Patents by Inventor Steven John

Steven John 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).

  • METHODS OF MANUFACTURING A DIE BODY
    Publication number: 20140060253
    Abstract: A method of making a die body configured to extrude a honeycomb body, the method comprising the step (I) of manufacturing a die body and the step (II) of predetermining an upstream slot width W1 of the die body such that the upstream slot width W1 is optimized while a root of each die pin includes a section modulus within a predetermined section modulus range. The method still further comprises the step (III) of predetermining a slot length L such that a pin stress is within a predetermined pin stress range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas William Brew, Steven John Kremer, Christopher John Malarkey, Bryan Michael Miller
  • Processing natural language grammar
    Patent number: 8666729
    Abstract: Creating and processing a natural language grammar set of data based on an input text string are disclosed. The method may include tagging the input text string, and examining, via a processor, the input text string for at least one first set of substitutions based on content of the input text string. The method may also include determining whether the input text string is a substring of a previously tagged input text string by comparing the input text string to a previously tagged input text string, such that the substring determination operation determines whether the input text string is wholly included in the previously tagged input text string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventor: Steven John Schanbacher
  • Novel Flux Enhancing Agent for Improving Composite Polyamide Reverse Osmosis Membrane Performance
    Publication number: 20140054228
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an additive that may be used in the manufacture of thin-film polyamide composite membranes. Thin-film polyamide composite membranes are used in filtration processes, such as reverse osmosis and nanofiltration. The additive may be an amino-siloxane compound. The amino-siloxane compound includes repeated groups of silicon bonded to oxygen with at least one amine functional group. Optionally, the amino-siloxane compound may also include a hydrophilic group. The additive reacts with an aqueous phase and an organic phase to form a thin polyamide film on a porous substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Xingpeng ZHANG, Lawrence C. COSTA, Steven John HARROLD, Babu NARAYANSWAMY
  • USNIC ACID TOPICAL FORMULATION
    Publication number: 20140057976
    Abstract: Topical skin treatment formulation containing usnic acid or an usnate salt, dissolved in a solvent system comprising (i) dimethyl isosorbide; (ii) a C1 to C9 alkyl salicylate; and (iii) a glyceryl fatty acid ester. The solvent system may also comprise an alcohol, a polyoxyalkylene-based solvent, and/or a C1 to C4 alkyl glucose ester. The formulation may be used in the treatment of microbial conditions, in particular acne. The solvent system assists in the effective dissolution of the usnic acid or usnate and in targeting its delivery to relevant sites on the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: EVOCUTIS PLC
    Inventors: Steven John Abbott, Gavin Donoghue, Elizabeth Anne Eady
  • System for categorizing inventory and securing purchase and sale
    Patent number: 8660921
    Abstract: A method implemented by a first party to facilitate a sale by a second party of at least a subset of a set of items includes contractually committing, at a first time, to the second party to purchase title in the item subset, generating a displayable user interface accessible over a network to the second party, the user interface operable to allow the second party to input information describing the items, receiving the information over the network, and issuing via the network, at a second time of the first party's choosing and subsequent to the first time, a purchase order to the second party for the item subset. Alternatively, the purchase order may be issued by the second party at a second time of the second party's choosing and subsequent to the first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Silvaris Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Joseph Bean, Steven John Malloy, Steven Allen Hull, Robert Scoverski, Cameron Daniel Knudson, Kurtis Reed Bray
  • CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR BINDING POLYPEPTIDES
    Publication number: 20140050736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides directed against or specifically binding to chemokine receptor CXCR2 and in particular to polypeptides capable of modulating signal transduction from CXCR2. The invention also relates to nucleic acids, vectors and host cells capable of expressing the polypeptides of the invention, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the polypeptides and uses of said polypeptides and compositions for treatment of diseases involving aberrant functioning of CXCR2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Michelle BRADLEY, Zarin BROWN, Steven John CHARLTON, Karen CROMIE, Bruno DOMBRECHT, Soren STEFFENSEN, Gino Anselmus VAN HEEKE
  • Method for Assembling Tendons
    Publication number: 20140044492
