Patents by Inventor George Taylor
George Taylor 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).
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Patent number: 9816349Abstract: A casing valve is described herein. The casing valve can include at least one wall forming a cavity and at least one flexible sleeve disposed proximate to an inner surface of the at least one wall. The casing valve can also include at least one chamber recessed relative to the inner surface of a top end of the at least one wall, where the at least one chamber is disposed between the at least one flexible sleeve and the at least one wall. The casing valve can further include at least one hydraulic channel disposed within the at least one wall and terminating in the at least one hydraulic chamber. The casing valve can also include a first coupling feature disposed at a top end of the at least one wall, wherein the first coupling feature is configured to couple to a first casing pipe.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.Inventor: George Taylor Armistead
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Publication number: 20170292150Abstract: Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Celia Dominguez, John Wityak, Jonathan Bard, Christopher John Brown, Michael Edward Prime, Derek Alexander Weddell, Daryl Simon Walter, Paul Richard Giles, Ian James Wigginton, Malcolm George Taylor, Sébastien René Gabriel Galan, Peter David Johnson, Thomas Martin Krülle, Inaki Morao, Daniel Clark-Frew
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Patent number: 9739126Abstract: A method of producing hydrocarbons from a subterranean reservoir comprises pre-heating by exposure to electromagnetic radiation from a electromagnetic radiation source, injecting through at least one injection well a solvent into the reservoir to dilute the hydrocarbons contained in the pre-conditioned portion, and producing through at least one production well a mixture of hydrocarbons and solvent. An apparatus for producing hydrocarbons from a subterranean reservoir comprises at least one radio frequency antenna configured to transmit radio frequency energy into a subterranean reservoir, a power source to provide power to the at least one radio frequency antenna, at least one injection well configured to inject a solvent from a solvent supply source into the subterranean reservoir to lower the viscosity of the hydrocarbons, and at least one production well configured to produce a mixture comprising hydrocarbons and solvent from the subterranean reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: HARRIS CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Trautman, Derik Ehresman, Neil Edmunds, George Taylor, Mauro Cimolai
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Publication number: 20170211367Abstract: A method of producing hydrocarbons from a subterranean reservoir comprises pre-heating by exposure to electromagnetic radiation from a electromagnetic radiation source, injecting through at least one injection well a solvent into the reservoir to dilute the hydrocarbons contained in the pre-conditioned portion, and producing through at least one production well a mixture of hydrocarbons and solvent. An apparatus for producing hydrocarbons from a subterranean reservoir comprises at least one radio frequency antenna configured to transmit radio frequency energy into a subterranean reservoir, a power source to provide power to the at least one radio frequency antenna, at least one injection well configured to inject a solvent from a solvent supply source into the subterranean reservoir to lower the viscosity of the hydrocarbons, and at least one production well configured to produce a mixture comprising hydrocarbons and solvent from the subterranean reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: MARK TRAUTMAN, DERIK EHRESMAN, NEIL EDMUNDS, GEORGE TAYLOR, MAURO CIMOLAI
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Publication number: 20170126685Abstract: Access to a resource controlled by a resource server (6, 8) is provided using a validity token issued by a validation server (4). When a resource request from a user (12) is received at the resource server (6, 8), then the resource server (6, 8) determines if the resource request satisfies a policy. If the resource request satisfies the policy, then access to the resource may be permitted without confirming the validity of the validation token with the validation server (4). Conversely, if the resource request does not satisfy the policy, then validation of the validation token with the validation server (4) is performed before the access requested is permitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Robert George TAYLOR, Milosch MERIAC, Andrew John PRITCHARD, Hannes TSCHOFENIG, Christopher Mark PAOLA
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Patent number: 9574424Abstract: A method for pre-tensing sections of concentric tubulars in a wellbore. The method can include mechanically coupling an inside tubing pipe to an inside tubing string disposed in the wellbore. The method can also include mechanically coupling a second tubing to a second tubing string disposed in the wellbore. The method can further include suspending, by the first tubing, the first tubing, the first tubing string, the second tubing string, and the second tubing. The method can also include inserting, while suspending the first tubing, the first tubing string, the second tubing string, and the second tubing by the first tubing, a first slip into the first space between the first tubing and the second tubing. The method can further include inserting the first tubing, the first tubing string, the second tubing string, the second tubing, and the first slip further into the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.Inventors: George Taylor Armistead, Alvaro Jose Arrazola
