Patents by Inventor John Cowan

John Cowan 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: 20120053994
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for reducing infrastructure failure rates. The apparatus and methods may compile and store data related to the physical devices and applications associated with an infrastructure change. Variables may be derived from the stored data using a range of methods and multiple variable values may be consolidated. A model may be developed based on the values and relationships of the derived variables. The model may be applied to assess the risk of a prospective infrastructure change. The risk may include an index that corresponds to the likelihood that the infrastructure change will lead to a failure. The model may predict the magnitude of a failure should the infrastructure change fail. The model may predict the expected failure impact based on the index and the failure magnitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Bank of America
    Inventors: John Cowan, Rachel Nemecek, Edward M. Dunlap, JR., Charles C. Howie
  • Publication number: 20120041494
    Abstract: An implant and method for attaching to vertebral members with the implant including a plate and a cage. The plate is configured to be positioned against and anchored to the bodies of the vertebral members. The plate may also extend into the intervertebral space between the vertebral members. The cage extends outward from the plate and is positioned within the intervertebral space. The implant provides a low profile that is positionable between the bodies of the vertebral members and the lamina/pars/facet joint. The implant may be implanted utilizing a lateral access to the spine. The implant and method may further include just the plate without the cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventor: John A. Cowan
  • Publication number: 20110282817
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for reducing infrastructure failure rates. The apparatus and methods may compile and store data related to the organizational segments associated with the approval and implementation of an infrastructure change. Variables may be derived from the data using a range of methods, and multiple variable values may be consolidated. A model may be developed based on the values and relationships of the derived variables. The model may be applied to assess the risk involved in a prospective infrastructure change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Bank of America
    Inventors: Rachel Nemecek, John Cowan, Edward M. Dunlap, JR., Eric Hunsaker, Charles C. Howie
  • Publication number: 20110283145
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for reducing infrastructure failure rates. The apparatus and methods may compile and store data related to the physical devices and applications associated with an infrastructure change. Variables may be derived from the stored data using a range of methods and multiple variable values may be consolidated. A model may be developed based on the values and relationships of the derived variables. The model may be applied to assess the risk of a prospective infrastructure change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Bank of America
    Inventors: Rachel Nemecek, John Cowan, Edward M. Dunlap, JR., Eric Hunsaker, Charles C. Howie
  • Publication number: 20110283146
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for reducing infrastructure failure rates. The apparatus and methods may involve reduction of data complexity. The reduction may be based on the use of nonlinear analysis to derive representative variables, which may be multi-valued. Multi-valued variables may be consolidated. A model may be developed based on the values and relationships of the derived variables. The model may be applied to assess the risk involved in a prospective infrastructure change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Bank of America
    Inventors: Rachel Nemecek, John Cowan, Edward M. Dunlap, JR., Eric Hunsaker, Charles C. Howie
  • Patent number: 7991196
    Abstract: Methods and systems for image processing are provided. A method for processing images of a scene includes receiving image data of a reference and a current frame; generating N motion vectors that describe motion of the image data within the scene by computing a correlation function on the reference and current frames at each of N registration points; registering the current frame based on the N motion vectors to produce a registered current frame; and updating the image data of the scene based on the registered current frame. Optionally, registered frames may be oversampled. Techniques for generating the N motion vectors according to roll, zoom, shift and optical flow calculations, updating image data of the scene according to switched and intermediate integration approaches, re-introducing smoothed motion into image data of the scene, re-initializing the process, and processing images of a scene and moving target within the scene are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Gene D. Tener, Barry Mattox, Jennifer K. Park, John Cowan, William R. Herzog, Hai-Wen Chen, James P. Kane, III, David J. Huber, Timothy Alderson
  • Patent number: 7978880
    Abstract: Methods and systems for image processing are provided. A method for processing images of a scene includes receiving image data of a reference and a current frame; generating N motion vectors that describe motion of the image data within the scene by computing a correlation function on the reference and current frames at each of N registration points; registering the current frame based on the N motion vectors to produce a registered current frame; and updating the image data of the scene based on the registered current frame. Optionally, registered frames may be oversampled. Techniques for generating the N motion vectors according to roll, zoom, shift and optical flow calculations, updating image data of the scene according to switched and intermediate integration approaches, re-introducing smoothed motion into image data of the scene, re-initializing the process, and processing images of a scene and moving target within the scene are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Gene D. Tener, Barry Mattox, Jennifer K. Park, John Cowan, William R. Herzog, Hai-Wen Chen, James P. Kane, III, David J. Huber, Timothy Alderson
  • Patent number: 7970170
    Abstract: Methods and systems for image processing are provided. A method for processing images of a scene includes receiving image data of a reference and a current frame; generating N motion vectors that describe motion of the image data within the scene by computing a correlation function on the reference and current frames at each of N registration points; registering the current frame based on the N motion vectors to produce a registered current frame; and updating the image data of the scene based on the registered current frame. Optionally, registered frames may be oversampled. Techniques for generating the N motion vectors according to roll, zoom, shift and optical flow calculations, updating image data of the scene according to switched and intermediate integration approaches, re-introducing smoothed motion into image data of the scene, re-initializing the process, and processing images of a scene and moving target within the scene are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Gene D. Tener, Barry Mattox, Jennifer K. Park, John Cowan, William R. Herzog, Hai-Wen Chen, James P. Kane, III, David J. Huber, Timothy Alderson
