Patents by Inventor Derek Miller

Derek 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).

  • Publication number: 20150110708
    Abstract: Process for producing a hydrogen-containing product and one or more liquid water products using catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reforming. In the process, a portion of the make-up water is heated by the reformate and another portion of the make-up water is heated by the combustion product gas prior to introducing the make-up water to a deaerator. Water in the combustion product gas is condensed to form a liquid water product. The process may be integrated with a thermal water desalination process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICAL INC.
    Inventors: Xiang-Dong Peng, Derek Miller, Geoffrey Colling Achilles, Xianming Jimmy Li
  • Patent number: 8709287
    Abstract: A process for producing a H2-containing product gas and purified water from an integrated catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reforming and thermal water purification process. Raw water, such as salt water, is heated by indirect heat transfer with reformate from the catalytic steam reforming process for purifying raw water in one of a multiple effect distillation process and a multi-stage flash process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiang-Dong Peng, Geoffrey Colling Achilles, Blaine Edward Herb, Eric Howard Klingenberg, Derek Miller
  • Publication number: 20130309163
    Abstract: A process for producing a H2-containing product gas and purified water from an integrated catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reforming and thermal water purification process. Raw water, such as salt water, is heated by indirect heat transfer with reformate from the catalytic steam reforming process for purifying raw water in one of a multiple effect distillation process and a multi-stage flash process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiang-Dong Peng, Geoffrey Colling Achilles, Blaine Edward Herb, Eric Howard Klingenberg, Derek Miller
  • Patent number: 8541579
    Abstract: A method of treating or preventing diseases or conditions mediated through the action of oxytocin which comprises administering to a human in need thereof of an effective amount of a compound of the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Alan David Borthwick, Richard Jonathan Hatley, Deirdre Mary Bernadette Hickey, John Liddle, David George Hubert Livermore, Andrew McMurtrie Mason, Neil Derek Miller, Fabrizio Nerozzi, Steven Leslie Sollis, Anna Katrin Szardenings, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Patent number: 8367673
    Abstract: A method of treating or preventing diseases or conditions mediated through the action of oxytocin which comprises administering to a human in need thereof of an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Alan David Borthwick, Richard Jonathan Hatley, Deirdre Mary Bernadette Hickey, John Liddle, David George Hubert Livermore, Andrew McMurtrie Mason, Neil Derek Miller, Fabrizio Nerozzi, Steven Leslie Sollis, Anna Katrin Szardenings, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Patent number: 7784502
    Abstract: Systems and methods for supply and delivery of a product incorporated into a carrier are provided. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a system that comprises a fresh storage vessel for receiving and storing fresh. The system further includes a fresh transferring apparatus communicably linked to the fresh storage vessel for transferring of fresh to a user when the user is connected to the transferring apparatus. The system further includes a spent storage vessel for receiving and storing spent (spent being defined as fresh with at least some product and/or product element removed therefrom), and a spent transferring apparatus communicably linked to the spent storage vessel for transferring spent from a user when the user is connected to the transferring apparatus. Optionally, the system further includes of an intermediate spent storage vessel disposed in the communicable connection between the spent transferring apparatus and the spent storage vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Yliy Gershtein, Karen M. Campbell, Paul Anthony Mattiola, Derek Miller, Thomas Joseph
  • Patent number: 7784501
