Patents by Inventor Nicholas Jones

Nicholas 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).

  • Publication number: 20250172258
    Abstract: A surface light emitting device that inactivates microorganisms may include at least one light emitter configured to emit a first light comprising a first peak wavelength wherein the first light is a blue light, and a light converting layer disposed over the at least one light emitter. The light converting layer may include a first light-converting material configured to convert only a first portion of the first light to at least a second light comprising a second peak wavelength different from the first peak wavelength, a second light-converting material configured to convert only a second portion of the first light to at least a third light comprising a third peak wavelength different from the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Barron, Jorel Lalicki, James W. Peterson, Nicholas Jones, Cori J. Winslow
  • Patent number: 12196377
    Abstract: A surface light emitting device that inactivates microorganisms may include at least one light emitter configured to emit a first light comprising a first peak wavelength wherein the first light is a blue light, and a light converting layer disposed over the at least one light emitter. The light converting layer may include a first light-converting material configured to convert only a first portion of the first light to at least a second light comprising a second peak wavelength different from the first peak wavelength, a second light-converting material configured to convert only a second portion of the first light to at least a third light comprising a third peak wavelength different from the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Vyv, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Barron, Jorel Lalicki, James W. Peterson, Nicholas Jones, Cori J. Winslow
  • Patent number: 12098097
    Abstract: A method of preparing a gypsum-based product comprises the steps of mixing calcined gypsum with polymer particles and water to provide a slurry. The polymer particles comprise principally polyvinyl acetate, and have a particle size distribution, measured using laser diffractometry, such that particles having a diameter of 4.5 ?m or less provide at least 90% of the total particle volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Placo
    Inventors: Kirsty Walton, Nicholas Jones, David Cutler, Nicola Jupp, Laura Brooks
  • Publication number: 20240310010
    Abstract: A surface light emitting device that inactivates microorganisms may include at least one light emitter configured to emit a first light comprising a first peak wavelength wherein the first light is a blue light, and a light converting layer disposed over the at least one light emitter. The light converting layer may include a first light-converting material configured to convert only a first portion of the first light to at least a second light comprising a second peak wavelength different from the first peak wavelength, a second light-converting material configured to convert only a second portion of the first light to at least a third light comprising a third peak wavelength different from the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Vyv, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Barron, Jorel Lalicki, James W. Peterson, Nicholas Jones, Cori J. Winslow
  • Patent number: 12083425
    Abstract: A method of estimating a time to complete a task for a user of a computer comprises: identifying a target task for which a time is to be estimated for completing the task, determining as a start point the completion of the last task completed by the user on the computer, obtaining, from data relating to a corpus of users, data for at least a subset of those users who completed the last task completed by the user before also completing the target task wherein the obtained data comprises timing data, calculating a representative time from the start point to the completion of the target task, based upon the obtained data, and implementing a predetermined action responsive to the calculated representative time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
    Inventors: Paul Edridge, Andrew John Nicholas Jones, Hugh Alexander Dinsdale Spencer
  • Patent number: 12018801
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for inactivating microorganisms are disclosed. An example light emitting device that inactivates microorganisms on a surface comprises a light emitter configured to emit a first light comprising a first wavelength in a range of 380 nanometers (nm) to 420 nm, a first light-converting material configured to convert a first portion of the first light to at least a second light comprising a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, and a second light-converting material configured to convert a second portion of the first light to at least a third light comprising a third wavelength different from the first wavelength, wherein at least the first light, the second light, and the third light mix to form a disinfecting white light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Vyv, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Barron, Jorel Lalicki, James W. Peterson, Nicholas Jones, Cori J. Winslow
  • Publication number: 20240159123
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a rod, an uphole coupling through which the rod extends, an expansion ring positioned on the rod below the uphole coupling, an elastomer element positioned on the rod below the expansion ring, a receptacle positioned on the rod below the elastomer element and configured to receive a portion of the elastomer element, a guardian ring positioned on the rod below the receptacle, and a portion of the receptacle is received in the guardian ring, a cap positioned on the rod and arranged for contact with the guardian ring, and a barrel to which the cap is connected, wherein the rod is partially received in the barrel, and one of the barrel and the rod is movable with respect to the other of the barrel and the rod to exert a compression load on the elastomer element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Cullen Craig Keyes, Ian Graham Janke, Lawrence Gene Griffin, Gareth Nicholas Jones
  • Patent number: 11970854
    Abstract: A partition, mounted on a mounting surface, comprises a plurality of elongate upright members, a first board and a second board. The first board is mounted on one side of a pair of the elongate upright members that are adjacent to each other, and the second board is mounted on the other side of the same pair of adjacent elongate upright members, so as to provide a cavity between the pair of elongate upright members and the first and second boards. The partition further comprises a spacer that is located within the cavity, the maximum dimension of the spacer in the through-thickness direction of the partition being at least 90% of the separation of the two boards. The spacer may help to reduce the extent of inward bowing of the boards between adjacent elongate upright members, so that, for example, the upright members may be spaced further apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Placo
