Patents by Inventor Mark Paul

Mark Paul 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: 20190218577
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for synthesizing dienes and derivative thereof, such as isoprene, in Cupriavidus necator are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Cartman, Alexander Brett Foster, Ana Teresa De Santos Brito Mendes Roberts, Mark Paul Taylor
  • Publication number: 20190200825
    Abstract: A dirt separator that includes an inlet; an outer wall defining a first dirt collection chamber of a first separation stage; an inner wall defining a second dirt collection chamber of a second separation stage; at least one rib extending from the inner wall into the second collection chamber; and a closure member hingedly connected to the dirt separator and movable between a closed position for sealing open ends of both the first and second dirt collection chambers and an open position for escape of dirt from the open ends. The closure member comprises a seal for sealing against the inner wall when the closure member is in the closed position, and the at least one rib has an end edge that is inclined such that the seal rides along the end edge and onto the inner wall as the closure member is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jeremy William CROUCH, Mark Paul FOULGER
  • Publication number: 20190151197
    Abstract: A container for storing consumer products is described. The container includes a tray having a generally planar top surface into which has been formed one or more discrete cavities. A seal includes a cover film secured to the top surface of the tray to seal the one or more cavities. The cover film has pre-formed lines of separation defining a releasable portion per cavity, and a barrier patch per releasable portion secured to the cover film. Each releasable portion is attached to the remainder of the cover film by a bridge region defined by a gap in the associated pre-formed line of separation. Each barrier patch includes a main portion that is shaped and sized so that in use it overlies an associated cavity, and a securing portion that projects outwardly from the main portion and which is substantially aligned with the bridge region of the associated releasable portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Mark Paul HOGAN
  • Patent number: 10290366
    Abstract: A sample analysis and medical data acquisition system for patient management includes a first user interface (UI) display module for displaying a medical chart page that includes selectable items associated with patient management. The first UI display module displays a set of medical delivery systems associated with a selectable medical delivery selection item, from which a medical delivery system is chosen. The system includes a second UI display module, in communication with the first UI display module, for displaying parameter fields for entry of operation data associated with the chosen medical delivery system. Medical data is captured from a patient by an analyzer configured to perform analysis of samples from the patient. The medical data is analyzed in accordance with entered operation data. The system includes an analysis display module, in communication with at least the first UI display module, for displaying sample analysis results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Abbott Point of Care Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Ann Tirinato, Mark Paul Maund, Paul Machiaverna, Paul Andrew Gibson, Gary John Vandersleen, Rosa Margarita Ibanez, Lyudmila Zaltsman, Michael P. Zelin
  • Publication number: 20190059881
    Abstract: A surgical suture apparatus for passing a double-ended surgical needle forwards and backwards includes a first and a second jaw element, and an operating device to operate a first holding device in the first jaw element and a second holding device in the second jaw element to alternately hold a first needle-end by the first holding device and a second needle-end by the second holding device. The first jaw element and second jaw element are movable with respect to each other between a take-over position and an open position. The operating device includes a switch device movable between a first operating position, in which a needle is held by the first holding device, and a second operating position, in which the needle is held by the second holding device, and an activation device configured to move the switch device between the first operating position and the second operating position. The activation device includes a spring and a release device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: Mark-Paul Franciscus Maria Vrancken Peeters
  • Patent number: 10215165
    Abstract: A thermal operated fluid pump has a plunger which is moved by a thermally expandable element to compress a fluid, such as natural gas, into a storage cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Paul Lill
  • Publication number: 20190025114
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vibration monitor (30) which is configured to be worn by an operator during use of a power tool. The vibration monitor comprises a vibration sensor (36) which is operative to sense vibration sustained by the operator when the vibration monitor (30) is worn by the operator. The vibration monitor (30) further comprises a processor (32) configured to receive sensed vibration data from the vibration sensor (36) and to transform received vibration data whereby the transformed data is more representative than the received vibration data of vibration at a location on a power tool or a workpiece with which the operator is in contact during use of the power tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Jacqueline MCLAUGHLIN, Mark Paul BUCKINGHAM
  • Publication number: 20190002927
    Abstract: Systems, networks, methods, compositions and recombinant hosts for biosynthesizing hydrocarbons from a feedstock, such as gas, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Brett Foster, Leonard Keith Pattenden, Jonathan David Rand, Ana Teresa dos Santos Brito Mendes Roberts, Andrew Shaw, Mark Paul Taylor
  • Publication number: 20190002751
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of using of such compositions to, for example, inhibit of the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: introducing a hydrate inhibitor composition comprising a compound into a fluid, wherein the compound comprises two hydrophobic cation moieties, a lipophilic tail, and two linking moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Qiang Lan, Deepak Steven Monteiro, Mark Paul Ceglio, II, Pushkala Krishnamurthy, Erick J. Acosta
  • Publication number: 20180319533
    Abstract: A seal that forms part of a container for storing and dispensing consumer products is provided. The container can be used for the packaging of pills, tablets or capsules, or as a multi-cavity container for organizing and storing mixed medication for subsequent dispensation according to a predefined dosage regimen. The seal includes a cover film and a barrier film. The cover film has pre-formed lines of separation defining a removable portion per cavity. The barrier film is secured to the cover film by a layer of peelable adhesive and has pre-formed lines of separation defining the periphery of a barrier patch per removable portion. The cover film includes a tamper-indicating line of separation close to an edge of the cover film that is designed to tear if an attempt is made to peel the cover film away from the tray to expose one or more of the cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Mark Paul HOGAN
  • Patent number: 10100241
