Patents by Inventor David Davies

David Davies 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).

  • MULTIFUNCTION PASS-THROUGH WALL POWER PLUG WITH COMMUNICATION RELAY AND RELATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20160044447
    Abstract: A pass through wall power plug is equipped with multiple transceivers for remote communication. The power plug may be equipped with transceivers operative in different modes or protocols. The power plug may function as a bridge between radio devices. It may function as a centralized access point for receiving and/or storing information from and transmitting information multiple connected electronic devices. The power plug may be equipped with a night light, power meter, relay switch, voltage meter, beacon, proximity sensor or other electronic components. The power plug may be made rotatable around its prongs, and may be configured to be stackable within a standard column of electrical outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Tetreault, Eric Ferguson, David Davis, Shawn Monteith, Michael Murray
  • Novel Ketoacyl ACP Synthase Genes and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20160010066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to beta-ketoacyl ACP synthase genes of the KASI/KASIV type and proteins encoded by these genes. The genes can be included in nucleic acid constructs, vectors or host cells. Expression of the gene products can alter the fatty acid profile of host cells. The KAS genes can be combined with a FATA or FATB thioesterase gene to create a cell that produces an increased amount of C8-C16 fatty acids. Suitable host cells include plastidic cells of plants or microalgae. Oleaginous microalga host cells with the new genes are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: David Davis, George Rudenko, Aravind Somanchi, Jason Casolari, Scott Franklin, Aren Ewing
  • Method and apparatus for controlling temperature of medical liquids
    Patent number: 9211381
    Abstract: A system for controlling temperature of intravenous fluids includes a thermal treatment device and a temperature sensing device to measure a temperature of the fluid flowing through the sensor. The temperature sensing device may simultaneously collect two temperature measurements. For example, the sensing device may include sensors that measure the temperature of the fluid at two disparate locations along the medical fluid line. Additionally, the sensors may measure the temperature of the fluid within the medical fluid line, as well as the ambient temperature outside of the line. The thermal treatment device includes a conduit configured to have a nonlinear flow path through the device. The thermal treatment device thermally treats fluid within the conduit to a desired temperature or range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Medical Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Durward I. Faries, Tarry Ann Faries, Bruce R. Heymann, David Davis, Ray Tsang
  • Antibacterial compounds
    Patent number: 9181234
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the following formula and salts thereof: Also provided is the use of these compounds as antibacterials, compositions comprising them and processes for their manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Biota Europe Ltd.
    Inventors: James T Palmer, Christopher James Lunnis, Daniel A Offermann, Lorraine Claire Axford, Michael Blair, Dale Mitchell, Nicholas Palmer, Christopher Steele, John Atherall, David Watson, David Haydon, Lloyd Czaplewski, David Davies, Ian Collins, Edward Malcolm Tyndall, Laura Andrau, Gary Robert William Pitt
  • Method and Composition for Alleviating Tumor Symptoms
    Publication number: 20150141349
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods and compositions for treating carcinoid syndrome and other adverse symptoms associated with tumor-producing neuroendocrine tumors, said methods comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a vascular disrupting agent, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a subject having a hormone producing neuroendocrine tumor. In preferred implementations, the vascular disrupting agent is combretastatin A-4 phosphate, combretastatin A-1 diphosphate, or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Angiogene Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter David Davis, David J. Chaplin
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SULPHIDED COPPER SORBENT
    Publication number: 20150060729
    Abstract: A method for producing a sulphided copper sorbent includes the steps of: (i) contacting a sorbent precursor material containing one or more sulphidable copper compounds, with a sulphiding gas stream including hydrogen sulphide to form a sulphided sulphur-containing sorbent material, and (ii) subjecting the sulphided sulphur-containing sorbent material to a heating step in which it is heated to a temperature above that used in the sulphiding step and ?110° C., under an inert gas selected from nitrogen, argon, helium, carbon dioxide, methane, and mixtures thereof, the inert gas optionally including hydrogen sulphide. The method provides sulphided copper sorbents that have reduced levels of elemental sulphur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew John Cousins, David Davis, Paul Rafferty, Sarah Ridley, Alan Gordon Tapster
