Patents by Inventor Michael Blair
Michael Blair 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).
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Patent number: 11661359Abstract: Fluid treatment systems and components are provided for a removal of solid matter from water or other fluids in which a chemical or chemicals may be introduced into the fluid under pressure to coagulate and/or conglomerate the solid materials and cause them to be dropped out of the treatment system and be removed. The fluid treatment system can include: an equalization chamber receiving a wastewater; a clarification chamber receiving a partially separated water from the equalization chamber; a mixing tube having an inlet end and an outlet end; and a sludge detector.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: CWC Clear Water Clarification Technologies Inc.Inventors: Blaine Barbour, Michael Blair, Vernon John Gattinger, Gary William Gough, Blake Penna, Darren Nigel Valantine
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Patent number: 11392697Abstract: A method may include extracting, from a document, first content of a first content type and second content of a second content type, deriving first features from the first content and second features from the second content, and generating a first prediction by applying a first supervised model to the first features and a second prediction by applying a second supervised model to the second features. The first supervised model may correspond to the first content type, and the second supervised model may correspond to the second content type. The method may further include combining the first prediction and the second prediction to predict that the document comprises malicious code.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: François Gauthier, Scott Gaetjen, Michael Blair
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Publication number: 20210157914Abstract: A method may include extracting, from a document, first content of a first content type and second content of a second content type, deriving first features from the first content and second features from the second content, and generating a first prediction by applying a first supervised model to the first features and a second prediction by applying a second supervised model to the second features. The first supervised model may correspond to the first content type, and the second supervised model may correspond to the second content type. The method may further include combining the first prediction and the second prediction to predict that the document comprises malicious code.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: Oracle International CorporationInventors: François Gauthier, Scott Gaetjen, Michael Blair
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Publication number: 20200339448Abstract: Fluid treatment systems and components are provided for a removal of solid matter from water or other fluids in which a chemical or chemicals may be introduced into the fluid under pressure to coagulate and/or conglomerate the solid materials and cause them to be dropped out of the treatment system and be removed. The fluid treatment system can include: an equalization chamber receiving a wastewater; a clarification chamber receiving a partially separated water from the equalization chamber; a mixing tube having an inlet end and an outlet end; and a sludge detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: CWC Clear Water Clarification Technologies Inc.Inventors: Blaine Barbour, Michael Blair, Vernon John Gattinger, Gary William Gough, Blake Penna, Darren Nigel Valantine
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Patent number: 9770108Abstract: A knock-down furniture frame includes a plurality of panels having interlocking sides and at least one tensioning device having a band that draws the plurality of panels together under tension into an interlocking relationship. In one embodiment, the band may apply tension to each of the plurality of panels and extend exclusively within the interior space defined by the plurality of panels. In another embodiment, the band may be woven through the plurality of panels such that at least a first portion of the band extends along an outside surface of at least one of the plurality of panels and at least a second portion of the band extends within the interior space defined by the plurality of panels.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Inventor: Michael Blair
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Patent number: 9763514Abstract: A knock-down furniture component utilizes one or more tensioning mechanisms to draw interlocking framing members, including transversely-oriented interlocking framing members, together between opposed anchor points using directed linear tension between the anchor points and applied by a tensioning device.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Inventor: Michael Blair
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Patent number: 9181234Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the following formula and salts thereof: Also provided is the use of these compounds as antibacterials, compositions comprising them and processes for their manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Biota Europe Ltd.Inventors: James T Palmer, Christopher James Lunnis, Daniel A Offermann, Lorraine Claire Axford, Michael Blair, Dale Mitchell, Nicholas Palmer, Christopher Steele, John Atherall, David Watson, David Haydon, Lloyd Czaplewski, David Davies, Ian Collins, Edward Malcolm Tyndall, Laura Andrau, Gary Robert William Pitt
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Publication number: 20140167480Abstract: A knock-down furniture frame includes a plurality of panels having interlocking sides and at least one tensioning device having a band that draws the plurality of panels together under tension into an interlocking relationship. In one embodiment, the band may apply tension to each of the plurality of panels and extend exclusively within the interior space defined by the plurality of panels. In another embodiment, the band may be woven through the plurality of panels such that at least a first portion of the band extends along an outside surface of at least one of the plurality of panels and at least a second portion of the band extends within the interior space defined by the plurality of panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventor: Michael Blair
