Patents by Inventor Robert A. Edwards

Robert A. Edwards 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).

  • Fragranced solid cosmetic compositions based on a starch delivery system
    Publication number: 20040202632
    Abstract: A solid cosmetic composition is described including a water dissolvable solid carrier incorporating at least one cosmetic agent. The solid carrier is a destructurized starch material. Fragrance is applied topically onto the solid carrier. The compositions are best formed into tablets, pellets, beads or sheet articles. Particularly preferred is where the solid cosmetic composition and carrier are foamed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conocpo, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Edward Gott, William Howard Schmitt, Robert Daniel Sabin, Jonathan Russell Londin, Brian John Dobkowski, Michael Charles Cheney, Paul Vinski, Craig Stephen Slavtcheff, Rosa Mercedes Paredes
  • Apparatus and methods for managing packets in a broadband data stream
    Publication number: 20040196789
    Abstract: An exemplary method for writing packets in a data stream comprises the steps of dividing a packet into long packet cells and short packet cells, storing the long packet cells in a set of long cell queues and the short packet cells in a set of short cell queues, selectively pairing a long packet cell in one of the set of long cell queues with a short packet cell in one of the set of short cell queues to obtain an optimized pair of packet cells at each write cycle, and sequentially writing the optimized pair of packet cells at each write cycle to a set of memory banks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: Vivace Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation
    Inventors: Joe Keirouz, Simeon Ngo Sy, Robert Edward Liston
  • Ultraviolet light absorbers
    Publication number: 20040192684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel ultraviolet light absorbers of the benzoxazinone, oxanilide, benzylidene malonate, quinazoline and benzotriazole classes. The invention also relates to polymer and photographic compositions stabilized against the deleterious effects of light induced degradation which comprise the novel ultraviolet light absorbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Ramanathan Ravichandran, Stephen Daniel Pastor, Deborah Judd, Joseph Edmund Babriarz, Andrew Brian Naughton, Mervin Gale Wood, Anthony David Debellis, Rong Xiong, Robert Edward Detlefsen, Joseph Suhadolnik
  • Massive parallel method for decoding DNA and RNA
    Publication number: 20040185466
    Abstract: This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analogue after the nucleotide analogue is incorporated into a growing strand of DNA in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogues which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analogue through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —OH group at the 3′-position of the deoxyribose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
    Inventors: Jingyue Ju, Zengmin Li, John Robert Edwards, Yasuhiro Itagaki
  • Crosslinked, predominantly polypropylene-based compositions
    Patent number: 6794453
    Abstract: A crosslinked, predominantly polypropylene-based article comprises a silane-modified ethylene-based polyolefin, at least 50 percent by weight of a non silane-modified polypropylene, and a silane condensation catalyst. The article is moisture crosslinked to a sufficient degree that it possesses thermoset properties such that, when the article is heated to a temperature above the crystalline melting point of the non silane-modified polypropylene, it is softened but does not become liquid. The article preferably comprises a heat-shrinkable sleeve for a high-temperature transmission pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: ShawCor Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Jackson, Robert Edward Steele, Amarjit Tathgur, Marcus P. Heydrich, Dilip K. Tailor
  • Image processing
    Patent number: 6788819
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing images comprise means (2) to scan in an image. The image data is stored and a variance calculator (6) calculates a variance for the scanned image. An image categoriser (16) determines what further processing of the image is appropriate in dependence on the variance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Consignia PLC
    Inventors: Robert Edward Meredith Swann, Robert Wei Liang Tan, Robert William Young
  • COATED ARTICLE HAVING A QUASICRYSTALLINE-DUCTILE METAL LAYERED COATING WITH HIGH PARTICLE-IMPACT DAMAGE RESISTANCE, AND ITS PREPARATION AND USE
    Publication number: 20040170859
    Abstract: A coated article having a high resistance to particle-impact damage has a substrate, and a layered coating overlying the substrate. The layered coating includes a substantially continuous quasicrystalline layer, and a substantially continuous ductile metallic layer in facing contact with the quasicrystalline layer. The coated article is preferably used in applications where it is subjected to particle-impact conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Ramgopal Darolia, Robert Edward Schafrik
  • COATING AND COATING PROCESS INCORPORATING RAISED SURFACE FEATURES FOR AN AIR-COOLED SURFACE
