Patents by Inventor John Brown

John Brown 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POLISHING FREEFORM LENSES
    Publication number: 20130148079
    Abstract: Systems and methods for polishing a lens having a freeform design cut into a surface of the lens are provided. The system may include a lap blank having a substantial inverse of the freeform design cut into a surface of the lap blank, or a conformable lap blank having an inverse of the freeform design molded into a surface of the lap blank. The system also includes a deformable pad mounted on the surface of the lap blank. The surface of the lens is separated from the surface of the lap blank by the deformable pad, and the lens and the lap blank are arranged such that the freeform design of the surface of the lens is substantially aligned with the substantial inverse of the freeform design of the surface of the lap blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Coburn Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew John Brown, Steven Glenn Bedford
  • COMBINED AIR, WATER AND ROAD VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130126666
    Abstract: Flying Car, readable aircraft, amphibian, multimode, multifunctional, composite versatile personal transport vehicle with twin, parallel fuselages, hulls, each with inflatable pontoons and/or wheels below and a cabin. Combined, aircraft, airplane, aeroplane, flying, air, aerial, airborne vehicle with variable, folding wings which is convertible via automatic transformation to a land vehicle and to a sea vessel. Two wings are stored between the fuselages. They extend on a system of rails, pivots and counter-rotating, fuselage-mounted arms which then sink flush into the wings' undersides and lock for flight. Upon wing extension and retraction, controls for road transport and flight controls alternately emerge or are stowed inoperably, as needed. Engine power alternately drives a propeller for flight, wheels for road travel and a separate, submersible, marine propeller for water transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: MARTIN CHRIST GEFRIERTROCKNUGSANLAGEN GmbH
    Inventor: John Brown
  • EIF4E BINDING PEPTIDES
    Publication number: 20130130989
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modified eIF4G1 peptides, uses thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the modified eIF4G1 peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher John Brown, Cheng San Brian Chia
  • Catalyst activation in a dual reactor process
    Patent number: 8431657
    Abstract: Catalysts are activated in a dual reactor solution process by adding substoichiometric and superstoichiometric amounts of an ionic activator to an organometallic polymerization catalyst in a first and second reactor respectively. The new activation method allows one to alter process conditions in a favorably way with minimum impact to process economics. The new activation method also provides polymers which give films having improved optical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Nova Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: XiaoChuan Wang, Peter Zoricak, Stephen John Brown
  • Air traffic control method
    Patent number: 8417396
    Abstract: A method of operating an air traffic control system may include receiving, by a control system, an instruction from a control system user. The method may further include providing, by the control system, the instruction to an airplane via a data link between the control system and a system of the airplane. In addition, the method may include adjusting, by the airplane system, at least one airplane control to correspond to the instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William L. Goodman, Syed T. Shafaat, John A. Brown, Jennifer L. Gertley, Robert P. Smith
  • Plastic Bottle Log Trimmer and Method
    Publication number: 20130047806
    Abstract: A rotary trimmer for trimming flash and the blow dome from a plastic bottle forming a portion of a plastic blow molded log discharged from a blow mold includes flash punching, a neck support plate, and a guillotine blade. The neck support plate is movable by a plate drive to move adjacent the neck of the plastic log to support the neck during cutting of the blow dome and cooperates with a log holder to essentially support the entire outer periphery of the neck. The guillotine blade is movable by a blade drive to pass through the plastic log and sever the blow dome from the neck of the log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: GRAHAM ENGINEERING CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Brown, John M. Mathy, JR.
