Tovey
Andrew Norman Tovey, Vancouver CA
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20090203757 | ETHYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS AS PHOTOACTIVE AGENTS - New compounds useful in photodynamic therapy are of the formula | 08-13-2009 |
Cameron J. Tovey, Painted Post, NY US
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20120212748 | OPTICAL READER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MICROPLATE POSITION DETECTION - Optical reader systems and methods with accurate microplate position detection capability are disclosed. The optical reader systems having scanning optical systems that are configured to scan select position-detecting features on the microplate to accurately determine their respective positions. The measurement of the positions of the position-detecting features can also be used to calibrate the optical reader system to reduce or eliminate adverse positioning effects from system non-linearities that arise from one or more of the system components, including the scanning optical system. | 08-23-2012 |
Cameron John Tovey, Painted Post, NY US
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20130063724 | Motion Control Systems and Methods For Biosensor Scanning - Motion control system and method for biosensor scanning that include inputting to a multi-axis motion controller move commands associated with the scan path as defined by multiple axes. The multiple axes including an x-baseline coordinate x | 03-14-2013 |
20130100462 | Optical Reader Systems And Methods With Rapid Microplate Position Detection - Optical reader systems and methods with rapid microplate position detection capability are disclosed. The optical reader system includes a scanning optical system configured to scan select position-detecting features to accurately determine the microplate position within the optical reader system. The method includes measuring positions of the position-detecting features in order of their respective amounts of position tolerance, from smallest to largest. The position measurement is carried out for a number of position-detecting features sufficient to determine the microplate position with the optical reader system to within a select microplate position tolerance. | 04-25-2013 |
20130194647 | MOTION AXIS CONTROL AND METHOD FOR BIOSENSOR SCANNING - A motion control system and a method for biosensor scanning which scans a light beam spot over one or more of the biosensors supported by a microplate with an optical scanner system, the method including: | 08-01-2013 |
20140071450 | Wavelength-Tunable Detector For Label-Independent Optical Reader - A wavelength-tunable detector for use in a label-independent optical reader for reading at least one resonant waveguide grating (RWG) biosensor is disclosed. The wavelength-tunable detector includes a tunable wavelength filter. Broadband light is made incident upon the RWG biosensor to produce resonantly reflected light, which is then passed through the tunable wavelength filter whose central wavelength is adjusted, such as by varying the filter angle of the tunable wavelength filter. This generates filtered resonantly reflected light, which is detected by a photodetector that generates an electrical signal in response thereto. The electrical signal is representative of the detected spectrum, which includes the center resonant wavelength of the RWG biosensor. A controller can be used to determine the center resonant wavelength from the electrical signal. | 03-13-2014 |
20140085637 | TUNABLE LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING WAVELENGTH REFERENCE CAPABILITY - Tunable light source systems and methods with wavelength reference capability are disclosed. A method includes reference filtering a portion of a tunable light beam while the tunable center wavelength λ | 03-27-2014 |
20140327816 | TUNABLE LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM WITH WAVELENGTH MEASUREMENT FOR A HYPER-SPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM - A tunable light source system with wavelength measurement capability for a hyper-spectral imaging system is disclosed. A method includes reference filtering a portion of a tunable light beam while tuning the center wavelength, detecting with at least one photodetector the reference-filtered tunable light beam and generating therefrom at least one detector signal that varies with the center wavelength, and determining a tunable center wavelength based on the at least one detector signal. | 11-06-2014 |
20160104584 | ELECTRICAL DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITOR FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE OPERATION AT HIGH-TEMPERATURES - An electrical double-layer capacitor for high-voltage operation at high operating temperatures, includes a housing, carbon positioned in the housing, and electrolyte positioned in the housing. The carbon is activated and includes pores, where the pores in part provide the carbon with a high surface area of at least 500 m | 04-14-2016 |
David G. Tovey, Rogers, AR US
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20160063604 | DRIVE THROUGH GROCERY PICKUP - Embodiments of a computer-implemented method and system pertaining to drive through grocery pickup are described. In one example, a computer-implemented method receives geographic information about a user. The geographic information indicates that the user is within a predetermined area associated with the physical store. The method also determines whether there is a pending remotely placed order for a user account associated with the user in a database associated with the physical store. In response to a determination that there is the pending remotely placed order for the user account associated with the user in the database, the method transmits order information to a computing device of the physical store. The order information includes one or more items in the pending remotely placed order. The method also determines a current location of the user. The method further causes a delivery of the one or more items to the current location. | 03-03-2016 |
Deforest Tovey, Los Gatos, CA US
