Patents by Inventor Hugh Thomas

Hugh 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).

  • Patent number: 12002861
    Abstract: The present invention pro ides a method of providing an electrical contact on a graphene surface, the method comprising: (i) providing a graphene layer structure comprising one or more graphene layers and having a polymer coating on a surface thereof; (ii) contacting one or more portions of the polymer coating with a conductive metal-containing composition comprising a solvent, wherein the polymer coating is soluble in the solvent: and (iii) volatilising the solvent to deposit the conductive metal on the surface of the graphene layer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Paragraf Limited
    Inventors: Hugh Glass, Ivor Guiney, Martin Tyler, Simon Thomas
  • Patent number: 11995176
    Abstract: A password and/or email address management platform configured to regenerate a previously generated password for a given web domain or digital system without permanently storing the previously generated password. The platform can operate without maintaining a permanent store or list of other user-related information, e.g. a list of web domains or systems for which passwords have been generated. In an embodiment, the platform performs the steps of concatenating a plurality of password input data elements into a requested phantom password input data string, applying a hashing algorithm to the requested phantom password input data string to generate a phantom password hash, applying a hash-to-string function to convert the phantom password hash to a phantom password, and purging the password generation system of the phantom password after it is notified to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: PHANTOMKEY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Michael Hugh Thomas Dymond
  • Patent number: 11986094
    Abstract: An arm assembly for a chair having a post, a first member, and an armrest. The first member is angularly adjustable relative to the post about a first axis between first angular movement limits, with a non-finite number of angular adjustment positions of the first member relative to the post. The armrest is operatively connected to the first member to translationally slide generally forward and rearward relative to the first member between first translational movement limits, with a non-finite number of translational adjustment positions of the armrest relative to the first member. The armrest is angularly adjustable relative to the first member about a second substantially upright axis between second angular movement limits, with a non-finite number of angular adjustment positions of the armrest relative to the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Formway Furniture Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Warren Bisman, James Clifford Prier, Fabian David Haarbeck, Paul Michael Wilkinson, Damon Gregory Burwell, Hugh Thomas Mccoshim, Leon Harley Craze, Rachael Jessica Hall
  • Patent number: 11957246
    Abstract: A chair with a transom, a seat support, a back portion, and a combined rock and recline mechanism. The combined rock and recline mechanism has front and rear rocking arrangements configured to enable the seat support and back portion to together rock generally forward and rearward from a neutral position relative to the transom, and a recline arrangement that is configured such that the seat support is in a first at-rest position relative to the back portion when the back portion is in an upright position, and such that reclining the back portion rearwardly from the upright position toward a reclined position moves the seat support upward and rearward from the first at-rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Formway Furniture Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Warren Bisman, James Clifford Prier, Fabian David Haarbeck, Paul Michael Wilkinson, Damon Gregory Burwell, Hugh Thomas Mccoshim, Leon Harley Craze, Rachael Jessica Hall
  • Publication number: 20240092773
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dihydro-cyclopenta-isoquinoline derivatives of formula (I): processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in treating disorders caused by IgE (such as allergic responses, non-allergic mast cell responses or certain autoimmune responses), and in particular, disorders caused by the interaction of IgE with the Fc?RI receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy John NORMAN, Zhaoning ZHU, Selvaratnam SUGANTHAN, Konstantinos RAMPALAKO, James MADDEN, Jag Paul HEER, Richard Jeremy FRANKLIN, Rickki Lee CONNELLY, Thierry DEMAUDE, Gregory William HASLETT, Benedicte LALLEMAND, Nathaniel Julius Thomas MONCK, Julian Hugh ROWLEY, Giancarlo TRANI
  • Publication number: 20240085475
    Abstract: Described herein are improved techniques for measuring propagation delay of an integrated circuit that facilitate performing propagation delay measurements on-chip. Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit comprising programmable oscillator circuitry with a plurality of oscillator stages that are switchable into and out of a delay path based on control signals from a controller, allowing the same programmable oscillator to generate many different oscillator signals according to the received control signals, for the controller to determine a central tendency and/or variance of propagation delay of the integrated circuit. Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit including programmable delay paths configured to provide an amount of cell delay and an amount of wire delay based on control signals from a controller, allowing the same programmable delay path to generate signals for measuring delays due to cell and wire delays of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ashish Kumar NAYAK, Hugh Thomas MAIR, Anshul VARMA, Anand RAJAGOPALAN
