Patents by Inventor C. Evans

C. Evans 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).

  • Grease Oxidation
    Publication number: 20170205355
    Abstract: A significantly improved version of the ASTM D942 Test Method, with apparatus employable to effect the same, is provided. This is useful in measurement of grease oxidation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Tannas Company
    Inventors: Theodore W. Selby, Jonathan C. Evans, Gregory C. Miiller, Calvin David Hugo, Sarah Nuss-Warren, Douglas J. Wirsing
  • Fusion Polymerase and Method for Using the Same
    Publication number: 20170152493
    Abstract: This disclosure provides, among other things, a composition comprising: comprising a fusion protein comprising: (a) a DNA polymerase; and (b) a heterologous sequence-specific DNA binding domain. A method for copying a DNA template, as well as a kit for performing the same, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: New England Biolabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Pei-Chung Hsieh, Luo Sun, Thomas C. Evans, JR., Theodore B. Davis, Andrew Gardner
  • Fusion Polymerase and Method for Using the Same
    Publication number: 20170152494
    Abstract: This disclosure provides, among other things, a composition comprising: comprising a fusion protein comprising: (a) a DNA polymerase; and (b) a heterologous sequence-specific DNA binding domain. A method for copying a DNA template, as well as a kit for performing the same, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: New England Biolabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Pei-Chung Hsieh, Luo Sun, Thomas C. Evans, Jr., Theodore B. Davis, Andrew Gardner
  • POLYMERIC PARTICLES, METHOD FOR CYTOSOLIC DELIVERY OF CARGO, METHODS OF MAKING THE PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20170119668
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include particles, methods of making particles, methods of delivering an active agent using the particle, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin G. Keselowsky, Jamal Lewis, Lawrence Premasiri Fernando, Craig L. Duvall, Brian C. Evans, Lirong Yang
  • INSERTABLE ENDOSCOPIC INSTRUMENT FOR TISSUE REMOVAL
    Publication number: 20170086801
    Abstract: An improved flexible endoscopic instrument to precisely and efficiently obtains samples of flat polyps and multiple polyps from a patient by debriding one or more polyps and retrieving the debrided polyps without having to alternate between using a separate cutting tool and a separate sample retrieving tool and may be used with an endoscope. In one aspect, the cutting tool is coupled to a flexible torque coil or torque rope that is configured to transfer rotational energy from a powered actuator through the length of the endoscope onto the cutting tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Cosme Furlong, Michael W. Marcoux, Richard Stephen Wisdom, William R. Rebh, JR., Evan Costa, Stephen C. Evans
  • SHORT-RANGE DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS FOR SECURED RESOURCE ACCESS
    Publication number: 20170076522
    Abstract: Communications over short-range connections are used to facilitate whether access to resources is to be granted. For example, upon device discovery of one of an electronic user device and an electronic client device by the other device over a Bluetooth Low Energy connection, an access-enabling code associated with a user device or account can be evaluated for validity and applicability with respect to one or more particular resource specifications. User identity can be verified by comparing the user against previously obtained biometric information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Kenneth Ives-Halperin, Harry C. Evans, III, David Johnson, Scott Wall, David Lilly, Ajay Pondicherry
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPECTRUM SHARING MANAGEMENT USING DYNAMIC SPECTRUM POLICY ENFORCEMENT
    Publication number: 20170078492
    Abstract: Policies that govern allocation of spectrum access credentials are established. The policies are configured to implement regulatory rules governing spectrum use in a geographic area. Policy establishment includes selecting, from a collection of predetermined general policy constructs that are generic to plural regulatory domains, general policy constructs to transform into protection instances. Policy parameter inputs are applied to policy parameter fields of the selected general policy constructs to establish the protection instances, the protection instances specify how regulatory rules are applied in the geographic area. Protection data values are applied to protection data fields of the protection instances to create instances of policies that are specific to the geographic area according to incumbent spectrum use in the geographic area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Schmidt, Thomas C. Evans, Peter Stanforth, Robin U. Roberts, Santosh Hari, Sekhar V. Uppalapati
  • Detection of an amplification reaction product using pH-sensitive dyes
    Patent number: 9580748
    Abstract: Methods are provided for a rapid, low cost approach to monitoring an amplification reaction. This includes monitoring the progress of isothermal or PCR amplification reactions to completion using pH-sensitive dyes that are either colored or fluorescent. Compositions are described that include a mixture of a DNA polymerase, deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate and a weak buffer of less than 1 mM Tris or equivalent or no buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: New England BioLabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Tanner, Yinhua Zhang, Thomas C. Evans
  • Compositions and methods for reducing background DNA amplification
    Patent number: 9546358
    Abstract: Compositions are provided that include a plurality of small molecules selected from the group consisting of an amide, urea or acetone having a molecular weight less than 300 g/mol; and dNTPs and a polymerase in a buffer suitable for use as an amplification buffer. Methods of use of the compositions are also described for reducing non-template DNA amplification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: New England Biolabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Tanner, Thomas C. Evans
  • System and method for managing RF signal aggregation at geo-tract boundaries
    Patent number: 9549380
    Abstract: Spectrum that is shared by two or more radio devices that operate near a boundary of a tract is managed by a spectrum management system. The system determines a closest point of approach to the boundary for each radio device and an aggregate contributed power at each closest point of approach by the emissions from the radio devices previously granted spectrum access to the shared spectrum. A transmit power limit for the requesting radio device is determined at each closest point of approach. Spectrum access is granted to a requesting radio device and the granted spectrum access includes an authorized transmit power limit that does not exceed the smallest one of the transmit power limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Spectrum Bridge, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Schmidt, Robin U. Roberts, Thomas C. Evans
  • DETECTING GENETIC COPY NUMBER VARIATION
    Publication number: 20170009287
