Patents by Inventor Ian Bell
Ian Bell 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: 11879831Abstract: A method of measuring a wet friction of a bundle of hair, using a system which includes a friction probe having a contact surface and fitted with a weight in the range of from 10 g to 500 g, inclusive, a means for securing the bundle of hair, and a water bath, the friction probe being connected to a texture analyser, the method including the step of i) providing a bundle of hair fibres. The method also includes the steps of ii) aligning the bundle of hair fibres; iii) securing the bundle of hair fibres; iv) immersing the bundle of hair fibres under water in the water bath; v) contacting the bundle of hair fibres with the contact surface of the friction probe, which is fitted with the weight; vi) moving the probe along the hair fibres; and vii) recording the friction generated under step vi).Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Anthony Howard Barnes, Fraser Ian Bell, Colin Christopher David Giles, Sophia Paraskevi Clare Moghadam, Rongrong Zhou
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Patent number: 11584897Abstract: A lubricating oil composition including a major amount of a base oil, one or more calcium-containing detergents to provide at least 1000 ppmw of calcium, and one or more silicon-containing compound(s) to provide at least 50 ppmw of silicon to the lubricating oil composition, all based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, wherein a ratio of ppmw of silicon provided by the one or more silicon-containing compound(s) to the lubricating oil composition to the ppmw of calcium provided by the one or more calcium-containing detergent(s) to the lubricating oil composition is from 0.02 to 1. Methods of using these compositions and silicon-containing detergents are also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Ashutosh Gupta, Ian Bell, Kongsheng Yang, Alexei Neverov, Joseph W. Roos, Joseph Remias
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Patent number: 11559249Abstract: A method of measuring changes in hair movement characteristics, predictive of consumer response includes: i) providing an apparatus for measuring hair movement characteristics of hair; ii) measuring the hair movement characteristics using the apparatus to obtain a first hair movement characteristic; iii) applying a treatment to the hair or an assault to the hair; iv) measuring the hair movement characteristics using the apparatus after step iii) to obtain a second hair movement characteristic; v) comparing the first hair movement characteristic and the second hair movement characteristic; and vi) assessing a change in movement occurring as a result of the application of the treatment or the assault.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Fraser Ian Bell, LIyr Glyndwr Griffiths, Eric Gordon Mahers, Julie Marie Roberts, Graham John Cleaver, Aneta Magdalena Stasik
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Publication number: 20220390371Abstract: A method of measuring rinse properties of a composition from a surface. The method includes providing a treatment composition comprising a UV fluorescent dye. The method also includes taking a first image of a surface. The method also includes applying the treatment composition to the surface after taking the first image. The method also includes taking a second image of the surface after applying the treatment composition to the surface. The method also includes rinsing the surface with water after taking the second image. The method also includes taking a third image of the surface after rinsing the surface. The method also includes analysing the first image, the second image, and the third image to quantify an amount of the treatment composition remaining on the surface after rinsing the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Fraser Ian BELL, Sinead Elizabeth BOND, Lynsey Joanne COAN, Jennifer Amy GLENDAY, Raquel GUTIERREZ-ABAD, Jun On Jamie YIP
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Publication number: 20210283032Abstract: A hair treatment composition comprising a mixture of amino acids, wherein the mixture of amino acids comprises glutamic acid, alanine and proline.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Fraser Ian BELL, Stephen Robert RICKETTS, Glyn ROBERTS, Cheryl Anne TAYLOR
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Patent number: 11105732Abstract: A system for the measurement of wet friction of a bundle of hair fibres includes a friction probe, a means for securing a bundle of hair fibres, and a water bath. The friction probe includes a contact surface. The friction probe is fitted with a weight in the range of from 10 g to 500 g, inclusive. The friction probe is connected to a texture analyser. The means and the friction probe are positioned in the water bath below a fill line. The contact surface of the friction probe comprises surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Anthony Howard Barnes, Fraser Ian Bell, Colin Christopher David Giles, Sophia Paraskevi Clare Moghadam, Rongrong Zhou
