Patents by Inventor Christopher Simon

Christopher Simon 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: 20180155820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sputtering target, which comprises a zirconium oxide as a sputtering material, wherein the zirconium oxide has an oxygen deficiency, compared to the oxygen content of its fully oxidized form, of at least 0.40 wt %, has a total amount of metal elements other than zirconium of less than 3.0 wt %, based on the total amounts of metal elements including zirconium, and has an X-ray powder diffraction pattern having a peak P1 at 28.2°+/?0.2° 2-theta, a peak P2 at 31.4°+/?0.2° 2-theta, and a peak P3 at 30.2°+/?0.2° 2-theta.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Christoph Simons, Andreas Herzog, Markus Schultheis, Anna Schott
  • Publication number: 20180118765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds, their process of preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and use thereof, optionally in combination with other antibacterial agents and/or beta-lactam compounds, for the prevention or treatment of bacterial infections. The present invention also relates to the use of these compounds as ?-lactamase inhibitors and/or as antibacterial agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Julie Brias, Sophie Chasset, Francis Chevreuil, Nicolas Lecointe, Benoît Ledoussal, Frédéric Le Strat, Sophie Vomscheid, Sébastien Richard, Fabien Faivre, Julien Barbion, Audrey Caravano, Géraldine Le Fralliec, Christophe Simon
  • Publication number: 20180105925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a tubular article, comprising (a) providing a carrier tube, (b) providing a metal coating on the carrier tube by applying a liquid metal phase onto the carrier tube and solidifying the liquid metal phase, (c) applying a contact pressure to the metal coating by at least one densification tool, and moving the densification tool and the metal coating relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Christoph Simons, Martin Schlott, Josef Heindel, Carl Christoph Stahr
  • Publication number: 20180093985
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds, their process of preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and use thereof, optionally in combination with other antibacterial agents and/or beta-lactam compounds, for the prevention or treatment of bacterial infections. The present invention also relates to the use of these compounds as ?-lactamase inhibitors and/or as antibacterial agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Julien Barbion, Audrey Caravano, Sophie Chasset, Francis Chevreuil, Nicolas Lecointe, Benoît Ledoussal, Frédéric Le Strat, Sébastien Richard, Christophe Simon, Sophie Vomscheid, Julie Brias, Sophie Briet, Fabien Faivre, Géraldine Le Fralliec, Chrystelle Oliveira
  • Publication number: 20180086761
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds, their process of preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and use thereof, optionally in combination with other antibacterial agents and/or beta-lactam compounds, for the prevention or treatment of bacterial infections. The present invention also relates to the use of these compounds as ?-lactamase inhibitors and/or as antibacterial agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Audrey Caravano, Sophie Chasset, Francis Chevreuil, Fabien Faivre, Nicolas Lecointe, Benoît Ledoussal, Frédéric Le Strat, Sébastien Richard, Christophe Simon, Sophie Vomscheid, Julie Brias, Julien Barbion
  • Publication number: 20180086760
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds, their process of preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and use thereof, optionally in combination with other antibacterial agents and/or beta-lactam compounds, for the prevention or treatment of bacterial infections. The present invention also relates to the use of these compounds as ?-lactamase inhibitors and/or as antibacterial agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Julie Brias, Audrey Caravano, Sophie Chasset, Francis Chevreuil, Fabien Faivre, Benoît Ledoussal, Frédéric Le Strat, Sébastien Richard, Christophe Simon, Sophie Vomscheid
  • Publication number: 20180057221
    Abstract: A screw cap for sealing containers with threaded necks includes an outer body, having a cylindrical outer wall closed at one end by a circular lid and an interior neck seal adjacent to the circular lid. A female thread extends around an inner surface of the cylindrical outer wall. The female thread has a main portion having substantially uniform thickness, and an attachment portion having a thickness which is less than the thickness of the main portion. The female thread is attached to the inner surface of the cylindrical outer wall in the region of the attachment portion, and the attachment portion is configured to permit deflection of the female thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Christopher Simon Courtenay Wheaton
  • Publication number: 20180038839
