Patents by Inventor Paul Bowman
Paul Bowman 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: 20120011346Abstract: Augmented processor hardware contains a microcode interpreter. When encrypted microcode is included in a challenge from a service requiring authentication, the microcode may be passed to the microcode interpreter. Based on decryption and execution of the microcode taking place at the processor hardware, tampering by potentially abusive device software may be avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Ian Robertson, Roger Paul Bowman, Robert Henderson Wood
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Publication number: 20110276803Abstract: Operations or functions on a device may require an operational certificate to ensure that the user of the device or the device itself is permitted to carry out the operations or functions. A system and a method are provided for providing an operational certificate to a device, whereby the operational certificate is associated with one or more operations of the device. A manufacturing certificate authority, during the manufacture of the device, obtains identity information associated with the device and provides a manufacturing certificate to the device. An operational certificate authority obtains and authenticates at least a portion of the identity information associated with the device from the manufacturing certificate and, if at least the portion of the identity information is authenticated, the operational certificate is provided to the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2010Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: Research in Motion LimitedInventors: Christopher Lyle BENDER, Roger Paul Bowman
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Publication number: 20110225427Abstract: A mobile communications device having a digital certificate authenticating the device itself is proposed. A server for authenticating the device and a method of authenticating the device are also disclosed. The device comprises a transmitter, a processor, a memory and a computer readable medium. The memory includes a certificate certifying the authenticity of the mobile communications device, the certificate comprising device-specific data and a digital signature signed by an authority having control of the authenticity of the mobile communications device. The computer readable medium has computer readable instructions stored thereon that when executed configure the processor to instruct the transmitter to transmit a copy of the certificate to a service provider in response to a request to authenticate the mobile communications device with the service provider.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Robert Henderson Wood, Christopher Lyle Bender, Ian Michael Robertson, Casey Jonathan Vandeputte, Roger Paul Bowman
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Publication number: 20100239590Abstract: Novel methods and drug products for treating inflammatory joint diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and associated arthritides are disclosed. The methods and products employ various serum markers of bone and cartilage metabolism or destruction, including cartilage oligomer matrix protein (COMP) and Receptor activator of NFB ligand (RANKL), as biomarkers to assess the effect of IL-17A antagonists on joint destruction in inflammatory joint diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2008Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventors: Edward Paul Bowman, Cheng-Chi Chao, Shi-Juan Chen
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Publication number: 20100135998Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for the treatment of immune disorders, such as autoimmune diseases, or cancers, involving combination therapy with agents that inhibit the development or maintenance of Th17 cells. Treatment regimens are provided in which an antagonist of a pro-inflammatory cytokine is administered for a time sufficient to alleviate signs and symptoms of an acute phase flare-up of the autoimmune disease, or cancer, and treatment with an antagonist of IL-23 is continued for a longer time to prevent recurrence of the acute event. Antagonists of PGE2 and CD161 are also disclosed for use in treatment of autoimmune, inflammatory and proliferative disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Inventors: Edward Paul Bowman, Daniel J. Cua, Robert A. Kastelein, Kathy Lynn Miller, Melanie A. Kleinschek, Kristian S. Bak-Jensen, Katia Boniface, Brent S. McKenzie, Rene de Waal Malefyt
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Publication number: 20090261950Abstract: A battery powered remote control unit or other ancillary device (2) is shipped in the same packaging as the main product (1) and is subject to similar environmental conditions throughout the supply chain. The remote control unit is fitted with an environmental sensor (20) to detect such conditions during transit, when the main product (1) has no power supply and stores the data (21). When the main product (1) is first powered up and used, the remote control communicates to the product (1) and relays data captured by the handset (2). This data, together with data collected by the main device (1) when in use, using its own sensor (1), is stored (11) to be retrieved subsequently by a reader (42) to identify events that may have caused a fault in the device (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2007Publication date: October 22, 2009Inventor: Paul A. Bowman
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Patent number: 6957789Abstract: A U-shaped frame for a seat belt retractor has two spaced arms made from a material of a predetermined thickness and having a cutout in the material of each arm for receiving a lockbar. Each cutout has an edge comprising a land portion for supporting the lockbar, which land portion is of a reduced thickness compared to the thickness of the material of the arms, to present a reduced surface area to the lockbar. The frame may be of pressed steel and the lockbar of die-cast non-ferrous material.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2003Date of Patent: October 25, 2005Assignee: Key Safety Systems, Inc.Inventors: Paul Bowman, Alan George Smithson, George Brotherson Routledge, David Smith, Terry Nichol
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Patent number: 6802470Abstract: A seat belt retractor for a vehicle safety restraint has a spool rotatably mounted in a frame. A ratchet wheel is rotatably mounted to rotate with the spool. A control member is mounted in the frame. A locking pawl is pivotally mounted in the frame to pivot into engagement with the ratchet wheel. A sensor is responsive to the spool. Upon activation of the sensor, a cam surface and a cam follower couple the locking pawl to the control member. The cam surface has a discontinuity arranged so that the cam follower loses contact with the cam at high speeds but stays in contact with the cam surface at low speeds. Preferably, the discontinuity is a raised portion providing a first ramp in one direction in one portion on one side of the discontinuity of the cam surface and a second ramp in a different direction in a second portion of the cam surface on the other side of the discontinuity.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2002Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: Key Safety Systems, Inc.Inventors: Alan George Smithson, David Blackadder, Paul Bowman, David Charles Winter
