Patents by Inventor Paul Graham
Paul Graham 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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Patent number: 12291704Abstract: Reader and plate methods, operations, and systems for observing a biological sample are shown and described. In one embodiment, a device for observing biological growth, when present, on a growth plate, includes an imaging device and a variable positioning nest. The nest may include a first sunken frame to receive a first growth plate, and an offset second sunken frame to receive a distinct second growth plate in an operating position offset about the first operating position.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Charm Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Robert Salter, Paul Graham, Jeffrey Verrette, Richard T Skiffington
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Publication number: 20250129084Abstract: The invention relates to compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions containing them, including combinations with at least one additional therapeutic agent, and their use in therapy, for example in the treatment of mycobacterial infections or in the treatment of diseases caused by a mycobacterium, such as tuberculosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2023Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Robert H Bates, LOURDES Encinas, Laura Cleghorn, Simon Green, Susan H Davis, Paul Graham Wyatt
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Patent number: 12269026Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, and methods for liquid transfer and performing reactions. In one aspect, a system includes a liquid transfer device having a housing having a pipette tip and a plunger assembly; and a reaction chamber, wherein the housing of the liquid transfer device is configured to sealably engage with the reaction chamber. In another aspect, a liquid transfer device including a housing having a pipette tip; and a plunger assembly disposed within the housing and the pipette tip, wherein a portion of the plunger assembly is configured to engage a fluid reservoir such that the plunger assembly remains stationary relative to the fluid reservoir and the housing moves relative to the plunger assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS SCARBOROUGH, INC.Inventors: Simon Roderick Grover, Paul Graham Wilkins, Nick David Rollings, Peter Laurence Mayne, Wai Ting Chan, Natalie Frances Scott, Olivier Fernand Flick, Henry Charles Innes, Martyn Gray Darnbrough Beedham, Nicholas David Long, Richard John Hammond
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Publication number: 20250065059Abstract: A powder inhaler includes a casing having a mouthpiece and housing an inhalation channel connected to an opening of the mouthpiece, a container for storing a powdered medicament and placed in the casing, a cover engageable with the casing to close the mouthpiece. The cover includes a sealing element made of a material that is more deformable than a material of the mouthpiece such that, when the cover is engaged with the casing and closes the mouthpiece, a main portion of the sealing element is coupled to the opening to tight close the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: Marco DI CASTRI, Giuseppe Antonio MULAS, Sara BOTTINI, Alan TWEEDIE, Paul Graham HAYTON, Odysseas Michail VARVOUNIS, Daniel David HIGGINS
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Publication number: 20250058063Abstract: A drug product includes a multidose dry powder inhalation device. The device has a medicament chamber and a desiccant chamber adjacent to the medicament chamber, and a pharmaceutical composition therein. The pharmaceutical composition includes a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of tanimilast. The desiccant chamber is filled with molecular sieves.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Marco DI CASTRI, Giuseppe Antonio MULAS, Sara BOTTINI, Alan TWEEDIE, Daniel David HIGGINS, Odysseas Michail VARVOUNIS, Ralph Donald Quentin COLLINGS, Benjamin Michael RICHARDS, Paul Graham HAYTON
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Publication number: 20240374824Abstract: A medical delivery device includes a barrel assembly with a hollow interior and a first thread arrangement, a rod assembly with a second thread arrangement and a plunger rod element extending into the hollow interior of the barrel assembly, and a dosage chamber formed in the hollow interior of the barrel assembly with a variable volume limited by the plunger rod element. The barrel assembly and the rod assembly are rotatable relative to each other. The first thread arrangement of the rod assembly and the second thread arrangement of the barrel assembly engage such that rotation of the barrel assembly and the rod assembly relative to each other moves the rod assembly along a longitudinal axis of its plunger rod assembly causing the volume of the dosage chamber to vary. The device further includes a rotation inhibiting formation coupled to the barrel assembly and the rod assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Paul Graham HAYTON, Jonathan Paul RIDLEY, Mark Digby TEUCHER, Christian FISCHLEIN
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Publication number: 20240358161Abstract: A device may include an inflatable shell and a main compartment including a void defined by the inflatable shell, wherein the main compartment may include a plurality of wall members. The device may include at least one appendage attached to the main compartment, wherein the appendage may include a pump interface and a valve, and wherein the at least one appendage may be in fluid communication with the main compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: Crib-Cloud Ventures, Inc.Inventors: Nicole Graham, Paul Graham