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Publication number: 20210230500Abstract: A lubricating oil composition including a major amount of a base oil, one or more calcium-containing detergents to provide at least 1000 ppmw of calcium, and one or more silicon-containing compound(s) to provide at least 50 ppmw of silicon to the lubricating oil composition, all based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, wherein a ratio of ppmw of silicon provided by the one or more silicon-containing compound(s) to the lubricating oil composition to the ppmw of calcium provided by the one or more calcium-containing detergent(s) to the lubricating oil composition is from 0.02 to 1. Methods of using these compositions and silicon-containing detergents are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Ashutosh Gupta, Ian Bell, Kongsheng Yang, Alexei Neverov, Joseph W. Roos, Joseph Remias
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Publication number: 20210137448Abstract: A method of measuring changes in hair movement characteristics, predictive of consumer response includes: i) providing an apparatus for measuring hair movement characteristics of hair; ii) measuring the hair movement characteristics using the apparatus to obtain a first hair movement characteristic; iii) applying a treatment to the hair or an assault to the hair; iv) measuring the hair movement characteristics using the apparatus after step iii) to obtain a second hair movement characteristic; v) comparing the first hair movement characteristic and the second hair movement characteristic; and vi) assessing a change in movement occurring as a result of the application of the treatment or the assault.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Fraser Ian Bell, LIyr Glyndwr Griffiths, Eric Gordon Mahers, Julie Marie Roberts, Graham John Cleaver, Aneta Magdalena Stasik
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Publication number: 20210123856Abstract: A system for the measurement of wet friction of a bundle of hair fibres, comprising: i) a friction probe, having a contact surface, said probe fitted with a weight in the range of from 10 to 500 g; ii) a means for securing the bundle of hair; and iii) a water bath; wherein the friction probe is connected to a texture analyser; and wherein the securing means and friction probe are positioned in the water bath below the fill line; and wherein, the contact surface of the friction probe comprises surfactant; and a method of measuring wet friction of hair, using the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2018Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Andrew Anthony Howard BARNES, Fraser Ian BELL, Colin Christopher David GILES, Sophia Paraskevi Clare MOGHADAM, Rongrong ZHOU
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Publication number: 20210041349Abstract: A method of measuring a wet friction of a bundle of hair, using a system which includes a friction probe having a contact surface and fitted with a weight in the range of from 10 g to 500 g, inclusive, a means for securing the bundle of hair, and a water bath, the friction probe being connected to a texture analyser, the method including the step of i) providing a bundle of hair fibres. The method also includes the steps of ii) aligning the bundle of hair fibres; iii) securing the bundle of hair fibres; iv) immersing the bundle of hair fibres under water in the water bath; v) contacting the bundle of hair fibres with the contact surface of the friction probe, which is fitted with the weight vi) moving the probe along the hair fibres; and vii) recording the friction generated under step vi).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2018Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Andrew Anthony Howard BARNES, Fraser Ian BELL, Colin Christopher David GILES, Sophia Paraskevi Clare MOGHADAM, Rongrong ZHOU
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Publication number: 20190342595Abstract: A method for displaying contents from advertisement campaigns on displays belonging to an OOH inventory, by an artificial intelligence which is run by an allocation server and which is trained to optimally allocate displays and timing to advertisement campaigns.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: VIOOH LIMITEDInventors: Ravi Ramani, Davide Magatti, Stephan Lavollée, Ian Bell, Elias Challita
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Publication number: 20190340648Abstract: A method for displaying contents from advertisement campaigns on displays belonging to an OOH inventory, by an artificial intelligence module which is run by allocation server and which is trained to optimally allocate displays and timing to advertisement campaigns.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2018Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: VIOOH LIMITEDInventors: Ian Bell, Elias Challita, Davide Magatti, Stephan Lavollée
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Patent number: 9919906Abstract: The present invention relates to a lifting and transporting device. The device of the invention is useful for lifting and moving any object which has a pair of spaced apart wheels but is particularly adapted for the lifting and transporting of hospital beds. The bed lifter includes an improved means of supporting the load of a bed and/or bed/patient combination during lifting and transportation.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Austech & Design Pty LtdInventors: Peter Raymond March, Kenneth Ian Bell