  • Publication number: 20240077533
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a programmable delay path comprising a plurality of path delay tuners configured to receive a plurality of control signals and add to the programmable delay path an amount of cell delay and an amount of wire delay that are based on the plurality of control signals. The integrated circuit further includes a controller configured to provide the plurality of control signals to the programmable delay path, receive a signal from the programmable delay path, and compare the signal to a reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Ashish Kumar NAYAK, Hugh Thomas MAIR, Anshul VARMA, Anand RAJAGOPALAN
  • Patent number: 11835580
    Abstract: Described herein are improved techniques for measuring propagation delay of an integrated circuit that facilitate performing propagation delay measurements on-chip. Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit comprising programmable oscillator circuitry with a plurality of oscillator stages that are switchable into and out of a delay path based on control signals from a controller, allowing the same programmable oscillator to generate many different oscillator signals according to the received control signals, for the controller to determine a central tendency and/or variance of propagation delay of the integrated circuit. Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit including programmable delay paths configured to provide an amount of cell delay and an amount of wire delay based on control signals from a controller, allowing the same programmable delay path to generate signals for measuring delays due to cell and wire delays of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIATEK Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ashish Kumar Nayak, Hugh Thomas Mair, Anshul Varma, Anand Rajagopalan
  • Publication number: 20230309696
    Abstract: An arm assembly for a chair having a post, a first member, and an armrest. The first member is angularly adjustable relative to the post about a first axis between first angular movement limits, with a non-finite number of angular adjustment positions of the first member relative to the post. The armrest is operatively connected to the first member to translationally slide generally forward and rearward relative to the first member between first translational movement limits, with a non-finite number of translational adjustment positions of the armrest relative to the first member. The armrest is angularly adjustable relative to the first member about a second substantially upright axis between second angular movement limits, with a non-finite number of angular adjustment positions of the armrest relative to the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Warren Bisman, James Clifford Prier, Fabian David Haarbeck, Paul Michael Wilkinson, Damon Gregory Burwell, Hugh Thomas Mccoshim, Leon Harley Craze, Rachael Jessica Hall
  • Publication number: 20230263306
    Abstract: A chair with a transom, a seat support, a back portion, and a combined rock and recline mechanism. The combined rock and recline mechanism has front and rear rocking arrangements configured to enable the seat support and back portion to together rock generally forward and rearward from a neutral position relative to the transom, and a recline arrangement that is configured such that the seat support is in a first at-rest position relative to the back portion when the back portion is in an upright position, and such that reclining the back portion rearwardly from the upright position toward a reclined position moves the seat support upward and rearward from the first at-rest position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Warren Bisman, James Clifford Prier, Fabian David Haarbeck, Paul Michael Wilkinson, Damon Gregory Burwell, Hugh Thomas Mccoshim, Leon Harley Craze, Rachael Jessica Hall
  • Patent number: 11418203
    Abstract: Clock circuits designed to compensate for supply voltage fluctuations (e.g., supply voltage droops) in central processing units (CPUs) are described. The clock circuits described herein involve reducing the clock frequency in response to a decrease to the supply voltage to a value that is approximately equal (or below) to the maximum operating frequency of the CPU at that particular supply voltage. The clock circuits described herein may include a frequency locked loops (FLL). Such FLLs may be designed to lock to a reference frequency when the supply voltage is approximately constant and to deviate from the reference frequency in response to variations in the supply voltage. In some embodiments, an FLL operates in the same supply voltage domain as the CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIATEK Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hugh Thomas Mair, Ashish Kumar Nayak
  • Publication number: 20220170986