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Patent number: 11872879Abstract: A fuel pick-up device (10) for a fuel tank (13) has a head (11) for fitting to a wall of the tank (13), and an elongate body (14) which extends from the head (11) into the tank (13). A water separator disposed in body comprises an axially-extending separation chamber (18), and a vane (21) for creating a helical flow of fuel flowing through the chamber between an inlet (17) and an outlet (23), wherein any water in the fuel entering the separation chamber through the inlet (17) moves radially outwardly in the helical flow away from the outlet (23), the outlet (23) being arranged such that fuel drawn from the chamber (18) is substantially free of water. Water separated from the fuel is collected in a chamber (25) and can be removed via a drain (24).Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: FUEL ACTIVE LIMITEDInventors: Michael John James, Paul Graham Bateman
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Publication number: 20230390109Abstract: An administration device for intravitreal administration of a fluid, wherein a first actuation part of the administration device is rotatable in order to axially move a main unit acting on a stopper by means of a leadscrew, wherein a drive spring is partially releasable by actuating the first actuation part and at least partially releasable by actuating a second actuation part of the administration device, wherein a blocking element of the actuation device axially blocks the main unit both in an administration position and a final position of a main unit and/or wherein an indicator part of the administration device is rotatable by the axial movement of the main unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Axel ROTH, Oliver David FOGG, Paul Graham HAYTON, Andrew Guy LABAT-ROCHECOUSTE, Ahlam Jawdat QATTAN, Steffen SCHUY, Benjamin Harry CULLIS WATSON
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Publication number: 20220348861Abstract: Reader and plate methods, operations, and systems for observing a biological sample are shown and described. In one embodiment, a device for observing biological growth, when present, on a growth plate, includes an imaging device and a variable positioning nest. The nest may include a first sunken frame to receive a first growth plate, and an offset second sunken frame to receive a distinct second growth plate in an operating position offset about the first operating position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: Charm Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Robert Salter, Paul Graham, Jeffrey Verrette, Richard T Skiffington
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Publication number: 20220291133Abstract: Analyte testing devices, assemblies, methods, operations, and systems are shown and described. In one embodiment, an apparatus to generate a test result from an assay when contacted with a sample includes a non-planar optics module to align the assay in an offset testing position. A modular interface assembly may support a motherboard and at least one non-planar optics module.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Charm Sciences Inc.Inventors: Paul Graham, Robert J Markovsky
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Patent number: 11323406Abstract: An email message body is processed to identify groups of characters that match patterns from a set of predefined signature data patterns. For each identified group of characters, a respective block of the email message body is reviewed to identify other groups of characters within the respective block that also match patterns from the set of predefined signature data patterns. A block score is generated for the respective block based on the groups of characters identified as matching patterns from the set of predefined signature data patterns. One of the blocks is selected based on the block scores generated for the respective blocks, and signature contact information is retrieved from the selected block.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Introhive Services Inc.Inventors: Jody Glidden, Paul Graham, Carl Moeller, Ming Wong
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Publication number: 20220111725Abstract: A fuel pick-up device (10) for a fuel tank (13) has a head (11) for fitting to a wall of the tank (13), and an elongate body (14) which extends from the head (11) into the tank (13). A water separator disposed in body comprises an axially-extending separation chamber (18), and a vane (21) for creating a helical flow of fuel flowing through the chamber between an inlet (17) and an outlet (23), wherein any water in the fuel entering the separation chamber through the inlet (17) moves radially outwardly in the helical flow away from the outlet (23), the outlet (23) being arranged such that fuel drawn from the chamber (18) is substantially free of water. Water separated from the fuel is collected in a chamber (25) and can be removed via a drain (24).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Michael John James, Paul Graham Bateman
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Publication number: 20210316297Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, and methods for liquid transfer and performing reactions. In one aspect, a system includes a liquid transfer device having a housing having a pipette tip and a plunger assembly; and a reaction chamber, wherein the housing of the liquid transfer device is configured to sealably engage with the reaction chamber. In another aspect, a liquid transfer device including a housing having a pipette tip; and a plunger assembly disposed within the housing and the pipette tip, wherein a portion of the plunger assembly is configured to engage a fluid reservoir such that the plunger assembly remains stationary relative to the fluid reservoir and the housing moves relative to the plunger assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Simon Roderick Grover, Paul Graham Wilkins, Nick David Rollings, Peter Laurence Mayne, Wai Ting Chan, Natalie Frances Scott, Olivier Fernand Flick, Henry Charles Innes, Martyn Gray Darnbrough Beedham, Nicholas David Long, Richard John Hammond
