Patents by Inventor Brian Johns

Brian Johns 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: 20200339598
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a novel compound (I) shown below, having the anti-virus activity; particularly the HIV integrase inhibitory activity, and a drug containing the same, particularly an anti-HIV drug, as well as a process and an intermediate thereof. (wherein Z1 is NR4; R1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; X is a single bond, a hetero atom group selected from O, S, SO, SO2 and NH, or lower alkylene or lower alkenylene in which the hetero atom group may intervene; R2 is optionally substituted aryl; R3 is hydrogen, a halogen, hydroxy, optionally substituted lower alkyl etc; and R4and Z2 part taken together forms a ring, to form a polycyclic compound, including e.g., a tricyclic or tetracyclic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicants: Shionogi & Co., Ltd., ViiV Healthcare Company
    Inventors: Brian A. JOHNS, Takashi KAWASUJI, Teruhiko TAISHI, Yoshiyuki TAODA
  • Publication number: 20200344906
    Abstract: A backplane or backplane module for transmitting data along a signal path of a network to one or more functional modules attached to the signal path includes a printed circuit board, a functional module electrical connector attached to the printed circuit board, and a mechanically actuated bypass circuit assembly that maintains signal continuity along the signal path when a function module is not attached to the function module electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Scott Michael Frye, Brian John Gillespie, JR., Christopher Michael Brink
  • Patent number: 10813876
    Abstract: A method for preparing silicone elastomers containing hydrophilic skin actives with excellent characteristics is described. The elastomer shows enhanced efficacy with respect to the skin actives compared to skin care compositions formulated with individual elastomer and active components. Skin care compositions containing the inventive silicone elastomers and methods of skin treatment are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam John Limer, Anjing Lou, Brian John Dobkowski, Wei Zhao, Wenhui Song
  • Publication number: 20200330850
    Abstract: A system for sports training comprising an object comprising one or more sensors that allows the system to identify the location of the object. The object also may have a microprocessor and wireless transmitter to allow for transmission of the sensor data via wireless transmission to an external electronic device. A software application running on the electronic device, such as a mobile phone or tablet, receives the sensor data and incorporates the information into a game-like or training application. This application can display to the user which location the object should be for the game. This application can also analyze which patterns the player has difficulties with and suggest certain patterns and other advice to help the player to improve their skills. Use of ultra-wideband communication between objects and base stations can determine the position of objects for use in training in hockey or soccer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventor: Brian John Houlihan
  • Patent number: 10806878
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a pressure support system configured to provide pressure support therapy to a subject, wherein the pressure support system comprises a subject interface heater configured to controllably heat a pressurized flow of breathable gas to a target temperature that is offset from a baseline temperature. The breathable gas baseline temperature target offset ensures the gas delivered to the subject is delivered at a comfortable temperature and/or humidity level that does not cause airway dryness or result in condensed water in the subject interface. In one embodiment, the pressure support system comprises one or more of a pressure generator, a subject interface, a subject interface heater, one or more subject interface temperature sensors, one or more baseline temperature sensors, one or more general sensors, a humidifier, a user interface, a processor, electronic storage, and/or other components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Ronald Winski, Richard Charles Dombrowski, Jr., David John Myers, Michael Joseph Mussallem, Kevin Michael Bowen, Brian John Bunofsky, Benjamin Alfred Giovannelli, Jason Hauris Daschbach
  • Patent number: 10808493
    Abstract: A technique facilitates temporary locking of a mechanical packer to prevent inadvertent actuation of the mechanical packer. The mechanical packer may be set via manipulation of a setting mandrel which works in cooperation with a releasable locking mechanism. The releasable locking mechanism may be initially locked against the setting mandrel and held in place via a piston, e.g. an annular piston, received in a piston chamber, e.g. an annular chamber surrounding the setting mandrel. The piston may be selectively shifted via pressure applied in the piston chamber so as to release the releasable locking mechanism, thus enabling actuation of the mechanical packer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Quangen Du, Brian John Bethscheider
  • Publication number: 20200322455
