Patents by Inventor Michael John Bull

Michael John Bull 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).

  • Air traffic control
    Patent number: 9754494
    Abstract: An air traffic control system in which several tactical sectors each control of a respective tactical controller can be amalgamated into a single super-sector under control of a single planning controller. The tactical controllers can collaboratively manage flights in neighboring tactical sectors within the same planning sector and have awareness of selected flights and interactions outside their own tactical sector; the invention assesses and selects which flights to display for each controller (based upon separation responsibility).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: NATS (EN ROUTE) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Melodi Irfan, Michael John Bull, Andrew Trevor Clinch, Stephen James Pember
  • AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
    Publication number: 20120303253
    Abstract: An air traffic control system in which several tactical sectors each control of a respective tactical controller can be amalgamated into a single super-sector under control of a single planning controller. The tactical controllers can collaboratively manage flights in neighbouring tactical sectors within the same planning sector and have awareness of selected flights and interactions outside their own tactical sector; the invention assesses and selects which flights to display for each controller (based upon separation responsibility).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: NATS (EN ROUTE) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Melodi Irfan, Michael John Bull, Andrew Trevor Clinch, Stephen James Pember
  • Process for the preparation of acid chloride compounds
    Patent number: 5639888
    Abstract: A process for preparing a compound of general formula ##STR1## where Ar represents an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group, the process comprising reacting a compound of general formulaAr--C(L.sup.1).sub.2 Cl (II)where each L.sup.1 independently represents a leaving group (preferably a chlorine atom), with water in the presence of a Lewis acid and a chlorocarbon solvent which includes at least two chlorine atoms, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Co.
    Inventors: Michael John Bull, John Warcup Cornforth