Patents by Inventor Douglas MacFarlane

Douglas MacFarlane 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).

  • Patent number: 11887924
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chip scale package (CSP) comprising: a first set of CSP contact balls or bumps; a second set of CSP contact balls or bumps; and a channel routing region, the channel routing region being devoid of any CSP contact balls or bumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Craig McAdam, Jonathan Taylor, Douglas Macfarlane, John Kerr, James Munger, John Pavelka, Steven A. Atherton
  • Patent number: 11562952
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chip scale package (CSP) comprising: a first set of CSP contact balls or bumps; a second set of CSP contact balls or bumps; and a channel routing region, the channel routing region being devoid of any CSP contact balls or bumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig McAdam, Jonathan Taylor, Douglas Macfarlane, John Kerr, James Munger, John Pavelka, Steven A. Atherton
  • Patent number: 10577700
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water splitting cell having at least one electrode comprising a porous membrane, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous membrane, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode without bubble formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: AQUAHYDREX PTY LTD
    Inventors: Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Douglas MacFarlane, Orawan Winther-Jensen
  • Publication number: 20190093244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water splitting cell having at least one electrode comprising a porous membrane, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous membrane, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode without bubble formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Douglas MacFarlane, Orawan Winther-Jensen
  • Patent number: 10087536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water splitting cell having at least one electrode comprising a porous membrane, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous membrane, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode without bubble formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: AQUAHYDREX PTY LTD
    Inventors: Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Douglas MacFarlane, Orawan Winther-Jensen
  • Patent number: 9938627
    Abstract: A gas permeable or breathable electrode and method of manufacture thereof. In one example there is an electrolytic cell having an electrode comprising a porous material, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous material. In operation the gas is produced at the at least one electrode without substantial bubble formation. In another example there is an electrode having a porous conducting material with a hydrophobic layer or coating applied to a side of the porous conducting material. A catalyst may be applied to another side. The gas permeable or breathable electrode can be used in an electrolytic cell, electrochemical cell, battery and/or fuel cell. Gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of a cell via at least part of the electrode, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: AQUAHYDREX PTY LTD
    Inventors: Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Douglas MacFarlane, Orawan Winther-Jensen
  • Publication number: 20170356094
    Abstract: A gas permeable or breathable electrode and method of manufacture thereof. In one example there is an electrolytic cell having an electrode comprising a porous material, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous material. In operation the gas is produced at the at least one electrode without substantial bubble formation. In another example there is an electrode having a porous conducting material with a hydrophobic layer or coating applied to a side of the porous conducting material. A catalyst may be applied to another side. The gas permeable or breathable electrode can be used in an electrolytic cell, electrochemical cell, battery and/or fuel cell. Gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of a cell via at least part of the electrode, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Douglas MacFarlane, Orawan Winther-Jensen
  • Patent number: 9790603
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for electrolysis comprising a cathode and an anode comprising a catalyst, both the cathode and anode at least partly immersed in an electrolyte, the process characterised in that the electrolyte at least partly inhibits further oxidation of a product formed at the anode. Typically the catalyst comprises one or more metal-(Group VIb) semiconductors, and one or more metal-(GroupVIb))-phosphorous species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: AQUAHYDREX PTY LTD
    Inventors: Douglas MacFarlane, Alexey Izgorodin
  • Patent number: 9680229
    Abstract: An modular reflector assembly may include a shell and a support frame. The modular reflector assembly may also include a plurality of support links that mechanically couple the shell to the support frame. The shell may be thermally decoupled from the support frame by the plurality of support links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jerry Douglas Macfarlane, Joel Mendoza, Ray Amoranto, Brian E. Park, Nicholas James Smith, Mark E. Ankrom, Jeffrey Wallace, David B. Robinson
  • Patent number: 9403154
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising (i) a semiconductor preferably comprising one or more metal-(Group VIb) semiconductors, and (ii) a semiconductor material having elevated phosphorous content preferably comprising one or more metal-(Group VIb))-phosphorous species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: MONASH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Douglas MacFarlane, Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Alexey Izgorodin