    Inventors: Jan Rideout, Nicholas Jones
  • Patent number: 11941222
    Abstract: A channel graphical user interface (GUI) of a content sharing platform is provided for presentation to a channel owner. A request is received, via the channel GUI, to enable an online community option that (i) facilitates an online conversation between the channel owner and a subset of viewers of the channel of the channel owner on the content sharing platform, and (ii) allows the channel owner to control viewer responses that are permitted during the online conversation. In response to the request of the channel owner to enable the online community option, the online community option is associated with the channel in a data store, and the channel GUI is modified, the modified channel GUI presenting an online community GUI element representing the online community option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Renato Verdugo, Kiley McEvoy, Shannon Butler, Paul Heider, Molly Nix, Nicholas Jones, Eric Mayers
  • Publication number: 20240076967
    Abstract: In one example, a method includes running a downhole system into a downhole environment that comprises a wellbore, and the downhole system is configured such that a reusable plug of the downhole system is positioned uphole of a perforation gun of the downhole system, then, with the perforation gun, perforating a casing at a stage of the wellbore, and the perforating is performed using a projectile, and the perforating is performed by firing the projectile from a chamber of the perforation gun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Stanley Jon Blois, Lawrence Gene Griffin, Ian Graham Janke, Cullen Craig Keyes, Gareth Nicholas Jones
  • Publication number: 20240068346
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a body that defines a chamber and a barrel that communicate with each other, and a penetrator assembly configured to be received in the chamber. The penetrator assembly includes a penetrator, a propellant operably positioned with respect to the penetrator, a primer in operable communication with the propellant, and an electrical conductor configured and arranged to carry electrical power to the primer. The dispenser may be positioned in a downhole location such as a wellbore, and the penetrator assembly may be fired so that the penetrator perforates a casing in the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Cullen Craig Keyes, Lawrence Gene Griffin, Gareth Nicholas Jones, Ian Graham Janke
  • Publication number: 20240061124
    Abstract: In one example, an apparatus includes a TLT (Time of Flight (TOF)/LiDAR tool) with one or more optical transmitters and optical receivers that are operable to cooperate to obtain data concerning a downhole feature when the apparatus is deployed in a downhole environment. This apparatus further includes a first device operable to determine a position, speed, and/or orientation, of the TLT, when the TLT is deployed in the downhole environment, a second device configured to store locally and/or transmit the data to a location on a surface, a power source connected to the TLT, the first device, and the second device, and a housing within which the TLT, first device, second device, and power source are disposed, and the housing includes a connector configured to interface with a piece of downhole equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Stanley Jonathan Blois, Emma Abigael Jones, Gareth Nicholas Jones, Cullen Keyes, Ian Graham Janke, Lawrence Gene Griffin
  • Patent number: 11846164
    Abstract: In one example, a downhole system includes a housing configured to be releasably connected to a tether, projectile fire control circuitry disposed within the housing, a block chamber connected to the housing, and the block chamber includes one or more reloadable chambers each configured to be loaded with a respective projectile, and a firing system operable to directly, or indirectly, control the firing of a projectile, in response to a command issued by the projectile fire control circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: DEFIANT ENGINEERING LLC
    Inventors: Stanley Jon Blois, Lawrence Gene Griffin, Ian Graham Janke, Cullen Craig Keyes, Gareth Nicholas Jones
  • Publication number: 20230357426
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to anti-CD38 antibodies and their use as therapeutics and diagnostics. The present disclosure further relates to methods of treating autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. The present disclosure further relates to diagnostic assay methods for identifying patients having autoimmune diseases for treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Glennda Smithson, Jose Estevam, Nicholas Jones
  • Patent number: 11805733
    Abstract: A grass catcher having a monocoque container which is downwardly tapered from its rear end to its front end, the rear end being open and larger in size than the front end. A front wall closes off the front end. A continuous material sheet forms a flat top wall, a side wall, and a flat bottom wall. The side wall has a series of adjacently aligned, frustum segments. This side wall extends downward from the top wall which is fixedly attached to the front wall and a flat side wall. The side wall is fixedly attached directly to the front and bottom walls. The container has a plurality of hole patterns, which, in combination with the shape of the container, facilitate air flow through the grass catcher and thus the flow of loose grass clippings through the grass catcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Nicholas Jones
  • Publication number: 20230349272
    Abstract: In one example, a downhole system includes a housing configured to be releasably connected to a tether, projectile fire control circuitry disposed within the housing, a block chamber connected to the housing, and the block chamber includes one or more reloadable chambers each configured to be loaded with a respective projectile, and a firing system operable to directly, or indirectly, control the firing of a projectile, in response to a command issued by the projectile fire control circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Stanley Jon Blois, Lawrence Gene Griffin, Ian Graham Janke, Cullen Craig Keyes, Gareth Nicholas Jones
  • Patent number: D1016089
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James Nicholas Jones, Vincent M. Lane, Kayur Dushyant Patel, Grant R. Paul, Ngoc Hong Pham, Chen Ye, Jayden Ziegler
  • Patent number: D1021944
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James Nicholas Jones, Stephen O. Lemay, Jay Moon
  • Patent number: D1035691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gorm Halfdan Amand, Daniel Joseph Billett, Joseph Chan, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, James Nicholas Jones, Ieyuki Kawashima, Vincent M. Lane, Chia Yang Lin, Cecilia S. Zhou
  • Patent number: D1059397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gorm Halfdan Amand, Daniel Joseph Billett, Joseph Chan, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, James Nicholas Jones, Ieyuki Kawashima, Vincent M. Lane, Chia Yang Lin, Cecilia S. Zhou