Patents by Inventor Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts 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).

  • SEA LICE ANTIGENS AND VACCINES
    Publication number: 20210061866
    Abstract: Isolated proteins from caligid copepods, polynucleotides encoding the same, and antigens and vaccines comprising the same, in particular for the treatment or prevention of caligid copepod infection in fish. Proteins are peroxiredoxin-2 (Prx-2), fructose bisphosphate aldolase (FBP); enolase, transitionally-controlled tumour protein homolog (TCTP) and triosephosphate isomerase (TIM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Sarah Elizabeth BARKER, Jessica Lynn PIESZ, Ian Robert BRICKNELL
  • Social Group Management System and Method Therefor
    Publication number: 20210045360
    Abstract: In a method and system for managing a social group, the method includes determining a group member behavior from a member position relative to the social group, and inferring a member state from the member behavior. Spatial, spatio-temporal, and biometric data may be used. A social group management system includes an inference engine that infers a member state from the behavior of a monitored member. Another social group management method includes characterizing a first monitored member of the social group as a first discrete element; characterizing at least a second monitored member of the social group as at least a second discrete element; and determining a characteristic displacement between the first monitored member and at least the second monitored member in accordance with a discrete element method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Malcolm Randall Harvey, Ian Robert HARVEY, Nephi Taylor HARVEY
  • Active switching for RF slice-selecting
    Patent number: 10921402
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system includes a transmit radio frequency (RF) coil assembly comprising multiple capacitor banks each coupled to at least one diode that is characterized by a high breakdown voltage such that when the transmit RF coil assembly applies at least one slice-selecting RF pulse to a portion of a subject placed in the magnet to select a particular slice for MR imaging, the capacitor banks are selectively adjusted to improve an RF transmission characteristics of the RF coil assembly in transmitting the at least one slice-selecting RF pulse. The MR imaging system may further include a receive radio frequency (RF) coil assembly configured to, in response to at least the slice-selecting RF pulse, receive at least one response radio frequency (RF) pulse emitted from the selected slice of the portion of the subject; a housing; a main magnet; gradient coils; and a control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptive Medical Inc.
    Inventor: Ian Robert Oliphant Connell
  • TITANIUM DIOXIDE PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20210039957
    Abstract: Titanium dioxide particles have high UVB absorption properties, an effective UVA efficacy and improved transparency. The titanium dioxide can be produced by calcining precursor titanium dioxide particles. The titanium dioxide particles can be used to form dispersions. The titanium dioxide particles and dispersions thereof can be used to produce sunscreen products which are suitable for use in a wide range of personal care applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Croda International Plc
    Inventors: Ian Robert Tooley, Robert Michael Sayer, Amy Rose Goddard
  • ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20210039167
    Abstract: This invention concerns a laser solidification apparatus for building objects by layerwise solidification of powder material. The apparatus including a build chamber containing a build platform, a device for depositing layers of powder material on to the build platform, an optical unit for directing a laser beam to selectively solidify areas of each powder layer and a spectrometer for detecting characteristic radiation emitted by plasma formed during solidification of the powder by the laser beam. The invention also relates to a spectrometer for detecting characteristic radiation generated by interaction of the metal with the or a further laser beam. The spectra recorded using the spectrometer may be used for feedback control during the solidification process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Ian Robert Thomas ASHTON, Stephan KLOSS, Christopher SUTCLIFFE, Ben Ian FERRAR
  • RECONFIGURABLE FOOD WARMING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20210038018
    Abstract: A food station includes a base configured to support a food product, a frame coupled to the base and including a longitudinal member having a length extending in a longitudinal direction, and a heat strip module coupled to the longitudinal member. The heat strip module includes a housing, a heating element coupled to the housing, and a reflector coupled to the housing. The heat strip module is at least one of (a) selectively rotatable relative to the longitudinal member between a first orientation and a second orientation and configured to emit the energy in both the first orientation and the second orientation or (b) selectively repositionable along the length of the longitudinal member between a first position and a second position and configured to emit the energy in both the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jill Hundley, Thomas David VanDerPuy, Jeffrey T. Zank, Kirk Michael Komendat, Kristin Blada, Ian Robert Ecclestone
  • TITANIUM DIOXIDE PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20210039958