  • Paper handling apparatus
    Patent number: 8376120
    Abstract: A paper handling apparatus including: feeder stations for feeding documents to a conveyer; a collator for collating documents into packs, and collating packs into groups of documents; an inserter module for inserting each group into an envelope; a monitor which monitors the cycling and working times of sections of the inserter module; sensors for determining at least one of: a first desired gap being the minimum gap between trailing edges of consecutive groups, a second desired gap being the minimum gap between the trailing edge of one pack and the leading edge of the following pack a third desired gap being the minimum gap between the trailing edge of one group to the leading edge of the following group; and a controller for controlling the feeder stations to achieve at least one of the desired gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Neopost Technologies
    Inventor: John Brown
  • MILL AND METHOD OF MILLING
    Publication number: 20130020419
    Abstract: A milling apparatus in which at least two independently driven axiaily mounted elements are eccentrically mounted one within the other so as to define a processing chamber (12) therebetween with the minimum radial gap between the elements at one position being diametrically opposite to the maximum radial gap. Stresses are applied to the material by passing it through the minimum radial gap, which is adjustable. The elements may be rotated in the same direction to apply compressive and extensional stresses to material within the minimum gap, or in opposite directions to apply shear stresses to the material within this gap. A third element may be incorporated within the chamber to provide heat transfer and distributive mixing to the stressed material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Maelstrom Advanced Process Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Christopher John Brown
  • Methods for inducing differentiation of undifferentiated mammalian cells into osteoblasts
    Patent number: 8338124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to in vivo and in vitro methods, agents and compound screening assays for inducing differentiation of undifferentiated mammalian cells into osteoblasts, including bone formation enhancing pharmaceutical compositions, and the use thereof in treating and/or preventing a disease involving a systemic or local decrease in mean bone density in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Galapagos N.V.
    Inventors: Luc Juliaan Corina Van Rompaey, Peter Herwig Maria Tomme, Robin John Brown
  • Methods, agents, and compound screening assays for inducing differentiation of undifferentiated mammalian cells into osteoblasts
    Patent number: 8318137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, agents and compound screening assays for inducing differentiation of undifferentiated mammalian cells into osteoblasts. The invention thus provides a method, comprising contacting a compound with a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID No: 194-309; and measuring a compound-polypeptide property related to the differentiation of said cells. The invention further relates to a bone formation enhancing pharmaceutical composition, and the use thereof in treating and/or preventing a disease involving a systemic or local decrease in mean bone density in a subject. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for the in vitro production of bone tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Galapagos N.V.
    Inventors: Luc Juliaan Corina Van Rompaey, Peter Herwig Maria Tomme, Robin John Brown
  • Landscaping wall and mounting system and methods
    Patent number: 8313267
    Abstract: A landscaping wall includes concrete blocks dry stacked to form a wall. At least one of the blocks has a channel in the lower or upper surface of the block. An accessory mounting bar having a mounting portion and an outer end is positioned in the channel of the at least one block. At least one of an accessory or an accessory holder on the outer end of the mounting bar extends beyond the front face of the at least one block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Anchor Wall Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay J. Johnson, Harrison John Brown
  • X-ray apparatus
    Patent number: 8306189
    Abstract: X-ray apparatus comprises a linear accelerator adapted to produce a beam of electrons at one of at least two selectable energies and being controlled to change the selected energy on a periodic basis, and a target to which the beam is directed thereby to produce a beam of x-radiation, the target being non-homogenous and being driven to move periodically in synchrony with the change of the selected energy. In this way, the target can move so that a different part is exposed to the electron beam when different pulses arrive. This enables the appropriate target material to be employed depending on the selected energy. The easiest form of periodic movement for the target is likely to be a rotational movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignees: Elekta AB (Publ), The Institute of Cancer Research
    Inventors: Kevin John Brown, Maria Giulia Thompson, Vibeke Nordmark Hansen, Philip Mark Evans, David Anthony Roberts
  • Activation for Oligomerization
    Publication number: 20120271087
    Abstract: The oligomerization of ethylene using a chromium catalyst and an aluminoxane activator is well known. The undesired formation of polyethylene as a by-product is also known to occur during prior oligomerization processes. We have discovered that the use of an aluminoxane that is prepared by non-hydrolytic means provides a highly productive activator (co-catalyst) for ethylene oligomerization and mitigates the undesired formation of by-product polyethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: NOVA CHEMICALS (INTERNATIONAL) S.A.
