and facing away from the region, the second camera configured to generate second pixel data including second pixels corresponding to a person that approaches the region, and a server configured to receive the first and second pixel data through a network connection, transmit the received data to a recognition service through the network, and receive an alert from the alert service that indicates a monitoring rule associated with an object of the objects is violated, an identification associated with the person, a last known location of the person or the object, and an indication of the monitoring rule violated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Codex Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Dalley, Jr., Sriram Yechangunja, Andrew Shaw, Gareth Miller
  • Patent number: 12241847
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sensor for identifying the presence of a biological material in a sample, the sensor comprising: an antenna apparatus for transmitting and receiving microwave electromagnetic (EM) signals; a signal transmitter apparatus coupled to the antenna apparatus and arranged to transmit a microwave-frequency output signal to the antenna apparatus for emission therefrom as an output electromagnetic (EM) signal for reflection at a said sample and to receive a microwave-frequency return signal from the antenna apparatus in response to a return electromagnetic (EM) signal received thereat by reflection from a said sample; a signal processor arranged to calculate a complex-valued reflection coefficient, comprising a real component and an imaginary component, according to said return signal and said output signal, and to detect the presence of said biological material in said sample according to both the real component and the imaginary component of said reflection coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Patryk Kot, Magomed Muradov, Andrew Shaw, Kah Hou Teng
  • Publication number: 20250069585
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a music generation method, apparatus and system, and storage medium. In an embodiment of the present disclosure: obtaining text information, and converting the text information into a corresponding voice audio; obtaining an initial music audio, wherein the initial music audio comprises a music key point, and music characteristics of the initial music audio have a sudden change at the position of an audio key point; and on the basis of the position of the music key point, synthesizing the voice audio and the initial music audio to obtain a target music audio. In the target music audio, the voice audio appears at the position of the music key point of the initial music audio. Thus, a music audio is generated from text information, and the user can customize the content of the text information and customize the initial music audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Andrew SHAW, Yilin ZHANG, Jitong CHEN, Vibert THIO, Shawn Chan Zhen YI, Liangqin XU, Yufan XUE
  • Publication number: 20250058295
    Abstract: In a reactor comprising a cylindrical combustion chamber, at least one burner and a circular array of catalyst-containing tubes, there is provided a ring baffle on the wall opposite the burner(s) extending into the combustion chamber which redirects combustion gas around the combustion chamber, thereby enabling more even heat distribution and an increase in overall heat transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: VINCENT WHITE, ANDREW SHAW, CARMINE IANDOLI, TORI DAWN COURTNEY, SIMON CRAIG SALOWAY, JOSHUA E. MIDDAUGH
  • Patent number: 12205405
    Abstract: Some embodiments process facial images to ensure the inmate present for release is the actual inmate to be released. One embodiment includes receiving a facial image and a data identifier of a person. This embodiment further includes processing the facial image of the person in view of facial image data of the person to determine whether the received facial image matches the retrieved facial image data. The facial image data may be retrieved based on the data identifier of the person, facial landmark data extracted from the facial image, or otherwise. When the received facial image and the retrieved facial image data of the person match, an indicator of a match and a successful release identity verification is output. When there is not a match, an indicator of a failed release identity verification is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Codex Corporation
    Inventors: Adit Modhvadia, Benjamin Drong, Adithi Deborah Chakravarthy, Andrew Shaw, Gareth Miller, Kenneth L. Dalley, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240400382
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process and apparatus for cracking ammonia in which heated ammonia at super-atmospheric pressure is partially cracked in reactor tubes containing a first catalyst in a fired reactor to produce partially cracked ammonia gas which is then cracked over a second catalyst in a reaction zone of an electrically heated reactor to produce cracked gas comprising hydrogen gas, nitrogen gas and residual ammonia. The cracked gas is cooled and hydrogen is recovered from the cooled cracked gas in a hydrogen recovery unit. Offgas from the hydrogen recovery unit, or a cracked offgas derived therefrom, provides at least some, preferably all, of the fuel requirement in the fired reactor. Varying the power input to the second part of the cracking reaction enables direct control of the heat flux profile and hence optimization of the conversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Fabrice Amy
