Andrew William Holman

US Patent:

7180423, Feb 20, 2007

Filed:

Dec 31, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/028173

Inventors:

Ian James Forster - Chelmsford, GB
Andrew W. Holman - West Hills CA, US

Assignee:

Avery Dennison Corporation - Pasadena CA

International Classification:

G08B 13/14

US Classification:

3405727, 3405724, 3405728, 340 101

Abstract:

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) apparatus and methodology enable a plurality of or all of the RFID tags in a stack of items such as cartons and boxes—including items that do not have a line of sight to a reader—to be read. An RFID system includes RFID tags and a transmission line. The RFID tags are mountable to items to be read and include an RFID circuit that generates tag energy when activated by activation energy from a reader. The transmission line carries activation energy from the reader and tag energy from the tags. The transmission line is positionable in operative or coupling proximately to a plurality of the tags when the plurality of the tags are mounted to items and when the items are stacked. Accordingly, when carrying activation energy from the reader, the transmission line couples with and thereby enables activation of the plurality of the tags. Further, when the plurality of the tags are activated and generating tag energy, the transmission line couples with and carries the tag energy from the plurality of the tags.

US Patent:

7199527, Apr 3, 2007

Filed:

May 21, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/442511

Inventors:

Andrew W. Holman - West Hills CA, US

Assignee:

Alien Technology Corporation - Morgan Hill CA

International Classification:

G09G 3/10

US Classification:

3151691, 3151693, 349151, 345100, 345103, 313511

Abstract:

A flexible display device has one or more flexible electrode assemblies. Each of the electrode assemblies includes a hierarchical control arrangement for selectively activating electrodes of the display device. The hierarchical control arrangement includes high-level control elements and low-level control elements, each of the high-level control elements being operatively coupled to respective subsets of the low-level control elements, which in turn are coupled to respective groups of the electrodes. Exemplary control elements are microstructure elements containing imbedded microprocessors or integrated circuits. The use of a hierarchical control arrangement results in data signals having to pass through fewer control elements when compared with single-level arrangements. This increases operation speed and reduces power losses due to voltage drops across control elements. In addition, the number of connections to device(s) external to the display may thereby be reduced.

US Patent:

7288083, Oct 30, 2007

Filed:

Dec 4, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/726910

Inventors:

Andrew W. Holman - West Hills CA, US

International Classification:

A61M 31/00
A61M 1/06

US Classification:

604514, 604 73

Abstract:

A nasal-nasopharyngeal irrigating and cleansing system including a cup with one or more assemblies that allow the flow and control of various irrigating, cleansing and medicinal liquids into the nasal passages. The construction of the cup provides sealing surfaces to allow the controlled flow of the liquids into the nose through either nostril without spillage. The flow of the liquid through the nasal passages removes via abrasion any virus or irritant substances that may be in the nasal passages or on the nasal membranes. According to one aspect of the invention as the liquid is dispensed, the angle of the cup to the face changes but a sealing rim on the cup wall continues to seal to the user's face as the angle of the cup to the user's face changes, allowing liquid to be drawn up into the user's nose via vacuum or gravity. A method of using the device of the invention for irrigating, cleansing and coating the nasal passages with antiviral agents or other beneficial medicines.

US Patent:

7379024, May 27, 2008

Filed:

Dec 8, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/636091

Inventors:

Ian J. Forster - Chelmsford, GB
Adrian N. Farr - Dunmow, GB
Norman A. Howard - Ilford, GB
Andrew W. Holman - West Hills CA, US

Assignee:

Avery Dennison Corporation - Pasadena CA

International Classification:

H01Q 1/38

US Classification:

343700MS

Abstract:

An RFID device includes conductive tabs, and a conductive structure, with a dielectric layer between the conductive tabs and the conductive structure. The conductive structure overlaps the conductive tabs and acts as a shield, allowing the device to be at least somewhat insensitive to the surface upon which it is mounted, or to the presence of nearby objects, such as goods in a carton or other container that includes the device. The dielectric layer may be a portion of the container, such as an overlapped portion of the container. Alternatively, the dielectric layer may be a separate layer, which may vary in thickness, allowing one of the conductive tabs to be capacitively coupled to the conductive structure. As another alternative, the dielectric layer may be an expandable substrate that may be expanded after fabrication operations, such as printing.

