Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald Clarke, Manchester GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130287863	ISOTHIAZOLINONE BIOCIDES ENHANCED BY ZINC IONS - The present invention relates to an antimicrobial composition comprising an isothiazolinone, such as 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, and a zinc compound selected from zinc salts, zinc oxides, zinc hydroxides or combinations thereof. Useful zinc salts include for example, oxides, sulfates, chlorides, and combinations thereof. In use, the zinc from the zinc compound enhances the antimicrobial activity to the isothiazolin-containing composition. This enhancement permits achieving the desired antimicrobial activity at a lower usage rate than is achieved using the isothiazolinone in the absence of the zinc compound. The antimicrobial composition can also contain co-biocides, such as pyrithiones, including zinc pyrithione or copper pyrithione.	10-31-2013

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160127900	DISTRIBUTING BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION BETWEEN DEVICES IN AN AD HOC NETWORK - One feature pertains to biometric authentication of a user between devices. In one aspect, an ad hoc personal wireless network may include a primary device and one or more secondary devices using grouping policies such proximity policies and other permissions. The primary device shares a biometric authentication value of a user with the one or more secondary devices. Each secondary device may then perform additional authentication of the same user using a relatively low reliability biometric sensor such as a digital camera for facial recognition, a microphone for voice recognition or an accelerometer for gesture recognition. The secondary authentication results may be combined with the biometric authentication score/level from the primary device to form a final authentication score/level of the secondary device, which is used to authenticate the user of the secondary device for one or more transactions such as consumer purchases, secure content access, or secure control.	05-05-2016

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160135046	MOBILE DEVICE TO PROVIDE ENHANCED SECURITY BASED UPON CONTEXTUAL SENSOR INPUTS - Disclosed is a mobile device to provide enhanced security based upon contextual sensor inputs. The mobile device may include: a biometric sensor; a contextual sensor; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: determine an authentication score based upon a biometric input received from the biometric sensor; modulate the authentication score based upon a contextual sensor input from the contextual sensor related to an event; and determine if the modulated authentication score falls below a predetermined threshold. If the authentication score falls below the predetermined threshold, the processor may command that a secondary authentication be performed or the destruction of a biometric template.	05-12-2016