Patents by Inventor Richard Read

Richard Read 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).

  • Patent number: 7959132
    Abstract: Apparatus for emitting a chemical agent as a vapour which apparatus includes operative parts and a decorative cover. The decorative cover has curved air inlet channels. The operative parts include a reservoir containing the chemical agent in liquid form; a wick in communication with the chemical agent; an emanator carried by the wick and located outside the reservoir and a fan, preferably battery-powered, to impel air over the emanator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Martin Butler, Richard Read, Christopher Smith
  • Publication number: 20070257130
    Abstract: Apparatus for emitting a chemical agent as a vapour comprises operative parts (2) and a decorative cover (4), the latter being shown in FIG. 2 removed for clarity and placed behind the operative parts. The decorative cover has curved air inlet channels 6. The operative parts comprise a reservoir (24) containing the chemical agent in liquid form; a wick (26) in communication with the chemical agent; an emanator (28) carried by the wick and located outside the reservoir and a fan (20), preferably battery-powered, to impel air over the emanator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Martin Butler, Richard Read, Christopher Smith
  • Publication number: 20040039778
    Abstract: A communications system comprising a Web server hosting a Web site accessible via the Internet by first and second users, wherein the Web server is configured to allow the first user to send an electronic communication to the second user, the Web server being configured to receive identification details from the first user and an electronic communication from the first user, the Web server being configured to retain the electronic communication and, upon receiving identification details from the second user, to allow the second user to view open the electronic communication, wherein the Web server retains status information indicating whether the electronic communication has been opened by the second user, the status information being accessible to at least the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Richard Read, Simon Bargate, Mark Jones
  • Patent number: PP15892
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Gaillardia named ‘Fanfare’ that is distinguishable by a long blooming period, gray-green leaves, a compact, low-growing habit and large fragrant daisy-like inflorescences composed of brilliant yellow-orange colored tubular ray flowers with red coloration to the outside and inside of each corolla. In combination these traits set ‘Fanfare’ apart from all other existing varieties of Gaillardia known to the inventor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Inventor: Richard Read
  • Patent number: D508284
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Inventors: Martin Butler, Richard Read, Christopher Smith
  • Patent number: D525693
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Martin Butler, Richard Read, Christopher Smith
  • Patent number: D547431
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Martin Butler, Richard Read, Christopher Smith