Patents by Inventor Simon Johnson
Simon Johnson 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).
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Patent number: 11950843Abstract: An electrosurgical apparatus comprising an electrosurgical forceps instrument that combines la robust jaw opening mechanism with an a microwave energy delivery mechanism. The instrument includes a rigid bracket mounted at a distal end of a flexible shaft, wherein a pair of jaws are pivotably mounted on the rigid bracket. The instrument includes an energy delivery structure comprising a flexible dielectric substrate having a first electrode and an second electrode formed on one of the pair of jaws, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are arranged to emit microwave energy. The electrosurgical apparatus may also comprise a handpiece that combines rotation control of an electrosurgical instrument with both power delivery and end effector actuation (e.g. jaw closure, blade retraction or the like).Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: CREO MEDICAL LIMITEDInventors: Christopher Paul Hancock, George Christian Ullrich, David Edward Webb, Louis Turner, Simon Meadowcroft, Jessi Johnson, Miriam Taimisto
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Patent number: 11954680Abstract: Various implementation described herein are directed to a method for providing access control. User information is received at a device. A request to provide access control is generated by the device based on the received user information. The request is transmitted via a network to an access manager. A response to the request is received from the access manager. Access control via the device is provided based on the response to the request.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Mastercard International IncorporatedInventors: Simon Phillips, Alan Johnson, Michael John Cowen
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Publication number: 20240112131Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method, and a system for determining location. The apparatus comprises an apparatus comprising a camera, and a processor. The camera is configured to capture an image of a microscopic object located at a predetermined location. The microscopic object comprises coded information. The processor is configured to process the image to decode the coded information and to determine a location of the device as being the predetermined location based on the decoded information. The apparatus may further comprise a manually operated inventory carrier (such as a shopping trolley or cart) or a robotic inventory carrier. The predetermined location may be in a supermarket or an inventory facility. The microscopic object may comprise a QR code or other barcode, and may be one of an array or repeating patterns of microscopic objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: ALAN JOHNSON, SIMON PHILLIPS
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Publication number: 20230409699Abstract: Detailed herein are examples of determining when to allow access to a trusted execution environment (TEE). For example, using TEE logic associated with software to at least in part: determine that a TEE feature is supported based at least on a value of a bit position in a data structure; and not allow a TEE entry instruction to access to a TEE when the bit position of the data structure is reserved.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Scott CONSTABLE, Ilya ALEXANDROVICH, Ittai ANATI, Simon JOHNSON, Vincent SCARLATA, Mona VIJ, Yuan XIAO, Bin XING, Krystof SMUDZINSKI
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Patent number: 11171251Abstract: The invention relates to a process for forming a conductive track or coating on a substrate, comprising: applying a conductive paste to the substrate, the conductive paste comprising a solids portion dispersed in an organic medium, the solids portion comprising particles of electrically conductive material and an inorganic particle mixture comprising substantially crystalline particles of two or more different metal compounds, wherein the inorganic particle mixture includes substantially crystalline particles of a tellurium compound and is substantially lead free; and firing the applied conductive paste on the surface of the substrate with a firing profile in which the temperature of the surface of the applied conductive paste exceeds 500° C. for a period of two minutes or less. The invention further relates to a substrate having a conductive track or coating formed thereon.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Beatriz Cela Greven, Jonathan Charles Shepley Booth, Nicholas Nowak, Simon Johnson, Tobias Droste
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Publication number: 20210050462Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive paste for forming a conductive track or coating on a substrate, particularly suitable for use in solar cells. The paste comprises a solids portion dispersed in an organic medium, the solids portion comprising electrically conductive material and an inorganic particle mixture wherein the inorganic particle mixture comprises substantially crystalline particles. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing a conductive paste, a method for the manufacture of a surface electrode of a solar cell, an electrode for a solar cell and a solar cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Beatriz Cela Greven, Jonathan Charles Shepley Booth, Nicholas Nowak, Simon Johnson, Tobias Droste
