Patents by Inventor Peter Jude
Peter Jude 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: 10946422Abstract: Many hospitals and medical facilities have a need to safely dispose of their biomedical waste. Onsite processing, particularly with ozone, is often less expensive and safer than off site handling, but many facilities lack the room for conventional ozone equipment with appropriate capacity to meet their needs. Accordingly, the present inventors devised, among other things, an exemplary system that includes, among other features, an shredder, an upwardly inclined auger chamber, and a waste receptacle. The shredder shreds unsterilized waste and feeds into the lower end of the inclined auger chamber. The chamber includes ozone injectors to treat waste as the auger conveys it upward toward an outlet that drops the sterilized waste into the waste receptacle. The incline of the chamber allows for a smaller system footprint with sufficient processing capacity to satisfy the needs of smaller hospitals and clinics.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Inventors: Peter A. Jude, Stephen E. Pellegrene, Michael J. Hofer
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Publication number: 20200316660Abstract: Many hospitals and medical facilities have a need to safely dispose of their biomedical waste. Onsite processing, particularly with ozone, is often less expensive and safer than off site handling, but many facilities lack the room for conventional ozone equipment with appropriate capacity to meet their needs. Accordingly, the present inventors devised, among other things, an exemplary system that includes, among other features, an shredder, an upwardly inclined auger chamber, and a waste receptacle. The shredder shreds unsterilized waste and feeds into the lower end of the inclined auger chamber. The chamber includes ozone injectors to treat waste as the auger conveys it upward toward an outlet that drops the sterilized waste into the waste receptacle. The incline of the chamber allows for a smaller system footprint with sufficient processing capacity to satisfy the needs of smaller hospitals and clinics.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2018Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Peter A. Jude, Stephen E. Pellegrene, Michael J. Hofer
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Patent number: 10692327Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming system including a display and a game controller, the game controller being arranged to identify a player from received player identification data, receive associated player game data of the identified player, and control the display of one or more characteristics of, or associated with, an avatar such that the player is provided with a graphical representation of the player game data. A method of gaming is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Thomas Samuel Barbalet, Peter Jude Mastera, Lattamore Osburn, Mark Hripko, Steven Rood
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Publication number: 20190066432Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming system comprising a display and a game controller, the game controller being arranged to identify a player from received player identification data, receive associated player game data of the identified player, and control the display of one or more characteristics of, or associated with, an avatar such that the player is provided with a graphical representation of the player game data. A method of gaming is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Thomas Samuel Barbalet, Peter Jude Mastera, Lattamore Osburn, Mark Hripko, Steven Rood
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Patent number: 10147273Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming system comprising a display and a game controller, the game controller being arranged to identify a player from received player identification data, receive associated player game data of the identified player, and control the display of one or more characteristics of, or associated with, an avatar such that the player is provided with a graphical representation of the player game data. A method of gaming is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITEDInventors: Thomas Samuel Barbalet, Peter Jude Mastera, Lattamore Osburn, Mark Hripko, Steven Rood
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Publication number: 20170178448Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming system comprising a display and a game controller, the game controller being arranged to identify a player from received player identification data, receive associated player game data of the identified player, and control the display of one or more characteristics of, or associated with, an avatar such that the player is provided with a graphical representation of the player game data. A method of gaming is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Thomas Samuel Barbalet, Peter Jude Mastera, Lattamore Osburn, Mark Hripko, Steven Rood
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Patent number: 9592449Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming system comprising a display and a game controller, the game controller being arranged to identify a player from received player identification data, receive associated player game data of the identified player, and control the display of one or more characteristics of, or associated with, an avatar such that the player is provided with a graphical representation of the player game data. A method of gaming is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Thomas Samuel Barbalet, Peter Jude Mastera, Lattamore Osburn, Mark Hripko, Steven Rood
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Publication number: 20150139854Abstract: To improve throughput of biomedical waste treatment, the present inventors devised an exemplary ozone-based system including a shredder, a roll-off treatment bin with ozone injectors, an ozone source, and a controller. The controller monitors electric current drawn by the shredder as shredded waste enters the ozone-enriched treatment bin. In response to current falling below a predetermined low level, indicating that a batch of waste has been shredded and loaded into the treatment bin, the controller starts a treatment timer. The timer measures elapsed ozone treatment or exposure time. If additional waste is added to the shredder and a subsequent low-current condition is detected, the controller restarts the treatment timer. Expiration of the timer indicates that the waste in the roll-off bin is sterilized and ready for transport to landfills. The exemplary system provides continuous waste processing and promises to boost throughput by 50% over some conventional ozone-based waste-treatment systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Peter A. Jude, Stephen E. Pellegrene, Michael J. Hofer
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Patent number: 8882583Abstract: An electronic method of gaming. The method includes determining that one or more players of a plurality of linked gaming devices are to participate in a game having a plurality of possible outcomes, receiving at least one player predicted outcome of the possible outcomes from a non-participating player of the plurality of linked gaming devices, conducting the game for each participating player, determining an actual outcome of the game; and determining whether to make an award to one or more non-participating players based on each player predicted outcome and the actual outcome.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Artistocrat Technologies Autralia Pty LimitedInventors: Thomas Samuel Barbalet, Peter Jude Mastera, Lattamore Osburn, Mark Hripko, Steven Rood
