Patents by Inventor Colin Little

Colin Little 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: 9943106
    Abstract: A package in the form of a pouch comprises a first flexible sheet part 6 and a second flexible sheet part 7. The pouch comprises a first permanent seal 14 between the first sheet part 6 and the second sheet part 7 along a first edge 12 of the pouch. The pouch comprises a second permanent seal 15 between the first sheet part 6 and the second sheet part 7 along a second edge 13 of the pouch opposite to the first edge 12. The pouch comprises a first temporary seal 16 between the first sheet part 6 and the second sheet part 7, the first temporary seal 16 extending across the pouch between the first permanent seal 14 and the second permanent seal 15. The pouch comprises a second temporary seal 17 between the first sheet part 6 and the second sheet part 7, the second temporary seal 17 extending across the pouch between the first permanent seal 14 and the second permanent seal 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: PARKSIDE FLEXIBLES (EUROPE) LIMITED, IMPERIAL TOBACCO LIMITED
    Inventors: Steve McCormick, Mark Shaw, Colin Little
  • Publication number: 20170006913
    Abstract: A tobacco pouch made of flexible flat material with a front panel (2) and a back panel (3), which are folded against each other on the lower edge around a first lower folding line (4) and are connected with each other at the two lateral edges and include a main compartment (21) for tobacco, which is accessible from the outside through a main compartment opening (22) between the upper edges of the front panel and the back panel, a first wrapping flap (6) connected with the upper edge of the back panel and foldable towards the front panel, an arrangement of a first panel (8) and a second panel (10) being provided which are folded against each other around a second folding line and are connected with each other at both lateral edges and define a secondary compartment which is accessible through a secondary compartment opening (24), the secondary compartment being formed between the first and second panel which are folded around a second lower folding line at their lower edge, so that the secondary compartment is
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Colin LITTLE, Edward COOPER
  • Publication number: 20160150819
    Abstract: A package in the form of a pouch comprises a first flexible sheet part 6 and a second flexible sheet part 7. The pouch comprises a first permanent seal 14 between the first sheet part 6 and the second sheet part 7 along a first edge 12 of the pouch. The pouch comprises a second permanent seal 15 between the first sheet part 6 and the second sheet part 7 along a second edge 13 of the pouch opposite to the first edge 12. The pouch comprises a first temporary seal 16 between the first sheet part 6 and the second sheet part 7, the first temporary seal 16 extending across the pouch between the first permanent seal 14 and the second permanent seal 15. The pouch comprises a second temporary seal 17 between the first sheet part 6 and the second sheet part 7, the second temporary seal 17 extending across the pouch between the first permanent seal 14 and the second permanent seal 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Steve MCCORMICK, Mark SHAW, Colin LITTLE
  • Patent number: 8768743
    Abstract: A product space browser (PSB), which comprises a graphical user interface (GUI) that facilitates insight discovery through exploration and analysis of product space graphs generated by applying a product affinity engine to retailer's transaction data in a market basket context, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Fair Isaac Corporation
    Inventors: Shailesh Kumar, Stuart Crawford, Sergei Tolmanov, Megan Thorsen, Helen Geraldine E Rosario, Ashutosh Joshi, Victor Miagkikh, Colin Little
  • Publication number: 20070118439
    Abstract: A product space browser (PSB), which comprises a graphical user interface (GUI) that facilitates insight discovery through exploration and analysis of product space graphs generated by applying a product affinity engine to retailer's transaction data in a market basket context, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Shailesh Kumar, Stuart Crawford, Sergei Tolmanov, Megan Thorsen, Helen Rosario, Ashutosh Joshi, Victor Miagkikh, Colin Little