Patents by Inventor Philip Francis

Philip Francis 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: 20250125513
    Abstract: Techniques for transceiving radio frequency (RF) signals through a window of a building are disclosed, the window having a first surface facing an interior of the building. An antenna arrangement is attached to a building structure adjacent the first surface and the antenna arrangement includes one or more radiating elements configured to transceive the RF signals through the window. In some embodiments, the building structure is mullion. In some embodiments a window surface includes an electrochromic and/or low emissivity coating that is excluded from a region proximate to the radiating elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Tad Rozbicki, Stephen Clark Brown, Nitesh Trikha, Philip Francis Kearney, III, John R. Sanford, Harold Hughes, Todd Daniel Antes
  • Publication number: 20240328781
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for determining the thickness of coating layers of a curved surface when examining the surface with terahertz radiation. The method involves measuring detected reflected radiation and applies a correction factor to obtain the thicknesses of the layers. This addresses the problem of compensating for the curvature of the surface when determining coating thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: TeraView Limited
    Inventors: Ian Alasdair Pentland, Alessia Portieri, Philip Francis Taday, Bryan Edward Cole, Donald Dominic Arnone
  • Publication number: 20240282341
    Abstract: A method includes capturing, by a content generation component of a computing device, initial content comprising video, and audio associated with the video; identifying one or more audio clips in the audio associated with the video based on one or more transient points in the audio; extracting, for each audio clip, a corresponding video clip from the video of the initial content; providing a control interface to enable a user-generated sequence of audio clips, wherein each audio clip in the sequence of audio clips is selected from the one or more identified audio clips; generating new audiovisual content comprising a sequence of video clips to correspond to the user-generated sequence of audio clips, wherein each video clip in the sequence of video clips is the extracted corresponding video clip for each audio clip in the user-generated sequence of audio clips; and providing, by the control interface, the new audiovisual content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas James Clark, Glen Murphy, Jason Briggs Cornwell, Conor Patrick O'Sullivan, Philip Loyd Burk, Eunyoung Park, Philip Francis Rowe, Donald Peter Turner, Karl David Möllerstedt, Finn Åke Axel Ericson, Svante Sten Johan Stadler, Johan Philip Claesson, Ola Fredrik Josefsson
  • Publication number: 20240263050
    Abstract: Fiber-containing composites are described that include woven or non-woven fibers, and a binder that holds the fibers together. The binder may include the reaction product of a starch and a polycarboxylic acid. The starch has a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 10×106 Daltons. The fiber-containing composite has an unaged tensile strength of greater than 4.0 and an aged tensile strength greater than 3.0. Also described are methods of making the fiber-containing composites. The methods may include applying a binder composition to fibers to form coated fibers, measuring a moisture content of the coated fibers, and curing the coated fibers in a curing oven to form the fiber-containing composite. The binder composition may include a starch having a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 10×106 Daltons, and a polycarboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Kiarash Alavi, Uranchimeg Lester, Ameya Natu, James Cottier, Jawed Asrar, Philip Francis Miele
  • Publication number: 20240183852
    Abstract: Mycoplasma bovis infection in cattle is a major production limiting disease of cows and calves. M. bovis can cause a range of conditions in cattle. including mastitis in dairy cows. arthritis in cows and calves. pneumonia in calves, and various other diseases including late-term abortion. The present invention provides methods for detecting multiple anti-M. bovis antibodies in a single multiplex immunoassay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Anna Kanci Condello, Glenn Francis Browning, James Yazah Adamu, Jimena Maria Tejerina, Kelly Anne Tivendale, Wasala Mudiyanselage Nadeeka Jumari Wawegama, Philip Francis Markham, Sandeep Kumar Vashist
  • Patent number: 11987728
    Abstract: Fiber-containing composites are described that include woven or non-woven fibers, and a binder that holds the fibers together. The binder may include the reaction product of a starch and a polycarboxylic acid. The starch has a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 10×106 Daltons. The fiber-containing composite has an unaged tensile strength of greater than 4.0 and an aged tensile strength greater than 3.0. Also described are methods of making the fiber-containing composites. The methods may include applying a binder composition to fibers to form coated fibers, measuring a moisture content of the coated fibers, and curing the coated fibers in a curing oven to form the fiber-containing composite. The binder composition may include a starch having a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 10×106 Daltons, and a polycarboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Kiarash Alavi, Uranchimeg Lester, Ameya Natu, James Cottier, Jawed Asrar, Philip Francis Miele
  • Patent number: 11685848