    Abstract: A thread of a client process may become blocked awaiting a reply to a message sent to a server process. Unblocking the client may include determining by the operating system that a timeout has expired without the server having replied to the message and then sending a request to the server process reply to the message to unblock the client. After sending the request for the server to reply to the message, the operating system may determine that the server has still not replied to the message after a further period has elapsed. If so, one or more actions related to the server process may be triggered. For example, a signal may be sent to the server process or the computer system may be rebooted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: 2236008 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Brian John STECHER, Kaushik THIRUKONDA
  • Publication number: 20200298761
    Abstract: An electronic display system includes a display disposed in a housing. An electronic lens assembly is disposed in the housing proximate to and cooperating with the display. The electronic lens assembly includes one or more layers including a mirror element layer, a reflective polarizer layer cooperating with the mirror element layer, a rotator cell layer cooperating with the reflective polarizer layer, and a linear polarizer layer cooperating with the rotator cell layer and disposed opposite the reflective polarizer layer. A controller cooperates with the display and the electronic lens assembly and is configured to adjust the rotator cell layer of the electronic lens assembly between a reflective state in a first mode and a semi-transparent display state in a second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Fredrick Luther Weindorf, Brian John Hayden
  • Publication number: 20200298488
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a precursor dispenser for dispensing a precursor material into a workspace, one or more acoustic sources configured to direct acoustic waves towards the workspace to provide acoustic fields that arrange the precursor material in a three-dimensional shape in the workspace, one or more sensors configured to detect a distribution of the precursor material in the workspace, and an electronic controller in communication with the precursor dispenser, the one or more acoustic sources, and the one or more sensors, the electronic controller being programmed to cause the one or more acoustic sources to adjust the acoustic fields to reduce deviations in the distribution of the precursor material from the three-dimensional shape in the workspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Dominico P. Julian, Benoit Schillings, Brian John Adolf
  • Publication number: 20200300814
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an acoustic source for directing an acoustic wave towards a workspace, a variable acoustic diffractive device positioned in a path of the acoustic wave between the acoustic source and the workspace, the variable acoustic diffractive device including an array of elements each having independently variable acoustic properties, and an electronic controller in communication with the acoustic source and the variable acoustic diffractive device, the electronic controller programmed to supply signals to cause the acoustic source to produce the acoustic wave and the variable acoustic diffractive device to diffract the acoustic wave from the acoustic source to provide non-uniform acoustic forces in a medium located in the workspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Dominico P. Julian, Benoit Schillings, Brian John Adolf
  • Patent number: 10785346
    Abstract: A thread of a client process may become blocked awaiting a reply to a message sent to a server process. Unblocking the client may include determining by the operating system that a timeout has expired without the server having replied to the message and then sending a request to the server process reply to the message to unblock the client. After sending the request for the server to reply to the message, the operating system may determine that the server has still not replied to the message after a further period has elapsed. If so, one or more actions related to the server process may be triggered. For example, a signal may be sent to the server process or the computer system may be rebooted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: 2236008 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Brian John Stecher, Kaushik Thirukonda
  • Publication number: 20200294005
    Abstract: An electronic payment and authentication system that includes features to verify the authenticity of a payer, validate debit data, and facilitate debit (as opposed to credit) payment transactions. The electronic payment system allows a consumer to purchase items and services via a network while utilizing a debit transaction. The invention provides merchants with the ability to verify the identity of the consumer, determine if the consumer is a good debit transaction risk, and retrieve debit data associated with a particular consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Whitney Hilton Stewart, Matthew Lacey Peterson, Brian John Gallmeier, Teresa Marie Crews, Mark Andrew Nipe, James Michael Haire, Robert Lawrence Hill, Michael Richard Bates
  • Publication number: 20200285387
