Patents by Inventor Ian Jones
Ian Jones 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: 20240140661Abstract: A bottle assembly has a bottle and a removable cap. The cap includes a nozzle and a vent arrangement. The vent arrangement can include a vent conduit that extends into an air cavity present at the bottom of the bottle assembly when the bottle assembly is inverted. The vent arrangement allows for pressure equalization within the bottom assembly in response to liquid being dispensed from the bottle assembly to permit high flow rates of the dispensed liquid without squeezing of the bottle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Carina Mary Hamel, Robert Hart Ringer, Peter William Hazelett, Casey J. Davis, Christopher Ian Jones, Daniel William Peter, Mark Callen Beard
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Patent number: 11938295Abstract: Ingestible devices can directly deliver therapeutic agents to desired tissue(s) of the GI tract of a subject, such as the submucosa, the mucosa, and/or the mucus layer of the GI tract, and methods of using the same. The ingestible devices can deliver therapeutic agents in a safe, effective, and reliable manner. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions for use in methods of treating a disease or condition in a subject in need thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Biora Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey A. Shimizu, Mitchell Lawrence Jones, Mark Sasha Drlik, Iman Niknia, Nathan John Muller, Tuyen Nguyen, Christopher Loren Wahl, Edward Mudge, Nicholas Mark Salt, Nia Eleri Stevens, Stuart Robert Abercrombie, Christopher Ian Bunce, Ryan Elliott Jones, Kevin Howe, Pejman Rahimian, Nelson Quintana
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Publication number: 20230325142Abstract: A system may comprise a remote computing device a second computing device communicatively coupled to remote computing device via a data network. In some aspects, the remote computing device is configured for perform operations comprising generating a graphical user interface comprising at least two of interactive elements for: (1) providing input on a second computing device; (2) providing commands to a software application executing on the second computing device; (3) providing commands to an operating system executing on the interactive touch-screen display device; and (4) modifying one or more hardware settings on the second computing device. In various aspects, the remote computing device is further configured for receiving, input via at least one of the interactive elements; and (3) transmitting, via the data network, an instruction from the remote computing device to the second computing device causing at least one of the functions that corresponds to the interactive element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: Promethean LimitedInventors: Andrew Edwardson, Ian Jones, Peter McCarthy
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Patent number: 11780657Abstract: A bottle assembly has a bottle and a removable cap. The cap includes a nozzle and a vent arrangement. The vent arrangement can include a vent conduit that extends into an air cavity present at the bottom of the bottle assembly when the bottle assembly is inverted. The vent arrangement allows for pressure equalization within the bottom assembly in response to liquid being dispensed from the bottle assembly to permit high flow rates of the dispensed liquid without squeezing of the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Bivo, LLCInventors: Carina Mary Hamel, Robert Hart Ringer, Peter William Hazelett, Casey J Davis, Christopher Ian Jones, Daniel William Peter, Mark Callen Beard
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Publication number: 20220399179Abstract: Described are various embodiments of an ion beam chamber fluid delivery system and method for delivering a fluid onto a substrate in an ion beam system during operation. In one embodiment, the system comprises: a chamber comprising an ion beam gun oriented so as to cause ions to impinge the substrate, said chamber having a fluid delivery conduit therein for delivering the fluid into the chamber; a transferable substrate stage for holding the substrate, the transferable stage further configured to move between an operating position and a payload position during non-operation, said payload position for receiving and removing said substrate; and a fluid delivery nozzle being in a fixed location relative to the transferable stage, at least during operation, with an outlet position that is configured to deliver a fluid to a predetermined location on said transferable stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Christopher PAWLOWICZ, Alexander SORKIN, Trevor Jason FRENCH, Ian JONES, Paul GAGNON
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Publication number: 20220366049Abstract: A method of operating a media scanner to protect a target machine from malware on a removable storage device is disclosed. The target machine and the removable storage device each include a respective data line, and the media scanner comprises a data switch. Data is scanned on the removable storage device with malware detection software of the media scanner via a first data path, the first data path comprising the data line of the removable storage device connected to the data line of the media scanner by the data switch in a first switching state. After the data has been scanned with the malware detection software, the data switch is operated to switch from the first switching state to a second switching state, thereby disconnecting the data line of the removable storage device from the data line of the media scanner and connecting the data line of the removable storage device to the data line of the target machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Hugh SOULSBY, Adam WEDGBURY, Kevin Ian JONES, Khan-Ferdous WAHID
