Patents by Inventor Gavin Thomas

Gavin Thomas 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: 20230374899
    Abstract: A method (60) of determining core orientation of a core sample (12) cut from the ground by a drill rig (10) having a drill string and a drill bit (20) coupled to a downhole end of the drill string. Drilling data (Cn, Rn) is continuously acquired while the drill rig (10) is operating to cut and retrieve the core sample (12). The drilling data is a combination of core orientation data Cn and rig operational data Rn, where the rig operational data is constituted by either one or both of: (a) near bit rig data Nn; and, (b) at surface rig data Sn. The drilling data is analyzed for a specific pattern of rig operational data Rn indicative of the core sample being broken from ground by operation of the drill rig (10). On detection of the specific pattern, the orientation of the core sample prior to being broken from the ground is the acquired core orientation data Cn coinciding with that specific pattern of rig operational data Rn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan Craig TAPSON, Kelvin BROWN, Gurtej Singh JABBAL, Gavin Thomas MCLEOD
  • Patent number: 11578550
    Abstract: A downhole device delivery and drive transfer system includes a sub which is arranged to attach to a drill string and a tool which is configured to enable it to travel through the drill string and releasably couple to the sub. The sub and the tool are arranged so that when they are releasably coupled to each other torque imparted to the drill string is transferred by the sub to the tool. The tool is arranged to carry one or more devices for performing one or more downhole functions such as core drilling, hole reaming or wedge placement for directional drilling. The system also has a guide mechanism that operates between the sub and the tool to guide the tool to a known rotational orientation relative to the sub as the tool travels into the sub. A fluid control system controls the flow of fluid through the tool through a downhole outlet and a plurality of ports intermediate opposite ends of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Reflex Instruments Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Andrew Phillip Beach, Gavin Thomas McLeod
  • Publication number: 20230020680
    Abstract: A tool includes a first output from a gear system, the first output along a first axis and a second output from the gear system, the second output along a second axis. A first torque limiter is attached to the first output along the first axis and a second torque limiter is attached to the second output along the second axis. A first tool bit is attached to the first torque limiter along the first axis and a second tool bit attached to the second torque limiter along the second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Noah Benjamin Goldberg, Gavin Thomas Adams, Michael P. Martinez
  • Patent number: 11500906
    Abstract: A subgraph storage memory stores subgraphs populated with data classified into features based on data title; each of the subgraphs has a plurality of elements; each of the elements has a features with different values. For each subfeature of a plurality of subfeatures, the different values assigned to a combination of one of the elements and one or more features are used to create a method to evaluate the subgraphs on the one or more features, as a subfeature which provides scoring information on a subgraph. For each metafeature, plural subfeatures among the plurality of subfeatures are selected to be composited into the metafeature; and for each subgraph, the plural subfeatures of each metafeature are composited to provide metafeature scores. Selected subgraphs in a universe of subgraphs with metafeature scores are presented as context for comparing the selected subgraphs; each of the selected subgraphs has different selections of elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Decision Lens Inc.
