Patents by Inventor Paul Reid

Paul Reid 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: 20180075254
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying sensitive information on a mobile device is provided. A virtual keyboard is presented in an text editing application on the mobile device. As content is entered in the application receives or determines classification suggestions which are presented in the virtual keyboard which is dynamically modified. A classification can then be applied to the content identifying sensitive information within the e-mail or document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Reid, Charlie Pulfer
  • Patent number: 9867879
    Abstract: A method for treating a microbial infection involves administering an effective amount of a compound of the formula: wherein R1 is H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, R2 is H, halogen, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, R3 is H, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, amino, amino sulfonyl, acetamide, R4 is H, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, amino, amino sulfonyl, acetamide, R5 is H, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, amino, amino sulfonyl, acetamide, R6 is H, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, amino, amino sulfonyl, acetamide, R7 is H, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, amino, amino sulfonyl, acetamide, R8 is —CR3, O, S, wherein R5 and R6, R7 and R6, R5 and R4, R4 and R3 can cyclize forming a 3-10 member ring comprising C, O, S, and/or N optionally substituted with one or more R3; and administering light therapy, such as a photodynamic therapy (PDT) light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Eric P. Skaar, Matthew Surdel, Gary A. Sulikowski, Brendan Dutter, Paul Reid, Alex Waterson
  • Publication number: 20170340039
    Abstract: Provided herein are multi-layered protective coverings, wearable multi-layered protective devices, and methods of using the multi-layered protective coverings and wearable multi-layered protective devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Jesse S. Jur, Russell E. Gorga, Macon Adams, Shannyn A. Holder, Hilary Walker, Caryn A. Siggins, Carson Binns, Austin W. Teague, Andrew Nesbitt, Albena Ivanisevic, Jon Rust, James A. Murdock, Carly M. Bohnenblusch, Andrew M. Thomas, II, Benjamin Anthony, Paul Reid, Stephen Lee, Clinton R. George, Calvin Curnutte
  • Patent number: 9793068
    Abstract: An indicator system for an electronic miniature circuit breaker that has tripped and therefore has no power to provide its own trip indication comprises a breaker in a tripping state and an adjacent breaker in a nontripping state, both with aligned indicator light tubes and data transmission lines or light pipes. The tripped, or tripping, breaker sends a Notice of Trip Data signal before its contacts open and its power goes out, or does so on reserve power. A neighboring breaker's transceiver receives the Notice of Trip Data signal, encodes it, and then repeats it back via an LED and indicator light tube to the tripped breaker. The trip occurrence has opened a shutter on the tripped breaker which allows it to display the repeated Notice of Trip Data signal as a visible light indication through an indicator window in its top wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul A. Reid
  • Publication number: 20170246149
    Abstract: Embodiments of the presently-disclosed subject matter include activators of HssRS that induce endogenous heme biosynthesis by perturbing central metabolism. These molecules are toxic to fermenting S. aureus, including clinically relevant small colony variants (SCVs). The utility of targeting fermenting bacteria is exemplified by the fact that this compound prevents the emergence of antibiotic resistance, enhances phagocyte killing, and reduces S. aureus pathogenesis. This small molecule is a powerful tool not only for studying bacterial heme biosynthesis and central metabolism, but also establishes targeting of fermentation as a viable antibacterial strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Eric P. Skaar, Laura Anzaldi Mike, Gary Sulikowski, Alex Waterson, Paul Reid
  • Patent number: 9715796
    Abstract: A communicating circuit breaker architecture with automatic load center position identification links circuit breakers having electronics for reporting a self-status signal including operating data and a position identifier. Each breaker has light pipes with optical ports at its sides for communicating with its neighbors and preferably a mechanically operated optical shunt providing an optical path through the breaker in the event of a trip. Each breaker has optical data transceivers for the light pipes which transmit self-status information through the light pipes and receive and repeat neighboring breaker status signals to its neighbors. The breakers form a network via their aligned optical ports reporting to an aggregator device in a known position of the Load Center which transmits breaker status reports outside the load center. Each breaker has a logic unit for determining its position in the load center based on the received position of a neighboring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul A. Reid
  • Publication number: 20170103626
    Abstract: A communicating circuit breaker architecture with automatic load center position identification links circuit breakers having electronics for reporting a self-status signal including operating data and a position identifier. Each breaker has light pipes with optical ports at its sides for communicating with its neighbors and preferably a mechanically operated optical shunt providing an optical path through the breaker in the event of a trip. Each breaker has optical data transceivers for the light pipes which transmit self-status information through the light pipes and receive and repeat neighboring breaker status signals to its neighbors. The breakers form a network via their aligned optical ports reporting to an aggregator device in a known position of the Load Center which transmits breaker status reports outside the load center. Each breaker has a logic unit for determining its position in the load center based on the received position of a neighboring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
