Patents by Inventor Martin Roberts

Martin Roberts 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: 20250124306
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for performing evolutionary algorithms using an FPGA-GPU hybrid system. A system for performing an evolutionary algorithm may include an integrated circuit device with circuitry to perform population selection and evolution operations of the evolutionary algorithm and a parallel processing system to perform population evaluation of the evolutionary algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Wijdaan Masud Rizavi, Martin Roberts
  • Publication number: 20250051673
    Abstract: A diesel fuel composition including (a) a quaternary ammonium salt additive; and (b) one or more nitrogen-free detergents; wherein the quaternary ammonium salt additive includes the quaternised reaction product of a hydrocarbyl substituted succinic acid derived acylating agent and a compound able to react with said acylating agent and which includes a tertiary amine group; wherein each molecule of the hydrocarbyl substituted succinic acid derived acylating agent includes on average at least 1.2 succinic acid moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Jacqueline REID, Martin ROBERTS, Alan ROSS, Michael James SIMMS
  • Publication number: 20250043203
    Abstract: A method of cleaning up internal diesel injector deposits in a severely fouled engine, the method including combusting in the engine a diesel fuel composition having (a) a quaternary ammonium salt additive; and (b) one or more further nitrogen-containing detergents; in which the quaternary ammonium salt additive includes the quaternised reaction product of a hydrocarbyl substituted succinic acid derived acylating agent and a compound able to react with said acylating agent and which includes a tertiary amine group; in which each molecule of the hydrocarbyl substituted succinic acid derived acylating agent includes on average at least 1.2 succinic acid moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jacqueline REID, Nigel John BROOM, Adele CROSS, Martin ROBERTS, Alan ROSS
  • Publication number: 20250043207
    Abstract: A method of cleaning up deposits in an indirect injection diesel engine, the method including combusting in the engine a diesel fuel composition having a quaternary ammonium salt additive; and optionally one or more further nitrogen-containing detergents; wherein the quaternary ammonium salt additive comprises the quaternised reaction product of a hydrocarbyl substituted succinic acid derived acylating agent and a compound able to react with said acylating agent and which includes a tertiary amine group; wherein each molecule of the hydrocarbyl substituted succinic acid derived acylating agent includes on average at least 1.2 succinic acid moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jacqueline REID, Adele CROSS, Martin ROBERTS, Alan ROSS
  • Patent number: 11750533
    Abstract: There is disclosed an example of a computing apparatus for providing a hardware-assisted virtual switch on a host, including: a hardware virtual switch (vSwitch) circuit; and a hardware virtual host (vHost) circuit, the vHost circuit having an interface driver specific to the hardware vSwitch and configured to provide a vHost data plane to: provide a plurality of hardware queues to communicatively couple the hardware vSwitch to a guest virtual function (VF); and present to a virtual network driver of the guest VF an interface that is backward compatible with a software network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel P. Daly, Cunming Liang, Jian Wang, Martin Roberts, Shih-Wei Chien, Gerald Alan Rogers
  • Publication number: 20230115114
    Abstract: There is disclosed an example of a computing apparatus for providing a hardware-assisted virtual switch on a host, including: a hardware virtual switch (vSwitch) circuit; and a hardware virtual host (vHost) circuit, the vHost circuit having an interface driver specific to the hardware vSwitch and configured to provide a vHost data plane to: provide a plurality of hardware queues to communicatively couple the hardware vSwitch to a guest virtual function (VF); and present to a virtual network driver of the guest VF an interface that is backward compatible with a software network interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel P. Daly, Cunming Liang, Jian Wang, Martin Roberts, Shih-Wei Chien, Gerald Alan Rogers
  • Publication number: 20220403269
    Abstract: A fuel composition comprising as an additive the reaction product of a polycarboxylic acid compound of formula (I): (I) or an anhydride thereof; and an alcohol having at least 5 carbon atoms; wherein each of n and m may be 0 or a positive integer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Alan Norman Ross, Martin Roberts, Alexander Fagan
  • Publication number: 20220403268
    Abstract: A fuel composition comprising as an additive the reaction product of a polycarboxylic acid having no more than 5 carbon atoms per carboxylic acid group, or an anhydride thereof and an alcohol having at least 5 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Alan Norman Ross, Martin Roberts, Alexander Smith
  • Patent number: 11186791
    Abstract: A quaternary ammonium compound of formula (I): (I) wherein R0, R1, R2 and R3 is each independently an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group, X is a linking group, R4 is an optionally substituted alkylene group, R5 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl or aryl group, and n is 0 or a positive integer, provided that n is not 0 when R5 is hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Alan Norman Ross, Martin Roberts
  • Patent number: 11174442
