Patents by Inventor Ian Curry
Ian Curry 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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Publication number: 20230051962Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a sample receiving device for releasably storing a substance. The sample receiving device includes a lid having a reservoir for retaining the substance, and a pierceable barrier sealing the substance within the reservoir; and b) a funnel for receiving a sample and configured for closure by the lid. The funnel is configured for releasable attachment to a sample receptacle such that a sample can be provided to the funnel and travel through the channel in the funnel into the sample receptacle. Further, the funnel includes one or more cutting ribs for cutting the pierceable barrier such that upon cutting of the pierceable barrier the substance is released from the reservoir, flows through the channel in the funnel and into the sample receptacle to be mixed with the sample. The present invention also provides a kit for collecting and storing biomolecules.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Adele Jackson, Rod Muir, Romeo Graham, Mike Sirois
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Patent number: 11379650Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods displaying and formatting text on an electronic display. A gesture input may be received via a gesture input device associated with the electronic display. For instance, a touchscreen may receive a touch gesture input. Each of a plurality of gesture inputs may be associated with a formatting rule and/or a text-component for selecting a portion of displayed text. Selected text may be formatted according to the formatting rule associated with the received gesture input. The formatted text may be displayed on the electronic display. A data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule that can be applied to selected text. Alternatively, a data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule and a text-component that defines to which component of text the formatting rule should be applied.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: WETRANSFER B.V.Inventors: Julian Walker, Ian Curry
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Publication number: 20200175221Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods displaying and formatting text on an electronic display. A gesture input may be received via a gesture input device associated with the electronic display. For instance, a touchscreen may receive a touch gesture input. Each of a plurality of gesture inputs may be associated with a formatting rule and/or a text-component for selecting a portion of displayed text. Selected text may be formatted according to the formatting rule associated with the received gesture input. The formatted text may be displayed on the electronic display. A data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule that can be applied to selected text. Alternatively, a data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule and a text-component that defines to which component of text the formatting rule should be applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Julian Walker, Ian Curry
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Patent number: 10521493Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods displaying and formatting text on an electronic display. A gesture input may be received via a gesture input device associated with the electronic display. For instance, a touchscreen may receive a touch gesture input. Each of a plurality of gesture inputs may be associated with a formatting rule and/or a text-component for selecting a portion of displayed text. Selected text may be formatted according to the formatting rule associated with the received gesture input. The formatted text may be displayed on the electronic display. A data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule that can be applied to selected text. Alternatively, a data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule and a text-component that defines to which component of text the formatting rule should be applied.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: WETRANSFER B.V.Inventors: Julian Walker, Ian Curry
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Publication number: 20190358628Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a sample receiving device for releasably storing a substance. The sample receiving device includes a lid having a reservoir for retaining the substance, and a pierceable barrier sealing the substance within the reservoir; and b) a funnel for receiving a sample and configured for closure by the lid. The funnel is configured for releasable attachment to a sample receptacle such that a sample can be provided to the funnel and travel through the channel in the funnel into the sample receptacle. Further, the funnel includes one or more cutting ribs for cutting the pierceable barrier such that upon cutting of the pierceable barrier the substance is released from the reservoir, flows through the channel in the funnel and into the sample receptacle to be mixed with the sample. The present invention also provides a kit for collecting and storing biomolecules.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Adele Jackson, Rod Muir, Romeo Graham, Mike Sirois
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Publication number: 20190210778Abstract: The present invention provides a container system for releasably storing a substance. The container system includes a vial having a sample storage chamber and a piercing member for piercing a membrane in the lid, which membrane seals a substance within a reservoir in the lid until the membrane is pierced by the piercing member. The container system optionally includes a funnel. There is also provided a method and kit for use of such a container system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2018Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Rod MUIR, Derek KIRKLAND, Ian CURRY, Roy SUNSTRUM, Paul LEM, H. Chaim BIRNBOIM