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of using of such compositions to, for example, inhibit of the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: introducing a hydrate inhibitor composition comprising a compound into a fluid, wherein the compound comprises two hydrophobic cation moieties, a lipophilic tail, and two linking moieties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Multi-Chem Group, LLC
    Inventors: Qiang Lan, Deepak Steven Monteiro, Mark Paul Ceglio, II, Pushkala Krishnamurthy, Erick J. Acosta
  • Patent number: 10093532
    Abstract: An apparatus and system are disclosed for fluid transfer. The apparatus includes a fluid receiver that includes a receiver base having an inlet and an outlet. The apparatus also includes a tubular cylinder having an inlet and an outlet, where the outlet of the tubular cylinder is coupled to the inlet of the receiver base. The tubular cylinder has a keyed outer surface, which in one embodiment, includes at least one surface feature extending annularly around the surface of the tubular cylinder. The surface feature engages with at least one tumbler in a fluid nozzle. The system includes the fluid receiver and a fluid nozzle. The fluid nozzle, in one embodiment, has an arrangement of tumblers that are positioned adjacent an inlet of the fluid nozzle and configured to engage the keyed outer surface of the fluid receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: FLOMAX INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Paul Ballard, Carl Paul Ballard, John Trent Kendrick
  • Patent number: 10085741
    Abstract: A surgical suture apparatus for open and/or endoscopic surgery is configured to pass a double-ended surgical needle backwards and forwards between a first jaw element and a second jaw element, the jaw elements each including a holding device to hold a respective needle end of the surgical needle, wherein the first and/or second jaw element are biased to an open position with a first biasing force. The apparatus further includes an operating device to operate the first and second holding devices, wherein the operating device includes a first operating organ biased in the normal position by one or more second spring elements with a second biasing force, wherein the first biasing force is smaller than the second biasing force such that exerting an actuation force on the first operating organ first results in movement of the first and second jaw element towards each other, and subsequently in actuation of the operating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MELLON MEDICAL B.V.
    Inventor: Mark-Paul Franciscus Maria Vrancken Peeters
  • Publication number: 20180251643
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of activating an organic coating to enhance adhesion of the coating to a further coating and/or to other entities comprising applying a solvent and a surface chemistry and/or surface topography modifying agent to the organic coating. The invention also relates to a coated substrate having an activated coating, wherein the adhesion of the coating to a further coating and/or other entities has been enhanced by application of a solvent and a surface chemistry and/or surface topography modifying agent to the coating. The invention further relates to an activation treatment for an organic coating to enhance adhesion of the coating to a further coating and/or to other entities comprising a solvent and a surface chemistry and/or surface topography modifying agent and a method for the preparation of the activation treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Stuart Arthur BATEMAN, Ranya SIMONS, Dong Yang WU, Patrick James MCMAHON, Alexander BILYK, Douglas Henry BERRY, Seana B. KOBAK, James F. KIRCHNER, Lori Clarice STRAUS, Mark Paul JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20180185023
    Abstract: A surgical suture apparatus for passing a double-ended surgical needle forwards and backwards includes a main body, a first jaw element and a second jaw element, each including a holding device to hold a needle-end of the surgical needle. The first jaw element and second jaw element are movable with respect to each other between a take-over position, where a surgical needle can be passed between the first holding device and the second holding device, and an open position. The surgical apparatus further includes an operating device to operate the first holding device and the second holding device to alternately hold the first needle-end by the first holding device and the second needle-end by the second holding device, where the first jaw element is detachably mounted on the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Mark-Paul Franciscus Maria Vrancken Peeters
  • Patent number: 10011756
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of using of such compositions to, for example, inhibit of the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: introducing hydrate inhibitor composition comprising a compound into a fluid, wherein the compound comprises a hydrophobic cation moiety, one or more lipophilic tails, and a linking moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Qiang Lan, Deepak Steven Monteiro, Mark Paul Ceglio, II, Pushkala Krishnamurthy, Erick J. Acosta
  • Publication number: 20180171216
    Abstract: Provided herein are aqueous resin solutions providing passive opacification and products incorporating the same. The opacity of the water-based materials provided herein change over a desired temperature range increase (0° C. to <100° C.) at ambient pressure. A specific epoxy functional resin/polymer suitable for the resin solutions are prepared by reacting (A) an epoxy pre-polymer of (1) one or more polyols and (2) one or more epoxy functional materials with (B) a di- or polyamine, and upon formation, dissolution in water, and neutralization, an ionic strength adjuster is added, thereby forming the passive opacification resin solution. The resin solutions are substantially free of cross-linking agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Charles L. Tazzia, Brad J. Martin, Mark Paul Kujawski, Mark Donald Swartzlander
  • Publication number: 20180155608
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of using of such compositions to, for example, inhibit of the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: introducing a hydrate inhibitor composition comprising a compound into a fluid, wherein the compound comprises two hydrophobic cation moieties, a lipophilic tail, and two linking moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Qiang Lan, Deepak Steven Monteiro, Mark Paul Ceglio, II, Pushkala Krishnamurthy, Erick J. Acosta
  • Publication number: 20180155607
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of using of such compositions to, for example, inhibit of the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: introducing hydrate inhibitor composition comprising a compound into a fluid, wherein the compound comprises a hydrophobic cation moiety, one or more lipophilic tails, and a linking moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Qiang Lan, Deepak Steven Monteiro, Mark Paul Ceglio, II, Pushkala Krishnamurthy, Erick J. Acosta
  • Publication number: 20180118975
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyester polymer prepared from a reaction mixture comprising a polyacid component and a polyol component that comprises lignin. Residues of lignin are incorporated into the backbone of the polyester polymer. Coatings comprising the same and substrates coated at least in part with such coatings are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Paul Bowman, Carole A. Conley, Irina G. Schwendeman, Mercy M. Hibbert