Patents by Inventor A. C. Hill

A. C. Hill 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).

  • Patent number: 11989735
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, from a user device, a transaction service request including a transaction identification and a transaction time; identifying a first plurality of lockbox locations that can complete the transaction service request based on the transaction identification and the transaction time, the first plurality of lockbox locations being within a threshold proximity of a geographic area associated with the user account; receiving, from the user device, a selection of one of the lockbox locations of the first plurality of lockbox locations that can complete the transaction service request; configuring a physical lockbox of the selected lockbox location; receiving an unlock attempt; and transmitting an unlock command to the physical lockbox to unlock the door of the physical lockbox based on a comparison of the unlock attempt to a lockbox locking passcode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Miranda C. Hill, Alicia Y. Moore, Susan Symons
  • Patent number: 11975965
    Abstract: Multiple degenerately-doped silicon layers are implemented within resonant structures to control multiple orders of temperature coefficients of frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SiTime Corporation
    Inventors: Charles I. Grosjean, Nicholas Miller, Paul M. Hagelin, Ginel C. Hill, Joseph C. Doll
  • Patent number: 11952576
    Abstract: A novel method of diluting the structures in the cell population, such that individual cells, dependent on the activity of the structures, become single measurement devices. This can be applied to all Bacterial Microcomparments (“BMCs”), organelles, and macromolecules, and could provide a universal method for the design of novel ones and understanding of the diverse structures. In one aspect the present invention provides A method of creating a bacterial strain with inducible and detectable carboxysomes. The method includes the steps of incorporating a labeled carbon-fixation enzyme into the genome of a bacterium; deleting all or a portion of the ccm operon from the bacterium; and reintroducing a ccm operon comprising an inducible promoter to create a ?ccm+ strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
    Inventors: Jeffrey Carlyle Cameron, Nicholas C. Hill, Jian Wei Tay, Sabina Altus, David Matthew Bortz, Kristin Ann Moore
  • Patent number: 11930565
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for curing composites out-of-autoclave and out-of-oven. The apparatus is a multilayered composite tool for shaping and curing composites. It also contains a sealant layer and composite resistive heating element on the tool's surface. This heating element provides heat to the composites during cure while binding it to the other layers, eliminating the need for external heat from autoclave and oven sources. A ceramic layer is applied to the top surface of the resistive heater for electrical insulation, heater protection and to provide a smooth surface for finish for the composite components being processed with the invention. A method for using the invention is also described. Finally, one embodiment of the invention is presented where a negative composite tool is created to apply additional pressure to the composite component during curing. This additional pressure enables the current invention to more closely mimic autoclave composite processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Mainstream Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Anna P. Skinner, Kayla S. O'Neill, Rachna C. Igwe, Philip Cox, Justin J. Hill
  • Patent number: 11916534
    Abstract: A moveable micromachined member of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes an insulating layer disposed between first and second electrically conductive layers. First and second mechanical structures secure the moveable micromachined member to a substrate of the MEMS device and include respective first and second electrical interconnect layers coupled in series, with the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member and each other, between first and second electrical terminals to enable conduction of a first joule-heating current from the first electrical terminal to the second electrical terminal through the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SiTime Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph C. Doll, Nicholas Miller, Charles I. Grosjean, Paul M. Hagelin, Ginel C. Hill
  • Patent number: 11909376
    Abstract: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator includes a degenerately-doped single-crystal silicon layer and a piezoelectric material layer disposed on the degenerately-doped single-crystal silicon layer. An electrically-conductive material layer is disposed on the piezoelectric material layer opposite the degenerately-doped single-crystal silicon layer, and patterned to form first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SITIME CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph C. Doll, Paul M. Hagelin, Ginel C. Hill, Nicholas Miller, Charles I. Grosjean
  • Publication number: 20240056054
    Abstract: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator includes a substrate having a substantially planar surface and a resonant member having sidewalls disposed in a nominally perpendicular orientation with respect to the planar surface. Impurity dopant is introduced via the sidewalls of the resonant member such that a non-uniform dopant concentration profile is established along axis extending between the sidewalls parallel to the substrate surface and exhibits a relative minimum concentration in a middle region of the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Charles I. Grosjean, Ginel C. Hill, Paul M. Hagelin, Renata Melamud Berger, Aaron Patridge, Markus Lutz
