Patents by Inventor Graham A. Knowles

Graham A. Knowles 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: 11940940
    Abstract: A processing device has a plurality of interfaces and a plurality of processors. During different phases of execution of a computer program, different processors are associated with different interfaces, such that the connectivity between processors and interfaces for the sending of egress data and the receiving of ingress data may change during execution of that computer program. The change in this connectivity is directed by the compiled code running on the processors. The compiled code selects which buses associated with which interfaces, given processors are to connect to for receipt of ingress data. Furthermore, the compiled code causes control messages to be sent to circuitry associated with the interfaces, so as to control which buses associated with which processors, given interfaces are to connect to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GRAPHCORE LIMITED
    Inventors: Daniel Wilkinson, Stephen Felix, Simon Knowles, Graham Cunningham, David Lacey
  • Patent number: 11066272
    Abstract: An assembly and method for deploying, retrieving, and storing a cable having a minimum bend radius onto a drum. The assembly may comprise a frame, a rotatable drum carried by the frame, a levelwind carried by the frame, and a powertrain. The levelwind may comprise a rail spanning at least the width of the drum, and a traversable carriage carried by the rail. The levelwind may also comprise a cable guide carried by the carriage, where the cable guide comprises an elongated chute having contoured walls. The contoured walls of the chute include no bends having a radius less than the minimum bend radius of the cable. The powertrain may be operatively connected to rotate the drum about the drum axis and traverse the carriage along the rail. In some examples, the contoured walls of the chute are coated with a supplmentary coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE CANADA LIMITED
    Inventors: Terry Sharpe, Bob Millett, Graham Knowles
  • Publication number: 20200339376
    Abstract: An assembly and method for deploying, retrieving, and storing a cable having a minimum bend radius onto a drum. The assembly may comprise a frame, a rotatable drum carried by the frame, a levelwind carried by the frame, and a powertrain. The levelwind may comprise a rail spanning at least the width of the drum, and a traversable carriage carried by the rail. The levelwind may also comprise a cable guide carried by the carriage, where the cable guide comprises an elongated chute having contoured walls. The contoured walls of the chute include no bends having a radius less than the minimum bend radius of the cable. The powertrain may be operatively connected to rotate the drum about the drum axis and traverse the carriage along the rail. In some examples, the contoured walls of the chute are coated with a supplmentary coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Canada Limited
    Inventors: Terry Sharpe, Bob Millett, Graham Knowles
  • Patent number: 7654052
    Abstract: A building component having first and second high density foam panels and improved bridging members for connecting the panels that extend between and may be molded into the panels. The bridging members include a pair of elongated end plates oriented in a top to bottom direction of the panels, a pair of substantially identical web members joining the end plates and being substantially symmetrically disposed above and below a central horizontal axis of the bridging member, and a pair of strip members oriented in the top to bottom direction of the panels intersecting the web members. The web members have a unique configuration that maximizes load bearing capacity with a minimum amount of material. The strip members may abut against and be substantially flush with respective inner surfaces of the foam panels to assist in positioning and forming the panels during molding. Seating areas for positioning horizontally and/or vertically disposed rebar in predetermined positions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: ARXX Building Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Cooper, G. Richie Scott, Robert E. Sculthorpe, Graham A. Knowles
  • Publication number: 20080175914
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein: R1 is C1-4alkyl, C1-3fluoroalkyl, —CH2CH2OH or —CH2CH2CO2C1-2alkyl; R2 is a hydrogen atom (H), methyl or C1fluoroalkyl; R3 is optionally substituted C3-8cycloalkyl or optionally substituted mono-unsaturated-C5-7cycloalkenyl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group of sub-formula (aa), (bb) or (cc); in which n1 and n2 independently are 1 or 2; and in which Y is O, S, SO2, or NR10; or R3 is a bicyclic group (dd) or (ee): and wherein X is NR4R5 or OR5a. The compounds are phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors, in particular PDE4 inhibitors. Also provided is the use of a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of an inflammatory and/or allergic disease in a mammal such as a human, for example chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, or allergic rhinitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: David George ALLEN, Diane Mary Coe, Caroline Mary Cook, Michael Dennis Dowle, Christopher David Edlin, Julie Nicole Hamblin, Martin Redpath Johnson, Paul Spencer Jones, Richard Graham Knowles, Mika Kristian Lindvall, Charlotte Jane Mitchell, Alison Judith Redgrave, Peter Ward
  • Publication number: 20080132505
