Patents by Inventor Steven Pearce

Steven Pearce 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: 20240189849
    Abstract: A method of switching a first fluid supplied to a dispenser with a second fluid. The method includes stopping the first fluid from flowing into a common portion of a flow system, causing a flush fluid to flow through the common portion, stopping the flush fluid from flowing into the common portion, removing the flush fluid from the common portion, causing the second fluid to flow through the common portion, and continuously circulating the first fluid to and from a reservoir without the first liquid entering the common portion of the flow system. The continuously circulating of the first fluid begins a) after stopping the fluid liquid from flowing into the common portion of the flow system and b) prior to or during the second fluid flowing through the common portion of the flow system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Pearce Mann, Steven C. Shackleton
  • Patent number: 9487130
    Abstract: The dual vehicular brake switch with flasher unit is a brake switch with a dual stage design. When a brake pedal is pressed normally, the brake lights turn on normally. However, when the brake is pressed hard, a second switch activates which puts the brake lights (or an alternate lighting system) into a flashing or strobe mode. The dual vehicular brake switch with flasher unit comprises a housing, an acceleration sensor, a brake switch, a flasher switch, and a plurality of electrical connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Inventor: Steven Pearce
  • Patent number: 8969536
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel nucleotide and amino acid sequences of Torque teno virus (“TTV”), including novel genotypes thereof, all of which are useful in the preparation of vaccines for treating and preventing diseases in swine and other animals. Vaccines provided according to the practice of the invention are effective against multiple swine TTV genotypes and isolates. Diagnostic and therapeutic polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies are also a feature of the present invention, as are infectious clones useful in the propagation of the virus and in the preparation of vaccines. Particularly important aspects of the invention include vaccines that provide TTV ORF1 protein, or peptide fragments thereof, as antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Zoetis LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Nitzel, Robert Gerard Ankenbauer, Jay Gregory Calvert, Donna Steuerwald Dunyak, Jacqueline Gayle Marx, Nancee Lois Olen, Douglas Steven Pearce, Mira Ivanova Stoeva, James Richard Thompson
  • Patent number: 8921535
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel nucleotide and amino acid sequences of Torque teno virus (“TTV”), including novel genotypes thereof, all of which are useful in the preparation of vaccines for treating and preventing diseases in swine and other animals. Vaccines provided according to the practice of the invention are effective against multiple swine TTV genotypes and isolates. Diagnostic and therapeutic polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies are also a feature of the present invention, as are infectious clones useful in the propagation of the virus and in the preparation of vaccines. Particularly important aspects of the invention include vaccines that provide TTV ORF1 protein, or peptide fragments thereof, as antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Zoetis LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Nitzel, Robert Gerard Ankenbauer, Jay Gregory Calvert, Donna Steuerwald Dunyak, Jacqueline Gayle Marx, Nancee Lois Oien, Douglas Steven Pearce, Mira Ivanova Stoeva, James Richard Thompson
  • Patent number: 8846388
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel nucleotide and amino acid sequences of Torque teno virus (“TTV”), including novel genotypes thereof, all of which are useful in the preparation of vaccines for treating and preventing diseases in swine and other animals. Vaccines provided according to the practice of the invention are effective against multiple swine TTV genotypes and isolates. Diagnostic and therapeutic polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies are also a feature of the present invention, as are infectious clones useful in the propagation of the virus and in the preparation of vaccines. Particularly important aspects of the invention include vaccines that provide TTV ORF1 protein, or peptide fragments thereof, as antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Zoetis LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Nitzel, Robert Gerard Ankenbauer, Jay Gregory Calvert, Donna Steuerwald Dunyak, Jacqueline Gayle Marx, Nancee Lois Oien, Douglas Steven Pearce, Mira Ivanova Stoeva, James Richard Thompson
  • Publication number: 20140234355
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel nucleotide and amino acid sequences of Torque teno virus (“TTV”), including novel genotypes thereof, all of which are useful in the preparation of vaccines for treating and preventing diseases in swine and other animals. Vaccines provided according to the practice of the invention are effective against multiple swine TTV genotypes and isolates. Diagnostic and therapeutic polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies are also a feature of the present invention, as are infectious clones useful in the propagation of the virus and in the preparation of vaccines. Particularly important aspects of the invention include vaccines that provide TTV ORF1 protein, or peptide fragments thereof, as antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Zoetis LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Paul NITZEL, Robert Gerard Ankenbauer, Jay Gregory Calvert, Donna Steuerwald Dunyak, Jacqueline Gayle Marx, Nancee Lois Oien, Douglas Steven Pearce, Mira Ivanova Stoeva, James Richard Thompson
  • Publication number: 20120321654
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel nucleotide and amino acid sequences of Torque teno virus (“TTV”), including novel genotypes thereof, all of which are useful in the preparation of vaccines for treating and preventing diseases in swine and other animals. Vaccines provided according to the practice of the invention are effective against multiple swine TTV genotypes and isolates. Diagnostic and therapeutic polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies are also a feature of the present invention, as are infectious clones useful in the propagation of the virus and in the preparation of vaccines. Particularly important aspects of the invention include vaccines that provide TTV ORF1 protein, or peptide fragments thereof, as antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Nitzel, Robert Gerard Ankenbauer, Jay Gregory Calvert, Donna Steuerwald Dunyak, Jacqueline Gayle Marx, Nancee Lois Oien, Douglas Steven Pearce, Mira Ivanova Stoeva, James Richard Thompson
  • Publication number: 20110150913
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel nucleotide and amino acid sequences of Torque teno virus (“TTV”), including novel genotypes thereof, all of which are useful in the preparation of vaccines for treating and preventing diseases in swine and other animals. Vaccines provided according to the practice of the invention are effective against multiple swine TTV genotypes and isolates. Diagnostic and therapeutic polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies are also a feature of the present invention, as are infectious clones useful in the propagation of the virus and in the preparation of vaccines. Particularly important aspects of the invention include vaccines that provide TTV ORF1 protein, or peptide fragments thereof, as antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Gregory P. Nitzel, Mira I Stoeva, James R. Thompson, Nancee L. Oien, Jay G. Calvert, Donna Steuerwald Dunyak, Jacqueline Gayle Mark, Robert Gerard Ankenbauer, Douglas Steven Pearce
  • Publication number: 20110064758
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel nucleotide and amino acid sequences of Torque teno virus (“TTV”), including novel genotypes thereof, all of which are useful in the preparation of vaccines for treating and preventing diseases in swine and other animals. Vaccines provided according to the practice of the invention are effective against multiple swine TTV genotypes and isolates. Diagnostic and therapeutic polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies are also a feature of the present invention, as are infectious clones useful in the propagation of the virus and in the preparation of vaccines. Particularly important aspects of the invention include vaccines that provide TTV ORF1 protein, or peptide fragments thereof, as antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Nitzel, Robert Gerard Ankenbauer, Jay Gregory Calvert, Donna Steuerwald Dunyak, Jacqueline Gayle Marx, Nancee Lois Oien, Douglas Steven Pearce, Mira Ivanova Stoeva, James Richard Thompson
  • Patent number: 5935630
    Abstract: A method of concentrating juice or juice water phase comprising subjecting juice or juice water phase to reverse osmosis, characterized in that the reverse osmosis is carried out at a temperature of from 12 to 18.degree. C. and at a pressure of from 15 to 50 bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Britannia Natural Products Limited
    Inventors: Steven Pearce, Johnnie Darren Bullen