    Inventor: Paul A. REID
  • Publication number: 20170103861
    Abstract: An indicator system for an electronic miniature circuit breaker that has tripped and therefore has no power to provide its own trip indication comprises a breaker in a tripping state and an adjacent breaker in a nontripping state, both with aligned indicator light tubes and data transmission lines or light pipes. The tripped, or tripping, breaker sends a Notice of Trip Data signal before its contacts open and its power goes out, or does so on reserve power. A neighboring breaker's transceiver receives the Notice of Trip Data signal, encodes it, and then repeats it back via an LED and indicator light tube to the tripped breaker. The trip occurrence has opened a shutter on the tripped breaker which allows it to display the repeated Notice of Trip Data signal as a visible light indication through an indicator window in its top wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
    Inventor: Paul A. REID
  • Publication number: 20170063755
    Abstract: A method, mobile device and system are provided for managing and displaying email messages on a device having security classification metadata. The security classification metadata is extracted on the mobile device from the email messages. A presentation characteristic for the email message is determined based on a comparison of the extracted security classification metadata of the email message to a security classification policy. The email messages on the device can then be presented in accordance with the determined presentation characteristic of each respective email associated with the security classification metadata. In addition, in replying to an email in one or more subsets of recipients of the email message can be determined where each of the recipients of a respective subset having at least one security classification in common.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Charlie Pulfer, Kevin Carlyle, Jimmy Bigelow, Paul Reid
  • Publication number: 20160213780
    Abstract: A method for treating a microbial infection involves administering an effective amount of a compound of the formula: wherein R1 is H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, R2 is H, halogen, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, R3 is H, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, amino, amino sulfonyl, acetamide, R4 is H, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, amino, amino sulfonyl, acetamide, R5 is H, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, amino, amino sulfonyl, acetamide, R6 is H, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, amino, amino sulfonyl, acetamide, R7 is H, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, amino, amino sulfonyl, acetamide, R8 is —CR3, O, S, wherein R5 and R6, R7 and R6, R5 and R4, R4 and R3 can cyclize forming a 3-10 member ring comprising C, O, S, and/or N optionally substituted with one or more R3; and administering light therapy, such as a photodynamic therapy (PDT) light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Eric P. Skaar, Matthew Surdel, Gary A. Sulikowski, Brendan Dutter, Paul Reid, Alex Waterson
  • Publication number: 20150174130
    Abstract: Embodiments of the presently-disclosed subject matter include activators of HssRS that induce endogenous heme biosynthesis by perturbing central metabolism. These molecules are toxic to fermenting S. aureus, including clinically relevant small colony variants (SCVs). The utility of targeting fermenting bacteria is exemplified by the fact that this compound prevents the emergence of antibiotic resistance, enhances phagocyte killing, and reduces S. aureus pathogenesis. This small molecule is a powerful tool not only for studying bacterial heme biosynthesis and central metabolism, but also establishes targeting of fermentation as a viable antibacterial strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Eric P. Skaar, Laura Anzaldi, Gary Sulikowski, Alex Waterson, Paul Reid
  • Patent number: 8760825
    Abstract: A circuit breaker (such as a miniature circuit breaker) that wirelessly communicates state and fault information to a main energy monitoring module. The wireless circuit breaker includes a transceiver and a power supply that harvests energy inductively from the line current conductor without the need for a connection to a neutral conductor. The wireless circuit breaker can be implemented in the same package as existing circuit breakers, eliminating the need to replace the panel when upgrading to a system that employs a main energy monitoring module. The wireless circuit breaker can also include an energy storage device for supplying power to the circuit breaker after it has tripped, allowing the circuit breaker to transmit information after a trip. The main energy monitoring module includes a processor and a gateway for evaluating and transmitting information received from the circuit breaker to other applications, such as webpages and smartphones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Erger, William Broghammer, Brett Larson, Paul A. Reid
  • Publication number: 20140142221
    Abstract: A weighting agent composition for use in a cement slurry for downhole operations in a subterranean well, the composition comprising a finely divided solid weighting agent; and a dispersant comprising a sulphonic acid, salt or derivative thereof, the sulphonic acid having the general formula I: -[A(OSOO?M+)-B-A?(OSOO?M+)]n-??(I) wherein A and A? are each an aromatic moiety; B is an aliphatic moiety; OSOO?M+ is a solubilising group consisting of sulphonic acid, a salt or derivative thereof; and n is an integer of at least 2. The composition is of particular use in formulating a cement slurry for use in a downhole cementing operation. There is also provided a method of preparing a finely divided weighting agent using the sulphonic acid of formula I, a cement formulation comprising the composition and a method of cementing a subterranean well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Fumi Minerals Limited