    Abstract: A gasoline fuel composition comprising as an additive an ester compound which is the reaction product of an optionally substituted polycarboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof and an alcohol or formula H—(OR)n—OR1, wherein R is an optionally substituted alkylene group; R1 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group, and n is 0 or a positive integer; wherein n is not O when R1 is hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Alan Norman Ross, Martin Roberts
  • Patent number: 11103913
    Abstract: A system comprising a protective jacket for insulating pipe is provided. The protective jacket comprises a first metal shell comprising an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface comprises a moisture protective coating, and the exterior surface comprises a film adhered to the exterior surface by an adhesive, and wherein the adhesive provides for a toolless removal of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: James Martin Roberts, Johnny Dale Angel
  • Patent number: 11015137
    Abstract: A quaternary ammonium salt of formula (I): wherein X is a linking group; Y is O, NH or NR1 wherein R1 is H or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group; Q+ is a moiety that includes a quaternary ammonium cation; A? is an anion; R2 is an optionally substituted alkylene group; R3 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group; and n is 0 or a positive integer; provided that n is not 0 when R3 is hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Alan Norman Ross, Martin Roberts
  • Publication number: 20200403940
    Abstract: There is disclosed an example of a computing apparatus for providing a hardware-assisted virtual switch on a host, including: a hardware virtual switch (vSwitch) circuit; and a hardware virtual host (vHost) circuit, the vHost circuit having an interface driver specific to the hardware vSwitch and configured to provide a vHost data plane to: provide a plurality of hardware queues to communicatively couple the hardware vSwitch to a guest virtual function (VF); and present to a virtual network driver of the guest VF an interface that is backward compatible with a software network interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel P. DALY, Cunming LIANG, Jian WANG, Martin ROBERTS, Shih-Wei CHIEN, Gerald Alan ROGERS
  • Publication number: 20200377810
    Abstract: A gasoline fuel composition comprising as an additive an ester compound which is the reaction product of an optionally substituted polycarboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof and an alcohol or formula H—(OR)n—OR1, wherein R is an optionally substituted alkylene group; R1 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group, and n is 0 or a positive integer; wherein n is not O when R1 is hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Alan Norman Ross, Martin Roberts
  • Publication number: 20200157445
    Abstract: A quaternary ammonium compound of formula (I): (I) wherein R0, R1, R2 and R3 is each independently an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group, X is a linking group, R4 is an optionally substituted alkylene group, R5 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl or aryl group, and n is 0 or a positive integer, provided that n is not 0 when R5 is hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Alan Norman ROSS, Martin ROBERTS
  • Publication number: 20200040270
    Abstract: A quaternary ammonium salt of formula (I): wherein X is a linking group; Y is O, NH or NR1 wherein R1 is H or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group; Q+ is a moiety that includes a quaternary ammonium cation; A? is an anion; R2 is an optionally substituted alkylene group; R3 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group; and n is 0 or a positive integer; provided that n is not 0 when R3 is hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Alan Norman Ross, Martin Roberts
  • Patent number: 10554049
    Abstract: Techniques are described for disaggregation of renewable energy generation on an electricity distribution system. Aggregate power measurements are identified a distribution substation. Active power load of the distribution substation and active power generated by renewable energy sites can be disaggregated from the aggregate power measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Emma Mary Stewart, Ciaran Martin Roberts, Emre can Kara, Michaelangelo David Tabone
  • Publication number: 20190388955
    Abstract: A system comprising a protective jacket for insulating pipe is provided. The protective jacket comprises a first metal shell comprising an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface comprises a moisture protective coating, and the exterior surface comprises a film adhered to the exterior surface by an adhesive, and wherein the adhesive provides for a toolless removal of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: James Martin Roberts, Johnny Dale Angel
  • Publication number: 20170271877
    Abstract: Techniques are described for disaggregation of renewable energy generation on an electricity distribution system. Aggregate power measurements are identified a distribution substation. Active power load of the distribution substation and active power generated by renewable energy sites can be disaggregated from the aggregate power measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Emma Mary Stewart, Ciaran Martin Roberts, Emre can Kara, Michaelangelo David Tabone
  • Patent number: 9376820
    Abstract: A walkway assembly (10) for attachment to a support structure such as a roof of a building includes a primary support (13) for on-site attachment to the support structure, a plurality of tread modules (41) each attached relative to the primary support and moveable between a first position and a second position at which a part of each tread module is spaced further from the primary support than when at the first position, and at least one riser unit (48) for supporting the tread modules relative to the primary support in at least the second of the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: KEE SAFETY LIMITED
    Inventors: John Greaves, Martin Roberts-Jones