    Abstract: Described herein are improved techniques for measuring propagation delay of an integrated circuit that facilitate performing propagation delay measurements on-chip. Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit comprising programmable oscillator circuitry with a plurality of oscillator stages that are switchable into and out of a delay path based on control signals from a controller, allowing the same programmable oscillator to generate many different oscillator signals according to the received control signals, for the controller to determine a central tendency and/or variance of propagation delay of the integrated circuit. Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit including programmable delay paths configured to provide an amount of cell delay and an amount of wire delay based on control signals from a controller, allowing the same programmable delay path to generate signals for measuring delays due to cell and wire delays of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: MEDIATEK Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ashish Kumar Nayak, Hugh Thomas Mair, Anshul Varma, Anand Rajagopalan
  • Publication number: 20220085820
    Abstract: Clock circuits designed to compensate for supply voltage fluctuations (e.g., supply voltage droops) in central processing units (CPUs) are described. The clock circuits described herein involve reducing the clock frequency in response to a decrease to the supply voltage to a value that is approximately equal (or below) to the maximum operating frequency of the CPU at that particular supply voltage. The clock circuits described herein may include a frequency locked loops (FLL). Such FLLs may be designed to lock to a reference frequency when the supply voltage is approximately constant and to deviate from the reference frequency in response to variations in the supply voltage. In some embodiments, an FLL operates in the same supply voltage domain as the CPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: MEDIATEK Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hugh Thomas Mair, Ashish Kumar Nayak
  • Publication number: 20210342438
    Abstract: A password and/or email address management platform configured to regenerate a previously generated password for a given web domain or digital system without permanently storing the previously generated password. The platform can operate without maintaining a permanent store or list of other user-related information, e.g. a list of web domains or systems for which passwords have been generated. In an embodiment, the platform performs the steps of concatenating a plurality of password input data elements into a requested phantom password input data string, applying a hashing algorithm to the requested phantom password input data string to generate a phantom password hash, applying a hash-to-string function to convert the phantom password hash to a phantom password, and purging the password generation system of the phantom password after it is notified to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Hugh Thomas DYMOND
  • Patent number: 11062018
    Abstract: A password and/or email address management platform configured to regenerate a previously generated password for a given web domain or digital system without permanently storing the previously generated password. The platform can operate without maintaining a permanent store or list of other user-related information, e.g. a list of web domains or systems for which passwords have been generated. In an embodiment, the platform performs the steps of concatenating a plurality of password input data elements into a requested phantom password input data string, applying a hashing algorithm to the requested phantom password input data string to generate a phantom password hash, applying a hash-to-string function to convert the phantom password hash to a phantom password, and purging the password generation system of the phantom password after it is notified to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: PHANTOMKEY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Michael Hugh Thomas Dymond
  • Patent number: 10895078
    Abstract: A cladding clip comprising a lateral base, a head coupled to the lateral base, and a flexible lip upstanding from the lateral base and laterally spaced from the neck along the base is disclosed. The flexible lip is hooked so that a lateral part of the lip extends laterally spaced from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventor: Hugh Thomas Smart
  • Patent number: 10732701
    Abstract: Various examples with respect to dual threshold clock control are described. A method involves sensing an input voltage of a processing circuit with a first mechanism and a second mechanism different from the first mechanism. The method also involves regulating a first droop of the input voltage using the first mechanism. The method further involves regulating a subsequent droop of the input voltage after the first droop using the second mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Lee-Kee Yong, Rolf Lagerquist, Hugh Thomas Mair
  • Publication number: 20200011064
    Abstract: A cladding clip comprising a lateral base, a head coupled to the lateral base, and a flexible lip upstanding from the lateral base and laterally spaced from the neck along the base is disclosed. The flexible lip is hooked so that a lateral part of the lip extends laterally spaced from the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventor: Hugh Thomas SMART
  • Patent number: 10428532
    Abstract: A cladding clip comprising a lateral base, a head coupled to the lateral base, and a flexible lip upstanding from the lateral base and laterally spaced from the neck along the base is disclosed. The flexible lip is hooked so that a lateral part of the lip extends laterally spaced from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Inventor: Hugh Thomas Smart
  • Patent number: D980635
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Formway Furniture Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Warren Bisman, James Clifford Prier, Hugh Thomas McCoshim, Fabian David Haarbeck, Rachael Jessica Hall