Patents by Inventor Neil Anthony
Neil Anthony 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: 9267044Abstract: A process for preparing an encapsulated pigment dispersion suitable for use in an ink jet printing ink comprising the following steps in the order I) followed by II): I) providing a dispersion comprising a pigment, a liquid medium and a dispersant comprising the repeat units from copolymerizing the ethylenically unsaturated monomers in components a) to c): a) from 75 to 97 parts of one or more hydrophobic ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising at least 50 parts benzyl (meth) acrylate; b) from 3 to 25 parts one or more hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated monomers having one or more ionic group(s); c) from 0 to 2 parts of one or more hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated monomers having a hydrophilic non-ionic group; and ?wherein the parts are by weight and the sum of the parts a) to c) add up to 100; II) cross-linking the dispersant in the presence of the pigment and the liquid medium.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Fujifilm Imaging Colorants LimitedInventors: Tom Annable, Mark Holbrook, Neil Anthony Tallant, John Patrick O'Donnell
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Patent number: 9262181Abstract: A computer program product for process allocation is configured to determine a set of two or more processes of a plurality of processes that share at least one resource in a multi-node system, wherein each of the set of two or more processes is running on different nodes of the multi-node system. The program code can be configured to calculate a value based on a weight of the resource and frequency of access of the resource by each process. The program code can be configured to determine a pair of processes of the set of processes having a greatest sum of calculated values by resource. The program code can be configured to allocate a first process of the pair of processes from a first node in the multi-node system to a second node in the multi-node system that hosts a second process of the pair of processes.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Neil Anthony Campbell, Chaitanya Mangla
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Patent number: 9119933Abstract: A modular respiratory system to which different parts can be added in a convenient way enabling such upgraded respiratory system to deliver the most comfortable respiratory conditions at an acceptable cost of ownership.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2008Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: PLASTIFLEX GROUPInventors: Jon Richard Bedford, Malcolm Graham James, Neil Anthony Kaye, Jeno Kurja, Rik Julia Raoul Langerock
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Patent number: 9120601Abstract: A flow control device for dispensing a multi-phase oral composition. The device includes a housing, a restrictor and an insert that fits within and cooperates with the housing and restrictor to dispense the oral composition. A flowpath is formed in and around the insert, as well as in the housing such that the composition passes through one or more channels defined by the cooperative arrangement of the insert and housing. Changes in relative position between the insert and the housing facilitate selective alignment of the various channels with a discharge orifice formed in the housing such that a user can vary the way the proportions of discreet fluids making up the oral composition are dispensed through the orifice.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michael Girard Maietta, William Herbert Poff, III, Ralph Albert Sagel, Neil Anthony Strausbaugh
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Publication number: 20150240095Abstract: A process for preparing an encapsulated pigment dispersion suitable for use in an ink jet printing ink comprising the following steps in the order I) followed by II): I) providing a dispersion comprising a pigment, a liquid medium and a dispersant comprising the repeat units from copolymerising the ethylenically unsaturated monomers in components a) to c): a) from 75 to 97 parts of one or more hydrophobic ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising at least 50 parts benzyl (meth) acrylate; b) from 3 to 25 parts one or more hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated monomers having one or more ionic group(s); c) from 0 to 2 parts of one or more hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated monomers having a hydrophilic non-ionic group; and ?wherein the parts are by weight and the sum of the parts a) to c) add up to 100; II) cross-linking the dispersant in the presence of the pigment and the liquid medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Fujifilm Imaging Colorants LimitedInventors: Tom ANNABLE, Mark HOLBROOK, Neil Anthony TALLANT, John Patrick O'DONNELL
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Publication number: 20150179848Abstract: A deployable solar panel system including a basic unit of a plurality of photovoltaic (PV) panels electrically interconnected to each other and mechanically interconnected to each other by a hinge bonded to each PV panel, thereby allowing the basic unit to be folded for transportation and storage into a compact form and then unfolded for installation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Charles Steven Korman, Neil Anthony Johnson, Michael Scott Herzog, Donald Michael Doherty, Kevin Sean Myers
