Patents by Inventor Nicholas A. Philips
Nicholas A. Philips 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: 12144297Abstract: The disclosed container defines (i) an “interior” configured to interact with a fluid and/or developing plants, and (ii) an “exterior” that at least partially defines a perimeter around the interior. The disclosed container may further include stacking features/elements which allow one container to be stacked/nested one upon the other. The disclosed container may further include features/elements which enable one container to be connected adjacent to the other. The disclosed container may further include (i) features/elements for delivering fluid, (ii) features/elements for draining fluid, and (iii) features/elements for supporting developing plants that are conducive to their growing within the disclosed container.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: New AeroFarms, Inc.Inventors: Elaine Kung, Nicholas Philip Robert Barclay, John Neill, John James Tarter, Justin Robert Zabilansky
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Publication number: 20240350445Abstract: The present invention provides anti-fungal compositions comprising at least one unsaturated fatty acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: at least one alpha-hydroxy acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and at least one amino alcohol.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: Jan Willem TOEBES, Nicholas Philip SWAIN
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Patent number: 11919686Abstract: A container for housing a liquid-filled bag has at least four walls including first and second side walls, a front wall, and a back wall. The front wall has a front wall panel, and the back wall has a back wall panel interconnected with first and second side wall panels. A first inner shield flap is coupled to the front wall panel, a second inner shield flap is coupled to the back wall panel, and a first top flap is coupled to the first side wall panel. The first top flap defines a first handhold opening. A second top flap is coupled to the second side wall panel and defines a second handhold opening. The first and second handhold openings overlap to define a handhold when the second top flap is folded over the first top flap. The handhold is offset from free ends of the first and second inner shield flaps.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Packaging Corporation of AmericaInventors: Keith A. Jackson, Nicholas A. Philips
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Publication number: 20240010383Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to tray modules and tray assemblies made from interconnected tray modules. The modular tray assemblies can be used in indoor farming with a soilless growth medium to germinate seeds, develop plants from the germinated seeds, and harvest the developed plants. The tray modules making up a tray assembly are interchangeable and can be made from the same mold design. This can reduce production costs for making tray modules and can reduce the inventory of replacement parts needed to repair tray assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: AeroFarms, Inc.Inventors: Mark Ira Rosen, Nicholas Philip Robert Barclay, Justin Robert Zabilansky, John James Tarter
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Publication number: 20230331454Abstract: A shipping mailer includes a main body having a first wall and a second wall that are folded together and sealed along sealed side edge portions of the main body. The shipping mailer has a closed first end portion and a second end portion having an opening sealable by a closure. The main body is made of a single-face corrugated material including a liner layer and a fluted layer. The main body includes a center fold line at the closed first end portion from which the first and second walls extend. The fluted layer includes a plurality of flutes extending parallel to the center fold line, and flutes of the first wall nest with flutes of the second wall. The fluted layer includes a plurality of preformed longitudinal fold lines formed in the flutes, and the preformed longitudinal fold lines are offset inwardly from the sealed side edge portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Packaging Corporation of AmericaInventors: Keith A. Jackson, James D. Southwell, Nicholas A. Philips
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Patent number: 11713177Abstract: A shipping mailer has a first wall and a second wall that at least partially define an interior of the shipping mailer. The shipping mailer has a closed first end portion and a second end portion, the second end portion comprising an opening sealable by a closure. A plurality of corrugations are coupled to the first wall and to the second wall in the interior of the shipping mailer. The corrugations of the first wall and the corrugations of the second wall have respective preformed fold lines at the closed first end portion about which the first wall and the second wall are configured to fold when an object is inserted into the shipping mailer to create an end wall extending between the first and second walls at the closed first end portion of the shipping mailer.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Packaging Corporation of AmericaInventors: Keith A. Jackson, James D. Southwell, Nicholas A. Philips
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Patent number: 11697174Abstract: A method of diffusion bonding metal or metal alloy containing workpieces, comprises (a) coating the bonding surfaces of the metal or metal alloy containing workpieces with a layer of a coating material, (b) abrading the coated bonding surfaces to remove surface oxide, the coating material being in liquid form, (c) removing excess coating material or excess abraded metal or metal alloy containing workpiece material from the coated bonding surfaces, and (d) diffusion bonding the coated bonding surfaces of the metal or metal alloy containing workpieces together. The coating material is operable to form a stable barrier on the bonding surfaces of the metal or metal alloy containing workpieces under ambient conditions, and evaporates from the bonding surfaces under diffusion bonding conditions. There is also a bonded workpiece formed using the method of diffusion bonding metal or metal alloy containing workpieces.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Inventors: Alec Gordon Gunner, Nicholas Philip Ludford
