Patents by Inventor Duncan A. Gates

Duncan A. Gates 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: 20240129259
    Abstract: A durability assessment system may receive a request, from a computing system, for a durability index describing an entity. The durability assessment system may determine the durability index based on information about the resource usage by the entity, such as a resource availability score or a resource allocation score. The durability assessment system may compare the obtained resource availability score and resource allocation score to ranges associated with a set of durability indices. Based on the comparison, the durability assessment system may determine a durability index for the entity. The durability index may indicate an ability of the entity to return accessed resources. In some cases, the durability assessment system may provide the durability index to an allocation computing system that is configured to determine whether to grant access to resources based on the durability index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Todd Duncan HOOVER, Brandi Nicole RECKER, William Charles GATES, Sean Patrick MCKEOWN, Matthew Richard JACKSON, Dinesh Hiro WADHWANI
  • Publication number: 20150111460
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a throwing toy which comprises a substantially rectangular elongated body having two ends and a gripping portion located at the center of the elongated body. The length of the elongated body should be between 0.8 inches to 5 feet, wherein width of the elongated body is between ? and 1/150 the length of the elongated body and the thickness of the elongated body is up to half an inch. When the elongated body is being thrown, the elongated body will spin parallel to direction of flight creating unique trajectory and make buzzing sound. The elongated body is made from durable and lightweight materials such as wood, plastic, light metal or fiberglass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Ronald Duncan Gates
  • Patent number: 5089045
    Abstract: Herbicidal 3,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-d]-[1,3]diazepin-8-ol derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## and sugar conjugates thereof, compositions containing them, and a process for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Schering Agrochemicals Limited
    Inventors: Brian D. Bush, Duncan A. Gates, David Langley
  • Patent number: 4692457
    Abstract: The invention provides the acaricidal thiadiazoles of the formula: ##STR1## (where: R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, are each hydrogen, optionally-substituted alkyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or optionally-substituted phenyl, of R.sup.1 is alkylthio of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R is an ester-forming group; Y is oxygen or sulphur; and the carbamate grouping is in the 3- or 4-position on the phenyl ring), processes for their preparation and compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: FBC Limited
    Inventors: Peter J. West, Russell G. Hunt, Duncan A. Gates