Patents by Inventor Bruce Sutton
Bruce Sutton 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).
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Patent number: 9222893Abstract: An apparatus (10) for assessment, evaluation and grading of gemstones has a stage (11) upon which a gemstone may be supported. The stage is enclosed in a housing (15) that is impervious to light. There is at least one light source (14) located in the housing which is adapted to project incident light onto the gemstone. Means for rotating and tilting the stage so as to vary the orientation of the gemstone to the incident light are also present. A digital camera (16) is located in the housing adjacent the or each light source and is adapted to take images of the gemstone based on reflection and/or refraction of the incident light. The apparatus also includes information processing means for calibrating and analyzing the images. The information processing means is programmed with instruction sets for assessing one or more of color, cut, clarity, scintillation, brilliance, lustre, dispersion and sheen. The gemstone is supported upon the stage by securing means (17) engaging the gemstone at its bottom surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2009Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: OPAL PRODUCERS AUSTRALIA LIMITEDInventors: Graham Alfred Hornabrook, Stuart Marchant, Rodney Herbert Lummis, Kathryn Elizabeth Primmer, Angus Nelson Hornabrook, Peter Bruce Sutton, Robert George Imrie, Leanne Bischof, Ryan Lagerstrom, Volker Hilsenstein
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Publication number: 20140220151Abstract: The invention provides a multivitamin and mineral nutritional supplement composition comprising at least one polyvalent metal and at least one oxidizable vitamin with substantially improved resistance to reactions that lead to darkening and/or spotting and reactions that may reduce the potency of oxidizable vitamins. The composition is a multivitamin and mineral composition comprising at least one polyvalent metal and at least one oxidizable vitamin wherein the composition is substantially free of mobile bound water. The invention also includes methods for making such a composition and methods of preventing or reducing oxidation, improving the stability of oxidizable vitamins, and stabilizing the disintegration time of a multi-vitamin and mineral nutritional supplement composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Inventors: Alan M. Goldberg, Steven Dills, William Mark, Bruce Sutton, Chad Byerley
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Patent number: 8641797Abstract: The method of the present disclosure includes providing an organic compost material, combining the organic compost material with a crop to be grown, heating the organic compost material, combining the organic compost material with water, and extracting an aqueous liquid comprising humic acid and fulvic acid. The organic compost material may include straw and manure and the straw and manure may be subjected to several days and/or weeks of aerobic composting. The crop may include a variety of plants, trees, vegetables, fruits and fungi. In one embodiment, the crop may include mushroom spores, mycelia, or mushrooms.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Black Dirt Organics Patent ManagementInventors: Don Calvin Van Dyke, Asa Staples Nielson, Bruce Sutton, Dan Davies, Loyal B. Adams
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Patent number: 8491937Abstract: The invention provides a multivitamin and mineral nutritional supplement composition comprising at least one polyvalent metal and at least one oxidizable vitamin with substantially improved resistance to reactions that lead to darkening and/or spotting and reactions that may reduce the potency of oxidizable vitamins. The composition is a multivitamin and mineral composition comprising at least one polyvalent metal and at least one oxidizable vitamin wherein the composition is substantially free of mobile bound water. The invention also includes methods for making such a composition and methods of preventing or reducing oxidation, improving the stability of oxidizable vitamins, and stabilizing the disintegration time of a multi-vitamin and mineral nutritional supplement composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2007Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Wyeth LLCInventors: Alan M. Goldberg, Steven Dills, William Mark, Bruce Sutton, Chad Byerley
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Patent number: 8436986Abstract: An apparatus (10) for assessment, evaluation and grading of gemstones has a stage (11) upon which a gemstone may be supported, the stage being enclosed in a housing (15) that is impervious to light. At least one light source (14) located in the housing is adapted to project incident light onto the gemstone. There are means for rotating and tilting the stage so as to vary the orientation of the gemstone to the incident light. A digital camera (16) is located in the housing adjacent the or each light source and is adapted to take images of the gemstone based on reflection and/or refraction of the incident light. There are also information processing means for calibrating and analyzing the images, with the information processing means being programmed with an instruction set for color calibrating the images and then analyzing the color calibrated images by segmentation and histogram measurement.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2008Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Opal Producers Australia LimitedInventors: Graham Alfred Hornabrook, Stuart Norman Marchant, Rodney Herbert Lummis, Kathryn Elizabeth Primmer, Peter Bruce Sutton, Angus Nelson Hornabrook, Leanne Bischof, Ryan Lagerstrom, Volker Hilsenstein, Robert George Imrie
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Publication number: 20120279266Abstract: The method of the present disclosure includes providing an organic compost material, combining the organic compost material with a crop to be grown, heating the organic compost material, combining the organic compost material with water, and extracting an aqueous liquid comprising humic acid and fulvic acid. The organic compost material may include straw and manure and the straw and manure may be subjected to several days and/or weeks of aerobic composting. The crop may include a variety of plants, trees, vegetables, fruits and fungi. In one embodiment, the crop may include mushroom spores, mycelia, or mushrooms.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: Don Calvin Van Dyke, Asa Staples Nielson, Bruce Sutton, Dan Davies, Loyal B. Adams