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of creating a classifier indicative of a presence of a medical condition in a subject, comprising receiving chromatogram data indicative of a profile of volatile organic compounds in a sample from each of a first plurality of subjects having the medical condition and a second plurality of subjects without the medical condition, selecting one of the chromatogram data as reference chromatogram data, aligning the remaining chromatogram data in relation to the reference chromatogram data, extracting one or more features from the chromatogram data using a Mexican hat wavelet transform of one or more scales, selecting one or more features of the chromatogram data indicative of the medical condition, and constructing a classifier for determining a boundary between chromatogram data indicative of the medical condition and chromatogram data indicative of an absence of the medical condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: University of Liverpool, Inst. Translation Medic
    Inventors: Christopher Simon John Probert, Raphael Bastos Mareschi Aggio
  • Publication number: 20180015245
    Abstract: A breathing assistance apparatus is configured with features that improve serviceability of the apparatus. The apparatus can include animations to provide instruction regarding correcting easily-identified fault conditions and to provide instruction regarding routine maintenance routines. The apparatus also can be configured with top level control menus that are obscured in a manner to limit manipulation of the top level control elements by unauthorized users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Samuel Robertson Frame, Christopher Malcolm Crone, Christopher Simon James Quill, Kevin Peter O'Donnell, Jack Che-Wei Hsu, Jae Chul Han
  • Patent number: 9849620
    Abstract: Described herein, amongst other things, is a container preform that is blow moldable into a container. The container preform includes a tubular body having a neck finish and a base at an open end and a closed end thereof respectively. The base is defined between inside and outside curved surfaces at least one of which is composed of multiple tangential curves, wherein an elongate portion is defined between adjacent inside and outside concentric curves that define a thinnest bottom wall thickness of the base having a constant minimum thickness that is smaller than or equal to a wall thickness of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Marco Duarte, Alaeddin Khalighi, Marc Kleifges, Thomas Zeiler, Peter Gratz, Christophe Simon Pierre Beck
  • Patent number: 9839759
    Abstract: A breathing assistance apparatus and method of controlling a breathing assistance apparatus is disclosed. Particularly, the breathing assistance apparatus is controlled such that it has a drying cycle to enable drying of the tubing that supplies gases to a user and prevent the harboring of pathogens within the tube. The drying cycle is preferably operated automatically by internal controllers in the apparatus. However, it may be manually activated by pressing a button on the apparatus. The drying cycle is preferably activated at the end of a user's treatment session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Jon Payton, Kevin Peter O'Donnell, Christopher Simon James Quill, Ian Douglas Makinson, Emily Joy Drake, Craig Karl White, Virginia Louise Owen
  • Publication number: 20170334125
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, amongst other things, is a method for converting a design of an original preform that is blow moldable to form a container into a converted preform having less molding material that is blow moldable to form the same container. The method includes retaining a neck finish and body of the original preform on the converted preform. The method further includes replacing the original base of the original preform with a converted base having an outer base surface that joins with an outer body surface of the body at an base split-line of the original base and that fits offset within an outer body surface of the original base, whereby the converted preform has a reduced total length, disregarding any gate vestige that may be formed thereon, relative to a total length of the original preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
    Inventor: Christophe Simon Pierre BECK
  • Patent number: 9814856
    Abstract: The gases temperature supplied to a patient when the patient is undergoing treatment such as oxygen therapy or positive pressure treatment for conditions such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is often measured for safety and to enable controlling of the humidity delivered to the patient. The invention disclosed is related to measurement of properties, particularly temperature (thermister 23), of gases flowing through a heated tube (3), supplying gases to a patient, which utilises the heating wire (21, 28) within the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Jon Payton, Kevin Peter O'Donnell, Andrew Baden Clark, Christopher Simon James Quill, Peter Geoffrey Hawkins
