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).

  • Publication number: 20230361519
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Philip GILDE, Michael VARIPATIS, James CARUCCI, Steven J. PHILLIPS, Nicholas RICE
  • Patent number: 11705683
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Philip Gilde, Michael Varipatis, James Carucci, Steven J. Phillips, Nicholas Rice
  • Publication number: 20210336396
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Philip GILDE, Michael VARIPATIS, James CARUCCI, Steven J. PHILLIPS, Nicholas RICE
  • Publication number: 20180002739
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Wangh, John E. Rice, Nicholas Rice, Yanwei Jia
  • Patent number: 9758813
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Brandeis University
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Wangh, John E. Rice, Nicholas Rice, Yanwei Jia
  • Patent number: 9718294
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Consolite Forensics Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas Rice, John Bond, Kevin Byrne, James Price, Christopher King, Richard Lewis
  • Publication number: 20150322503
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Wangh, John E. Rice, Nicholas Rice, Yanwei Jia
  • Patent number: 9034605
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Brandeis University
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Wangh, John Rice, Nicholas Rice, Yanwei Jia
  • Publication number: 20150133295
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Nicholas Rice, John Bond, Kevin Byrne, James Price, Christopher King, Richard Lewis
  • Publication number: 20120088275
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Wangh, John Rice, Nicholas Rice, Yanwei Jia