Patents by Inventor Robert Alexander

Robert Alexander 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: 20210164302
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a winch overload protection system, a workover system, and a method for operating a workover system. The winch overload protection system, in one embodiment, includes an overload detection unit operable to detect when a load on a winch of a workover system exceeds a safety load limit. The winch overload protection system, in this embodiment, further includes an overload control unit configured to receive an overload signal from the overload detection unit, and in response thereto release a brake on the winch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Stephen Oser, Mickie James Theriot, Robert Alexander Lyons, JR.
  • Patent number: 11020502
    Abstract: Ultraviolet (UV) light emission devices and related methods of use. The UV light emission devices disclosed herein are particularly suited for use in disinfecting surfaces and air. The UV light emission devices disclosed herein can be provided in the form factor of a handheld device that is easily held and manipulated by a human user. The human user can manipulate the handheld UV light emission device to decontaminate surfaces, air, and other areas by orienting the handheld UV light emission device so that the UV light emitted from its light source is directed to the area of interest to be decontaminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: UV INNOVATORS, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr., Stephen Michael Grenon, Scott Eric Liddle, Anthony Barret Smith, Robert Alexander Stevenson, Jeffery Michael Rosino, Nathan Thomas Luck
  • Patent number: 11014948
    Abstract: The invention relates to the chemical synthesis of oligonucleotides, e.g., oligoribonucleotides. In another aspect, the invention relates to compounds of formula (II): processes for making these compounds, and the use thereof in the chemical synthesis of oligonucleotides, e.g., oligoribonucleotides. The invention also relates to methods of synthesis of oligomers, including but not limited to oligopeptides, oligosaccharides and oligonucleotides, particularly oligoribonucleotides and also oligodeoxyribonucleotides, in solution systems, and ionic tag linkers for use in methods provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Masad J. Damha, Matthew Hassler, Tak-Hang Chan, Mallikarjuna Reddy Nandyala, Robert Alexander Donga
  • Publication number: 20210127670
    Abstract: The present application relates to semiochemical-based lures for mammals, particularly mammalian pest species that are useful for monitoring, capturing and/or controlling mammals and to methods of using semiochemical-based lures for monitoring, capturing and/or controlling mammals, particularly mammalian pest species. The present application also relates to the use of semiochemical-based lures for monitoring, capturing and/or controlling mammals, particularly mammalian pest species. In some embodiments, semiochemical-based lures are useful for reducing the number of mammalian pest species in one or more designated target environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Michael David JACKSON, Wayne Leslie LINKLATER, Robert Alexander KEYZERS
  • Patent number: 10995582
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses of the present disclosure generally relate to fluid placement tools. A fluid placement tool includes a connecting section at a proximal end of the fluid placement tool for coupling the fluid placement tool to a conveyance. The fluid placement tool also includes an actuating section coupled to the connecting section, wherein the actuating section comprises a first check valve and a piston, wherein the first check valve is positioned to allow fluid flow through the actuating section and into engagement with the piston. The fluid placement tool also includes a fluid containment section, wherein the fluid containment section comprises a fluid reservoir and a second check valve, wherein the fluid reservoir is disposed between the first check valve and the second check valve, wherein the second check valve is position to only allow flow out of the fluid containment section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Alexander Petrie, Michael John Houston, David Eugene Colburn, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10982970
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method (300) for displaying a perspective view of the surrounding of an aircraft (100) in an aircraft. The method comprises accessing (310) surrounding information from a database. The surrounding information is photo-based and three-dimensional. The method further comprises processing (320) the accessed surrounding information so that a perspective view of the surrounding of the aircraft is provided. The perspective view of the surrounding correlates to the position of the aircraft and is photo-based with spatially correlated photo-based textures. The method further comprises transmitting (360) the provided perspective view of the surrounding of the aircraft to a displaying unit so that it can be displayed in the aircraft. The present disclosure also relates to a system, an aircraft, a use, a computer program, and a computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAAB AB
    Inventors: Nigel Pippard, Robert Alexander Bennett, Jonas Dehlin, Adam Nilsson
  • Patent number: 10972457
