Patents by Inventor Neil Jones
Neil Jones 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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Publication number: 20250110561Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing a driving simulator are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a virtual reality headset, sensor data that reflects characteristics of a user wearing the virtual reality headset. The actions further include, based on the sensor data, determining, by the virtual reality headset, that the user is likely experiencing motion sickness. The actions further include, based on determining that the user is likely experiencing motion sickness, activating, by the virtual reality headset, a vibration device that is configured to provide vibration feedback to a body of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: J. Adam Jones, Kasee K. Stratton-Gadke, Zaccheus J. Ahonle, Lalitha Dabbiru, Kris Geroux, Woody Neil Watson, II, Timothy George Stewart
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Publication number: 20250100733Abstract: The technology described herein is directed to a food assembly and packaging robot for automating aspects of food assembly and packaging. The food assembly and packaging robot system may include a robot system include a conveyance system, a bowl dispenser, one or more food dispensers, one or more condiment dispensers, a lidder, and a bagger, and in some instances, other components. The bowl dispenser may be configured to deposit bowls onto the conveyance system. The one or more food dispensers may be configured to deposit one or more ingredients into the bowls and the one or more condiment dispensers may be configured to deposit one or more condiments into the bowls. The lidder may be configured to position lids atop the bowls and the bagger may be configured to place the bowls into bags.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: Lab 37 LLCInventors: Eric Meyhofer, David Rice, Paul Smith, Chad Staller, Andrew Chellman, Robert Doll, Wesly Rice, Nick Letwin, Francisco Robert, Vincent Perri, Neil Stegall, Sean Hyde, Morgan Jones, Jason McMullan, Daniel Tascione, Julie Derence, Roger Boulet, Robert Russell, Joe Zatta
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Publication number: 20250099373Abstract: The disclosure provides oral pouched products including a fleece material with a controlled basis weight. In some embodiments, the oral pouched products may include a material within a porous pouch, wherein the porous pouch includes a fleece material having a basis weight of at least about 35 gsm. In some embodiments, the oral pouched products may include fleece materials have a thickness of at least about 0.2 mm or less than about 0.1 mm. In some embodiments, the pouched products may be configured for rapid or extended release of components contained therein or may be tailored to provide a desired release profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Savannah Johnson, Ronald K. Hutchens, David Neil McClanahan, Pankaj Patel, Travis O'Neal, Dwaye William Beeson, Wesley Steven Jones
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Publication number: 20250094320Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for testing of robotic process automation robots that interact with user interfaces. The method includes obtaining analysis of commands in a robotic process automation script to determine interaction of the commands with one or more user interface applications. The method includes extracting a list of commands that interact with user interface controls and grouping the commands by user interface application. The method then generates a set of tests for each user interface application, with the set of tests including the commands for user interface control interactions and assertions of a state of each user interface control interacted with. The method provides a set of tests for a robot for each user interface application.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: IAN PARTRIDGE, Christopher Neil Bailey, Sandra Hayward, Matthew Paul Wilson, David Richard Jones
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Publication number: 20250084161Abstract: The invention relates to an antigen binding site for binding to a P2X7 receptor, the antigen binding site being defined by general formula 1: FR1-CDR1-FR2-CDR2-FR3-CDR3-FR4Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Julian Alexander Barden, Neil Brewis, Philip Jones, Steven Grant
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Patent number: 12240571Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods for video based sensor fusion with respect to mobile structures. A mobile structure may include at least one imaging module and multiple navigational sensors and/or receive navigational data from various sources. A navigational database may be generated that includes data from the imaging module, navigational sensors, and/or other sources. Aspects of the navigational database may then be used to generate an integrated model, forecast weather conditions, warn of dangers, identify hard to spot items, and generally aid in the navigation of the mobile structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: FLIR Belgium BVBAInventors: Mark Johnson, Richard Jales, Gordon Pope, Christopher Daniel Gatland, Paul Stokes, Aaron Ridout, Chris Jones, Jay E. Robinson, Neil R. Owens, Peter Long
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Publication number: 20250059472Abstract: Detergent compositions particularly for laundry, comprising alginate lyase enzyme, and a booster enzyme selected from one or more of (i) Pel-ase enzyme; (ii) Psl-ase enzyme; (iii) endo-?-1,3 (4)-glucanase enzyme; and (iv) mixtures thereof. Methods of treating fabrics by contacting the fabric with an aqueous wash liquor having the detergent composition therein. The compositions and methods are particularly for improving whiteness of a fabric, improved soil removal from a fabric, for malodour removal from a fabric, for anti-wrinkle benefits, collar and/or cuff cleaning, anti-redeposition benefits and/or for improved drying of a fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Catherine JONES, Neil Joseph LANT, Nazarmohammad Gulamhussain MOMIN, Ana L. MORALES GARCIA, Alessandra VALENTINI, William G. T. WILLATS, Hamish Chun Lam YAU
