Patents by Inventor Peter David

Peter David 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).

  • Method and apparatus for cartridge-based carbonation of beverages
    Patent number: 9867493
    Abstract: Systems, methods and cartridges for carbonating or otherwise dissolving gas in a precursor liquid, such as water, to form a beverage. A gas source can be provided in a cartridge which is used to generate gas that is dissolved into the precursor liquid. A beverage medium, such as a powdered drink mix or liquid syrup, may be provided in the same, or a separate cartridge as the gas source and mixed with the precursor liquid to form a beverage. The use of one or more cartridges for the gas source and/or beverage medium may make for an easy to use and mess-free system for making sparkling beverages, e.g., in the consumer's home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Bedford Systems LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Novak, Ross Packard, Peter Peterson, Shawn Gulla, Jennifer Caitlin Huot Carlson, Camilla Schmitt, Mark Joseph Cohen, Ross Peter Jones, Nicolas Alejandro Martinez, Miles William Noel Hember, Fabien Yannick Schmitt, Gary Stacey, Niall Allan Mottram, Neil Lester Campbell, Cormac O'Prey, Wai Ting Chan, Nicholas David Rollings, Charles Frazer Kilby, Christopher Paul Richardson, Thomas Bates Jackson, Scott Grubb, Chris Covey, Barry Dobson, Paul Wilkins, Chris Roach, Peter David Cauwood, Keith Paul Thompson, James Hewitt, Marc Angotti, Ray Carroll, Richard Estabrook, Kevin Hartley, Frank Consoli
  • ENZYMES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS
    Publication number: 20180010141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desaturase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. In particular, the present invention provides ?3 destaurases, ?5 elongases and ?6 desaturases with novel activities. Also provided are methods and DNA constructs for transiently and/or stably transforming cells, particularly plant cells, with multiple genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Or ganisation, Grains Research and Development Corporation
    Inventors: James Robertson Petrie, Anne Maree Mackenzie, Qing Liu, Pushkar Shrestha, Peter David Nichols, Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Maged Peter Mansour, Stanley Suresh Robert, Dion Matthew Frederick Frampton, Xue-Rong Zhou, Surinder Pal Singh, Craig Christopher Wood
  • Super-channel multiplexing and de-multiplexing using a phased array switching engine
    Patent number: 9866315
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, by a switching engine, an optical signal. The optical signal may carry a super-channel that includes a plurality of sub-carriers to be directed toward respective output ports. The switching engine may have a plurality of regions of pixels on which respective sub-carriers, of the plurality of sub-carriers, are incident. The method may include applying, by the switching engine, respective single beam steering gratings to first, overlapping, areas of the plurality of regions of pixels. The method may include applying, by the switching engine, one or more respective pluralities of beam steering gratings to second, overlapping areas of the plurality of regions of pixels. The method may include directing, based on the single beam steering gratings and the one or more pluralities of beam steering gratings, parts of the optical signal toward the respective output ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventors: Barrie Keyworth, John Michael Miller, Andrew Parks, Dan Burke, Peter David Roorda, Brandon C. Collings, Brian Smith
  • ENZYMES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS
    Publication number: 20180002633
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of recombinant fatty acid synthesis, particularly in transgenic plants. The application describes genes involved in fatty acid synthesis and provides methods and vectors for the manipulation of fatty acid composition of plant oils. In particular, the invention provides constructs for achieving the integration of multiple heterologous genes involved in fatty acid synthesis into the plant genome, such that the resulting plants produce altered levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Also described are methods for enhancing the expression of fatty acid biosynthesis enzymes by co-expressing a silencing suppressor within the plant storage organ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Grains Research and Development Corporation
    Inventors: James Robertson Petrie, Anne Maree Mackenzie, Qing Liu, Pushkar Shrestha, Peter David Nichols, Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Maged Peter Mansour, Stanley Suresh Robert, Dion Matthew Frederick Frampton, Xue-Rong Zhou, Surinder Pal Singh, Craig Christopher Wood
  • A Piston Engine with a Transfer Valve Assembly
    Publication number: 20180003091
    Abstract: A piston expander and transfer valve for the controlled metering of a pressurised working fluid into an expansion chamber as part of an energy conversion device, and in particular as part of a heat to power conversion device employing a rankine thermodynamic cycle. The piston expander comprising a cylinder having an inlet manifold connected to an aperture in the cylinder's inlet aperture, a piston movable within the cylinder, and a transfer valve assembly movable under the action of changing gas pressure in the main chamber of the piston expander.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Libertine FPE Ltd.
    Inventors: Samuel Edward Cockerill, Peter David Grant, Edward Watson Haynes
  • Assessing digital content across a communications network
    Patent number: 9848240
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of providing an on-line assessment of digital content, such as video clips (10), across a network, such as the Internet. In general terms the steps involved in this embodiment of the methodology include: 1. presenting a stimulant video clip (10); 2. providing means for rating the video clip in real time, in this example a rating bar (12) and slider (14) driven by a computer peripheral device (not shown); 3. collecting rating data relevant to the viewed video clip such as (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: IPOWOW INTERNATIONAL CORP.