    Abstract: A tendon is assembled in a horizontal orientation using connectors or by welding at a weld station on a barge or other vessel located at or near the installation site of a tension leg platform. During assembly, the tendon is pulled away from the assembly vessel and tensioned by a tug or offshore work vessel. When fully assembled, the tendon may be up-ended in a manner similar to a wet-towed tendon, and then either pre-installed using floats or passed over to a TLP which is on-site and ready to receive tendons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Seahorse Equipment Corp
    Inventor: Steven John Leverette
  • Devices, Systems, and Methods for Distributed Monitoring and Control of Networked Server Computers
    Publication number: 20140045368
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include network cables that include a number of inter-integrated circuit communication addressable components in the connector heads. The inter-integrated circuit communication addressable components include signal translators and switches for communicating with environmental and electrical sensors, memories, and controllers in the connector heads and the computers or network interface cards to which they are coupled. Such embodiments allow for localized monitoring of environmental and operational data as well as location or server computer specific control of networked-server operations. Such information and control is useful in reducing the cost and increasing the efficiency of server farm installation cooling, maintenance, operation, and troubleshooting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: NEBULA, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Gambardella, Steven John White, David Kaplin
  • HYDROPHILIC STRUCTURES FOR CONDENSATION MANAGEMENT IN REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20140033756
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance that includes a freezer compartment having a freezer compartment door, and a refrigeration compartment having at least one refrigeration compartment door. The appliance further includes a mullion with an exterior surface. The mullion divides the compartments and the exterior surface directs condensation toward a transfer point. The appliance may also include a cabinet that houses the compartments and has two sides, each with an exterior surface. Further, at least one exterior surface directs condensation toward a transfer point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: STEVEN JOHN KUEHL, JOHN J. VONDERHAAR, GUOLIAN WU, MIANXUE WU
  • TOTAL TEMPERATURE PROBE
    Publication number: 20140037430
    Abstract: A total temperature probe comprising a hollow elongate shroud defined by a shroud wall that envelops a first cavity. The shroud wall is comprised of an inner skin and an outer skin which enclose a second cavity therebetween. A temperature sensor mounted in the first cavity. In use, fluid flow is received into the first cavity, passes through at least one aperture in the inner skin into the second cavity and thence passes out of the shroud through at least one aperture in the outer skin. Beneficially, heat conduction across the inner skin is minimal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Steven John THORPE, Clare BONHAM, Mark Nicholas ERLUND
  • HYDROPHILIC STRUCTURE FOR CONDENSATION MANAGEMENT ON THE MOVABLE MULLLION OF A REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20140033757
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance that includes a freezer compartment, a refrigeration compartment having two doors, and a mullion having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The mullion is movably coupled to, and configured to swing behind, at least one of the doors when the two doors are moved to a closed position. The exterior surface of the mullion directs condensation toward a transfer point. The exterior surface may be configured with a hydrophilic surface to direct and control the condensation. The condensation may also be directed into a receptacle or a wicking structure arranged to facilitate evaporation of the unwanted condensate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: STEVEN JOHN KUEHL, JOHN J. VONDERHAAR, GUOLIAN WU, MIANXUE WU
  • In-Line Mooring Connector and Tensioner
    Publication number: 20140026796
    Abstract: A mooring system for offshore vessels uses a chain stopper within a preset mooring line. The chain stopper has means for attaching a removable hydraulic chain jack actuator which may be used to stroke the chain through the stopper assembly while both the stopper and the mooring line remain under load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Seahorse Equipment Corp
    Inventors: Steven John Leverette, Jack Pollack
  • INHIBITORS OF LEUKOTRIENE PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20140031339
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A1, A2, L1 and B are as defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) are useful as inhibitors of leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H) and treating LTA4H related disorders. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I), methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, and processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Asitha ABEYWARDANE, Steven Richard BRUNETTE, Michael Jason BURKE, Thomas Martin KIRRANE, JR., Chuk Chui MAN, Daniel Richard MARSHALL, Anil Kumar PADYANA, Hossein RAZAVI, Robert SIBLEY, Lana Louise SMITH KEENAN, Roger John SNOW, Ronald John SORCEK, Hidenori TAKAHASHI, Steven John TAYLOR, Michael Robert TURNER, Erick Richard Roush YOUNG, Qiang ZHANG, Yunlong ZHANG, Renee M. ZINDELL
