Patents by Inventor Stephen Uphill

Stephen Uphill 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: 20250214277
    Abstract: A system for treating wood includes a water separation tank in fluid communication with a pressure tank such that a mixture of water and treatment fluid are flowable from the pressure tank to the water separation tank. The water separation tank includes a bottom wall with an outlet. The bottom wall is sloped towards the outlet. Water from the mixture of water and treatment fluid is flowable out of the water separation tank through the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Jessica Myers, Stephen Uphill, Hannah Griffiths, Andrew Hughes, Ed Webster, Jamie Nuttall
  • Publication number: 20250214276
    Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to a method for treating a wood product. The method disclosed herein includes: i) injecting an oil-based preservative into a treatment chamber with the wood product; ii) pressurizing the treatment chamber with the wood product and the oil-based preservative in order to impregnate the wood product with the oil-based preservative; iii) releasing the pressure of the treatment chamber to atmospheric pressure; iv) performing an intermediate drying phase; v) after performing the intermediate drying phase, draining the oil-based preservative from the treatment chamber; and vi) applying a vacuum within the treatment chamber in order to remove excess preservative from surface of the impregnated wood product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Jamie Nuttall, Michael Bacon, Andrew Hughes, Hannah Griffiths, Stephen Uphill
  • Patent number: 8890774
    Abstract: A heads-up display associated with a user manipulated object in a gaming environment, particularly a racing game. According to one aspect the heads-up display may reduce the distance a user's eye travels between a focal area and the heads-up display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Uphill, Christopher Francis, Dominic Jackson, James Whittamore, Ashleigh J. Pook
  • Publication number: 20110193773
    Abstract: A heads-up display associated with a user manipulated object in a gaming environment, particularly a racing game. According to one aspect the heads-up display may reduce the distance a user's eye travels between a focal area and the heads-up display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen Uphill, Christopher Francis, Dominic Jackson, James Whittamore, Ashleigh J. Pook