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Patent number: 9040620Abstract: A process for preparing an encapsulated pigment dispersion suitable for use in an ink jet printing ink comprising the following steps in the order I) followed by II): I) providing a dispersion comprising a pigment, a liquid medium and a dispersant comprising the repeat units from copolymerizing the ethylenically unsaturated monomers in components a) to c): a) from 75 to 97 parts of one or more hydrophobic ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising at least 50 parts benzyl (meth)acrylate; b) from 3 to 25 parts one or more hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated monomers having one or more ionic group(s); c) from 0 to 2 parts of one or more hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated monomers having a hydrophilic non-ionic group; and wherein the parts are by weight and the sum of the parts a) to c) add up to 100; II) cross-linking the dispersant in the presence of the pigment and the liquid medium.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2009Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Fujifilm Imaging Colorant LimitedInventors: Tom Annable, Mark Holbrook, Neil Anthony Tallant, John Patrick O'Donnell
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Patent number: 9027571Abstract: The present invention relates to a tool (1) for separating a hair bundle (11) comprising a number of hair strands appropriate for receiving a hair treatment composition (15) for creating a hair bundle effect. The hair bundle (11) is received into a through hole (10) via a slit (50). The dimensions of the through hole (10) dictate the appropriate size of a hair bundle (11). In one aspect of the present invention, the tool (1) is substantially flat in order to prevent spillages of hair treatment composition (15) onto the scalp. A gripping layer (70) may extend upon at least a portion of the tool (1) for aiding the grip of the tool (1) to the hair bundle (11).Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Paul Edmund Baker, Gwenalle Deloux, Natasha Jane Evans, Neil Anthony Litten, John Edward Sheppard
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Patent number: 9010068Abstract: A kit for fixing tiles to a wall comprising: a tile having a protrusion extending from an edge thereof; and a fixing element arranged to be fastened to the wall and to accommodate the protrusion so as to secure the tile in position.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: MATCLAD LimitedInventors: Paul Neil Sullivan, Neil Anthony Sullivan
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Publication number: 20150101653Abstract: A micro-inverter assembly includes a housing having an opening formed in a bottom surface thereof, and a direct current (DC)-to-alternating current (AC) micro-inverter disposed within the housing at a position adjacent to the opening. The micro-inverter assembly further includes a micro-inverter DC connector electrically coupled to the DC-to-AC micro-inverter and positioned within the opening of the housing, the micro-inverter DC connector having a plurality of exposed electrical contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Philip Michael Cioffi, Maja Harfman Todorovic, Michael Scott Herzog, Charles Steven Korman, Donald M. Doherty, Neil Anthony Johnson
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Publication number: 20150103497Abstract: An alternating current (AC) harness for a photovoltaic (PV) system includes a wire assembly having a first end and a second end, the wire assembly having a plurality of lead wires, and at least one AC connection module positioned at a location along a length of the wire assembly between the first end and the second end. Further, the at least one AC connection module includes a first connection terminal electrically coupled to the plurality of lead wires of the wire assembly and constructed to electrically couple the wire assembly with an output of a first PV module of the PV system. The at least one AC connection module also includes a second connection terminal electrically coupled to the plurality of lead wires of the wire assembly and constructed to electrically couple the wire assembly with an output of a second PV module of the PV system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Philip Michael Cioffi, Maja Harfman Todorovic, Michael Scott Herzog, Charles Steven Korman, Donald M. Doherty, Neil Anthony Johnson
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Patent number: 8959367Abstract: A system and computer program product allocates energy entitlement to a logical partition (LPAR) executing on a data processing system. An energy entitlement allocation (EEA) utility enables an administrator to specify a minimum and/or maximum energy entitlement and An LPAR priority. When the relevant LPARs utilize the respective minimum energy entitlement based on respective energy consumption, the EEA utility determines whether the LPAR (and other LPARs) has satisfied a respective maximum energy entitlement. When the LPAR has not satisfied its maximum energy entitlement, the EEA utility allocates unused energy entitlement from the data processing system to the LPAR, according to an allocation policy. Additionally, the EEA utility dynamically adjusts a priority level for the LPAR to efficiently control resource allocation, according to the LPAR's energy consumption relative to its energy entitlement.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Alexander Barraclough Brown, Neil Anthony Campbell, Ryan Jason Cocks
