Patents by Inventor Colin Ferguson
Colin Ferguson 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: 9769036Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure involve an apparatus, device, component, and/or method for management of port assignments of networking devices connected to a network and reference materials associated with the port assignments. In one embodiment, a reference material is provided that illustrates the port assignments for one or more networking devices. The reference material may include a full-color illustration of the network device and a port label near each communication port of the network device. The port label may include a description of the port, a port reference number, and a color-coded reference that provides a quick indication of the type of traffic associated with the port. In addition, one embodiment of the present disclosure may automatically populate the reference material based on information obtained from a network administrator or from the network itself.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: VCE IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Denis Sweeney, Colin Ferguson
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Patent number: 8512971Abstract: Fluorogenic lysophosphatidic acid derivatives which can be used as substrates in a continuous, fluorogenic assay that can be performed in microtiter plates. The assays permit measuring LysoPLD activity levels in normal events such as pregnancy or disease states such as cancer. In addition, the present invention can be adopted to high throughout screening (HTS) for identification of potential inhibitors of lysoPLD activity.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Echelon Biosciences, Inc.Inventors: Colin Ferguson, Glenn Prestwich, Damian Madan
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Patent number: 7989663Abstract: Fluorogenic lysophosphatidic acid derivatives which can be used as substrates in a continuous, fluorogenic assay that can be performed in microtiter plates. The assays permit measuring LysoPLD activity levels in normal events such as pregnancy or disease states such as cancer. In addition, the present invention can be adopted to high throughout screening (HTS) for identification of potential inhibitors of lysoPLD activity.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Echelon Biosciences IncorporatedInventors: Colin Ferguson, Glenn Prestwich
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Publication number: 20100260682Abstract: Fluorogenic lysophosphatidic acid derivatives which can be used as substrates in a continuous, fluorogenic assay that can be performed in microtiter plates. The assays permit measuring LysoPLD activity levels in normal events such as pregnancy or disease states such as cancer. In addition, the present invention can be adopted to high throughout screening (HTS) for identification of potential inhibitors of lysoPLD activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: Echelon Biosciences IncorporatedInventors: Colin Ferguson, Glenn Prestwich, Damian Madan
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Publication number: 20090068697Abstract: Fluorogenic lysophosphatidic acid derivatives which can be used as substrates in a continuous, fluorogenic assay that can be performed in microtiter plates. The assays permit measuring LysoPLD activity levels in normal events such as pregnancy or disease states such as cancer. In addition, the present invention can be adopted to high throughout screening (HTS) for identification of potential inhibitors of lysoPLD activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: Echelon Biosciences IncorporatedInventors: Colin Ferguson, Glenn Prestwich
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Patent number: 7459285Abstract: Fluorogenic lysophosphatidic acid derivatives which can be used as substrates in a continuous, fluorogenic assay that can be performed in microtiter plates. The assays permit measuring LysoPLD activity levels in normal events such as pregnancy or disease states such as cancer. In addition, the present invention can be adopted to high throughout screening(HTS) for identification of potential inhibitors of lysoPLD activity.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2003Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Echelon Biosciences IncorporatedInventors: Colin Ferguson, Glenn Prestwich
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Publication number: 20070016311Abstract: A controller equipped with a user interface having multiple-day programming capabilities, including methods of programming such devices, are disclosed. The user interface may include one or more menus or screens that can be used to program a schedule for one or more selected days during the week. An illustrative method of programming the controller may include the steps of entering a scheduling routine, selecting multiple days for schedule modification, changing the schedule parameters for one or more periods during the selected days, and then exiting the scheduling routine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2006Publication date: January 18, 2007Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Gabriel Bergman, Eugene Takach, Marcus Stoner, John Amundson, Philip Readio, Paul Schwendinger, James Wolfbauer, Jeff Boll, Ian Thomson, Colin Ferguson, George Mcleod