    Publication number: 20040166355
    Abstract: A coating and coating process for incorporating surface features on an air-cooled substrate surface of a component for the purpose of promoting heat transfer from the component. The coating process generally comprises depositing a first metallic coating material on the surface of the component using a first set of coating conditions to form a first environmental coating layer, and then depositing a second metallic coating material using a second set of coating conditions that differ from the first set, such that an outer environmental coating layer is formed having raised surface features that cause the surface of the outer environmental coating layer to be rougher than the surface of the first environmental coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ching-Pang NMN Lee, Robert Edward Schafrik, Ramgopal NMN Darolia, Joseph David Rigney
  • Control of gas turbine combustion temperature by compressor bleed air
    Patent number: 6779346
    Abstract: A method of operating a combustor in a gas turbine that receives combustion air from a compressor includes a) controlling combustion temperature as a function of compressor discharge air bled from the compressor by determining a minimum amount of compressor discharge air required for maintaining a predetermined minimum combustion temperature; and b) bleeding compressor discharge air in excess of the minimum amount from the compressor via a control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Richard Lee Nichols, Bruce G. Norman, Kevin Michael Elward, Roointon Erach Pavri, Benjamin Rush, Robert Edward Boettner, John P. VanDevelde
  • Diffuser
    Patent number: 6776968
    Abstract: A diffuser includes a base portion and a lid portion. The diffuser is adapted to allow emanation of vapor from a burning block of combustible material and contains a block receiving portion elevated from a surface of the base portion. The block receiving portion has one or more grooves formed in a top surface of the block receiving portion and extending below the top surface of the block receiving portion. The base portion further includes apertures forming channels extending from within the base portion to an outer surface of the base portion. The lid portion is preferably substantially pyramidal in shape and has an apex at an end remote from the base portion. The lid portion further includes apertures positioned towards the apex. In use, a burning block of combustible material, impregnated with fragrance, is placed on the block receiving portion, and the lid portion is placed over the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Robert Edwards, Andrew Robert McLeish
  • Lubricious coatings for substrates
    Publication number: 20040157073
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and kits to form water swellable gel coatings, preferably lubricious coatings, on substrates, and coated substrates thus formed. The coatings contain one or more antimicrobial metals formed with atomic disorder, together with one or more antimicrobial metals formed with atomic disorder such that the coatings provide an antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effect when wet. The invention also provides a method to produce metal powders by sputtering a coating onto a moving surface, and then scraping the coating with one or more scrapers to produce the metal powder. The method is particularly useful for producing large amounts of nanocrystalline antimicrobial metal powders formed with atomic disorder, useful in the water swellable gel coatings of this invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corp., a Alberta, Canada corporation
    Inventors: Robert Edward Burrell, Hua Qing Yin, Antony George Naylor, Peter Howard Moxham, Walter Carlton Theodore Cholowski, Leonard Salvin Bowlby, David James Field
  • Methods and systems for auto-marking, watermarking, auditing, reporting, tracing and policy enforcement via e-mail and networking systems
    Publication number: 20040153515
    Abstract: A method for tracking the routing of an electronic document, including embedding a unique identifier within an electronic document and monitoring e-mail messages transmitted from senders to recipients, for detection of e-mail messages having the electronic document embedded therewithin or attached thereto, based on the unique identifier. A system and computer readable storage medium are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Shlomo Touboul, Robert Edward Yusin
  • Systems and methods for managing multiple communications
    Patent number: 6768722
    Abstract: The present invention enables a party which is placed on hold in a first communication session to enter a second communication session and continue to monitor the status of the first communication. For example, in a broadband communication system telephone call or multimedia call, two parties may be in an active communication session with one another and a first of the two parties to the call may receive another incoming call. The first party then places the second party on hold. At this time the second party may wish to place the communication session with the first party on hold to initiate another communication session with a third party. However, the second party would also like to know when the first party takes the communication session off hold so that they can resume their communication. As a result, the second party places the communication on “monitor” hold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Howard Paul Katseff, Robert Edward Markowitz, Bethany Scott Robinson
