Patents by Inventor Donald Hodgson

Donald Hodgson 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: 20230206189
    Abstract: A method and an electronic device are provided that include receiving at the electronic device a start and an end of an out-of-office period and an out-of-office preference for responding to new invitations to events occurring during the out-of-office period received at the electronic device, receiving at the electronic device a new invitation to an event occurring during the out-of-office period, and automatically transmitting at the electronic device a response to the new invitation based on the out-of-office preference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher James RUNSTEDLER, Samer FAHMY, Bartholomew Alexander BOECKNER, Kieran Patrick CUNNEY, Jan Anthony KORSMAN, Jared Daniel LEPIC, Grant Ross ELLIOTT, Andrew Joseph KLAMUT, Matthew Donald HODGSON, Minh PHAM, Clifford HUNG, Morgan Trevor MCLAUGHLIN, Adam John VAZ, Jeffrey Tyson ARMSTRONG, Daniel Ian ACKLAND
  • Patent number: 11615380
    Abstract: A method and an electronic device are provided that include receiving at the electronic device a start and an end of an out-of-office period and an out-of-office preference for responding to new invitations to events occurring during the out-of-office period received at the electronic device, receiving at the electronic device a new invitation to an event occurring during the out-of-office period, and automatically transmitting at the electronic device a response to the new invitation based on the out-of-office preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Christopher James Runstedler, Samer Fahmy, Bartholomew Alexander Boeckner, Kieran Patrick Cunney, Jan Anthony Korsman, Jared Daniel Lepic, Grant Ross Elliott, Andrew Joseph Klamut, Matthew Donald Hodgson, Minh Pham, Clifford Hung, Morgan Trevor McLaughlin, Adam John Vaz, Jeffrey Tyson Armstrong, Daniel Ian Ackland
  • Publication number: 20200265389
    Abstract: A method and an electronic device are provided that include receiving at the electronic device a start and an end of an out-of-office period and an out-of-office preference for responding to new invitations to events occurring during the out-of-office period received at the electronic device, receiving at the electronic device a new invitation to an event occurring during the out-of-office period, and automatically transmitting at the electronic device a response to the new invitation based on the out-of-office preference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher James RUNSTEDLER, Samer FAHMY, Bartholomew Alexander BOECKNER, Kieran Patrick CUNNEY, Jan Anthony KORSMAN, Jared Daniel LEPIC, Grant Ross ELLIOTT, Andrew Joseph KLAMUT, Matthew Donald HODGSON, Minh PHAM, Clifford HUNG, Morgan Trevor MCLAUGHLIN, Adam John VAZ, Jeffrey Tyson ARMSTRONG, Daniel Ian ACKLAND
  • Patent number: 10643186
    Abstract: A method and an electronic device are provided that include receiving at the electronic device a start and an end of an out-of-office period and an out-of-office preference for responding to new invitations to events occurring during the out-of-office period received at the electronic device, receiving at the electronic device a new invitation to an event occurring during the out-of-office period, and automatically transmitting at the electronic device a response to the new invitation based on the out-of-office preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Christopher James Runstedler, Samer Fahmy, Bartholomew Alexander Boeckner, Kieran Patrick Cunney, Jan Anthony Korsman, Jared Daniel Lepic, Grant Ross Elliott, Andrew Joseph Klamut, Matthew Donald Hodgson, Minh Pham, Clifford Hung, Morgan Trevor McLaughlin, Adam John Vaz, Jeffrey Tyson Armstrong, Daniel Ian Ackland
  • Publication number: 20180025327
    Abstract: A method and an electronic device are provided that include receiving at the electronic device a start and an end of an out-of-office period and an out-of-office preference for responding to new invitations to events occurring during the out-of-office period received at the electronic device, receiving at the electronic device a new invitation to an event occurring during the out-of-office period, and automatically transmitting at the electronic device a response to the new invitation based on the out-of-office preference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher James RUNSTEDLER, Samer FAHMY, Bartholomew Alexander BOECKNER, Kieran Patrick CUNNEY, Jan Anthony KORSMAN, Jared Daniel LEPIC, Grant Ross ELLIOTT, Andrew Joseph KLAMUT, Matthew Donald HODGSON, Minh PHAM, Clifford HUNG, Morgan Trevor MCLAUGHLIN, Adam John VAZ, Jeffrey Tyson ARMSTRONG, Daniel Ian ACKLAND
  • Patent number: 9034802