  • Heteroaryl diamide compounds useful as MMP-13 inhibitors
    Patent number: 8637550
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and compositions of the formula (I) as described herein which are inhibitors of MMP-13. Also disclosed are methods of using and making compounds of the formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Neil Alexander Farrow, Donghong Amy Gao, Alexander Heim-Riether, Sabine Schlyer, Lana Louise Smith Keenan, Steven John Taylor, Bernd Wellenzohn, Dieter Wiedenmayer, Zhaoming Xiong, Qiang Zhang
  • Eyebox adjustment for interpupillary distance
    Patent number: 8638498
    Abstract: In embodiments of eyebox adjustment for interpupillary distance, a first optical lens receives light of an image from a display optic at a projected orientation of the light, and the first optical lens deviates the light of the image by a deviation angle from the projected orientation of the light. A second optical lens receives the light of the image from the first optical lens at the deviation angle, and the second optical lens alters the deviated light of the image back to the projected orientation of the light for viewing the image. Left and right eyeboxes align with respective left and right eyes that view the image, and a distance between the left and right eyeboxes approximately correlates to an interpupillary distance between the left and right eyes. The light of the image can be laterally shifted to increase or decrease the distance between the left and right eyeboxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Inventors: David D. Bohn, Rod G. Fleck, Steven John Robbins
  • REPRESENTING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE USING A TOPIC TREE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20140013235
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for a quality-of-service history database is described. A first input associated with a change to a component of a graphical user interface is received, wherein a portion of the component is represented as a first node of a tree structure representing a portion of the graphical user interface. A first characteristic of the change is determined. The first characteristic of the change is associated with a second node of the topic tree structure. The associated first characteristic is transmitted to a first computing device, wherein transmission of the associated first characteristic allows one or more of the first computing device and a second computing device to determine a first aspect of the change based upon, at least in part, the topic tree structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Intemational Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven John Horsman, Matthew John Kockott, Jonathan Christopher Mace, Andrew Moger
  • OCULAR IMPLANT APPLIER AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20140012279
    Abstract: Described herein is a delivery device and methods for delivering an ocular implant into an eye. The delivery device includes a proximal handle portion; a distal delivery portion coupled to a distal end of the handle portion and configured to releasably hold an ocular implant and includes a sheath positioned axially over a guidewire; and a metering system configured to provide visual guidance regarding depth of advancement of an implant positioned on the guidewire into an anatomic region of the eye. Also disclosed is a device and method for loading an implant onto the delivery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Transcend Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Euguene de Juan, JR., Steven John, Jose Garcia, Richard S. Lilly, Thomas A. Silvestrini
  • Compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR kinase
    Patent number: 8623869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolopyrazines compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Joanne Pinder, Ronald Marcellus Alphonsus Knegtel, Steven John Durrant, Damien Fraysse, Somhairle MacCormick, Anisa Nizarali Virani, Philip Michael Reaper
  • Isoprenoid compounds, their isolation and use
    Patent number: 8624057
    Abstract: There is provided an isoprenoid according to the general formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from H and alkyl; and R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently selected from groups of the general formula (II) and (III) wherein R7 and R8 each represent a group of general formula CO—R9, in which each R9 is independently selected from H, OH, alkyl and alkoxy groups, or R7 and/or R8 present in R3 and R4 and/or in R5 and R6 combine to form a group of the general formula (IV) wherein R10 is selected from OH and alkoxy; or salts thereof. The isoprenoids are of particular use in the preparation of liposomes, for use in the delivery of pharmaceutically active components to a subject human or animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: University of Plymouth
    Inventor: Steven John Rowland
  • Ceiling lamp
    Patent number: D698969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Steven Johns, Scott Santoro