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).

  • Patent number: 11661359
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CWC Clear Water Clarification Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Blaine Barbour, Michael Blair, Vernon John Gattinger, Gary William Gough, Blake Penna, Darren Nigel Valantine
  • Patent number: 11392697
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: François Gauthier, Scott Gaetjen, Michael Blair
  • Publication number: 20210157914
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: François Gauthier, Scott Gaetjen, Michael Blair
  • Publication number: 20200339448
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: CWC Clear Water Clarification Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Blaine Barbour, Michael Blair, Vernon John Gattinger, Gary William Gough, Blake Penna, Darren Nigel Valantine
  • Patent number: 9770108
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Blair
  • Patent number: 9763514
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Blair
  • Patent number: 9181234
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20140167480
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Blair
  • Publication number: 20140143953
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Blair
  • Patent number: 8684466
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Blair
  • Publication number: 20120187737
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Michael Blair
  • Publication number: 20120088750
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20070205372
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Steven Pauly, Michael Blair, Mark Holdaway
  • Patent number: 7137776
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel David Draper, Michael Blair, Abbas Alahyari
  • Publication number: 20060210390
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Samuel Draper, Michael Blair, Abbas Alahyari
  • Patent number: 6814861
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Zenon Environmental, Inc.
    Inventors: Hidayat Husain, Andreas Draesner, Michael Blair, Henry Behmann
  • Patent number: 6589426
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Zenon Environmental Inc.
    Inventors: Hidayat Husain, Andreas Draesner, Michael Blair, Henry Behmann
  • Publication number: 20030057155
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Hidayat Husain, Andreas Dreasner, Michael Blair, Henry Behmann
  • Publication number: 20020073012
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Michael J. Lowell, Donald P. Wolfe, Doug Nottage, Michael Blair