Patents by Inventor Nicholas Sean Tilford

Nicholas Sean Tilford 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).

  • Creating a multi-relational ontology having a predetermined structure
    Patent number: 7496593
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a system and method for creating one or more structured multi-relational ontologies. The invention may include ontologies comprising assertions made up of concept-relationship-concept triplets. The invention may also include predefined sets of concept and relationship types as well as concept type hierarchies and concept-relationship association parameters. The invention may further include properties as concepts, synonyms of concepts as concepts, and documents or parts thereof as concepts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: BioWisdom Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Philip Gardner, Conor McMenamin, Robin Duncan Hill, Nicholas Sean Tilford, Gordon Smith Baxter