Patents by Inventor Mike Best

Mike Best 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: 20100047760
    Abstract: A computer system and method may include a processor instantiating a test scenario that includes a description of a stem that defines a context and at least one task to be performed in accordance with the context and via interaction with at least one target application; providing an interface to an instance of the at least one target application for the interaction; executing one or more stored evaluation queries to check a status of the instance of the at least one target application and record one or more binary values based on the status; and executing one or more stored scoring expressions to generate and output a score, the scoring expression defining a function having input parameters that are based on the one or more binary values. The processor may further provide an authoring environment in which to define the test scenario, evaluation queries, and scoring expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Mike Best, Farai Chizana, Chizana Tapiwa, Anton DeGruchy, Jonathan Househam, Arno Louwrens, Jim McDonnell, Gert Smit, Charl Young
  • Patent number: 6625929
    Abstract: A plant container apparatus (610) includes an arrangement (616, 618) for at least partially covering at least one plant container (612) and in which the arrangement (616, 618) is modular in form. In particular, the modular covering arrangement comprises a plurality of appropriately shaped panels (616) which are arranged to be secured together and secured to the plant containers (612) by securing straps (618). In one particular embodiment, the securing straps (618) are arranged to engage with side regions of the panels (616) and to be secured by securing devices such as screw fixtures (120) to upper and lower portions of the plant containers (612). A particularly versatile and readily adjustable and reconfigurable plant container cover arrangement can thereby be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Rentokil Initial UK Limited
    Inventors: Trevor Lawson, Kenneth Freeman, Mike Lothian, Mike Best