  • Patent number: 9289381
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, stabilization, and/or storage of active agents, particularly therapeutic proteins and polypeptides such as Interleukin-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, Monash University
    Inventors: Gloria Elliott, Douglas MacFarlane, David M. Foureau, Iain McKillop
  • Patent number: 9278134
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ionic liquid compositions comprising active pharmaceutical, biological, and nutritional compounds, and methods of use. Further disclosed are compositions of matter including liquid ion pairs alone or in solution and their use; compositions of ionic liquids that are ‘solvated,’ for example, ‘hydrated’ and their uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, Monash University, Queen's University Belfast
    Inventors: Robin D. Rogers, Daniel T. Daly, Douglas MacFarlane, Janet L. Scott, Kenneth R. Seddon, Gabriela Gurau, Katharina Bica, Jelena Turanjanin, Pamela M. Dean
  • Publication number: 20150167185
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water splitting cell having at least one electrode comprising a porous membrane, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous membrane, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode without bubble formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Monash University
    Inventors: Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Douglas MacFarlane, Orawan Winther-Jensen
  • Publication number: 20150129431
    Abstract: A gas permeable or breathable electrode and method of manufacture thereof. In one example there is an electrolytic cell having an electrode comprising a porous material, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous material. In operation the gas is produced at the at least one electrode without substantial bubble formation. In another example there is an electrode having a porous conducting material with a hydrophobic layer or coating applied to a side of the porous conducting material. A catalyst may be applied to another side. The gas permeable or breathable electrode can be used in an electrolytic cell, electrochemical cell, battery and/or fuel cell. Gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of a cell via at least part of the electrode, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Douglas MacFarlane, Orawan Winther-Jensen
  • Publication number: 20150002368
    Abstract: An modular reflector assembly may include a shell and a support frame. The modular reflector assembly may also include a plurality of support links that mechanically couple the shell to the support frame. The shell may be thermally decoupled from the support frame by the plurality of support links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Jerry Douglas Macfarlane, Joel Mendoza, Ray Amoranto, Brian E. Park, Nicholas James Smith, Mark E. Ankrom, Jeffrey Wallace, David B. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20140034510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising (i) a semiconductor preferably comprising one or more metal-(Group VIb) semiconductors, and (ii) a semiconductor material having elevated phosphorous content preferably comprising one or more metal-(Group VIb))-phosphorous species
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: MONASH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Douglas Macfarlane, Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Alexey Izgorodin
  • Publication number: 20130220822
    Abstract: A catalyst comprising a first conjugated polymer material that forms an interface with a second material, wherein charge is separated from photo excited species generated in one or both of the first and second materials and subsequently participates in a reaction, electro-catalytic reactions or redox reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Douglas MacFarlane, Orawan Winther-Jensen
  • Publication number: 20130068294
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cathode for use in a dye-sensitised solar cell which comprises a redox couple, wherein the cathode comprises: (a) metallic nickel; and (b) intrinsically conducting polymer that, during operation of the cell, reduces an oxidised species of the redox couple.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Noel Clark, Matthias Hilder, Douglas Macfarlane, Jenny Pringle, Jyothi Ramamurthy, Bjorn Winther-Jensen
  • Publication number: 20120230944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, stabilization, and/or storage of active agents, particularly therapeutic proteins and polypeptides such as Interleukin-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Gloria Elliott, Douglas MacFarlane, David M. Foureau, Iain McKillop
  • Publication number: 20120046244
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ionic liquid compositions comprising active pharmaceutical, biological, and nutritional compounds, and methods of use. Further disclosed are compositions of matter including liquid ion pairs alone or in solution and their use; compositions of ionic liquids that are ‘solvated,’ for example, ‘hydrated’ and their uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicants: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST, MONASH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Robin D. Rogers, Daniel T. Daly, Douglas MacFarlane, Janet L. Scott, Kenneth R. Seddon, Gabriela Gurau, Katharina Bica, Jelena Turanjanin, Pamela M. Dean