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for distributing a product, like hydrogen, contained in a carrier to a user, and for recovering the spent from the user. In one embodiment, the invention is a system for distributing a product releasably incorporated within a carrier, recovering spent, and conveying spent to a rehabilitation facility. In this embodiment, the system comprises a mobile delivery vehicle, the vehicle comprising a first storage vessel for storing fresh and for dispensing fresh using a connected fresh dispensing apparatus and for receiving and storing spent from a spent dispensing apparatus, the storage vessel further including means for separating fresh from spent. The system further includes fresh, spent, and a first user. The first user comprises a fresh storage vessel for receiving, storing, and dispensing fresh, and further comprises a first spent storage vessel for receiving, storing, and dispensing spent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Yliy Gershtein, Karen M. Campbell, Paul Anthony Mattiola, Derek Miller, Thomas Joseph
  • Patent number: 7775245
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing a product releasably incorporated within a carrier, and for removing the product and returning the carrier for rehabilitation. In one embodiment, the system includes a first supply loop comprising a manufacturing facility for releasably incorporating a product into a first carrier to form fresh. The first loop further includes transportation means for conveying fresh to a first user, the first user including a fresh storage vessel for receiving and storage of fresh. The first user further comprises means for removing product from the carrier to form spent, and a spent storage vessel for receiving, storing, and dispensing of spent. The loop further includes means for returning the spent to a rehabilitation facility of the spent to form fresh wherein a product is contained in a carrier. The carrier may be in any physical state such as for example, solid, liquid, vapor, plasma, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Yliy Gershtein, Karen M. Campbell, Paul Anthony Mattiola, Derek Miller, Thomas Joseph
  • Patent number: 7732622
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R1 and R3 are the same or different and represent ?O, hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C1-6dialkyl, ?CHC1-C5alkyl, ?S, or a 5- or 6-membered aryl; R4 to R9 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, C1-6alkoxy, OCF3, OCH2CF3, O-cyclopropyl, OCH2-cyclopropyl, C1-C6alkyl, S-alkyl, NR210 where R10 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl, halogen, NO2, OH, CH2OC1-C6alkyl, CH2OH, or CF3; Q1 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C1-6dialkyl, C1-6alkoxy, NHAc, NR210 where R10 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl, difluoro, fluoro, ?O, or OH; Q2, Q3, Q4 and Q5 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, C1-6alkoxy, OCF3, OCH2CF3, O-cyclopropyl, OCH2-cyclopropyl, C1-C6alkyl, S-alkyl, NR210 where R10 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl, halogen, NO2, OH, CH2OC1-C6alkyl, CH2OH, or a 5- or 6-membered aryl; with the proviso that the compounds [4-(1-oxo-1,3-dihydro-2H-benzo[f]isoindol-2-yl)phenyl]-2-propionic acid, sodium salt and [4-(4,9-diethoxy-1-oxo-1,3-dihydro-2H-benzo[f]isoindol-2-yl)phenyl]acetic acid are excluded; and pharmac
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Miles Stuart Congreve, Gerard Martin Paul Giblin, Andrew McMurtrie Mason, Neil Derek Miller, Susan Roomans, Ann Louise Walker
  • Patent number: 7718689
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, wherein R1 to R8, X, and Y are as defined in the specification; a process for preparing such compounds; a pharmaceutical composition comprising such compounds; and the use of such compounds in medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Mark Patrick Healy, Gerard Martin Paul Giblin, Neil Derek Miller
  • Publication number: 20090186867
    Abstract: A method of treating or preventing diseases or conditions mediated through the action of oxytocin which comprises administering to a human in need thereof of an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Alan David Borthwick, Richard Jonathan Hatley, Deirdre Mary Bernadette Hickey, John Liddle, David George Hubert Livermore, Andrew McMurtrie Mason, Neil Derek Miller, Fabrizio Nerozzi, Steven Leslie Sollis, Anna Katrin Szardenings, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Patent number: 7514437
    Abstract: A method of treating or preventing diseases or conditions mediated through the action of oxytocin which comprises administering to a mammal in need thereof of an effective amount of a compound of the formula (I) and/or a physiologically acceptable derivative thereof, wherein the substituents have the meaning given in the description. Disclosed are also novel compounds of formula (I) and processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corp.
