Patents by Inventor Nicholas Rice
Nicholas Rice 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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Publication number: 20230361519Abstract: A battery pack power transfer adaptor and a battery pack system that includes a battery pack adaptor. The adaptor enables a battery pack to provide high level power transfers to a variety of devices and to receive high level power transfers from a variety of power sources. The adaptor includes a battery pack interface to enable the adaptor to mechanically and electrically connect to the battery pack. The adaptor is able to transfer power at a variety of levels dependent upon the device to which it is attached.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Philip GILDE, Michael VARIPATIS, James CARUCCI, Steven J. PHILLIPS, Nicholas RICE
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Patent number: 11705683Abstract: A battery pack power transfer adaptor and a battery pack system that includes a battery pack adaptor. The adaptor enables a battery pack to provide high level power transfers to a variety of devices and to receive high level power transfers from a variety of power sources. The adaptor includes a battery pack interface to enable the adaptor to mechanically and electrically connect to the battery pack. The adaptor is able to transfer power at a variety of levels dependent upon the device to which it is attached.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Philip Gilde, Michael Varipatis, James Carucci, Steven J. Phillips, Nicholas Rice
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Publication number: 20210336396Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a battery pack power transfer adaptor and a battery pack system that includes a battery pack power transfer adaptor. The adaptor enables a battery pack to provide power to a variety of devices and receive power from a variety of sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Philip GILDE, Michael VARIPATIS, James CARUCCI, Steven J. PHILLIPS, Nicholas RICE
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Publication number: 20180002739Abstract: Modified double-stranded oligonucleotides that have terminal regions on each of their strands, that have a hybrid length of 6-50 nucleotides long, that have a melting temperature Tm of at least 32° C., and that include 2-4 modifying groups, each covalently attached to a different terminal region, preferably to a terminal nucleotide, said modifying groups being polycyclic substituents that do not have bulky portions that are non-planar, said modified oligonucleotide being capable of binding to the 5? exonuclease domains of DNA polymerases and, when included in a PCR or other primer-dependent DNA amplification reaction at a concentration, generally not more than 2000 nM, that is effective for at least one of the functions of suppressing mispriming, increasing polymerase selectivity against 3? terminal mismatches.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Lawrence J. Wangh, John E. Rice, Nicholas Rice, Yanwei Jia
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Patent number: 9758813Abstract: Modified double-stranded oligonucleotides that have terminal regions on each of their strands, that have a hybrid length of 6-50 nucleotides long, that have a melting temperature Tm of at least 32° C., and that include 2-4 modifying groups, each covalently attached to a different terminal region, preferably to a terminal nucleotide, said modifying groups being polycyclic substituents that do not have bulky portions that are non-planar, said modified oligonucleotide being capable of binding to the 5? exonuclease domains of DNA polymerases and, when included in a PCR or other primer-dependent DNA amplification reaction at a concentration, generally not more than 2000 nM, that is effective for at least one of the functions of suppressing mispriming, increasing polymerase selectivity against 3? terminal mismatches.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Brandeis UniversityInventors: Lawrence J. Wangh, John E. Rice, Nicholas Rice, Yanwei Jia
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Patent number: 9718294Abstract: Apparatus to produce a spatially and temporally uniform heat source is described and this is used to visualize latent fingerprints deposited onto thermal paper by raising the temperature of the paper. Results show an improvement over previous techniques, particularly when fingerprint deposits are aged or the developed fingerprints faint; visualization being enhanced by the use of an LED light source. An investigation of the components in fingerprint sweat likely to affect the solubility and hence colour change of the dye present in the thermal paper has shown that polar protic solvents able to donate a proton are favoured and a polar amino acid found commonly in eccrine fingerprint sweat (lysine) has been shown able to produce the desired colour change. Aged fingerprint deposits on thermal paper from a variety of sources up to four years old have been visualized with this technique.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Consolite Forensics LimitedInventors: Nicholas Rice, John Bond, Kevin Byrne, James Price, Christopher King, Richard Lewis
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Publication number: 20150322503Abstract: Modified double-stranded oligonucleotides that have terminal regions on each of their strands, that have a hybrid length of 6-50 nucleotides long, that have a melting temperature Tm of at least 32° C., and that include 2-4 modifying groups, each covalently attached to a different terminal region, preferably to a terminal nucleotide, said modifying groups being polycyclic substituents that do not have bulky portions that are non-planar, said modified oligonucleotide being capable of binding to the 5? exonuclease domains of DNA polymerases and, when included in a PCR or other primer-dependent DNA amplification reaction at a concentration, generally not more than 2000 nM, that is effective for at least one of the functions of suppressing mispriming, increasing polymerase selectivity against 3? terminal mismatches.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Lawrence J. Wangh, John E. Rice, Nicholas Rice, Yanwei Jia
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Patent number: 9034605Abstract: Modified double-stranded oligonucleotides that have terminal regions on each of their strands, that have a hybrid length of 6-50 nucleotides long, that have a melting temperature Tm of at least 32° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Brandeis UniversityInventors: Lawrence J. Wangh, John Rice, Nicholas Rice, Yanwei Jia
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Publication number: 20150133295Abstract: Apparatus to produce a spatially and temporally uniform heat source is described and this is used to visualize latent fingerprints deposited onto thermal paper by raising the temperature of the paper. Results show an improvement over previous techniques, particularly when fingerprint deposits are aged or the developed fingerprints faint; visualization being enhanced by the use of an LED light source. An investigation of the components in fingerprint sweat likely to affect the solubility and hence colour change of the dye present in the thermal paper has shown that polar protic solvents able to donate a proton are favoured and a polar amino acid found commonly in eccrine fingerprint sweat (lysine) has been shown able to produce the desired colour change. Aged fingerprint deposits on thermal paper from a variety of sources up to four years old have been visualized with this technique.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Nicholas Rice, John Bond, Kevin Byrne, James Price, Christopher King, Richard Lewis
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Publication number: 20120088275Abstract: Modified double-stranded oligonucleotides that have terminal regions on each of their strands, that have a hybrid length of 6-50 nucleotides long, that have a melting temperature Tm of at least 32° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: BRANDEIS UNIVERSITYInventors: Lawrence J. Wangh, John Rice, Nicholas Rice, Yanwei Jia