    Abstract: Titanium dioxide particles have high UVB absorption properties, an effective UVA efficacy and transparency. The titanium dioxide can be produced by calcining precursor titanium dioxide particles. The titanium dioxide particles can be used to form dispersions. The titanium dioxide particles and dispersions thereof can be used to produce sunscreen products which are suitable for use in a wide range of personal care applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Croda International Plc
    Inventors: Ian Robert Tooley, Robert Michael Sayer, Amy Rose Goddard
  • ANTI-TAU ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210024622
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind Tau and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Malcolm Ian Roberts, James Martin Staddon, Hettihewage Alfred Rohan De Silva, Jared Spidel, Hirofumi Aoyagi, Shigeru Akasofu, Yutaka Hashizume, Kishan Agarwala
  • SENSOR INCLUDING ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION-LINE PARAMETER THAT CHANGES RESPONSIVE TO VEHICULAR LOAD
    Publication number: 20210025750
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly includes a transmission-line assembly having an electrical transmission-line parameter configured to change, at least in part, in response to reception, at least in part, of a vehicular load of a moving vehicle moving relative to a vehicular roadway to the transmission-line assembly positionable, at least in part, relative to the vehicular roadway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Randal Leroy Hanson, Michael David Lockerbie, Ian Robert Meier, Tyler William Haichert
  • Metadata recovery mechanism for page storage
    Patent number: 10896088
    Abstract: A method includes identifying, using a controller, a first data error at a first data block stored in page metadata, the first data block having a first block logical ID. The method also includes identifying a second data block having the first block logical ID. The method also includes copying the second data block to the first data block based on the identified second data block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Gomathirajan Authoor Velayuthaperumal, Adam Thomas Wolinski, Jeffery L. Shellhamer, Ian Robert Davies, Douglas William Dewey
  • Dynamic bearing
    Patent number: 10890211
    Abstract: A dynamic bearing for an aircraft landing gear. The bearing comprises a lug, a shaft comprising a first material, and a bearing surface comprising a second material that is softer than the first material. The bearing surface defines a bore and is arranged to support the shaft when the shaft is movably housed within the bore in use. The bearing surface is defined by the lug or a coating applied to the lug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventor: Ian Robert Bennett
  • System and method for measuring moving vehicle information using electrical time domain reflectometry
    Patent number: 10876884
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for measuring moving vehicle information. Moving vehicle information may be measured by a sensor configured to respond to one or more wheels of the moving vehicle, where one or more of the wheels change the characteristic impedance of the sensor at the wheel's contact location. An electrical time domain reflectometry signal processing system which is capable of measuring the change in the impedance of the sensor and converting the impedance change to a signal may be connected operatively to the sensor. A data-processing system receives the signal and extracts the moving vehicle information therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL ROAD DYNAMICS INC.
    Inventors: Randal Leroy Hanson, Michael David Lockerbie, Ian Robert Meier, Tyler William Haichert
  • Particulate metal oxide particles comprising a metal oxide core and a coating layer comprising an inorganic material, a silane coupling agent and/or a hydrophobizing agent
    Patent number: 10869826
    Abstract: A particulate metal oxide has a metal oxide core and a coating layer containing an inorganic material and (i) a quaternary silane coupling agent, and/or (ii) a silane coupling agent and a hydrophobizing agent. Preferred materials are titanium dioxide core particles, an amino organosilane coupling agent and a fatty acid hydrophobizing agent. The particulate metal oxide is suitable for use in forming a dispersion, and the particles and dispersion can be used in an end-use sunscreen composition which is transparent, exhibits effective UV absorption properties, reduced photoactivity, and/or improved skin feel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Michael Sayer, Ian Robert Tooley, Paul Martin Staniland
  • Automatic brightness control on a gaming machine
    Patent number: 10867465
    Abstract: A display control system for a gaming machine is described. The display control system allows a gaming machine controller to directly control attributes of one or more video displays coupled to a gaming machine. Display attributes can be adjusted to account for different machine states which can occur when the gaming machine is operating in an attract mode, game play mode and tilt mode. A few examples of display attributes which can be controlled include but are not limited to power on or off, input source selection, contrast control, brightness control and color temp control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: AGS LLC
    Inventor: Ian Robert Scott
  • REMOTE AUTOMATED DEPLOYMENT OF HVAC OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE
    Publication number: 20200386428