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20120011349 | DATA EXCHANGE AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EXECUTION UNITS IN A PARALLEL PROCESSOR - Disclosed are methods and systems for dynamically determining data-transfer paths. The data-transfer pats are determined in response to an instruction that facilitates data transfer among execution lanes in an integrated-circuit processing device operable to execute operations in parallel. | 01-12-2012 |
Euan Roger Tovey, New South Wales AU
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20100087749 | Collection Device for Sampling Exhaled Airstreams - A collection device ( | 04-08-2010 |
H. Jonathan Tovey, Monroe, CT US
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20130304086 | ROBOTIC ARMS DLUs FOR PERFORMING SURGICAL TASKS - Disposable loading units (DLUs) configured for mounting to a robotic arm for performing at least one surgical task are presented. Each DLU includes an attachment platform having at least one connector for engaging at least one connector on a distal end of the robotic arm for connecting the DLU to the robotic arm, a head portion connected to the attachment platform at one end and configured for housing an electromechanical actuation assembly therein, and at least one surgical tool member extending from the head portion and operatively associated with the electromechanical actuation assembly for controlling the operation and movement of the at least one surgical tool member. The at least one surgical tool member may include a cutting assembly, an aortic hole punch assembly, a lasing assembly, a coring assembly, or a vascular suturing assembly. | 11-14-2013 |
H. Jonathan Tovey, Monore, CT US
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20110282360 | ROBOTIC ARMS DLUs FOR PERFORMING SURGICAL TASKS - Disposable loading units (DLUs) configured for mounting to a robotic arm for performing at least one surgical task are presented. Each DLU includes an attachment platform having at least one connector for engaging at least one connector on a distal end of the robotic arm for connecting the DLU to the robotic arm, a head portion connected to the attachment platform at one end and configured for housing an electromechanical actuation assembly therein, and at least one surgical tool member extending from the head portion and operatively associated with the electromechanical actuation assembly for controlling the operation and movement of the at least one surgical tool member. The at least one surgical tool member may include a cutting assembly, an aortic hole punch assembly, a lasing assembly, a coring assembly, or a vascular suturing assembly. | 11-17-2011 |
Ian Tovey, Berkshire GB
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20110105328 | HERBICIDAL FORMULATION - A herbicidal aqueous concentrate comprises from 0.05 to 8% w/v of an ALS inhibitor (especially an sulfonylurea and in particular trifloxysulfuron) and from 35 to 70% w/v expressed as glyphosate acid equivalent of a salt of glyphosate wherein the ratio of the cation to the N-phosphonomethylglycine anion in the salt of glyphosate is from 1.5 to 3.0. The concentrate shows improved storage stability. Optionally there may be added an agriculturally acceptable salt. | 05-05-2011 |
Ian David Tovey, Bracknell GB
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20120308631 | AQUEOUS COATING COMPOSITIONS - A pesticidal coating composition is provided which comprises an aqueous dispersion of at least one film-forming binder and at least one microencapsulated pesticide; wherein a coating prepared from such composition is substantially water-impermeable upon curing. The present invention further provides methods of coating substrates with the pesticidal coating composition, as well as substrates coated with the composition. The pesticidal coating compositions of the invention can be applied to substrates by professionals or non-professionals by spraying, painting, rolling, or brushing, before, during, or after construction. | 12-06-2012 |
Ian David Tovey, Berkshire GB
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20090208546 | AQUEOUS COATING COMPOSITIONS - A pesticidal coating composition is provided which comprises an aqueous dispersion of at least one film-forming binder and at least one microencapsulated pesticide; wherein a coating prepared from such composition is substantially water-impermeable upon curing. The present invention further provides methods of coating substrates with the pesticidal coating composition, as well as substrates coated with the composition. The pesticidal coating compositions of the invention can be applied to substrates by professionals or non-professionals by spraying, painting, rolling, or brushing, before, during, or after construction. | 08-20-2009 |
20110190129 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - A composition comprising a compound of formula (I) CH | 08-04-2011 |
20110230437 | ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - A composition comprising a compound of formula I CH | 09-22-2011 |
Ian David Tovey, Bracknell Berkshire GB
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20150257380 | GLYPHOSATE ADJUVANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - Glyphosate adjuvant compositions and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. | 09-17-2015 |
Michael Tovey, Paris FR
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20090081162 | METHOD FOR DOWNREGULATING AN IMMUNE REACTION - Ongoing pathogenic immune reactions and the severity of an incipient or prospective immune reaction may be downregulated or reduced by locally administering Type I interferon at a site remote from the ongoing, incipient or prospective immune reaction. The amount of interferon to be administered is that which is effective to induce trafficking of antigen-presenting cells to the site of interferon administration, and away from the site of the immune reaction. It is administered in the course of the ongoing immune reaction, or concurrently with the provocation of an immune reaction. | 03-26-2009 |
20110189658 | CELL, METHOD AND KIT FOR CONDUCTING AN ASSAY FOR NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES - The present invention provides a cell for use in a one-step cell-based assay for an extracellular ligand (e.g., I FNα) that initiates a ligand-specific signal at the nucleus of the cell and for neutralizing antibodies against the extracellular ligand. The cell-based one-step assay allows both the extracellular ligand concentration and the neutralizing antibody titer to be quantified in a single sample (e.g., serum) without the need for sample dilution and addition of exogenous extracellular ligand. | 08-04-2011 |
