Patents by Inventor Brian Little

Brian Little 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: 10766423
    Abstract: A rearview device including a housing, a bezel and a rearview element used for vehicles. In one embodiment the bezel includes a transparent or chrome-based coating as to allow one or more lighting assemblies positioned in or beneath the bezel to illuminate the surrounding and provide different functions to the driver or other persons. For example, different indicator functions can be provided. Different electronic means may be placed in or beneath the bezel to optimize the used space inside the rearview device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MOTHERSON INNOVATIONS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Andreas Herrmann, Andrew Lettis, Callum Scott-Collins, Gary Smith, Graham Rehill, Andrew Brian Little, Ian Robert Toone
  • Publication number: 20200223401
    Abstract: A device for cleaning at least one optical surface of at least one camera, a camera system and a camera holder including such a device and a method of using the device, the camera system and/or the camera holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Andrew Brian Little
  • Patent number: 10712331
    Abstract: The invention relates, in part, to systems and methods for scoring a sample containing tumor tissue from a cancer patient. The score is representative of a nearness between at least one pair of cells, a first member of the least one pair of cells expressing a first biomarker and a second member of the at least one pair of cells expressing a second biomarker that is different from the first biomarker. The score obtained from these methods can be indicative of a likelihood that a patient may respond positively to immunotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Brian Little, Jennifer Bordeaux
  • Patent number: 10705088
    Abstract: The invention relates, in part, to methods of scoring a sample containing tumor tissue from a cancer patient. The score is representative of a spatial proximity between at least one pair of cells, a first member of the at least one pair of cells expressing a first biomarker and a second member of the at least one pair of cells expressing a second biomarker that is different from the first biomarker. The score obtained from these methods can be indicative of a likelihood that a patient may respond positively to immunotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Naveen Dakappagari, Thai Tran, Brian Little, Ju Young Kim, Jennifer Bordeaux
  • Patent number: 10621721
    Abstract: The invention relates, in part, to systems and methods for scoring a sample containing tumor tissue from a cancer patient. The score obtained from these methods can be indicative of a likelihood that a patient may respond positively to immunotherapy. The invention also relates, in part, to methods of deriving a value for % biomarker positivity (PBP) for all cells or optionally, one or more subsets thereof, present in a field of view of a tissue sample from a cancer patient. The values for PBP can be indicative of a patient's response to immunotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Brian Little, Jennifer Bordeaux
  • Publication number: 20200011502
    Abstract: A multifunction lamp unit for a vehicle includes a housing, at least one light pipe together with at least one light source disposed at least partially within the housing, and a clear lens substantially enclosing the housing, the at least one light pipe and the at least one light source, the lens having an inner surface, an outer surface disposed opposite the inner surface and at least one of a continuous transparent and translucent coating on the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: James Nicholson, Shane Koehne, Scott Edwards, Simon Belcher, Jacob Messenger, Mathew Chapman-Winter, Gary Dekievit, Simon Field, Sam Thoday, Dean Caruso, Bill Frank, Raimund Negel, Arne Schmierer, Daniel Fritz, Andreas Herrmann, Eugen Meier, Oliver Schmidt, Volker Erhart, David Chamberlain, Andrew Brian Little, Eugene Schmirin, Drew Raymond Evans, Colin James Hall, Kamil Zuber
  • Publication number: 20190256000
    Abstract: A rear view assembly for a rear view device of a vehicle includes a rear view element, a carrier plate for the rear view element, and a heating and lighting unit arranged between the rear view element and the carrier plate. The heating and lighting unit may include a light module including a printed circuit board having at least one LED and having no power stripes, and a heater pad. The heater pad may include a circuit or printed circuit board, at least one recess or at least one transparent window, and first contacts or contact elements for contacting a printed circuit board of the light module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew Brian Little, Gottfried Sailer, Andreas Hermann, Douglas Wilson, Anthony D'Andreas, Bernd Sülzle
  • Publication number: 20190185409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds suitable for treating, ameliorating and/or preventing neuromuscular disorders, including the reversal of drug-induced neuromuscular blockade. The compounds as defined herein preferably inhibit the ClC-1 ion channel. The compounds include phenoxy propanoic acid, phenoxy propanoate, and phenoxy butanoate compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: NMD Pharma ApS
    Inventors: Lars J.S. Knutsen, Thomas Holm Pedersen, Claus Elsborg Olesen, Marc A. Labelle, Paul Brian Little, Martin E. Cooper, Neerja Saraswat, Dastagiri Dudekula, Rafiq A. Taj
  • Publication number: 20190183812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds suitable for treating, ameliorating and/or preventing neuromuscular disorders, including the reversal of drug-induced neuromuscular blockade. The compounds as defined herein preferably inhibit the CIC-1 ion channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: NMD PHARMA A/S