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Patent number: 8927624Abstract: A process for preparing a dispersion of encapsulated solid particles in a liquid medium is described, which includes providing a dispersion comprising solid particles, a liquid medium and a polymer comprising at least one repeat unit of the Formula (1) or a salt thereof: and cross-linking the polymer, wherein X, Q1, Q2, Q3, A and m are as defined.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Fujifilm Imaging Colorants LimitedInventors: Neil Anthony Tallant, Neil James Thompson
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Patent number: 8922972Abstract: An integral solar module power conditioning system includes one or more solar module support frames. Each frame includes a plurality of plug-and-play electrical connectors integrated therewith. A microinverter or microinverter connector is also integrated with each frame. Each frame is configured to receive a respective solar electric module and to carry electrical power through a plurality of solar electric modules and corresponding microinverters connected together via a plurality of solar module support frames connected together via the plurality of integrated plug-and-play electrical connectors.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2011Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Charles Steven Korman, Neil Anthony Johnson, Michael Andrew de Rooij
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Patent number: 8845086Abstract: A process for ink jet printing an image on a substrate is described, which includes applying to the substrate a composition including a liquid medium, a pigment and a polymer having a chain of the Formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein X, Q1, Q2, Q3, A, m and n are as defined, and the polymer having a chain of Formula (1) or salt thereof is used to comminute the pigment.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Fujifilm Imaging Colorants LimitedInventors: Neil Anthony Tallant, Neil James Thompson
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Patent number: 8813982Abstract: A cap resistant to impact forces and providing a leak-tight fitting to a container while allowing simple and quick release.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Filip Dominique Hubert Van Geel, Katrien De Malsche, Rainer Scharrenberg, Gene Michael Altonen, Guy Hubert Stephane Sylvain Culeron, Neil Anthony Litten, Georgina Lindsey Clare
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Publication number: 20140216530Abstract: A photovoltaic (PV) mounting system includes at least one PV module, a pair of metallic rail sections, and a grounding bar connected to each end of the metallic rail sections for grounding the metallic rail sections. The system also includes a wiring harness for electrically connecting several PV modules, a locking cover for covering and protecting the wiring harness, a standard connector box electrically connected to one end of the wiring harness, and a home run cable electrically connected to the connector box. A method for grounding the PV mounting system is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Charles Steven Korman, Neil Anthony Johnson, Christian Joseph Wagner
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Patent number: 8713971Abstract: A current conducting melting vessel within which glass can be melted is provided. At least two induction heating coils are provided at selected locations proximate to the melting vessel. Power is selectively supplied to the coils to thereby selectively energize the coils so that the mutual induction of current in a non-energized heating coil adjacent to an energized heating coil is prevented via a switching element in power supply circuitry associated with the non-energized coil.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2004Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Energy Solutions, LLCInventors: Neil Anthony Tivey, Kevin Maybury
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Patent number: 8697693Abstract: Thienopyrimidines of formula (Ia) or (Ib): wherein R1-R3 have any of the values described herein, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof have activity as inhibitors of PI3K and may thus be used to treat diseases and disorders arising from abnormal cell growth, function or behavior associated with PI3 kinase, in particular the p110 delta subtype, such as immune disorders, cardiovascular disease, viral infection, inflammation, metabolism/endocrine disorders and neurological disorders. Processes for synthesizing the compounds are also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: F. Hoffmann LaRoche AGInventors: Stewart James Baker, Paul John Goldsmith, Timothy Colin Hancox, Neil Anthony Pegg, Stephen Price, Stephen Joseph Shuttleworth, Sukhjit Sohai
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Publication number: 20140097200Abstract: A flow control device for dispensing a multi-phase oral composition. The device includes a housing, a restrictor and an insert that fits within and cooperates with the housing and restrictor to dispense the oral composition. A flowpath is formed in and around the insert, as well as in the housing such that the composition passes through one or more channels defined by the cooperative arrangement of the insert and housing. Changes in relative position between the insert and the housing facilitate selective alignment of the various channels with a discharge orifice formed in the housing such that a user can vary the way the proportions of discreet fluids making up the oral composition are dispensed through said orifice.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michael Girard Maietta, William Herbert Poff, III, Ralph Albert Sagel, Neil Anthony Strausbaugh