Patents by Inventor Brian Robertson

Brian Robertson 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: 20250065089
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to adjustable shunting systems having a shunting element, a shape memory actuator, and a lumen extending therethrough for transporting fluid. The shape memory actuator can have a plurality of struts proximate the shunting element and a plurality of projections extending from the plurality of struts. In operation, the shape memory actuator can be used to adjust a geometry of the lumen. In some embodiments, the system is configured such that (a) any strain in the shape memory actuator is concentrated in the struts, and/or (b) the struts experience greater resistive heating than the projections when an electrical current is applied to the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Miles Alexander, Scott Robertson, Peter Andriola, Brian Fahey, Matthew Lane Pease
  • Patent number: 12232656
    Abstract: Disclosed are various examples of automated dispensers to dispense consumable products, such as paper towels, gels, liquids, gases, aerosols, foams, and other consumables. Automated dispensers can operate in various modes. Examples of the disclosure can utilize a dispense profile to adjust the speed at which consumable products are dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Inventors: David Warren Murphy, Brian S. Borke, Ryan A. Goltz, Timothy A. Robertson, Philip R. Walker
  • Patent number: 12213817
    Abstract: The present technology relates to interatrial shunting systems and methods. In some embodiments, the present technology includes a method for monitoring a shunting element implanted in a patient and having a lumen fluidly coupling cavities of the patient's heart. The method can comprise obtaining first and second radiographic images of at least two radiopaque elements associated with the lumen of the shunting element. A spatial relationship between the radiopaque elements varies according to a size of the lumen. The first radiographic image can be taken from a first viewing angle and the second radiographic image can be taken from a second viewing angle generally orthonormal to the first viewing angle. The method also includes determining the size of the lumen based, at least in part. on locations of the radiopaque elements in the first and second radiographic images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Shifamed Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Robertson, Brian Fahey, Miles Alexander, Peter Andriola, William Jason Fox, Anthony Pantages
  • Patent number: 12124085
    Abstract: An input device for a multiple wavelength band optical switch comprising: an optical demultiplexer configured to receive light and disperse the received light along a dispersion axis; and a light director configured to direct light in a first wavelength band to the optical demultiplexer at a first angle of incidence and to direct light in a second wavelength band to the optical demultiplexer at a second angle of incidence, the second angle of incidence being different from the first: wherein the difference between the first and second angles of incidence causes the demultiplexer to output dispersed spectra of light corresponding to the first and second bands such that the dispersed spectrum corresponding to the first band is overlapped along the dispersion axis and separated along a switch axis relative to the dispersed spectrum corresponding to the second wavelength band, the switch axis being perpendicular to the dispersion axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: HUBER+SUHNER POLATIS LIMITED
    Inventors: Brian Robertson, Daping Chu, Haining Yang
  • Publication number: 20240216415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of Formula (I): or a stereoisomer, solvate, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X, W1, W2, Y, Z, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the disclosure herein, for use in therapy, particularly for use in the treatment of cancer. The present invention also relates to methods of treating cancer comprising the administration of a compound of Formula (I) to a subject in need thereof, and to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Adam Brian Robertson, Terezia Prikrylova
  • Patent number: 12016269
    Abstract: A removable cover plate assembly may be quickly attached, detached and adjusted to the exterior of a concave grate of a combine harvester in order to adjust the flow characteristics of the concave or separator grate assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Inventor: Brian Robertson
  • Patent number: 11997952
    Abstract: The invention comprises an automated, dynamic cover plate system, which may be quickly attached, detached and adjusted to the exterior of a concave grate of a combine harvester in order to adjust the flow characteristics of the concave or separator grate assemblies. The automated, dynamic cover plate system adjusts the threshing capability of the rasp bar threshing cylinder while simultaneously capturing additional threshed grain. The automated, dynamic cover plate system of the present invention is designed to be controlled, either manually or automatically, by the operator of the combine harvester or by a computerized or automated intelligence system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Inventor: Brian Robertson
  • Patent number: 11963973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of Formula (I), or a stereoisomer, solvate, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X, W1, W2, Y, Z, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the disclosure herein, for use in therapy, particularly for use in the treatment of cancer. The present invention also relates to methods of treating cancer comprising the administration of a compound of Formula (I) to a subject in need thereof, and to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HEMISPHERIAN AS
    Inventors: Adam Brian Robertson, Terezia Prikrylova
  • Publication number: 20230416788
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems, methods and compositions used for the control of gene expression involving sequence targeting, such as genome perturbation or gene-editing, that may use vector systems related to recombinases and Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) and components thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Adam Brian Robertson
  • Patent number: 11708588