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Patent number: 9523468Abstract: An LED lighting fixture with a heat sink, LED arrays on angled facets, a reflector dish, and a diffuser lens are disclosed. The LED arrays are mounted at an angle on sloped facets, and the reflector intercepts a portion of light from the LED arrays, and redirects the intercepted light downward, resulting in a focused and collumnated light beam. Very little light is allowed to be projected upward above the light fixture, and less light is dispersed to the side.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Inventors: Daniel Donegan, Robert Deely, George Taylor, Charles Wilkerson
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Patent number: 9520679Abstract: A rigid electrical panel has both a flexible printed circuit and an electrically conductive grounding layer embedded therein. The electrically conductive grounding layer is electrically connected to a grounding insert which is also embedded in the rigid material. The grounding insert has a base portion and an exposed portion. The electrically conductive grounding layer is connected to the base portion, and the exposed portion allows the grounding insert, and thus the electrically conductive grounding layer, to be electrically connected to a grounding point, for example on a gas turbine engine.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventor: Benjamin George Taylor
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Patent number: 9470046Abstract: A casing pipe assembly can include a first casing pipe having a top coupling member and a pipe curvature, where the top coupling member has first threads in a first direction, and where the pipe curvature substantially corresponds to a wellbore curvature. The casing pipe assembly can also include a second casing pipe having a bottom coupling member and substantially the same pipe curvature, where the bottom coupling member has second threads in a second direction. The casing pipe assembly can further include a coupling device having a bottom coupling member and a top coupling member, where the bottom coupling member has third threads in the first direction that threadably couple to the first threads of the first casing pipe, and where the top coupling member has fourth threads in the second direction that threadably couple to the second threads of the second casing pipe.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.Inventor: George Taylor Armistead
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Patent number: 9450674Abstract: A method and apparatus of compensating for compact digital domain chromatic dispersion. The distortion of an optical signal due to chromatic dispersion is compensated by a digital signal processing in the electrical domain, either prior to the optical transmitter or following the receiver. The circular coefficient approximation and sub-band processing reduce the amount of computations to execute a given level of chromatic dispersion compensation compared to a direct finite impulse response filter implementation.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Michael George Taylor
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Publication number: 20160145970Abstract: A casing check valve for providing isolation of an open hole section of a wellbore from a cased hole section of the wellbore is described herein. The casing check valve can include a housing and an actuating sleeve movably disposed within the housing between an actuated position and a normal position. The housing can include a housing body, at least one actuating sleeve coupling feature, a flapper assembly, a flapper seat, and at least one casing pipe coupling feature. The actuating sleeve can include an actuating sleeve body, at least one housing coupling feature, at least one operating tool coupling feature, and a distal extension.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventor: George Taylor Armistead
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Publication number: 20160130909Abstract: A casing valve is described herein. The casing valve can include at least one wall forming a cavity and at least one flexible sleeve disposed proximate to an inner surface of the at least one wall. The casing valve can also include at least one chamber recessed relative to the inner surface of a top end of the at least one wall, where the at least one chamber is disposed between the at least one flexible sleeve and the at least one wall. The casing valve can further include at least one hydraulic channel disposed within the at least one wall and terminating in the at least one hydraulic chamber. The casing valve can also include a first coupling feature disposed at a top end of the at least one wall, wherein the first coupling feature is configured to couple to a first casing pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.Inventor: George Taylor Armistead
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Publication number: 20160085956Abstract: A trusted device, such as a wristwatch, is provided with authentication circuitry, used to perform an authentication operation to switch the trusted device into an authenticated state. Retention monitoring circuitry monitors the physical possession of the trusted device by the user following the authentication operation and switches the trusted device out of an authenticated state if the trusted device does not remain in the physical possession of the user. While the trusted device remains in the physical possession of the user, communication triggering circuitry is used to detect a request to establish communication with a target device that is one of a plurality of different target devices and communication circuitry is used to communicate with that target device using an authenticated identity of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Krisztian FLAUTNER, Hugo John Martin VINCENT, Amyas Edward Wykes PHILLIPS, Robert George TAYLOR