  • Patent number: 11900344
    Abstract: A method performed by a processor of a financial institution computing system includes receiving a curbside transaction description from a device, transmitting a set-up request to a location computing system associated with a location, transmitting curbside transaction information to the device, receiving location information from the device indicative of the device being located at the location, initiating the curbside transaction, and servicing a user associated with the device via a receptacle chosen based on the location information and the curbside transaction description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Miranda C. Hill, Alicia Y. Moore, Susan Symons
  • Patent number: 11897757
    Abstract: The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to micromachined resonator comprising: a first resonant structure extending along a first axis, wherein the first axis is different from a crystal axis of silicon, a second resonant structure extending along a second axis, wherein the second axis is different from the first axis and the crystal axis of silicon and wherein the first resonant structure is coupled to the second resonant structure, and wherein the first and second resonant structures are comprised of silicon (for example, substantially monocrystalline) and include an impurity dopant (for example, phosphorus) having a concentrations which is greater than 1019 cm?3, and preferably between 1019 cm?3 and 1021 cm?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SiTime Corporation
    Inventors: Renata M. Berger, Ginel C. Hill, Paul M. Hagelin, Charles I. Grosjean, Aaron Partridge, Joseph C. Doll, Markus Lutz
  • Publication number: 20240029039
    Abstract: An automated teller machine (ATM) includes a network interface and an authentication circuit configured to receive data indicative of an interaction with the ATM by a user, detect that an individual computing device is in proximity to the ATM, determine that the individual computing device is not associated with a financial account, display a prompt comprising instructions to bind the individual computing device of the user to the financial account, receive data comprising a unique identifier of the individual computing device of the user, bind the individual computing device to the financial account based at least in part on the received unique identifier of the individual computing device of the user, and transmit, to the individual computing device, an application authorization, the application authorization authorizing an application to complete operations associated with the financial account via the bound individual computing device of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Miranda C. Hill, Alicia Y. Moore, Susan Symons
  • Publication number: 20230416081
    Abstract: Multiple degenerately-doped silicon layers are implemented within resonant structures to control multiple orders of temperature coefficients of frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Charles I. Grosjean, Nicholas Miller, Paul M. Hagelin, Ginel C. Hill, Joseph C. Doll
  • Publication number: 20230376919
    Abstract: A system includes a location identifier device and a computer system. The location identifier is configured to transmit an identifier to a user device when the user device is within a predetermined range of an area and receive location information from the user device associated with a user. The computer system is configured to receive the location information from the user device within the area via the location identifier device and receive a request for an ATM transaction from the user device. The request includes attribute information associated with the user. The computer system is configured to receive attribute information associated with the user comprising an indication of a license plate within the area and identify, based on a determination that the attribute information at least partially matches the attribute information from the request, the user associated with the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Miranda C. Hill, Alicia Y. Moore, Steven E. Puffer, Jerome Rhodes, Susan Symons, Michael R. Thomas, Young M. Yang
  • Patent number: 11807518
    Abstract: The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to micromachined resonator comprising: a first resonant structure extending along a first axis, wherein the first axis is different from a crystal axis of silicon, a second resonant structure extending along a second axis, wherein the second axis is different from the first axis and the crystal axis of silicon and wherein the first resonant structure is coupled to the second resonant structure, and wherein the first and second resonant structures are comprised of silicon (for example, substantially monocrystalline) and include an impurity dopant (for example, phosphorus) having a concentrations which is greater than 1019 cm-3, and preferably between 1019 cm-3 and 1021 cm-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SiTime Corporation
    Inventors: Renata M. Berger, Ginel C. Hill, Paul M. Hagelin, Charles I. Grosjean, Aaron Partridge, Joseph C. Doll, Markus Lutz
  • Patent number: 11770112