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Publication number: 20230189718Abstract: The disclosed container defines (i) an “interior” configured to interact with a fluid and/or developing plants, and (ii) an “exterior” that at least partially defines a perimeter around the interior. The disclosed container may further include stacking features/elements which allow one container to be stacked/nested one upon the other. The disclosed container may further include features/elements which enable one container to be connected adjacent to the other. The disclosed container may further include (i) features/elements for delivering fluid, (ii) features/elements for draining fluid, and (iii) features/elements for supporting developing plants that are conducive to their growing within the disclosed container.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: AeroFarms, Inc.Inventors: Elaine Kung, Nicholas Philip Robert Barclay, John Neill, John James Tarter, Justin Robert Zabilansky
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Patent number: 11612111Abstract: The disclosed container defines (i) an “interior” configured to interact with a fluid and/or developing plants, and (ii) an “exterior” that at least partially defines a perimeter around the interior. The disclosed container may further include stacking features/elements which allow one container to be stacked/nested one upon the other. The disclosed container may further include features/elements which enable one container to be connected adjacent to the other. The disclosed container may further include (i) features/elements for delivering fluid, (ii) features/elements for draining fluid, and (iii) features/elements for supporting developing plants that are conducive to their growing within the disclosed container.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: AeroFarms, Inc.Inventors: Elaine Kung, Nicholas Philip Robert Barclay, John Neill, John James Tarter, Justin Robert Zabilansky
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Patent number: 11414247Abstract: A container can include a container portion, a cover coupled to the container portion and configured to pivot between a closed position and an open position, and a product platform configured to receive a product. The product platform can be coupled to the container portion and configured to pivot between a first position in which the product platform is received within the container portion and a second position in which the product platform is inclined at least partially out of the container portion. The cover is configured to engage the product platform such that when the cover is pivoted from the closed position to the open position in a first direction, motion of the cover pivots the product platform in a second direction from the first position to the second position such that the product platform is inclined at least partially out of the container portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Packaging Corporation of AmericaInventors: Nicholas A. Philips, James D. Southwell
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Patent number: 11325741Abstract: A tray has a back wall, at least two side walls, a front wall, and a bottom. The side walls have an inner side wall panel and an outer side wall panel, and a gap between the inner and outer side wall panels. The back wall has an outer back wall panel and an inner back wall panel, and a gap provided between the inner back wall panel and the outer back wall panel. The inner back wall panel has first and second side edges, a top edge, and a bottom edge. A first of the inner side wall panels has a back edge, a front edge, a top edge, and a bottom edge. A multilayered corner reinforcing structure couples the back edge of the first inner side wall panel to the first side edge of the inner back wall panel at a first corner of the tray.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Packaging Corporation of AmericaInventors: Nicholas A. Philips, Scott M. Miller, Richard R. Gugel
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Patent number: 11082078Abstract: A ruggedized mobile mount for a portable handheld radio, including a detachment mechanism and indicator for removably attaching the handheld radio to the mobile mount is disclosed. In one embodiment, the detachment mechanism includes a mechanical indicator configured to indicate an attached and detached state of the handheld radio.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Datron World Communications, Inc.Inventors: Irwin H. Morse, Arthur C. Lashbrook, Nicholas Philip Caponera, Richard R. Urmonas, James A. Pena, Benjamin L. LaBelle
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Publication number: 20210220943Abstract: A method of diffusion bonding metal or metal alloy containing workpieces, comprises (a) coating the bonding surfaces of the metal or metal alloy containing workpieces with a layer of a coating material, (b) abrading the coated bonding surfaces to remove surface oxide, the coating material being in liquid form, (c) removing excess coating material or excess abraded metal or metal alloy containing workpiece material from the coated bonding surfaces, and (d) diffusion bonding the coated bonding surfaces of the metal or metal alloy containing workpieces together. The coating material is operable to form a stable barrier on the bonding surfaces of the metal or metal alloy containing workpieces under ambient conditions, and evaporates from the bonding surfaces under diffusion bonding conditions. There is also a bonded workpiece formed using the method of diffusion bonding metal or metal alloy containing workpieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Alec Gordon Gunner, Nicholas Philip Ludford
