Patents by Inventor Robert Hodge

Robert Hodge 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: 9169233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of initiating a reaction represented by scheme 1 wherein Q is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; X is halogen or a sulphonate; P is an organic radical; R is hydrogen or an organic radical; wherein the catalyst comprises copper and a ligand; comprising providing the compound of formula III in liquid form prior to contacting the compound of formula III with the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: George Robert Hodges, Lisa Mitchell, Alan James Robinson
  • Patent number: 9161090
    Abstract: Arrangements for preparing a television channel for presentation are presented. A set of one or more tuners that are idle may be identified. Being idle may correspond to not being used to receive any television channel data for presentation or recording. An electronic programming guide that indicates programming may be output for presentation. One or more television channels may be selected for preparation. The television channels may be selected based at least in part on one or more electronic programming guide operations and/or prior to receiving user input selecting a television channel of the one or more television channels for presentation. Each of the television channels may be prepared for presentation by tuning, by each tuner, to the one or more television channels prior to receiving the user input selecting the television channel of the television channels for presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: EchoStar Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David Kummer, Steven Michael Casagrande, Charlie William Zetterower, Kenneth Robert Hodge, William Michael Beals
  • Publication number: 20150251148
    Abstract: A container system for mixing and dispensing a drink comprising water and one or more additional substance, comprising a lower substance compartment with an upper opening connectable to an upper dispensing compartment, and an upper dispensing compartment comprising a vessel with a bottom opening connectable to the opening of the lower compartment to form a drinking vessel, with a mixing means between the bottom opening and upper opening of the upper compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan Norman Robert Hodges, Jamie Trafford Stone
  • Patent number: 9106965
    Abstract: Arrangements for preparing a television channel for presentation are presented. A tuner of a television receiver may tune to a first television channel and the first television channel may be output for presentation. One or more idle tuners of the television receiver may be identified. One or more television channels other than the first television channel may be selected for preparation. The one or more television channels may be selected prior to receiving user input selecting a television channel of the one or more television channels for presentation. Each of the one or more television channels may be prepared for presentation by tuning, by each tuner of the one or more idle tuners, to the one or more television channels prior to receiving the user input selecting the television channel of the one or more television channels for presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
    Inventors: David Kummer, Steven Michael Casagrande, Charlie William Zetterower, Kenneth Robert Hodge, William Michael Beals
  • Patent number: 9012705
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of formula (I) which process comprises pyrolyzing a compound of formula (II) wherein X is chloro or bromo, and to compounds which may be used as intermediates for the manufacture of the compound of formula I and to the preparation of said intermediates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignees: Syngenta Paticipations AG, Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: George Robert Hodges, Dominik Faber, Alan James Robinson, Andrew Charles Shaw
  • Publication number: 20140189736
    Abstract: Arrangements for preparing a television channel for presentation are presented. A set of one or more tuners that are idle may be identified. Being idle may correspond to not being used to receive any television channel data for presentation or recording. An electronic programming guide that indicates programming may be output for presentation. One or more television channels may be selected for preparation. The television channels may be selected based at least in part on one or more electronic programming guide operations and/or prior to receiving user input selecting a television channel of the one or more television channels for presentation. Each of the television channels may be prepared for presentation by tuning, by each tuner, to the one or more television channels prior to receiving the user input selecting the television channel of the television channels for presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: EchoStar Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Kummer, Steven Michael Casagrande, Charlie William Zetterower, Kenneth Robert Hodge, William Michael Beals
  • Publication number: 20140189739
    Abstract: Arrangements for preparing a television channel for presentation are presented. A tuner of a television receiver may tune to a first television channel and the first television channel may be output for presentation. One or more idle tuners of the television receiver may be identified. One or more television channels other than the first television channel may be selected for preparation. The one or more television channels may be selected prior to receiving user input selecting a television channel of the one or more television channels for presentation. Each of the one or more television channels may be prepared for presentation by tuning, by each tuner of the one or more idle tuners, to the one or more television channels prior to receiving the user input selecting the television channel of the one or more television channels for presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David Kummer, Steven Michael Casagrande, Charlie William Zetterower, Kenneth Robert Hodge, William Michael Beals
  • Publication number: 20140107348
