Patents by Inventor Michael John Palmer

Michael John Palmer 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: 11968510
    Abstract: The invention relates to audio transducers, such as loudspeaker, microphones and the like, and includes improvements in or relating to: audio transducer diaphragm structures and assemblies, audio transducer mounting systems; audio transducer diaphragm suspension systems, personal audio devices incorporating the same and any combination thereof. The embodiments of the invention include linear action and rotational action transducers. For both types of transducer, rigid and composite diaphragm constructions and unsupported diaphragm periphery designs are described. Systems and methods for mounting the transducer to a housing, such as an enclosure or baffle are also described. Furthermore, hinge systems including: rigid contact hinge systems and flexible hinge systems are also disclosed for various rotational action transducer embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: WING ACOUSTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: David John Palmer, Michael Ian Palmer
  • Patent number: 11150814
    Abstract: There is a method and a corresponding system for performing partial write operations to memory. This method and corresponding system utilizes an XOR operation to generate error checking bits. Once the error checking bits are generated, they are then used for error checking a set of data bits so that these data bits can be written to memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Michael John Palmer
  • Publication number: 20210124501
    Abstract: Concepts for partial write operations to memory are presented. Such concepts employ an XOR operation to generate error checking bits that are then used for error checking of data bits for writing to the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: Michael John Palmer
  • Patent number: 9943270
    Abstract: A monitoring device operable to provide information on data obtained from sensors operably connected between a patient and the device is provided that includes a central processing unit configured to receive incoming data signals from sensors concerning physiological parameters of the patient to compare the incoming data signals to predetermined alarm limits for the physiological parameters to determine an alarm condition and an analytics engine operably connected to the central processing unit and selectively operable to provide predictions of adverse events using the incoming data signals. The central processing unit is configured to alter the alarm limits for at least one of the physiological parameters in response to the activation of the analytics engine to reduce clinically irrelevant alarms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bruce Arnold Friedman, Stephen Thomas Treacy, David Alan Sitzman, Michael John Palmer
  • Patent number: 9619997
    Abstract: A method of adjusting event detection and alarm generation sensitivity settings of a patient monitoring system includes receiving physiological information from a patient, determining an acuity level of the patient in dependence upon the physiological information received, and at least one of automatically updating a sensitivity setting for a system action in dependence upon the determined acuity level of the patient or prompting a user to manually update the sensitivity setting for the system action in dependence upon the determined acuity level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Treacy, Michael John Palmer
  • Publication number: 20170000424
    Abstract: A monitoring device operable to provide information on data obtained from sensors operably connected between a patient and the device is provided that includes a central processing unit configured to receive incoming data signals from sensors concerning physiological parameters of the patient to compare the incoming data signals to predetermined alarm limits for the physiological parameters to determine an alarm condition and an analytics engine operably connected to the central processing unit and selectively operable to provide predictions of adverse events using the incoming data signals. The central processing unit is configured to alter the alarm limits for at least one of the physiological parameters in response to the activation of the analytics engine to reduce clinically irrelevant alarms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Bruce Arnold Friedman, Stephen Thomas Treacy, David Alan Sitzman, Michael John Palmer
  • Publication number: 20160163187
    Abstract: A method of adjusting event detection and alarm generation sensitivity settings of a patient monitoring system includes receiving physiological information from a patient, determining an acuity level of the patient in dependence upon the physiological information received, and at least one of automatically updating a sensitivity setting for a system action in dependence upon the determined acuity level of the patient or prompting a user to manually update the sensitivity setting for the system action in dependence upon the determined acuity level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Treacy, Michael John Palmer
  • Patent number: 8877750
    Abstract: The use of a compound comprising formula (I): or a salt, ester, amide or prodrug thereof in the inhibition of an enzyme whose preferred mode of action is to catalyse the hydrolysis of an ester functionality, e.g. in the control and inhibition of unwanted enzymes in products and processes. The compounds are also useful in medicine e.g. in the treatment of obesity and related conditions. The invention also relates to novel compounds within formula (I), to processes for preparing them and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. In formula (I) A is a 6-membered aromatic or heteroaromatic ring; and R1 is a branched or unbranched alkyl (optionally interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms), alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, reduced arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroarylalkenyl, reduced aryl, reduced heteroaryl, reduced heteroarylalkyl or a substituted derivative of any of the foregoing groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Norgine B.V.
