Thomas Robert Quinn

6838285, Jan 4, 2005

Sep 17, 2002

10/246782

Andrew Alan Farmer - Mountain View CA, US
Thomas Patrick Quinn - Pacifica CA, US

Becton Dickinson - Franklin Lakes NJ

C12N 1586
C12N 1587
C12N 1564
A01N 6300
A01N 4304

435456, 435455, 435462, 435 914, 435 9141, 435 9142, 424 932, 424 9321, 514 44

Site-specific recombinase based methods for making a recombinant adenoviral genome, as well as kits for practicing the same and the recombinant adenovirus vectors produced thereby, are provided. In the subject methods, the subject genomes are prepared from donor and acceptor vectors that each include at least one site recombinase recognition site, where in certain preferred embodiments, one of the donor and acceptor vectors includes a single recombinase recognition site while the other includes two recombinase recognition sites. The acceptor vector includes an adenoviral genome having an E region deletion. The donor vector includes an insertion nucleic acid. In the subject methods, the donor and acceptor vectors are combined in the presence of a recombinase to produce an adenoviral genome that includes the insertion nucleic acid. The subject adenoviral genomes find use in a variety of applications, including as vectors for use in a variety of applications.

7233316, Jun 19, 2007

May 1, 2003

10/428600

Gregory C. Smith - Scotts Valley CA, US
Thomas J. Quinn - Los Gatos CA, US
James J. Leftwich - Palo Alto CA, US

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne, Billancourt

G09G 5/00
H04N 5/44
G06F 3/00

345157, 348 1403, 348 1405, 348734, 715740, 715810, 715863, 725 39, 725 47, 725 56

A user interface for multimedia centers advantageously utilizes hand-held inertial-sensing user input devices to select channels and quickly navigate the dense menus of options. Extensive use of the high resolution and bandwidth of such user input devices is combined with strategies to avoid unintentional inputs and with dense and intuitive interactive graphical displays.

7692628, Apr 6, 2010

Jan 11, 2006

11/329780

Gregory C. Smith - Scotts Valley CA, US
Thomas J. Quinn - Los Gatos CA, US
James J. Leftwich - Palo Alto CA, US

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne, Billancourt

G09G 5/08

345157, 348 1403, 348 1405, 700 17, 700 46, 715740, 715810, 715863

A user interface for multimedia centers advantageously utilizes hand-held inertial-sensing user input devices to select channels and quickly navigate the dense menus of options. Extensive use of the high resolution and bandwidth of such user input devices is combined with strategies to avoid unintentional inputs and with dense and intuitive interactive graphical displays.

7710396, May 4, 2010

Jan 11, 2006

11/329876

Gregory C. Smith - Scotts Valley CA, US
Thomas J. Quinn - Los Gatos CA, US
James J. Leftwich - Palo Alto CA, US

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne, Billancourt

G09G 5/08

345157, 341 20, 341 21, 348 1403, 348 1405, 463 23, 463 36, 463 37, 715740, 715810, 715863

A user interface for multimedia centers advantageously utilizes hand-held inertial-sensing user input devices to select channels and quickly navigate the dense menus of options. Extensive use of the high resolution and bandwidth of such user input devices is combined with strategies to avoid unintentional inputs and with dense and intuitive interactive graphical displays.

RE41520, Aug 17, 2010

Oct 12, 2000

09/642250

Thomas J. Quinn - Los Gatos CA, US

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne, Billancourt

G09G 5/00

345156, 345157, 345158, 345166, 463 37

A vertical gyroscope is adapted for use as a pointing device for controlling the position of a cursor on the display of a computer. A motor at the core of the gyroscope is suspended by two pairs of orthogonal gimbals from a hand-held controller device and nominally oriented with its spin axis vertical by a pendulous device. Electro-optical shaft angle encoders sense the orientation of a hand-held controller device as it is manipulated by a user and the resulting electrical output is converted into a format usable by a computer to control the movement of a cursor on the screen of the computer display. For additional ease of use, the bottom of the controller is rounded so that the controller can be pointing while sitting on a surface. A third input is provided by providing a horizontal gyroscope within the pointing device. The third rotational signal can be used to either rotate a displayed object or to display or simulate a third dimension.

7782298, Aug 24, 2010

Jan 11, 2006

11/329792

Gregory C. Smith - Scotts Valley CA, US
Thomas J. Quinn - Los Gatos CA, US
James J. Leftwich - Palo Alto CA, US

Thomson Licensing - Issy les Moulineaux

G09G 5/08

345157, 341 20, 341 21, 348 1403, 348 1405, 700 17, 700 46, 715740, 715810, 715863, 463 23, 463 36, 463 37

A user interface for multimedia centers advantageously utilizes hand-held inertial-sensing user input devices to select channels and quickly navigate the dense menus of options. Extensive use of the high resolution and bandwidth of such user input devices is combined with strategies to avoid unintentional inputs and with dense and intuitive interactive graphical displays.

8217893, Jul 10, 2012

Dec 9, 2005

11/922469

Thomas J. Quinn - Los Gatos CA, US
Lex M. Bayer - Palo Alto CA, US

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne

G06F 3/033
G09G 5/08

345157, 345163

An inertial sensor-based pointing device is compatible with a removable USB pod having a digital flash memory and an integrated radio transceiver. Flash memory can be used by a user to store software that enables a user to auto load software applications into compatible computers. Pointing device is adapted to receive USB pod resulting in a combined memory/transceiver and pointing device system that can be conveniently carried as a single unit in a pocket or via a belt clip.

20090269834, Oct 29, 2009

Apr 25, 2008

12/110158

Thomas J. Quinn - Los Gatos CA, US

C12M 1/36

4352862, 4352861, 4352865

The micro refinery first detects the weight of the sugar added to the fermentation tank and then calculates the water needed for fermentation. The feed stock is then inserted into the fermentation tank and the system adds the corresponding volume of water. The control system monitors the weight of the batch and maintains the temperature within a fermentation temperature range so the batch is converted into ethanol. In another mode of operation, discarded alcoholic beverages can be placed in the fermentation tank and processed by the micro refinery to extract the ethanol. The fermented liquid is heated and the ethanol vapors travel through a distillation tube to a membrane separation unit that separates water from the ethanol. The distillation tube has an alignment system that orients the distillation tube vertically automatically. The ethanol from the membrane separation unit is then stored in a storage container prior to use in a vehicle. The micro refinery can blend the ethanol with gasoline to produce any desire ratio of fuel.