    Abstract: Combination of one or more CB2 modulators and one or more PDE4 inhibitors, and method of treating conditions which are mediated by the activity of CB2 receptors or conditions which are mediated by PDE4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew James Brown, Helen Elizabeht Connor, Andrew John Eatherton, Gerard Martin Paul Giblin, Richard Howard Green, Jennifer Margaret Doughty, Karamjit Singh Jandu, Richard Graham Knowles, William Leonard Mitchell, Alan Naylor, Celestine Theresa O'Shaughnessy, Giovanni Palombi, Derek Anthony Rawlings, Brian Peter Slingsby, Catherine Jane Tralau-Stewart, Andrew Richard Whittington, Richard Alexander Williamson
  • Publication number: 20080016810
    Abstract: A building component having first and second high density foam panels and improved bridging members for connecting the panels that extend between and may be molded into the panels. The bridging members include a pair of elongated end plates oriented in a top to bottom direction of the panels, a pair of substantially identical web members joining the end plates and being substantially symmetrically disposed above and below a central horizontal axis of the bridging member, and a pair of strip members oriented in the top to bottom direction of the panels intersecting the web members. The web members have a unique configuration that maximizes load bearing capacity with a minimum amount of material. The strip members may abut against and be substantially flush with respective inner surfaces of the foam panels to assist in positioning and forming the panels during molding. Seating areas for positioning horizontally and/or vertically disposed rebar in predetermined positions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Arxx Building Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Cooper, G. Scott, Robert Sculthorpe, Graham Knowles
  • Patent number: 7284351
    Abstract: A building component having first and second high density foam panels and improved bridging members for connecting the panels that extend between and may be molded into the panels. The bridging members include a pair of elongated end plates oriented in a top to bottom direction of the panels, a pair of substantially identical web members joining the end plates and being substantially symmetrically disposed above and below a central horizontal axis of the bridging member, and a pair of strip members oriented in the top to bottom direction of the panels intersecting the web members. The web members have a unique configuration that maximizes load bearing capacity with a minimum amount of material. The strip members may abut against and be substantially flush with respective inner surfaces of the foam panels to assist in positioning and forming the panels during molding. Seating areas for positioning horizontally and/or vertically disposed rebar in predetermined positions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: ARXX Building Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Cooper, G. Richie Scott, Robert E. Schulthorpe, Graham A. Knowles
  • Publication number: 20060137274
    Abstract: A building component having first and second high density foam panels and improved bridging members for connecting the panels that extend between and may be molded into the panels. The bridging members include a pair of elongated end plates oriented in a top to bottom direction of the panels, a pair of substantially identical web members joining the end plates and being substantially symmetrically disposed above and below a central horizontal axis of the bridging member, and a pair of strip members oriented in the top to bottom direction of the panels intersecting the web members. The web members have a unique configuration that maximizes load bearing capacity with a minimum amount of material. The strip members may abut against and be substantially flush with respective inner surfaces of the foam panels to assist in positioning and forming the panels during molding. Seating areas for positioning horizontally and/or vertically disposed rebar in predetermined positions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Bruce Cooper, G. Scott, Robert Sculthorpe, Graham Knowles
  • Patent number: 7032357
    Abstract: A building component having first and second high density foam panels and improved bridging members for connecting the panels that extend between and may be molded into the panels. The bridging members include a pair of elongated end plates oriented in a top to bottom direction of the panels, a pair of substantially identical web members joining the end plates and being substantially symmetrically disposed above and below a central horizontal axis of the bridging member, and a pair of strip members oriented in the top to bottom direction of the panels intersecting the web members. The web members have a unique configuration that maximizes load bearing capacity with a minimum amount of material. The strip members may abut against and be substantially flush with respective inner surfaces of the foam panels to assist in positioning and forming the panels during molding. Seating areas for positioning horizontally and/or vertically disposed rebar in predetermined positions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: ARXX Building Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Cooper, G. Richie Scott, Robert E. Sculthorpe, Graham A. Knowles
  • Publication number: 20040180918
    Abstract: This invention relates to treating pulmonary diseases such as obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma by administering a phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor in combination with an anticholinergic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Richard Graham Knowles, Peter Ward
  • Publication number: 20040176419
    Abstract: This invention relates to treating pulmonary diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma by administering a phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor in combination with an H1-receptor antagonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Richard Graham Knowles, Peter Ward, Anthony Terence Nials
