Patents by Inventor Bruce Thomas

Bruce Thomas 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: 20120006333
    Abstract: A protective pillow for post-surgical use has a pliable yet firm inner incision pad and a stiff outer board. The outer board has handles on one side and is attached on the other side to the incision pad by use of hook-and-pile fasteners. The incision pad is soft yet pliable. The pad has one side with a cushioned surface. The cushioned surface has a long groove cut out from the inner part of the pad. The other side of the pad is attached to the outer board by hook-and-pile fasteners. The fasteners allow the post-surgical patient to orient the incision groove in any direction desirable so as to align the groove with the actual incision. The handles on the outer board always remain essentially horizontal while the incision pad is oriented in the same direction as the incision. The pad and board may be removed for easy cleaning or replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: JOHN E. MASON, Bruce Thomas Vest, III
  • Publication number: 20110309004
    Abstract: Fruit handling equipment comprising a conveyor having a plurality of linked carriages, each supporting at least one fruit carrying cup pivotally secured to the carriage, each cup having a latching mechanism operable to hold the cup in a fruit carrying mode and releasable to cause the cup to pivot to a delatched position to eject the fruit, and remotely controllable means in each carriage to release the latching mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventor: Bruce Thomas Morley
  • Publication number: 20110117608
    Abstract: The invention is directed towards constructs for RNAi techniques. The invention provides a ribonucleic acid (RNA) for use as interfering RNA in gene silencing techniques to silence a target gene comprising in a 5? to 3? direction at least a first effector sequence, a second effector sequence, a sequence substantially complementary to the second effector sequence and a sequence substantially complementary to the first effector sequence, wherein the complementary sequences are capable of forming double stranded regions with their respective effector sequences and wherein at least one of these sequences is substantially identical to the predicted transcript of a region of the target gene, and a nucleic acid construct encoding such an RNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: BENITEC AUSTRALIA, LTD.
    Inventors: MICHAEL WAYNE GRAHAM, KENNETH CLIFFORD REED, ROBERT NORMAN RICE, BRUCE THOMAS HARRISON, PETRUS ROELVINK, DAVID SUHY, ALEXANDER KOLYKHALOV
  • Patent number: 7858776
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula (I) pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their methods of use for the treatment of neurological disorders related to amyloid ? protein production and neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. These compounds inhibit ? secretase and thereby inhibit the production of amyloid ? protein, thereby acting to prevent the formation of neurological deposits of amyloid protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Bruce Thomas Dembofsky, Robert Jacobs, Cyrus Ohnmacht
  • Publication number: 20100227586
    Abstract: A system and method for using location data from actual 911 cell phone calls, to determine the coverage areas (orientation and range) of any sector (antenna) in a cell phone system. This coverage area is typically described as the area enclosed by a circular sector with the antenna at the center of the circle. The physical locations of the actually received 911 cell phone calls are determined with respect to the physical location of the antenna. These locations are typically defined in terms of latitude and longitude. A percentage of locations of the origins of the cell phone calls that is desired to be captured by the area enclosed by the circular sector are determined. Two variables are used to adjust the capture of the desired number of calls—the length of the arc (expressed in terms of the percentage of phone calls enclosed by a given length) and the radius of the circle (range of the antenna) (again expressed in terms of the percentage of calls enclosed by the resulting area).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: DON REICH, Kurt Warner, Jim DeArkland, Bruce Thomas
  • Publication number: 20100160627
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula (I) pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their methods of use for the treatment of neurological disorders related to amyloid ? protein production and neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. These compounds inhibit ? secretase and thereby inhibit the production of amyloid ? protein, thereby acting to prevent the formation of neurological deposits of amyloid protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Bruce Thomas Dembofsky, Robert Jacobs, Cyrus Ohnmacht
  • Publication number: 20100093305
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the historical density of 911 calls from wireless devices. This determination is made over a certain geographical area for a statistically significant amount of time. Once the historical density of these wireless 911 calls has been determined, further determining the most efficient routing of future 911 calls in order to improve the delivery of the wireless 911 call to the responding emergency service provider. The system and the method further provides a method for use by public safety officials, communication providers and other governmental or private entities to manage and control approval and actual changes to the routing of wireless 911 calls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Don Reich, Kurt Warner, Jim DeArkland, Bruce Thomas
  • Patent number: 7659232
    Abstract: A fluid safe to plants and the environment for maintenance facilitation of hand or power garden shear and saw tools. When the said fluid with a pleasant odor is sprayed onto the blades of said tools it will clean, lubricate, disinfect and inhibit rust in one step on said tools while repelling some types of flying insect pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Novel Wares, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Thomas
  • Patent number: 7506707