  • Patent number: 9801977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of biology and medicine, and more specifically, to the field of stem-cell biology, involving producing or generating melanocytes from stem-cells and precursors derived from human hair root. Additionally, the present invention relates to the materials and method for producing autografts, homografts or allografts comprising melanocytes in general, as well as the materials and methods for producing autografts, homografts and allografts comprising melanocytes for the treatment of diseases related to depigmentation of the skin and for the treatment of scars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG
    Inventors: Vuk Savkovic, Christina Dieckmann, Jan-Christoph Simon, Michaela Schulz-Siegmund, Michael Hacker
  • Publication number: 20170274172
    Abstract: The breathing assistance apparatus of the present invention includes a manifold that is provided with or retrofittable to gases supply and humidifying devices. The manifold allows gases from an oxygen concentrator to be combined with the flow through a gases supply and humidifying device, most usually air The combined output of oxygen and other breathing gases (air) is then humidified. The breathing assistance apparatus and manifold of the present invention provides a safe method to add oxygen to the input air stream of a gases supply and humidifying device and reduces the amount of accumulation of oxygen within the gases supply device, reducing fire risk should sparking occur within the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Paul Friedrich Kramer, Kevin Peter O'Donnell, Christopher Simon James Quill, Matthew Jon Payton
  • Publication number: 20170239407
    Abstract: Apparatus for use with a ventricular assist device that is assisting cardiac function of a biological subject, the apparatus including an electronic processing device that determines a flow rate of blood through the ventricular assist device, analyses the flow rate to determine a flow parameter value at least partially indicative of a change in the flow rate during diastole; and uses the flow parameter value to either derive at least one blood pressure parameter value at least partially indicative of a blood pressure in the biological subject or control the ventricular assist device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: Christopher Simon Hayward
  • Patent number: 9737675
    Abstract: A breathing assistance apparatus is configured with features that improve serviceability of the apparatus. The apparatus can include animations to provide instruction regarding correcting easily-identified fault conditions and to provide instruction regarding routine maintenance routines. The apparatus also can be configured with top level control menus that are obscured in a manner to limit manipulation of the top level control elements by unauthorized users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Samuel Robertson Frame, Christopher Malcolm Crone, Christopher Simon James Quill, Kevin Peter O'Donnell, Jack Che-Wei Hsu, Jae Chul Han
  • Publication number: 20170215604
    Abstract: A display clip for supporting an object for display. The display clip includes two bilateral stops terminating in opposing projections wherein the stops are spaced a distance apart, and the opposing projections point substantially in opposite directions. The opposing projections fit removably into channel(s) on a display stand or other support structure, holding the display clip in place. The display clip also comprises one or more catches located at the front of the display clip capable of retaining the object, a plurality of side support members connecting a given stop with a given catch, and one or more crossbars connecting two or more side support members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Christopher Simone
  • Patent number: 9679466
    Abstract: A personal safety device, comprising: a housing; attachment means provided on the housing, the attachment means being configured to receive a strap so as to attach the device to a wearer; a motion sensor arranged to monitor the motion of the wearer; and an alarm configured to be activated when the motion sensor has not detected motion for a predetermined period of time; wherein the alarm comprises a first sounder disposed within a first chamber formed by the housing, the first chamber having a first outlet passage; wherein the first outlet passage is arranged such that, in use, it is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Draeger Safety UK Limited
    Inventor: Christopher Simon Hogg
  • Patent number: 9656039
    Abstract: The breathing assistance apparatus of the present invention includes a manifold that is provided with or retrofittable to gases supply and humidifying devices. The manifold allows gases from an oxygen concentrator to be combined with the flow through a gases supply and humidifying device, most usually air The combined output of oxygen and other breathing gases (air) is then humidified. The breathing assistance apparatus and manifold of the present invention provides a safe method to add oxygen to the input air stream of a gases supply and humidifying device and reduces the amount of accumulation of oxygen within the gases supply device, reducing fire risk should sparking occur within the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limitied
    Inventors: Martin Paul Friedrich Kramer, Kevin Peter O'Donnell, Christopher Simon James Quill, Matthew Jon Payton