Patents by Inventor Nicholas John Hunter

Nicholas John Hunter 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).

  • CONTAINER FOR PACKAGED FILTRATION MASK
    Publication number: 20220135307
    Abstract: A packaged filtration mask can include a filtration mask packaged in a container in a vacuum or a partial vacuum. The container can be a tearable container, at least a portion of which can include a laminate of a first part and a second part. A resistance to tearing of the second part can be different than a resistance to tearing of the first part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas John Hunter, Philip Adam Smith
  • Filtration mask, packaged filtration mask, and tearable container
    Patent number: 11254482
    Abstract: A packaged filtration mask comprising a filtration mask packaged in a container in a vacuum or a partial vacuum, wherein the packaged filtration mask comprises an indicator configured to indicate the presence of a vacuum or a partial vacuum in the container, or configured to indicate the lack of a vacuum or a partial vacuum in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Avon Polymer Products Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas John Hunter, Philip Adam Smith
  • FILTRATION MASK, PACKAGED FILTRATION MASK, AND TEARABLE CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20190337702
    Abstract: A packaged filtration mask comprising a filtration mask packaged in a container in a vacuum or a partial vacuum, wherein the packaged filtration mask comprises an indicator configured to indicate the presence of a vacuum or a partial vacuum in the container, or configured to indicate the lack of a vacuum or a partial vacuum in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas John Hunter, Philip Adam Smith
  • Circuit arrangement for measuring a time interval
    Patent number: 5684760
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for measuring a time interval by evaluating the number of complete cycles, and/or the fraction of a cycle, of a ring oscillator that occur(s) during the time interval to be measured, in which there are provided means to avoid a count ambiguity if the time interval ends at or about the completion of a cycle of the ring oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Plessey Semiconductors, Ltd.
    Inventor: Nicholas John Hunter