Patents by Inventor Andrew Westlake

Andrew Westlake 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: 20110232159
    Abstract: The invention provides an additive for lowering the minimum usable temperature of a biodiesel fuel or a diesel/biodiesel blend. The additive comprises at least one saccharide ester and a polymer having a comb structure. In some instances there is only one saccharide ester present. In this case the saccharide ester comprises at least one saturated ester group and at least one unsaturated ester group. In other instances, there is more than one saccharide ester is present. In these cases the additive comprises a first saccharide ester comprising at least one saturated ester group and a second saccharide ester comprising at least one unsaturated ester group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Meat & Livestock Australia Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Westlake, Stewart McGlashan, Stephen Clarke, Mark Fisher, Rachel Pillar, Kristina Constantopoulos, Simon Mathew, Elda Markovic, Eleni Papadopoulos, David John Clarke, Kim Anh-Thi Nguyen
  • Patent number: 6999205
    Abstract: A method of determining the location of an optical feature in an image projection system, the method comprising: 1) projecting a first image of the feature onto a detector with a lens in a first position; 2) sensing, with the detector, the position of the first image of the feature; 3) projecting a second image of the feature onto a detector with a lens in a second position laterally spaced from the first position; 4) sensing, with the detector, the position of the second image of the feature; and 5) deducing the location of the defect from the difference between the positions sensed in steps 2) and 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Fujifilm Electronic Imaging Limited
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Westlake, Nigel Ingram Bromley, Elaine Kathryn Stedman