    Inventors: Stephen John Brown, Charles Ashton Garret Carter, P. Scott Chisholm, Isam Jaber, Ian Ronald Jobe, Oleksiy Golovchenko
  • FLOATING STANDOFF ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20120263536
    Abstract: A standoff system for keeping a containment boom or other floating barrier device spaced at a desired standoff distance away from a structure. The system includes an inner side member, an outer side member, and a plurality of compression members disposed between the side members. The system has a collapsed configuration in which the distance between the inner and outer side members is less than the desired standoff distance, and a deployed configuration in which the distance between the side members is greater than or substantially equal to the desired standoff distance. Alternatively, the system can be collapsed longitudinally by moving the adjacent compression members into abutting relationship with each other. The system is towed into place in the collapsed configuration, and once in place, is transformed into the deployed configuration by applying tension to the side members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: KEPNER PLASTICS FABRICATORS, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Meyers, John A. Brown
  • Free-standing wall arrangement and methods
    Patent number: 8256182
    Abstract: A free-standing wall includes concrete base blocks adjacent to each other forming a base course; a first set of concrete wall blocks stacked on the base course and on each other to form a first wall face; and a second set of concrete wall blocks stacked on the base course and on each other to form a second wall face that faces the opposite direction from the first wall face and that has the same number of courses as the first plurality of wall blocks. Methods of constructing the wall arrangement include laying the base blocks next to each other end to end; stacking individual blocks of a first set of blocks on the base course and then on each other to form a first wall face; stacking individual blocks of the second set of blocks on the base course and then on each other to form a second wall face that faces a direction opposite of the first wall face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Anchor Wall Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Joel Wolter, Robert B. Burnquist, Harrison John Brown, Dale A. Buker, Jay J. Johnson
  • COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20120208799
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and to compositions comprising the same and to the use of the compounds and their compositions in treatment, for example in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, in particular respiratory inflammatory disease. The invention also extends to methods of making said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: John King-Underwood, Kazuhlro Ito, Peter John Murray, George Hardy, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Christopher John Brown
  • 6,7,8,9-Tetrahydro-5H-1,4,7,10a-tetraaza-cyclohept[f]indene derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, their use and processes for preparing them
    Publication number: 20120165304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds defined by formula (I), wherein the groups X, Y, W and R1 to R4 are defined as in claim 1, possessing valuable pharmacological activity. Particularly the compounds are agonists of the 5-HT2C receptor, and thus are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by inhibition of this receptor, such as metabolic and CNS-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan-Georg Mueller, Christopher John Brown, Alexander Heifetz, Bernd Nosse, Juergen Prestle, Natacha Prevost, Klaus Rudolf, Stefan Scheuerer, Marcus Schindler, Dirk Stenkamp, Leo Thomas, Heather Tye
  • CATALYST ACTIVATION IN A DUAL REACTOR PROCESS
    Publication number: 20120149856
    Abstract: Catalysts are activated in a dual reactor solution process by adding substoichiometric and superstoichiometric amounts of an ionic activator to an organometallic polymerization catalyst in a first and second reactor respectively. The new activation method allows one to alter process conditions in a favorably way with minimum impact to process economics. The new activation method also provides polymers which give films having improved optical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: XiaoChuan Wang, Peter Zoricak, Stephen John Brown
  • HEAT MANAGEMENT IN ETHYLENE OLIGOMERIZATION
    Publication number: 20120142989
    Abstract: The oligomerization of ethylene using a chromium catalyst having a heteroatomic ligand may be used to provide oligomerization products that are selective towards hexene and/or octene. However, such processes also typically produce some polymer as an undesirable by product. The present invention is directed towards improvements in the selective oligomerization of ethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Isam Jaber, Ian Ronald Jobe, P. Scott Chisholm, Andrzej Krzywicki, Charles Ashton Garret Carter, Vernon Lindsay Strom, Kamal l Elias Serhal, Eric Clavelle, Stephen John Brown, Yves Lacombe, Anita Sylvia Magis, Mackenzie Alexander Harris, Russell Kirk Archer, Keith Wayne Besenski, Michel Berghmans, Oleksiy Golovchenko, Dale Alexander Sieben
  • MIXING APPARATUS OF THE CDDM- OR CTM-TYPE, AND ITS USE
    Publication number: 20120127826
    Abstract: The invention provides a distributive and dispersive mixing apparatus of the CDDM or CTM type comprising two spaced-apart mutually rotatable confronting surfaces (1, 2) having cavities (3) therein. The surfaces have preferably relatively widely-spaced, axially-disposed confronting surfaces which alternate with preferably relatively narrowly-spaced, radially-disposed confronting surfaces, thereby preventing any leakage flow through the mixer and allowing expansion during operation with reduced danger of contact of the radially-disposed confronting surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher John Brown, Graeme Neil Irving, Adam Jan Kowalski