Patents by Inventor James A. Thomson

James A. Thomson 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).

  • Method and apparatus for form automatic layout
    Patent number: 8151181
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for determining the layout of a form automatically to accommodate text in the form. Under the method and apparatus, a set of parameters define the sizing and alignment of elements of the form. Sizing and positioning instructions that are separate from the sizing and alignment parameters set the sizing and positioning of elements of the form based on the sizing and alignment parameters. The instructions determine the minimum size for the form, based in part on text in the form. The difference between the minimum size for the form and a desired size for the form is then distributed across the form to size and position the elements in the form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Jowtiff Bros. A.B., LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas James Thomson, Dmitri Davydok, Anthony Lee, Ian Carl Legler
  • METHOD OF PREPARATION OF URANIUM NITRIDE
    Publication number: 20120073956
    Abstract: Method for producing terminal uranium nitride complexes comprising providing a suitable starting material comprising uranium; oxidizing the starting material with a suitable oxidant to produce one or more uranium(IV)-azide complexes; and, sufficiently irradiating the uranium(IV)-azide complexes to produce the terminal uranium nitride complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: Jaqueline Loetsch Kiplinger, Robert Kenneth James Thomson
  • Fragrance Product, Dispenser, and Dispenser Assembly
    Publication number: 20120067925
    Abstract: A fragrance product is disclosed including a container containing liquid fragrance and a dispenser assembly for dispensing the liquid fragrance including a transport assembly and a tube connected to the transport assembly and extending into the liquid fragrance. The tube and the liquid fragrance each have a refractive index, and the difference between the refractive index of the tube and the liquid fragrance is not greater than about 0.04.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: MeadWestvaco Corp.
    Inventors: James Thomson, Julia DiCorleto Gibson, John Boyle, Kevin Gray
  • Method of forming myeloid precursor cells from human embryonic stem cells
    Patent number: 8133732
    Abstract: This invention relates to the culture of dendritic cells from human embryonic stem (ES) cells. Human ES cells are first cultured into hematopoietic cells by co-culture with stromal cells. The cells now differentiated into the hematopoietic lineage are then cultured with GM-CSF to create a culture of myeloid precursor cells. Culture of the myeloid precursor cells with the cytokines GM-CSF and IL-4 causes functional dendritic cells to be generated. The dendritic cells have a unique phenotype, as indicated by their combination of cell surface markers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Igor I. Slukvin, James A. Thomson, Maksym A. Vodyanyk, Maryna E. Gumenyuk
  • REPROGRAMMING IMMORTALIZED B CELLS
    Publication number: 20120058562
    Abstract: Methods and composition for providing induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are provided. For example, in certain aspects methods including reprogramming B lymphocytes transformed by episomal vectors such as Epstein-Barr virus-based vectors are described. Furthermore, the invention provides induced pluripotent stem cells essentially free of exogenous elements and having B cell immunoglobin variable region rearrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: JAMES THOMSON, Deepika Rajesh, Sarah Jane Dickerson, Amanda Mack, Michael Miller
  • Multipotent Lymphohematopoietic Progenitor Cells
    Publication number: 20120040362
    Abstract: This invention relates to hematopoietic precursors derived from human embryonic stem cells. In the culture of differentiated cells from human ES cells, the fully committed hematopoietic precursors are CD34+ and CD43+ but not CD45+. If the cells are cultured until they express CD45, then the cells lose the ability to produce differentiated cells of the lymphoid lineages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Igor I. Slukvin, Maksym A. Vodyanyk, James A. Thomson
  • COUPLING SYSTEM FOR COUPLING A WEAR ELEMENT TO AN ADAPTER FOR EXCAVATORS AND SIMILAR MACHINERY AND COMPONENTS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120017474
    Abstract: The invention comprises a coupling system for coupling a wear element to an adapter for excavators and similar machinery and the components thereof. The invention relates to a coupling system formed by a wear element, preferably a tooth though possibly a bucket protection element, a tooth bar or adaptor element and a securing system for securing said two elements, formed mainly by a pin. In addition, said securing system can include a retaining element with resilient properties, associated with the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: METALOGENIA, S.A.
