Patents by Inventor Grant Johnston

Grant Johnston 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: 10996042
    Abstract: A measuring device having a flange extending from a rule portion at one end and an ergonomic module on the other end. The ergonomic module has side surfaces which angle at the same angle as side edges of the flange to permit the measuring device to be supported on the side surfaces during use. A magnet may be encapsulated in the ergonomic module for supporting the measuring device when not in use. A thumb depression is formed in the ergonomic module to facilitate use by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventor: Grant Johnston
  • Publication number: 20190242684
    Abstract: A measuring device having a flange extending from a rule portion at one end and an ergonomic module on the other end. The ergonomic module has side surfaces which angle at the same angle as side edges of the flange to permit the measuring device to be supported on the side surfaces during use. A magnet may be encapsulated in the ergonomic module for supporting the measuring device when not in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventor: Grant Johnston
  • Patent number: 9141344
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for proving hover help support is described. In one embodiment, the method includes loading a documentation file generated from application source code. The method may also include parsing the documentation file to determine a context of elements within the documentation file. Furthermore, the method may include generating a model of the documentation file based on the context of the elements and storing the model in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Grant Johnston
  • Publication number: 20110197178
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for proving hover help support is described. In one embodiment, the method includes loading a documentation file generated from application source code. The method may also include parsing the documentation file to determine a context of elements within the documentation file. Furthermore, the method may include generating a model of the documentation file based on the context of the elements and storing the model in a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventor: Jeffrey Grant Johnston
  • Publication number: 20100087475
    Abstract: This application describes substituted 1,3,4,6,7,11b-hexahydro-benzo(a)quinolizine compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, processes for making them and their therapeutic methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Biovali Laboratories International (Barbados) S.R.L.
    Inventors: Andrew John Duffield, Grant Johnston, Brendan Mark Green, John Christopher Townsley
  • Publication number: 20080108645
    Abstract: The invention provides novel isomers of dihydrotetrabenazine, individual enantiomers and mixtures thereof wherein the dihydrotetrabenazine is a 3,11 b-cis-dihydrotetrabenazine. Also provided are methods for the preparation of the novel isomers, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in treating hyperkinetic movement disorders such as Huntington's disease, hemiballismus, senile chorea, tic, tardive dyskinesia and Tourette's syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: CAMBRIDGE LABORATORIES, (IRELAND), LTD.
    Inventors: Robert Tridgett, Ian Clarke, Robert Turtle, Grant Johnston
  • Patent number: 6026401
    Abstract: When data, such as tool data, is commonly accessible, there is a danger that concurrent user processes will make overlapping modifications and leave the data in an incomplete or incomprehensible state. The invention provides a locking mechanism to guard against this. The lock objects are maintained in pool or repository. Two types of lock objects are provided; shareable locks that may be shared by many user processes and permit only read access to the locked data, and exclusive locks, useable by only one user process at a time, that permit the owning process to modify the locked data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Lawrence Brealey, Jeffrey Grant Johnston, Vladimir Klicnik, David Martin Lauzon, Lok Tin Loi, Dirk Alexander Seelemann, II
  • Patent number: 5063149
    Abstract: A process for performing an enzyme-catalyzed reaction in a reaction mixture comprising two phases, a first aqueous phase containing an enzyme which is not accessible and a second substantially non-aqueous phase containing a non-water miscible solvent wherein a compound derived from fluorescein or a substituted fluorescein is present for the purpose of measuring aqueous pH by monitoring spectroscopic properties. Novel compounds derived from fluorescein or a substituted fluorescein which may be used in the process and a method for producing some of the novel compounds are also claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1991
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Colin J. Suckling, Peter J. Halling, Grant A. Johnston, Linda Brown
  • Patent number: 4043557
    Abstract: A horse racing game and an apparatus including playing cards, dice members, play money and recorded sound for the play of the field are disclosed. The playing cards are marked to identify the race contestants and are dealt to the players. The play money is used by the players to bet on the race contestants. The dice are thrown to provide a random selection of a sound track of the recorded sound. The sound tracks have prerecorded thereon accounts of races between the race contestants and the accounts have different finishing orders among the contestants. Preferably, the sound tracks are in the form of magnetic tape cassettes and each throw of the dice results in the selection of a selected side of a selected cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1977
    Inventor: Grant Johnston