  • Publication number: 20240401017
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising at least one neutral metalloprotease enzyme that has improved storage stability. In some embodiments, the neutral metalloprotease finds use in cleaning and other applications. In some particularly preferred embodiments, the present invention provides methods and compositions comprising neutral metalloprotease(s) obtained from Bacillus sp. In some more particularly preferred embodiments, the neutral metalloprotease is obtained from B. amyloliquefaciens. In still further preferred embodiments, the neutral metalloprotease is a variant of the B. amyloliquefaciens neutral metalloprotease. In yet additional embodiments, the neutral metalloprotease is a homolog of the the B. amyloliquefaciens neutral metalloprotease. The present invention finds particular use in applications including, but not limited to cleaning, bleaching and disinfecting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: ANDREW SHAW, DAVID A ESTELL, EUGENE S SADLOWSKI, HIROSHI OH, LOUISE WALLACE, RONALDUS WILHELMUS JOANNES HOMMES, SANG-KYU LEE
  • Publication number: 20240400383
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process and apparatus for cracking ammonia in which heated ammonia at super-atmospheric pressure is partially cracked over a first catalyst in a reaction zone of an electrically heated reactor to produce partially cracked ammonia gas which is then cracked in reactor tubes containing a second catalyst in a fired reactor to produce cracked gas comprising hydrogen gas, nitrogen gas and residual ammonia. The cracked gas is cooled and hydrogen is recovered from the cooled cracked gas in a hydrogen recovery unit. Offgas from the hydrogen recovery unit, or a cracked offgas derived therefrom, provides at least some, preferably all, of the fuel requirement in the fired reactor. Varying the power input to the first part of the cracking reaction enables direct control of the heat flux profile and hence accommodate any excess or shortfall in the heat input from the fired reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Fabrice Amy
  • Publication number: 20240327203
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a MEMS device includes forming a first solid body by forming, on a substrate, a layered structure having a thickness of a value comprised between 4 and 10 ?m, with the layered structure having a first surface that is uniformly flat or planar throughout the extension thereof that faces the substrate. The method further includes forming, on a second surface of the layered structure opposite to the first surface in a direction, multiple transducer devices. The method then proceeds with coupling the first solid body to a supporting structure, and completely removing the substrate to expose said uniformly flat or planar surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
    Inventors: Mark Andrew SHAW, Fabio QUAGLIA, Domenico GIUSTI, Marco FERRERA
  • Publication number: 20240294376
    Abstract: Ammonia cracking process in which cracked gas is purified in a PSA system are improved by converting residual ammonia in the first cracked gas into further hydrogen and nitrogen by feeding PSA tail gas, or a gas derived therefrom, to a secondary cracking reactor and further processing the second cracked gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Shaw, Vincent White, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Publication number: 20240270569
    Abstract: Recovery of a renewable hydrogen product from an ammonia cracking process, in which the cracked gas is purified in a first PSA device and at least a portion of the first PSA tail gas is recycled as fuel to reduce the carbon intensity of the renewable hydrogen product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Edward Landis Weist, JR., Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Publication number: 20240253982
    Abstract: Reduction of the water content of ammonia used in an ammonia cracking process allows the use of water intolerant cracking catalysts. The water removal process can also be used to recover and recycle ammonia from the cracked gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Patent number: 12043853
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising at least one neutral metalloprotease enzyme that has improved storage stability. In some embodiments, the neutral metalloprotease finds use in cleaning and other applications. In some particularly preferred embodiments, the present invention provides methods and compositions comprising neutral metalloprotease(s) obtained from Bacillus sp. In some more particularly preferred embodiments, the neutral metalloprotease is obtained from B. amyloliquefaciens. In still further preferred embodiments, the neutral metalloprotease is a variant of the B. amyloliquefaciens neutral metalloprotease. In yet additional embodiments, the neutral metalloprotease is a homolog of the the B. amyloliquefaciens neutral metalloprotease. The present invention finds particular use in applications including, but not limited to cleaning, bleaching and disinfecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: DANISCO US INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Shaw, David A Estell, Eugene S Sadlowski, Hiroshi Oh, Louise Wallace, Ronaldus Wilhelmus Joannes Hommes, Sang-Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 12018672
