Patents by Inventor Edward Robins

Edward Robins 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: 9641615
    Abstract: A distributed network of storage elements (DNSE) is provided in which the physical capacity of each drive is split into a set of equal sized logical splits which are individually protected within the DNSE using separate RAID groups. To reduce restoration latency, members of the RAID groups having a member in common on a given drive are spread within the DNSE to minimize the number of sets of drives within the DNSE that have RAID members in common. By causing the splits to be protected by RAID groups, restoration of the splits may occur in parallel involving multiple drives within the DNSE. By minimizing the overlap between RAID members on various drives, failure of a given drive will not require multiple reads from another drive in the DNSE. Likewise, spare splits are distributed to enable write recovery to be performed in parallel on multiple drives within the DNSE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Edward Robins, Kevin E. Granlund, Seema Pai, Evgeny Malkevich, Stephen Richard Ives, Roii Raz, Barak Bejerano
  • Patent number: 8530045
    Abstract: A process for the production of a polymeric film comprising a copolyester having an acid component and a diol component, said acid component comprising a dicarboxylic acid and a sulfomonomer containing a sulfonate group attached to the aromatic nucleus of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, said process comprising the steps of: (i) melt-extruding a layer of said copolyester; (ii) stretching the extrudate in at least one direction; (iii) heat-setting the film by raising the temperature of the stretched film to a temperature T1 in a first heating zone such that (TM?T1 is in the range of from 5 to 30° C., and then raising the temperature of the film to a temperature T2 in a second heating zone such that (TM?T2 is in the range of from 0 to 10° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventors: William Alasdair MacDonald, Pierre Georges Osborne Moussalli, Kenneth Evans, Julian Peter Attard, David Boyce, Brian John Farmer, David Edward Robins
  • Publication number: 20110206607
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide, thereof; and methods of modulating the activity of a cannabinoid CB2 receptor comprising contacting a compound of Formula I with the cannabinoid CB2 receptor. Also disclosed are methods of imaging of a tissue by positron emission tomography, the method comprising administering to the subject a compound of Formula I, wherein the compound comprises a radioisotope. Also disclosed are methods of measuring the relative concentration of cannabinoid CB2 receptors in tissue of a subject, by using a compound of Formula I which comprises a radioisotope. In addition, method of diagnosing a disorder in a subject are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Roger Olsson, Ethan Burstein, Anne Eeg Knapp, Jorgen Eskildsen, Joel Castillo, James Nairne, Veronique Morisson-Iveson, Edward Robins, Alex Gibson
  • Publication number: 20100212804
    Abstract: A process for the production of a polymeric film comprising a copolyester having an acid component and a diol component, said acid component comprising a dicarboxylic acid and a sulfomonomer containing a sulfonate group attached to the aromatic nucleus of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, said process comprising the steps of: (i) melt-extruding a layer of said copolyester; (ii) stretching the extrudate in at least one direction; (iii) heat-setting the film by raising the temperature of the stretched film to a temperature T1 in a first heating zone such that (TM?T1 is in the range of from 5 to 30° C., and then raising the temperature of the film to a temperature T2 in a second heating zone such that (TM?T2 is in the range of from 0 to 10° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
    Inventors: William Alasdair MacDonald, Pierre Georges Osborne Moussalli, Kenneth Evans, Jullian Peter Attard, David Boyce, Christopher Charles Naylor, Brian John Farmer, David Edward Robins
  • Patent number: 7718104
    Abstract: A process for the production of a polymeric film comprising a copolyester having an acid component and a diol component, said acid component comprising a dicarboxylic acid and a sulfomonomer containing a sulfonate group attached to the aromatic nucleus of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, said process comprising the steps of: (i) melt-extruding a layer of said copolyester; (ii) stretching the extrudate in at least one direction; (iii) heat-setting the film by raising the temperature of the stretched film to a temperature T1 in a first heating zone such that (TM-T1) is in the range of from 5 to 30° C., and then raising the temperature of the film to a temperature T2 in a second heating zone such that (TM-T2 is in the range of from 0 to 10° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Dupont Teijin Films US Ltd.
