Patents by Inventor David John Smith

David John Smith 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: 20090081126
    Abstract: Novel fully human anti-VAP-1 antibodies and fragments thereof are disclosed. Nucleic acids encoding anti-VAP-1 antibodies or fragments thereof, as well as expression vectors and host cells incorporating these nucleic acids for the recombinant expression of anti-VAP-1 antibodies are also given. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising said antibodies and therapeutic uses thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: David John Smith, Petri Vainio, Jari Mikkola, Paivi Vuorio, Jani Vainio
  • Patent number: 7490456
    Abstract: Capsules, for example for the delivery of pharmaceuticals, are produced from two films (18) of a water-soluble polymeric material, by deforming the films to form a multiplicity of recesses, and filling the recesses, using two adjacent rotary dies (14, 15; 42) with recesses (16) into which the films (18) are deformed. The dies (14, 15; 42) act as electrodes for welding the films together by dielectric welding to form filled capsules (30). The capsules (30) can be separated from the resulting web either by coating at least one of the dies (14) with an electrical insulator (21), or by transferring the web from the dies (14, 15; 42) to a second pair of dies which cut the capsules (30) free. The polymeric material may be gelatin, or a water-soluble cellulose derivative such as hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, and may also contain a plasticiser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Ingel Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Allan Draisey, Ryan Grimes, David John Smith, George Bernard Tidy
  • Publication number: 20090033227
    Abstract: A radiation source is presented, the source comprising an ionizable mercury-free composition that comprises tin halide such that the halide to tin ratio is greater than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: David John Smith, Timothy John Sommerer, Joseph Darryl Michael
  • Publication number: 20090030425
    Abstract: Delivery devices for delivering an ophthalmic device into an eye. In some embodiments the delivery devices are adapted to deliver an intraocular lens into an eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Terah Whiting Smiley, John A. Scholl, David John Smith, Russell J. Redmond, Derek L. Moran, Barry Cheskin, John Reggie, Gregory Vinton Matthews, Claudio Argento
  • Publication number: 20090005865
    Abstract: Post-implant modifications to an intraocular lens. In some embodiments the lens is an accommodating intraocular lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Terry W. Smiley, John H. Shadduck, Victor C. Esch, John A. Scholl, Claudio Argento, Barry Cheskin, David John Smith, Denise H. Burns
  • Publication number: 20080306588
    Abstract: Accommodating intraocular lenses containing a flowable media and their methods of accommodation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Terah Whiting Smiley, David John Smith, Steven Choi, Henry Wu, John A. Scholl, Denise H. Burns
  • Patent number: 7439215
    Abstract: A water-soluble pouch suitable for use in machine dishwashing and which comprises a plurality of compartments in generally superposed or superposable relationship, each containing one or more detergent active or auxiliary components, and wherein the pouch has a volume of from about 5 to about 70 ml and a longitudinal/transverse aspect ratio in the range from about 2:1 to about 1:8, preferably from about 1:1 to about 1:4. The water-soluble pouch allows for optimum delivery of dishwashing detergent. A process for the manufacture of multi-compartment pouches and a pack to contain the pouches are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanguy Marie Louis Alexandre Catlin, Rachid Ben Moussa, Timothy Bernard William Kroese, Charles Rupert Gillham, James Iain Kinloch, David John Smith, Alison Lesley Main, Helen Varley
  • Publication number: 20080209863
    Abstract: A water-soluble pouch suitable for use in machine dishwashing and which comprises a plurality of compartments in generally superposed or superposable relationship, each containing one or more detergent active or auxiliary components, and wherein the pouch has a volume of from about 5 to about 70 ml and a longitudinal/transverse aspect ratio in the range from about 2:1 to about 1:8, preferably from about 1:1 to about 1:4. The water-soluble pouch allows for optimum delivery of dishwashing detergent. A process for the manufacture of multi-compartment pouches and a pack to contain the pouches are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Tanguy Marie Louis Alexandre Catlin, Rachid Ben Moussa, Timothy Bernard William Kroese, Charles Rupert Gillham, James Iain Kinloch, David John Smith, Alison Lesley Main, Helen Varley
  • Patent number: 7386971
    Abstract: A water-soluble pouch suitable for use in machine dishwashing and which comprises a plurality of compartments in generally superposed or superposable relationship, each containing one or more detergent active or auxiliary components, and wherein the pouch has a volume of from about 5 to about 70 ml and a longitudinal/transverse aspect ratio in the range from about 2:1 to about 1:8, preferably from about 1:1 to about 1:4. The water-soluble pouch allows for optimum delivery of dishwashing detergent. A process for the manufacture of multi-compartment pouches and a pack to contain the pouches are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanguy Marie Louis Alexandre Catlin, Rachid Ben Moussa, Timothy Bernard William Kroese, Charles Rupert Gillham, James Iain Kinloch, David John Smith, Alison Lesley Main, Helen Varley
  • Patent number: 7265493
    Abstract: A radiation source with an ionizable mercury-free composition. The ionizable composition including at least zinc or at least one zinc compound or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Timothy John Sommerer, Joseph Darryl Michael, David John Smith, Vikas Midha, George Michael Cotzas
  • Patent number: 7214722
    Abstract: Process for treating or recycling a waste single or multi-compartment detergent pouch containing one or more detergent or detergent auxiliary compositions enclosed within a water-soluble enveloping material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: James Iain Kinloch, David John Smith, Jose Luis Vega
  • Patent number: 7125828
    Abstract: A water-soluble pouch suitable for use in machine dishwashing and which comprises a plurality of compartments in generally superposed or superposable relationship, each containing one or more detergent active or auxiliary components, and wherein the pouch has a volume of from about 5 to about 70 ml and a longitudinal/transverse aspect ratio in the range from about 2:1 to about 1:8, preferably from about 1:1 to about 1:4. The water-soluble pouch allows for optimum delivery of dishwashing detergent. A process for the manufacture of multi-compartment pouches and a pack to contain the pouches are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tanguy Marie Louis Alexandre Catlin, Rachid Ben Moussa, Timothy Bernard William Kroese, Charles Rupert Gillham, James Iain Kinloch, David John Smith, Alison Lesley Main, Helen Varley
  • Patent number: 7075392
    Abstract: A half wave dielectric resonator assembly including a resonator cavity having a top surface and a bottom surface, an elongated cylindrical dielectric resonator positioned within said resonator cavity and first and second insulative supports to couple and insulate the ends of the cylindrical dielectric resonator from the resonator cavity. The dielectric resonator has a substantially small diameter to length ratio. The resonator assembly provides improved spurious performance and quality factor (Q) at a lower mass. A resonator filter is constructed using a plurality of these resonator assemblies, where adjacent pairs of said resonator cavities are separated from each other by a common cavity wall. By forming a first iris opening formed within a first common cavity wall and forming a second iris opening formed within a second common cavity wall having a position that is vertically offset from the position of the first iris, it is possible to reduce stray coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Com Dev Ltd.
