Patents by Inventor Mark Bruce

Mark Bruce 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).

  • Patent number: 12582174
    Abstract: A control system for controlling tension applied to a lace cable coupled to a support structure of an adaptive support garment is discussed herein. The control system can include a lace spool, a damper mechanism, and a locking ring. The lace spool can include a lace groove to receive the lace cable and a rotary bias member to apply rotational tension to resist extension of the lace cable out of a housing holding the control system. The damper mechanism is engagable with the lace spool to generate an additional rotational tension resisting extension of the lace cable out of the housing. The locking ring is frictionally coupled to the lace spool, and the locking ring can include a lock wedge adapted to disengage the damper mechanism upon rotation into a pre-determined rotational position relative to the damper mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy P. Hopkins, Joe Gault, Bobby LeGaye, Mark Bruce, Peter Williams, Austin J. Orand
  • Publication number: 20260070014
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a system of determining transition characteristics during a transition in a relative concentrations of the at least two components of a gas stream. The transition characteristics, including one or more of a relative concentration transition crosspoint, a relative concentration transition leading edge, and a relative concentration transition trailing edge, may be determined based on one or more of a) a change in the one or more of a pressure and a flow rate of the gas stream, and b) a rate of change of the one or more of the pressure and the flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Nathan HALL, Mark BRUCE, Ben RUSSELL
  • Patent number: 12472459
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to separation methods, apparatuses, and systems for obtaining a gas product from a gas mixture. A component of a gas mixture may be nonuniformly adsorbing on a quantity of adsorbent and a portion of the quantity of adsorbent isolated and exposed to a partial vacuum to obtain the gas product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Ameresco, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Hall, Mark Bruce, Ben Russell
  • Publication number: 20250339413
    Abstract: Combinations of a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist and a beta 2 agonist for inhaled administration via the nose or mouth, compositions thereof, and methods of using them are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2025
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Inventors: Darrell BAKER, Mark BRUCE, Glenn CRATER, Brian NOGA, Marian THOMAS, Patrick WIRE
  • Patent number: 12460326
    Abstract: A method for generating a knitted article having a first, second and third opening, the knitted article adapted to cover at least a groin, a first thigh portion and a second thigh portion of a human body. The method includes using flatbed knitting machine to knit a first portion of the knitted article for covering the first thigh portion, then to knit a second portion of the knitted article for covering the groin and then to knit a third portion of the knitted article for covering the second thigh portion. The first, second and third portions of the knitted article form a one-piece, non-planar knitted article. A pair of edges of the knitted article are affixed to form a first seam, and another pair of edges are affixed to form a second seam facing away from the first seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Global Apparel Partners Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Bruce, William Samosir, Garrett Li Gerson
  • Patent number: 12396986
    Abstract: Combinations of a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist and a beta 2 agonist for inhaled administration via the nose or mouth, compositions thereof, and methods of using them are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Darrell Baker, Mark Bruce, Glenn Crater, Brian Noga, Marian Thomas, Patrick Wire
  • Publication number: 20250196054
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to separation methods, apparatuses, and systems for obtaining a gas product from a gas mixture. A component of a gas mixture may be nonuniformly adsorbing on a quantity of adsorbent and a portion of the quantity of adsorbent isolated and exposed to a partial vacuum to obtain the gas product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: Ameresco, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan HALL, Mark BRUCE, Ben RUSSELL
  • Publication number: 20250120457
    Abstract: An article of apparel providing dynamic support for an appendage of a person is discussed herein. The article of apparel can include a support garment control device configured to provide dynamic support. The support garment control device can include a control lace coupled to a support portion of the article of apparel. In an example, the support garment control device configured to apply a first tension on the control lace, lock the support garment control device at the first tension to inhibit movement of the control lace in response to detecting a change in movement of the person, and unlock the support garment control device after a pre-determined event subsequent to the change in movement of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Timothy P. Hopkins, Joe Gault, Bobby LeGaye, Mark Bruce, Peter Williams, Austin J. Orand
  • Patent number: 12258591
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new method of characterising a target polynucleotide. The method uses a pore and a Dda helicase. The helicase controls the movement of the target polynucleotide through the pore. The invention also relates to modified Dda helicases which can be used to control the movement of polynucleotides and are particularly useful for sequencing polynucleotides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
    Inventors: Mark Bruce, Andrew John Heron, Ruth Moysey, Szabolcs Soeroes, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, James White
  • Patent number: 12250981
    Abstract: An adaptive support garment integrating directional fabrics to assist in providing adaptive support to select portions of the garment is discussed herein. The adaptive support garment can include a first directional fabric, a second directional fabric, and a tension device. The first directional fabric includes first directional fibers, and the first directional fabric can be coupled to a fixed portion of the adaptive support garment. The second directional fabric includes second directional fibers, and the second directional fabric can be coupled to a movable control structure portion of the adaptive support garment. The tension device can be coupled to the movable control structure and configured to apply a tension in a first direction on the movable control structure. In operation, the first directional fibers can engage with the second directional fibers to resist movement in a second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy P. Hopkins, Bobby LeGaye, Mark Bruce, Peter Williams, Austin J. Orand