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Patent number: 9965445Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods displaying and formatting text on an electronic display. A gesture input may be received via a gesture input device associated with the electronic display. For instance, a touchscreen may receive a touch gesture input. Each of a plurality of gesture inputs may be associated with a formatting rule and/or a text-component for selecting a portion of displayed text. Selected text may be formatted according to the formatting rule associated with the received gesture input. The formatted text may be displayed on the electronic display. A data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule that can be applied to selected text. Alternatively, a data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule and a text-component that defines to which component of text the formatting rule should be applied.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: FIFTYTHREE, INC.Inventors: Julian Walker, Ian Curry
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Publication number: 20170182491Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a sample receiving device for releasably storing a substance. The sample receiving device includes a lid having a reservoir for retaining the substance, and a pierceable barrier sealing the substance within the reservoir; and b) a funnel for receiving a sample and configured for closure by the lid. The funnel is configured for releasable attachment to a sample receptacle such that a sample can be provided to the funnel and travel through the channel in the funnel into the sample receptacle. Further, the funnel includes one or more cutting ribs for cutting the pierceable barrier such that upon cutting of the pierceable barrier the substance is released from the reservoir, flows through the channel in the funnel and into the sample receptacle to be mixed with the sample. The present invention also provides a kit for collecting and storing biomolecules.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: DNA Genotek Inc.Inventors: Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Adele Jackson, Rod Muir, Romeo Graham, Mike Sirois
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Publication number: 20170038959Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods displaying and formatting text on an electronic display. A gesture input may be received via a gesture input device associated with the electronic display. For instance, a touchscreen may receive a touch gesture input. Each of a plurality of gesture inputs may be associated with a formatting rule and/or a text-component for selecting a portion of displayed text. Selected text may be formatted according to the formatting rule associated with the received gesture input. The formatted text may be displayed on the electronic display. A data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule that can be applied to selected text. Alternatively, a data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule and a text-component that defines to which component of text the formatting rule should be applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: FIFTYTHREE, INC.Inventors: Julian Walker, Ian Curry
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Publication number: 20170039167Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods displaying and formatting text on an electronic display. A gesture input may be received via a gesture input device associated with the electronic display. For instance, a touchscreen may receive a touch gesture input. Each of a plurality of gesture inputs may be associated with a formatting rule and/or a text-component for selecting a portion of displayed text. Selected text may be formatted according to the formatting rule associated with the received gesture input. The formatted text may be displayed on the electronic display. A data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule that can be applied to selected text. Alternatively, a data store may associate each of the plurality of gesture inputs with a formatting rule and a text-component that defines to which component of text the formatting rule should be applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: FiftyThree, Inc.Inventors: Julian Walker, Ian Curry
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Publication number: 20150353249Abstract: The present invention provides a container system for releasably storing a substance. The container system includes a vial having a sample storage chamber and a piercing member for piercing is membrane in the lid, which membrane seals a substance within a reservoir in the lid until the membrane is pierced by the piercing member. The container system optionally includes a funnel. There is also provided a method and kit for use of such a container system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Rod MUIR, Derek KIRKLAND, Ian CURRY, Roy SUNSTRUM, Paul LEM, H. Chaim BIRNBOIM
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Patent number: 9207164Abstract: The present invention provides a container system for releasably storing a substance. The container system includes a vial having a sample storage chamber and a piercing member for piercing a membrane in the lid, which membrane seals a substance within a reservoir in the lid until the membrane is pierced by the piercing member. The container system optionally includes a funnel. There is also provided a method and kit for use of such a container system.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: DNA GENOTEK INC.Inventors: Rod Muir, Derek Kirkland, Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Paul Lem, H. Chaim Birnboim
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Patent number: 9079181Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a sample receiving device for releasably storing a substance. The sample receiving device includes a lid having a reservoir for retaining the substance, and a pierceable barrier sealing the substance within the reservoir; and b) a funnel for receiving a sample and configured for closure by the lid. The funnel is configured for releasable attachment to a sample receptacle such that a sample can be provided to the funnel and travel through the channel in the funnel into the sample receptacle. Further, the funnel includes one or more cutting ribs for cutting the pierceable barrier such that upon cutting of the pierceable barrier the substance is released from the reservoir, flows through the channel in the funnel and into the sample receptacle to be mixed with the sample. The present invention also provides a kit for collecting and storing biomolecules.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2009Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: DNA Genotek Inc.Inventors: Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Adele Jackson, Rod Muir, Romeo Graham, Mike Sirois