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Patent number: 11033894Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, and methods for liquid transfer and performing reactions. In one aspect, a system includes a liquid transfer device having a housing having a pipette tip and a plunger assembly; and a reaction chamber, wherein the housing of the liquid transfer device is configured to sealably engage with the reaction chamber. In another aspect, a liquid transfer device including a housing having a pipette tip; and a plunger assembly disposed within the housing and the pipette tip, wherein a portion of the plunger assembly is configured to engage a fluid reservoir such that the plunger assembly remains stationary relative to the fluid reservoir and the housing moves relative to the plunger assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS SCARBOROUGH, INC.Inventors: Simon Roderick Grover, Paul Graham Wilkins, Nick David Rollings, Peter Laurence Mayne, Wai Ting Chan, Natalie Frances Scott, Olivier Fernand Flick, Henry Charles Innes, Martyn Gray Darnbrough Beedham, Nicholas David Long, Richard John Hammond
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Patent number: 10967129Abstract: A dosing device includes a rod element and a shell. The rod element has a stem with a longitudinal axis and a first thread arrangement. The shell has a second thread arrangement. The first thread arrangement of the rod element or the second thread arrangement of the shell includes a thread. The first thread arrangement of the rod element and the second thread arrangement of the shell engage. The rod element is movable along the longitudinal axis of its stem by rotating the shell and the rod element relative to each other causing the first thread arrangement of the rod element and the second thread arrangement of the shell to travel along each other. A dosage chamber is formed by moving the rod element along the longitudinal axis of its stem. The volume of the dosage chamber is varied by moving the rod element along the longitudinal axis of its stem. An inclination angle (?, ?) of the thread varies along the thread.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.Inventors: Maxime Gaillot, Roberta Leah, Declan Reilly, Mark Digby Teucher, Paul Graham Hayton, Jonathan Paul Ridley, James Robert Coop
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Patent number: 10918795Abstract: A medical delivery device is disclosed including a rod element, a dosage member and a lock mechanism. The rod element has a stem and the dosage member includes a delivery orifice and a chamber body. The stem of the rod element extends into the chamber body and the delivery orifice is arranged adjacent to a proximal end of the stem. In a dosing status, the rod element is movable along its longitudinal axis relative to the delivery orifice, wherein a dosage chamber is formed within the chamber body between the stem and the delivery orifice such that the dosage chamber increases when the rod element moves away from the delivery orifice. The lock mechanism is adapted to change the medical delivery device from a lock status to a dosing status, wherein, in the lock status moving the rod element along its longitudinal axis relative to the delivery orifice is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INCInventors: Maxime Gaillot, Roberta Leah, Declan Reilly, Mark Digby Teucher, Paul Graham Hayton, Jonathan Paul Ridley, James Robert Coop
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Patent number: 10918793Abstract: A medical delivery device is disclosed that includes a rod element, a dosage member and a lock mechanism. A stem of the rod element extends into an interior of a chamber body of the dosage member and a delivery orifice of the dosage member is arranged adjacent to a proximal end of the stem of the rod element. In a dosing status, the rod element is movable relative to the delivery orifice of the dosage member, such that a dosage chamber is formed within the chamber body between the stem of the rod element and the delivery orifice, wherein the dosage chamber increases when the rod element moves away from the delivery orifice. The lock mechanism changes the medical delivery device from a lock status to the dosing status, wherein in the lock status the rod element is prevented from moving relative to the dosage member delivery orifice.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.Inventors: Maxime Gaillot, Roberta Leah, Declan Reilly, Mark Digby Teucher, Paul Graham Hayton, Jonathan Paul Ridley, James Robert Coop
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Patent number: 10918794Abstract: A medical delivery device is disclosed having a rod element and a dosage member. The rod element has a stem and a first thread arrangement. The dosage member includes a delivery orifice, a chamber body and a second thread arrangement. The stem of the rod element extends within the chamber body and the delivery orifice is arranged adjacent to a proximal end of the stem. The dosage chamber is formed within the chamber body between the stem and the delivery orifice such that the dosage chamber increases when the rod element moves away from the delivery orifice. In a dosing status, the first thread arrangement of the rod element engages the second thread arrangement of the dosage member such that the rod element is moveable along its longitudinal axis relative to the delivery orifice of the dosage member.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.Inventors: Maxime Gaillot, Roberta Leah, Declan Reilly, Mark Digby Teucher, Paul Graham Hayton, Jonathan Paul Ridley, James Robert Coop
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Patent number: 10912890Abstract: A medical delivery device is disclosed having a rod element with a stem and a first thread arrangement, a dial shell with a second thread arrangement, a delivery orifice, and a switching mechanism. In a dosing status, the rod element is movable relative to the delivery orifice by rotating the dial shell around the stem causing the first thread arrangement and the second thread arrangement to travel along each other, a dosage chamber is formed between the rod element and the delivery orifice when the rod element moves away from the delivery orifice, and the rod element is prevented from movement along a longitudinal axis when an axial force is applied. In a delivery status, the rod element is movable along the longitudinal axis relative to the delivery orifice when an axial force is applied and moving the rod element by rotating the dial shell around the stem is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.Inventors: Maxime Gaillot, Roberta Leah, Declan Reilly, Mark Digby Teucher, Paul Graham Hayton, Jonathan Paul Ridley, James Robert Coop