    Abstract: The invention provides an oilfield suspending friction reducer treatment composition fluid comprising from about 0.001 weight percent to about 0.5 weight percent of a drag reducing surfactant; at least one drag reducing enhancer selected from the group consisting of polymeric drag reduction enhancers, monomeric drag reduction enhancers, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Alex Ahrenst, Bernhard Lungwitz, Christopher N. Fredd, Carlos Abad, Nihat Gurmen, Yiyan Chen, John Lassek, Paul Howard, William Troy Huey, Zakir Azmi, Donald Hodgson, III, Oscar Bustos
  • Publication number: 20080064614
    Abstract: The invention provides an oilfield suspending friction reducer treatment composition fluid comprising from about 0.001 weight percent to about 0.5 weight percent of a drag reducing surfactant; at least one drag reducing enhancer selected from the group consisting of polymeric drag reduction enhancers, monomeric drag reduction enhancers, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Alex Ahrenst, Bernhard Lungwitz, Christopher Fredd, Carlos Abad, Nihat Gurmen, Yiyan Chen, John Lassek, Paul Howard, William Huey, Zakir Azmi, Donald Hodgson, Oscar Bustos
  • Publication number: 20070222939
    Abstract: A pair of glasses having a frame lens or lenses on either side of the nose piece. On each side of the lens or lenses is an earpiece. The earpiece can be put on a hinge or one piece with lens or frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventor: Donald Hodgson
  • Patent number: 4294661
    Abstract: In a nuclear reactor of the pool kind the primary vessel and fuel assembly are carried from the roof of the containment vault by tie straps. The primary vessel incorporates an annular yoke of `K` cross-section the tie straps being attached to the upwardly directed vertical leg and the downwardly directed inclined leg. The upper and lower strakes of the primary vessel are extensions of the remaining legs. Load supporting welds therefore are of intermittent nature thereby limiting the effects of weld crack propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Assignee: Nuclear Power Company Limited
    Inventors: Geoffrey Seed, Graham Chesworth, John R. Hind, Donald Hodgson
  • Patent number: 4225389
    Abstract: The core tank of a liquid metal cooled fast breeder reactor of the pool kind has thermal insulation cladding its inner wall surface. The thermal insulation comprises a plurality of spaced layers of stainless steel sheet material each layer comprising rectilinear panels in spaced array in vertical and horizontal rows. Closure members of cruciform shape close the spaces between adjacent panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1980
    Assignee: Nuclear Power Company Limited
    Inventors: Roy S. Howard, Donald Hodgson, James G. Dale, Clifford T. M. Hall
  • Patent number: 4198271
    Abstract: The reactor core is carried from the base region of the primary vessel by a strongback. An annular foot is attached to the inside surface of the leak jacket leaving a clearance of 6 mm between the foot and the outer surface of the base region of the primary vessel. In the event of deflection of the primary vessel, downward displacement of the core relative to the control rods is limited thereby avoiding serious reactivity instability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1980
    Assignee: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
    Inventors: Geoffrey Seed, Donald Hodgson, Colin J. Grime
  • Patent number: 4172011
    Abstract: The primary vessel of a pool type fast reactor is open at its upper end and is suspended from the roof of the vault by ties. The vessel is enclosed within a fluid tight leak jacket containing an inert cover gas for the pool of coolant.Because of the unrestrained open end of the vessel severe stress concentrations in the upper strake are avoided. The problem does not occur in the leak jacket because the cover gas, supplemented by thermal insulation cladding and cooling coils, avoids excessive temperature differentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1979
    Assignee: Nuclear Power Company Limited
    Inventors: Geoffrey Seed, Donald Hodgson, Colin J. Grime
  • Patent number: 4172010
    Abstract: The fuel assembly in a nuclear reactor construction is supported from the wall of a primary vessel on a strongback and there is secondary support means for the fuel assembly the means comprising a secondary strongback supported from the roof structure of a containment vault by ties. The secondary support means provides a safety device whereby in the event of relaxation of the primary support relative movement between the fuel assembly and control rods is limited. Alternative secondary support means comprise a series of ties supporting the diagrid and a support stool beneath the fuel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1979
    Assignee: Nuclear Power Company Limited
    Inventors: Geoffrey Seed, Donald Hodgson, Colin J. Grime