    Inventors: William Alasdair MacDonald, Pierre Georges Osborne Moussalli, Kenneth Evans, Julian Peter Attard, David Boyce, Christopher Charles Naylor, Brian John Farmer, legal representative, David Edward Robins, legal representative
  • Publication number: 20100105949
    Abstract: Radiolabelled acid chlorides may be synthesised by reacting a radiolabelled carboxylic acid with a solid-phase supported chlorinating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: DAVID ROBERT TURTON, Edward Robins
  • Patent number: 7642375
    Abstract: Radiolabelled acid chlorides may be synthesised by reacting a radiolabelled carboxylic acid with a solid-phase supported chlorinating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Hammersmith Imanet Limited
    Inventors: David Robert Turton, Edward Robins
  • Patent number: 7521262
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a silicon substrate having a monolayer formed by an electrochemically-induced reaction between silicon hydride moieties on the silicon surface and optionally substituted alkynes covalently bound to the surface of the silicon substrate and to a method for electrochemically producing such a functionalized silicon substrate. The method of forming a covalently bound monolayer on a silicon surface comprises the steps of contacting the silicon surface with a C2-C24 alkyne and electrografting optionally substituted alkynes to the silicon surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jillian M. Buriak, Michael P. Stewart, Edward Robins
  • Publication number: 20070287837
    Abstract: Radiolabelled acid chlorides may be synthesised by reacting a radiolabelled carboxylic acid with a solid-phase supported chlorinating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: David Turton, Edward Robins
  • Publication number: 20060120958
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of an 18F-labelled tracer which comprises treatment of a solid support-bound precursor of formula (I): SOLID SUPPORT-LINKER-I+-TRACER (I) Y? wherein the TRACER is of formula (A): or an amine protected derivative thereof, wherein Y? is an anion, preferably trifluoromethylsulphonate (triflate) anion; and R1 is either (i) a group CH—NP1AP2A in which P1A and P2A are each independently hydrogen or a protecting group, or (ii) a carbonyl group; with 18F? to produce the labelled tracer of formula (II) or an amine protected derivative thereof, wherein R1 is as defined for the compound of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Frank Brady, Saijnder Luthra, Edward Robins
  • Publication number: 20050106401
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a silicon substrate having a monolayer formed by an electrochemically-induced reaction between silicon hydride moieties on the silicon surface and optionally substituted alkynes covalently bound to the surface of the silicon substrate and to a method for electrochemically producing such a functionalized silicon substrate. The method of forming a covalently bound monolayer on a silicon surface comprises the steps of contacting the silicon surface with a C2-C24 alkyne and electrografting optionally substituted alkynes to the silicon surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Jillian Buriak, Michael Stewart, Edward Robins
  • Patent number: 6846681
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a silicon substrate having a monolayer formed by an electrochemically-induced reaction between silicon hydride moieties on the silicon surface and optionally substituted alkynes covalently bound to the surface of the silicon substrate and to a method for electrochemically producing such a functionalized silicon substrate. The method of forming a covalently bound monolayer on a silicon surface comprises the steps of contacting the silicon surface with a C2-C24 alkyne and electrografting optionally substituted alkynes to the silicon surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jillian M. Buriak, Michael P. Stewart, Edward Robins
  • Publication number: 20020197389
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a silicon substrate having a monolayer formed by an electrochemically-induced reaction between silicon hydride moieties on the silicon surface and optionally substituted alkynes covalently bound to the surface of the silicon substrate and to a method for electrochemically producing such a functionalized silicon substrate. The method of forming a covalently bound monolayer on a silicon surface comprises the steps of contacting the silicon surface with a C2-C24 alkyne and electrografting optionally substituted alkynes to the silicon surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Jillian M. Buriak, Michael P. Stewart, Edward Robins
  • Patent number: 6485986
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a silicon substrate having a monolayer formed by an electrochemically-induced reaction between silicon hydride moieties on the silicon surface and optionally substituted alkynes covalently bound to the surface of the silicon substrate and to a method for electrochemically producing such a functionalized silicon substrate. The method of forming a covalently bound monolayer on a silicon surface comprises the steps of contacting the silicon surface with a C2-C24 alkyne and electrografting optionally substituted alkynes to the silicon surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jillian M. Buriak, Michael P. Stewart, Edward Robins
  • Patent number: 3961483
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an engine with 25 to 70% better overall efficiency with exhaust emissions within present EPA 1975 standards. The vane type rotary engine uses exhaust from a multichamber Otto cycle engine to power a Stirling cycle engine on the same shaft. Fuel burned in the high surface to volume ratio chambers in the Otto cycle produce very little NO.sub.2 + N.sub.0 gas while producing excessive amounts of unburned hydrocarbons. Air injection into the extremely hot exhaust gases characteristic of the vane type engine is used in a hot wall continuous burning afterburner to remove unburned hydrocarbons and boost the temperature prior to the Stirling cycle hot side heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Edward Robin Wiley