  • Publication number: 20110124559
    Abstract: Novel compounds which are antagonists or inverse agonists at one or more of the opioid receptors, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Smithkline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: David John Cowan, Andrew Lamont Larkin, Cunyu Zhang, David Lee Musso, Gary Martin Green, Rodolfo Cadilla, Paul Kenneth Spearing, Michael Joseph Bishop, Jason Daniel Speake
  • Patent number: 7939528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds which are antagonist or inverse agonists at an opioid receptor. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of obesity and related diseases and/or conditions in mammals, particularly humans. Methods of making and using such compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Karl Barvian, Jason Daniel Speake, David John Cowan, Andrew Lamont Larkin, Jerzy Ryszard Szewczyk
  • Patent number: 7834063
    Abstract: This invention relates to benzonitryl and nitrobenzyl derivatives that are modulators of androgen, glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, and progesterone receptors, and also to the methods for the making and use of such compounds. These compounds are useful, for example, in the treatment or prophylaxis of conditions or disorders that respond to selective androgen receptor modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Philip Stewart Turnbull, Andrew Lamont Larkin, Istvan Kaldor, Rodolfo Cadilla, David John Cowan, Eugene Lee Stewart
  • Publication number: 20100253855
    Abstract: Methods and systems for image processing are provided. A method for processing images of a scene includes receiving image data of a reference and a current frame; generating N motion vectors that describe motion of the image data within the scene by computing a correlation function on the reference and current frames at each of N registration points; registering the current frame based on the N motion vectors to produce a registered current frame; and updating the image data of the scene based on the registered current frame. Optionally, registered frames may be oversampled. Techniques for generating the N motion vectors according to roll, zoom, shift and optical flow calculations, updating image data of the scene according to switched and intermediate integration approaches, re-introducing smoothed motion into image data of the scene, re-initializing the process, and processing images of a scene and moving target within the scene are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Gene D. Tener, Barry Mattox, Jennifer K. Park, John Cowan, William R. Herzog, Hai-Wen Chen, James P. Kane, III, David J. Huber, Timothy Alderson
  • Publication number: 20100254572
    Abstract: Methods and systems for image processing are provided. A method for processing images of a scene includes receiving image data of a reference and a current frame; generating N motion vectors that describe motion of the image data within the scene by computing a correlation function on the reference and current frames at each of N registration points; registering the current frame based on the N motion vectors to produce a registered current frame; and updating the image data of the scene based on the registered current frame. Optionally, registered frames may be oversampled. Techniques for generating the N motion vectors according to roll, zoom, shift and optical flow calculations, updating image data of the scene according to switched and intermediate integration approaches, re-introducing smoothed motion into image data of the scene, re-initializing the process, and processing images of a scene and moving target within the scene are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Gene D. Tener, Barry Mattox, Jennifer K. Park, John Cowan, William R. Herzog, Hai-Wen Chen, James P. Kane, III, David J. Huber, Timothy Alderson
  • Publication number: 20100222345
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds which are antagonists or inverse agonists at one or more of the opioid receptors, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation, and to their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Caroline Jean Diaz, Curt Dale Haffner, Jason Daniel Speake, Cunyu Zhang, Wendy Yoon Mills, Paul Kenneth Spearing, David John Cowan, Gary Martin Green
  • Patent number: 7723385
    Abstract: This invention relates to non-steroidal compounds that are modulators of androgen, glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, and progesterone receptors, and also to the methods for the making and use of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Philip Stewart Turnbull, Rodolfo Cadilla, David John Cowan, Andrew Lamont Larkin, Istvan Kaldor, Eugene Lee Stewart
  • Publication number: 20090163588
    Abstract: This invention relates to non-steroidal compounds that are modulators of androgen, glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, and progesterone receptors, and also to the methods for the making and use of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Philip Stewart Turnbull, Rodolfo Cadilla, David John Cowan, Andrew Lamont Larkin, Istvan Kaldor, Eugene Lee Stewart
  • Patent number: 7539746
    Abstract: Electronic commerce transaction messages are processed over a network between a client and a server in a highly reliable fashion by establishing a secure or un-secure communications connection between the network client and the network server at an electronic transaction assurance (eTA) system, which is located in a communication path between the network client and the network server. The transaction type is identified in the message and the progress of the transaction is tracked using transaction models. Any failure in the back-end server system or in the network connections is detected and the failure is recovered from using an outcome determination technique. The failure of a node within the eTA system is masked from the network client by formulating an appropriate response and sending it back to the client such that the network client and network server that were using the selected node do not see any interruption in their communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: John Bankier, Ronald Brown, John Cowan, Mohamed Dekhil, Jerremy Holland, Phillip Love, Stuart MacNeil, Eric McCall
  • Patent number: 7514470
    Abstract: This invention relates to non-steroidal compounds that are modulators of androgen, glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, and progesterone receptors, and also to the methods for the making and use of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Philip Stewart Turnbull, Rodolfo Cadilla, David John Cowan, Andrew Lamont Larkin, Istvan Kaldor, Eugene Lee Stewart
  • Patent number: D595582
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: John Cowan-Hughes, Carl Dibnah, Chris Padain, Matthew Wright
  • Patent number: D625613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: John Cowan-Hughes, Hayley Woolford, Bruce Hannant