Patents by Inventor Christopher Milton

Christopher Milton 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: 12004999
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide hydrodissection and/or PCO prevention or reduction in a patient undergoing eye surgery. In one embodiment, the invention is a surgical device for cutting and excising a portion of tissue, for example in performing a lens capsulotomy. A capsulotomy tip is inserted into an eye through an incision in the surface of the eye. The capsulotomy tip includes a suction cup to provide suction to the lens capsule. Then suction is applied via the suction cup to secure the capsulotomy tip to the eye. In some embodiments, after the capsulotomy tip is secured to the lens capsule, a cutting element of the capsulotomy tip is used to cut a tissue of the eye. Fluid is pushed through the capsulotomy tip and the capsulotomy tip is removed from the eye. Moreover, disclosed is an intraocular lens (IOL) to be used in conjunction with the surgical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Centricity Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Guild Keller, Thomas Haynes McGaffigan, Kevin L. Waltz, Thomas Milton McNicholas
  • Patent number: 12001774
    Abstract: A method for curing antenna violations on an integrated circuit that includes multiple levels includes: obtaining a design of a circuit, the design including a first element connected to first device and a second element connected to one or more second devices, wherein the first and second elements both receive a common signal; determining that an antenna violation exists in on the first element at a first level of the multiple levels; and modifying the design of the circuit to add a connected between the first element and the second element at the first layer or at a layer below the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Amanda Christine Venton, Peter Milton Nasveschuk, Christopher Joseph Berry, Eric Chien Lai
  • Patent number: 11928326
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure include a content management system that allows a user to easily activate a camera while viewing digital content. For example, a content management system can provide a graphical user interface that includes a scroll element that allows a user to navigate through digital content. In addition, a user can interact with the scroll element to activate a camera. For instance, a user can activate a camera by scrolling the scroll element to and/or beyond a particular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh Balakrishnan, Christopher Lee, George Milton Underwood
  • Patent number: 11882838
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to bacterial inoculants, and methods for their use, to control a fungal root disease in a plant and promote plant growth in water limited conditions. In particular strains of Paenibacillus and Streptomyces are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Flinders University of South Australia
    Inventor: Christopher Milton Mathew Franco
  • Publication number: 20230071171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for enhancing at least one growth parameter of a leguminous plant via co-inoculation of a leguminous plant with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism. In further aspects, the present invention also relates to leguminous plants co-inoculated with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism, as well as specific actinobacterial strains and inoculant compositions which are useful in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Milton Mathew FRANCO, Hoang Xuyen LE, Ross Alexander BALLARD
  • Patent number: 11445729
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for enhancing at least one growth parameter of a leguminous plant via co-inoculation of a leguminous plant with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism. In further aspects, the present invention also relates to leguminous plants co-inoculated with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism, as well as specific actinobacterial strains and inoculant compositions which are useful in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Flinders University of South Australia
    Inventors: Christopher Milton Mathew Franco, Hoang Xuyen Le, Ross Alexander Ballard
  • Patent number: 11425912
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for enhancing at least one growth parameter of a leguminous plant via co-inoculation of a leguminous plant with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism. In further aspects, the present invention also relates to leguminous plants co-inoculated with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism, as well as specific actinobacterial strains and inoculant compositions which are useful in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: The Flinders University of South Australia
    Inventors: Christopher Milton Mathew Franco, Hoang Xuyen Le, Ross Alexander Ballard
  • Patent number: 10808525
    Abstract: An antenna system can include casing-side antennas and a full wave rectifier. The casing-side antennas can be coupled to a casing string that is positioned in a wellbore for communicatively coupling to a tubing-side antenna positioned in the wellbore. Each of the casing-side antennas can include a conductive wire positioned to carry current that can be induced on the conductive wire in response to an electromagnetic field from the tubing-side antenna. A direction, relative to a common antenna junction point, of the current on the conductive wire can be opposite to the direction, relative to the common antenna junction point, in which an adjacent casing-side antenna is positioned to carry current induced in response to the electromagnetic field. The full-wave rectifier can be conductively coupled to the casing-side antennas for converting alternating current that can be generated on the casing-side antennas into direct current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Trond Hagen, Christopher Milton
  • Publication number: 20200045979
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to bacterial inoculants, and methods for their use, to control a fungal root disease in a plant and promote plant growth in water limited conditions. In particular strains of Paenibacillus and Streptomyces are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventor: Christopher Milton Mathew Franco
  • Publication number: 20200037528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for enhancing at least one growth parameter of a leguminous plant via co-inoculation of a leguminous plant with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism. In further aspects, the present invention also relates to leguminous plants co-inoculated with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism, as well as specific actinobacterial strains and inoculant compositions which are useful in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Milton Mathew Franco, Hoang Xuyen Le, Ross Alexander Ballard
  • Publication number: 20200029519
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for enhancing at least one growth parameter of a leguminous plant via co-inoculation of a leguminous plant with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism. In further aspects, the present invention also relates to leguminous plants co-inoculated with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism, as well as specific actinobacterial strains and inoculant compositions which are useful in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Milton Mathew FRANCO, Hoang Xuyen LE, Ross Alexander BALLARD
  • Publication number: 20190360327
    Abstract: An antenna system can include casing-side antennas and a full wave rectifier. The casing-side antennas can be coupled to a casing string that is positioned in a wellbore for communicatively coupling to a tubing-side antenna positioned in the wellbore. Each of the casing-side antennas can include a conductive wire positioned to carry current that can be induced on the conductive wire in response to an electromagnetic field from the tubing-side antenna. A direction, relative to a common antenna junction point, of the current on the conductive wire can be opposite to the direction, relative to the common antenna junction point, in which an adjacent casing-side antenna is positioned to carry current induced in response to the electromagnetic field. The full-wave rectifier can be conductively coupled to the casing-side antennas for converting alternating current that can be generated on the casing-side antennas into direct current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Trond Hagen, Christopher Milton
  • Patent number: 10462990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for enhancing at least one growth parameter of a leguminous plant via co-inoculation of a leguminous plant with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism. In further aspects, the present invention also relates to leguminous plants co-inoculated with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism, as well as specific actinobacterial strains and inoculant compositions which are useful in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: The Flinders University of South Australia
    Inventors: Christopher Milton Mathew Franco, Hoang Xuyen Le, Ross Alexander Ballard
  • Publication number: 20170215358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for enhancing at least one growth parameter of a leguminous plant via co-inoculation of a leguminous plant with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism. In further aspects, the present invention also relates to leguminous plants co-inoculated with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism, as well as specific actinobacterial strains and inoculant compositions which are useful in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: THE FLINDERS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    Inventors: Christopher Milton Mathew FRANCO, Hoang Xuyen LE, Ross Alexander BALLARD
  • Publication number: 20070110543
    Abstract: A threaded fastener with unique tamperproof and decorative qualities comprised of a cylindrical body with helical threads (1) in combination with a non-torqueable head (2,5,7,8) at one end and a torqueable access located on the tail, or insertion, end (3,9,10). The lack of a drive access in the head of the screw creates a tamperproof surface which can be treated decoratively (7,8), ground, polished, or painted. Although tamperproof from the head side of the screw, standard torqueable access in the tail end makes the screw nevertheless easy to remove for servicing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventor: Christopher Milton Fitch