Patents by Inventor Nicholas David

Nicholas David 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).

  • FIRE-RESISTANT MODIFIED BITUMINOUS COMPOSITIONS AND ROOFING PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20230313531
    Abstract: The present disclosure related generally to a bituminous composition suitable for use in roofing material, the bituminous composition a bituminous component comprising an asphalt component in an mount in the range of 75-95 wt% of the bituminous component, a rubber polymer in an amount of 5-20 wt% of the bituminous component, and a polyolefin wax in an amount up to 5 wt% of the bituminous component; and dispersed within the bituminous component, a filler component comprising at least one of both huntite and hydromagnesite; wollastonite; and both magnesium hydroxide and zinc borate, wherein the total amount of the huntite, hydromagnesite, wollastonite, magnesium hydroxide and zinc borate is in the range of 20-70 wt% of the bituminous component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan Balheda, Paul A. Benensky, Nicholas David Orf, Rachel Brown, Ana M. Sousa
  • INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS (IAP) PROTEIN ANTAGONISTS
    Publication number: 20230295181
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds that modulate the activity of melanoma inhibitor of apoptosis (ML-IAP) protein, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions comprising the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas David Peter COSFORD, Dominik HEIMANN, Peter TERIETE, Sumit Kumar CHANDA, Lars PACHE, Laurent Jean Stephane DE BACKER, Nicole BATA
  • Codec rate distortion compensating downsampler
    Patent number: 11765360
    Abstract: A system includes a machine learning (ML) model-based video downsampler configured to receive an input video sequence having a first display resolution, and to map the input video sequence to a lower resolution video sequence having a second display resolution lower than the first display resolution. The system also includes a neural network-based (NN-based) proxy video codec configured to transform the lower resolution video sequence into a decoded proxy bitstream. In addition, the system includes an upsampler configured to produce an output video sequence using the decoded proxy bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zurich
    Inventors: Christopher Richard Schroers, Roberto Gerson de Albuquerque Azevedo, Nicholas David Gregory, Yuanyi Xue, Scott Labrozzi, Abdelaziz Djelouah
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESTARTING AN ENGINE
    Publication number: 20230287858
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, an integrated starter/generator (ISG) is operated in a speed control mode after an engine stop request. The ISG is prevented from stopping while engine rotational speed is greater than a threshold engine rotational speed so that the engine may be restarted via the ISG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Maruthi Ravichandran, Calvin Trescott, Nicholas David Moore, Rajit Johri, Naginder Gogna, Ralph Cunningham
  • TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20230242842
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Travis Kyle HODGDON, Stephanie Ann URBIN, Alessandro (NMN) CORONA, III, Jocelyn Michelle MCCULLOUGH, Robert Richard DYKSTRA, Denise Malcuit BELANGER, Richard Timothy HARTSHORN, Nicholas David VETTER, Tessa XUAN, Renae Dianna FOSSUM, Reinhold Joseph LEYRER, Gledison FONSECA, Volodymyr BOYKO, Aaron FLORES-FIGUEROA
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THOUGHT LEADER AND INFLUENCER RATING AND RANKING
    Publication number: 20230206142
    Abstract: The invention provides an open platform for thought leaders and influencers to collaborate, curate, manage, promote, share and amplify their expertise over a communications network, such as the Internet. The thought leaders are evaluated across multiple dimensions of their roles or personas as an academic, author, entrepreneur, inventor, influencer and/or speaker, as well as in various functional domains. The rating and ranking is achieved by curating, measuring and analyzing their published thought leadership content portfolio across the Internet via a points-based system. Further, the invention provides business entities and service providers ways to both find and work with the world’s top thought leaders, and identify, manage and amplify their own thought leaders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Nicholas David Evans
  • Battery thermal management systems for providing improved battery cooling as a function of vehicle speed
    Patent number: 11679690
