Patents by Inventor James Parris

James Parris 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: 12371726
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process to convert di-rhamnolipid to mono-rhamnolipid, using an ?-L-rhamnosidase enzyme which has a sequence identity of at least 70% with either SEQ ID. 1 or SEQ. ID 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Natalia Eliza Iyke Domeradzka, Dietmar Andreas Lang, Neil James Parry, Mark Lawrence Thompson
  • Publication number: 20250235030
    Abstract: Various illustrative systems, devices, and methods for beverage machines are provided. In one exemplary implementation, a system includes a portafilter and a plurality of baskets. The portafilter is configured to be removably coupled to an espresso machine. The plurality of baskets each define a filter, each is removably receivable in the portafilter, and each is configured to hold coffee grounds. The plurality of baskets including a first basket, a second basket, and a third basket. The third basket has a volume that is about 105 mL to 135 mL. The third basket is configured to permit brewing of a beverage using pressurized and unpressurized brewing methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Steven P. Carter, Joshua Cole Dettmar, James Parry, Magnus Brodie Cooper, Karol Rabalski
  • Publication number: 20250235032
    Abstract: Various illustrative systems, devices, and methods for beverage machines are provided. In one exemplary implementation, a system includes a housing, a grinder, a portafilter, a filter basket, and a tamp. The grinder is disposed within the housing. The portafilter is removably coupled to the housing. The filter basket is configured to be removably disposed within the portafilter for receiving coffee grounds. The tamp is configured to be disposed within the housing and has a tamp head, a tamp body, and a spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Steven P. Carter, James Parry, Joshua Cole Dettmar
  • Publication number: 20250235031
    Abstract: Various illustrative systems, devices, and methods for beverage machines are provided. In one exemplary implementation, a system includes a portafilter, a filter basket, a funnel, and a tamp. The portafilter is configured to be removably coupled to a housing of a beverage machine. The filter basket is configured to be removably disposed within the portafilter for receiving coffee grounds. The funnel is configured to be removably mounted on the portafilter and has a passageway configured to receive the coffee grounds therein and to direct the coffee grounds into the filter basket. The tamp is slidably insertable into the passageway of the funnel and configured to advance through the funnel to press the coffee grounds in the filter basket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Steven P. Carter, James Parry, Joshua Cole Dettmar, Karol Rabalski, Magnus Brodie Cooper
  • Publication number: 20250235034
    Abstract: Various illustrative systems, devices, and methods for beverage machines (e.g., drip coffee machines, espresso machines, etc.) are provided. In an exemplary implementation, an espresso machine is configured to brew and dispense espresso. In an exemplary implementation, the espresso machine is configured to determine a recommended coffee bean grind size for a beverage, e.g., an espresso or a sprover-style drink, selected by a user and to provide the recommended coffee bean grind size to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Korkut Bekiroglu, Manan Patel, Steven P. Carter, Scott John Shaw, Eli Piscitelli, Ethan T. Brown, James Parry, Joshua Cole Dettmar, Karol Rabalski
  • Patent number: 12297474
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process to convert di-rhamnolipid to mono-rhamnolipid comprising the following process steps: —(a) contact of a starting di-rhamnolipid material with an ?-L-rhamnosidase enzyme which is immobilised on a support; (b) separation of the produced mono-rhamnolipid from the reaction medium and/or side products; wherein the ?-L-rhamnosidase enzyme does not have ?-D-glucosidase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Natalia Eliza Iyke Domeradzka, Dietmar Andreas Lang, Neil James Parry, Mark Lawrence Thompson
  • Patent number: 12180388
    Abstract: A method of treatment of a marine surface to improve the resistance of the surface to fouling from a marine organism, the method comprising treatment of a surface prone to fouling from a marine organism with a composition comprising a lactam, wherein the composition comprises from 0.0005 to 5 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Panagiotis Kotsakis, Neil James Parry, Gordon Ramage, Tracy Lynn Young
  • Publication number: 20240358614
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a rhamnolipid in a surfactant system for handwash detergents to confer to the consumer a sensorial impression of mildness on the hands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Simon Stevenson, Neil James Parry, Prem Kumar Jaiswal, Valeria Vacchelli
  • Patent number: 12110475
    Abstract: Described herein is a process for manufacturing ethoxylated polyethylene-imines. Also described herein are the ethoxylated polyethyleneimines and methods for using the ethoxylated polyethyleneimines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Holger Tuerk, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Andrew David Green, Alyn James Parry, Julie Bennett, Robert John Carswell
  • Patent number: 11884901
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mousse composition comprising: a) a base composition comprising: (i) from 0.0001 to 5 wt. % of a lactam; (ii) from 0.1 to 10 wt. % of an alcohol; and, b) a propellant; and to the use of a combination of a lactam with an alcohol, in a mousse composition to collapse the resulting mousse foam quicker; and to the use of a combination of a lactam with an alcohol, in a mousse composition to make the resulting mousse foam easier to rinse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Panagiotis Kotsakis, Neil James Parry, Keith Leslie Rutherford, Simon John Moore
  • Patent number: 11739286
    Abstract: The invention provides a polymer providing soil release properties (also termed a “soil release polymer” or SRP) when incorporated in a laundry detergent composition, the polymer comprising a capped polyoxyalkylene end block connected to a polyester segment; the polyester segment comprising alternating —B1-A-B2— and —R— units; in which B1 and B2 are each independently selected from —OC(O)— and —C(O)O— groups; A is a 2,5-furanylene ring and R is a divalent alkylene radical. The polymer provides good compatibility, stability and cleaning performance when incorporated into a laundry detergent composition, preferably a liquid laundry detergent composition, comprising one or more detersive surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew David Green, Alyn James Parry, Susanne Henning Rogers
