Patents by Inventor Ian Sims

Ian Sims 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: 20240109110
    Abstract: A control system for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill via a gas extraction system comprising well piping, the landfill gas having a first temperature when extracted, the control system comprising: a gas composition chamber coupled to the well piping and comprising at least one sensor configured to measure one or more characteristics of a landfill gas sample in the gas composition chamber; a temperature control mechanism configured to heat the landfill gas sample in the gas composition chamber to a second temperature at least a threshold amount greater than the first temperature; and a controller configured to control the at least one sensor to measure the one or more characteristics of the landfill gas sample in the gas composition chamber when a temperature of the landfill gas sample in the gas composition chamber is at least the threshold amount greater than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Loci Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Quigley, Ian Martin, Joseph G. Michels, Melinda Sims
  • Publication number: 20240100578
    Abstract: Devices and techniques related to landfill gas extraction are disclosed. A technique for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill through a gas extraction system is described. The method may include measuring a plurality of values indicating conditions associated with the landfill; computing, based at least in part on the plurality of values and on a model of the landfill, a predicted future state of the landfill; determining, based at least in part on the predicted future state of the landfill, one or more control parameters for one or more respective control devices configured to control operation of the gas extraction system; applying the one or more control parameters to the one or more respective control, and with the one or more control devices, controlling extraction of the landfill gas from the landfill based, at least in part, on the one or more respective control parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Loci Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Campanella, Melinda Sims, Nathan Pallo, Ian Martin
  • Patent number: 9827275
    Abstract: Immunostimulatory compositions and methods of use are described to either enhance or diminish the immune stimulation effects of a honey or honey isolate by recognition of the presence of type II arabinogalactan compounds and utilising this knowledge to tailor the concentration of such compounds thereby adjusting the immune stimulation effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Comvita New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Ian Sims, Jonathan McDonald Counsell Stephens, Ralf Christian Schlothauer, Swapna Gannabathula
  • Publication number: 20170049825
    Abstract: Immunostimulatory compositions and methods of use are described to either enhance or diminish the immune stimulation effects of a honey or honey isolate by recognition of the presence of type II arabinogalactan compounds and utilising this knowledge to tailor the concentration of such compounds thereby adjusting the immune stimulation effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Ian Sims, Jonathan McDonald Counsell Stephens, Ralf Christian Schlothauer, Swapna Gannabathula
  • Publication number: 20140147471
    Abstract: Immunostimulatory compositions and methods of use are described to either enhance or diminish the immune stimulation effects of a honey or honey isolate by recognition of the presence of type II arabinogalactan compounds and utilising this knowledge to tailor the concentration of such compounds thereby adjusting the immune stimulation effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: COMVITA NEW ZEALAND LTD.
    Inventors: Ian Sims, Jonathan McDonald Counsell Stephens, Ralf Christian Schlothauer, Swapna Gannabathula
  • Patent number: 8609159
    Abstract: Immunostimulatory compositions and methods of use are described to either enhance or diminish the immune stimulation effects of a honey or honey isolate by recognition of the presence of type II arabinogalactan compounds and utilizing this knowledge to tailor the concentration of such compounds thereby adjusting the immune stimulation effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Comvita New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Ian Sims, Jonathan McDonald Counsell Stephens, Ralf Christian Schlothauer, Swapna Gannabathula
  • Publication number: 20130045224
    Abstract: Immunostimulatory compositions and methods of use are described to either enhance or diminish the immune stimulation effects of a honey or honey isolate by recognition of the presence of type II arabinogalactan compounds and utilising this knowledge to tailor the concentration of such compounds thereby adjusting the immune stimulation effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: COMVITA NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Sims, Jonathan McDonald Counsell Stephens, Ralf Christian Schlothauer, Swapna Gannabathula