Patents by Inventor Benjamin Ford

Benjamin Ford 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).

  • Patent number: 10178842
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated LJD6414, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line LJD6414 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line LJD6414, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line LJD6414, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Benjamin Ford
  • Patent number: 9872451
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated CJ6085, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line CJ6085 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line CJ6085, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line CJ6085, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Benjamin Ford
  • Publication number: 20170127635
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated CJ6085, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line CJ6085 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line CJ6085, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line CJ6085, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Benjamin Ford
  • Patent number: 8698596
    Abstract: Access to one or more storage areas is controlled. An indication that a packaged asset is available for delivery to an intended recipient, an indication of a size of the asset, and an identity of the intended recipient are received. An available storage space is determined based at least in part upon the size of the asset and the identity of the intended recipient. When a storage space is determined to be available for the packaged asset, an access code is transmitted to the intended recipient allowing the intended recipient to access the available storage space using the access code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Telezygology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dickory Rudduck, Christopher Kelliher, Benjamin Ford, Anthony White
  • Publication number: 20120235786
    Abstract: The invention provides a system for controlling access for a storage enclosure. The storage enclosure has one or more walls and an opening defined by at least one of the walls. There is a closure for the opening and a fastener adapted to hold the closure in a closed position relative to the opening and adapted to allow the closure to assume an open position relative to the opening upon receipt of a suitable signal. The system includes a user interface adapted to enable the suitable signal to be received by the fastener upon entry of an access code, means for generating the access code after delivery of an item into the storage enclosure, and means for transmitting the access code to a recipient for the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Telezygology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dickory Rudduck, John Freese, Anthony White, Benjamin Ford, Christopher Kelliher
  • Patent number: 8252990
    Abstract: Basically, this invention provides for an inbred corn line designated NPFX6099, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line NPFX6099, with plants of another corn plant. The invention relates to the various parts of inbred NPFX6099, including culturable cells. This invention also relates to methods for introducing transgenic transgenes into inbred corn line NPFX6099, and plants produced by said methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Benjamin A Ford
  • Publication number: 20120062362
    Abstract: Access to one or more storage areas is controlled. An indication that a packaged asset is available for delivery to an intended recipient, an indication of a size of the asset, and an identity of the intended recipient are received. An available storage space is determined based at least in part upon the size of the asset and the identity of the intended recipient. When a storage space is determined to be available for the packaged asset, an access code is transmitted to the intended recipient allowing the intended recipient to access the available storage space using the access code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Dickory Rudduck, Christopher Kelliher, Benjamin Ford, Anthony White
  • Publication number: 20060182337
    Abstract: Image processing apparatus and methods according to the present invention are described in which data for each color channel are separately processed, on a pixel by pixel basis, such that the data associated with the primary color channel is filtered less than the crosstalk information associated with a non-primary color channel. In a specific embodiment, the data associated with the primary color channel is not filtered at all. When data is processed manner, minimal loss of image detail results, with a significant reduction in crosstalk noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventor: Benjamin Ford
  • Patent number: 5752264
    Abstract: A hierarchical cache architecture that reduces traffic on a main memory bus while overcoming the disadvantages of prior systems. The architecture includes a plurality of level one caches that are of the store through type, each level one cache is associated with a processor and may be incorporated into the processor. Subsets (or "clusters") of processors, along with their associated level one caches, are formed and a level two cache is provided for each cluster. Each processor-level one cache pair within a cluster is coupled to the cluster's level two cache through a dedicated bus. By configuring the processors and caches in this manner, not only is the speed advantage normally associated with the use of cache memory realized, but the number of memory bus accesses is reduced without the disadvantages associated with the use of store in type caches at level one and without the disadvantages associated with the use of a shared cache bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Blake, Carl Benjamin Ford, III, Pak-kin Mak