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Publication number: 20140143953Abstract: A knock-down furniture component utilizes one or more tensioning mechanisms to draw interlocking framing members, including transversely-oriented interlocking framing members, together between opposed anchor points using directed linear tension between the anchor points and applied by a tensioning device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: May 29, 2014Inventor: Michael Blair
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Patent number: 8684466Abstract: A knock-down, modular furniture frame including a plurality of panels having interlocking sides and at least one tensioning device having a band that girds the plurality of panels to secure the plurality of panels together under tension into an interlocking relationship.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Inventor: Michael Blair
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Publication number: 20120187737Abstract: A knock-down, modular furniture frame including a plurality of panels having interlocking sides and at least one tensioning device having a band that girds the plurality of panels to secure the plurality of panels together under tension into an interlocking relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Inventor: Michael Blair
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Publication number: 20120088750Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the following formula and salts thereof: Also provided is the use of these compounds as antibacterials, compositions comprising them and processes for their manufacture.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: BIOTA EUROPE LTD.Inventors: James T. PALMER, Christopher James LUNNIS, Daniel A. OFFERMANN, Lorraine Claire AXFORD, Michael BLAIR, Dale MITCHELL, Nicholas PALMER, Christopher STEELE, John ATHERALL, David WATSON, David HAYDON, Lloyd CZAPLEWSKI, David DAVIES, Ian COLLINS
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Publication number: 20070205372Abstract: The invention provides a system for removing or minimizing microphonic noise from a radiation detector signal, such as from a neutron detector, without creating excessive false counts in the electronics that count the radiation events. The system solves the microphonic noise problem using a 3-prong approach: (1) maintaining high dynamic range by avoiding large amplification and the possibility of saturation in the analog stages, (2) sampling the amplified analog signal using a high-resolution analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and (3) implementing a digital filtering algorithm that rejects the noise due to microphonics while passing the signal of interest from the neutron interactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2006Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventors: Steven Pauly, Michael Blair, Mark Holdaway
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Patent number: 7137776Abstract: An embedded microcircuit for producing an improved cooling film over a surface of a part, comprising an inlet through which a coolant gas may enter, a circuit channel extending from the inlet through which the coolant gas may flow, and a slot film hole formed at a terminus of the circuit channel through which the coolant gas may exit a part.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2002Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Samuel David Draper, Michael Blair, Abbas Alahyari
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Publication number: 20060210390Abstract: An embedded microcircuit for producing an improved cooling film over a surface of a part, comprising an inlet through which a coolant gas may enter, a circuit channel extending from the inlet through which the coolant gas may flow, and a slot film hole formed at a terminus of the circuit channel through which the coolant gas may exit a part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2002Publication date: September 21, 2006Inventors: Samuel Draper, Michael Blair, Abbas Alahyari
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Patent number: 6814861Abstract: A method and apparatus of purifying feedwater to remove impurities including suspended solids therefrom, the method suitable for using in-line water pressure to permeate water through hollow fiber membranes and to backflush the membranes to remove solids collected or deposited thereon.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2002Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Zenon Environmental, Inc.Inventors: Hidayat Husain, Andreas Draesner, Michael Blair, Henry Behmann
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Patent number: 6589426Abstract: A method and apparatus of purifying feedwater to remove impurities including suspended solids therefrom, the method suitable for using in-line water pressure to permeate water through hollow fiber membranes and to backflush the membranes to remove solids collected or deposited thereon.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2000Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: Zenon Environmental Inc.Inventors: Hidayat Husain, Andreas Draesner, Michael Blair, Henry Behmann
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Publication number: 20030057155Abstract: A method and apparatus of purifying feedwater to remove impurities including suspended solids therefrom, the method suitable for using in-line water pressure to permeate water through hollow fiber membranes and to backflush the membranes to remove solids collected or deposited thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2002Publication date: March 27, 2003Inventors: Hidayat Husain, Andreas Dreasner, Michael Blair, Henry Behmann
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Publication number: 20020073012Abstract: A system and method are described that allow a customer to shop on-line for service businesses that will repair a vehicle. The system provides an input screen that captures information relating to the vehicle needing service and transmits that data to service businesses. The service businesses respond to the transmitted data by forwarding an estimate for the repair work to the system. A custom Internet page that displays all of the estimates is developed by the system and a link to that page is emailed to the customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2000Publication date: June 13, 2002Inventors: Michael J. Lowell, Donald P. Wolfe, Doug Nottage, Michael Blair