Patents by Inventor Kenneth Knight

Kenneth Knight 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).

  • VASCULARIZED TISSUE GRAFT
    Publication number: 20070299508
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to improved methods for tissue engineering including tissue transplantation, augmentation and regeneration. More particularly, the present invention provides a method for the generation of donor vascularized tissue suitable for use in tissue transplantation, augmentation and/or repair. The present invention further enables the use of a support matrix in the generation of an anatomical construct comprising the donor vascular tissue. The support matrix may be devised such that it has dimensions of a size and shape adapted to simulate those of tissue to be transplanted, augmented and/or repaired. In addition to its use in tissue repair, the methods and support matrix of the present invention may also find application as a means for delivering a desirable gene product to a subject. The method and support matrix of the present invention is conveniently be made available in the form of a kit, for use generally in the field of tissue engineering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Victorian Tissue Engineering Centre Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Wayne Morrison, Aurora Messina, Kenneth Knight, Anthony Pennington
  • System and Method for Data Synchronization
    Publication number: 20060242327
    Abstract: Data is synchronized among multiple web servers, each of which is coupled to a common data server. Each web server retrieves a scheduled activation time from the data server. If the current time is prior to the scheduled activation time, then each web server retrieves updated data from the data server into a staging cache in the web server. At the scheduled activation time, each web server copies data from its staging cache to an active cache in the web server. If a new web server is added or an existing web server is initialized, then data is copied from an active cache in the data server to an active cache in the new or initialized web server. The multiple web servers may be arranged to form a web farm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth Knight, David Messner
  • Tape indicia on clear film media
    Publication number: 20060032924
    Abstract: A print medium is encoded with information bearing indicia. A transparent layer or substrate which receives the printed information during printing has a first surface, a second surface and a leading edge. A strip of tape is applied to the first surface. A machine readable information bearing indicia is applied to at least one surface of the tape strip. The indicia is formed by a pattern of fluorescent material which upon excitation by radiation of a given spectral excitation range emits radiation in a fluorescent spectral range. The tape reflects radiation in the given excitation spectral range and in the fluorescent spectral range. In another embodiment, the strip of tape is applied to the first surface of the layer of the print medium, and has a top surface which is exposed when the tape strip is applied to the print medium and a bottom surface adjacent the first surface of the print medium. A first machine readable information bearing indicia is applied to the top surface of the tape strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Craig Huston, Said Zamani-Kord, Bruce Mortland, Kenneth Knight, Dale Davis, Todd Medin, William Meyer, Peter Morris
  • Vascularized tissue graft
    Publication number: 20050056291
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to improved methods for tissue engineering including tissue transplantation, augmentation and regeneration. More particularly, the present invention provides a method for the generation of donor vascularized tissue suitable for use in tissue transplantation, augmentation and/or repair. The present invention further enables the use of a support matrix in the generation of an anatomical construct comprising the donor vascular tissue. The support matrix may be devised such that it has dimensions of a size and shape adapted to simulate those of tissue to be transplanted, augmented and/or repaired. In addition to its use in tissue repair, the methods and support matrix of the present invention may also find application as a means for delivering a desirable gene product to a subject. The method and support matrix of the present invention is conveniently be made available in the form of a kit, for use generally in the field of tissue engineering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Wayne Morrison, Aurora Messina, Kenneth Knight, Anthony Pennington
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WITHDRAWAL AND INSERTION OF POWERED MODULES
    Publication number: 20020166229
    Abstract: A method for connecting a circuit module to a powered electronic system by inserting connector pins having different lengths into the powered electronic system to control current draw of the circuit module and to prevent large inrush currents into the circuit module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Martin Peltz , Kenneth Knight , Bobby L. Hicks , Charles A. Maddox , Wallace E. Watson , William L. Dalton , Chris P. Cuthbert , Jiankun Hu , Michael A. Kittel , Colin A. Pape
  • Airflow constrictor valve for automotive cylinder heads
    Patent number: 6450142
    Abstract: A cylinder head assembly including a cylinder head with an intake port and a pivot valve disposed within the intake port. The valve is pivotally connected to the intake port such that airflow urges the valve to an open position. The valve also includes a structure for urging the valve toward a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Inventor: Kenneth Knight Siebert
  • AIRFLOW CONSTRICTOR VALVE FOR AUTOMOTIVE CYLINDER
    Publication number: 20020083922
    Abstract: A slightly convex plate (1) having one or more fixed shafts (2) on either end so that it can swing back and fourth within an intake port of a cylinder head. The plate also contains one or more counter weights (3) attached to either side of said plate to keep said plate in a vertical position through the use of gravity when no vacuum is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventor: Kenneth Knight Siebert
  • Phenolic moulding compositions
    Patent number: 5002994
    Abstract: A phenolic moulding composition in solid form, such as a dough moulding composition or sheet moulding composition, comprises a phenol formaldehyde novolak resin; a phenol formaldehyde resole resin as cross linking agent for the novolak resin; fibrous reinforcement; and non-fibrous particulate filler in an amount greater than the combined amount of the novolak and resole resins; the weight proportions of the ingredients being in the ranges______________________________________ phenolic resins 20-40% fibrous reinforcement 20-50% non-fibrous particulate filler 25-50% ______________________________________Articles moulded from the compositions under heat and pressure have the flexural strength and impact strength required in certain precision parts for the automotive and engineering industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Assignees: TBA Industrial Products Ltd., Hepworth Minerals & Chemicals
    Inventors: Allan Lord, Kenneth Knight