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of initiating a reaction represented by scheme 1 wherein Q is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; X is halogen or a sulphonate; P is an organic radical; R is hydrogen or an organic radical; wherein the catalyst comprises copper and a ligand; comprising providing the compound of formula III in liquid form prior to contacting the compound of formula III with the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: George Robert HODGES, Lisa MITCHELL, Alan James ROBINSON
  • Publication number: 20140060816
    Abstract: Operators manufacture a wellscreen by forming a wire-wrapped screen on a base pipe. Rather than stopping and restarting winding, the desired length of screen is completed along the base pipe, and then the wire screen is segmented into a plurality of screen sections as required for the various zones and details of the implementation. Operators arrange the screen sections relative to one another on the base pipe, which can have different lengths with and without perforations. On the free ends of these separate screen sections, mating split ring components fit around the free ends and the base pipes. Male edges of one split ring component mate to complementary female edges of another to form the end ring around the screen section and base pipe, and longitudinal welds made in seams along the mating edges affix the split ring components together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Olenick, Henry Nguyen, Robert Hodge, Ronnie Royer
  • Patent number: 8637678
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of initiating a reaction represented by scheme (1), wherein Q is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; X is halogen or a sulphonate; P is an organic radical; R is hydrogen or an organic radical; wherein the catalyst comprises copper and a ligand; comprising providing the compound of formula III in liquid form prior to contacting the compound of formula III with the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: George Robert Hodges, Lisa Mitchell, Alan James Robinson
  • Patent number: 8602096
    Abstract: Operators manufacture a wellscreen by forming a wire-wrapped screen on a base pipe. Rather than stopping and restarting winding, the desired length of screen is completed along the base pipe, and then the wire screen is segmented into a plurality of screen sections as required for the various zones and details of the implementation. Operators arrange the screen sections relative to one another on the base pipe, which can have different lengths with and without perforations. On the free ends of these separate screen sections, mating split ring components fit around the free ends and the base pipes. Male edges of one split ring component mate to complementary female edges of another to form the end ring around the screen section and base pipe, and longitudinal welds made in seams along the mating edges affix the split ring components together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Olenick, Henry Nguyen, Robert Hodge, Ronnie Royer
  • Publication number: 20130281744
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of formula (I) which process comprises pyrolysing a compound of formula (II) wherein X is chloro or bromo, and to compounds which may be used as intermediates for the manufacture of the compound of formula I and to the preparation of said intermediates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: George Robert Hodges, Dominik Faber, Alan James Robinson, Andrew Charles Shaw
  • Publication number: 20130000890
    Abstract: Operators manufacture a wellscreen by forming a wire-wrapped screen on a base pipe. Rather than stopping and restarting winding, the desired length of screen is completed along the base pipe, and then the wire screen is segmented into a plurality of screen sections as required for the various zones and details of the implementation. Operators arrange the screen sections relative to one another on the base pipe, which can have different lengths with and without perforations. On the free ends of these separate screen sections, mating split ring components fit around the free ends and the base pipes. Male edges of one split ring component mate to complementary female edges of another to form the end ring around the screen section and base pipe, and longitudinal welds made in seams along the mating edges affix the split ring components together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Olenick, Henry Nguyen, Robert Hodge, Ronnie Royer
  • Publication number: 20120289707
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of fungicidally active compounds such as tricyclic amine derivatives (I). The process involves coupling of a carboxylic acid e.g. a compound of formula (II) with an aniline, e.g. a compound of formula (III) in the presence of a boronic acid catalyst or an antimony catalyst wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X, Y and Het are defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Charles Bowden, David Anthony Jackson, Alexandre Christian Saint-Dizier, George Robert Hodges
  • Publication number: 20120220753
    Abstract: The invention provides high-yield protein dimerization methods using highly reactive bis-thioimidates that may be used in the manufacture of a highly potent anti-cancer peptide dimers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Lajos Gera, Robert Hodges, Richard C. Duke
  • Patent number: 8227619
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of fungicidally active compounds such as tricyclic amine derivatives (I). The process involves coupling of a carboxylic 5 acid e.g. a compound of formula (II) with an aniline, e.g. a compound of formula (III) in the presence of a boronic acid catalystor an antimony catalyst (II)(III)(I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X, Y and Het are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Martin Charles Bowden, David Anthony Jackson, Alexandre Christian Saint-Dizier, George Robert Hodges
  • Patent number: D665943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Armand Aram Dedeyan, Gillian Margaret Hardy, Ian Robert Wardle, Jonathan Norman Robert Hodges
  • Patent number: D673327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Armand Aram Dedeyan, Gillian Margaret Hardy, Ian Robert Wardle, Jonathan Norman Robert Hodges
  • Patent number: D684060
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Jonathan Norman Robert Hodges
  • Patent number: D713253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Norman Robert Hodges, Guohua Pan