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Patent number: 11012108Abstract: A ruggedized mobile mount for simultaneous charging of a portable handheld radio and a spare battery is disclosed. In one embodiment, the portable handheld radio and the spare battery receive power from a vehicle via the mobile mount. In another embodiment, the mobile mount is configured to removably attach the handheld radio to a charging mechanism. In another embodiment, the mobile mount is configured to removably attach the spare battery via a rotational locking mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Datron World Communications, Inc.Inventors: Irwin H. Morse, Arthur L. Reynolds, III, Nicholas Philip Caponera, Benjamin L. LaBelle, David M. Giuntoli, Paul J. Klock, Matthew R. Fallows
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Patent number: 10919680Abstract: A beverage container can comprise a container housing for housing an internal liquid container. The container can include first and second shields extending from panel sections of the housing that interlock over the container. The shields can be spaced between a hand hold opening through a top portion of the container housing and the internal liquid container. A gap can be provided between the shields and hand hold opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Packaging Corporation of AmericaInventor: Nicholas A. Philips
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Patent number: 10670068Abstract: A frangible fastener system configured to secure a second retained member to a first retained member until the frangible fastener system receives a breaking force is described. The frangible fastener system comprises a first fastener and a second fastener. The first fastener comprises a flange configured to cause retention of the first retained member toward a base member. The first fastener is configured to engage the base member and to receive the second fastener along a first axis of the frangible faster system. The second fastener comprises a frangible portion configured to separate responsive to receiving the breaking force, and a head portion connected to the frangible portion. The head portion is configured to cause retention of the second retained member toward the first retained member until the frangible portion separates responsive to receiving the breaking force.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Apical Industries, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Philip Caponera, Sven Emil Andersson
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Patent number: 10642904Abstract: In particular embodiments, a method comprises accessing, by one or more computing systems associated with a social-networking system, a structured document of a network application, the structured document comprising structural information and content comprising one or more embedded scripts, resources, or identifiers for the resources. The method further comprises processing the structured document to generate a model representation of the structured document, executing at least some of the content of the structured document and logging multiple snapshots of the model representation of the structured document as the model representation is generated in response to one or more interactions initiated by execution of the content.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Philip Gianos, Paul Christopher Jeffries, Pedram Keyani, Chetan Gowda, Siddharth Kar
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Patent number: 10569926Abstract: Wall panels for a corrugated paper board container have bulge control lines formed therein to control the bending of the wall panels as the container is loaded with contents, such as liquid containing contents. The bulge control lines are configured to control the bending of the wall panels to mitigate the possibility of undesirable spouting that makes the containers more difficult to store.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Packaging Corporation of AmericaInventors: Keith A. Jackson, Nicholas A. Philips, Benjamin Frank
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Patent number: 10481291Abstract: An imager and method for imaging fluid of a subsurface formation is disclosed. The imager includes a housing having a sidewall defining a passage to receive a core sample of the subsurface formation therethrough. The housing is positioned in a downhole tool and has a fluid inlet to receive fluid from the subsurface formation into the passage. The imager also includes a permanent magnet positioned in the sidewall of the housing, a radio frequency coil positioned in the sidewall of the housing between the permanent magnet and the passage, a gradient field in the sidewall of the housing between the permanent magnet and the radio frequency coil, and a chemically-selective imager. The chemically-selective imager is operatively connected to the radio frequency coil to selectively pulse frequencies according to a pulse sequence whereby individual fluid measurements of the sample are generated.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventors: Matthias Appel, Benjamin Charles Anger, Hilko de Jong, Lynn Faith Gladden, Michael David Mantle, Andrew John Sederman, Nicholas Philip Ramskill
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Publication number: 20190097667Abstract: A ruggedized mobile mount for simultaneous charging of a portable handheld radio and a spare battery is disclosed. In one embodiment, the portable handheld radio and the spare battery receive power from a vehicle via the mobile mount. In another embodiment, the mobile mount is configured to removably attach the handheld radio to a charging mechanism. In another embodiment, the mobile mount is configured to removably attach the spare battery via a rotational locking mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Irwin H. Morse, Arthur L. Reynolds, III, Nicholas Philip Caponera, Benjamin L. LaBelle, David M. Giuntoli, Paul J. Klock, Matthew R. Fallows