Patents by Inventor Francis Lovell

Francis Lovell 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: 20240092947
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to supported catalyst systems for olefin polymerization, catalyst system precursors, methods of producing the precursors and catalyst systems and polyolefins formed from the catalyst systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Lubin LUO, Francis C. RIX, Kevin A. Stevens, Chi-l KUO, Xiaodan ZHANG, Jacqueline A. LOVELL, Charles J. HARLAN, Xuan YE, Brian R. BERG
  • Patent number: 8899436
    Abstract: The packaging for a food product is provided with a container having an opening delimited by a frame, the frame having a radially inner side wall, and a lid. The lid can move between an open position and a closed position in which it closes off the opening. A measuring utensil with a bowl can be positioned in the plane of the frame. The inner side wall of the frame is provided with a retaining member which has a base extending from the frame towards the central axis of the container and that is extended by a tab extending upwards some distance from the inner side wall. The retaining member delimits, with the inner side wall, a slot-like housing capable with a small amount of clearance of accommodating a wall portion of the bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventors: Patrick VanDamme, Frédéric Bourdin, Francis Lovell
  • Patent number: 8590732
    Abstract: A package for a food product sampled using a metering device, including a receptacle (2) having a wide top opening (24) and defined by a rim (25), a closure system (3) including a cover (31) that can be moved between an open position and a closed position, and a first levelling element (41) having a top face (41b) and a free edge (41a) situated in the space of the opening. The package also includes a second levelling element (42) spaced apart from the first and also having a top face (42b) and a free edge (42a), wherein the top faces (41b, 42b) of the first and second levelling elements (41, 42) each have a configuration and are mutually arranged in order to form two spaced-apart bearing zones substantially parallel to the plane of the opening for supporting the metering device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventors: Patrick Vandamme, Frederic Bourdin, Francis Lovell
  • Patent number: 8567629
    Abstract: The packaging for a food product is provided with a container having an upper opening. An annular frame that is mounted as a close fit on the container has an upper face provided with an annular projection extending in the continuation of the interior face of the frame. A lid mounted articulated with respect to the frame is adapted to close off the opening, the lid having a top wall, a side wall and an interior skirt, a continuous groove being defined between the side wall and the interior skirt. A measuring utensil with a bowl is stored between the opening of the container and the lid in the closed position. The annular projection is inserted into the continuous groove and the interior skirt presses at least partially against said interior face of the frame in the closed position of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventors: Patrick VanDamme, Frederic Bourdin, Francis Lovell
  • Publication number: 20120261301
    Abstract: The packaging for a food product is provided with a container having an opening delimited by a frame, the frame having a radially inner side wall, and a lid. The lid can move between an open position and a closed position in which it closes off the opening. A measuring utensil with a bowl can be positioned in the plane of the frame. The inner side wall of the frame is provided with a retaining member which has a base extending from the frame towards the central axis of the container and that is extended by a tab extending upwards some distance from the inner side wall. The retaining member delimits, with the inner side wall, a slot-like housing capable with a small amount of clearance of accommodating a wall portion of the bowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventors: Patrick VanDamme, Frédéric Bourdin, Francis Lovell
  • Publication number: 20120248132
    Abstract: The packaging for a food product is provided with a container having an upper opening. An annular frame that is mounted as a close fit on the container has an upper face provided with an annular projection extending in the continuation of the interior face of the frame. A lid mounted articulated with respect to the frame is adapted to close off the opening, the lid having a top wall, a side wall and an interior skirt, a continuous groove being defined between the side wall and the interior skirt. A measuring utensil with a bowl is stored between the opening of the container and the lid in the closed position. The annular projection is inserted into the continuous groove and the interior skirt presses at least partially against said interior face of the frame in the closed position of the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventors: Patrick VanDamme, Frédéric Bourdin, Francis Lovell
  • Patent number: 8251217
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pouch for containing a product. The pouch comprises a first wall and a second wall which are sealed together in sealed regions. The sealed regions substantially surround a compartment portion within which a product can be located. The pouch includes a tear initiating weakness located away from an edge of the pouch, the tear initiating weakness comprising an elongate weakness which extends along a first axis such that a user can fold the pouch across the tear initiating weakness and initiate a tear from the folded edge substantially along the first axis, the pouch further comprises at least one tear guiding weakness, said tear guiding weakness extending along a second axis transverse to the first axis such that a tear extending substantially along the first axis will meet the at least one tear guiding weakness and be guided along the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: David Hemmerlin, Francis Lovell, Isabelle Suire
  • Publication number: 20110168732
    Abstract: A dispenser 1 for use with a medicament carrier 2. The medicament carrier 2 contains a at least one medicament product 8 which can be released therefrom. The dispenser 1 comprising a body 12, a collecting conduit 18 and a dispensing aperture 16. The body 12 includes a holding portion 14 for holding a medicament carrier 2. The holding portion 14 includes at least one inlet aperture 32 arranged to receive a medicament 8 released from a medicament carrier 2 held thereon. The collecting conduit 18 connects the at least one inlet aperture 32 and the at least one dispensing aperture 16. The dispenser 1 is configured such that a medicament 8 dispensed from a medicament carrier 2 thereon passes through the inlet aperture 32 and into the collecting conduit 18 from which it can be dispensed through the dispensing aperture 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Tony Antunes, Emilie Beskar, David Hemmerlin, Aurele Hurtis, Francis Lovell
  • Patent number: D676130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France S.A.S.
    Inventors: Francis Lovell, Aurele Hurtis, Gaudence Uwimana
  • Patent number: D676545
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France S.A.S.
    Inventors: Francis Lovell, Aurele Hurtis, Gaudence Uwimana
  • Patent number: D676546
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Francis Lovell, Auréle Hurtis
  • Patent number: D676547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Michael Quinn, Natalie Darlene Macon, Francis Lovell, Aurèle Hurtis
  • Patent number: D676549
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France S.A.S.
    Inventors: Francis Lovell, Aurele Hurtis, Gaudence Uwimana
  • Patent number: D692129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Fabien Dubuc, Patrick Le Gal, Aurèle Hurtis, Francis Lovell
  • Patent number: D692552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Francis Lovell, Aurèle Hurtis, Gaudence Uwimana, Alain Houdre
  • Patent number: D692997
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Francis Lovell, Aurèle Hurtis, Gaudence Uwimana, Alain Houdre
  • Patent number: D710992
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventors: Fabien Dubuc, Patrick Le Gal, Aurele Hurtis, Francis Lovell
  • Patent number: D728782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventors: Fabien Dubuc, Patrick Le Gal, Aurèle Hurtis, Francis Lovell
  • Patent number: D732661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventors: Fabien Dubuc, Patrick Le Gal, Aurèle Hurtis, Francis Lovell
  • Patent number: D735848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventors: Fabien Dubuc, Patrick Le Gal, Aurèle Hurtis, Francis Lovell