Patents by Inventor Kevin Andrews

Kevin Andrews 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: 20030126449
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer program product, method and data processing apparatus for reviewing files for potential malware. The computer program product comprises logging code operable to maintain a statistical log having an entry for each file sent for review, each entry being arranged to store a count value indicating the number of times that the file has been sent for review and a value of one or more predetermined attributes relating to the file. Weighting table code is also used to maintain a weighting table identifying, for each value of said one or more predetermined attributes, a weighting indicating the likelihood that a file having that value of the one or more predetermined attributes will be malware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Nicholas Paul Kelly, Lee Codel Lawson Tarbotton, Kevin Andrew Gudgion
  • Publication number: 20030098888
    Abstract: A user interface for an oven including at least one heating element is described. The interface includes a reconfigurable display for indicating a plurality of oven control options and a plurality of selectors adjacent said display for user selection of said options. Each of said selectors correspond to one of said options indicated in said display, and a processor is configured to operate said display in response to manipulation of said plurality of selectors with selection specific menus and to control the heating element according to inputs obtained through said selection specific menus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Kevin Andrew Guenther, Tanveer Iqbal, Cecilia Maria Blanchard, Brian P. Lenhart
  • Publication number: 20030096423
    Abstract: An assay device in which to carry out a fluid-phase chemical assay, comprising means for supporting a test substrate, a sample chamber for receiving a fluid sample and at least one fluid control device for controlling the movement of fluid into and/or out of the sample chamber, wherein the fluid control device comprises a fluid outlet chamber in fluid communication with the sample chamber, and a displaceable flexible diaphragm the displacement of which alters the volume of the outlet chamber so as to allow and/or restrict fluid flow between the outlet and sample chambers. The invention also provides assay apparatus incorporating such a device, an assay station for use as part of such apparatus, a fluid control unit for use as part of the assay device and a method of conducting an assay which may involve the use of such apparatus and devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Ryan, Kevin Andrew Auton, Sergei M Schurov, David John Wigley
  • Patent number: 6505804
    Abstract: A base for a chair, the base comprising a chassis (11), at least one landing (20) operatively connected to the chassis; a carrier (32) for reduced friction sliding along the landing transverse to the forward facing direction of the occupant; the carrier being adapted to support a pedestal (40) upon which the chair is operatively mounted. The base may include a foot rest (14), brake means (49) to prevent sliding when the seat is not occupied and wheels between the chassis and floor to permit movement of the seat transverse to the sliding of the carrier. The wheels may be lockable. The landing may comprise an inverted U channel in which rollers slide from which the carrier may suspend underneath the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Siros Systems Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Simon Leigh Francis, Norbert Schauer, Kevin Andrew Loughrey
  • Patent number: 6330503
    Abstract: A global positioning system (GPS) controlled marking apparatus for staking and a method of using the apparatus to stake a surface. The apparatus uses a standard architectural or other surface site application program and a stakeout driver program in a standard computer and includes a GPS receiver, a stakeout tool, an autopilot, a vehicle, a geographical drawing converter, and a location comparator. The geographical drawing converter converts an image of a drawing pattern to geographical mark locations. The autopilot guides the vehicle to the geographical mark locations. The location comparator detects a location march between the geographical mark locations of the drawing pattern and a current geographical location determined by the GPS receiver. Information for the location match is used by the stakeout tool for driving a stake into the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Andrew Ian Sharp, Charles David Hope Manning
  • Patent number: 6195620
    Abstract: A method for capturing data representative of a geometry of a raw cylinder head casting in order to obtain a casting scanning coordinate system for use with a machining coordinate system utilizes a locating device during a non-contact scanning operation. The cylinder head casting includes horizontal planar cast locators and vertical cast locators. Planar data corresponding to the planar cast locators is determined by scanning planar areas of the device. Vertical data corresponding to the vertical cast locators is determined utilizing locating features disposed on a planar surface of the device and located at predetermined positions with respect to the vertical cast locators. A transformation matrix defining a relationship between the scanning coordinate system and the machining coordinate system can then be determined based on the planar and vertical data so that virtual machining can be performed in predicting the volume of a machined cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Edward Ebenstein, Kevin Andrew Falk
  • Patent number: 5925006
    Abstract: A curable silane functionalized resin for casting and splinting materials comprising a flexible substrate carrying the resin. The resin is based upon a prepolymer made by nucleophilic addition reactions where at least one reagent is terminated with an alkylenesilane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew plc
    Inventors: Carl Robert Towns, Kevin Andrew Yeomans
  • Patent number: 5856150
    Abstract: Processes are disclosed for the selective hydrolysis of saturated esters, e.g., ethyl propionate, over unsaturated esters, e.g., ethyl acrylate, using enzymes, e.g., lipases. The processes are useful, for example, for removing undesired esters from monomer feeds used in latex polymerization and from the latexes after polymerization. The processes can be used, for example, to treat latexes used in hair fixative compositions to remove unpleasant odors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Amerchol Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Andrew DiGregorio, James Charles Hatfield, George Ernest Keller
  • Patent number: 5764188
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the location of a communication unit in a CDMA system includes in a first embodiment, sending a location request via a spread spectrum signal to the subscriber (140), and receiving in return a subscriber signal including a response message showing a receive time of a particular symbol of the base's spreading sequence and a transmit time of a particular symbol of the subscriber's spreading sequence. The base (130), along with other receiving base(s) (140), also receives a predetermined symbol of the subscriber spreading sequence, and each determines a respective receive time of the predetermined symbol. The received information is then processed, along with known base location and delay information, to determine the subscriber location. If insufficient number of bases are capable of communicating with the subscriber, for example due to high loading/interference, auxiliary bases (121) are also provided for receiving from or transmitting to the subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Amitava Ghosh, John Dougles Reed, Walter Joseph Rozanski, Jr., Kevin Andrew Buford
  • Patent number: 5736964
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the location of a communication unit in a CDMA system includes in a first embodiment, sending a location request via a spread spectrum signal to the subscriber (140), and receiving in return a subscriber signal including a response message showing a receive time of a particular symbol of the base's spreading sequence and a transmit time of a particular symbol of the subscriber's spreading sequence. The base (130), along with other receiving base(s) (140), also receives a predetermined symbol of the subscriber spreading sequence, and each determines a respective receive time of the predetermined symbol. The received information is then processed, along with known base location and delay information, to determine the subscriber location. If insufficient number of bases are capable of communicating with the subscriber, for example due to high loading/interference, auxiliary bases (121) are also provided for receiving from or transmitting to the subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Amitava Ghosh, John Douglas Reed, Walter Joseph Rozanski, Jr., Kevin Andrew Buford
  • Patent number: D442740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Dri-Eaz Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Andrew Wolfe