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Patent number: 10868200Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive paste for forming a conductive track or coating on a substrate, particularly suitable for use in solar cells. The paste comprises a solids portion dispersed in an organic medium, the solids portion comprising electrically conductive material and an inorganic particle mixture wherein the inorganic particle mixture comprises substantially crystalline particles. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing a conductive paste, a method for the manufacture of a surface electrode of a solar cell, an electrode for a solar cell and a solar cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Beatriz Cela Greven, Jonathan Charles Shepley Booth, Nicholas Nowak, Simon Johnson, Tobias Droste
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Patent number: 10829407Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive paste for forming a conductive track on a substrate, the paste comprising a solids portion dispersed in an organic medium, the solids portion comprising an electrically conductive material, particles of a glass fit and particles of a tellurium compound. The invention further relates to methods for preparing such a paste, to a method of manufacturing an electrode on a surface of a solar cell, and to a solar cell having an electrode formed thereon.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Beatriz Cela Greven, Edwin Peter Kennedy Currie, Jonathan Charles Shepley Booth, Simon Johnson, Tobias Droste
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Publication number: 20200153629Abstract: A method comprises initializing a compute platform in a cloud computing environment, assigning at least a first cryptographic key associated with the platform manufacturer and a second cryptographic key associated with a workload owner to a debug/management interface of the compute platform, and encrypting device information generated by the debug/management interface of the compute platform using at least one of the first cryptographic key or the second cryptographic key.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Salessawi Ferede Yitbarek, Luis Kida, Vincent Scarlata, Reshma Lal, Simon Johnson
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Publication number: 20200152810Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive paste for forming a conductive track or coating on a substrate, particularly suitable for use in solar cells. The paste comprises a solids portion dispersed in an organic medium, the solids portion comprising electrically conductive material and an inorganic particle mixture wherein the inorganic particle mixture comprises substantially crystalline particles. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing a conductive paste, a method for the manufacture of a surface electrode of a solar cell, an electrode for a solar cell and a solar cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Jonathan Charles Shepley BOOTH, Kirill ARAPOV, Edwin Peter Kennedy CURRIE, Beatriz CELA GREVEN, Simon JOHNSON, Roland KATZBACH, Nicolas NOWAK
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Patent number: 10615423Abstract: A catalyst comprising particles of iridium oxide and a metal oxide (M oxide), wherein the metal oxide is selected from the group consisting of a Group 4 metal oxide, a Group 5 metal oxide, a Group 7 metal oxide and antimony oxide, wherein the catalyst is prepared by subjecting a precursor mixture to flame spray pyrolysis, wherein the precursor mixture comprises a solvent, an iridium oxide precursor and a metal oxide precursor is disclosed. The catalyst has particular use in catalysing the oxygen evolution reaction.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells LimitedInventors: Rachel Louise O'Malley, Enrico Petrucco, Simon Johnson
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Publication number: 20190031557Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive paste for forming a conductive track on a substrate, the paste comprising a solids portion dispersed in an organic medium, the solids portion comprising an electrically conductive material, particles of a glass fit and particles of a tellurium compound. The invention further relates to methods for preparing such a paste, to a method of manufacturing an electrode on a surface of a solar cell, and to a solar cell having an electrode formed thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Beatriz CELA GREVEN, Edwin Peter Kennedy CURRIE, Jonathan Charles Shepley BOOTH, Simon JOHNSON, Tobias DROSTE
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Patent number: 10155448Abstract: A method of controlling an isolated high voltage circuit of a vehicle comprising the high voltage circuit and a low voltage circuit wherein the high voltage circuit is isolated from the low voltage circuit, the method comprising: detecting a change in an isolation resistance of the high voltage circuit from the low voltage circuit; determining a speed of the vehicle; operating the high voltage circuit in dependence on the change in the isolation resistance and the speed of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2014Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITEDInventors: Alexandros Michaelides, Adrian Berry, Simon Johnson, Toby Heason, Chris Green