    Inventors: Phillip William Bowles, Paul Reid, Nicholas John Goodwin Wilshaw
  • Publication number: 20130329331
    Abstract: A circuit breaker (such as a miniature circuit breaker) that wirelessly communicates state and fault information to a main energy monitoring module. The wireless circuit breaker includes a transceiver and a power supply that harvests energy inductively from the line current conductor without the need for a connection to a neutral conductor. The wireless circuit breaker can be implemented in the same package as existing circuit breakers, eliminating the need to replace the panel when upgrading to a system that employs a main energy monitoring module. The wireless circuit breaker can also include an energy storage device for supplying power to the circuit breaker after it has tripped, allowing the circuit breaker to transmit information after a trip. The main energy monitoring module includes a processor and a gateway for evaluating and transmitting information received from the circuit breaker to other applications, such as webpages and smartphones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Erger, William Broghammer, Brett Larson, Paul A. Reid
  • Patent number: 8542021
    Abstract: A fault detection system is provided for a power distribution system having at least first and second line conductors carrying AC currents that are out of phase with each other from a source to a load, and a common neutral conductor. The system includes an arcing fault current sensor comprising a coil wound on a hollow core and coupled to both of the line conductors in a manner that the electrical currents in the line conductors flow in opposite directions inside the hollow core, thus inducing in the coil an output signal that is a function of the difference of the electrical currents in the line conductors. A neutral current sensor produces an output signal representing the magnitude and phase direction of current in the neutral conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary W. Scott, Paul A. Reid
  • Patent number: 8284535
    Abstract: A circuit breaker capable of microcontroller-based fault detection having a backup circuit for causing the circuit to trip in response to a microcontroller fault or a failure of a regulated power supply powering the microcontroller. The circuit breaker includes an RC circuit connected to an SCR. The resistor of the RC circuit is connected between the anode and gate of the SCR, and the capacitor is connected between the gate and cathode of the SCR. The microcontroller has a first pin coupled to the RC circuit, which is initially in a high input impedance state. In the event of a microcontroller fault or power supply failure, the capacitor will charge to a voltage sufficient to activate the SCR and trip the breaker. If the microcontroller startup routine is successful, the pin is configured as an output and is pulled low, shorting out the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul A. Reid, Robert Erger
  • Publication number: 20120119751
    Abstract: A fault detection system is provided for a power distribution system having at least first and second line conductors carrying AC currents that are out of phase with each other from a source to a load, and a common neutral conductor. The system includes an arcing fault current sensor comprising a coil wound on a hollow core and coupled to both of the line conductors in a manner that the electrical currents in the line conductors flow in opposite directions inside the hollow core, thus inducing in the coil an output signal that is a function of the difference of the electrical currents in the line conductors. A neutral current sensor produces an output signal representing the magnitude and phase direction of current in the neutral conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary W. Scott, Paul A. Reid
  • Publication number: 20120074206
    Abstract: A method of forming a wire bond using a wire bonding machine is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Wei Qin, Jon W. Brunner, Paul A. Reid
  • Publication number: 20120052478
    Abstract: A pack or set of four-sided, waterproof flashcards, which facilitates alternating between several subjects such as spelling, math and pattern recognition. One of the two faces of each flashcard is labelled with specific pairings of alpha-numeric characters or specific mathematical symbol pairings, or is substantially blank. Labelled in one of the four corners of the alternate faces of all of the flashcards in the set is a single small shape (for example, an oval shape). The colour of this shape varies, depending upon the information which is labelled on the aforementioned reverse faces of the flashcards. All of the flashcards may display non-permanent information, which can be printed, written or drawn by users onto both faces of the flashcards, with wet or dry erase markers, for many different interrelated learning purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventor: James Paul REID
  • Publication number: 20110311642
    Abstract: A composition of sterile cobra venom and a method for its oral administration to provide significant analgesic effects to a human and/or animal are disclosed. Such cobra venom compositions comprise a sterilized solution preserved by the addition of one or more suitable food-grade preservatives. The venom composition may be conveniently administered orally by means of a metered spray device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventor: Paul Reid