Patents by Inventor Peter Williamson
Peter Williamson 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: 20220071191Abstract: A method and system for fumigating a material is disclosed. The method includes the steps of containing the material to be fumigated in a containment volume and forming a gas mixture in the containment volume, the gas mixture including at least a fumigation agent and an ambient gas originally present within the containment volume, wherein the partial pressure of the fumigation agent is elevated with respect to the ambient gas in the containment volume. The method further includes then maintaining a concentration of a fumigation agent within the containment volume for a required time to fumigate the material and then removing the fumigation agent from the containment volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Petar Branko Atanackovic, Peter Williamson
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Publication number: 20190320640Abstract: A method and system for fumigating a material is disclosed. The method includes the steps of containing the material to be fumigated in a containment volume and forming a gas mixture in the containment volume, the gas mixture including at least a fumigation agent and an ambient gas originally present within the containment volume, wherein the partial pressure of the fumigation agent is elevated with respect to the ambient gas in the containment volume. The method further includes then maintaining a concentration of a fumigation agent within the containment volume for a required time to fumigate the material and then removing the fumigation agent from the containment volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Petar Branko Atanackovic, Peter Williamson
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Patent number: 10376932Abstract: Methods of cleaning internal portions of additively manufactured components are provided, together with an apparatus for carrying out the cleaning. The methods use an impacting element which is contained within the internal portion and the component is vibrated to clean material from the component and leave one or more hollow portions. Various embodiments for retaining the impacting element are set out, which preferably use a grid which allows loosened powder to fall out of the component and, optionally, be recycled for use in further manufacturing processes. The methods are described in relation to components for gas turbine engines but have wider application in relation to any additively manufactured component in which it is desired to have a hollow internal portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventors: Peter Williamson, Richard Hawley, David Neely
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Patent number: 10349648Abstract: A method and system for fumigating a material is disclosed. The method includes the steps of containing the material to be fumigated in a containment volume and forming a gas mixture in the containment volume, the gas mixture including at least a fumigation agent and an ambient gas originally present within the containment volume, wherein the partial pressure of the fumigation agent is elevated with respect to the ambient gas in the containment volume. The method further includes then maintaining a concentration of a fumigation agent within the containment volume for a required time to fumigate the material and then removing the fumigation agent from the containment volume.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Scrubbing Fumigants Pty LtdInventors: Petar Branko Atanackovic, Peter Williamson
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Publication number: 20170064939Abstract: A method and system for fumigating a material is disclosed. The method includes the steps of containing the material to be fumigated in a containment volume and forming a gas mixture in the containment volume, the gas mixture including at least a fumigation agent and an ambient gas originally present within the containment volume, wherein the partial pressure of the fumigation agent is elevated with respect to the ambient gas in the containment volume. The method further includes then maintaining a concentration of a fumigation agent within the containment volume for a required time to fumigate the material and then removing the fumigation agent from the containment volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Petar Branko Atanackovic, Peter Williamson
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Publication number: 20160228929Abstract: Methods of cleaning internal portions of additively manufactured components are provided, together with an apparatus for carrying out the cleaning. The methods use an impacting element which is contained within the internal portion and the component is vibrated to clean material from the component and leave one or more hollow portions. Various embodiments for retaining the impacting element are set out, which preferably use a grid which allows loosened powder to fall out of the component and, optionally, be recycled for use in further manufacturing processes. The methods are described in relation to components for gas turbine engines but have wider application in relation to any additively manufactured component in which it is desired to have a hollow internal portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventors: Peter WILLIAMSON, Richard HAWLEY, David NEELY
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Publication number: 20110201105Abstract: The invention relates to cDNA libraries obtained from Tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) mammary gland tissue at different times (including day 23 pregnancy, day 130 lactation, and day 260 lactation). Lactation-associated polypeptides were identified from these cDNA libraries, and bovine homologues of the wallaby proteins are also disclosed. The proteins have a range of activities including anti-apoptotic activity, pro- or anti-inflammatory activity, cathelicidin anti-microbial activity, induction of trefoil proteins (and protection of epithelial surfaces), increased cell proliferation, and induction of cell differentiation (and loss of pluripotency).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2008Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicants: Dairy Australia Limited, Innovative Dairy Products PTY LTD, as trustee for the participants of The Cooperative Research CenteInventors: Christophe Marc Lefevre, Elie Khalil, Julie Sharp, Karensa Menzies, Kevin Roy Nicholas, Paul Sheehy, Yvan Strahm, Lisa Riley, Peter Williamson, Kerry Daly, Matthew Robert Digby
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Patent number: 7650568Abstract: Handwritten shorthand is used and interpreted in a stylus-based interface to trigger expanded text, implement functions, and/or launch executable programs. A user may be able to select a type of shorthand entry to define, such as a text-expansion-type shorthand entry, a function-type shorthand entry, or a program-type shorthand entry. Upon receiving handwritten input, a computer may determine whether or not to interpret the handwritten input as shorthand, or whether to act upon the handwritten shorthand, depending upon the context in which it is written.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2004Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Peter Williamson, Nina Hawley, Li Lu-Porter
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Publication number: 20090205841Abstract: A packer system for a wellbore includes a tubular member and a packer element having an inner layer that circumferentially overlies the tubular member and an outer layer that circumferentially overlies the inner layer. The inner layer includes an elastomer that swells upon contact with a swelling fluid. The outer layer includes a material that provides at least a partial barrier to the swelling fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventors: Jurgen Kluge, Bernd Jansen, Andreas Lutz, Dilip K. De, William S. Butterfield, Peter Williamson
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Publication number: 20090205842Abstract: A packer system for a wellbore includes: a tubular member; a packer element mounted on the tubular member and formed of a swellable polymeric material; and a securing unit that is configured to enable the position of the packer element to be adjusted relative to the tubular member when the securing unit is in an unsecured condition, but secures the packer element in place when the securing unit is in a secured condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventors: Peter Williamson, Andreas Lutz