  • Methods of identifying compounds that induce expression of glutathione S-transferase
    Publication number: 20040143869
    Abstract: This invention relates to glutathione transferase (GST) subunits to nucleic acid sequences encoding glutathione transferase subunits, and to uses of these glutathione transferase and coding sequences, especially in the field of plant biotechnology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: David J. Cole, Ian Cummins, Robert Edwards
  • Search engine facility with automated knowledge retrieval generation and maintenance
    Publication number: 20040139106
    Abstract: A system for generating and retrieving relevant electronic information required by a user initiating an electronic search on the system. The system comprise a user-interactive search engine and a knowledge database, which stores knowledge information that is formatted. Additionally, the system includes a plurality of functional software modules that enables a user to complete an interactive search and find a solution to a task based on entered context information and keywords. A list of keywords are displayed to the user and the user selects those keywords that are relevant to the solution desired. The search engine looks for the articles containing the identified keywords. If no article is found with the search terms, the search is expanded to the Internet. The user may then modify the information returned from the Internet, format the information and save the information as a new recipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Edward Bachman, Richard Dale Hoffman, Verlyn Mark Johnson, Douglas Warren McDavid, Dorothy Irene Mazina
  • Dynamically updating a search engine's knowledge and process database by tracking and saving user interactions
    Publication number: 20040139107
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for enabling users of a search engine to utilize and create recipes for a knowledge database by tracking user responses. The user-entered query (goal or objective) is parsed and intelligent search techniques are utilized to provide a list of items, which are saved as the result set. If no hits occur, articles are returned from an external database, and the user is prompted to create a recipe from the returned articles. The created recipe becomes the user's solution to the problem. The user-created recipe is saved and fed back to the database where an administrator eventually approves it if it provides a viable solution to the task. The user is then provided a reward for providing the recipe. In this manner, database updates are driven by what the user's actually want and not what the system administrator thinks the users want.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Edward Bachman, Richard Dale Hoffman, Verlyn Mark Johnson, Douglas Warren McDavid, Dorothy Irene Mazina
  • Indane derivatives
    Patent number: 6762199
    Abstract: The invention is directed to physiologically active compounds of general formula (I): wherein: R1 represents aryl, heteroaryl or a group R3—L2—Ar1—L3—; R2 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl; R3 represents aryl or heteroaryl; and Ar1 represents an optionally substituted saturated, partially saturated or fully unsaturated 8 to 10 membered bicyclic ring system containing at least one heteroatom selected from O, S or N; Y is carboxy or an acid bioisostere; and their corresponding N-oxides or prodrugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates of such compounds and their corresponding N-oxides or prodrugs. Such compounds have valuable pharmaceutical properties, in particular the ability to regulate the interaction of VCAM-1 and fibronectin with the integrin VLA-4 (&agr;4&bgr;1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Garry Fenton, Clive McCarthy, Robert Edward MacKenzie, Andrew David Morley
  • Azalea plant named ‘Roblem’
    Patent number: PP15043
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant named ‘Roblem’, characterized by its unique blooming time, dense and globose growth habit, and attractive large single multi-colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lee
  • Genus species Rhododendron hybrid varietal denomination ‘Roblee’
    Patent number: PP15077
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant found as a branch sport of the Azalea hybrid ‘Conlec’ U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,580. The new variety possesses a unique blooming time and is superior in development of an upright, dense, globose shaped plant with attractive large single pink flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lee
  • Azalea plant named ‘Robleg’
    Patent number: PP15227
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant named ‘Robleg’, characterized by its unique blooming time, dense and globose growth habit, dark green glossy foliage, and attractive large single white flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lee