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Publication number: 20160056578Abstract: A rigid electrical panel has both a flexible printed circuit and an electrically conductive grounding layer embedded therein. The electrically conductive grounding layer is electrically connected to a grounding insert which is also embedded in the rigid material. The grounding insert has a base portion and an exposed portion. The electrically conductive grounding layer is connected to the base portion, and the exposed portion allows the grounding insert, and thus the electrically conductive grounding layer, to be electrically connected to a grounding point, for example on a gas turbine engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventor: Benjamin George TAYLOR
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Patent number: 9231765Abstract: A trusted device, such as a wristwatch 2, is provided with authentication circuitry 26, used to perform an authentication operation to switch the trusted device into an authenticated state. Retention monitoring circuitry 32 monitors the physical possession of the trusted device by the user following the authentication operation and switches the trusted device out of an authenticated state if the trusted device does not remain in the physical possession of the user. While the trusted device remains in the physical possession of the user, communication triggering circuitry 38 is used to detect a request to establish communication with a target device that is one of a plurality of different target devices and communication circuitry 40 is used to communicate with that target device using an authenticated identity of the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: ARM IP LimitedInventors: Krisztian Flautner, Hugo John Martin Vincent, Amyas Edward Wykes Phillips, Robert George Taylor
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Publication number: 20150053406Abstract: A method for pre-tensing sections of concentric tubulars in a wellbore. The method can include mechanically coupling an inside tubing pipe to an inside tubing string disposed in the wellbore. The method can also include mechanically coupling a second tubing to a second tubing string disposed in the wellbore. The method can further include suspending, by the first tubing, the first tubing, the first tubing string, the second tubing string, and the second tubing. The method can also include inserting, while suspending the first tubing, the first tubing string, the second tubing string, and the second tubing by the first tubing, a first slip into the first space between the first tubing and the second tubing. The method can further include inserting the first tubing, the first tubing string, the second tubing string, the second tubing, and the first slip further into the wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.Inventors: George Taylor Armistead, Alvaro Jose Arrazola
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Publication number: 20150043206Abstract: An LED lighting fixture with a heat sink, LED arrays on angled facets, a reflector dish, and a diffuser lens are disclosed. The LED arrays are mounted at an angle on sloped facets, and the reflector intercepts a portion of light from the LED arrays, and redirects the intercepted light downward, resulting in a focused and collumnated light beam. Very little light is allowed to be projected upward above the light fixture, and less light is dispersed to the side.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: DANIEL DONEGAN, ROBERT DEELY, GEORGE TAYLOR, CHARLES WILKERSON
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Publication number: 20150013993Abstract: A method for adjusting a pressure within a wellbore. The method can include inserting a first tubing into the wellbore. The method can also include mechanically coupling a bottom coupling feature of a multiple connection bushing to the first tubing. The method can further include mechanically coupling a second tubing to a first top coupling feature of the multiple connection bushing. The method can also include mechanically coupling a third tubing to a second top coupling feature of the multiple connection bushing, where the third tubing has an inner diameter that is greater than an outer diameter of the second tubing. The method can further include inserting the multiple connection bushing, the second tubing and the third tubing into the wellbore. The method can also include adjusting the pressure within a space between the second tubing, the third tubing, and the multiple connection bushing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventor: George Taylor Armistead
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Publication number: 20140372762Abstract: A trusted device, such as a wristwatch 2, is provided with authentication circuitry 26, used to perform an authentication operation to switch the trusted device into an authenticated state. Retention monitoring circuitry 32 monitors the physical possession of the trusted device by the user following the authentication operation and switches the trusted device out of an authenticated state if the trusted device does not remain in the physical possession of the user. While the trusted device remains in the physical possession of the user, communication triggering circuitry 38 is used to detect a request to establish communication with a target device that is one of a plurality of different target devices and communication circuitry 40 is used to communicate with that target device using an authenticated identity of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Krisztian FLAUTNER, Hugo John Martin Vincent, Amyas Edward Wykes Phillips, Robert George Taylor
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Publication number: 20140341592Abstract: A method and apparatus of compensating for compact digital domain chromatic dispersion. The distortion of an optical signal due to chromatic dispersion is compensated by a digital signal processing in the electrical domain, either prior to the optical transmitter or following the receiver. The circular coefficient approximation and sub-band processing reduce the amount of computations to execute a given level of chromatic dispersion compensation compared to a direct finite impulse response filter implementation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Michael George TAYLOR