    Abstract: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator includes a substrate having a substantially planar surface and a resonant member having sidewalls disposed in a nominally perpendicular orientation with respect to the planar surface. Impurity dopant is introduced via the sidewalls of the resonant member such that a non-uniform dopant concentration profile is established along axis extending between the sidewalls parallel to the substrate surface and exhibits a relative minimum concentration in a middle region of the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SiTime Corporation
    Inventors: Charles I. Grosjean, Ginel C. Hill, Paul M. Hagelin, Renata Melamud Berger, Aaron Partridge, Markus Lutz
  • Publication number: 20230300562
    Abstract: Systems and methods of receiving, from a computing system, location-specific information, the location-specific information corresponding to a first location of a plurality of locations of a bank branch, receiving a first user input relating to a search query via a first graphical user interface displaying the location-specific information, receiving, from the computing system, an updated real-time listing of employees that match the search query, displaying the updated real-time listing of employees in the first graphical user interface, receive, via the first graphical user interface, a second user input corresponding to a selection of a specific employee from the updated real-time listing of employees available at the bank branch, receive, from the computing system, additional details concerning the specific employee, and display, using the first graphical user interface, the additional details concerning the specific employee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Dominik Vltavsky, Alicia Y. Moore, Susan Symons, Miranda C. Hill
  • Publication number: 20230289813
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, from a user device, a transaction service request including a transaction identification and a transaction time; identifying a first plurality of lockbox locations that can complete the transaction service request based on the transaction identification and the transaction time, the first plurality of lockbox locations being within a threshold proximity of a geographic area associated with the user account; receiving, from the user device, a selection of one of the lockbox locations of the first plurality of lockbox locations that can complete the transaction service request; configuring a physical lockbox of the selected lockbox location; receiving an unlock attempt; and transmitting an unlock command to the physical lockbox to unlock the door of the physical lockbox based on a comparison of the unlock attempt to a lockbox locking passcode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Miranda C. Hill, Alicia Y. Moore, Susan Symons
  • Publication number: 20230289756
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a lockbox transaction order associated with an account of the provider from a first user device where the lockbox transaction order includes a requested transaction and a desired transaction location, validating whether the requested transaction can be completed at the desired transaction location, determining a physical lockbox associated with the provider from a plurality of physical lockboxes at an alternative lockbox transaction location based on determining that the lockbox transaction order cannot be completed at the desired transaction location, transmitting an indication to a user device indicating that the requested transaction can be completed at the alternative lockbox transaction location, preparing the physical lockbox for the requested transaction, and authenticating a user at the physical lockbox where authenticating the user at the physical lockbox enables the physical lockbox to unlock and become accessible by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Darren M. Goetz, Miranda C. Hill, Dennis E. Montenegro, Alicia Y. Moore, Susan Symons, Timothy R. Ward
  • Patent number: 11741445
    Abstract: An automated teller machine (ATM) includes a network interface and an authentication circuit configured to receive data indicative of an interaction with the ATM by a user, detect that an individual computing device is in proximity to the ATM, determine that the individual computing device is not associated with a financial account, display a prompt comprising instructions to bind the individual computing device of the user to the financial account, receive data comprising a unique identifier of the individual computing device of the user, bind the individual computing device to the financial account based at least in part on the received unique identifier of the individual computing device of the user, and transmit, to the individual computing device, an application authorization, the application authorization authorizing an application to complete operations associated with the financial account via the bound individual computing device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Miranda C. Hill, Alicia Y. Moore, Susan Symons
  • Patent number: D1013606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Marine Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: William C. Hill, Brock Elliot Etters, Benjamin Girard Harder
  • Patent number: D1023009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, John J. Baker, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Christopher E. Glazowski, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, M. Evans Hankey, Matthew David Hill, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer