Patents by Inventor John Price

John Price 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: 20130328688
    Abstract: A method or system for detecting a seismic event includes detecting a primary wave of a seismic event using at least one sensor at a measurement location; using at least one parameter of the detected primary wave to determine an estimated peak ground intensity at the measurement location without determining the magnitude of the seismic event; determining an epicenter of the seismic event; and estimating the intensity of the seismic event at a specified location using the determined estimated peak ground intensity and the distance of the specified location from the epicenter. The epicenter can be determined using sensors at a single location. A noise detection system can filter out detected signals that correspond to local vibrations rather than seismic events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Michael John Price, Gilead Wurman
  • Patent number: 8557001
    Abstract: Diesel fuel formulation is provided containing (i) FAME with ?50% w/w saturates, (ii) dialkyl carbonate (DAC) and (iii) an additional diesel fuel component. Also provided is a diesel fuel supplement containing FAME and DAC, for use in a diesel fuel formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Brewer, Caroline Nicola Orlebar, Richard John Price, Garo Garbis Vaporciyan
  • Patent number: 8518129
    Abstract: Gasoline compositions are provided comprising component A, an alkyl alkenoate compound, or a mixture of alkyl alkenoate compounds, selected from compounds of formula I: wherein R1 is a linear alkenyl group containing 3 to 5 carbon atoms, optionally substituted by a methyl group, and R2 is a linear or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, with the proviso that component A has a boiling point or boiling point range within the temperature range of from 90 to 200° C., and at least one additional selected component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Allison Felix-Moore, Jean-Paul Lange, Richard John Price, Johanne Smith
  • Patent number: 8518130
    Abstract: Gasoline fuel formulation containing (i) tricyclene, which is suitably biologically derived, and (ii) a gasoline base fuel. The formulation may contain one or more additional biofuel components or oxygenates: it may for example include ethanol, or ethanol together with one or more additional biofuels. The invention also provides a method for preparing the formulation, its use in a spark ignition engine, and the use of tricyclene in a gasoline fuel formulation for various purposes, including to enhance lubricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Martin Tom Croft, George Robert Lee, Richard John Price, Robert McDaniel
  • Patent number: 8466330
    Abstract: The application provides a moderate fraction of a carbohydrate derived component having at least one C4+ compound (and kerosene fuel composition comprising same), the moderate fraction exhibiting a mean percentage of 99% or more biobased material, as determined by C14 testing, the moderate fraction comprising: one or more substituted carbohydrate derived cycloalkanes comprising one or more substituent selected from the group consisting of branched C3-4 alkyls, straight chain C1-4 alkyls, branched C3-4 alkylenes, and straight chain C1-4 alkylenes; one or more carbohydrate derived aromatics, at least some of the carbohydrate derived aromatics comprising one or more substituent selected from the group consisting of branched C3-4 alkyls, straight chain C1-4 alkyls, branched C3-4 alkylenes, and, straight chain C2-4 alkylenes; and one or more carbohydrate derived compound selected from the group consisting of fused aryls, indane, indene, isomers thereof, and combinations thereof, at least some of the carbohydrate d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignees: Shell Oil Company, Virent, Inc
    Inventors: Joanna Margaret Bauldreay, Paul George Blommel, Randy Douglas Cortright, Richard John Price
  • Publication number: 20130055626
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid fuel composition comprising a distillation fraction of a component having at least one C4+ compound derived from a water-soluble oxygenated hydrocarbon prepared by a method comprising: providing water and a water-soluble oxygenated hydrocarbon comprising a C1+O1+ hydrocarbon in an aqueous liquid phase and/or a vapor phase; providing H2; catalytically reacting in the liquid and/or vapor phase the oxygenated hydrocarbon with the H2 in the presence of a deoxygenation catalyst at a deoxygenation temperature and deoxygenation pressure to produce an oxygenate comprising a C1+O1-3 hydrocarbon in a reaction stream; and catalytically reacting in the liquid and/or vapor phase the oxygenate in the presence of a condensation catalyst at a condensation temperature and condensation pressure to produce the C4+ compound, wherein the C4+ compound comprises a member selected from the group consisting of C4+ alcohol, C4+ ketone, C4+ alkane, C4+ alkene, C5+ cycloalkane, C5+ cycloalkene,
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicants: VIRENT, INC., SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Joanna Margaret BAULDREAY, Paul George BLOMMEL, Randy Douglas CORTRIGHT, Richard John PRICE