  • Patent number: 11727052
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a component using an image retrieval module includes storing an inspection image file in a memory and identifying a region of interest in the inspection image file. The method further includes accessing a database storing image files and determining feature vectors associated with the image files. The method also includes determining a hash code for each image file based on the feature vectors and classifying a subset of image files as relevant based on the hash codes. The method further includes sorting the subset of image files based on the feature vectors and generating search results based on the sorted subset of image files. The image retrieval module includes a convolutional neural network configured to learn from the determination of the feature vectors and increase the accuracy of the image retrieval module in classifying the image files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Xiao Bian, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Colin James Parris, Feng Xue, Shaopeng Liu, Arpit Jain, Shourya Sarcar
  • Publication number: 20230225497
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of hairbrushes. More specifically, the present invention relates to a liquid dispensing hairbrush device that allows a user to apply hair care product while simultaneously brushing their hair. The device is comprised of a body, further comprised of an interior container and at least one interchangeable brush head, further comprised of at least one nub with at least one continuous opening. Further the body and the brush head are in liquid communication through at least one continuous opening and are attached together via fasteners. The nubs are further comprised of at least one continuous opening that allow a liquid to flow through the openings and onto the user's hair while they brush their hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventor: James Parris
  • Patent number: 11507616
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a component includes storing at least one inspection image file in a memory and receiving a search request associated with the at least one inspection image file. The method also includes accessing a database including a plurality of image files, comparing the hash code of the at least one inspection image file to the hash code of each image file of the plurality of image files, and identifying a first subset of image files based on the hash code comparison. The method also includes comparing the feature data of the at least one inspection image file to the feature data of each image file of the first subset of image files and classifying a second subset of image files as relevant based on the feature data comparison. The method further includes generating search results based on the second subset of image files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Shaopeng Liu, Xiao Bian, Yan Liu, Feng Xue, Walter Vincent Dixon, III, Mark Richard Gilder, Peihong Zhu, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Masako Yamada, Colin James Parris
  • Patent number: 11401240
    Abstract: A process for the synthesis of lactams suitable for use in antimicrobial, anti-biofilm and bacteriostatic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: David Anthony Dawkins, Panagiotis Kotsakis, Neil James Parry, David William Thornthwaite
  • Publication number: 20220067082
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a component using an image retrieval module includes storing an inspection image file in a memory and identifying a region of interest in the inspection image file. The method further includes accessing a database storing image files and determining feature vectors associated with the image files. The method also includes determining a hash code for each image file based on the feature vectors and classifying a subset of image files as relevant based on the hash codes. The method further includes sorting the subset of image files based on the feature vectors and generating search results based on the sorted subset of image files. The image retrieval module includes a convolutional neural network configured to learn from the determination of the feature vectors and increase the accuracy of the image retrieval module in classifying the image files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Xiao Bian, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Colin James Parris, Feng Xue, Shaopeng Liu, Arpit Jain, Shourya Sarcar
  • Publication number: 20220067083
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a component includes storing at least one inspection image file in a memory and receiving a search request associated with the at least one inspection image file. The method also includes accessing a database including a plurality of image files, comparing the hash code of the at least one inspection image file to the hash code of each image file of the plurality of image files, and identifying a first subset of image files based on the hash code comparison. The method also includes comparing the feature data of the at least one inspection image file to the feature data of each image file of the first subset of image files and classifying a second subset of image files as relevant based on the feature data comparison. The method further includes generating search results based on the second subset of image files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Shaopeng Liu, Xiao Bian, Yan Liu, Feng Xue, Walter Vincent Dixon, III, Mark Richard Gilder, Peihong Zhu, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Masako Yamada, Colin James Parris
  • Patent number: 11160787
    Abstract: 4-(4-Chlorophenyl)-5-methylene-pyrrol-2-one and 5-methylene-4-(p-tolyl)pyrrol-2-one for use in the treatment of gram-negative bacterial infections, in particular infections in which Pseudomonas is implicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil James Parry, Paolo Pantalone, Paul Williams
  • Publication number: 20210309934
    Abstract: Described herein is a process for manufacturing ethoxylated polyethylene-imines. Also described herein are the ethoxylated polyethyleneimines and methods for using the ethoxylated polyethyleneimines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Holger Tuerk, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Andrew David Green, Alyn James Parry, Julie Bennett, Robert John Carswell
  • Patent number: 11083706
    Abstract: Lactams for use in the treatment of skin lesions are described. In particular, lactams for the treatment of chronic wounds, including chronic wounds in patients having diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil James Parry, Paolo Pantalone, Paul Williams