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Publication number: 20150151296Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a sample receiving device for releasably storing a substance. The sample receiving device includes a lid having a reservoir for retaining the substance, and a pierceable barrier sealing the substance within the reservoir; and b) a funnel for receiving a sample and configured for closure by the lid. The funnel is configured for releasable attachment to a sample receptacle such that a sample can be provided to the funnel and travel through the channel in the funnel into the sample receptacle. Further, the funnel includes one or more cutting ribs for cutting the pierceable barrier such that upon cutting of the pierceable barrier the substance is released from the reservoir, flows through the channel in the funnel and into the sample receptacle to be mixed with the sample. The present invention also provides a kit for collecting and storing biomolecules.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2014Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Adele Jackson, Rod Muir, Romeo Graham, Mike Sirois
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Patent number: 9046874Abstract: A light beam collimated by illumination optics (4) from a radiation source (6) illuminates the surface of a wave front modulator (8) such as an Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) or Computer Generated Hologram photomask (CGH). The resulting wave travels via projection optics (10) to the substrate (12), passing through a projection lens assembly (14). The SLM (8) is programmed or CGH configured with a modulation pattern that is determined by the substrate (12) topography and desired pattern. The substrate topography is provided by Digital Holography (DH) surface profilometery performed by a DH microscope (18), which provides geometrical or topographical input to the CGH calculation routines (16). An arrangement for vertical or sloping surface patterning has a grating (22) superimposed onto the CGH pattern (24) to generate +1 and ?1 orders.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2009Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignees: University of Durham, University of SheffieldInventors: Peter Anthony Ivey, Richard Peter McWilliam, Alan Purvis, Gavin Lewis Williams, Nicholas Luke Seed, Richard Ian Curry, Jose Juan De Jesus Toriz-Garcia
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Publication number: 20130025691Abstract: The present invention provides a container system for releasably storing a substance. The container system includes a vial having a sample storage chamber and a piercing member for piercing a membrane in the lid, which membrane seals a substance within a reservoir in the lid until the membrane is pierced by the piercing member. The container system optionally includes a funnel. There is also provided a method and kit for use of such a container system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: DNA GENOTEK INC.Inventors: Rod Muir, Derek Kirkland, Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Paul Lem, H. Chaim Birnboim
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Patent number: 8221381Abstract: The present invention provides a container system for releasably storing a substance. The container system includes a vial having a sample storage chamber and a piercing member for piercing a membrane in the lid, which membrane seals a substance within a reservoir in the lid until the membrane is pierced by the piercing member. The container system optionally includes a funnel. There is also provided a method and kit for use of such a container system.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: DNA Genotek Inc.Inventors: Rod Muir, Derek Kirkland, Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Paul Lem, H. Chaim Birnboim
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Publication number: 20110292363Abstract: A light beam collimated by illumination optics (4) from a radiation source (6) illuminates the surface of a wave front modulator (8) such as an Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) or Computer Generated Hologram photomask (CGH). The resulting wave travels via projection optics (10) to the substrate (12), passing through a projection lens assembly (14). The SLM (8) is programmed or CGH configured with a modulation pattern that is determined by the substrate (12) topography and desired pattern. The substrate topography is provided by Digital Holography (DH) surface profilometery performed by a DH microscope (18), which provides geometrical or topographical input to the CGH calculation routines (16). An arrangement for vertical or sloping surface patterning has a grating (22) superimposed onto the CGH pattern (24) to generate +1 and ?1 orders.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2009Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Peter Anthony Ivey, Richard Peter McWilliam, Alan Purvis, Gavin Lewis Williams, Nicholas Luke Seed, Richard Ian Curry, Jose Juan De Jesus Toriz-Garcia
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Publication number: 20110212002Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a sample receiving device for releasably storing a substance. The sample receiving device includes a lid having a reservoir for retaining the substance, and a pierceable barrier sealing the substance within the reservoir; and b) a funnel for receiving a sample and configured for closure by the lid. The funnel is configured for releasable attachment to a sample receptacle such that a sample can be provided to the funnel and travel through the channel in the funnel into the sample receptacle. Further, the funnel includes one or more cutting ribs for cutting the pierceable barrier such that upon cutting of the pierceable barrier the substance is released from the reservoir, flows through the channel in the funnel and into the sample receptacle to be mixed with the sample. The present invention also provides a kit for collecting and storing biomolecules.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2009Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: DNA GENOTEK INC.Inventors: Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Adele Jackson, Rod Muir, Romeo Graham, Mike Sirois
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Patent number: D640795Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2010Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: DNA Genotek Inc.Inventors: Adele Jackson, Rod Muir, Roy Sunstrum, Romeo Graham, Ian Curry, Mike Sirois