  • Publication number: 20130018346
    Abstract: A sanitary disposable urine device is provided that includes an inner ring and outer ring each having a top surface and opposing bottom surface. The outer ring is substantially concentric with the inner ring and may be offset. At least one of the top surfaces of the inner and outer rings conforms to a body contour of a user's perineum. The device includes a hand holder coupled to the bottom surface of the inner ring, the hand holder having an opening configured to match to the inner ring. The device includes a fluid containing bag having an open end attached to the hand holder such that fluid flows through the inner ring and the opening of the hand holder into the fluid containing bag during usage. The device includes an inner bag inside the fluid containing bag having an absorbent material and an outer sealable bag to secure the device after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: MERCY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Roger Huckfeldt, Cindy Lowe, Keela Davis, Martin Reuter, John Price, Debbie Sue Mikkelson
  • Patent number: 8331547
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus (10) for handling telephone calls which comprises: means for configuring the operation of the apparatus based on user preferences relating to the handling of calls from particular callers, means for storing the user preferences, means for processing incoming calls based on the user preferences, and means for receiving updates to the user preferences in dependence on changes to a preference database for storing the preferences of at least one user. The invention also relates to a telecommunications system, and to an associated server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Arona, Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven Smith, John Price
  • Patent number: 8306724
    Abstract: An air traffic control system, for use by a controller controlling a plurality of aircraft held vertically separated in a stack, the system comprising at least one processor; a display device for the control generating a display controlled by said at least one processor, and at least one device for selectively receiving, from said aircraft, an indication of their intended future altitudes; in which said processor is arranged to receive such intended altitude data; to compare said intended altitude data with current altitude and/or intended altitude data of other aircraft; and to generate said display on said display device so as to list said plurality of aircraft, to highlight a first part of the display relating to a first aircraft whose intended altitude overlaps with the current or intended altitude of at least one said second aircraft, and to highlight also a second part of the display relating to said second aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Nats (En Route) Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Adrian John Price, William Casey
  • Patent number: 8302405
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is disclosed that has with two or more compressors. A first one of the compressors include a compressor variable geometry mechanism that may be in the form of adjustable vanes, bleed valves, or the like. A first one of the compressors is turned at a first speed and the second one of the compressors is turned at a second speed. The first speed is maintained approximately constant while the second speed varies and position of the compressor variable geometry mechanism is modulated in accordance with the second speed of the second one of the compressors to regulate surge margin for the first one of the compressors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Power Engineering PLC
    Inventors: Brian John Price, Louis Demers
  • Publication number: 20120266838
    Abstract: A liquid fuel composition containing a biofuel component, produced from a fraction of one or more cracking products produced by catalytic cracking of a biomass source. The liquid fuel composition contains in the range of 0.5 to 20 vol. % of C4-C8-olefins, which C4-C8-olefins contain in the range from equal to or more than 0.02 wt % to equal to or less than 100 wt % of bio-carbon, based on the total weight of carbon present in the C4-C8-olefins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Johan Willem GOSSELINK, John William HARRIS, Andries Hendrik JANSSEN, Richard John PRICE, Colin John SCHAVERIEN, Nicolaas Wilhelmus Joseph WAY
  • Patent number: 8293956
    Abstract: A gasoline composition is provided containing: (a) a gasoline base fuel; and (b) a terpene composition in an amount in the range of from 0.1 to 40% vol. based on total gasoline composition, said terpene composition comprising at least 60% wt. pinenes and having an acidity of at most 0.05 mgKOH/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Allison Felix-Moore, Richard John Price, Susan Jane Smith
  • Patent number: 8273138
    Abstract: Liquid fuel compositions comprising one or more C4+ compounds derived from a water-soluble oxygenated hydrocarbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignees: Shell Oil Company, Virent, Inc