    Inventors: Javier Rol Corredor, Andrew James Thomson, Joan Tuto, Francisco Perez Soria, Ester Apellido Alonso Frigola, Jorge Apellido Triginer Boixeda, Javier Jimenez Garcia
  • INTEGRATING A WEB-BASED CRM SYSTEM WITH A PIM CLIENT APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20110314366
    Abstract: A customer relationship management (CRM) system utilizes a form definition, user interface (UI) definitions, and UI code to generate Web pages for interacting with CRM data. A CRM plug-in is configured to execute in conjunction with a personal information manager (PIM) client application and to utilize the same form definition, UI definitions, and UI code utilized by the CRM system to generate the Web-based CRM interface. The UI definitions are utilized to present UI controls for performing CRM-related functionality in the context of a UI generated by the PIM client application. The UI code utilized by the CRM system to implement Web-based UI controls can be utilized to implement the UI controls in the context of the PIM client application. The form definition utilized by the CRM system might be utilized to display CRM fields in the UI presented by the PIM client application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wayne Carlyle Walsh Parker, III, Michael J. McCormack, Tobin James Zerba, Praveen Upadhyay, Nicholas James Thomson, Sharad Bajaj
  • Web Client Command Infrastructure Integration into a Rich Client Application
    Publication number: 20110302487
    Abstract: A command interface for a software application is implemented on a client computer. A first definition of the command interface is received from a server computer. The first definition includes rules for encoding the command interface on a web browser. A conversion of the first definition to a second definition is performed. The second definition includes language for encoding the command interface on a user interface of the software application. The second definition is used to render the command interface on the user interface of the software application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. McCormack, Nicholas James Thomson, Andrew Nathan Magee, Navin Ishwar Thadani, Shashi Ranjan
  • Cached and Server Views with Automatic Caching and Smooth Scrolling
    Publication number: 20110295934
    Abstract: On a client computer, customer relationship management software is integrated into a messaging application that includes a user interface. Customer relationship management (CRM) information is received from a server computer. An automatic determination is made as to whether the received CRM information is to be cached on the client computer. When it is determined that the CRM information is to be cached on the client computer, the CRM information is cached in a cache on the client computer. When at least some of the CRM information is cached on the client computer, the cached CRM information is displayed as a view on the client computer. The display of the CRM information is integrated into the user interface of the messaging application program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. McCormack, Nicholas James Thomson, Dmitri Davydok, Indrojit Deb
  • Defined surfaces of self-assembled monolayers and stem cells
    Patent number: 8062890
    Abstract: A method for the construction of arrays from self-assembling monolayers is described. The arrays have particular utility for the screening of peptides ligands that can foster the growth of cells in culture. This technique has been used to identify peptide ligands that foster the growth of human stem cells, which otherwise require an extracellular matrix in order to grow in an undifferentiated state. This also makes possible an assay to identify other such peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Laura L. Kiessling, Ratmir Derda, Brendan P. Orner, James A. Thomson
  • Primate Embryonic Stem Cells
    Publication number: 20110256623
    Abstract: A purified preparation of primate embryonic stem cells is disclosed. This preparation is characterized by the following cell surface markers: SSEA-1 (?); SSEA-4 (+); TRA-1-60 (+); TRA-1-81 (+); and alkaline phosphatase (+). In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the cells of the preparation are human embryonic stem cells, have normal karyotypes, and continue to proliferate in an undifferentiated state after continuous culture for eleven months. The embryonic stem cell lines also retain the ability, throughout the culture, to form trophoblast and to differentiate into all tissues derived from all three embryonic germ layers (endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm). A method for isolating a primate embryonic stem cell line is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: JAMES A. THOMSON
  • Multipotent lymphohematopoietic progenitor cells
    Patent number: 8034613
    Abstract: This invention relates to hematopoietic precursors derived from human embryonic stem cells. In the culture of differentiated cells from human ES cells, the fully committed hematopoietic precursors are CD34+ and CD43+ but not CD45+. If the cells are cultured until they express CD45, then the cells lose the ability to produce differentiated cells of the lymphoid lineages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Igor I. Slukvin, Maksym A. Vodyanyk, James A. Thomson