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Publication number: 20040130137Abstract: A U-shaped frame for a seat belt retractor has two spaced arms made from a material of a predetermined thickness and having a cutout in the material of each arm for receiving a lockbar. Each cutout has an edge comprising a land portion for supporting the lockbar, which land portion is of a reduced thickness compared to the thickness of the material of the arms, to present a reduced surface area to the lockbar. The frame may be of pressed steel and the lockbar of die-cast non-ferrous material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Inventors: Paul Bowman, Alan George Smithson, George Brotherson Routledge, David Smith, Terry Nichol
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Patent number: 6691943Abstract: A seat belt retractor has a web sensor with an inertia member, a locking pawl and a lock cup. The inertia member is eccentrically pivotally mounted to the lock cup. The locking pawl is integrally formed with the inertia member. The lock cup has a set of radially inwardly pointing teeth for engaging with the locking pawl. The shape and profile of the locking pawl complements the shape of the teeth. The web sensor aids in resisting jamming of the seat belt retractor.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2002Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.Inventors: Alan George Smithson, David Blackadder, Paul Bowman, David Charles Winter
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Publication number: 20030189121Abstract: A seat belt retractor has a web sensor with an inertia member, a locking pawl and a lock cup. The inertia member is eccentrically pivotally mounted to the lock cup. The locking pawl is integrally formed with the inertia member. The lock cup has a set of radially inwardly pointing teeth for engaging with the locking pawl. The shape and profile of the locking pawl complements the shape of the teeth. The web sensor aids in resisting jamming of the seat belt retractor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2002Publication date: October 9, 2003Inventors: Alan George Smithson, David Blackadder, Paul Bowman, David Charles Winter
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Publication number: 20030052210Abstract: A seat belt retractor for a vehicle safety restraint has a spool rotatably mounted in a frame. A ratchet wheel is rotatably mounted to rotate with the spool. A control member is mounted in the frame. A locking pawl is pivotally mounted in the frame to pivot into engagement with the ratchet wheel. A sensor is responsive to the spool. Upon activation of the sensor, a cam surface and a cam follower couple the locking pawl to the control member. The cam surface has a discontinuity arranged so that the cam follower loses contact with the cam at high speeds but stays in contact with the cam surface at low speeds. Preferably, the discontinuity is a raised portion providing a first ramp in one direction in one portion on one side of the discontinuity of the cam surface and a second ramp in a different direction in a second portion of the cam surface on the other side of the discontinuity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventors: Alan George Smithson, David Blackadder, Paul Bowman, David Charles Winter
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Patent number: 6446899Abstract: A seat belt retractor has a frame with sidewalls and a rotatable spool extending between said sidewalls. The rotatable spool has seat belt webbing wound thereon. A locking pawl engages ratchet teeth on the outer periphery of the spool for arresting rotation of the spool. A secondary locking mechanism locks the spool against rotation.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2000Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.Inventors: Alan George Smithson, David Blackadder, Joseph Patrick Harte, John Alexander Taylor, Paul Bowman
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Patent number: 6416004Abstract: Two parts of a seat belt retractor spool sub-assembly are fixed together in an arrangement with plastically deformable formations on a first ratchet wheel and one end of a spool and corresponding deforming formations on a second ratchet wheel and said one end of the spool. A spool for a seat belt retractor is assembled with a ratchet wheel by: mounting a retractor frame on an assembly jig which has a spring loaded stop; mounting a spool in the frame by aligning the spool axis with the spring loaded stop; and pushing a ratchet wheel onto the end of the spool opposite to that contacting the stop until the ratchet wheel abuts the frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2000Date of Patent: July 9, 2002Assignee: Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.Inventors: Alan George Smithson, David Blackadder, Paul Bowman
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Patent number: 6322018Abstract: A lockbar for a seatbelt retractor has an elongate joining member and two end pieces joined to the joining member at opposite ends therefore. The end pieces are made of a higher strength material than the joining member. The joining member may be made by extrusion and may be tubular or may be formed as a hollow member. The end pieces may be produced as forgings, die casting or plastic injection moldings or by other suitable methods. They can be produced from different materials and to different designs to suit the specification of the seatbelt retractor. Hence a single basic seatbelt retractor design can be employed for a variety of strength requirements by selecting appropriate end pieces and an appropriate joining member.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2000Date of Patent: November 27, 2001Assignee: Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.Inventors: Alan George Smithson, David Blackadder, Paul Bowman, Joseph Patrick Harte, John Taylor, Nigel Mitchinson
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Patent number: 6015920Abstract: A process for hydrosilation reactions between olefins and hydrosilanes or hydrosiloxanes wherein a portion of the reactor output is recycled continuously to the reactor.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1998Date of Patent: January 18, 2000Assignee: CK Witco CorporationInventors: Curtis L. Schilling, Patrick James Burns, James Stephen Ritscher, Mark Paul Bowman, Thomas Edgeworth Childress, Michael Ray Powell, Eric Michael Graban
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Patent number: 4910579Abstract: A semiconductor integrated display is disclosed herein in which a matrix of conductive display electrodes is formed over a corresponding matrix of switching devices which are integrated in a single crystal semiconductor chip such that the display electrodes are connected to their respective switching devices through respective conductive paths. The display electrodes are divided into a plurality of subsets each of which is formed in respective layers, so that the display electrodes of an upper subset overlap the edges of the display electrodes of the lower subset. The display electrode layers are separated by intermediate layers of electrically insulating material. The conductive paths from each higher layer subset passes through gaps between electrodes of any lower subset and through the insulating layers to connect their respective electrodes to the corresponding switching devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1989Date of Patent: March 20, 1990Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Paul Bowman, Anthony R. Cowburn, Dennis S. Mansbridge, William M. Morgan, Frank T. Moth