Patents by Inventor Nigel Brown

Nigel Brown 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: 20240391803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating a water stream comprising contaminants, the method comprising the steps of: mixing the water stream and a recycle stream in a first ratio to form a combined stream; electrochemically treating the combined stream in a first treatment zone of an electrochemical treatment unit having a first polarity to form a treated combined stream; dividing the treated combined stream into the recycle stream and a finishing stream in a second ratio; and passing the finishing stream to a second treatment zone having the opposite polarity to the first treatment zone to form an output stream. An apparatus for treating a water stream and the use of the method or apparatus for treating a water stream are also described. Various other apparatuses and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventor: Nigel Brown
  • Publication number: 20240137390
    Abstract: The technology disclosed includes a system to reduce clutter when displaying a security analysis graph of nodes and edges. Simple chains of nodes do not have branches and are equivalent when they have the same length, connection types and endpoints. First, second and potentially more simple chains can be aggregated for display. A third and potentially more simple chains can be excluded from aggregation based on an accumulated risk analysis score. The excluded simple chain can readily be called to an analyst's attention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Netskope, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Batson, Raymond J. Canzanese, JR., Nigel Brown
  • Publication number: 20240109796
    Abstract: There is provided a modular water treatment unit for a water treatment system comprising two or more ribs arranged to form at least part of a container and one or more separators, said one or more separators disposed between adjacent ribs, as well as a rib therefor. Also described is a water treatment system comprising a tank with an inlet for supplying contaminated water, one or more modular water treatment units located within the tank, said water treatment units comprising one or more electrodes and an electricity supply operably connected to the electrodes. Also provided are a method of constructing a modular water treatment unit for a water treatment system and a method of operating a water treatment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Mikael Khan, Akinlabi Adeyemi, Nigel Brown
  • Patent number: 11856016
    Abstract: The technology disclosed includes a system to reduce clutter during graph presentation for security incident analysis. The system includes logic to score nodes potentially collapsed by equivalence, of indicated interest for security incident analysis, to prevent aggregation. The system includes logic to aggregate and hide equivalent nodes that have matching degrees, that are connected to matching nodes by matching edge types, and that have scores below a first selected threshold. The system does not collapse nodes that are interesting for security analysis and keeps them visible. The technology disclosed identifies chains of at least three nodes having degrees of 1 or 2, without branching from any node in the chain. The identified chains are collapsed into chain-collapsed single nodes. Two different cases of chains including whisker chains ending in a leaf node and chains connected at both ends to two other nodes are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Netskope, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond J. Canzanese, Jr., Nigel Brown
  • Publication number: 20220060493
    Abstract: The technology disclosed includes a system to reduce clutter during graph presentation for security incident analysis. The system includes logic to score nodes potentially collapsed by equivalence, of indicated interest for security incident analysis, to prevent aggregation. The system includes logic to aggregate and hide equivalent nodes that have matching degrees, that are connected to matching nodes by matching edge types, and that have scores below a first selected threshold. The system does not collapse nodes that are interesting for security analysis and keeps them visible. The technology disclosed identifies chains of at least three nodes having degrees of 1 or 2, without branching from any node in the chain. The identified chains are collapsed into chain-collapsed single nodes. Two different cases of chains including whisker chains ending in a leaf node and chains connected at both ends to two other nodes are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Netskope, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond J. Canzanese, JR., Nigel Brown
  • Publication number: 20200298201
    Abstract: There is described a method of making an adsorbent material comprising mixing first particulate material with a second material, homogenising the mixture of the first and second materials, incorporating an impregnating or coating material capable of carbonisation, and carbonising the mixture. Also described are adsorbent materials manufactured according to said method and the use of such adsorbent materials in the treatment of a contaminated liquid. Further described is a method of removing contaminants from a quantity of contaminated liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Nigel Brown, Kwame Nkrumah-Amoako, Edward Roberts, Stuart Holmes
  • Patent number: 9169251
    Abstract: There are provided according to the invention compounds of formula (I) in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q, W, X, m, n and p are as described in the specification, process for preparing them, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Kamlesh Jagdis Bala, Catherine Leblanc, David Andrew Sandham, Katharine Louise Turner, Simon James Watson, Lyndon Nigel Brown, Brian Cox
  • Publication number: 20150191367
    Abstract: The apparatus comprises a treatment reservoir defining first and second treatment zones separated by a porous membrane. Carbon-based adsorbent material capable of electrochemical regeneration is provided in said first and second treatment zones. An agitator is operable to distribute the adsorbent in aqueous organic waste liquid contained in the first and second treatment zones. First and second electric current feeders are operably connected to the adsorbent in the first and second treatment zones respectively. A controller operates the electric current feeders to pass an electric current through the adsorbent in the treatment zones in one direction to regenerate the adsorbent in one of the treatment zones and to then reverse the direction of the current applied to the adsorbent to regenerate the adsorbent in the other treatment zone. Further apparatus is described which facilitates aqueous waste water treatment in a continuous manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Nigel Brown, Edward Roberts, Donald Eaton, Akinlabi Adeyemi