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new binder composition which is particularly suitable for the manufacture of composite materials utilizing such new binder composition in the required nonwoven materials. Composite materials using such new binder composition in their nonwoven part are suitable, in particular, for composites materials for interior construction, for linings, floor coverings, and for the manufacture of furniture and similar products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Philip Francis Miele, Michael Ketzer
  • Publication number: 20230080427
    Abstract: Fiber-containing composites are described that include woven or non-woven fibers, and a binder that holds the fibers together. The binder may include the reaction product of a starch and a polycarboxylic acid. The starch has a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 10×106 Daltons. The fiber-containing composite has an unaged tensile strength of greater than 4.0 and an aged tensile strength greater than 3.0. Also described are methods of making the fiber-containing composites. The methods may include applying a binder composition to fibers to form coated fibers, measuring a moisture content of the coated fibers, and curing the coated fibers in a curing oven to form the fiber-containing composite. The binder composition may include a starch having a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 10×106 Daltons, and a polycarboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kiarash Alavi, Uranchimeg Lester, Ameya Natu, James Cottier, Jawed Asrar, Philip Francis Miele
  • Patent number: 11505724
    Abstract: Fiber-containing composites are described that include woven or non-woven fibers, and a binder that holds the fibers together. The binder may include the reaction product of a starch and a polycarboxylic acid. The starch has a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 1×107 Daltons. The fiber-containing composite has an unaged tensile strength of greater than 4.0 and an aged tensile strength greater than 3.0. Also described are methods of making the fiber-containing composites. The methods may include applying a binder composition to fibers to form coated fibers, measuring a moisture content of the coated fibers, and curing the coated fibers in a curing oven to form the fiber-containing composite. The binder composition may include a starch having a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 1×107 Daltons, and a polycarboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Kiarash Alavi, Uranchimeg Lester, Ameya Natu, James Cottier, Jawed Asrar, Philip Francis Miele
  • Publication number: 20220296694
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are Mycoplasma bovis immunogenic compositions useful in raising an immune response in animals against M. bovis. Also disclosed herein are methods for generating a protective response against infections in mammals caused by M. bovis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Glenn Francis Browning, Philip Francis Markham, Marc Serge Marenda, Fred H. Weber, Suman Mahan
  • Patent number: 11389518
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are Mycoplasma bovis immunogenic compositions useful in raising an immune response in animals against M. bovis. Also disclosed herein are methods for generating a protective response against infections in mammals caused by M. bovis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: Zoetis Services LLC
    Inventors: Glenn Francis Browning, Philip Francis Markham, Marc Serge Marenda, Fred H. Weber, Suman Mahan
  • Patent number: 11161925
    Abstract: Described herein are polymeric aminoacrylates formed by the reaction of polyalkylene glycol diacrylates with bireactive amines. The polymeric aminoacrylate are comprised of moieties of poly(alkylene glycol) diacrylate and moieties of bireactive amines. Also described herein are energy curable ink and coating compositions that include the described polymeric aminoacrylates. The energy curable ink and coating compositions that include the described polymeric aminoacrylates are well-suited for use in packaging applications where low migration of uncured monomer material after cure is desired, such as in the packaging of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Derek Ronald Illsley, Shaun Lawrence Herlihy, Sean Philip Francis Mayers
  • Patent number: 11047615
    Abstract: A shelf includes a floor plate, a cam plate, and a first pin joint plate. The cam plate extends away from an upper surface of the floor plate. A top edge of the cam plate is opposite a bottom edge of the cam plate that is mounted to the upper surface and has a concave shape that curves inward toward the upper surface. The first pin joint plate is mounted to the floor plate to extend away from a lower surface of the floor plate. The first pin joint plate is configured to mate with a second pin joint plate mounted to a first wall. The top edge of the cam plate is positioned to abut a tab mounted to the second wall when the floor plate is rotated toward the second wall. The upper surface faces the second wall when the floor plate is rotated toward the second wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SUB-ZERO GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Paul V. Sikir, Philip Francis Hottmann
  • Publication number: 20210163796
    Abstract: Fiber-containing composites are described that include woven or non-woven fibers, and a binder that holds the fibers together. The binder may include the reaction product of a starch and a polycarboxylic acid. The starch has a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 10×106 Daltons. The fiber-containing composite has an unaged tensile strength of greater than 4.0 and an aged tensile strength greater than 3.0. Also described are methods of making the fiber-containing composites. The methods may include applying a binder composition to fibers to form coated fibers, measuring a moisture content of the coated fibers, and curing the coated fibers in a curing oven to form the fiber-containing composite. The binder composition may include a starch having a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 10×106 Daltons, and a polycarboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Kiarash Alavi, Uranchimeg Lester, Ameya Natu, James Cottier, Jawed Asrar, Philip Francis Miele
  • Publication number: 20210139755
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new binder composition which is particularly suitable for the manufacture of composite materials utilizing such new binder composition in the required nonwoven materials. Composite materials using such new binder composition in their nonwoven part are suitable, in particular, for composites materials for interior construction, for linings, floor coverings, and for the manufacture of furniture and similar products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Philip Francis Miele, Michael Ketzer
  • Patent number: 10988643
    Abstract: Fiber-containing composites are described that include woven or non-woven fibers, and a binder that holds the fibers together. The binder may include the reaction product of a starch and a polycarboxylic acid. The starch has a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 1×107 Daltons. The fiber-containing composite has an unaged tensile strength of greater than 4.0 and an aged tensile strength greater than 3.0. Also described are methods of making the fiber-containing composites. The methods may include applying a binder composition to fibers to form coated fibers, measuring a moisture content of the coated fibers, and curing the coated fibers in a curing oven to form the fiber-containing composite. The binder composition may include a starch having a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 1×107 Daltons, and a polycarboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Kiarash Alavi, Uranchimeg Lester, Ameya Natu, James Cottier, Jawed Asrar, Philip Francis Miele
  • Patent number: 10954421
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new binder composition which is particularly suitable for the manufacture of composite materials utilizing such new binder composition in the required nonwoven materials. Composite materials using such new binder composition in their nonwoven part are suitable, in particular, for composites materials for interior construction, for linings, floor coverings, and for the manufacture of furniture and similar products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Philip Francis Miele, Michael Ketzer
  • Publication number: 20210009738
    Abstract: Described herein are polymeric aminoacrylates formed by the reaction of polyalkylene glycol diacrylates with bireactive amines. The polymeric aminoacrylate are comprised of moieties of poly(alkylene glycol) diacrylate and moieties of bireactive amines. Also described herein are energy curable ink and coating compositions that include the described polymeric aminoacrylates. The energy curable ink and coating compositions that include the described polymeric aminoacrylates are well-suited for use in packaging applications where low migration of uncured monomer material after cure is desired, such as in the packaging of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Derek Ronald ILLSLEY, Shaun Lawrence HERLIHY, Sean Philip Francis MAYERS
  • Patent number: 10544325
    Abstract: Aqueous binder compositions with reduced rates of salt precipitation are described. The compositions may include a carbohydrate and a sequestrant for sequestering one or more multivalent ions (e.g., Ca2+, Mg2+, Ba2+, Al3+, Fe2+, Fe3+, etc.). The sequestrant reduces a precipitation rate for the multivalent ions from the aqueous binder composition. Methods of reducing salt precipitation from a binder composition are also described. The methods may include the steps of providing an aqueous binder solution having one or more carbohydrates. They may also include adding a sequestrant for one or more multivalent ions to the aqueous binder solution. The sequestrant reduces a precipitation rate for the multivalent ions from the binder composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Kiarash Alavi, Philip Francis Miele, Uranchimeg Lester, Jawed Asrar
  • Publication number: 20190382628
    Abstract: Fiber-containing composites are described that include woven or non-woven fibers, and a binder that holds the fibers together. The binder may include the reaction product of a starch and a polycarboxylic acid. The starch has a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 10×106 Daltons. The fiber-containing composite has an unaged tensile strength of greater than 4.0 and an aged tensile strength greater than 3.0. Also described are methods of making the fiber-containing composites. The methods may include applying a binder composition to fibers to form coated fibers, measuring a moisture content of the coated fibers, and curing the coated fibers in a curing oven to form the fiber-containing composite. The binder composition may include a starch having a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 10×106 Daltons, and a polycarboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kiarash Alavi, Uranchimeg Lester, Ameya Natu, James Cottier, Jawed Asrar, Philip Francis Miele