    Abstract: Thermal management systems are provided for thermally managing electrified vehicle battery packs. An exemplary battery thermal management system may monitor the availability and effectiveness of a radiator for thermally managing a battery pack. A control unit may be configured to actuate a valve from an open position to a closed position that prevents the flow of the coolant to the radiator when a coolant temperature of the coolant is less than a modified ambient temperature. The modified ambient temperature may be derived as a function of a vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mary Bellino, Nicholas David Moore, Joseph George, Jordan Mazaira
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING AND COMBATTING TUBERCULOSIS
    Publication number: 20230172973
    Abstract: The invention provides one or more agent selected from nitric oxide (NO), a nitric oxide generating composition, a combination or combinable association of ingredients for a nitric oxide generating composition, and mixtures thereof, for use as an antibacterial agent against tuberculosis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Hugh Semple MUNRO, Christopher Barry WOOD, Nicholas David BOOTE, Chris POLL
  • COMPOSITE RAILWAY TIE
    Publication number: 20230175207
    Abstract: A railway tie, and method for producing said railway tie, includes an outer shell having an inner surface defining a shell void in the outer shell. A void material fills the shell void. An insert is located in the shell void and spans from a first side of the outer shell to a second side of the outer shell and reinforces the outer shell against force applied to one or both of the first side and the second side. The insert may include an insert-shell component, and a conduit component located in the insert-shell component, the conduit component sized and shaped to receive a railway fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas David Helberg, Michael Steven Schoenoff, Brandon Michael Bubak, David Matthew Frisch, Brett Michael Roudabush
  • Fryer fire suppression system
    Patent number: 11642556
    Abstract: A cooking system includes an appliance defining a food product volume and a fluid aperture fluidly coupled to the food product volume, a conduit configured to fluidly couple a fire suppressant supply to the fluid aperture, the fire suppressant supply being configured to provide a fire suppressant agent, a flow restrictor positioned along the conduit and configured to restrict a flow rate of the fire suppressant agent through the conduit, and a check valve positioned along the conduit. A portion of the conduit extends between the check valve and the fluid aperture and fluidly couples the check valve to the fluid aperture. The conduit is configured to introduce the fire suppressant agent from the fire suppressant supply into the food product volume of the appliance through the fluid aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
    Inventors: Joshua Lepinski, Nicholas David Lukowski
  • Treatment compositions
    Patent number: 11643618
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Travis Kyle Hodgdon, Stephanie Ann Urbin, Alessandro Corona, III, Jocelyn Michelle McCullough, Robert Richard Dykstra, Denise Malcuit Belanger, Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Nicholas David Vetter, Tessa Xuan, Renae Dianna Fossum, Reinhold Joseph Leyrer, Gledison Fonseca, Volodymyr Boyko, Aaron Flores-Figueroa
  • COMPOSITE FILM
    Publication number: 20230113745
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multilayer composite that may include a first porous layer, and a first barrier layer overlying the first porous layer. The first barrier layer may include a polyaramid material, a polyimide material, or any combination thereof. The multilayer composite may have a flame resistance rating of at least about 180° C. and a 50% strain compression rating of not greater than about 600 kPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Arthur L. ADAM, JR., Fei WANG, Alessandro BARILE, Jia LIU, Chuanping LI, Nicholas David ORF, Rachel BROWN, Dino MANFREDI
  • METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR NEGATIVE ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS (NAMS) AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230113588
    Abstract: Provided herein are small molecule active metabotropic glutamate subtype-2 and -3 receptor negative allosteric modulators (NAMs), compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas David Peter COSFORD, Dhanya RAVEENDRA-PANICKAR, Douglas J. SHEFFLER, John Howard HUTCHINSON, Reto Andreas GADIENT
  • Magnetic Positioning for Inductively Charging a Hand-Held, Hair Clipper on a Charging Pad
    Publication number: 20230112732