  • Publication number: 20140309254
    Abstract: There are provided according to the invention compounds of formula (I) in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q, W, X, m, n and p are as described in the specification, process for preparing them, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Kamlesh Jagdis Bala, Catherine Leblanc, David Andrew Sandham, Katharine Louise Turner, Simon James Watson, Lyndon Nigel Brown, Brian Cox
  • Patent number: 8791256
    Abstract: There are provided according to the invention compounds of formula (I) in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q, W, X, m, n and p are as described in the specification, process for preparing them, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Kamlesh Jagdis Bala, Catherine Leblanc, David Andrew Sandham, Katharine Louise Turner, Simon James Watson, Lyndon Nigel Brown, Brian Cox
  • Publication number: 20130267518
    Abstract: There are provided according to the invention compounds of formula (I) in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q, W, X, m, n and p are as described in the specification, process for preparing them, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Kamlesh Jagdis Bala, Catherine Leblanc, David Andrew Sandham, Katherine Louise Turner, Simon James Watson, Lyndon Nigel Brown, Brian Cox
  • Patent number: 8470848
    Abstract: There are provided according to the invention compounds of formula (I), in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q, W, X, m, n and p are as described in the specification, process for preparing them, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Kamlesh Jagdis Bala, Catherine Leblanc, David Andrew Sandham, Katharine Louise Turner, Simon James Watson, Lyndon Nigel Brown, Brian Cox
  • Patent number: 8455645
    Abstract: There are provided according to the invention compounds of formula (I), in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q, W, X, m, n and p are as described in the specification, process for preparing them, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Kamlesh Jagdis Bala, Catherine Leblanc, David Andrew Sandham, Katharine Louise Turner, Simon James Watson, Lyndon Nigel Brown, Brian Cox
  • Patent number: 8431703
    Abstract: There are provided according to the invention compounds of formula (I) in free ors salt form, wherein R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, A, D, X, W, m and n are as described in the specification, process for preparing them, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: David Andrew Sandham, Catherine Leblanc, Lyndon Nigel Brown
  • Patent number: 8429709
    Abstract: Method and system of providing an association between a system's meta-tagged data objects and a list of terms, the association indicating which objects are and are not covered by a given policy, in one aspect, may comprise obtaining a list of terms and a policy that includes one or more of the terms; identifying a plurality of meta-tags used in a system; developing one or more mappings between the terms and the meta-tags; identifying system data objects in the system having one or more meta-tags; creating for each meta-tag of each system data object identified, an association between the system data object and the one or more terms to which the meta-tag is mapped, the association indicating whether the system data object is or is not covered by the policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carolyn Brodie, Nigel Brown, John Karat, Clare Marie Karat, Peter Malkin
  • Publication number: 20100210610
    Abstract: There are provided according to the invention compounds of formula (I), in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q, W, X, m, n and p are as described in the specification, process for preparing them, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Kamlesh Jagdis Bala, Catherine Leblanc, David Andrew Sandham, Katharine Louise Turner, Simon James Watson, Lyndon Nigel Brown, Brian Cox
  • Publication number: 20100204225
    Abstract: There are provided according to the invention compounds of formula (I), in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q, W, X, m, n and p are as described in the specification, process for preparing them, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Kamlesh Jagdis Bala, Catherine Leblanc, David Andrew Sandham, Katharine Louise Turner, Simon James Watson, Lyndon Nigel Brown, Brian Cox
  • Patent number: 7711749
    Abstract: Method and system of providing an association between a system's meta-tagged data objects and a list of terms, the association indicating which objects are and are not covered by a given policy, in one aspect, may comprise obtaining a list of terms and a policy that includes one or more of the terms; identifying a plurality of meta-tags used in a system; developing one or more mappings between the terms and the meta-tags; identifying system data objects in the system having one or more meta-tags; creating for each meta-tag of each system data object identified, an association between the system data object and the one or more terms to which the meta-tag is mapped, the association indicating whether the system data object is or is not covered by the policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carolyn Brodie, Nigel Brown, John Karat, Clare Marie Karat, Peter Malkin
  • Patent number: 7666878
    Abstract: There are provided according to the invention compounds of formula (I), in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2, R3, R 4, R5, R6, Q, W, X, m, n and p are as described in the specification, process for preparing them, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Kamlesh Jagdis Bala, Catherine Leblanc, David Andrew Sandham, Katharine Louise Turner, Simon James Watson, Lyndon Nigel Brown, Brian Cox
  • Publication number: 20090055887
    Abstract: Method and system of providing an association between a system's meta-tagged data objects and a list of terms, the association indicating which objects are and are not covered by a given policy, in one aspect, may comprise obtaining a list of terms and a policy that includes one or more of the terms; identifying a plurality of meta-tags used in a system; developing one or more mappings between the terms and the meta-tags; identifying system data objects in the system having one or more meta-tags; creating for each meta-tag of each system data object identified, an association between the system data object and the one or more terms to which the meta-tag is mapped, the association indicating whether the system data object is or is not covered by the policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carolyn Brodie, Nigel Brown, John Karat, Clare-Marie Karat, Peter Malkin