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Patent number: 11331642Abstract: An apparatus for the production of solid dosage forms is presented, wherein the apparatus comprises a material processing chamber which is operable for manufacturing a product according to a pre-set product formation process path. The apparatus has at least one sensor for continuously monitoring formation of the product in the material processing chamber during the product formation process non-invasively in real time by sensing at least one product functional attribute value and a means for comparing each sensed product functional attribute value with a desirable product functional attribute value for that point on the product formation process path. A controller controls operation of the material processing chamber in response to the sensed product functional attribute value for maintaining the product on the product formation process path.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Innopharma Research LimitedInventors: Ian Jones, Sean Costello
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Publication number: 20220097017Abstract: An apparatus for the production of solid dosage forms is presented, wherein the apparatus comprises a material processing chamber which is operable for manufacturing a product according to a pre-set product formation process path. The apparatus has at least one sensor for continuously monitoring formation of the product in the material processing chamber during the product formation process non-invasively in real time by sensing at least one product functional attribute value and a means for comparing each sensed product functional attribute value with a desirable product functional attribute value for that point on the product formation process path. A controller controls operation of the material processing chamber in response to the sensed product functional attribute value for maintaining the product on the product formation process path.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Ian Jones, Sean Costello
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Patent number: 11214874Abstract: There is provided a method, system and computer program product to delayer a layer of a sample, the layer comprising one or more materials, in an ion beam mill by adjusting one or more operating parameters of the ion beam mill and selectively removing each of the one or more materials at their respective predetermined rates. There is also provided a method and system for obtaining rate of removal of a material from a sample in an ion beam mill.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: TECHINSIGHTS INC.Inventors: Robert K. Foster, Christopher Pawlowicz, Jason Abt, Ian Jones, Heinz Josef Nentwich
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Publication number: 20210245937Abstract: A bottle assembly has a bottle and a removable cap. The cap includes a nozzle and a vent arrangement. The vent arrangement can include a vent conduit that extends into an air cavity present at the bottom of the bottle assembly when the bottle assembly is inverted. The vent arrangement allows for pressure equalization within the bottom assembly in response to liquid being dispensed from the bottle assembly to permit high flow rates of the dispensed liquid without squeezing of the bottle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Carina Mary Hamel, Robert Hart Ringer, Peter William Hazelett, Casey J. Davis, Christopher Ian Jones, Daniel William Peter, Mark Callen Beard
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Publication number: 20200318242Abstract: There is provided a method, system and computer program product to delayer a layer of a sample, the layer comprising one or more materials, in an ion beam mill by adjusting one or more operating parameters of the ion beam mill and selectively removing each of the one or more materials at their respective predetermined rates. There is also provided a method and system for obtaining rate of removal of a material from a sample in an ion beam mill.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Robert K. Foster, Christopher Pawlowicz, Jason Abt, Ian Jones, Heinz Josef Nentwich
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Patent number: 10689763Abstract: There is provided a method, system and computer program product to delayer a layer of a sample, the layer comprising one or more materials, in an ion beam mill by adjusting one or more operating parameters of the ion beam mill and selectively removing each of the one or more materials at their respective predetermined rates. There is also provided a method and system for obtaining rate of removal of a material from a sample in an ion beam mill.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: TECHINSIGHTS INC.Inventors: Robert K. Foster, Christopher Pawlowicz, Jason Abt, Ian Jones, Heinz Josef Nentwich
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Publication number: 20200047435Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for constructing a 3D preform from carbon fibre tow (10), in which the tow is deposited by an AFP head (2400) onto a membrane (2204) which is conveyed to a forming cell (114) for diaphragm forming. Active tension control is provided with an offwind (102) combined with an accumulator (106) and compensator (108). The invention also provides a method of manufacture.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: HEXCEL REINFORCEMENTS UK LIMITEDInventors: Thomas JAMES, Arthur Lewis SWARBRICK, Ian HAYTO, Dimitrios KARANATSIS, Ian JONES, Tim JONES, Christopher BEARD
