Patents by Inventor David French

David French 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: 20110159155
    Abstract: A confectionary product has a hollow, pliable tube containing a flowable confectionary material and an enlarged head secured to one end of the tube, the opposite end of the tube being sealed. The head has one or more dispensing openings on its outer surface. In one case, the head is solid and a passageway extends through the head from an inlet end communicating with the tube at one end and at least one dispensing opening at the other end. In another case, the head is hollow and has a plurality of openings. The wall of the tube can be squeezed to force the flowable confection through the head and out through the opening or openings for consumption. In one embodiment, the head is of edible material such as hard candy and is consumed after substantially all of the confectionary material is squeezed out of the tube and consumed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: David A. French
  • Patent number: 7849350
    Abstract: A technique responds to a storage processor failure. The technique involves performing write-back caching operations using a cache of a first storage processor, and mirroring data from the cache of the first storage processor to a cache of a second storage processor. The technique further involves, after of a failure of the second storage processor in which the second storage processor becomes unavailable, continuing to perform write-back caching operations using the cache of the first storage processor while the second storage processor remains unavailable. A cache controller is capable of being modified so that any write data in the cache of the first storage processor persists if the first storage processor encounters a failure thus preventing loss of the cached write data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: David French, Douglas Sullivan, H. Austin Spang, IV, Bill Buckley, Matt Yellen
  • Patent number: 7809975
    Abstract: A computerized system includes two storage processors having respective local write caches configured to mirror each other. When a first storage processor becomes unavailable and mirroring of the local write caches is prevented, the computerized system continues to attend to write operations from an external host in a write-back manner by caching write data from the write operations in the local write cache of the second storage processor. In response to a failure of the second storage processor, the computerized system preserves the write data within the local write cache of the second storage processor. Then, upon recovery of the second storage processor from the failure, the computerized system continues to attend to further write operations from the external host in the write-back manner by caching additional write data in the local write cache of the second storage processor while the first storage processor remains unavailable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: David French, Douglas Sullivan, William Buckley, Alex Sanville, Phillip J. Manning
  • Publication number: 20100048631
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are GPCR agonists and are useful as for the treatment of obesity and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe, John Keily, Martin Procter, David French Stonehouse, Simon Andrew Swain
  • Publication number: 20090325924
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are GPCR agonists and are useful as for the treatment of obesity and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Stuart Edward, Graham John Dawson, Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe Oxford, Lisa Sarah Bertram, William Gattrell, Revathy Perpetua Jeevaratnam, John Keily, Neela Sumit Mistry, Martin James Procter, Chrystelle Marie Rasamison, Philip John Rushworth, Colin Peter Sambrook-Smith, David French Stonehouse
  • Publication number: 20090221644
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are GPCR agonists and are useful as for the treatment of obesity and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Stuart Edward Bradley, Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe, Lisa Sarah Bertram, William Gattrell, Martin James Procter, Chrystelle Marie Rasamison, Colin Peter Sambrook-Smith, Vilasben Kanji Shah, David French Stonehouse, Simon Andrew Swain, Gerard Hugh Thomas
  • Publication number: 20080155307
    Abstract: A technique responds to a storage processor failure. The technique involves performing write-back caching operations using a cache of a first storage processor, and mirroring data from the cache of the first storage processor to a cache of a second storage processor. The technique further involves, after of a failure of the second storage processor in which the second storage processor becomes unavailable, continuing to perform write-back caching operations using the cache of the first storage processor while the second storage processor remains unavailable. A cache controller is capable of being modified so that any write data in the cache of the first storage processor persists if the first storage processor encounters a failure thus preventing loss of the cached write data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: David French, Douglas Sullivan, H. Austin Spang, Bill Buckley, Matt Yellen
  • Publication number: 20080082856
    Abstract: A computerized system includes two storage processors having respective local write caches configured to mirror each other. When a first storage processor becomes unavailable and mirroring of the local write caches is prevented, the computerized system continues to attend to write operations from an external host in a write-back manner by caching write data from the write operations in the local write cache of the second storage processor. In response to a failure of the second storage processor, the computerized system preserves the write data within the local write cache of the second storage processor. Then, upon recovery of the second storage processor from the failure, the computerized system continues to attend to further write operations from the external host in the write-back manner by caching additional write data in the local write cache of the second storage processor while the first storage processor remains unavailable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: David French, Douglas Sullivan, William Buckley, Alex Sanville, Philip J. Manning
  • Publication number: 20080071213
    Abstract: A needle guard (1) based upon a canting plate (6) becomes lockingly engaged with the needle (2) shaft both upon retraction of the needle tip within the guard (1), and upon any attempt to cause the needle tip to reemerge from the guard (1). The plate (6) is positioned to rotate into locking engagement with the shaft of the needle (2) both when an attempt is made to further withdraw the needle from the needle guard (1) and when an attempt is made to cause the needle tip to reemerge from the needle guard (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Sircom, David French
  • Publication number: 20060014449
    Abstract: A body surfboard has an upwardly extending bulbous formation extending from a location spaced forwardly of the rear end of the board up to a location adjacent the front end of the board. The upper surface is generally flat at the rear end, and an upwardly inclined region extends from the flat region of the board up to the peak of the bulbous formation. The upwardly inclined region provides a support for the upper torso of a rider so that they are supported in a comfortable, heads-up orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventor: David French
  • Publication number: 20050182362
    Abstract: A needle guard (1) based upon a canting plate (6) becomes lockingly engaged with the needle (2) shaft both upon retraction of the needle tip within the guard (1), and upon any attempt to cause the needle tip to reemerge from the guard (1). The plate (6) is positioned to rotate into locking engagement with the shaft of the needle (2) both when an attempt is made to further withdraw the needle from the needle guard (1) and when an attempt is made to cause the needle tip to reemerge from the needle guard (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: MEDEX, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Sircom, David French
  • Publication number: 20050071689
    Abstract: An independently powered slots architecture for use in telecom/datacom systems, the architecture including the capability to support at least one power module, and may include a manager module, a storage module, an alarm module, a console module, and a cooling module. Method for using same also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Coward, Alan Signorelli, Jeffrey Schafer, David French, Bryan Gurganus
  • Patent number: 4508765
    Abstract: A heat curable water dispersible film-forming synthetic resin useful in aqueous coating compositions for coating metal substrates, particularly cans used for food and beverages, comprises the reaction product of a water insoluble phenolic resin or a water insoluble amino resin with an epoxy resin and a phosphoric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1985
    Assignee: International Paint public limited company
    Inventors: John Ring, David French, Michael Hickling, Michael G. Sturgess