    Abstract: A precision volumetric pump with a bellows hermetic seal provides compliance time performance comparable to a conventional pump having a dynamic seal. However, the precision volumetric pump with a bellows hermetic seal is enabled to operate over a very long service life with minimal or no maintenance without a propensity to develop leaks over the long service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: IDEX HEALTH AND SCIENCE LLC
    Inventors: Dale Heintzelman, John Fulton, Andrew Shaw, Victoria Danner, Mindy Darosa, Ruairidh MacCrimmon
  • Publication number: 20240166503
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process and apparatus for cracking ammonia in which heated ammonia gas at super-atmospheric pressure is partially cracked in at least two adiabatic reactors in series with interstage heating in which the feed temperature to a first reactor is higher than the feed temperature to a further reactor to produce a partially cracked ammonia gas which is then fed to catalyst-containing reactor tubes in a furnace to produce a cracked gas comprising hydrogen gas, nitrogen gas and residual ammonia gas. The use of the adiabatic reactors enables more efficient heat integration within the process and the higher temperature in the first reactor enables the use of a nickel-based catalyst in that reactor as an alternative solution to the potential problem of the presence of oil in the ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Publication number: 20240166504
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process and apparatus for cracking ammonia gas at super-atmospheric pressure in catalyst-filled reactor tubes in a furnace. The tubes each have an upstream layer of a first catalyst and a downstream layer of a second catalyst, the first catalyst being more active than the second catalyst. Having the more active catalyst upstream reduces the temperature of the outer walls of the tubes in the region of the burner flames and the temperature of the inner walls of the tubes in the region with the highest mole fraction of ammonia. Nitriding of the metal of the tubes in this region is thereby reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Publication number: 20240166502
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process and apparatus for cracking ammonia in which heated ammonia gas at super-atmospheric pressure is partially cracked catalytically in an adiabatic reaction unit to produce partially cracked ammonia gas which is heated and fed to catalyst-containing reactor tubes in a furnace to cause cracking of further ammonia and produce a cracked gas comprising hydrogen gas, nitrogen gas and residual ammonia gas. At least some, preferably all, of the duty required to heat the partially cracked ammonia gas is provided by heat exchange with the cracked gas, enabling more efficient heat integration within the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Publication number: 20240166505
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for cracking ammonia comprising providing an ammonia-containing feed gas at a temperature of over 600° C. and a pressure in a range from about 5 bar to about 50 bar; combusting a fuel with an oxidant gas in a furnace to heat reactor tubes to achieve a maximum inner wall temperature of over 700° C. and produce a flue gas, each reactor tube comprising a catalyst bed comprising a first row transition metal-based catalyst; and feeding the ammonia-containing feed gas to the reactor tubes to produce a cracked gas at a temperature of over 600° C. on exit from the reactor tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway, Micah S. Kiffer, Yingying Wei
  • Publication number: 20240161059
    Abstract: An enterprise inventory management system, and methods of use thereof, utilizing novel functionalities. The system includes a centralized global inventory database subsystem for cataloging a plurality of inventory items from a plurality of remote physical locations, each of the items identified by at least a unique identification code; and, a plurality of localized radio frequency identification (RFID) interrogator subsystems associated with a corresponding plurality of remote physical locations, wherein each of the localized RF interrogator subsystems is operative to read RFID tags associated with ones of the plurality of inventory items located at its associated physical location, wherein each of the RFID tags is programmed with at least a unique identification code for its associated item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: SML Intelligent Inventory Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Clinton Leroy Tennill, Craig Lawrence Tennill, Travis Clayton Ernst, Samuel Andrew Shaw, Curtis James Stankovich, Joel Robert Armstrong