    Inventors: Harold Francis Hodson, Robert Downham, Timothy John Mitchell, Beverley Jane Carr, Christopher Robert Dunk, Richard Michael John Palmer
  • Patent number: 8097621
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula (I)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Bell, David Graham Brown, Kevin Dack, David Nathan Abraham Fox, Ian Roger Marsh, Andrew Ian Morrell, Michael John Palmer, Carol Ann Winslow
  • Publication number: 20110065697
    Abstract: The use of a compound comprising formula (I): or a salt, ester, amide or prodrug thereof in the inhibition of an enzyme whose preferred mode of action is to catalyse the hydrolysis of an ester functionality, e.g. in the control and inhibition of unwanted enzymes in products and processes. The compounds are also useful in medicine e.g. in the treatment of obesity and related conditions. The invention also relates to novel compounds within formula (I), to processes for preparing them and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. In formula (I) A is a 6-membered aromatic or heteroaromatic ring; and R1 is a branched or unbranched alkyl (optionally interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms), alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, reduced arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroarylalkenyl, reduced aryl, reduced heteroaryl, reduced heteroarylalkyl or a substituted derivative of any of the foregoing groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Norgine B.V.
    Inventors: Harold Francis Hodson, Robert Downham, Timothy John Mitchell, Beverley Jane Carr, Christopher Robert Dunk, Richard Michael John Palmer
  • Patent number: 7902195
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds are disclosed, wherein the compounds have the structure of Formula I: wherein R2, R6A, R6B and R8 are as defined in the specification. Corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, synthetic methods, and intermediates are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLC
    Inventors: Robert O Hughes, Andrew Simon Bell, David Graham Brown, Dafydd Owen, Michael John Palmer, Christopher Phillips, David L. Brown, Yvette M. Fobian, John N. Freskos, Steven E. Heasley, E. Jon Jacobsen, Todd Maddux, Brent Mischke, John M. Molyneaux, Joseph B. Moon, D. Joseph Rogier, Jr., Michael B. Tollefson, John K. Walker
  • Patent number: 7858617
    Abstract: The use of a compound comprising formula (I): or a salt, ester, amide or prodrug thereof in the inhibition of an enzyme whose preferred mode of action is to catalyse the hydrolysis of an ester functionality, e.g. in the control and inhibition of unwanted enzymes in products and processes. The compounds are also useful in medicine e.g. in the treatment of obesity and related conditions. The invention also relates to novel compounds within formula (I), to processes for preparing them and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. In formula (I) A is a 6-membered aromatic or heteroaromatic ring; and R1 is a branched or unbranched alkyl (optionally interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms), alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, reduced arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroarylalkenyl, reduced aryl, reduced heteroaryl, reduced heteroarylalkyl or a substituted derivative of any of the foregoing groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Norgine B.V.
    Inventors: Harold Francis Hodson, Robert Downham, Timothy John Mitchell, Beverley Jane Carr, Christopher Robert Dunk, Richard Michael John Palmer
  • Patent number: 7825113
    Abstract: The use of a compound comprising formula (I): or a salt, ester, amide or prodrug thereof in the inhibition of an enzyme whose preferred mode of action is to catalyse the hydrolysis of an ester functionality, e.g. in the control and inhibition of unwanted enzymes in products and processes. The compounds are also useful in medicine e.g. in the treatment of obesity and related conditions. The invention also relates to novel compounds within formula (I), to processes for preparing them and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. In formula (I) A is a 6-membered aromatic or heteroaromatic ring; and R1 is a branched or unbranched alkyl (optionally interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms), alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, reduced arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroarylalkenyl, reduced aryl, reduced heteroaryl, reduced heteroarylalkyl or a substituted derivative of any of the foregoing groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Norgine B.V.