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Patent number: 10550480Abstract: There is provided a method, system and computer program product to delayer a layer of a sample, the layer comprising one or more materials, in an ion beam mill by adjusting one or more operating parameters of the ion beam mill and selectively removing each of the one or more materials at their respective predetermined rates. There is also provided a method and system for obtaining rate of removal of a material from a sample in an ion beam mill.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: TECHINSIGHTS INC.Inventors: Robert K. Foster, Christopher Pawlowicz, Jason Abt, Ian Jones, Heinz Josef Nentwich
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Publication number: 20200016566Abstract: An apparatus for the production of solid dosage forms is presented, wherein the apparatus comprises a material processing chamber which is operable for manufacturing a product according to a pre-set product formation process path. The apparatus has at least one sensor for continuously monitoring formation of the product in the material processing chamber during the product formation process non-invasively in real time by sensing at least one product functional attribute value and a means for comparing each sensed product functional attribute value with a desirable product functional attribute value for that point on the product formation process path. A controller controls operation of the material processing chamber in response to the sensed product functional attribute value for maintaining the product on the product formation process path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Ian Jones, Sean Costello
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Publication number: 20180118449Abstract: The present invention provides a protector for protecting a steel coil having an outer curved surface, an inner core surface and a sidewall located there between, the protector comprising a first member adapted for engagement with a coil core; and a second member adapted for engagement with a coil outer surface. The invention further provides a protector for protecting a steel coil having an outer curved surface, an inner core surface and a sidewall located there between, the protector comprising a first member having a coil core guard; and a second member having a coil belly guard, wherein, in use, the coil core guard is located adjacent the coil core and the coil belly guard is located adjacent the coil outer surface, both the first and second members being adjacent the coil sidewall.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventor: Ian Jones
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Publication number: 20170265633Abstract: A man-worn power and data harness. The harness is intended to facilitate the supply of power and data around a user's, and in particular a soldier's, person. Furthermore, the harness is intended to be compatible with a tiered structure of soldier load carriage and protection. The harness may comprise: at least one brace for passing over a user's shoulder, each brace comprising at least one cable; and a belt for at least partially encircling a user's waist, the belt comprising at least one cable; wherein each cable comprises power and/or data cabling, each brace is connected at both ends to the belt and each brace comprises at least one release clip, the release clip being for disconnecting and reconnecting the brace; each brace may further comprise at least one attachment device to attach the brace to an item worn underneath the harness. Furthermore, a harness and load carriage may be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: Thales Holdings UK PlcInventors: John FOLEY, Ian JONES
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Patent number: 9762523Abstract: A method, computer-readable medium and system for providing automatic or electronic reminders are disclosed. An attribute associated with a task may be used in combination with information about a user to provide an electronic reminder to the user for the task at a relevant or appropriate time to enable the task to be completed. As such, at least one attribute associated with a task and information about a user may be used to automatically determine a time for communicating an electronic reminder to the user.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2011Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: EGAIN COMMUNICATIONSInventors: Ashutosh Roy, Ian Jones, Peter Dove
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Patent number: 9692989Abstract: A method of validating or verifying a process for cleaning a surface contaminated with at least one chemical substrate, comprising the steps of: capturing an infrared image of the surface using infrared chemical imaging; utilizing at least one algorithm to interpret the captured image to extract an infra-red signal from the at least one chemical substrate to determine the amount of the at least one chemical substrate present on the surface; and determining if the amount of the at least one detected chemical substrate exceeds a threshold value, thereby indicating that a repeat cleaning process is required or thereby indicating that no further cleaning is required.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Ian Jones
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Patent number: 9617603Abstract: The invention relates to the diagnosis of bladder cancer and more specifically to the detection in urine samples of bladder carcinomas of the transitional type. The detection method according to the present invention enables, through the utilization of a DNA chip designed for this purpose, to determine the grade of the detected tumors.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Array GenomicsInventors: Olivier Cussenot, François Lozach, Ian Jones, Neil Metters