    Inventors: Lars J.S. Knutsen, Nicholas M. Kelly, Thomas Holm Pedersen, Claus Elsborg Olesen, Marc Labelle, Paul Brian Little, Martin E. Cooper, Neerja Saraswat, Dastagiri Dudekula, Rafiq A. Taj
  • Patent number: 10060594
    Abstract: A light guiding device for an illumination device, especially for a motor vehicle or an indicator device in a rearview device of a motor vehicle includes a light coupling side for incoupling light from a light source, a reflection side having a reflection layer; and a light outcoupling side, which is disposed generally opposite the reflection side. A clearance between the reflection side and the light outcoupling side generally decreases as the distance from the light incoupling side increases. The reflection side having the reflection layer is configured so that light arriving from the light incoupling side is deflected to the light outcoupling side. The reflection layer may be a paint or lacquer layer that is imprinted or evaporation-coated on the reflection side; and the having a white sheet on or next to the rejection side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Norbert Kürschner, Daniel Fritz, Eugen Meier, Volker Erhart, Andrew Brian Little, Harry Welfare, Stephen Edney
  • Patent number: 9656601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymeric substrate being coated with a reflective coating, particularly a chromium-based reflective coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: SMR Patents S.A.R.L., University Of South Australia
    Inventors: Drew Raymond Evans, Kamil Zuber, Colin James Hall, Simon David Field, David Derry Chamberlain, Andrew Brian Little, Simon Belcher, Eugene Schmirin, Mark Delaine, James Nicholas Dickson
  • Publication number: 20160341393
    Abstract: A light guiding device for an illumination device, especially for a motor vehicle or an indicator device in a rearview device of a motor vehicle includes a light coupling side for incoupling light from a light source, a reflection side having a reflection layer; and a light outcoupling side, which is disposed generally opposite the reflection side. A clearance between the reflection side and the light outcoupling side generally decreases as the distance from the light incoupling side increases. The reflection side having the reflection layer is configured so that light arriving from the light incoupling side is deflected to the light outcoupling side. The reflection layer may be a paint or lacquer layer that is imprinted or evaporation-coated on the reflection side; and the having a white sheet on or next to the rejection side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: SMR Patents S.à.r.I.
    Inventors: Norbert Kürschner, Daniel Fritz, Eugen Meier, Volker Erhart, Andrew Brian Little, Harry Welfare, Stephen Edney
  • Patent number: 8022035
    Abstract: Y4 receptor agonist peptide selected from the group consisting of: [Ala30]PP2-36, [Thr30]PP2-36, [Asn30]PP2-36, [Gln30]PP2-36, [Glu10]PP2-36, [Glu10,Leu17,Thr30]PP2-36, [Nle17,Nle30]PP2-36, [Glu10,Nle17,Nle30]PP2-36, their PP1-36 equivalents, and analogues and derivatives thereof as described in the specification, are selective agonists of the Y4 receptor relative to the Y1 and Y2 receptors, and are useful in the treatment, for example, of obesity and overweight, and conditions in which these are considered contributory factors, and in the treatment of diarrhoea and intestinal hypersecretion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: 7TM Pharma A/S
    Inventors: Thue Schwartz, Paul Brian Little, Lars-Ole Gerlach, Christian Elling
  • Publication number: 20100160226
    Abstract: Human Pancreatic Polypeptide mutants are provided which have utility, inter alia, for regulation of energy intake or energy metabolism, control of intestinal secretion, decrease of gastrointestinal tract motility, decrease of rate of gastric emptying, treatment of obesity or overweight, or conditions in which obesity or overweight is a contributory factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: 7TM PHARMA A/S
    Inventors: Thue Schwartz, Christian Elling, Paul Brian Little, Anders Heding, Lars-Ole Gerlach
  • Publication number: 20090118178
    Abstract: Y4 receptor agonist peptide selected from the group consisting of: [Ala30]PP2-36, [Thr30]PP2-36, Asn30]PP2-36, [Gln30]PP2-36, [Glu10]PP2-36, [Glu10,Leu17,Thr30]PP2-36, [Nle17,Nle30]PP2-36, [Glu10,Nle17,Nle30]PP2-36, their PP1-36 equivalents, and analogues and derivatives thereof as described in the specification, are selective agonists of the Y4 receptor relative to the Y1 and Y2 receptors, and are useful in the treatment, for example, of obesity and overweight, and conditions in which these are considered contributory factors, and in the treatment of diarrhoea and intestinal hypersecretion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: 7TM PHARMA A/S
    Inventors: Thue Schwartz, Paul Brian Little, Lars-Ole Gerlach, Christian Elling
  • Publication number: 20050234736
    Abstract: A method of evaluating the quality management characteristics of a business is disclosed. The method includes identification of criteria for evaluating the business, said criteria comprising one or more of customer focus, leadership, involvement of people, process approach, system approach to management, continual improvement, factual approach to decision making, and mutually beneficial supplier relationships; providing a quantitative grade for each of the identified criteria; evaluating the quantitative grade for each of the identified criteria; and providing an output of favorable or unfavorable evaluation results based upon evaluating the quantitative grade for each identified criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventor: Brian Little