    Inventors: William James Louis Adams, Kevin John Connor, Gavin Thomas Byrnes
  • Patent number: 11357211
    Abstract: A system for maintaining inter-object separation between different objects such as animals, machinery, or people, that uses distance signaling to provide and maintain separation via correction activities that may also be used to keep the first two objects at a prescribed distance from a third object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Universtiy of South Carolina
    Inventors: Hossein Haj-Hariri, Gavin Thomas Garner, Mitra Minter Haj-Hariri, Dara Davisson Haj-Hariri
  • Publication number: 20220177853
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions, and kits for directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells, neuromesodermal progenitors, and neural stem cells into bioengineered elliptical neuroepithelial tissues and bioengineered neuroepithelial tubes that contain a single rosette of polarized neuroepithelial cells and have microscale cellular organization similar to that of an in vivo developing human neural tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Randolph Scott Ashton, Gavin Thomas Knight, Benjamin John Knudsen, Nisha Ramdas Iyer, Carlos Marti-Figueroa
  • Publication number: 20220050815
    Abstract: A database may contain representations of: (i) software packages managed by a software management tool, including publishers, titles, and categories associated with each, and (ii) a plurality of software activities, including descriptions and amounts associated with each. A server device may be configured to obtain classifications of the software activities that predict the publishers, titles, and categories of the software activities from the descriptions. The server device may further compare the software packages to the classifications in order to identify: (i) unmanaged software packages, and (ii) amounts associated with the software packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Gavin Thomas Peterkin, Brian Eric Geihsler, Patrick Richard Lowndes, Peter John Bell
  • Publication number: 20210396084
    Abstract: A downhole device delivery and drive transfer system includes a sub which is arranged to attach to a drill string and a tool which is configured to enable it to travel through the drill string and releasably couple to the sub. The sub and the tool are arranged so that when they are releasably coupled to each other torque imparted to the drill string is transferred by the sub to the tool. The tool is arranged to carry one or more devices for performing one or more downhole functions such as core drilling, hole reaming or wedge placement for directional drilling. The system also has a guide mechanism that operates between the sub and the tool to guide the tool to a known rotational orientation relative to the sub as the tool travels into the sub. A fluid control system controls the flow of fluid through the tool through a downhole outlet and and a plurality of ports intermediate opposite ends of the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: REFLEX INSTRUMENTS ASIA PACIFIC PTY LTD
    Inventors: Andrew Phillip BEACH, Gavin Thomas MCLEOD
  • Patent number: 11204903
    Abstract: A database may contain representations of: (i) software packages managed by a software management tool, including publishers, titles, and categories associated with each, and (ii) a plurality of software activities, including descriptions and amounts associated with each. A server device may be configured to obtain classifications of the software activities that predict the publishers, titles, and categories of the software activities from the descriptions. The server device may further compare the software packages to the classifications in order to identify: (i) unmanaged software packages, and (ii) amounts associated with the software packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin Thomas Peterkin, Brian Eric Geihsler, Patrick Richard Lowndes, Peter John Bell
  • Patent number: 11136842
    Abstract: A downhole device delivery and drive transfer system includes a sub which is arranged to attach to a drill string and a tool which is configured to enable it to travel through the drill string and releasably couple to the sub. The sub and the tool are arranged so that when they are releasably coupled to each other torque imparted to the drill string is transferred by the sub to the tool. The tool is arranged to carry one or more devices for performing one or more downhole functions such as core drilling, hole reaming or wedge placement for directional drilling. The system also has a guide mechanism that operates between the sub and the tool to guide the tool to a known rotational orientation relative to the sub as the tool travels into the sub. A fluid control system controls the flow of fluid through the tool through a downhole outlet and a plurality of ports intermediate opposite ends of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Reflex Instruments Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Andrew Phillip Beach, Gavin Thomas McLeod
  • Publication number: 20210222541
    Abstract: A method (60) of determining core orientation of a core sample (12) cut from the ground by a drill rig (10) having a drill string and a drill bit (20) coupled to a downhole end of the drill string. Drilling data (Cn, Rn) is continuously acquired while the drill rig (10) is operating to cut and retrieve the core sample (12). The drilling data is a combination of core orientation data Cn and rig operational data Rn, where the rig operational data is constituted by either one or both of: (a) near bit rig data Nn; and, (b) at surface rig data Sn. The drilling data is analysed for a specific pattern of rig operational data Rn indicative of the core sample being broken from ground by operation of the drill rig (10). On detection of the specific pattern, the orientation of the core sample prior to being broken from the ground is the acquired core orientation data Cn coinciding with that specific pattern of rig operational data Rn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan Craig TAPSON, Kelvin BROWN, Gurtej Singh JABBAL, Gavin Thomas MCLEOD
  • Publication number: 20210176959
    Abstract: A system for maintaining inter-object separation between different objects such as animals, machinery, or people, that uses distance signaling to provide and maintain separation via correction activities that may also be used to keep the first two objects at a prescribed distance from a third object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: University of South Carolina