  • Antibacterial compounds
    Patent number: 8906902
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the following formula, salts, racemates, diastereomers, enantiomers, esters, carbamates, phosphates, sulfates, deuterated forms and prodrugs thereof. Also provided is the use of these compounds as antibacterials, compositions comprising them and processes for their manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Biota Europe Limited
    Inventors: Christopher James Lunniss, James T. Palmer, Gary Robert William Pitt, David Davies, Lorraine Claire Axford
  • PURIFICATION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20140296607
    Abstract: A process for removing halogen compounds, particularly chlorine compounds, from a process fluid, includes the steps of (i) passing a process fluid containing hydrogen halide over a first sorbent to remove hydrogen halide and generate a hydrogen halide depleted process fluid and then, (ii) passing the hydrogen halide depleted process fluid over a second different sorbent to remove organic halide compounds therefrom. A purification system suitable for removing hydrogen halide and organic halide compounds from process fluids is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Colin Baptist, Claire Cahill, Matthew John Cousins, David Davis, Michelle Taylor Wilson, Christopher John Young
  • Integrated Cryogenic Fluid Delivery System
    Publication number: 20140223924
    Abstract: An integrated cryogenic fluid delivery system includes a cryogenic liquid tank having an interior, a wall and a geometry. The interior of the cryogenic liquid tank contains a supply of cryogenic liquid. A fuel pickup line is positioned within the interior of the tank and is in fluid communication with a vaporizer so that the vaporizer receives and vaporizes cryogenic liquid from the tank. The vaporizer is positioned outside of the tank and is secured to the wall. The vaporizer also has a shape that conforms with the geometry of the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: CHART INC.
    Inventors: Keith Gustafson, Erik Gustafson, Jeff Patelczyk, David Davis, Michael Sable, Luis Serentill, Peter Murray
  • VARIANT THIOESTERASES AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20140215654
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variant thioesterases and their use in plants, e.g., to increase enzymatic activity and to promote increased production of mid-chain length fatty acids (e.g., 8 to 14 carbons) and at desired ratios. Further disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing renewable chemicals through the manufacture of novel triglyceride oils followed by chemical modification of the oils. Oils containing fatty acid chain lengths of C8, C10, C12 or C14 are also disclosed and are useful as feedstocks in the methods described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: David Davis
  • AROMATIC AMIDES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140135332
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and salts, racemates, isomers, diastereoisomers, enantiomers, hydrates, solvates, N-oxides, pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives or prodrugs thereof. Also provided the use of these compounds as antibacterials, compositions comprising them and processes for their manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: BIOTA SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT PTY LTD
    Inventors: David John Haydon, Lloyd George Czaplewski, Neil Robert Stokes, David Davies, Ian Collins, James T Palmer, Jeffrey Peter Mitchell, Gary Robert William Pitt, Daniel Offermann
  • Configuring a secure network
    Patent number: 8724515
    Abstract: Techniques are presented for configuring a networking device to provide secure wireless connectivity to one or more client devices. In one embodiment, a networking device is discovered that is within a wireless connectivity range from a first client device. The networking device is configured to provide wireless connectivity to the first client device. The first client device is configured to initiate a first wireless connection, without requiring a user to specify any network settings. The networking device is configured to authenticate a user to access a user interface for configuring the networking device, where the user is not authenticated based on any password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron H. Averbuch, David Davis, Edward W. James, Craig A. Hobbs
  • BIOREACTOR CHAMBER
    Publication number: 20140127798
    Abstract: A bioreactor chamber assembly comprising a plurality of components interconnected together via interengaging formations to provide a bioreactor chamber that is assembled rapidly and having reliable intercomponent seals. A variety of different biological samples may be cultured within the chamber in vitro. By configuring the chamber with both liquid and a gas inlets and outlets, a controlled gas-liquid interface is created within the chamber to simulate certain in vivo cell and tissue environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Paul Gordon, Malcolm Wilkinson, William Ward, David Davies