  • Patent number: 6620848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel amidino compound of formula (I): to a process for their manufacture, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their use in therapy, in particular their use as selective inhibitors of inducible nitric oxide synthase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Mansfield Beams, Martin James Drysdale, Karl Witold Franzmann, Anthony Joseph Frend, Harold Francis Hodson, Richard Graham Knowles, Daryl David Rees, David Alan Sawyer
  • Publication number: 20030029106
    Abstract: A building component having first and second high density foam panels and improved bridging members for connecting the panels that extend between and may be molded into the panels. The bridging members include a pair of elongated end plates oriented in a top to bottom direction of the panels, a pair of substantially identical web members joining the end plates and being substantially symmetrically disposed above and below a central horizontal axis of the bridging member, and a pair of strip members oriented in the top to bottom direction of the panels intersecting the web members. The web members have a unique configuration that maximizes load bearing capacity with a minimum amount of material. The strip members may abut against and be substantially flush with respective inner surfaces of the foam panels to assist in positioning and forming the panels during molding. Seating areas for positioning horizontally and/or vertically disposed rebar in predetermined positions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: ARXX Building Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Cooper, G. Richie Scott, Robert E. Sculthorpe, Graham A. Knowles
  • Patent number: 6369272
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel amidino compound of formula (I). to a process for their manufacture, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their use in therapy, in particular their use as selective inhibitors of inducible nitric oxide synthase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline
    Inventors: Richard Mansfield Beams, Martin James Drysdale, Karl Witold Franzmann, Anthony Joseph Frend, Harold Francis Hodson, Richard Graham Knowles, Daryl David Rees, David Alan Sawyer
  • Publication number: 20020010366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel amidino compound of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Richard Mansfield Beams, Martin James Drysdale, Karl Witold Franzmann, Anthony Joseph Frend, Harold Francis Hodson, Richard Graham Knowles, Daryl David Rees, David Alan Sawyer
  • Patent number: 5889056
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1-6 straight or branched chain alkyl group, a C.sub.2-6 alkenyl group, a C.sub.2-6 alkynyl group, a C.sub.3-6 cycloalkyl group or a C.sub.3-6 cycloalkylC.sub.1-6 alkyl group, each optionally substituted by one to three groups independently selected from: --CN; --NO.sub.2 ; a group --COR.sup.2 wherein R.sup.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, --OR.sup.3 wherein R.sup.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkyl or NR.sup.4 R.sup.5 wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are independently selected from hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkyl; a group --S(O).sub.m R.sup.6 wherein m is 0, 1 or 2, R.sup.6 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, hydroxy or NR.sup.7 R.sup.8 wherein R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are independently hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkyl; a group PO(OR.sup.9).sub.2 wherein R.sup.9 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkyl; a group NR.sup.10 R.sup.11 wherein R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 are independently selected from hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, --COR.sup.12 wherein R.sup.12 is hydrogen or C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Glaxo Wellsome Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Francis Hodson, Richard Michael John Palmer, David Alan Sawyer, Richard Graham Knowles, Karl Witold Franzmann, Martin James Drysdale, Patricia Ifeyinwa Davies, Helen Alice Rebecca Clark, Barry George Shearer, Steven Smith
  • Patent number: RE39576
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is a C1-6 straight or branched chain alkyl group, a C2-6alkenyl group, a C2-6 alkynyl group, a C3-6cycloalkyl group or a C3-6cycloalkylC1-6alkyl group, each optionally substituted by one to three groups independently selected from: —CN; —NO2; a group —COR2 wherein R2 is hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, —OR3 wherein R3 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl or NR4R5 wherein R4 and R5 are independently selected from hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl; a group —S(O)mR6 wherein m is 0, 1 or 2, R6 is hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, hydroxy or NR7R8 wherein R7 and R8 are independently hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl; a group PO(OR9)2 wherein R9 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl; a group NR10R11 wherein R10 and R11 are independently selected from hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, —COR12 wherein R12 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl, or —S(O)m?R13 wherein m? is 0, 1 or 2 and R13 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl; halo; or a group —OR14 wherein R14 is hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl optionally substituted by one to three halo atoms, C6-10 aryl or —COR15 wherein R15 is hydroge
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Smithkline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Harold Francis Hodson, Richard Michael John Palmer, David Alan Sawyer, Richard Graham Knowles, Karl Witold Franzmann, Martin James Drysdale, Patricia Ifeyinwa Davies, Helen Alice Rebecca Clark, Barry George Shearer, Steven Smith