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for mapping a virtual shopper to a physical shopper. The systems and methods may include receiving, at a backend system, unidentified customer data including information about an unidentified customer. Customer identity data including identifying information about the customer may be received from the customer. An authentication token may be generated that links the unidentified customer data to the customer identity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Vance Zucker, Robert Alexander Borowicz, Adam Justin Lieberman, Pavel {hacek over (S)}avara
  • Publication number: 20210083996
    Abstract: The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented systems, apparatuses, and processes that dynamically configure and populate a digital interface based on sequential elements of message data exchanged during a chatbot session established programmatically between an apparatus and a device. For example, the apparatus may generate first messaging data that includes a candidate input value for an interface element of a digital interface, and transmit the first messaging data to the device during the programmatically established chatbot session. The apparatus may also receive, from the device during the programmatically established chatbot session, second messaging data that includes a confirmation of the candidate input value. Based on the second messaging data, the apparatus may generate populated interface data that associates the interface element with the confirmed candidate input value, and store the populated interface data within a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: TAE GYUN MOON, Robert Alexander Mccarter, Kheiver Kayode Roberts
  • Patent number: 10943605
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for personalizing interactions within a conversational interface based on an input context. One example system performs operations including receiving a conversational input received via a conversational interface. The conversational input is analyzed to determine an intent and lexical personality score based on the input's characteristics. A set of responsive content is determined and includes a set of initial tokens representing an initial response. A set of synonym tokens associated with at least some of the initial tokens are identified, and at least one synonym token associated with a similar lexical personality score to the input is determined. At least one of the initial tokens are replaced with the determined synonym token to generate a modified version of the set of response content. The modified version of the response is then transmitted to a device in response to the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Dean C. N. Tseretopoulos, Robert Alexander McCarter, Sarabjit Singh Walia, Vipul Kishore Lalka, Nadia Moretti, Paige Elyse Dickie, Denny Devasia Kuruvilla, Milos Dunjic, Dino Paul D'Agostino, Arun Victor Jagga, John Jong-Suk Lee, Rakesh Thomas Jethwa
  • Publication number: 20210052554
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kamlesh Jagdis BALA, Andrew BREARLEY, James DALE, Anne-Marie EDWARDS, Mahbub AHMED, David PORTER, Robert Alexander PULZ, Lisa Ann ROONEY, David Andrew SANDHAM, Duncan SHAW, Nichola SMITH, Jessica Louise TAYLOR, Roger John TAYLOR, Thomas Josef Troxler, Joe WRIGGLESWORTH
  • Publication number: 20210046988
    Abstract: A smart trailer system coupled to a trailer of a vehicle includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter of the trailer, a sensor interface board electrically coupled to the sensor and configured to retrieve the measured parameter, and a master controller communicatively coupled to the sensor interface board via a data bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Adam Bean, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Douglas Chambers, Ruben Chicas, Robert Alexander Phillips, Thomas Begin
  • Publication number: 20210046987
    Abstract: A smart trailer system coupled to a trailer of a vehicle includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter of the trailer, a sensor interface board electrically coupled to the sensor and configured to retrieve the measured parameter, and a master controller communicatively coupled to the sensor interface board via a data bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Adam Bean, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Douglas Chambers, Ruben Chicas, Robert Alexander Phillips, Thomas Begin
  • Patent number: 10912364
    Abstract: A hair dryer (10) has a hand-held housing comprising an air inlet (12), an air outlet (14), a motor (1) between said air inlet (12) and said air outlet (14) to draw air in from said air inlet (12) and drive air out from said air outlet (14). A heating element (17) is located in said air flow between said air inlet (12) and said air outlet (14). The hair dryer (10) further comprises a filter on said air inlet (12). The filter comprises a metal filter plate (20) bearing a plurality of holes, wherein at least some of said holes have a maximum lateral dimension of less than 1.5 mm and wherein vertical walls of said holes through a thickness of said filter plate are substantially straight or at least partially concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Jemella Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Anthony Sayers, Robert Alexander Weatherly, Daniel Brady
  • Patent number: 10883419