    Inventors: Harold Francis Hodson, Robert Downham, Timothy John Mitchell, Beverley Jane Carr, Christopher Robert Dunk, Richard Michael John Palmer
  • Patent number: 7776853
    Abstract: The use of a compound comprising formula (I): or a salt, ester, amide or prodrug thereof in the inhibition of an enzyme whose preferred mode of action is to catalyse the hydrolysis of an ester functionality, e.g. in the control and inhibition of unwanted enzymes in products and processes. The compounds are also useful in medicine e.g. in the treatment of obesity and related conditions. The invention also relates to novel compounds within formula (I), to processes for preparing them and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. In formula (I) A is a 6-membered aromatic or heteroaromatic ring; and R1 is a branched or unbranched alkyl (optionally interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms), alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, reduced arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroarylalkenyl, reduced aryl, reduced heteroaryl, reduced heteroarylalkyl or a substituted derivative of any of the foregoing groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Norgine B.V.
    Inventors: Harold Francis Hodson, Robert Downham, Timothy John Mitchell, Beverley Jane Carr, Christopher Robert Dunk, Richard Michael John Palmer
  • Publication number: 20090247539
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula (I)
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Bell, David Graham Brown, Kevin Dack, David Nathan Abraham Fox, Ian Roger Marsh, Andrew Ian Morrell, Michael John Palmer, Carol Ann Winslow
  • Patent number: 7572799
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula (I)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Bell, David Graham Brown, Kevin Dack, David Nathan Abraham Fox, Ian Roger Marsh, Andrew Ian Morrell, Michael John Palmer, Carol Ann Winslow
  • Patent number: 7569572
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Bell, David Graham Brown, David Nathan Abraham Fox, Ian Roger Marsh, Andrew Ian Morrell, Dafydd Rhys Owen, Michael John Palmer, Carol Ann Winslow, Hwang Fun Lu, Thomas Edward Rogers
  • Patent number: 7562284
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for mandatory end to end integrity checking. The apparatus includes a compatibility module configured to monitor data from a source and verify integrity information compatibility with a standard, and an integrity module configured to wrap the data from the source with additional integrity information. The system includes a source configured to send data over a network, a target configured to receive data over the network, the apparatus, a main memory module, a storage controller, and a storage device. The method includes monitoring data from a source, verifying integrity information compatibility with a standard, and wrapping the data from the source with additional integrity information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Benhase, Michael John Palmer, William Garrett Verdoorn, Jr., Andrew Dale Walls
  • Publication number: 20090029978
    Abstract: The use of a compound comprising formula (I), or a salt, ester, amide or prodrug thereof in the treatment of obesity and related disorders. The invention also relates to novel compounds within formula (I), to processes for preparing them and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. In formula (I): A is an optionally substituted thienyl moiety, Y is O, S, or NR2, R1 is a branched or unbranched alkyl (optionally interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms), alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, reduced arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroarylalkenyl, reduced aryl, reduced heteroaryl, reduced heteroarylalkyl or a substituted derivative of any of the foregoing groups and R2 is hydrogen or a group as defined for R1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Alizyme Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Harold Francis HODSON, Christopher Robert DUNK, Richard Michael John PALMER, Dale Robert MITCHELL, Veronique BIRAULT, Russell George HUNT
  • Publication number: 20080293697
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Bell, David Graham Brown, David Nathan Abraham Fox, Ian Roger Marsh, Andrew Ian Morrell, Dafydd Rhys Owen, Michael John Palmer, Carol Ann Winslow, Hwang Fun Lu, Thomas Edward Rogers