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Publication number: 20250059473Abstract: A washing machine-cleaning composition comprising (a) at least two enzymes selected from (i) alginate lyase enzyme; (ii) Pel-ase enzyme; (iii) Psl-ase enzyme; (iv) ?-1,3-glucanase enzyme; and (v) ?-1,3 (4)-glucanase enzyme; and (b) a cleaning adjunct and a method of treating the interior of a washing machine and a method of degrading soils on an interior surface of an washing machine using such a composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Catherine JONES, Neil Joseph LANT, Nazarmohammad Gulamhussain MOMIN, Ana L. MORALES GARCIA, Alessandra VALENTINI, William G. T. WILLATS, Hamish Chun Lam YAU
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Publication number: 20250032406Abstract: The disclosure provides oral products, the oral products including a fleece material that includes fibers and a releasable component. In some embodiments, oral products as described herein may be in the form of a pouchless product including a fleece material having a releasable component associated therewith, or in the form of a pouched product including a fleece material having a releasable component associated therewith in the form of a pouch, containing a substrate material therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Savannah Johnson, Ronald K. Hutchens, David Neil McClanahan, Pankaj Patel, Travis O'Neal, Dwayne William Beeson, Wesley Steven Jones
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Patent number: 11851034Abstract: A method of producing vehicles comprises: in a vehicle production process, manufacturing vehicle components of different types, and assembling the vehicle components to form vehicles; creating a set of vehicle records, each being a record of one of the vehicles entering active service; performing vehicle repairs on a subset of the vehicles after they have entered active service; creating a respective record of each of the vehicle repairs, each of which comprises or indicates a vehicle age or usage value, and records a vehicle component fault identified in the vehicle repair; receiving at a data processing stage the vehicle records and vehicle repair records, wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage processes the received records so as to, for each type of vehicle component: 1) identify a respective set of the vehicle repair records relating to that type of vehicle component, and 2) use the respective set of vehicle repair records to predict a respective number of or resource valueType: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventors: James Gareth Davies, Anthony Peter Griffiths, Christopher Lee Davies, Martyn Neil Jones, Stephen David Norris, Christopher George Reed, Patrick James Tudor, Timothy Peter Davis, David Hong Sau Chung, Michael Paul Nicholas, Kelly Marie Nock, Jonathan Michael Phillips, Ashley Steven Burgess, Nicholas Peter Rees, Steffan Rees
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Publication number: 20220118440Abstract: A sample vial for delivery of fluid sample to a flow cytometer includes a fluid-containment cavity with a tapered portion in which the cavity cross-section tapers in a distal direction toward the bottom of the cavity, and the sample vial has a ribbed exterior portion with longitudinally extending ribs and recesses between the ribs. An array of the sample vials can be retained in receptacles of a processing tray and are limited in rotation relative to the tray by a rotational stop feature in the receptacles that engages with the ribbed exterior portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Arkadiusz Pajak, Sebastian Purmann, Jeffrey Steaffens, Neil Jones, Andrew Geddes, Julien Oudia
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Publication number: 20210380076Abstract: A method of producing vehicles comprises: in a vehicle production process, manufacturing vehicle components of different types, and assembling the vehicle components to form vehicles; creating a set of vehicle records, each being a record of one of the vehicles entering active service; performing vehicle repairs on a subset of the vehicles after they have entered active service; creating a respective record of each of the vehicle repairs, each of which comprises or indicates a vehicle age or usage value, and records a vehicle component fault identified in the vehicle repair; receiving at a data processing stage the vehicle records and vehicle repair records, wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage processes the received records so as to, for each type of vehicle component: 1) identify a respective set of the vehicle repair records relating to that type of vehicle component, and 2) use the respective set of vehicle repair records to predict a respective number of or resource valueType: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: James Gareth DAVIES, Anthony Peter GRIFFITHS, Christopher Lee DAVIES, Martyn Neil JONES, Stephen David NORRIS, Christopher George REED, Patrick James TUDOR, Timothy Peter DAVIS, David Hong Sau CHUNG, Michael Paul NICHOLAS, Kelly Marie NOCK, Jonathan Michael PHILLIPS, Ashley Steven Burgess, Nicholas Peter Rees, Steffan Rees
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Patent number: 11117555Abstract: A method of producing vehicles comprises: in a vehicle production process, manufacturing vehicle components of different types, and assembling the vehicle components to form vehicles; creating a set of vehicle records, each being a record of one of the vehicles entering active service; performing vehicle repairs on a subset of the vehicles after they have entered active service; creating a respective record of each of the vehicle repairs, each of which comprises or indicates a vehicle age or usage value, and records a vehicle component fault identified in the vehicle repair; receiving at a data processing stage the vehicle records and vehicle repair records, wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage processes the received records so as to, for each type of vehicle component: 1) identify a respective set of the vehicle repair records relating to that type of vehicle component, and 2) use the respective set of vehicle repair records to predict a respective number of or resource valueType: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: We Predict LimitedInventors: James Gareth Davies, Anthony Peter Griffiths, Christopher Lee Davies, Martyn Neil Jones, Stephen David Norris, Christopher George Reed, Patrick James Tudor, Timothy Peter Davis, David Hong Sau Chung, Michael Paul Nicholas, Kelly Marie Nock, Jonathan Michael Phillips, Ashley Steven Burgess, Nicholas Peter Rees, Steffan Rees
