Patents by Inventor James Townsend

James Townsend 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: 20240082787
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for systems for removing contaminants from a leachate, methods of removing contaminants from a leachate, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Townsend, Ronald Bishop, David Wood, James Lloyd
  • Patent number: 11910985
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention described herein relate to vacuum cleaners. The vacuum cleaners described herein can include a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and at least one support member to permit access to the interior of the vacuum cleaner. Also described herein are vacuum cleaners having a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and an accessory holder that can be pivotally mounted to the collection receptacle to permit access to the contents thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Lowe's Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Fording, Eduardo Gonzalez, Michael McDermott, Claude E. Reynolds, Jr., James Townsend, Trevor N. Devine, Steven P. Gerstein, Kevin D. Fry
  • Patent number: 11429762
    Abstract: A simulation workflow manager obtains a set of parameters for simulation of a system and training of a reinforcement learning model for optimizing an application of the system. In response to obtaining the set of parameters, the simulation workflow manager configures a first compute node that includes a training application for training the reinforcement learning model. The simulation workflow manager also configures a second compute note with a simulation application to perform the simulation of the system in a simulation environment. Data is generated through execution of the simulation in the second compute node that is provided to the first compute node to cause the training application to use the data to train the reinforcement learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Mallya Kasaragod, Sahika Gene, Leo Parker Dirac, Bharathan Balaji, Eric Li Sun, Marthinus Coenraad De Clercq Wentzel, Brian James Townsend, Pramod Ravikumar Kumar
  • Patent number: 11319324
    Abstract: The present invention covers substituted. Pyrazolo-pyrrolo-pyrimidine-dione (PPPD) compounds of general formula (I): in which R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of neurogenic diseases, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marcus Koppitz, Holger Siebeneicher, Nico Bräuer, Elisabeth Pook, Andrea Rotgeri, Roland Neuhaus, Oliver Martin Fischer, Jens Nagel, Adam James Davenport, James Lindsay Carr, Robert James Townsend, Nina Connelly Ursinyova, Shelley Anne Parrott
  • Patent number: 11288415
    Abstract: A simulation workflow manager obtains a set of parameters for simulation of a system and training of a reinforcement learning model for optimizing an application of the system. In response to obtaining the set of parameters, the simulation workflow manager configures a first compute node that includes a training application for training the reinforcement learning model. The simulation workflow manager also configures a second compute note with a simulation application to perform the simulation of the system in a simulation environment. Data is generated through execution of the simulation in the second compute node that is provided to the first compute node to cause the training application to use the data to train the reinforcement learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Mallya Kasaragod, Sahika Gene, Leo Parker Dirac, Bharathan Balaji, Eric Li Sun, Marthinus Coenraad De Clercq Wentzel, Brian James Townsend, Pramod Ravikumar Kumar
  • Publication number: 20210315429
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention described herein relate to vacuum cleaners. The vacuum cleaners described herein can include a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and at least one support member to permit access to the interior of the vacuum cleaner. Also described herein are vacuum cleaners having a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and an accessory holder that can be pivotally mounted to the collection receptacle to permit access to the contents thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jay Fording, Eduardo Gonzalez, Michael McDermott, Claude E. Reynolds, JR., James Townsend, Trevor N. Devine, Steven P. Gerstein, Kevin D. Fry
  • Publication number: 20210317128
    Abstract: The present invention covers substituted. Pyrazolo-pyrrolo-pyrimidine-dione (PPPD) compounds of general formula (I): in which R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of neurogenic diseases, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicants: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marcus KOPPITZ, Holger SIEBENEICHER, Nico BRÄUER, Elisabeth POOK, Andrea ROTGERI, Roland NEUHAUS, Oliver Martin FISCHER, Jens NAGEL, Adam James DAVENPORT, James Lindsay CARR, Robert James TOWNSEND, Nina CONNELLY URSINYOVA, Shelley Anne PARROTT
  • Patent number: 11052076
    Abstract: A series of substituted spirocyclic 2-oxoindoline derivatives, and analogues thereof, being potent modulators of human IL-17 activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SRL
    Inventors: Gareth Neil Brace, Rose Elizabeth Chappell, Hervé Jean Claude Deboves, Anne Marie Foley, Gregory Foulkes, Elizabeth Pearl Jones, Fabien Claude Lecomte, Joanna Rachel Quincey, Monika-Sarah Elisabeth Dorothea Schulze, Matthew Duncan Selby, Adam Peter Smalley, Richard David Taylor, Robert James Townsend, Zhaoning Zhu
  • Publication number: 20210023248
    Abstract: An apparatus uses disinfecting ultraviolet light in the C spectrum (UVC) within a housing having an interior chamber. The exterior surfaces of the apparatus are provided in stainless steel suitable for a health care environment. The housing is configured to receive a variety of large devices such as walkers and wheel chairs. Once placed in the interior chamber, first and second offset sanitizing lights are turned on to sanitize the item or items disposed in the interior chamber. The offset lights provide light coverage to both ends of an item such as a wheel chair placed in the interior chamber. The interior of the chamber is lined with reflective, noduled material, to reflect light in a scattered pattern to increase coverage for the item being sanitized. A door closes the interior chamber when the lights are turned on. An interlock is used with the door to turn the lights off when the door is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: James Townsend, Richard Glen Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20200399268
    Abstract: The invention relates to 6,5 heterobicyclic ring derivatives of formula (I), processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment of inflammatory conditions driven by STING activation, such as, but not confined to, SLE and geographic atrophy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jag Paul Heer, Michal Sarah Hallside, Adam Peter Smalley, Josep Llaveria Cros, Benedicte Lallemand, Martin Alexander Lowe, Xianfu Li, Anthony John Richardson, Robert James Townsend
  • Publication number: 20200167437
