Patents by Inventor Giles Biddison

Giles Biddison 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).

  • System and method for error recovery
    Patent number: 7661013
    Abstract: An automated laboratory device that comprises a mechanism that performs operations on laboratory samples, a scheduler that causes the mechanism to process laboratory samples in accordance with programmed processes, logic that detects an error occurring in a process controlled by the scheduler, logic that accepts a user-defined error handling routine for the error, and logic that executes the error handling routine when the error is encountered. Also described is an embodiment of the invention directed to a laboratory automation system, a method of laboratory automation, a computer implemented software program product, a method of doing business, and a laboratory automation network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Berman, Giles Biddison, Felix Chuang, David K. Matsumoto, Joseph W. Barco
  • Distributed system and method for error recovery
    Patent number: 7555672
    Abstract: An automated laboratory device that comprises a mechanism that performs operations on laboratory samples, a scheduler that causes the mechanism to process laboratory samples in accordance with programmed processes, logic that detects an error occurring in a process controlled by the scheduler, logic that accepts a user-defined error handling routine for the error, and logic that executes the error handling routine when the error is encountered. Also described is an embodiment of the invention directed to a laboratory automation system, a method of laboratory automation, a computer implemented software program product, a method of doing business, and a laboratory automation network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Berman, Giles Biddison, Felix Chuang, David K. Matsumoto, Joseph W. Barco
  • System and method for error recovery
    Publication number: 20070174654
    Abstract: An automated laboratory device that comprises a mechanism that performs operations on laboratory samples, a scheduler that causes the mechanism to process laboratory samples in accordance with programmed processes, logic that detects an error occurring in a process controlled by the scheduler, logic that accepts a user-defined error handling routine for the error, and logic that executes the error handling routine when the error is encountered. Also described is an embodiment of the invention directed to a laboratory automation system, a method of laboratory automation, a computer implemented software program product, a method of doing business, and a laboratory automation network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: Velocity11
    Inventors: Russell Berman, Giles Biddison, Felix Chuang, David Matsumoto, Joseph Barco
  • Distributed system and method for error recovery
    Publication number: 20070174653
    Abstract: An automated laboratory device that comprises a mechanism that performs operations on laboratory samples, a scheduler that causes the mechanism to process laboratory samples in accordance with programmed processes, logic that detects an error occurring in a process controlled by the scheduler, logic that accepts a user-defined error handling routine for the error, and logic that executes the error handling routine when the error is encountered. Also described is an embodiment of the invention directed to a laboratory automation system, a method of laboratory automation, a computer implemented software program product, a method of doing business, and a laboratory automation network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: Velocity11
    Inventors: Russell Berman, Giles Biddison, Felix Chuang, David Matsumoto, Joseph Barco