    Inventors: Hossein Haj-Hariri, Gavin Thomas Garner, Mitra Minter Haj-Hariri, Dara Davisson Haj-Hariri
  • Patent number: 10958532
    Abstract: An example embodiment involves receiving an activity record including activity data, provider data, and description data; applying a first layer of a multi-layer machine learning (ML) model to predict that the activity record relates to software, applying a second layer of the multi-layer ML model to predict a provider name of a software application referenced in the activity record, applying a third layer of the multi-layer ML model to predict an application title of the software application referenced in the activity record, and storing, in a database, a configuration item indicating that the activity record relates to software, where the configuration item contains attributes including the provider name and the application title.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventor: Gavin Thomas Peterkin
  • Publication number: 20200349134
    Abstract: A database may contain representations of: (i) software packages managed by a software management tool, including publishers, titles, and categories associated with each, and (ii) a plurality of software activities, including descriptions and amounts associated with each. A server device may be configured to obtain classifications of the software activities that predict the publishers, titles, and categories of the software activities from the descriptions. The server device may further compare the software packages to the classifications in order to identify: (i) unmanaged software packages, and (ii) amounts associated with the software packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Gavin Thomas Peterkin, Brian Eric Geihsler, Patrick Richard Lowndes, Peter John Bell
  • Publication number: 20200232291
    Abstract: A downhole device delivery and drive transfer system includes a sub which is arranged to attach to a drill string and a tool which is configured to enable it to travel through the drill string and releasably couple to the sub. The sub and the tool are arranged so that when they are releasably coupled to each other torque imparted to the drill string is transferred by the sub to the tool. The tool is arranged to carry one or more devices for performing one or more downhole functions such as core drilling, hole reaming or wedge placement for directional drilling. The system also has a guide mechanism that operates between the sub and the tool to guide the tool to a known rotational orientation relative to the sub as the tool travels into the sub. A fluid control system controls the flow of fluid through the tool through a downhole outlet and a plurality of ports intermediate opposite ends of the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: REFLEX INSTRUMENTS ASIA PACIFIC PTY LTD
    Inventors: Andrew Phillip BEACH, Gavin Thomas MCLEOD
  • Publication number: 20200153703
    Abstract: An example embodiment involves receiving an activity record including activity data, provider data, and description data; applying a first layer of a multi-layer machine learning (ML) model to predict that the activity record relates to software, applying a second layer of the multi-layer ML model to predict a provider name of a software application referenced in the activity record, applying a third layer of the multi-layer ML model to predict an application title of the software application referenced in the activity record, and storing, in a database, a configuration item indicating that the activity record relates to software, where the configuration item contains attributes including the provider name and the application title.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Gavin Thomas Peterkin
  • Publication number: 20170122050
    Abstract: A core release system 10 has a housing 28 provided with an impact member 30 arranged to impact a core sample 16 gripped in a core tube 12. The housing 10 can be fitted over an end of the core tube 12 in which a core sample is gripped. The impact member is arranged to deform in preference to the core sample 16. By applying a force to the housing 28 or the tube 12 which causes impact of the core sample 16 on the impact member 28 the core sample is displaced relative to, and released from the grip of, the tube 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Gavin Thomas McLeod, Kelvin Brown
  • Publication number: 20130346094
    Abstract: Methods and systems for predictive analytics for site initiation and patient enrollment are disclosed. One method may include: receiving a user's selection of one or more parameters associated with a clinical trial; accessing a database of data associated with a plurality of previous clinical trials; comparing the one or more parameters to the previous clinical trials; determining one or more factors associated with the clinical trial based on the comparison; and displaying the parameters and the factors on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Quintiles Transnational Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph William Charles Goodgame, Gavin Thomas Nichols, Wade Kenneth Brant
  • Publication number: 20120191104
    Abstract: A method for treating fractures comprises positioning a bone fixation device along a bone and creating a first hole from an outer surface of the bone through a lateral cortex to a central portion thereof, the first hole corresponding to a position at which a first bone fixation element receiving opening is to be located when the bone fixation device is coupled to the bone in a desired orientation in combination with inserting and pushing a probe through the central portion of the bone until a tip of the probe contacts an interior structure of the bone providing resistance to penetration by the probe increased relative to the central portion of the bone and determining a first length of the portion of the probe extending into the bone via the first hole to select a desired length of a first bone fixation element to be inserted therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Reto JOST, Gavin Thomas
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    Patent number: D760591
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Pablo Ignacio Groglopo Favetto, Marije Karen Luijendijk, Gavin Thomas Schertzing