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Publication number: 20210070258Abstract: A method of producing vehicles comprises: in a vehicle production process, manufacturing vehicle components of different types, and assembling the vehicle components to form vehicles; creating a set of vehicle records, each being a record of one of the vehicles entering active service; performing vehicle repairs on a subset of the vehicles after they have entered active service; creating a respective record of each of the vehicle repairs, each of which comprises or indicates a vehicle age or usage value, and records a vehicle component fault identified in the vehicle repair; to receiving at a data processing stage the vehicle records and vehicle repair records, wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage processes the received records so as to, for each type of vehicle component: 1) identify a respective set of the vehicle repair records relating to that type of vehicle component, and 2) use the respective set of vehicle repair records to predict a respective number of or resource valType: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: James Gareth DAVIES, Anthony Peter GRIFFITHS, Christopher Lee DAVIES, Martyn Neil JONES, Stephen David NORRIS, Christopher George REED, Patrick James TUDOR, Timothy Peter DAVIS, David Hong Sau CHUNG, Michael Paul NICHOLAS, Kelly Marie NOCK, Jonathan Michael PHILLIPS, Ashley Steven Burgess, Nicholas Peter Rees, Steffan Rees
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Publication number: 20160265067Abstract: The present invention relates to means and methods for the identification of non-responders to a HER2 inhibitor, whereby one or more mutations in exon 9 of Phosphoinositol-3 kinase (PIK3CA) indicate non-responsiveness.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Victoria Brophy, Neil Jones, Astrid Kiermaier, Jayantha Ratnayake
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Patent number: 9376715Abstract: The present invention relates to means and methods for the identification of non-responders to a HER2 inhibitor, whereby one or more mutations in exon 9 of Phosphoinositol-3 kinase (PIK3CA) indicate non-responsiveness.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INCInventors: Victoria Brophy, Neil Jones, Astrid Kiermaier, Jayantha Ratnayake
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Publication number: 20150079076Abstract: The present invention relates to means and methods for the identification of non-responders to a HER2 inhibitor, whereby one or more mutations in exon 9 of Phosphoinositol-3 kinase (PIK3CA) indicate non-responsiveness.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMSInventors: Victoria Brophy, Neil Jones, Astrid Kiermaier, Jayantha Ratnayake
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Patent number: 8947043Abstract: A light comprises a lamp and an integrated inductive charger for coupling to a device having an inductive charger receiver connected thereto. The inductive charger receiver receives an electrical charge to charge a battery in the device. The lamp of the light provides illumination. The integrated inductive charger and the lamp are both electrically connected to a power supply. The integrated inductive charger can charge the battery in the device when the lamp is turned off. The lamp can be turned on without the integrated inductive charger providing an electrical charge. Alternatively, the integrated inductive charger can charge the battery in the device while the lamp is also turned on.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Teknion LimitedInventors: Neil Jones, Aaron Fung
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Publication number: 20130057203Abstract: An assembly for mounting an inductive charger base station to an opening in a furniture work surface. The assembly includes a housing for securing the charger base station therein for mounting the base station within the opening, The housing includes a cover and a shoulder which locates within the opening. The cover includes an outer flange which abuts against the work surface. The housing also includes a base connected to the cover. The base includes a first clamping member extending inwardly. The housing includes an interior volume where the charger base station where the base station is located. The assembly also includes a fastening portion with an inner flange abutting against an inner face of the work surface and a second clamping member extending from the inner flange.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: Neil Jones, Aaron Fung
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Publication number: 20120299539Abstract: A light comprises a lamp and an integrated inductive charger for coupling to a device having an inductive charger receiver connected thereto. The inductive charger receiver receives an electrical charge to charge a battery in the device. The lamp of the light provides illumination. The integrated inductive charger and the lamp are both electrically connected to a power supply. The integrated inductive charger can charge the battery in the device when the lamp is turned off. The lamp can be turned on without the integrated inductive charger providing an electrical charge. Alternatively, the integrated inductive charger can charge the battery in the device while the lamp is also turned on.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Neil Jones, Aaron Fung