Patents by Inventor John Heap

John Heap 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: 20210277441
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for identifying polypeptides and polynucleotides of interest, be they novel or variant polypeptides and polynucleotides, by expressing a plurality of polypeptides in an obligate or facultative anaerobe that is incapable of, or displays a reduction in, the oxidation of NADH and/or NADPH under anaerobic fermentation conditions and selecting an obligate or facultative anaerobe that grows or displays a growth advantage under said conditions. The invention is also concerned with novel enzymes per se, and their use in enzymatic production processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Lara Vidal, John Heap
  • Patent number: 9895628
    Abstract: A holding tank cover includes a gas permeable insulating membrane and a gas impermeable cover layer sized to overlay and conceal the gas permeable membrane. Together, the gas permeable membrane and the gas impermeable cover layer facilitate a controlled transmission of gas between an interior of the holding tank and an environment external to the holding tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Raven Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John Heap, Andre Alan Harvey
  • Publication number: 20160243465
    Abstract: A holding tank cover includes a gas permeable insulating membrane and a gas impermeable cover layer sized to overlay and conceal the gas permeable membrane. Together, the gas permeable membrane and the gas impermeable cover layer facilitate a controlled transmission of gas between an interior of the holding tank and an environment external to the holding tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: John Heap, Andre Alan Harvey
  • Patent number: 9352249
    Abstract: A holding tank cover includes a gas permeable insulating membrane and a gas impermeable cover layer sized to overlay and conceal the gas permeable membrane. Together, the gas permeable membrane and the gas impermeable cover layer facilitate a controlled transmission of gas between an interior of the holding tank and an environment external to the holding tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Colorado Lining International, Inc.
    Inventors: John Heap, Andre Alan Harvey
  • Publication number: 20150056168
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bacterial expression system for expressing a nucleic acid comprising: (a) DNA encoding a group 5 RNA polymerase sigma factor; and (b) an expression cassette comprising a promoter recognised by the group 5 RNA polymerase sigma factor operably linked to a heterologous nucleic acid; wherein (a) and (b) are located on the same expression vector, separate expression vectors or are integrated into the bacterial host genome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Nigel Peter Minton, Ying Zhang, Katrin Schwarz, John Heap
  • Publication number: 20150000521
    Abstract: A holding tank cover includes a gas permeable insulating membrane and a gas impermeable cover layer sized to overlay and conceal the gas permeable membrane. Together, the gas permeable membrane and the gas impermeable cover layer facilitate a controlled transmission of gas between an interior of the holding tank and an environment external to the holding tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: John Heap, Andre Alan Harvey
  • Patent number: 6848384
    Abstract: A boat hull cleaner having a handle (not shown) and a knuckle (see FIG. 1), the knuckle 1 having a first portion 2 and a second portion 3, the first portion 2 having a first channel and the second portion 3 having a second channel, the first portion 2 having a first connector part 4 to be joined to a first tubular part of the handle, and the second portion 3 having a second connector part 5 joined to a second tubular part of the handle; the arrangement being such that a fluid can be caused to flow within the first tubular part of the handle, into the first and second channels of the knuckle 1, and then into the second tubular part of the handle, and wherein the first and second portions 2 and 3 of the knuckle 1 can be adjusted with respect to one another such that the first and second tubular parts of the handle assume an angle with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Inventors: John Andrew Higgins, Michael John Heap, James Nelson Hodder