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Publication number: 20180358485Abstract: The invention relates to a process for forming a conductive track or coating on a substrate, comprising: applying a conductive paste to the substrate, the conductive paste comprising a solids portion dispersed in an organic medium, the solids portion comprising particles of electrically conductive material and an inorganic particle mixture comprising substantially crystalline particles of two or more different metal compounds, wherein the inorganic particle mixture includes substantially crystalline particles of a tellurium compound and is substantially lead free; and firing the applied conductive paste on the surface of the substrate with a firing profile in which the temperature of the surface of the applied conductive paste exceeds 500° C. for a period of two minutes or less. The invention further relates to a substrate having a conductive track or coating formed thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Beatriz CELA GREVEN, Jonathan Charles Shepley BOOTH, Nicholas NOWAK, Simon JOHNSON, Tobias DROSTE
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Publication number: 20180351014Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive paste for forming a conductive track or coating on a substrate, particularly suitable for use in solar cells. The paste comprises a solids portion dispersed in an organic medium, the solids portion comprising electrically conductive material and an inorganic particle mixture wherein the inorganic particle mixture comprises substantially crystalline particles. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing a conductive paste, a method for the manufacture of a surface electrode of a solar cell, an electrode for a solar cell and a solar cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Beatriz CELA GREVEN, Jonathan Charles Shepley BOOTH, Nicholas NOWAK, Simon JOHNSON, Tobias DROSTE
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Patent number: 10014934Abstract: A method for providing eavesdropping detection of an optic fiber communication between two users includes the steps of exchanging both data and probe signals through at least two channels (400, 500) between the users, exchanging probe signals (143) on one channel (500 or 400) between quantum probe signal terminals, extracting a key for authentication from the probe signals, and exchanging data signals (142) between transmission units on another channel (400 or 500). A first portion of the key generated by the quantum probe signal terminals is used to authenticate the terminals, wherein a second portion of the key is dedicated to define commutation occurrences of commutation devices adapted to commutate the use of the channels (400, 500) for data (142) and probe (143) signals, thus detecting an eavesdropping event (300) which triggers an alarm (750). A further portion of the key can be used to encrypt the messages.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: id Quantique SAInventors: Simon Johnson, Grégoire Ribordy
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Patent number: 9769129Abstract: An apparatus for sharing information between entities includes a processor and a trusted execution module executing on the processor. The trusted execution module is configured to receive first confidential information from a first client device associated with a first entity, seal the first confidential information within a trusted execution environment, receive second confidential information from a second client device associated with a second entity, seal the second confidential information within the trusted execution environment, and execute code within the trusted execution environment. The code is configured to compute a confidential result based upon the first confidential information and the second confidential information.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Vinay Phegade, Anand Rajan, Simon Johnson, Vincent Scarlata, Carlos Rozas, Nikhil Deshpande
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Publication number: 20170244109Abstract: A catalyst comprising particles of iridium oxide and a metal oxide (M oxide), wherein the metal oxide is selected from the group consisting of a Group 4 metal oxide, a Group 5 metal oxide, a Group 7 metal oxide and antimony oxide, wherein the catalyst is prepared by subjecting a precursor mixture to flame spray pyrolysis, wherein the precursor mixture comprises a solvent, an iridium oxide precursor and a metal oxide precursor is disclosed. The catalyst has particular use in catalysing the oxygen evolution reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells LimitedInventors: Rachel Louise O'MALLEY, Enrico PETRUCCO, Simon JOHNSON
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Patent number: 9729309Abstract: Embodiments of an invention for securing transmissions between processor packages are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an encryption unit to encrypt first content to be transmitted from the apparatus to a processor package directly through a point-to-point link.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Simon Johnson, Abhishek Das, Carlos Rozas, Uday Savagaonkar, Robert Blankenship, Kiran Padwekar
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Patent number: 9698989Abstract: Embodiments of an invention for feature licensing in a secure processing environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes an instruction unit and an execution unit. The instruction unit is to receive an instruction to initialize a secure enclave. The execution unit is to execute the instruction. Execution of the instruction includes determining whether a requested feature is licensed for use in the secure enclave.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Vincent Scarlata, Carlos Rozas, Simon Johnson, Uday Savagaonkar, Ittai Anati, Francis McKeen, Michael Goldsmith