Patents by Inventor Mark Gearing

Mark Gearing 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: 20230241126
    Abstract: A method of disrupting a biofilm in a closed water system, the method comprising: introducing to the closed water system a composition comprising a fractionated honey in an amount effective for disrupting a biofilm in the closed water system. A method of disrupting a biofilm caused by a bacteria or virus formed on an abiotic surface, the method comprising: applying to an abiotic surface a composition comprising a fractionated honey produced from Leptospermum scoparium in an amount effective for disrupting a biofilm formed on the abiotic surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Gavin Mark Gear, Roger Brett Edmonds
  • Publication number: 20220339206
    Abstract: A method of treating a human suffering from an infection caused by a pathogen, the method comprising: administering to the human in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a fractionated honey, wherein the fractionated honey is produced from Leptospermum scoparium; wherein the fractionated honey does not undergo yeast fermentation normally associated with honey at moisture contents greater than 19% water by weight; and wherein the composition comprises between 19 weight % and 99 weight % water, and has a water activity of between 0.85 and 1.0, a pH between 3 and 4.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Gavin Mark Gear, Roger Brett Edmonds
  • Patent number: 7676172
    Abstract: A corotron cleaning assembly includes a self-seating, spring-loaded locating pin drivingly connected to a drive unit that is used to drive a wire cleaning head that is located within a CRU. This assembly allows for easy separation of the drive unit from the cleaner when the CRU that contains the wire is replaced. The bullet shaped pin rides on a worm drive and when the pin is driven into the cleaner head, the bullet hits an inclined ramp and is biased downward until such a point that the pin hits a recessed receptacle. Once the pin is in the receptacle, the pin is capable of driving the wire cleaning head. When the cleaning head is removed, the act of removal separates the pin from the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Budding, Mark Gearing, Stephen P. Wood, Christopher D. Olliffe, Christopher Sneath
  • Publication number: 20080317494
    Abstract: A corotron cleaning assembly includes a self-seating, spring-loaded locating pin drivingly connected to a drive unit that is used to drive a wire cleaning head that is located within a CRU. This assembly allows for easy separation of the drive unit from the cleaner when the CRU that contains the wire is replaced. The bullet shaped pin rides on a worm drive and when the pin is driven into the cleaner head, the bullet hits an inclined ramp and is biased downward until such a point that the pin hits a recessed receptacle. Once the pin is in the receptacle, the pin is capable of driving the wire cleaning head. When the cleaning head is removed, the act of removal separates the pin from the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Benjamin Budding, Mark Gearing, Stephen P. Wood, Christopher D. Olliffe, Christopher Sneath