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).
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Patent number: 12004999Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Centricity Vision, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Guild Keller, Thomas Haynes McGaffigan, Kevin L. Waltz, Thomas Milton McNicholas
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Patent number: 12001774Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Amanda Christine Venton, Peter Milton Nasveschuk, Christopher Joseph Berry, Eric Chien Lai
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Patent number: 11928326Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Ramesh Balakrishnan, Christopher Lee, George Milton Underwood
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Patent number: 11882838Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: The Flinders University of South AustraliaInventor: Christopher Milton Mathew Franco
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Publication number: 20230071171Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Christopher Milton Mathew FRANCO, Hoang Xuyen LE, Ross Alexander BALLARD
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Patent number: 11445729Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: The Flinders University of South AustraliaInventors: Christopher Milton Mathew Franco, Hoang Xuyen Le, Ross Alexander Ballard
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Patent number: 11425912Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: The Flinders University of South AustraliaInventors: Christopher Milton Mathew Franco, Hoang Xuyen Le, Ross Alexander Ballard
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Patent number: 10808525Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Trond Hagen, Christopher Milton
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Publication number: 20200045979Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventor: Christopher Milton Mathew Franco
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Publication number: 20200037528Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Christopher Milton Mathew Franco, Hoang Xuyen Le, Ross Alexander Ballard
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Publication number: 20200029519Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Christopher Milton Mathew FRANCO, Hoang Xuyen LE, Ross Alexander BALLARD
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Publication number: 20190360327Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Trond Hagen, Christopher Milton
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Patent number: 10462990Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: The Flinders University of South AustraliaInventors: Christopher Milton Mathew Franco, Hoang Xuyen Le, Ross Alexander Ballard
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Publication number: 20170215358Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2015Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: THE FLINDERS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAInventors: Christopher Milton Mathew FRANCO, Hoang Xuyen LE, Ross Alexander BALLARD
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Publication number: 20070110543Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2006Publication date: May 17, 2007Inventor: Christopher Milton Fitch