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems, methods and compositions used for the control of gene expression involving sequence targeting, such as genome perturbation or gene-editing, that may use vector systems related to recombinases and Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) and components thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventors: Adam Brian Robertson, Julia Robertson, Anika Reifschneider, Arne Klungland
  • Patent number: 11418861
    Abstract: An optical switching unit comprising: a plurality of arrays of multiple optical waveguides; and a switching structure controllable to direct light received from any of the optical waveguides in a first array of the plurality of arrays to one or more optical waveguides of each other array in the plurality of arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Huber+Suhner Polatis Limited
    Inventors: Brian Robertson, Daping Chu, Haining Yang
  • Publication number: 20220145386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and kits for the detection of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) and/or 5-methylcytosine (5meC). In some embodiments, the present invention relates to methods and kits for detection of 5hmC and/or 5meC in nucleic acid (e.g., DNA, RNA). In some embodiments, the present invention relates to detection of 5hmC in genomic DNA, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: John Arne Dahl, Adam Brian Robertson, Arne Klungland, Linda Ellevog
  • Publication number: 20220117992
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of Formula (I), or a stereoisomer, solvate, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X, W1, W2, Y, Z, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the disclosure herein, for use in therapy, particularly for use in the treatment of cancer. The present invention also relates to methods of treating cancer comprising the administration of a compound of Formula (I) to a subject in need thereof, and to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Adam Brian Robertson, Terezia Prikrylova
  • Publication number: 20220010336
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems, methods and compositions used for the control of gene expression involving sequence targeting, such as genome perturbation or gene-editing, that may use vector systems related to recombinases and Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) and components thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Adam Brian Robertson, Julia Robertson, Anika Reifschneider, Arne Klungland
  • Publication number: 20210360860
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a removable cover plate assembly, which may be quickly attached, detached and adjusted to the exterior of a concave grate of a combine harvester in order to adjust the flow characteristics of the concave or separator grate assemblies. The cover plate assembly improves the threshing capability of the rasp bar threshing cylinder while simultaneously capturing additional threshed grain. Moreover, the cover plate assembly of the present invention enables a single set of concave grate assemblies to better harvest a wider variety of crop types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Brian Robertson
  • Patent number: 11122743
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a removable cover plate assembly, which may be quickly attached, detached and adjusted to the exterior of a concave grate of a combine harvester in order to adjust the flow characteristics of the concave or separator grate assemblies. The cover plate assembly improves the threshing capability of the rasp bar threshing cylinder while simultaneously capturing additional threshed grain. Moreover, the cover plate assembly of the present invention enables a single set of concave grate assemblies to better harvest a wider variety of crop types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventor: Brian Robertson
  • Patent number: 11116136
    Abstract: A removable cover plate assembly may be quickly attached, detached and adjusted to the exterior of a concave grate of a combine harvester in order to adjust the flow characteristics of the concave or separator grate assemblies. The cover plate assembly improves the threshing capability of the rasp bar threshing cylinder while simultaneously capturing additional threshed grain. Moreover, the cover plate assembly of the present invention enables a single set of concave grate assemblies to better harvest a wider variety of crop types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventor: Brian Robertson
  • Publication number: 20210263218
    Abstract: An input device for a multiple wavelength band optical switch comprising: an optical demultiplexer configured to receive light and disperse the received light along a dispersion axis; and a light director configured to direct light in a first wavelength band to the optical demultiplexer at a first angle of incidence and to direct light in a second wavelength band to the optical demultiplexer at a second angle of incidence, the second angle of incidence being different from the first; wherein the difference between the first and second angles of incidence causes the demultiplexer to output dispersed spectra of light corresponding to the first and second bands such that the dispersed spectrum corresponding to the first band is overlapped along the dispersion axis and separated along a switch axis relative to the dispersed spectrum corresponding to the second wavelength band, the switch axis being perpendicular to the dispersion axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Robertson, Daping Chu, Haining Yang
  • Publication number: 20210258662
    Abstract: An optical switching unit comprising: a plurality of arrays of multiple optical waveguides; and a switching structure controllable to direct light received from any of the optical waveguides in a first array of the plurality of arrays to one or more optical waveguides of each other array in the plurality of arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Robertson, Daping Chu, Haining Yang
  • Patent number: 11078529
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and kits for the detection of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) and/or 5-methylcytosine (5meC). In some embodiments, the present invention relates to methods and kits for detection of 5hmC and/or 5meC in nucleic acid (e.g., DNA, RNA). In some embodiments, the present invention relates to detection of 5hmC in genomic DNA, e.g., mammalian genomic DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: OSLO UNIVERSITETSSYKEHUS HF
    Inventors: John Arne Dahl, Adam Brian Robertson, Arne Klungland, Linda Ellevog