    Inventors: David John Smith, Ming Yu
  • Patent number: 6982286
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to carbocyclic hydrazino compounds that function as inhibitors of copper-containing amine oxidases commonly known as semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidases (SSAO), including the human SSAO known as Vascular Adhesion Protein-I (VAP-1). These SSAO inhibitors have therapeutic utility as drugs to treat conditions and diseases including, but not limited to, a number of inflammatory conditions and diseases (in particular chronic inflammatory conditions such as chronic arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, and chronic skin dermatoses), diseases related to carbohydrate metabolism and to aberrations in adipocyte differentiation or function and smooth muscle cell function, and vascular diseases. The novel compounds have the general formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate, hydrate, or salt thereof wherein R1 to R11 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Biotie Therapies Corp.
    Inventors: David John Smith, Ferenc Fülöp, Marjo Pihlavisto, László Lázár, Sakari Alaranta, Petri Vainio, Zsolt Szakonyi
  • Publication number: 20040235697
    Abstract: A method of washing dishware/tableware in an automatic dishwashing machine having a single or multi-compartment product dispenser which is normally closed and sealed after charging the machine and prior to delivery of the dishwashing product into the wash liquor and wherein the dishwashing product comprises one or more dishwashing compositions in a unit dose form having a degree of deformability greater than about 10% and a shape and size such that the dishwashing product occupies more than about 40% of the volume of the corresponding compartment of the product dispenser in its closed state. The method allows for optimum delivery of active components across different washing machine types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David John Smith, Sanieev Sharma, James Iain Kinloch, Simon John Greener
  • Publication number: 20040236108
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to carbocyclic hydrazino compounds that function as inhibitors of copper-containing amine oxidases commonly known as semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidases (SSAO), including the human SSAO known as Vascular Adhesion Protein-1 (VAP-1). These SSAO inhibitors have therapeutic utility as drugs to treat conditions and diseases including, but not limited to, a number of inflammatory conditions and diseases (in particular chronic inflammatory conditions such as chronic arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, and chronic skin dermatoses), diseases related to carbohydrate metabolism and to aberrations in adipocyte differentiation or function and smooth muscle cell function, and vascular diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: David John Smith, Ferenc Fulop, Marjo Pihlavisto, Laszlo Lazar, Sakari Alaranta, Petri Vainio, Zsolt Szakonyi
  • Publication number: 20040192793
    Abstract: Process for treating or recycling a waste single or multi-compartment detergent pouch containing one or more detergent or detergent auxiliary compositions enclosed within a water-soluble enveloping material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: James Iain Kinloch, David John Smith, Jose Luis Vega
  • Patent number: 6784147
    Abstract: A drain cleaner with soy methyl ester (SME) CAS #66784-80-9 utilized at 92.8% by weight, the emulsifier system composed of combination of lauramide DEA and secondary alcohol ethoxylate CAS #'s 120-40-1 and 68131-40-8 utilized at 7% and a butylated hydroxytoluene CAS #128-37-1 used as an anti-oxidant at 0.2%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: State Industrial Products
    Inventors: David John Smith, Joseph A. Tomaro, Tammy G. Westerman
  • Publication number: 20040144065
    Abstract: A vacuum-assisted process for making a fluid-containing water-soluble pouch. The pouches obtained according to the process of the invention have a reduce air content. The use of the pouches containing detergent composition for laundry and dishwashing is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: David John Smith, Rhys Jones
  • Publication number: 20040106654
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to hydrazono compounds that function as inhibitors of copper-containg amine oxidases commonly known as semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidases (SSAO), including the human SSAO known as Vascular Adhesion Protein-1 (VAP-1). These SSAO inhibitors have therapeutic utility as drugs to treat conditions and diseases including, but not limited to, a number of inflammatory conditions and diseases (in particular chronic inflammatory conditions such as chronic arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, and chronic skin dermatoses), diseases related to carbohydrate metabolism and to aberrations in adipocyte differentiation or function and smooth muscle cell function, and vascular diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: David John Smith, Markku Jalkanen, Ferenc Fulop, Laszlo Lazar, Zsolt Szakonyi, Gabor Bernath