    Abstract: A method and system for improving the fuel economy and lowering the emissions of internal combustion engines by injecting predetermined amounts and ratios of on-board or locally generated hydrogen and oxygen to the engine's air intake and varying the gas addition volume and hydrogen/oxygen ratio as a function of the operating conditions, e.g., in line with the instant engine load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: dynaCERT Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Alexander, Geoffrey Sheerin, Klaus Tomantschger
  • Patent number: 10878816
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for personalizing interactions within a conversational interface based on an input context. One example system performs operations including receiving a conversational input via a conversational interface associated with a particular user profile. The input is analyzed via a natural language processing engine to determine an intent and a personality input type. A persona response type associated with the determined personality input type is identified, and responsive content is determined. A particular persona associated with the particular user profile based on a related set of social network activity information associated with the user profile and that corresponds to the identified persona response type is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Dean C. N. Tseretopoulos, Robert Alexander McCarter, Sarabjit Singh Walia, Vipul Kishore Lalka, Nadia Moretti, Paige Elyse Dickie, Denny Devasia Kuruvilla, Milos Dunjic, Dino Paul D'Agostino, Arun Victor Jagga, John Jong-Suk Lee, Rakesh Thomas Jethwa
  • Publication number: 20200392804
    Abstract: A setting tool and bridge plug that are run-in-hole on wireline through a core bit while drill rods are in place can be used to plug a borehole. A setting tool can be sized to have a same or smaller diameter as a drill rod. A bridge plug can have a run-in configuration of a diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of a core bit. The bridge plug can have a set configuration that can respond to the setting tool pulling uphole. The bridge plug can be positioned below a drill bit of the drill rod in the set configuration, and the diameter of the bridge plug in the set configuration can be greater than the diameter of the drill rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Alexander Petrie, Michael John Houston, Mark Holly, Jack Gammill Clemens, Grant Spark
  • Patent number: 10858053
    Abstract: A smart trailer system coupled to a trailer of a vehicle includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter of the trailer, a sensor interface board electrically coupled to the sensor and configured to retrieve the measured parameter, and a master controller communicatively coupled to the sensor interface board via a data bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Phillips Connect Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Adam Bean, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Douglas Chambers, Ruben Chicas, Robert Alexander Phillips, Thomas Begin
  • Patent number: 10857665
    Abstract: A mobile manufacturing module comprising a platform configured to receive and support one or more interchangeable manufacturing elements and engageable with a removable positioning device that when engaged is configured to enable movement of the platform relative to a work piece, and one or more supports connected to the platform that are configured to contact a floor in order to support the platform when the removable positioning device is disengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Gaby Soehner, Ingo Krohne, Robert Alexander Goehlich, Mihaela Colceriu
  • Publication number: 20200377990
    Abstract: In one example, a method for forming an environmental barrier coating (EBC) and/or abradable coating on a substrate. The method may include depositing a coating on a ceramic or ceramic matrix composite (CMC) substrate to form an as-deposited coating, wherein the coating includes at least one of an environmental barrier coating (EBC) and an abradable coating. The method further comprises heat treating the as-deposited coating at or above a first temperature for a first period of time following the deposition of the as-deposited coating on the substrate, wherein heat treating the as-deposited coating includes heating the as-deposited coating to or above the first temperature at a controlled rate. The heat treatment may be configured to at least one of decrease the open pores and/or microcracks of the heat-treated coating compared to the as-deposited coating or control a grain size of the heat-treated coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Li Li, Gregory John Kenneth Harrington, Robert Alexander Sean Golden
  • Patent number: 10849400
    Abstract: The invention relates to hair dryers. Various techniques for improving air flow in hair dryers are described, including a hair dryer providing laminar flow air. In another variant a hair dryer has a two air flow channels: one a hot air channel the other a cool air channel, with the cool air channel circumscribing the hot air channel. The nozzle end of the hair dryer is arranged such that the cool air channel extends forward of the hot air channel outlet. This allows a hair dryer to be placed close to, or on, a person's hair/head without and risk of burning the person's head. A hair dryer with external power supply is also described which reduces the weight of the housing held by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Jemella Limited
    Inventors: Robert Alexander Weatherly, Matthew James Brady, Jonathan James Larkin, Timothy David Moore, Steve Sayers