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).

  • Publication number: 20230051962
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Adele Jackson, Rod Muir, Romeo Graham, Mike Sirois
  • Patent number: 11379650
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: WETRANSFER B.V.
    Inventors: Julian Walker, Ian Curry
  • Publication number: 20200175221
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Julian Walker, Ian Curry
  • Patent number: 10521493
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: WETRANSFER B.V.
    Inventors: Julian Walker, Ian Curry
  • Publication number: 20190358628
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Adele Jackson, Rod Muir, Romeo Graham, Mike Sirois
  • Patent number: 9965445
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: FIFTYTHREE, INC.
    Inventors: Julian Walker, Ian Curry
  • Publication number: 20170182491
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: DNA Genotek Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Adele Jackson, Rod Muir, Romeo Graham, Mike Sirois
  • Publication number: 20170038959
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: FIFTYTHREE, INC.
    Inventors: Julian Walker, Ian Curry
  • Publication number: 20170039167
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: FiftyThree, Inc.
    Inventors: Julian Walker, Ian Curry
  • Patent number: 9207164
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: DNA GENOTEK INC.
    Inventors: Rod Muir, Derek Kirkland, Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Paul Lem, H. Chaim Birnboim
  • Patent number: 9079181
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: DNA Genotek Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Adele Jackson, Rod Muir, Romeo Graham, Mike Sirois
  • Publication number: 20150151296
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Adele Jackson, Rod Muir, Romeo Graham, Mike Sirois
  • Patent number: 9046874
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignees: University of Durham, University of Sheffield
    Inventors: Peter Anthony Ivey, Richard Peter McWilliam, Alan Purvis, Gavin Lewis Williams, Nicholas Luke Seed, Richard Ian Curry, Jose Juan De Jesus Toriz-Garcia
  • Publication number: 20130025691
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: DNA GENOTEK INC.
    Inventors: Rod Muir, Derek Kirkland, Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Paul Lem, H. Chaim Birnboim
  • Patent number: 8221381
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: DNA Genotek Inc.
    Inventors: Rod Muir, Derek Kirkland, Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Paul Lem, H. Chaim Birnboim
  • Publication number: 20110292363
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Peter Anthony Ivey, Richard Peter McWilliam, Alan Purvis, Gavin Lewis Williams, Nicholas Luke Seed, Richard Ian Curry, Jose Juan De Jesus Toriz-Garcia
  • Publication number: 20110212002
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: DNA GENOTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Adele Jackson, Rod Muir, Romeo Graham, Mike Sirois
  • Patent number: 7693285
    Abstract: A method and apparatus, such as a secure distribution server, receives encrypted information from a sender, wherein the encrypted information is for transmission to a plurality of intended recipients. In addition to the encrypted information, the method includes receiving an encrypted secret key that is encrypted using a public key associated with the secure distribution server. The method and apparatus decrypts the encrypted secret key to produce a decrypted secret key. The method and apparatus then encrypts the decrypted secret key with the corresponding public key of at least one (or each of a plurality of) intended recipient(s) to produce at least one (or plurality of) recipient-specific secure secret keys. The method and apparatus then forwards the received encrypted information sent by the sender and also sends at least one recipient-specific secure secret key to a corresponding intended recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Entrust, Inc.
    Inventor: Ian Curry
  • Patent number: D631554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: DNA Genotek Inc.
    Inventors: Adele Jackson, Rod Muir, Roy Sunstrum, Romeo Graham, Ian Curry, Mike Sirois
  • Patent number: D640795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: DNA Genotek Inc.
    Inventors: Adele Jackson, Rod Muir, Roy Sunstrum, Romeo Graham, Ian Curry, Mike Sirois