    Abstract: A simulation workflow manager obtains a set of parameters for simulation of a system and training of a reinforcement learning model for optimizing an application of the system. In response to obtaining the set of parameters, the simulation workflow manager configures a first compute node that includes a training application for training the reinforcement learning model. The simulation workflow manager also configures a second compute note with a simulation application to perform the simulation of the system in a simulation environment. Data is generated through execution of the simulation in the second compute node that is provided to the first compute node to cause the training application to use the data to train the reinforcement learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Sunil Mallya Kasaragod, Sahika Genc, Leo Parker Dirac, Bharathan Balaji, Eric Li Sun, Marthinus Coenraad De Clercq Wentzel, Brian James Townsend, Pramod Ravikumar Kumar
  • Publication number: 20200138797
    Abstract: A series of substituted spirocyclic 2-oxoindoline derivatives, and analogues thereof, being potent modulators of human IL-17 activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Gareth Neil Brace, Rose Elizabeth Chappell, Hervé Jean Claude Deboves, Anne Marie Foley, Gregory Foulkes, Elizabeth Pearl Jones, Fabien Claude Lecomte, Joanna Rachel Quincey, Monika-Sarah Elisabeth Dorothea Schulze, Matthew Duncan Selby, Adam Peter Smalley, Richard David Taylor, Robert James Townsend, Zhaoning Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190038095
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention described herein relate to vacuum cleaners. The vacuum cleaners described herein can include a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and at least one support member to permit access to the interior of the vacuum cleaner. Also described herein are vacuum cleaners having a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and an accessory holder that can be pivotally mounted to the collection receptacle to permit access to the contents thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Jay Fording, Eduardo Gonzalez, Michael McDermott, Claude E. Reynolds, JR., James Townsend, Trevor N. Devine, Steven P. Gerstein, Kevin D. Fry
  • Patent number: 10111562
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention described herein relate to vacuum cleaners. The vacuum cleaners described herein can include a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and at least one support member to permit access to the interior of the vacuum cleaner. Also described herein are vacuum cleaners having a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and an accessory holder that can be pivotally mounted to the collection receptacle to permit access to the contents thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jay Fording, Eduardo Gonzalez, Michael McDermott, Claude E. Reynolds, Jr., James Townsend, Trevor N. Devine, Steven P. Gerstein, Kevin D. Fry
  • Publication number: 20170086630
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention described herein relate to vacuum cleaners. The vacuum cleaners described herein can include a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and at least one support member to permit access to the interior of the vacuum cleaner. Also described herein are vacuum cleaners having a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and an accessory holder that can be pivotally mounted to the collection receptacle to permit access to the contents thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Jay Fording, Eduardo Gonzalez, Michael McDermott, Claude E. Reynolds, JR., James Townsend, Trevor N. Devine, Steven P. Gerstein, Kevin D. Fry
  • Patent number: 9071439
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for performing operations in an authentication token or other cryptographic device in a system comprising an authentication server. In one aspect, a code generated by the authentication server is received in the cryptographic device. The code may have associated therewith information specifying at least one operation to be performed by the cryptographic device. The cryptographic device authenticates the code, and responsive to authentication of the code, performs the specified operation. If the code is not authenticated, the operation is not performed. The code may be determined as a function of a one-time password generated by the authentication server. The function may also take as an input an identifier of the operation to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Magnus Nyström, William M. Duane, James Townsend
  • Publication number: 20140205817
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing an image transfer kit which enables the production of a desired image on a substrate which subsequently may be used in different decorative applications. The process may include the application of different layers of lacquer, photoclear and inks to a substrate in addition to the ultra-violet light treatment, washing and drying of the substrate at certain stages during the process. The produced image transfer kit may include the substrate, layers of transfer lacquer, high resolution lacquer, photoclear, clear or white ink, adhesive and the desired image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: BION DESIGN, LLC
    Inventors: THOMAS CHARLES CONTI, ANDREW DES VIGNES, JAMES TOWNSEND
  • Patent number: 7849323
    Abstract: A multimedia device or other type of processing device comprises a memory, a processor coupled to the memory, and playback circuitry coupled to the processor. In one aspect, the processor is operative to control the storage in the memory of at least one multimedia file containing a one-time password or other type of password, where the password is generated externally to the processing device, and to control the playback of the multimedia file via the playback circuitry to make the password apparent to or otherwise accessible to an associated user or other entity. The multimedia file may comprise, for example, an audio file, with the password being presented to the user in an audible form upon playback of the audio file. As another example, the multimedia file may comprise a video file, with the password being presented to the user in a visible form upon playback of the video file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: John Field, Burton S. Kaliski, Jr., Magnus Nyström, James Townsend
  • Publication number: 20080270791
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for performing operations in an authentication token or other cryptographic device in a system comprising an authentication server. In one aspect, a code generated by the authentication server is received in the cryptographic device. The code may have associated therewith information specifying at least one operation to be performed by the cryptographic device. The cryptographic device authenticates the code, and responsive to authentication of the code, performs the specified operation. If the code is not authenticated, the operation is not performed. The code may be determined as a function of a one-time password generated by the authentication server. The function may also take as an input an identifier of the operation to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Magnus Nystrom, William M. Duane, James Townsend
  • Patent number: D663634
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Microsemi Corporation
    Inventor: James Townsend