Michael G. Tovey, Paris FR
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20080226647 | Monoclonal Antibodies Against The Interferon Receptor, With Neutralizing Activity Against Type I Interferon - The invention relates to a monoclonal antibody directed against the human interferon class I receptor (IFN-R) characterized by the following properties: it recognizes the extracellular domain of the human IFN-R, and it has a neutralizing capacity against the biological properties of the human type I-IFN. It further concerns their use for the diagnosis. | 09-18-2008 |
20090111178 | GENE REPORTER ASSAY, KIT, AND CELLS FOR DETERMINING THE PRESENCE AND/OR THE LEVEL OF A MOLECULE THAT ACTIVATES SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION ACTIVITY OF A CELL SURFACE PROTEIN - The present invention relates to a commercializable cell and to a gene reporter assay method and a kit which use this cell to determine the presence and/or the level of a molecule that activates signal transduction activity of a cell surface protein. This cell is treated in such a manner that it will have a sufficiently long shelf life for its intended purpose, whereupon at the end of its useful shelf life or at the end of its use, i.e., in an assay, the cell undergoes cellular death. | 04-30-2009 |
20090136947 | METHOD FOR CONDUCTING AN ASSAY FOR NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES - A method for conducting a neutralization assay for the determination of the titer of antibodies in a sample is provided which is an improvement over existing neutralization assays because the sensitivity of the reporter gene assay to determine neutralization is increased by the use of a “one time use” cell line transformed with a reporter gene construct. The titer is determined for antibodies specific for a predetermined target molecule that activates the signal transduction activity of a cell surface protein or a pattern recognition receptor or are specific for an antagonist for the predetermined target molecule. | 05-28-2009 |
20090162889 | GENE REPORTER ASSAY, KIT, AND CELLS FOR DETERMINING THE PRESENCE AND/OR THE LEVEL OF A MOLECULE THAT ACTIVATES SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION ACTIVITY OF A CELL SURFACE PROTEIN - The present invention relates to a commercializable cell and to a gene reporter assay method and a kit which use this cell to determine the presence and/or the level of a molecule that activates signal transduction activity of a cell surface protein. This cell is treated in such a manner that it will have a sufficiently long shelf life for its intended purpose, whereupon at the end of its useful shelf life or at the end of its use, i.e., in an assay, the cell undergoes cellular death. | 06-25-2009 |
Nancy Tovey, South Burlington, VT US
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20100063610 | METHOD OF PROCESS MODULES PERFORMANCE MATCHING - A method and system employing said method for analyzing process module performance in semiconductor manufacturing. The method and system include process modules as part of a process tool. A process initiated in the process module includes steps. Each step includes specified performance parameters. A detection device detects at least one predetermined measurement in the process module. A program and processor generate data about the process module and steps and generates data about the steps and the process module. The program provides statistical analysis of the steps and the environment of the process module using the generated data and the performance parameters. The program determines variations between the process step performance parameters and the generated data about the process steps. | 03-11-2010 |
Peter Tovey, Victoria CA
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20090058631 | ALARM MANAGEMENT USING SOURCE ATTRIBUTES - An alarm management system includes an alarm management system server (“alarm server”), one or more data sources, and one or more system users (and associated user devices), all of which can be communicably connected through a communications network. The system can be configured by defining the data sources and users, defining attributes, assigning and associating attribute values with the data sources and users, and defining alarm conditions in terms of attribute values and measurements. The data sources generate measurement data which is provided to the alarm server, and the alarm server evaluates the data to determine whether the alarm conditions have been met. A data set of data sources matching alarm conditions can be generated and reported to one or more of the users. | 03-05-2009 |
Peter Tovey, Kelowna CA
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20150362537 | MONITORING LOAD OPERATION - A load monitoring system for a facility includes a computer system configured to execute a model of the object, the model configured to estimate a state of the object as a function of measured values of at least one characteristic of the object, receive at least one measured value of the at least one characteristic of the object, and execute, by the computer system, the model to compute an estimated state of the object. | 12-17-2015 |
Richard Tovey, Acacia Ridge AU
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20130105677 | Sample Block Holder | 05-02-2013 |
20140191125 | Sample Block Holder - A sample holder assembly includes a sample tray, a base plate, a stage mount, and a calibration standard mounted onto the stage mount. Three mating structures on the bottom of the base plate mate with corresponding structures on a stage mount that is attached to the sample stage of the SEM. An optional contacting conductor provides electrical contact between the stage mount and the base plate so that charge generated on the sample by the electron beam can leave the sample through the sample conductive layer to the sample tray, to the base plate, to the stage mount, and through the grounded stage. | 07-10-2014 |