Patents by Inventor John Robert North

John Robert North 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: 20090018844
    Abstract: A system for creating a web based tour for an item of interest characterised in that it includes the steps of: establishing a tour identity; associating one or more reference images with the tour identity; positioning one or more reference icons on one or more of said reference images, each of said reference icons being associated with a further reference image; and wherein a position of each of said reference icons is selected to provide information relating to said further reference image
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventor: John Robert North Baker
  • Patent number: 7264629
    Abstract: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is used to stimulate and/or restore hair growth in areas of hair loss. Methods and compositions relating to PDT treatment for alopecia are disclosed. In light of PDT use to remove unwanted hair by inactivating or destroying hair follicles or destroying the tissue feeding the hair follicles, such methods and compositions relate to a surprising and unexpected discovery. PDT permits a means to treat conditions relating to hair loss such as androgenic alopecia, alopecia areata and drug-induced alopecia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: QLT, Inc.
    Inventors: Guillermo O. Simkin, Anna M. Richter, David W. C. Hunt, John Robert North, Peter Lutwyche, Ronald Erwin Boch, Jean-Marie Houle
  • Patent number: 7090691
    Abstract: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is used to stimulate and/or restore hair growth in areas of hair loss. Methods and compositions relating to PDT treatment for alopecia are disclosed. In light of PDT use to remove unwanted hair by inactivating or destroying hair follicles or destroying the tissue feeding the hair follicles, such methods and compositions relate to a surprising and unexpected discovery. PDT permits a means to treat conditions relating to hair loss such as androgenic alopecia, alopecia areata and drug-induced alopecia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: QLT Inc.
    Inventors: Guillermo O. Simkin, Anna M. Richter, David W. C. Hunt, John Robert North, Peter Lutwyche, Ronald Erwin Boch
  • Publication number: 20040029856
    Abstract: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is used to stimulate and/or restore hair growth in areas of hair loss. Methods and compositions relating to PDT treatment for alopecia are disclosed. In light of PDT use to remove unwanted hair by inactivating or destroying hair follicles or destroying the tissue feeding the hair follicles, such methods and compositions relate to a surprising and unexpected discovery. PDT permits a means to treat conditions relating to hair loss such as androgenic alopecia, alopecia areata and drug-induced alopecia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Guillermo O. Simkin, Anna M. Richter, David W. C. Hunt, John Robert North, Peter Lutwyche, Ronald Erwin Boch, Jean-Marie Houle
  • Publication number: 20040015214
    Abstract: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is used to stimulate and/or restore hair growth in areas of hair loss. Methods and compositions relating to PDT treatment for alopecia are disclosed. In light of PDT use to remove unwanted hair by inactivating or destroying hair follicles or destroying the tissue feeding the hair follicles, such methods and compositions relate to a surprising and unexpected discovery. PDT permits a means to treat conditions relating to hair loss such as androgenic alopecia, alopecia areata and drug-induced alopecia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Guillermo O. Simkin, Anna M. Richter, David W. C. Hunt, John Robert North, Peter Lutwyche, Ronald Erwin Boch