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include systems, apparatus, and methods for detecting copy number variation (CNV) in the genomes of one or more patients. Samples of DNA may be taken from several patients, and then sections of the patients' DNA may be sequenced, e.g., through a process that may include, for each patient, one or more of: purifying, concentrating, fragmenting, labeling, filtering, and amplifying that patient's DNA. Fragments from several patients may be pooled, and the fragments in the pool may be sequenced. The sequencing data is then subjected to analysis, which includes several normalization steps. The normalized data are then examined to identify CNV, which is reported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Quest Diagnostics investments Incorporated
    Inventors: Corey Brastaad, Christopher D. Elzinga, Mingsheng Zhang, Matthew C. Evans
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RF SIGNAL AGGREGATION AT GEO-TRACT BOUNDARIES
    Publication number: 20160366655
    Abstract: Spectrum that is shared by two or more radio devices that operate near a boundary of a tract is managed by a spectrum management system. The system determines a closest point of approach to the boundary for each radio device and an aggregate contributed power at each closest point of approach by the emissions from the radio devices previously granted spectrum access to the shared spectrum. A transmit power limit for the requesting radio device is determined at each closest point of approach. Spectrum access is granted to a requesting radio device and the granted spectrum access includes an authorized transmit power limit that does not exceed the smallest one of the transmit power limits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Schmidt, Robin U. Roberts, Thomas C. Evans
  • Ligation enhancement
    Patent number: 9499811
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for enhancing enzymatic ligation between nucleic acid fragments that relies on one or more small molecule enhancers having a size of less than 1000 daltons. For example, enhancement of ligation efficiencies are observed for double-stranded nucleic acid fragments that are blunt-ended, have a single nucleotide overhang at the ligation end, or have staggered ends compared to ligation under similar conditions in the absence of the one or more small molecule ligation enhancer. The use of small molecule enhancers for ligating nucleic acids results in an increased number of transformed host cells after transformation with the ligated molecules. This enhancement can be observed with chemically transformed host cells and with host cells transformed by electroporation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: New England Biolabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Kucera, Thomas C. Evans, Jr.
  • Short-range device communications for secured resource access
    Patent number: 9489787
    Abstract: Communications over short-range connections are used to facilitate whether access to resources is to be granted. For example, upon device discovery of one of an electronic user device and an electronic client device by the other device over a Bluetooth Low Energy connection, an access-enabling code associated with a user device or account can be evaluated for validity and applicability with respect to one or more particular resource specifications. An image can be generated to reflect a result of the assessment, so as to enable an image analysis to be performed to decode the assessment result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Ives-Halperin, Harry C. Evans, III
  • ACCESS FILES
    Publication number: 20160285835
    Abstract: Data security access and management may require a server dedicated to monitoring document access requests and enforcing rules and policies to limit access to those who are not specifically identified as having access to the data. One example of operation may include selecting data to access via a user device, identifying a user profile associated with the user device, retrieving at least one user policy associated with the user profile, determining whether the user policy permits the user device to access the data, matching the user policy to a data policy associated with the data, receiving an encryption key at the user device, applying the encryption key to the data, and unwrapping the data from a wrapped data format to access the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Prakash Linga, Ajay Arora, Vladimir Buzuev, Maurice C. Evans, Justin Sisley
  • POLICY ENFORCEMENT
    Publication number: 20160283727
    Abstract: Data security access and management may require a server dedicated to monitoring document access requests and enforcing rules and policies to limit access to those who are not specifically identified as having access to the data. One example of operation may include selecting data to access via a user device, applying at least one policy to the data that limits access to the data to user profiles assigned privileges to the policy, encrypting the data, generating metadata indicating the policy and pairing the metadata with the data, and storing the data and the metadata in a policy server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Prakash Linga, Ajay Arora, Vladimir Buzuev, Maurice C. Evans, Justin Sisley, Nicolas Vautier
  • SECURING FILES
    Publication number: 20160283406
    Abstract: Data security access and management may require a server dedicated to monitoring document access requests and enforcing rules and policies to limit access to those who are not specifically identified as having access to the data. One example of operation may include selecting data to be protected via a user device, applying at least one policy to the data, storing the at least one policy in a data record identifying the data, modifying a data format of the data to create a modified data, and storing the modified data in memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Prakash Linga, Ajay Arora, Vladimir Buzuev, Maurice C. Evans
  • Synthon formation
    Patent number: 9447445
    Abstract: This disclosure provides, among other things, a composition comprising: a 5? exonuclease; a strand-displacing polymerase; and optionally a single strand DNA binding protein and/or a ligase. A method for polynucleotide assembly to form a synthon, as well as a kit for performing the same, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: New England Biolabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Pei-Chung Hsieh, Luo Sun, Thomas C. Evans, Jr., Theodore B. Davis, Andrew Gardner
  • Helicase Suppression of Non-Template Amplification
    Publication number: 20160237483
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method for reducing amplification of non-template molecules in a nucleic acid sample. In certain embodiments, the method involves adding a helicase to a reaction mixture for non-helicase-dependent amplification of target nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: New England Biolabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Tanner, Thomas C. Evans, JR.
  • Retractable leash
    Patent number: 9414571
    Abstract: The present invention is a two or more subject retractable leash retractable leash, and methods of use regarding the same, which includes a roll-back feature on the retractable leash. The leashes may be locked in place by engaging a single lever. The leashes retract regardless of whether the spools are locked or unlocked. The leashes retract independently of the other leashes, such that a dual leash may be used to walk one subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Carolyn O'Brien, John C. Evans