    Inventors: Alan David Borthwick, Richard Jonathan Hatley, Deirdre Mary Bernadette Hickey, John Liddle, David George Hubert Livermore, Andrew McMurtrie Mason, Neil Derek Miller, Fabrizio Nerozzi, Steven Leslie Sollis, Anna Katrin Szardenings, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20090030061
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, wherein R1 to R8, X, and Y are as defined in the specification; a process for preparing such compounds; a pharmaceutical composition comprising such compounds; and the use of such compounds in medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Mark Patrick Healy, Gerard Martin Paul Giblin, Neil Derek Miller
  • Patent number: 7481074
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for the on-site delivery of a gas having improved purity to from a container filled with liquid under pressure and integrated with a purifier. In the process a portion of the liquid is converted to vapor by reducing the pressure in the container and expanding the thus formed vapor through a pressure reducer generating refrigeration. The cooled vapor is warmed against incoming vapor prior to exit from the purifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: John Frederick Cirucci, Derek Miller, Paul David Kottler
  • Publication number: 20090012056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quinoline derivatives such as compounds of the formula (I) which possess antagonist potency for the 5-HT6 receptor and/or are capable of selectively modulating the cannabinoid 2 receptor: and the use of such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions thereof in the treatment of CNS disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: GLAXO GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Mahmood Ahmed, Gerard Martin Paul Giblin, Christopher Norbert Johnson, David George Hubert Livermore, Neil Derek Miller, Stephen Frederick Moss, David R. Witty
  • Publication number: 20080318933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel indole derivatives such as compounds of the formula (I): which possess antagonist potency at the 5-HT6 receptor and the use of such compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other CNS disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Mahmood Ahmed, Christopher Norbert Johnson, Neil Derek Miller, Peter Henry Milner, Dean Andrew Rivers, David R Witty
  • Publication number: 20080275053
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof: wherein A, B, D, Z, R1, R2a, R2b, and Rx are as defined in the specification, a process for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and the use of such compounds in medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Gerard Martin Paul Giblin, Adrian Hall, Ian Reginald Kilford, Xiao Qing Lewell, Neil Derek Miller, Alan Naylor
  • Patent number: 7446222
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or derivatives thereof: wherein A, B, Z, R1, R2a, R2b, Rx, R8, and R9 are as defined in the specification, a process for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and the use of such compounds in medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Rino Antonio Bit, Gerard Martin Paul Giblin, Adrian Hall, David Nigel Hurst, Ian Reginald Kilford, Neil Derek Miller, Tiziana Scoccitti
  • Publication number: 20080234358
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R1 and R3 are the same or different and represent ?O, hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C1-6dialkyl, ?CHC1-C5alkyl, ?S, or a 5- or 6-membered aryl; R4 to R9 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, C1-6alkoxy, OCF3, OCH2CF3, O-cyclopropyl, OCH2-cyclopropyl, C1-C6alkyl, S-alkyl, NR210 where R10 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl, halogen, NO2, OH, CH2OC1-C6alkyl, CH2OH, or CF3; Q1 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C1-6dialkyl, C1-6alkoxy, NHAc, NR210 where R10 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl, difluoro, fluoro, ?O, or OH; Q2, Q3, Q4 and Q5 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, C1-6alkoxy, OCF3, OCH2CF3, O-cyclopropyl, OCH2-cyclopropyl, C1-C6alkyl, S-alkyl, NR210 where R10 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl, halogen, NO2, OH, CH2OC1-C6alkyl, CH2OH, or a 5- or 6-membered aryl; with the proviso that the compounds [4-(1-oxo-1,3-dihydro-2H-benzo[f]isoindol-2-yl)phenyl]-2-propionic acid, sodium salt and [4-(4,9-diethoxy-1-oxo-1,3-dihydro-2H-benzo[f]isoindol-2-yl)phenyl]acetic acid are excluded; and pharmac
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Miles Stuart Congreve, Gerard Martin, Paul Giblin, Andrew McMurtrie Mason, Neil Derek Miller, Susan Roomans, Ann Louise Walker
  • Publication number: 20070204650
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for the on-site delivery of a gas having improved purity to from a container filled with liquid under pressure and integrated with a purifier. In the process a portion of the liquid is converted to vapor by reducing the pressure in the container and expanding the thus formed vapor through a pressure reducer generating refrigeration. The cooled vapor is warmed against incoming vapor prior to exit from the purifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: John Cirucci, Derek Miller, Paul Kottler