    Inventors: Gary Samuel Davis, Eric Joseph Gyors, Peter David Tippett
  • Cleaning appliance
    Patent number: 9839284
    Abstract: A dental cleaning appliance includes a handle, and a cleaning tool detachably connected to the handle. The cleaning tool includes a nozzle for delivering a burst of working fluid to the teeth of a user, a stem extending between the handle and the nozzle, and a fluid reservoir for storing working fluid. The fluid reservoir is connected to, and extends around, the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas James Dunning Follows, William John Bex-Russell, Timothy Nicholas Stickney, Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Peter David Gammack
  • SYNTHESIS OF LONG-CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS BY RECOMBINANT CELL
    Publication number: 20170349921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desatorase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Or ganisation
    Inventors: Surinder Pal Singh, Stanley Suresh Robert, Peter David Nichols, Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Xue-Rong Zhou, James Robertson Petrie, Allan Graham Green
  • COOLING SYSTEM FOR FUEL CELLS
    Publication number: 20170352897
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack assembly comprises a stack of fuel cells, each fuel cell having a cooling air conduit with an input/output ventilation aperture disposed on a ventilation face of the stack. The ventilation apertures form an array over said ventilation face of the stack. A first fan is configured to direct air flow through a first portion of the ventilation face and a second fan is configured to direct air flow through a second portion of the ventilation face. A reconfigurable plenum is in fluid communication with the first fan and the second fan and has a first configuration in which air is directed, by the first and second fans, through the first and second portions of the ventilation face in the same direction, and a second configuration in which air is directed, by at least one of the fans, respectively through the first and second portions of the ventilation face in opposing directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Intelligent Energy Limited
    Inventors: Paul Leonard Adcock, Peter David Hood, Anthony Newbold, Tobias Reisch
  • Fuel cell fluid distribution
    Patent number: 9837671
    Abstract: A bipolar fuel cell plate (300) for use in a fuel cell comprising a plurality of flow field channels (704) and a coolant distribution structure (708) formed as part of the fluid flow field plate. The coolant distribution structure is configured to direct coolant droplets (701) into the flow field channels. The coolant distribution structure comprises one or more elements (710) associated with one or more flow field channels, the elements having a first surface (712) for receiving a coolant droplet and a second surface (714) having a shape that defines a coolant droplet detachment region for directing a coolant droplet into the associated field flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: INTELLIGENT ENERGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Peter David Hood
  • Hydrogen producing fuel cartridge and methods for producing hydrogen
    Patent number: 9825316
    Abstract: In aspects of the disclosure, a fuel cartridge wherein the fuel is in a powdered form is admixed with inert materials such as alumina or other ceramics to improve thermal conductivity. Said cartridge having fuel zones, heating zones, and controllers to selectively heat fuel zones and thereby generate hydrogen via decomposition of fuel is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Intelligent Energy Limited
    Inventors: Peter David Hood, Henri Winand
  • ENZYMES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS
    Publication number: 20170327767
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desaturase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. In particular, the present invention provides ?3 destaurases, ?5 elongases and ?6 desaturases with novel activities. Also provided are methods and DNA constructs for transiently and/or stably transforming cells, particularly plant cells, with multiple genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Grains Research and Development Corporation
    Inventors: James Robertson Petrie, Anne Maree Mackenzie, Qing Liu, Pushkar Shrestha, Peter David Nichols, Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Maged Peter Mansour, Stanley Suresh Robert, Dion Matthew Frederick Frampton, Xue-Rong Zhou, Surinder Pal Singh, Craig Christopher Wood
  • SYNTHESIS OF LONG-CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS BY RECOMBINANT CELL
    Publication number: 20170327852
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desatorase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Surinder Pal Singh, Stanley Suresh Robert, Peter David Nichols, Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Xue-Rong Zhou, James Robertson Petrie, Allan Graham Green
  • Fan utilizing coanda surface
    Patent number: 9816531
    Abstract: A fan assembly for creating an air current is described, the fan assembly having a nozzle, a system for creating an air flow through the nozzle and a filter for removing particulates from the air flow, the nozzle having an interior passage, a mouth for receiving the air flow from the interior passage, and a Coanda surface located adjacent the mouth and over which the mouth is arranged to direct the air flow, wherein the fan provides an arrangement producing an air current and a flow of cooling air created without requiring a bladed fan, i.e. air flow is created by a bladeless fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Kevin John Simmonds, Nicholas Gerald Fitton, Frederic Nicolas, Peter David Gammack
  • SYNTHESIS OF LONG-CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS BY RECOMBINANT CELL
    Publication number: 20170321234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desatorase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Or ganisation
    Inventors: Surinder Pal Singh, Stanley Suresh Robert, Peter David Nichols, Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Xue-Rong Zhou, James Robertson Petrie, Allan Graham Green
  • Hand held appliance
    Patent number: 9808065
    Abstract: A hair care appliance including a body, and a handle having a first end in fluid communication with the body and a second end comprising a primary fluid inlet into the appliance wherein the primary fluid inlet includes a first aperture extending at least partially around the handle and a second aperture extending through the second end of the handle. The handle can include an end wall that is substantially orthogonal to the handle at the second end with the second aperture extending through the end wall. The first aperture may be adjacent the second end. The handle may include a fan unit for drawing fluid into the primary fluid inlet upstream of the primary fluid inlet. The first aperture may include a plurality of apertures extending at least partially around and along the handle. The second aperture may include a plurality of apertures extending through the handle end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph William Moloney, Edward Sebert Maurice Shelton, Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Peter David Gammack
  • Part of a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D802234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Peter David Gammack, Charles Geoffrey Box, David Alan Millington
  • Part of a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D803495
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Peter David Gammack, Charles Geoffrey Box, David Alan Millington, Oliver Stanton Blanchard, Edward Miles Sims
  • Part of a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D803496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Peter David Gammack, Charles Geoffrey Box, David Alan Millington, Oliver Stanton Blanchard, Edward Miles Sims
  • Part of a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D803497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Peter David Gammack, Charles Geoffrey Box, David Alan Millington, Oliver Stanton Blanchard, Edward Miles Sims