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Patent number: 8784746Abstract: To improve throughput of biomedical waste treatment, the present inventors devised an exemplary ozone-based system including a shredder, a roll-off treatment bin with ozone injectors, an ozone source, and a controller. The controller monitors electric current drawn by the shredder as shredded waste enters the ozone-enriched treatment bin. In response to current falling below a predetermined low level, indicating that a batch of waste has been shredded and loaded into the treatment bin, the controller starts a treatment timer. The timer measures elapsed ozone treatment or exposure time. If additional waste is added to the shredder and a subsequent low-current condition is detected, the controller restarts the treatment timer. Expiration of the timer indicates that the waste in the roll-off bin is sterilized and ready for transport to landfills. The exemplary system provides continuous waste processing and promises to boost throughput by 50% over some conventional ozone-based waste-treatment systems.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2013Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Inventors: Peter A. Jude, Stephen E. Pellegrene, Michael J. Hofer
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Patent number: 8652405Abstract: To improve throughput of biomedical waste treatment, the present inventors devised an exemplary ozone-based system including a shredder, a roll-off treatment bin with ozone injectors, an ozone source, and a controller. The controller monitors electric current drawn by the shredder as shredded waste enters the ozone-enriched treatment bin. In response to current falling below a predetermined low level, indicating that a batch of waste has been shredded and loaded into the treatment bin, the controller starts a treatment timer. The timer measures elapsed ozone treatment or exposure time. If additional waste is added to the shredder and a subsequent low-current condition is detected, the controller restarts the treatment timer. Expiration of the timer indicates that the waste in the roll-off bin is sterilized and ready for transport to landfills. The exemplary system provides continuous waste processing and promises to boost throughput by 50% over some conventional ozone-based waste-treatment systems.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2013Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Inventors: Peter A. Jude, Stephen E. Pellegrene, Michael J. Hofer
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Publication number: 20140011576Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming system comprising a display and a game controller, the game controller being arranged to identify a player from received player identification data, receive associated player game data of the identified player, and control the display of one or more characteristics of, or associated with, an avatar such that the player is provided with a graphical representation of the player game data. A method of gaming is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Thomas Samuel Barbalet, Peter Jude Mastera, Osburn Lattamore, Mark Hripko, Steven Rood
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Publication number: 20140008471Abstract: To improve throughput of biomedical waste treatment, the present inventors devised an exemplary ozone-based system including a shredder, a roll-off treatment bin with ozone injectors, an ozone source, and a controller. The controller monitors electric current drawn by the shredder as shredded waste enters the ozone-enriched treatment bin. In response to current falling below a predetermined low level, indicating that a batch of waste has been shredded and loaded into the treatment bin, the controller starts a treatment timer. The timer measures elapsed ozone treatment or exposure time. If additional waste is added to the shredder and a subsequent low-current condition is detected, the controller restarts the treatment timer. Expiration of the timer indicates that the waste in the roll-off bin is sterilized and ready for transport to landfills. The exemplary system provides continuous waste processing and promises to boost throughput by 50% over some conventional ozone-based waste-treatment systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Peter Jude, Stephen Pellegrene, Michael Hofer
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Publication number: 20130341444Abstract: To improve throughput of biomedical waste treatment, the present inventors devised an exemplary ozone-based system including a shredder, a roll-off treatment bin with ozone injectors, an ozone source, and a controller. The controller monitors electric current drawn by the shredder as shredded waste enters the ozone-enriched treatment bin. In response to current falling below a predetermined low level, indicating that a batch of waste has been shredded and loaded into the treatment bin, the controller starts a treatment timer. The timer measures elapsed ozone treatment or exposure time. If additional waste is added to the shredder and a subsequent low-current condition is detected, the controller restarts the treatment timer. Expiration of the timer indicates that the waste in the roll-off bin is sterilized and ready for transport to landfills. The exemplary system provides continuous waste processing and promises to boost throughput by 50% over some conventional ozone-based waste-treatment systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: Peter Jude, Stephen Pellegrene, Michael Hofer
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Publication number: 20130337884Abstract: A gaming system is disclosed that comprises a selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols for display in a plurality of display position groups. The gaming system is arranged to facilitate selection of at least one display position group, and so as to make symbols in the selected display position group(s) less visible than symbols in other non-selected display position groups. The gaming system is also arranged so as to determine a first game outcome based on the visible symbols. After the first game outcome is determined, the symbols in the selected display position group(s) are made as visible as symbols in the non-selected display position groups, and the system then determines a second game outcome based on all symbols now visibly displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Inventors: Casey Lyle Condron, Peter Jude Mastera, Scott Monroe Stewart
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Patent number: 8518339Abstract: To improve throughput of biomedical waste treatment, the present inventors devised an exemplary ozone-based system including a shredder, a roll-off treatment bin with ozone injectors, an ozone source, and a controller. The controller monitors electric current drawn by the shredder as shredded waste enters the ozone-enriched treatment bin. In response to current falling below a predetermined low level, indicating that a batch of waste has been shredded and loaded into the treatment bin, the controller starts a treatment timer. The timer measures elapsed ozone treatment or exposure time. If additional waste is added to the shredder and a subsequent low-current condition is detected, the controller restarts the treatment timer. Expiration of the timer indicates that the waste in the roll-off bin is sterilized and ready for transport to landfills. The exemplary system provides continuous waste processing and promises to boost throughput by 50% over some conventional ozone-based waste-treatment systems.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Inventors: Peter Jude, Stephen Pellegrene, Michael Hofer
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Publication number: 20120077568Abstract: An electronic method of gaming. The method includes determining that one or more players of a plurality of linked gaming devices are to participate in a game having a plurality of possible outcomes, receiving at least one player predicted outcome of the possible outcomes from a non-participating player of the plurality of linked gaming devices, conducting the game for each participating player, determining an actual outcome of the game; and determining whether to make an award to one or more non-participating players based on each player predicted outcome and the actual outcome.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Thomas Samuel Barbalet, Peter Jude Mastera, Lattamore Osburn, Mark Hripko, Steven Rood