  • BIOREACTOR CHAMBER
    Publication number: 20140127799
    Abstract: A bioreactor chamber assembly comprising a cap and a base capable of being coupled together axially to define an internal chamber. The cap and base comprise interengaging formations that are coupled together by a twist-lock rotation of the base and cap to provide a fluid tight seal between the base and cap via respective sealing surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: David Davies, Paul Gordon, John Malcolm Wilkinson, William Ward
  • First-side dual-layer optical data storage disk and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8685621
    Abstract: An optical data storage disk includes a central substrate and on each side of the substrate a pair of metal/alloy recording layers separated by a transparent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Enhanced Data Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Medower, Ian Redmond, David Davies
  • Centrally coordinated firmware upgrade model across network for minimizing uptime loss and firmware compatibility
    Patent number: 8677343
    Abstract: Techniques are presented for managing firmware updates for a plurality of devices within a wireless network. Embodiments monitor network usage of the plurality of devices to collect historical usage data. An optimal window of time for updating the firmware of the plurality of devices is then determined, based on the collected historical device usage data. Embodiments flag at least one of the plurality of devices for a firmware update, based on a current firmware version of the device and a corresponding available firmware version for the device. In one embodiment, dependencies for each of the plurality of devices are considered in flagging the devices for the firmware update. The firmware of the flagged devices is updated during the determined optimal window of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron H. Averbuch, Siddhartha Dattagupta, Mark Chekhanovskiy, David Davis, Edward W. James
  • Rapid emergency evacuation frame
    Patent number: 8590076
    Abstract: An air liftable emergency evacuation frame is for transporting an injured person to an immediate medical aid. The evacuation frame comprises an elongated support structure that includes a support member assembly having a longitudinally extending pair of opposing poles. The support member assembly is configured to interconnect the pair of opposing poles to define a recessed area to place the injured person. A plurality of supporting means attached at a lower portion of the pair of opposing poles is adaptable to hold the elongated support structure when the emergency evacuation frame is placed on a surface with the injured person. At least one hole is employed at an upper portion of at least one of the pair of opposing poles to hold a detachable intravenous stand. The detachable intravenous stand allows a rescuer to hang an intravenous bag for providing a better flow of fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Inventor: David Davis
  • Method to make SMP/E based products self describing
    Patent number: 8584117
    Abstract: Systems and methods of providing information from run-time installations of mainframe SMP/E based products. Information is embedded into a fingerprint library. The fingerprint library may then be associated with a product installed via SMP/E. The fingerprint library may then remain with the product when it is copied to its distributed location. A system administrator may later query the run-time installation and retrieve information previously only known to the SMP/E tool in an SMP/E controlled installation. In one embodiment, information may be embedded into a fingerprint library at product build time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.
    Inventor: David Davies
  • Antibacterial Compounds
    Publication number: 20130252938
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the following formula, salts, racemates, diastereomers, enantiomers, esters, carbamates, phosphates, sulfates, deuterated forms and prodrugs thereof. Also provided is the use of these compounds as antibacterials, compositions comprising them and processes for their manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Biota Europe Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher James Lunniss, James T. Palmer, Gary Robert William Pitt, David Davies, Lorraine Claire Axford
  • Automation of mainframe software deployment
    Patent number: 8464246
    Abstract: Methods and systems to automate the deployment from one SMP/E installed run-time mainframe system logical partition (LPAR) to one or more different and distinct LPARs within a mainframe environment are described. Deployment may consist of distributing one or more installation items (e.g., complete products, product upgrades, patches and/or temporary fixes) from one installation environment to another target system. Also, the installed items may have optionally undergone further configuration after the initial installation and prior to actual automated deployment. Each of the target systems are communicatively coupled to the first (i.e., source) LPAR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.
    Inventors: David Davies, Ralph Crosby