Patents by Inventor James A. McCulloch

James A. McCulloch 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).

  • Patent number: 11238029
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving a blockchain storage request from a client, where the blockchain storage request is signed by an endorser node dynamically selected at runtime, identifying performance information included in the blockchain storage request, determining whether the dynamic selection of the endorser node is valid based on the identified performance information, and in response to a determination that the dynamic selection is valid, storing the blockchain storage request in a data block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin C. Sinclair, James McCulloch, Stephen Pipes
  • Publication number: 20210256010
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving a blockchain storage request from a client, where the blockchain storage request is signed by an endorser node dynamically selected at runtime, identifying performance information included in the blockchain storage request, determining whether the dynamic selection of the endorser node is valid based on the identified performance information, and in response to a determination that the dynamic selection is valid, storing the blockchain storage request in a data block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: MARTIN C. SINCLAIR, JAMES MCCULLOCH, STEPHEN PIPES
  • Patent number: 8697503
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film electronic device includes applying a plastic coating to a rigid carrier substrate using a wet casting process, the plastic coating forming a plastic substrate and include a transparent plastic material doped with a UV absorbing additive. Thin film electronic elements are formed over the plastic substrate, and the rigid carrier substrate is released from the plastic substrate. This method forms transparent substrate materials suitable for a laser release process, through doping of the plastic material of the substrate with a UV absorber. This UV absorber absorbs in the wavelength of the lift-off laser (for example 308-351 nm, or 355 nm) with a very high absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Eliav Itzhak Haskal, David James McCulloch, Dirk Jan Broer
  • Publication number: 20100163878
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film electronic device comprises applying a plastic coating to a rigid carrier substrate using a wet casting process, the plastic coating forming a plastic substrate and comprising a transparent plastic material and a UV absorbing additive. Thin film electronic elements are formed over the plastic substrate, and the rigid carrier substrate is released from the plastic substrate. This invention provides a method of making transparent substrate materials suitable for a laser release process, through doping of the plastic material of the substrate with a UV absorber. This UV absorber absorbs in the wavelength the lift-off laser (for example 308-351 nm, or 355 nm) with a very high absorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Eliav Itzhak Haskal, David James Mcculloch, Dirk Jan Broer
  • Patent number: 7543407
    Abstract: A trap including a housing having an inner wall and a first opening and a trigger that is inserted into the first opening. The trigger having an edge contacting the inner wall when the trap is armed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Inventor: James A. McCulloch
  • Publication number: 20050274057
    Abstract: A trap including a housing having an inner wall and a first opening and a trigger that is inserted into the first opening. The trigger having an edge contacting the inner wall when the trap is armed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventor: James McCulloch
  • Publication number: 20040023872
    Abstract: The localisation of GADD34 and PCNA polypeptides and antibodies in regions of cerebral ischaemic damage is described. The use of such polypeptides, and homologues and derivatives thereof, for treatment or diagnosis of such damage is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Suzanne Moira Brown, Iseabail Mhairi Macrae, James McCulloch, June Elizabeth Harland
  • Patent number: 6376041
    Abstract: An embossed pile fabric having a foreground and background with the foreground having a depth in the order of 1.5/2.0 to 100 times that of the background. The foreground can be formed by an engraving roll having portions that are either mill engraved or acid etched, and the background is formed by the engraving roll having portions formed with a router engraved technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Microfibres, Inc.
    Inventors: David Morrison, James McCulloch
  • Patent number: 5771796
    Abstract: An embossing roll for embossing pile fabric having foreground portions that are either mill engraved or acid etched, and background portions formed with a router engraved technique. The foreground portions of the embossing roll have a depth in the order of 1.5/2.0 to 100 times that of the background portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Microfibres, Inc.
    Inventors: David Morrison, James McCulloch