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Patent number: 9913771Abstract: The present invention relates to a lifting and transporting device. The device of the invention is useful for lifting and moving any object which has a pair of spaced apart wheels but is particularly adapted for the lifting and transporting of hospital beds. The bed lifter includes an improved means of engaging a bed and supporting the load of the bed or bed/patient combination during lifting and transportation by engaging the bed wheels and not the bed frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Austech & Design Pty LtdInventors: Peter Raymond March, Kenneth Ian Bell
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Patent number: 9663743Abstract: A lubricant composition, lubricant concentrate and method for reducing engine deposits. The composition and method include a base oil of lubricating viscosity; an organo-molybdenum compound; a deposition reducing amount of a reaction product of an alkyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid compound selected from the group consisting of alkyl-substituted dicarboxylic acids, alkyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid anhydrides, and mixtures thereof, and a basic salt of aminoguanidine, in an amount sufficient to provide a product rich in alkyl bis-3-amino-1,2,4-triazole; and optionally a phenate detergent. The lubricant composition and method provide engine deposits that are less than an amount of engine deposits in the absence of component (c) and/or optional component (d).Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2009Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Paul G. Griffin, Ian A. Bell, John T. Loper, William Y. Lam, Gregory H. Guinther
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Patent number: 8993588Abstract: Compounds of formula I: wherein variables A1, A2, B, m, n, J, R4, G1, G2, G3 and Y are as described herein, which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as migraine. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which CGRP is involved.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2008Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Ian Bell, Harold Selnick, C. Blair Zartman
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Publication number: 20150064705Abstract: A kit for use in a multiplex assay, the kit including a dye set consisting essentially of a plurality of dyes and an association of each dye to a reference concentration. The dye set has been selected such that, using surface enhanced resonant Raman spectroscopy, each dye of the set is identifiable at better than 90% sensitivity and 90% specificity in the presence of any other dye of the set throughout a range of concentrations of each of the two dyes from 0.6 to 1.5 of the respective dye's reference concentration. In one embodiment, the dye set consists of 10 of the following dyes: JOE, Rhodamine Green, ATTO520, BODIPY FL, BODIPY TMR-X, FAM, HEX, Cy3, Cy3.5, TAMRA and TYE563. The invention also concerns a multiplex assay including the set of dyes, apparatus for carrying out the multiplex assay and a method of selecting the set of dyes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: Renishaw Diagnostics LimitedInventors: Alastair Ricketts, Karen Fitchett, Julie Green, Graeme McNay, Brian Smith, Thomas Thurston, Ian Bell, Andrew Woolfrey
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Publication number: 20150062575Abstract: A method of measuring the performance of a spectroscopy system including obtaining a plurality of component spectra for each component of a set of components that are to be identified by the system, the component spectra obtained for variations of at least one factor that affects the component spectrum. Sample spectra and then simulated, each sample spectrum simulated for a corresponding potential sample using at least one different component spectrum and/or a different amount of at least one of the component spectra to that used to simulate the other sample spectra. The sample spectra are analysed to obtain, for each sample spectrum, a measured quantity and/or quality for a characteristic of the corresponding potential sample and a measure of performance generated based upon the measured quantities and/or qualities. The invention also concerns apparatus for carrying out this method.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Thomas Thurston, Ian Bell, Brian Smith, Andrew Woolfrey, Julie Green
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Publication number: 20140299826Abstract: The present invention relates to a lifting and transporting device. The device of the invention is useful for lifting and moving any object which has a pair of spaced apart wheels but is particularly adapted for the lifting and transporting of hospital beds. The bed lifter includes an improved means of supporting the load of a bed and/or bed/patient combination during lifting and transportation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Inventors: Peter Raymond March, Kenneth Ian Bell
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Publication number: 20140186148Abstract: The present invention relates to a lifting and transporting device. The device of the invention is useful for lifting and moving any object which has a pair of spaced apart wheels but is particularly adapted for the lifting and transporting of hospital beds. The bed lifter includes an improved means of engaging a bed and supporting the load of the bed or bed/patient combination during lifting and transportation by engaging the bed wheels and not the bed frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: AUSTECH & DESIGN PTY LTDInventors: Peter Raymond March, Kenneth Ian Bell