  • Differentiation of pluripotent embryonic stem cells
    Patent number: 8012751
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method to induce primate embryonic stem cells to differentiate into a relatively homogenous population of mesendoderm cells by treatment with caspase-like inhibitors. Also described is a population of mesendoderm cells obtained therefrom. The embryonic stem cell derived mesendoderm cells have the general morphological and cell surface marker characteristics of mesendoderm cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: James A. Thomson, Thomas P. Zwaka
  • Method and system for intelligent storage management
    Patent number: 8001089
    Abstract: A storage management system is provided. The storage management system may includes a data collector configured to receive storage management information for storage. The storage manager includes an agent configured to collect storage management information for a storage object and to communicate the storage management information to the data collector. The storage management system includes a user interface configured to display the storage management information for the storage objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Tabellion, Robert Gagnon, Martin Pare, Guy Letourneau, Heidi Schoolcraft, James Thomson, John Dunning, Steven Calde, Michael Kay
  • Method of Forming Dendritic Cells from Embryonic Stem Cells
    Publication number: 20110117135
    Abstract: This invention relates to the culture of dendritic cells from human embryonic stem (ES) cells. Human ES cells are first cultured into hematopoietic cells by co-culture with stromal cells. The cells now differentiated into the hematopoietic lineage are then cultured with GM-CSF to create a culture of myeloid precursor cells. Culture of the myeloid precursor cells with the cytokines GM-CSF and IL-4 causes functional dendritic cells to be generated. The dendritic cells have a unique phenotype, as indicated by their combination of cell surface markers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Igor I. Slukvin, James A. Thomson, Maksym A. Vodyanyk, Maryna E. Gumenyuk
  • Method and system for intelligent storage management
    Patent number: 7937420
    Abstract: A storage management system is provided. The storage management system may includes a data collector configured to receive storage management information for storage. The storage manager includes an agent configured to collect storage management information for a storage object and to communicate the storage management information to the data collector. The storage management system includes a user interface configured to display the storage management information for the storage objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Tabellion, Robert Gagnon, Martin Pare, Guy Letourneau, Heidi Schoolcraft, James Thomson, John Dunning, Steven Calde, Michael Kay
  • SECURITY SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20110057816
    Abstract: A vehicle detection system for detecting the presence of at least part of a vehicle in image data, the system comprising: an interface configured to receive image data; an identifier module configured to identify a plurality of linear regions in an image represented by the image data; a comparator configured to compare at least one of the number, cumulative size, and density of the linear regions with a respective threshold value; and an output configured to issue a signal indicating the detection of a vehicle based on the results of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: CITYSYNC, LTD
    Inventors: Lawson John Noble, Nico Bekooy, Frank James Thomson
  • Clonal culture of human pluripotent stem cells
    Patent number: 7892830
    Abstract: While culture medium and systems have been described that permit the culture and proliferation of human embryonic stem cells in feeder free and animal product free conditions, these conditions will not readily support cloning of an embryonic stem cell culture meaning, at least here, the initiation of a sub-culture using one or a very few originating cells. It has been found here that a class of small molecules that are inhibitors of kinase enzymes will increase the efficiency of cloning of stem cell cultures sufficiently to make such cloning practical in the defined medium and in other media as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Veit Bergendahl, James A. Thomson
  • SOMATIC CELL REPROGRAMMING
    Publication number: 20110028537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for reprogramming a somatic cell to pluripotency by administering into the somatic cell at least one or a plurality of potency-determining factors. The invention also relates to pluripotent cell populations obtained using a reprogramming method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: James A. Thomson, Junying Yu