    Inventors: Joanna Margaret Bauldreay, Paul George Blommel, Randy Douglas Cortright, Richard John Price
  • Patent number: 8214996
    Abstract: In a method of attaching a suture to a needle barrel, a first compression stroke compresses the radially-defined top of the barrel against a suture in the bore of the barrel while restraining the bottom and sides of the barrel against deformation. A second compression stroke compresses the bottom of the barrel against the suture while restraining the sides against deformation. In another method, the top and bottom are compressed concurrently while the sides are restrained against deformation. An apparatus for attaching a suture to a needle barrel includes two die sets, each including a die with a groove therein. In one die set, the groove protects the bottom and sides of the barrel from deformation while the top is compressed. In the other die set, the groove protects the sides of the barrel from deformation while the bottom is compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Stametz, John Price, Eugene Reynolds, Kenneth Barsch
  • Publication number: 20120145106
    Abstract: A diesel fuel formulation containing a triethoxypropane and a palm oil methyl ester (POME), and a diesel fuel supplement containing a premix of a triethoxypropane and a POME is disclosed. The triethoxypropane may be 1,2,3-triethoxypropane or 1,1,3-triethoxypropane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Allison Felix-Moore, George Robert Lee, Richard John Price
  • Publication number: 20120095317
    Abstract: A computer-implemented diabetes management system is provided for configuring a structured collection procedure implemented on a collection device having a meter that measures the concentration of glucose in blood. The system includes: a collection application that executes a structured collection procedure for obtaining measurement data from the meter and provides access to the measurement data via a communication protocol defined in accordance with IEEE standard 11073-20601; a configuration application that accesses and manipulates the parameters of the structured collection procedure using a set of action commands, where the set of action commands are defined in compliance with the communication protocol; and a collection interface that receives an action command from the configuration application, executes the received action command and issues a response command in response thereto, where the response command is defined in compliance with the communication protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond Strickland, Ulrich Porsch, John Price
  • Publication number: 20120053376
    Abstract: A gasoline composition is provided containing: (a) a gasoline base fuel; and (b) a terpene composition in an amount in the range of from 0.1 to 40% vol. based on total gasoline composition, said terpene composition comprising at least 60% wt. pinenes and having an acidity of at most 0.05 mgKOH/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Allison FELIX-MOORE, Richard John Price, Susan Jane Smith
  • Publication number: 20120046258
    Abstract: There are provided crystalline particles of unsolvated Form 1 polymorph of the compound of formula (I): characterised in that the particles are in the form of substantially triangular plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: GLAXO GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Wendy Isabel Cross, Matthew Lawrence Hannan, David Michael Johns, Mei-yin Lee, Christopher John Price
  • Publication number: 20110220053
    Abstract: Gasoline fuel formulation containing (i) tricyclene, which is suitably biologically derived, and (ii) a gasoline base fuel. The formulation may contain one or more additional biofuel components or oxygenates: it may for example include ethanol, or ethanol together with one or more additional biofuels. The invention also provides a method for preparing the formulation, its use in a spark ignition engine, and the use of tricyclene in a gasoline fuel formulation for various purposes, including to enhance lubricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Martin Tom Croft, George Robert Lee, Richard John Price, Robert McDaniel
  • Publication number: 20110173877
    Abstract: A process for preparing a hydrocarbon or mixture of hydrocarbons comprising the steps of (i) hydrogenating furfural, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural or a mixture of furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to provide furfuryl alcohol, 2,5-furandimethanol or a mixture of furfuryl alcohol and 2,5-furandimethanol; (ii) oligomerizing the alcohol or mixture of alcohols of step (i) in the presence of an acidic catalyst to provide a carbon-carbon coupled oligomer; and (iii) hydrogenating the oligomer of step (ii) is provided. The hydrocarbons are useful as fuel blending components. Processes for controlling the oligomerization of alcohol or mixture of alcohols to optimise the production of oligomers suitable for conversion to hydrocarbons useful as kerosene and diesel components are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Jeroen Van Buijtenen, Jean-Paul Lange, Richard John Price