Patents by Inventor John Hearn

John Hearn 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: 20020053344
    Abstract: An inhalation device is described for use with a medicament pack in which at least one container for medicament in powder form is defined between two sheets peelably secured to one another. The device comprises means for peeling the sheets apart at an opening station to open the container; and an outlet, communicating with the opened container, through which a user can inhale medicament in powder form from the opened container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: GLAXO GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Birsha Davies, David John Hearne, Paul Kenneth Rand, Richard Ian Walker, James Barry Douglas Palmer
  • Patent number: 6378519
    Abstract: An inhalation device is described for use with a medicament pack in which at least one container for medicament in powder form is defined between two sheets peelably secured to one another. The device comprises means for peeling the sheets apart at an opening station to open the container; and an outlet, communicating with the opened container, through which a user can inhale medicament in powder form from the opened container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Michael Birsha Davies, David John Hearne, Paul Kenneth Rand, Richard Ian Walker
  • Publication number: 20010052113
    Abstract: A client/server data processing system is developed by a method (20) in which a meta model (21) is transformed by a model generator (24) into an application model (25) which has a layered structure reflecting that of the end-product system. A code generator is associated with each layer of the application model (25). For the client side, an IDL representation (41) is generated and is transformed into client interfaces (46). Client user interfaces (47) are separately generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: John Hearne, Ronan Rooney
  • Patent number: 6032666
    Abstract: An inhalation device is described for use with a medicament pack in which at least one container for medicament in powder form is defined between two sheets peelably secured to one another. The device comprises means for peeling the sheets apart at an opening station to open the container; and an outlet, communicating with the opened container, through which a user can inhale medicament in powder form from the opened container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Michael Birsha Davies, David John Hearne, Paul Kenneth Rand, Richard Ian Walker
  • Patent number: 5873360
    Abstract: An inhalation device is described for use with a medicament pack in which at least one container for medicament in powder form is defined between two sheets peelably secured to one another. The device comprises means for peeling the sheets apart at an opening station to open the container; and an outlet, communicating with the opened container, through which a user can inhale medicament in powder form from the opened container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Michael Birsha Davies, David John Hearne, Paul Kenneth Rand, Richard Ian Walker
  • Patent number: 5860419
    Abstract: An inhalation device is described for use with a medicament pack in which at least one container for medicament in powder form is defined between two sheets peelably secured to one another. The device comprises means for peeling the sheets apart at an opening station to open the container; and an outlet, communicating with the opened container, through which a user can inhale medicament in powder form from the opened container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Michael Birsha Davies, David John Hearne, Paul Kenneth Rand, Richard Ian Walker
  • Patent number: 5358760
    Abstract: A method of using waste materials produced by coal combustion to produce useful products. In one embodiment the invention provides solid bricks produced by compressing together fly ash, bottom ash, gypsum, calcium carbonate, and lime. These bricks have sufficient structural strength for use in building and construction. In another embodiment, waste materials are encapsulated in a mixture of fly ash, bottom ash, gypsum, lime, and calcium carbonate and compressed into bricks that may be disposed of in an environmentally acceptable manner. Further, the compressed bricks containing waste material may be coated with an impermeable membrane of a synthetic polymeric material. Further, the invention provides a mobile, trailer-mounted apparatus for compressing the mixtures into bricks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Earl Richhart
    Inventors: Tresea Furlong, John Hearne