Patents by Inventor Paul FLICK
Paul FLICK 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: 20240164564Abstract: The present invention provides a combination oven providing combination steam and convection cooking. The cooking cavity is heated by a heat exchanger system that includes at least one heat exchanger tube. Heat transfer along a length of the heat exchanger tube is facilitated by a heat conductive baffle substantially filling the interior of the heat exchanger tubes in volume and length. Heated gases are forced through the dense and elongated baffle to facilitate heat transfer to the walls of the heat exchanger tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Jon Paul Flick, Craig Douglas Burnett
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Patent number: 11987846Abstract: The disclosure provides a pair of isolated biomarkers selected from the group consisting of IBP4/SHBG, IBP4/PSG3, IBP4/LYAM1, IBP4/IGF2, CLUS/IBP3, CLUS/IGF2, CLUS/LYAM1, INHBC/PSG3, INHBC/IGF2, PSG2/LYAM1, PSG2/IGF2, PSG2/LYAM1, PEDF/PSG3, PEDF/SHBG, PEDF/LYAM1, CD14/LYAM1, and APOC3/LYAM1, wherein the pair of biomarkers exhibits a change in reversal value between pregnant females at risk for pre-term birth and term controls. Also provided is a method of determining probability for preterm birth in a pregnant female, the method comprising measuring in a biological sample obtained from the pregnant female a reversal value for at least one pair of biomarkers selected from the group consisting of IBP4/SHBG, IBP4/PSG3, IBP4/LYAM1, IBP4/IGF2, CLUS/IBP3, CLUS/IGF2, CLUS/LYAM1, INHBC/PSG3, INHBC/IGF2, PSG2/LYAM1, PSG2/IGF2, PSG2/LYAM1, PEDF/PSG3, PEDF/SHBG, PEDF/LYAM1, CD14/LYAM1, and APOC3/LYAM1 to determine the probability for preterm birth in the pregnant female.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Sera Prognostics, Inc.Inventors: John Jay Boniface, Andrew Gassman, Jeff Flick, Chad Bradford, Ashoka Polpitiya, Tracey Cristine Fleischer, Durlin Edward Hickok, Paul Kearney, Gregory Charles Critchfield
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Publication number: 20230408105Abstract: A combination oven using non-caustic detergent during a cleaning wash cycle, along with the addition of a catalyst regeneration cycle after a predefined number of cleaning wash cycles, can regenerate the catalyst to restore nearly full function of the catalyst and removes most occlusion of the pores of the catalyst that occurs during oven cooking and cleaning wash cycles. The catalyst regeneration cycle includes a rinse agent cycle followed by a high temperature dry out and burnout step.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Joshua J. Shimel, Jon Paul Flick, Craig Douglas Burnett
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Publication number: 20230314004Abstract: A cleaning system for an oven having shelves which provide for distributed jets of heated air, allows water accumulation within the shelves during cleaning by reducing airflow through the shelf, and then provides rapid expulsion of the water in cohesive streams after accumulation to provide high inertial cleaning.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Craig Douglas Burnett, Joshua J. Shimel, Jon Paul Flick, Jason David Schreiner, Andrew Podevels
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Patent number: 11713885Abstract: A cleaning system for an oven having shelves which provide for distributed jets of heated air, allows water accumulation within the shelves during cleaning by reducing airflow through the shelf, and then provides rapid expulsion of the water in cohesive streams after accumulation to provide high inertial cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Alto-Shaam, Inc.Inventors: Craig Douglas Burnett, Joshua J. Shimel, Jon Paul Flick, Jason David Schreiner, Andrew Podevels
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Publication number: 20220404025Abstract: A modular oven includes a cabinet receiving separate modules with distinct cooking operations. Modules of the modular oven may provide any combination of convection cooking, steam cooking, impingement cooking, and high speed cooking. Therefore, the modules may be mixed and matched to suit the desired cooking operations. In some embodiments, improved steam cooking at lower cooking temperatures is provided by directing spraying water onto an independent heat source, controlled separately from the cavity heating element, within each cooking zone. By operating a separate heating element specifically for steam generation, there can be more accurate heat control of the cooking zones without overheating the cooking zones when steam is needed but when lower cooking temperatures (e.g., 211 degrees Fahrenheit and below) are desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Joshua J. Shimel, Jon Paul Flick, Craig Douglas Burnett
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Publication number: 20220404034Abstract: A modular oven includes a cabinet receiving separate modules with distinct cooking operations. Modules of the modular oven may provide any combination of convection cooking, steam cooking, impingement cooking, and high speed cooking. Therefore, the modules may be mixed and matched to suit the desired cooking operations. In some embodiments, improved steam cooking at lower cooking temperatures is provided by directing spraying water onto an independent heat source, controlled separately from the cavity heating element, within each cooking zone. By operating a separate heating element specifically for steam generation, there can be more accurate heat control of the cooking zones without overheating the cooking zones when steam is needed but when lower cooking temperatures (e.g., 211 degrees Fahrenheit and below) are desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Joshua J. Shimel, Jon Paul Flick, Craig Douglas Burnett
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Publication number: 20220332503Abstract: A system for moving an object within an environment, wherein the system includes at least one modular wheel configured to move the object. The modular wheel includes a body configured to be attached to the object, a wheel, a drive configured to rotate the wheel and a controller configured to control the drive. One or more processing devices configured are provided to receive an image stream including a plurality of captured images from each of a plurality of imaging devices, the plurality of imaging devices being configured to capture images of the object within the environment, analyse the images to determine an object location within the environment, generate control instructions at least in part using the determined object location and provide the control instructions to the controller, the controller being responsive to the control instructions to control the drive and thereby move the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATIONInventors: Paul FLICK, Nic PANITZ, Peter DEAN, Marc ELMOUTTIE, Sisi LIANG, Ryan STEINDL, Troy CORDIE, Tirtha BANDYOPADHYAY
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Publication number: 20220299211Abstract: A cleaning system for an oven having shelves which provide for distributed jets of heated air, allows water accumulation within the shelves during cleaning by reducing airflow through the shelf, and then provides rapid expulsion of the water in cohesive streams after accumulation to provide high inertial cleaning.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Craig Douglas Burnett, Joshua J. Shimel, Jon Paul Flick, Jason David Schreiner, Andrew Podevels