    Abstract: A guided vehicle relocation device has a frame. The frame has an opening to allow one or more wheels of a vehicle to enter an interior area of the frame. At least one drive mechanism is coupled to the frame. The drive mechanism engages the wheel of the vehicle, rotating the wheel of the vehicle to move the vehicle. A control panel is coupled to the frame and to the at least one drive mechanism. The control panel is used for controlling operation of the guided vehicle relocation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard R. Trujillo, David L. Wagner, Peter D. McCowin, D. Bruce Thomas, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20080318943
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds having the structural formula I below: and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, tautomers or in vivo-hydrolysable precursors, compositions and methods of use thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are defined in the specification. These novel compounds provide a treatment or prophylaxis of anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, cognitive disorders, and/or mood disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Hui-Fang Chang, Marc Chapdelaine, Bruce Thomas Dembofsky, Keith John Herzog, Carey Horchler, Richard Jon Schmiesing
  • Publication number: 20080109386
    Abstract: A method for constructing an option contract so that the option holder has the right to settle the contract by selling it back to the option seller at a settlement price determined by a specified valuation methodology that uses an option pricing model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventor: Bruce Thomas
  • Publication number: 20070284052
    Abstract: A door incorporating at least one movable glass insert or window sash slidably disposed in at least one track thereof. An end of the insert is coupled to an end of a spring biased roll of screen. As the insert moves from the spring biased roll, the screen is extracted therefrom providing a continuously variable screened region in the door. The insert can be positioned using a counterbalance, spaced apart latchable locations in the door, frictional engagement, or through the tension force of the biased roll of screen. A catch mechanism is disposed on the movable glass insert to detachably couple the glass insert to a portion of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: LARSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Thomas, Kelly Nordgaard, Bryan Zacher, Alan Dixon, Allen Lee
  • Publication number: 20070282642
    Abstract: A method for underwriting and adjusting losses based on the losses paid by an insurance policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Bruce Thomas, Lester Preston
  • Publication number: 20070282641
    Abstract: A method for underwriting and adjusting losses based on the losses paid by insurance and reinsurance policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Bruce Thomas, Lester Preston
  • Publication number: 20070283159
    Abstract: Authentication and access control device (104) includes a first security key sub-system (110, 112, 114, 116, 118). The first security key sub-system is responsive to an input signal for providing a first key code required for permitting a user access to a controlled resource. The device advantageously can also include a second security key sub-system (110, 112, 114, 116, 118) for providing a second key code different from the first key code. The second key code can be for authenticating the user or can be otherwise useful for secure use of a particular controlled resource (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bruce Thomas Borsa, Michael Thomas Kurdziel, Jeffrey Irvin Murray, Terence William O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20070199664
    Abstract: A door assembly includes a door panel and a window assembly. The window assembly includes a first frame operably coupled to a second frame. A movable panel is operably coupled and selectively movable in a channel defined by a leg and a wall of the first frame and a leg of the second frame. A fixed panel and a window screen can also be operably coupled between the first frame and the second frame. At least one of the frames can have a drainage opening to prevent the build up of moisture within the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Bryan Zacher, Bruce Thomas, Allen Lee
  • Publication number: 20070187044
    Abstract: An exterior door incorporates at least one moving glass insert or sash slidable in first and second spaced apart tracks. An end of the insert is coupled to an end of a spring biased rolled screen. As the insert moves from the roll, the screen is extracted therefrom providing a continuously variable length of exposed screen that exerts a retracting force on the insert. The insert may be supported at any one of a variety of positions by frictional forces exerted on the insert, or by the frictional and retracting forces, without need for counterbalances or latches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Bruce Thomas, Kelly Nordgaard, Bryan Zacher, Alan Dixon, Allen Lee
  • Publication number: 20070174257
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing sorted search results are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises receiving a search request to return results based on at least one keyword, sorting the returned results into at least two result groups based on sorting criteria, and outputting the results to a display device such that the result groups are displayed differently in a user interface. In one version the sorted results of at least two result groups are simultaneously displayed in different portions of a user interface and, in another version, indicators for the at least two result groups are simultaneously displayed in different portions of a user interface. Sorting may be based on any desired criteria such a document type, URL, secure or nonsecure web site, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventor: BRUCE THOMAS HOWARD
  • Patent number: 7192007
    Abstract: A jack adapter for connecting a jack to a vehicle including a trailer hitch having a tubular cross member and/or a towing lug of a vehicle to provide alternate locations at which a jack may be connected to a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Inventor: Bruce Thomas
  • Publication number: 20060237700
    Abstract: A jack adapter for connecting a jack to a vehicle including a trailer hitch having a tubular cross member and/or a towing lug of a vehicle to provide alternate locations at which a jack may be connected to a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventor: Bruce Thomas