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Publication number: 20090205817Abstract: A packer assembly comprises a tubular member and a packer system that circumferentially overlies the tubular member. The packer system includes end portions and a central portion disposed between the end portions. The central portion and the end portions are formed of material that swells when contacted with a swelling fluid. The central and end portions are constructed to swell upon contact with the swelling fluid so that the central portion swells to a diameter defined by a wall of the wellbore more rapidly than the end portions. In such a configuration, the central portion of the packer system can be fully swollen prior to the full swelling of the end portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventors: Eric J. Gustafson, William S. Butterfield, Peter Williamson
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Publication number: 20070259093Abstract: A homogeneous cooked roux is formed by heating a mixture of (a) a starchy food and (b) a dry protein mixture, an aqueous alkaline protein mixture or an aqueous acidic protein. The dry protein mixture, aqueous alkaline protein mixture and aqueous acidic protein solution comprise myofibrillar proteins and sarcoplasmic protein derived from animal muscle tissue and are substantially free of myofibrils and sarcomeres.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2006Publication date: November 8, 2007Inventor: Peter Williamson
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Publication number: 20070053591Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating the selection of alternates for hand written word. Rules select words user based on operating modes and cursor positions and sequential orderings. User interfaces can also be used to select words and to provide alternates for the selected words having alternates. Words that the recognizer believes correct to a high actual or relative probability may be skipped over in automatic processes, and the display of words that the recognizer is less confident are correct can be modified. The user can adjust such sensitivity settings for determining the probability of correctness.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Peter Williamson, Charlton Lui, Dan Altman
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Publication number: 20070053593Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating the selection of alternates for hand written word. Rules select words user based on operating modes and cursor positions and sequential orderings. User interfaces can also be used to select words and to provide alternates for the selected words having alternates. Words that the recognizer believes correct to a high actual or relative probability may be skipped over in automatic processes, and the display of words that the recognizer is less confident are correct can be modified. The user can adjust such sensitivity settings for determining the probability of correctness.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Peter Williamson, Charlton Lui, Dan Altman
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Publication number: 20070053592Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating the selection of alternates for hand written word. Rules select words user based on operating modes and cursor positions and sequential orderings. User interfaces can also be used to select words and to provide alternates for the selected words having alternates. Words that the recognizer believes correct to a high actual or relative probability may be skipped over in automatic processes, and the display of words that the recognizer is less confident are correct can be modified. The user can adjust such sensitivity settings for determining the probability of correctness.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Peter Williamson, Charlton Lui, Dan Altman
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Publication number: 20070050450Abstract: A method of interfacing applets with a collaboration program is disclosed. The method may be in the form of application programming interface calls.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2005Publication date: March 1, 2007Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Todd Manion, Kanaka Komandur, Peter Williamson, Ryan Kim, R. Scott Briggs, Eliot Flannery
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Publication number: 20070011231Abstract: An application and its associated user interface provide a meeting window for use in organizing and holding meetings using peer-to-peer network facilities. The meeting window offers menu selections for choosing a network over which to hold the meeting and for discovering and inviting meeting participants. The meeting window includes three main panes, one each for managing attendees, for distributing files to attendees, and for streaming presentation materials real-time to attendees. Data streaming is also supported to network devices such as projectors. Control of the presentation may be delegated by the presentation owner to another attendee, and may also be revoked by the presentation owner. The real-time streaming of the presentation may be paused and resumed to accommodate meeting dynamics or real-time changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2005Publication date: January 11, 2007Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Todd Manion, Sandeep Singhal, Gursharan Sidhu, Simon Wong, Frederick Fourie, Ryan Kim, Eliot Flannery, Peter Williamson, Vladimir Bobov, Kanaka Komandur, Scott Briggs
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Publication number: 20060269138Abstract: In a computing device that receives handwritten data, a method and system that facilitates the selection of alternates for a hand written word. A mechanism uses rules to select a word for the user based on the operating mode (state) of the system. In a cursor operating mode, a word is selected and the alternates are provided for the word based on the position of on screen cursor relative to the word (within or adjacent the word). If not on a word having alternates, the selection can move to another word that has alternates. If multiple words are selected, (selection mode), the system selects the first word of those selected that has alternates. Menu options to go to the next or previous recognized word may also be placed on the menu for easy navigation among words, and a user can automatically walk through multiple word sets to receive alternates for each word, one-word at a time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Peter Williamson, Charlton Lui, Dan Altman
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Publication number: 20060242046Abstract: Share of Wallet (“SoW”) is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a consumer's spending capability, tradeline history including balance transfers, and balance information. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new applicant evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle. In addition to credit card companies, SoW outputs may be useful to companies issuing, for example: private label cards, life insurance, on-line brokerages, mutual funds, car sales/leases, hospitals, and home equity lines of credit or loans. “Best customer” models can correlate SoW outputs with various customer groups. A SoW score focusing on a consumer's spending capacity can be used in the same manner as a credit bureau score.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2005Publication date: October 26, 2006Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Kathleen Haggerty, Chao Yuan, Benedict Okoh, Peter Williamson
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Publication number: 20060242048Abstract: Share of Wallet (“SOW”) is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a consumers spending capability, tradeline history including balance transfers, and balance information. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new applicant evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2005Publication date: October 26, 2006Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Kathleen Haggerty, Chao Yuan, Benedict Okoh, Peter Williamson