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Publication number: 20220057808Abstract: The present invention relates to an inspection vehicle configured to inspect a confined space. The inspection vehicle includes an elongate rigid body including a planar upper surface and drive modules along either side of the body. Each drive module includes an endless track, an upper surface of the endless tracks is positioned below a height of the planar upper surface so that the planar upper surface engages an obstacle in preference to the endless tracks; front ones of the endless tracks project forwardly of the body so that the front endless tracks engage an obstacle in preference to the body; sensors around the inspection vehicle to sense the confined space; a communications module to provide sensor data to remote processing systems; and receive control signals; processing devices to control the drive modules to allow the inspection vehicle to traverse the confined space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2020Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: James Brett, Paul Flick, Erin Mccoll
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Patent number: 10888197Abstract: The present invention provides a deep fat fryer providing an oil vat for holding hot oil. The hot oil of the vat is heated by a heat exchanger system that includes a pair of heat tubes. Heat transfer along a length of the heat tubes is facilitated by a heat conductive baffle substantially filling the interior of the heat tubes in volume and length. Heated air and gas are forced through the dense and elongated baffle to facilitate heat transfer to the walls of the heat tubes.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Alto-Shaam, Inc.Inventors: Jeremy J. Buford, Jon Paul Flick, George McMahon, Joshua James Shimel, Thomas C. Stollenwerk
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Patent number: 10845353Abstract: A soil condition analysis system, including: a support platform to support an elongate soil core extracted from the Earth; a plurality of soil sensing components configured to measure corresponding characteristics of a soil core supported on the support platform; one or more data acquisition components in communication with the soil sensing components and configured to generate measurement data representing the measured characteristics from the soil sensing components; wherein at least one of the support platform and the plurality of soil sensing components is mounted on a computer-controlled translation stage to enable the soil sensing components to automatically measure the corresponding characteristics of the soil core at mutually spaced locations along a longitudinal axis of the elongate soil core.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationInventors: Raphael Viscarra Rossel, Paul Flick, Craig Raymond Lobsey
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Patent number: 10685548Abstract: Guide systems for indicating a distance between a first object and a second object and a method for visually representing a distance between two objects as the distance reduces are provided. A sensor measures a distance between the first object and the second object. A processor receives a distance measurement from the sensor and determines whether the distance measured by the sensor is within one of a plurality of distance intervals. Upon determining that the distance is within one of the plurality of distance intervals, the processor displays a distance indicator on the display. The distance indicator is located on the display based on the distance according to a scale for the distance interval, where a display area on the display represents the distance interval. The scale for the distance intervals becomes finer as the distance between the first object and the second object decreases.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: David Haddon, Brett Wood, Navinda Kottege, Paul Flick
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Publication number: 20190333358Abstract: Guide systems for indicating a distance between a first object and a second object and a method for visually representing a distance between two objects as the distance reduces are provided. A sensor measures a distance between the first object and the second object. A processor receives a distance measurement from the sensor and determines whether the distance measured by the sensor is within one of a plurality of distance intervals. Upon determining that the distance is within one of the plurality of distance intervals, the processor displays a distance indicator on the display. The distance indicator is located on the display based on the distance according to a scale for the distance interval, where a display area on the display represents the distance interval. The scale for the distance intervals becomes finer as the distance between the first object and the second object decreases.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2017Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: David HADDON, Brett WOOD, Navinda KOTTEGE, Paul FLICK
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Publication number: 20180271326Abstract: The present invention provides a deep fat fryer providing an oil vat for holding hot oil. The hot oil of the vat is heated by a heat exchanger system that includes a pair of heat tubes. Heat transfer along a length of the heat tubes is facilitated by a heat conductive baffle substantially filling the interior of the heat tubes in volume and length. Heated air and gas are forced through the dense and elongated baffle to facilitate heat transfer to the walls of the heat tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Jeremy J. Buford, Jon Paul Flick, George McMahon, Joshua James Shimel, Thomas C. Stollenwerk
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Publication number: 20180188225Abstract: A soil condition analysis system, including: a support platform to support an elongate soil core extracted from the Earth; a plurality of soil sensing components configured to measure corresponding characteristics of a soil core supported on the support platform; one or more data acquisition components in communication with the soil sensing components and configured to generate measurement data representing the measured characteristics from the soil sensing components; wherein at least one of the support platform and the plurality of soil sensing components is mounted on a computer-controlled translation stage to enable the soil sensing components to automatically measure the corresponding characteristics of the soil core at mutually spaced locations along a longitudinal axis of the elongate soil core.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Raphael VISCARRA ROSSEL, Paul FLICK, Craig Raymond LOBSEY
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Publication number: 20170311125Abstract: A method of setting up a tracking system of the type including a plurality of spaced-apart stationary nodes for tracking mobile nodes within a tracking environment, the method including using an independent localisation system to determine respective locations of at least a subset of the stationary nodes within the tracking environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Mark HEDLEY, Paul FLICK