Patents by Inventor Colin Miller
Colin Miller 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: 10363711Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making a contact lens, the method comprising identifying the eccentricity of a lens produced in a mold half, lathing the lens and adjusting the path of the lathe to take account of the eccentricity, and a computer program for controlling the lathe.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignees: CooperVision International Holding Company, LP, Contact Lens Precision Laboratories LimitedInventors: Gary Colin Miller, John Haldyn Clamp, David John Clark, Phillip James Maine, Jonathan Andrew Lindley Blaine
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Publication number: 20170008240Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making a contact lens, the method comprising identifying the eccentricity of a lens produced in a mould half, lathing the lens and adjusting the path of the lathe to take account of the eccentricity, and a computer programme for controlling the lathe.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicants: CooperVision International Holding Company, LP, Contact Lens Precision Laboratories LimitedInventors: Gary Colin Miller, John Haldyn Clamp, David John Clark, Phillip James Maine, Jonathan Andrew Lindley Blaine
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Publication number: 20170001390Abstract: A mould for the production of a contact lens, the mould comprising a first mould half shaped to provide the front surface of the contact lens; and a second mould half shaped to provide the rear surface of the contact lens, wherein the first and second mould halves form a mould cavity, wherein the first mould half has a first rim and the second mould half has a second rim, and the first and second rims fit together to provide a seal for the mould cavity, wherein the first rim is inclined at an angle of x relative to an axis passing through the centre of the first and second mould halves, wherein x is from 30 to 60°, and wherein the second rim is inclined at an angle of x-y relative to the axis passing through the centre of the first and second mould halves, where y is from 0 to 4°, and wherein the first and second rims provide a guide for the mould halves, a method of making a contact lens using the mould and a method of making a mould.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: CooperVision International Holding Company, LPInventors: Gary Colin MILLER, Robert Andrew BROAD, David John CLARK, Jonathan Andrew Lindley BLAINE
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Patent number: 9180542Abstract: A travel drive gear engagement mechanism for a tractor unit includes a clutch lever that has a cam portion. The clutch lever is configured to rotate between a first position and a second position at a point that is offset from a center of an elongated portion of the cam portion. The engagement mechanism also includes a connecting member that operatively connects the cam portion of the clutch lever to a drive gear of a tractor unit. The connecting member is operatively connected to the cam portion at the offset point. The clutch level and connecting member are configured such that the drive gear engages a track gear when the clutch lever is in the first position and disengages from the track gear when the clutch lever is in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.Inventors: Victor B. Miller, Lane Litke, Colin Miller
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Patent number: 9151546Abstract: The present application provides a heat exchanger assembly. The heat exchanger assembly may include a folded fin core with a ridge end and a trough end, a first end plate positioned about the ridge end of the folded fin core, a second end plate positioned about the trough end of the folded fin core, and with the first end plate and the second end plate including a number of protrusions thereon.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Drew Colin Miller, Christopher Todd Moore
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Patent number: 9132498Abstract: A lead/lag torch angle adjustment system for a weld held. The weld head device includes a torch head assembly that includes an electrode. The weld head device also includes a support device that supports the torch head assembly and a barrel assembly that is operatively connected to the torch head assembly and the support device. The barrel assembly is configured to change at least one of a lead angle and a lag angle of the electrode with respect to a workpiece. The barrel assembly includes an adjustment mechanism that includes a first section that is operatively connected to the torch head assembly. The adjustment mechanism also includes a second section that is configured to accept the mount plate. The barrel assembly also includes a mount plate that is operatively connected to the support device and at least one barrel clamp. The barrel clamp is configured to attach to the mount plate and also configured to accept the second section.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.Inventors: Victor B. Miller, Colin Miller
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Publication number: 20140238651Abstract: The present application provides a heat exchanger assembly. The heat exchanger assembly may include a folded fin core with a ridge end and a trough end, a first end plate positioned about the ridge end of the folded fin core, a second end plate positioned about the trough end of the folded fin core, and with the first end plate and the second end plate including a number of protrusions thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Drew Colin Miller, Christopher Todd Moore
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Patent number: 8762278Abstract: A system operating in conjunction with a financial account permits joint activation of a virtual card associated with the financial account. An event-detection module detects an event related to the virtual card and an authorization component for permitting certain individuals to use the virtual card. A messaging module generates account-related messages and transmitting these messages to individuals associated with the financial account.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Enservio, Inc.Inventor: Paul Colin Miller
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Patent number: 8694432Abstract: A system operating in conjunction with a financial account permits joint activation of a card associated with the financial account. An event-detection module detects an event related to the card and an authorization component for permitting certain individuals to use the card. A messaging module generates account-related messages and transmitting these messages to individuals associated with the financial account.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Enservio, Inc.Inventor: Paul Colin Miller