    Abstract: Various designs of a system for charging a hand-held, hair cutting device are shown. The system includes a hair cutting device and a charging station. The hair cutting device and charging station each include an inductive charging coil. At least one of the hair cutting device and charging station include a magnet to pull or bias the hair cutting device such that the respective inductive charging coils are brought into alignment, allowing for charging of the hair cutting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventor: Nicholas David Gross
  • Codec Rate Distortion Compensating Downsampler
    Publication number: 20230116696
    Abstract: A system includes a machine learning (ML) model-based video downsampler configured to receive an input video sequence having a first display resolution, and to map the input video sequence to a lower resolution video sequence having a second display resolution lower than the first display resolution. The system also includes a neural network-based (NN-based) proxy video codec configured to transform the lower resolution video sequence into a decoded proxy bitstream. In addition, the system includes an upsampler configured to produce an output video sequence using the decoded proxy bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Richard Schroers, Roberto Gerson de Albuquerque Azevedo, Nicholas David Gregory, Yuanyi Xue, Scott Labrozzi, Abdelaziz Djelouah
  • INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS (IAP) PROTEIN ANTAGONISTS
    Publication number: 20230115837
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds that modulate the activity of inhibitor of apoptosis (IAPs) proteins, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions comprising the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas David Peter COSFORD, Dominik HEIMANN, Peter TERIETE, Sumit Kumar CHANDA, Lars PACHE, Nicole BATA
  • INTRANASAL DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND PROCESS
    Publication number: 20230062996
    Abstract: Provided herein are intranasal fluid delivery devices and apparatus comprising a dispensing tip a shot chamber carrying a fluid, the shot chamber having a diaphragm at one end and a plunger at the other end, and an actuator connected to a push rod moveable toward the shot chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: James Patrick JACKSON, Aaron Olafur Laurence PHILIPPSEN, Joshua Adrian COUTTS, Wesley Barrett CHAMBERLIN, Hannah Czaja RUSAK-GILLRIE, Iman NIKNIA, Julian Snyder GROVE, Nicholas David ALLAN, David James ALT, Kenneth Colin MacNarin IRVING, Peter OXLEY, Kenza Elizabeth COUBROUGH, Evan MCCORDICK
  • COSMETIC COMPOSITION THAT RESISTS PILLING
    Publication number: 20230046148
    Abstract: A pilling-resistant cosmetic composition is in the form of an oil in water emulsion that includes a water phase and an oily phase, and includes at least one cosmetically acceptable polymeric thickener selected from the group consisting of crosspolymers, gums, taurate based polymers, carbomers, polyacrylates, and combinations thereof, at least one ethoxylated agent in liquid form at ambient temperature in a range from about 20° C. to about 28° C. and has an HLB from about 8.5 to about 16; and at least one oil. The pilling-resistant cosmetic composition resists pilling when applied by rubbing or smoothing on a keratinous substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Nicholas David STEBBINS, David CHAN
  • Organic UVA filter-stabilized antioxidant composition
    Patent number: 11547645
    Abstract: An organic UVA filter-stabilized antioxidant system demonstrates stabilization after UV exposure as compared with controls lacking the UVA filter stabilizer. The organic UVA filter-stabilized antioxidant system provides a cosmetic composition that confers preserved and sustained antioxidant efficacy to keratinous tissue. The antioxidant system includes a combination of at least one hydroxycinnamate derivative, and an organic, water-soluble UVA filter in a water-based carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Nicholas David Stebbins, Susan Halpern Chirch
  • LOW VISCOSITY EMULSION COSMETIC COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20220409516
    Abstract: The salt-stable cosmetic composition is in the form of a low viscosity emulsion (oil in water) and is especially stable at high electrolyte contents and includes a salt-stable polymeric system comprising a polymer blend such that the salt-stable cosmetic composition resists phase separation, pilling and gellifying at high salt content, conferring a flowable, lightweight lotion-type texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Nicholas David Stebbins, David Chan