Patents by Inventor Nicholas James MALCOLM

Nicholas James MALCOLM 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).

  • Methods for maintaining infrastructure equipment and related apparatus
    Patent number: 9679253
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for managing and upgrading components in an infrastructure are provided. Records relating to components may be retrieved from a database and separated into subsets based on conditions of those components, the types of those components, deterioration models of those components, and/or other factors. Future condition values may be calculated for each subset, and likelihoods of failure of components may be determined for each subset based on those future condition values. The estimated condition values may be used in order to determine an optimal approach to maintaining, refurbishing, and/or replacing the components in the infrastructure. Computational efficiency is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Copperleaf Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Gnocato, Nicholas James Malcolm, Stanley Thomas Coleman
  • METHODS FOR MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND RELATED APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160132550
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for managing and upgrading components in an infrastructure are provided. Records relating to components may be retrieved from a database and separated into subsets based on conditions of those components, the types of those components, deterioration models of those components, and/or other factors. Future condition values may be calculated for each subset, and likelihoods of failure of components may be determined for each subset based on those future condition values. The estimated condition values may be used in order to determine an optimal approach to maintaining, refurbishing, and/or replacing the components in the infrastructure. Computational efficiency is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Giuseppe GNOCATO, Nicholas James MALCOLM, Stanley Thomas COLEMAN