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Publication number: 20140040118Abstract: A system operating in conjunction with a financial account permits joint activation of a virtual card associated with the financial account. An event-detection module detects an event related to the virtual card and an authorization component for permitting certain individuals to use the virtual card. A messaging module generates account-related messages and transmitting these messages to individuals associated with the financial account.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Inventor: Paul Colin Miller
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Patent number: 8346665Abstract: A system operating in conjunction with a financial account permits joint activation of a card associated with the financial account. An event-detection module detects an event related to the card and an authorization component for permitting certain individuals to use the card. A messaging module generates account-related messages and transmitting these messages to individuals associated with the financial account.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Enservio, Inc.Inventor: Paul Colin Miller
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Publication number: 20120143685Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to systems and methods for using historical purchase records to predict future purchases, and, more particularly, to systems, and methods for using such records to determine items that are likely to be purchased as replacements for items claimed as lost on an insurance claim. Purchase likelihood data based on insurance claims and purchases made by claimants is generated based on received loss claims and purchase records. The purchase likelihood data relates a type of loss to certain replacement items.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventor: Paul Colin Miller
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Publication number: 20120143635Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to systems and methods for using historical purchase records to predict future purchases, and, more particularly, to systems, and methods for using such records to determine items that are likely to be purchased as replacements for items claimed as lost on an insurance claim. Purchase likelihood data based on insurance claims and purchases made by claimants is generated based on received loss claims and purchase records. The purchase likelihood data relates a type of loss to certain replacement items.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2012Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventor: Paul Colin Miller
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Patent number: 8126249Abstract: A method and system for detection and tracking of osteoporosis is disclosed. A method of characterizing an image of a target vertebra includes building a computer model from a set of sample images of pathological and non-pathological variations of vertebrae representing variations in shape of the vertebrae. The method also includes receiving an image of a target vertebra of a subject and automatically estimating contours of lateral outlines of the superior and the inferior cortical endplates of the image. The parameters of the model are varied to determine a set that represents a model shape that approximates the estimated contours of the outlines of the cortical endplates. The method includes automatically characterizing the target vertebra based on the set of model parameters that are determined and outputting on a display device the characterization of the target vertebra.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Optasia Medical LimitedInventors: Alan Brett, Jane Haslam, Curtis Hayes, Joel Krasnow, Cornelis Van Kuijk, Colin Miller
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Publication number: 20090297012Abstract: A method and system for detection and tracking of osteoporosis is disclosed. A method of characterizing an image of a target vertebra includes building a computer model from a set of sample images of pathological and non-pathological variations of vertebrae representing variations in shape of the vertebrae. The method also includes receiving an image of a target vertebra of a subject and automatically estimating contours of lateral outlines of the superior and the inferior cortical endplates of the image. The parameters of the model are varied to determine a set that represents a model shape that approximates the estimated contours of the outlines of the cortical endplates. The method includes automatically characterizing the target vertebra based on the set of model parameters that are determined and outputting on a display device the characterization of the target vertebra.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Alan Brett, Jane Haslam, Curtis Hayes, Joel Krasnow, Cornelis Van Kuijk, Colin Miller
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Patent number: 7555257Abstract: The present invention provides a stocks channel and a news channel to a user on a mobile device. Stocks based content associated with a stocks channel and news content associated with the news channel is automatically delivered and stored on a mobile electronic device for access by a user. Using the device, users can quickly access the stock and news information without having to type in information, or specifically request the information to be downloaded to the device. The stock channel and the news channel provides a quicker and less cumbersome way of accessing stock and news information than having to access a web site, a television, a radio station, or a telephone service.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2004Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Joel K. Grossman, Kent H. Skinner, Albert W. Tan, Yingli Wang, Roger Colin Miller, Paul J. VanderSpek, Keith Curtis, Dane M. Howard, James W. Cooley
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Publication number: 20080277811Abstract: A mould set for making contact lenses comprising a first unitary half mould set comprising a plurality of male mould halves in a first array and a second unitary half mould set comprising a plurality of female mould halves in a second array, wherein the arrays are such as to permit the engagement of respective pairs of male and female mould halves to define a corresponding set of mould cavities therebetween, and to permit engagement of each said female mould half with a different said male mould half by relative rotation of the first and second array about an axis of rotation, such that the male and female mould halves can be engaged in a plurality of different relative orientations. The shape and/or orientation of the male mould halves in the first array, and the female mould halves in the second array is not identical for each mould half in each said array, whereby relative rotation results in the definition of different sets of respective mould cavities.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2006Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: SAUFLON CL LIMITEDInventors: Gary Colin Miller, Francis Maurice Germain Erard