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a system for managing information objects in dynamic data storage devices including a first data storage device having a plurality of information objects, a second data storage device operatively connectable to an output device for providing at least some of the information objects to at least one user, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the first data storage device and the second data storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Brian John Cepuran, David Robert Lockhart, Ali Ghassemi, Dariusz Grabka
  • Patent number: 10739450
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and locating power loads within a spherical waveguide bounded by the Earth's surface are disclosed. One or more eigenmodes of the Earth-ionosphere waveguide may be computed based on a mathematical model incorporating electrical properties of the terrestrial surface and plasma physics of the ionospheric layer. A phased array of wave guide couplers, each including an array of electrically-connected waveguide-coupling elements, may be configured at different geographic locations for coupling to the one or more eigenmodes and generating standing waves in the Earth-ionosphere waveguide. Power loads may be detected by way of power reflections, and by adjusting relative phases and/or amplitudes of the waveguide couplers, as well as frequencies, power nodes and nulls of the standing waves may be steered with respect to specified locations. Using reflections and steering, locations of power loads may be triangulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventor: Brian John Adolf
  • Patent number: 10736260
    Abstract: An opener attachment for an agricultural row unit including a frame, an arm pivotally coupled to the frame, an opener disc coupled to the arm and configured to excavate a trench into soil, and a gauge wheel coupled to the arm and configured to block movement of the opener disc into the soil to control a depth of the trench. The opener attachment also includes a mechanical stop coupled to the frame and configured to block the gauge wheel and the opener disc moving toward the soil. In addition, the opener attachment includes an air bag configured to urge the gauge wheel and the opener disc toward the soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Johnathon R. Dienst, Brian John Anderson, Marvin A. Prickel
  • Publication number: 20200248731
    Abstract: A generally cylindrical element 10 that is adapted for immersion in water is described. The generally cylindrical element 10 has an outer surface 11 that is in contact with the water in use. The outer surface 11 has at least two rows of repeating shapes 20, for example hexagons 20, provided on the surface 11, where each row of repeating shapes 20 is separated from the other or the adjacent row(s) by a groove arrangement 30. Each shape 20 within a row is separated from the, or each, adjacent shape 20 by at least one groove 30. This configuration of the surface 11 reduces Vortex Induced Vibration (VIV) and/or drag that may act upon the generally cylindrical element 10 when it is immersed in a body of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Brian John Bakewell, Fraser James Milne, Aneel Gill
  • Patent number: 10722773
    Abstract: A system for sports training comprising an object comprising one or more sensors that allows the system to identify the location of the object. The object also may have a microprocessor and wireless transmitter to allow for transmission of the sensor data via wireless transmission to an external electronic device. A software application running on the electronic device, such as a mobile phone or tablet, receives the sensor data and incorporates the information into a game-like or training application. This application can display to the user which location the object should be for the game. This application can also analyze which patterns the player has difficulties with and suggest certain patterns and other advice to help the player to improve their skills. Among many other uses, this system could provide a way for a player to train hockey stickhandling skills.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Inventor: Brian John Houlihan
  • Publication number: 20200216948
    Abstract: Composite materials for use in garments or footwear, and a process for manufacture, and use thereof. Composite materials may have one or more functional properties including water repellency, antimicrobial function, insulation, moisture wicking, directional moisture transfer, body heat reflection, exterior heat reflection, body heat redistribution through conduction, as well as prevention of body heat loss through heat conduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Brian John CONOLLY, Thomas Kenneth HUSSEY, Christopher HURREN
  • Patent number: 10695458
    Abstract: The present invention provides dry-creped absorbent material comprised of gelling fibres intended for use particularly, but not necessarily exclusively, as wound dressings or as a component (absorbent substrate) of a wound dressing, as well as wound dressings comprising the absorbent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ADVANCED MEDICAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Colin Raymond Bradford, Brian John Hamerslagh
  • Patent number: D892435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventor: Brian John Annunziata