Patents by Inventor Patricia Collins

Patricia Collins 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: 20210386594
    Abstract: A garment for providing circulatory-related disorder therapy includes a skin contacting layer, a backing layer, and a coupling. The backing layer is coupled to the skin contacting layer such that the skin contacting layer and the backing layer form a plurality of macro-chambers. A first one of the plurality of macro-chambers is partitioned into a plurality of micro-chambers. Each of the plurality of micro-chambers is in direct fluid communication with at least one other of the plurality of micro-chambers. The coupling is coupled to the backing layer and is configured to supply pressurized air directly into the first macro-chamber such that the pressurized air is delivered to a first one of the plurality of micro-chambers of the first macro-chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Dinesh RAMANAN, Patricia Collins, Paul Andrew Dickens, Jose Ricardo DOS SANTOS, Liam Holley, Barton John KENYON, Tzu-Chin YU, Bodiyabaduge Dimithri Joseph PERERA, Blythe Guy REES-JONES, Andrew Martin SIMS, Cem TARAKCI, Matthew John BACKLER, Gordon Joseph MALOUF
  • Publication number: 20210251842
    Abstract: A garment for providing circulatory-related disorder therapy includes a skin contacting layer, a backing layer, and a coupling. The backing layer is coupled to the skin contacting layer such that the skin contacting layer and the backing layer form a plurality of macro-chambers. A first one of the plurality of macro-chambers is partitioned into a plurality of micro-chambers. Each of the plurality of micro-chambers is in direct fluid communication with at least one other of the plurality of micro-chambers. The coupling is coupled to the backing layer and is configured to supply pressurized air directly into the first macro-chamber such that the pressurized air is delivered to a first one of the plurality of micro-chambers of the first macro-chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Dinesh RAMANAN, Patricia COLLINS, Paul Andrew DICKENS, Jose Ricardo DOS SANTOS, Liam HOLLEY, Barton John KENYON, Tzu-Chin YU, Bodiyabaduge Dimithri Joseph PERERA, Blythe Guy REES-JONES, Andrew Martin SIMS, Cem TARAKCI, Matthew John BACKLER, Gordon Joseph MALOUF
  • Patent number: 6728692
    Abstract: An apparatus for a multi-modal reasoning ontology engine comprising a data structure on computer readable media, where the data structures has a knowledge representation fact base of knowledge objects called tasks and results, where each result corresponds to one task to form a unique task-result pair, and a premise maintenance system of truth objects that can be reused called premises and conclusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Joseph J Martinka, Adrian Krug, Patricia Collins, George H. Forman
  • Publication number: 20040068514
    Abstract: Systems and methods for database searching and data analysis with simultaneous, unified access to multiple heterogeneous data sources with effective reuse of user search session information for data analysis. The systems comprise a data source containing at least a partial copy of at least two public databases, at least one search program module operatively coupled to the data source and configured to carry out a search of the databases in the data source according to a user query, a data mining module operatively coupled to the data source and configured to provide for clustering of search results or documents from the user query and a user interface program module operatively coupled to the search program module and the data mining module, the user interface program module configured provide a visual interface for creating the user query and viewing the search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Parvathi Chundi, Patricia Collins, Simon Graham, Aditya Vailaya
  • Patent number: 6591257
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining a solution to a problem where paths in at least one pursuit associated with the problem are traversed to generate one or more decision paths by processing one or more nodes in a given one of the paths, including: evaluating a premise if the node is a premise node, and passing the premise node if the premise passes, and noting a conclusion if the node is a conclusion node, withdrawing any previous conclusions that are not associated with a parent node of the conclusion, and passing the conclusion node; processing a child node if the current node is not a leaf node and is a node that passes; terminating a decision path if the child node cannot be processed, including asserting all noted, but non-withdrawn conclusions as a solution to the problem; and generating another decision path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company
    Inventors: Joseph J Martinka, Patricia Collins, George H. Forman, Evan R. Kirshenbaum, Aparna Seetharaman