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and structures deploy a heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) energy optimization program. A standard operating control platform (OCP) is deployed in an energy optimization control engine (EOCE) computing system communicatively coupled to a plurality of HVAC components via a building automation system (BAS). An energy optimization portal (EOP), which receives from the EOCE computing system a first data set identifying the plurality of HVAC components, a second data set including operational control parameters for each of the plurality of HVAC components, and a third data set including measured operations data associated with each of the plurality of HVAC components. The EOP generates an energy optimized operating control platform based on the first, second, and third data sets, which is automatically communicated from the EOP to the EOCE computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Clark Richard MATTHYS, Ian Robert DEMPSTER, Peng CHEN, Chris CARTER, Chris BOSCOLO, Andrew Alexander LECHNER
  • ORTHOGONAL ELEMENT DECOUPLING FOR MOVEABLE COIL ARRAYS IN MRI
    Publication number: 20200386834
    Abstract: A head coil assembly includes a housing with a lower portion, an upper portion, a left portion, and a right portion, wherein each portion includes two or more radio-frequency (RF) coils, wherein the portions are sized and shaped to adjustably conform to a curvature of the subject's head for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the subject's head placed inside the housing, wherein the portions are operable to transition from an open position where the portions are sufficiently apart from each other to a closed position where the portions are adjusted to tighten a wrap around the subject's head along the curvature, and wherein the two or more RF coils in each portion are disposed in such manner that when the portions are operated to transition from the open position to the closed position, the RF coils of each portion remain decoupled to each other even along edges of each portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ian Robert Oliphant CONNELL, Gilbert Thevathasan, William Wai-Leung LAU, Alexander Gyles Panther
  • Sensor including electrical transmission-line parameter that changes responsive to vehicular load
    Patent number: 10859430
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly includes a transmission-line assembly having an electrical transmission-line parameter configured to change, at least in part, in response to reception, at least in part, of a vehicular load of a moving vehicle moving relative to a vehicular roadway to the transmission-line assembly positionable, at least in part, relative to the vehicular roadway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventors: Randal Leroy Hanson, Michael David Lockerbie, Ian Robert Meier, Tyler William Haichert
  • Electronic gaming device with call tower functionality
    Patent number: 10854038
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a gaming device including a memory, a processor, a display, and a call tower including a first plate, a second plate, a third plate, and a call tower display screen and/or a plurality of external lights located at an outer area of a front surface of the gaming device, forming a u-shape with a left side, a right side, and a bottom each comprising a light column. The gaming device includes a processor which presents a game via the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: AGS LLC
    Inventors: Rachel Calhoun Lewis, Ian Robert Scott, Karl Frederick Zedell, Jr., Daniel Kendall Harden
  • Additive manufacturing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10850326
    Abstract: This invention concerns a laser solidification apparatus for building objects by layerwise solidification of powder material. The apparatus including a build chamber containing a build platform, a device for depositing layers of powder material on to the build platform, an optical unit for directing a laser beam to selectively solidify areas of each powder layer and a spectrometer for detecting characteristic radiation emitted by plasma formed during solidification of the powder by the laser beam. The invention also relates to a spectrometer for detecting characteristic radiation generated by interaction of the metal with the or a further laser beam. The spectra recorded using the spectrometer may be used for feedback control during the solidification process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Ian Robert Thomas Ashton, Stephan Kloss, Christopher Sutcliffe, Ben Ian Ferrar
  • INTEGRATED ACTIVE DETUNING FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
    Publication number: 20200371175
    Abstract: A coil assembly includes: a radio frequency (RF) coil operable to be placed over a portion of a subject; a quarter-wave transformer coupled to the RF coil and configured to transform a characteristic impedance of the RF coil; and a diode placed behind the quarter-wave transformer and away from the RF coil, wherein the diode is operable to: (i) when the diode is forward biased, the diode turns the quarter-wave transformer into an open circuit such that the power amplifier drives the RF coil with sufficient electrical power for the RF coil to transmit an RF pulse into the portion of the subject; and (ii) when the diode is provided zero or reverse bias, the diode turns the quarter-wave transformer into a short circuit such that the RF coil is detuned from a Lamor frequency of nuclei of interest immersed in the main magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventor: Ian Robert Oliphant CONNELL