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Publication number: 20070008116Abstract: A controller equipped with a user interface having multiple-day programming capabilities, including methods of programming such devices, are disclosed. The user interface may include one or more menus or screens that can be used to program a schedule for one or more selected days during the week. An illustrative method of programming the controller may include the steps of entering a scheduling routine, selecting multiple days for schedule modification, changing the schedule parameters for one or more periods during the selected days, and then exiting the scheduling routine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2006Publication date: January 11, 2007Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Gabriel Bergman, Eugene Takach, Macus Stoner, John Amundson, Philip Readio, Paul Schwendinger, James Wolfbauer, Jeff Boll, Ian Thomson, Colin Ferguson, George Mcleod
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Publication number: 20070010548Abstract: Compounds inhibiting phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-K) activities and methods of preparing and using thereof in treating diseases are disclosed. Compounds inhibiting PI 3-K activity and methods of using PI 3-K inhibitory compounds to inhibit cancer cell grwoth or to treat disorders of immunity and inflammation, in which PI 3-K plays a role in leukocyte function are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2004Publication date: January 11, 2007Applicant: ZENTARIS GmbHInventors: Beth Drees, Leena Chakravarty, Glenn Prestwich, Gyorgy Dorman, Mariann Kavecz, Andras Lukacs, Laszlo Urge, Ferenc Darvas, Piotr Rzepecki, Colin Ferguson
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Publication number: 20060030954Abstract: A controller equipped with a user interface having multiple-day programming capabilities, including methods of programming such devices, are disclosed. The user interface may include one or more menus or screens that can be used to program a schedule for one or more selected days during the week. An illustrative method of programming the controller may include the steps of entering a scheduling routine, selecting multiple days for schedule modification, changing the schedule parameters for one or more periods during the selected days, and then exiting the scheduling routine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2005Publication date: February 9, 2006Inventors: Gabriel Bergman, Eugene Takach, Marcus Stoner, John Amundson, Philip Readio, Paul Schwendinger, James Wolfbauer, Jeff Boll, Ian Thomson, Colin Ferguson, George McLeod
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Publication number: 20050148042Abstract: The methods and compositions disclosed herein concern the synthesis of a novel class of “two-headed” phospholipid-phosphoinositide hybrids possessing a carbon backbone, such as 2,3-diacylthreitol, erythritol or a synthetic module. The second phospholipid head group allows introduction of a biochemical or chemical moiety in a position orthogonal in space to those occupied by the phosphoinositide head group and the two acyl chains. The diacyl moieties allow for the incorporation of Pea-PIP2 into a lipid bilayer, while the Ptdlns(4,5)P2 moiety in the aqueous layer is specifically recognized by lipid binding proteins. In alternative embodiments of the invention, reporters, for example biotin, fluorophores and/or spin labels, are attached to the free amino group of the head groups of such molecules to specifically target the reporters to the lipid-water interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2003Publication date: July 7, 2005Inventors: Glenn Prestwich, Piotr Rzepecki, Colin Ferguson, Paul Neilsen, Angie Branch, Lee Crosby
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Publication number: 20050119765Abstract: A controller equipped with a user interface having multiple-day programming capabilities, including methods of programming such devices, are disclosed. The user interface may include one or more menus or screens that can be used to program a schedule for one or more selected days during the week. An illustrative method of programming the controller may include the steps of entering a scheduling routine, selecting multiple days for schedule modification, changing the schedule parameters for one or more periods during the selected days, and then exiting the scheduling routine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2003Publication date: June 2, 2005Inventors: Gabriel Bergman, Eugene Takach, Marcus Stoner, John Amundson, Philip Readio, Paul Schwendinger, James Wolfbauer, Jeff Boll, Ian Thomson, Colin Ferguson, George McLeod
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Publication number: 20040171096Abstract: Fluorogenic lysophosphatidic acid derivatives which can be used as substrates in a continuous, fluorogenic assay that can be performed in microtiter plates. The assays permit measuring LysoPLD activity levels in normal events such as pregnancy or disease states such as cancer. In addition, the present invention can be adopted to high throughout screening(HTS) for identification of potential inhibitors of lysoPLD activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2003Publication date: September 2, 2004Applicant: Echelon Biosciences IncorporatedInventors: Colin Ferguson, Glenn Prestwich