US Patent:

7477194, Jan 13, 2009

Filed:

Dec 5, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/294039

Inventors:

James P. Coleman - Maryland Heights MO, US
Scott Wayne Ferguson - Arcadia CA, US
Jaime C. Grunlan - Pasadena CA, US
Ian J. Forster - Chelmsford, GB
Andrew W. Holman - West Hills CA, US
Peikang Liu - Claremont CA, US

Assignee:

Avery Dennison Corporation - Pasadena CA

International Classification:

H01Q 1/38

US Classification:

343700MS, 343895

Abstract:

A method of forming an electrically-conductive pattern includes selectively electroplating the top portions of a substrate that corresponds to the pattern, and separating the conductive pattern from the substrate. The electroplating may also include electrically connecting the conductive pattern to an electrical component. Conductive ink, such as ink including carbon particles, may be selectively placed on the conductive substrate to facilitate plating of the desired pattern and/or to facilitate separation of the pattern from the substrate. An example of a conductive pattern is an antenna for a radio-frequency identification (RFID) device such as a label or a tag. One example of an electrical component that may be electrically connected to the antenna, is an RFID strap or chip.

US Patent:

7501984, Mar 10, 2009

Filed:

Oct 6, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/245152

Inventors:

Ian J. Forster - Chelmsford, GB
Adrian N. Farr - Dunmow, GB
Norman A. Howard - Ilford, GB
Andrew W. Holman - West Hills CA, US

Assignee:

Avery Dennison Corporation - Pasadena CA

International Classification:

H01Q 1/38

US Classification:

343700MS

Abstract:

An RFID device includes conductive tabs, and a conductive structure, with a dielectric layer between the conductive tabs and the conductive structure. The conductive structure overlaps the conductive tabs and acts as a shield, allowing the device to be at least somewhat insensitive to the surface upon which it is mounted, or to the presence of nearby objects, such as goods in a carton or other container that includes the device. The dielectric layer may be a portion of the container, such as an overlapped portion of the container. Alternatively, the dielectric layer may be a separate layer, which may vary in thickness, allowing one of the conductive tabs to be capacitively coupled to the conductive structure. As another alternative, the dielectric layer may be an expandable substrate that may be expanded after fabrication operations, such as printing.

US Patent:

7652636, Jan 26, 2010

Filed:

Oct 11, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/247788

Inventors:

Ian J. Forster - Chelmsford, GB
Adrian N. Farr - Dunmow, GB
Norman A. Howard - Ilford, GB
Andrew W. Holman - West Hills CA, US

Assignee:

Avery Dennison Corporation - Pasadena CA

International Classification:

H01Q 1/38
G08B 13/14

US Classification:

343860, 3405727, 235492

Abstract:

A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag includes an antenna configuration coupled to an RFID chip, such as in an RFID strap. The antenna configuration is mounted on one face (major surface) of a dielectric material, and includes compensation elements to compensate at least to some extent for various types of dielectric material upon which the antenna configuration may be mounted. In addition, a conductive structure, such as a ground plane or other layer of conductive material, may be placed on a second major surface of the dielectric layer, on an opposite side of the dielectric layer from the antenna structure.

US Patent:

20040004609, Jan 8, 2004

Filed:

May 21, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/442447

Inventors:

Andrew Holman - West Hills CA, US

International Classification:

G09G005/00

US Classification:

345/211000

Abstract:

A flexible display device has one or more flexible electrode assemblies. Each of the electrode assemblies includes a hierarchical control arrangement for selectively activating electrodes of the display device. The hierarchical control arrangement includes high-level control elements and low-level control elements, each of the high-level control elements being operatively coupled to respective subsets of the low-level control elements, which in turn are coupled to respective groups of the electrodes. Exemplary control elements are microstructure elements containing imbedded microprocessors or integrated circuits. The use of a hierarchical control arrangement results in data signals having to pass through fewer control elements when compared with single-level arrangements. This increases operation speed and reduces power losses due to voltage drops across control elements. In addition, the number of connections to device(s) external to the display may thereby be reduced.