  • Publication number: 20240423297
    Abstract: A control system for controlling tension applied to a lace cable coupled to a support structure of an adaptive support garment is discussed herein. The control system can include a lace spool, a damper mechanism, and a locking ring. The lace spool can include a lace groove to receive the lace cable and a rotary bias member to apply rotational tension to resist extension of the lace cable out of a housing holding the control system. The damper mechanism is engagable with the lace spool to generate an additional rotational tension resisting extension of the lace cable out of the housing. The locking ring is frictionally coupled to the lace spool, and the locking ring can include a lock wedge adapted to disengage the damper mechanism upon rotation into a pre-determined rotational position relative to the damper mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy P. Hopkins, Joe Gault, Bobby LeGaye, Mark Bruce, Peter Williams, Austin J. Orand
  • Patent number: 12161171
    Abstract: A control system for use within an adaptive support garment is discussed herein. The control system can include a lace spool, a ratchet mechanism, an actuator, and a control circuit. The lace spool can include a lace groove adapted to accumulate a portion of a lace cable coupled to a support structure within the adaptive support garment. The ratchet mechanism can be configured to control rotation of the lace spool during operation of the control system. The actuator can be adapted to control engagement of the ratchet mechanism. The control circuit electrically can be coupled to the actuator and can be configured to operate the actuator to engage or disengage the ratchet mechanism. In operation, rotation of the lace spool controls an effective length of the lace cable to provide adaptive support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy P. Hopkins, Bobby LeGaye, Mark Bruce, Peter Williams, Austin J. Orand
  • Patent number: 12137755
    Abstract: An article of apparel providing dynamic support for an appendage of a person is discussed herein. The article of apparel can include a support garment control device configured to provide dynamic support. The support garment control device can include a control lace coupled to a support portion of the article of apparel. In an example, the support garment control device configured to apply a first tension on the control lace, lock the support garment control device at the first tension to inhibit movement of the control lace in response to detecting a change in movement of the person, and unlock the support garment control device after a pre-determined event subsequent to the change in movement of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy P. Hopkins, Joe Gault, Bobby LeGaye, Mark Bruce, Peter Williams, Austin J. Orand
  • Patent number: 12059042
    Abstract: A control system for controlling tension applied to a lace cable coupled to a support structure of an adaptive support garment is discussed herein. The control system can include a lace spool, a damper mechanism, and a locking ring. The lace spool can include a lace groove to receive the lace cable and a rotary bias member to apply rotational tension to resist extension of the lace cable out of a housing holding the control system. The damper mechanism is engagable with the lace spool to generate an additional rotational tension resisting extension of the lace cable out of the housing. The locking ring is frictionally coupled to the lace spool, and the locking ring can include a lock wedge adapted to disengage the damper mechanism upon rotation into a pre-determined rotational position relative to the damper mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy P. Hopkins, Joe Gault, Bobby LeGaye, Mark Bruce, Peter Williams, Austin J. Orand
  • Patent number: 11965183
    Abstract: The invention relates to modified Dda helicases which can be used to control the movement of polynucleotides and are particularly useful for sequencing polynucleotides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Heron, Rebecca Victoria Bowen, Mark Bruce, Lakmal Jayasinghe, Joseph Hargreaves Lloyd, Szabolcs Soeroes, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, Christopher Peter Youd
  • Patent number: 11939359
    Abstract: The invention relates to mutant forms of lysenin. The invention also relates to analyte characterisation using the mutant forms of lysenin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
    Inventors: Lakmal Jayasinghe, Mark Bruce, Luke McNeill, Ramiz Iqbal Nathani, Pratik Raj Singh, Neil Roger Wood, Stephen Robert Young
  • Publication number: 20240041846
    Abstract: Combinations of a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist and a beta 2 agonist for inhaled administration via the nose or mouth, compositions thereof, and methods of using them are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Darrell BAKER, Mark BRUCE, Glenn CRATER, Brian NOGA, Marian THOMAS, Patrick WIRE
  • Patent number: 11845780
    Abstract: The invention relates to mutant forms of lysenin. The invention also relates to analyte characterisation using lysenin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
    Inventors: Mark Bruce, James Anthony Clarke, Andrew John Heron, Lakmal Jayasinghe, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace
  • Patent number: 11739377
    Abstract: The invention relates to improving the movement of a target polynucleotide with respect to a transmembrane pore when the movement is controlled by a polynucleotide binding protein. The invention also relates to improved transmembrane pores and polynucleotide binding proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
    Inventors: Lakmal Nishantha Jayasinghe, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, Jonathan Bankes Pugh, Richard George Hambley, Neil Roger Wood, Clive Gavin Brown, James White, Andrew John Heron, Mark Bruce, Christopher Peter Youd, Rebecca Victoria Bowen
  • Publication number: 20230212535
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new method of characterising a target polynucleotide. The method uses a pore and a Dda helicase. The helicase controls the movement of the target polynucleotide through the pore. The invention also relates to modified Dda helicases which can be used to control the movement of polynucleotides and are particularly useful for sequencing polynucleotides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
    Inventors: Mark Bruce, Andrew John Heron, Ruth Moysey, Szabolcs Soeroes, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, James White