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Publication number: 20110310246Abstract: An apparatus (10) for assessment, evaluation and grading of gemstones has a stage (11) upon which a gemstone may be supported. The stage is enclosed in a housing (15) that is impervious to light. There is at least one light source (14) located in the housing which is adapted to project incident light onto the gemstone. Means for rotating and tilting the stage so as to vary the orientation of the gemstone to the incident light are also present. A digital camera (16) is located in the housing adjacent the or each light source and is adapted to take images of the gemstone based on reflection and/or refraction of the incident light. The apparatus also includes information processing means for calibrating and analysing the images. The information processing means is programmed with instruction sets for assessing one or more of colour, cut, clarity, scintillation, brilliance, lustre, dispersion and sheen. The gemstone is supported upon the stage by securing means (17) engaging the gemstone at its bottom surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2009Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Graham Alfred Hornabrook, Stuart Marchant, Rodney Herbert Lummis, Kathryn Elizabeth Primmer, Peter Bruce Sutton, Robert George Imrie, Leanne Bishop, Ryan Lagerstrom, Volker Hilsenstein
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Publication number: 20100111354Abstract: An apparatus (10) for assessment, evaluation and grading of gemstones has a stage (11) upon which a gemstone may be supported, the stage being enclosed in a housing (15) that is impervious to light. At least one light source (14) located in the housing is adapted to project incident light onto the gemstone. There are means for rotating and tilting the stage so as to vary the orientation of the gemstone to the incident light. A digital camera (16) is located in the housing adjacent the or each light source and is adapted to take images of the gemstone based on reflection and/or refraction of the incident light. There are also information processing means for calibrating and analysing the images, with the information processing means being programmed with an instruction set for colour calibrating the images and then analysing the colour calibrated images by segmentation and histogram measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: OPAL PRODUCERS AUSTRALIA LIMITEDInventors: Graham Alfred Hornabrook, Stuart Norman Marchant, Rodney Herbert Lummis, Kathryn Elizabeth Primmer, Peter Bruce Sutton, Angus Nelson Hornabrook, Leanne Bischof, Ryan Lagerstrom, Volker Hilsenstein, Robert George Imrie
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Publication number: 20100010089Abstract: A method and system for producing fulvic acid and humic acid comprises extracting a liquid from an organic compost mixture. The liquid may be extracted by collecting liquid that percolates from the organic compost mixture or by separating liquid from solid components in the organic compost mixture. The extracted product comprises fulvic acid in an amount of at least 4% by weight, and more specifically at least 7%, and humic acid in an amount less than approximately 3% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Don Calvin Van Dyke, Asa Staples Nielson, Bruce Sutton, Dan Davies
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Publication number: 20080199534Abstract: The invention provides a multivitamin and mineral nutritional supplement composition comprising at least one polyvalent metal and at least one oxidizable vitamin with substantially improved resistance to reactions that lead to darkening and/or spotting and reactions that may reduce the potency of oxidizable vitamins. The composition is a multivitamin and mineral composition comprising at least one polyvalent metal and at least one oxidizable vitamin wherein the composition is substantially free of mobile bound water. The invention also includes methods for making such a composition and methods of preventing or reducing oxidation, improving the stability of oxidizable vitamins, and stabilizing the disintegration time of a multi-vitamin and mineral nutritional supplement composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2007Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicant: WyethInventors: Alan M. Goldberg, Steven Dills, William Mark, Bruce Sutton, Chad Byerley
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Publication number: 20060024352Abstract: The invention provides a nutritional supplement which includes phytosterol to facilitate reduction of cholesterol. The nutritional supplement may be a swallowable tablet, chewable tablet, sachet, capsule or suspension. The invention further provides a method for tableting one fourth to one half of the daily effective dosage of a phytosterol containing nutritional supplement in a practical sized swallowable tablet and a method for reducing blood cholesterol in humans.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2005Publication date: February 2, 2006Inventors: Scott Poxon, William Bubnis, Bruce Sutton, Jeffrey Vernon, Denise Walters, Michael Williams, Neil Wittenberg
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Publication number: 20050214383Abstract: The invention provides a nutritional supplement which includes micronutrients to facilitate reduction of cholesterol, and/or reduction of homocystein and/or reduction of low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) oxidation in humans. In one embodiment the supplement is a multi-vitamin, a mineral supplement which includes at least one component known to reduce cholesterol. The invention further provides a method for tableting one fourth to one half of the daily effective dosage of a phytosterol containing nutritional supplement in a practical sized tablet and a method for reducing blood cholesterol in humans.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2005Publication date: September 29, 2005Inventors: William Bubnis, Richard Cotter, Paul Herman, Judith Moreines, Scott Poxon, Bruce Sutton, Jeffrey Vernon, Denise Walters, Michael Williams, Neil Wittenberg