Patents by Inventor Brian Thomas

Brian Thomas 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).

  • Publication number: 20230274190
    Abstract: Displaying an indication of ancestral data is disclosed. An indication that a genetic interval corresponds to a reference interval that has a likelihood of having one or more ancestral origins is received. One or more graphic display parameters are determined based at least in part on the indication. An indication of the one or more ancestral origins is visually displayed using the one or more graphic display parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: John Michael Macpherson, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain
  • Publication number: 20230254653
    Abstract: A hearing aid assembly includes a receiver speaker enclosed within a receiver housing. The receiver housing defines a circuitous receiver acoustic channel, wherein the receiver channel defines an open side along at least a portion of the receiver channel. The receiver channel also defines a pass-through passage extending from a first side of the receiver housing to a second side of the receiver housing, wherein the pass-through passage is partially defined by the wall defining a receiver opening. The hearing aid assembly also includes an earbud configured to fit over at least a portion of the receiver housing and partially cover the open side of the receiver channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Sidney A. Higgins, Brian Thomas Dahl
  • Publication number: 20230248762
    Abstract: A composition for oral administration to a periparturient mammal at risk of developing hypocalcemia within 0-6 hours after parturition; the composition comprising a form of calcium rapidly absorbable by the periparturient mammal using passive paracellular transport across the intestinal epithelium and a 1-alpha hydroxylated vitamin D compound in an amount sufficient to stimulate active transport of calcium across the intestinal epithelium, the calcium and the 1-alpha hydroxylated vitamin D being administered concurrently to support maintenance of normal blood calcium concentrations in the periparturient mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Jesse Paul Goff, Tucker James Silberhorn, Brian Thomas Hundt
  • Publication number: 20230248761
    Abstract: A composition for oral administration to a periparturient mammal at risk of developing hypocalcemia within 0-6 hours after parturition; the composition comprising a form of calcium rapidly absorbable by the periparturient mammal using passive paracellular transport across the intestinal epithelium and a 1-alpha hydroxylated vitamin D compound in an amount sufficient to stimulate active transport of calcium across the intestinal epithelium, the calcium and the 1-alpha hydroxylated vitamin D being administered concurrently to support maintenance of normal blood calcium concentrations in the periparturient mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Jesse Paul Goff, Tucker James Silberhorn, Brian Thomas Hundt
  • Patent number: 11719466
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling power to a water heater. The method comprises providing the water heater in a locked state, wherein at least one heating element of the water heater is inoperable when the water heater is in the locked state, coupling a digital key module to a communications port of the water heater, and receiving a digital key from the digital key module through the communications port. The method comprises coupling an electrical grid controller to the water heater through the communications port and placing the water heater in an unlocked state, wherein the at least one heating element of the water heater is operable when the water heater is in the unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: A. O. Smith Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Branecky, William Gordon Hosken
  • Patent number: 11713471
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions, and systems derived from uncultivated microorganisms useful for gene editing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: METAGENOMI, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Thomas, Christopher Brown, Audra Devoto, Cristina Butterfield, Lisa Alexander, Daniela S. A. Goltsman, Justine Albers, Alan Brooks, Greg Cost, Morayma Temoche-Diaz, Cindy Castelle, Rebecca Lamothe
  • Publication number: 20230238082
    Abstract: Determining relative relationships of people who share a common ancestor within at least a threshold number of generations includes: receiving recombinable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence information of a first user and recombinable DNA sequence information of a plurality of users; processing, using one or more computer processors, the recombinable DNA sequence information of the plurality of users in parallel; determining, based at least in part on a result of processing the recombinable DNA information of the plurality of users in parallel, a predicted degree of relationship between the first user and a user among the plurality of users, the predicted degree of relative relationship corresponding to a number of generations within which the first user and the second user share a common ancestor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
  • Patent number: 11707848
    Abstract: A method includes accessing RGB and depth image data representing a scene that includes at least a portion of a robotic limb. Using this data, a computing system may segment the image data to isolate and identify at least a portion of the robotic limb within the scene. The computing system can determine a current pose of the robotic limb within the scene based on the image data, joint data, or a 3D virtual model of the robotic limb. The computing system may then determine a desired goal pose, which may be based on the image data or the 3D virtual model. Based on the determined goal pose, the computing device determines the difference between the current pose and the goal pose of the robotic limb, and using this difference, provides a pose adjustment that for the robotic limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Philipp Schoessler, Thibault Neveu, Dane Mason, Kathleen Sofia Hajash, Brian Thomas Harms
  • Publication number: 20230227857
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions, and systems derived from uncultivated microorganisms useful for gene editing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Brian THOMAS, Christopher BROWN, Audra DEVOTO, Cristina BUTTERFIELD, Lisa ALEXANDER, Daniela S.A. GOLTSMAN, Justine B. ALBERS, Alan BROOKS, Greg COST, Morayma TEMOCHE-DIAZ, Cindy CASTELLE, Rebecca LAMOTHE
  • Publication number: 20230215512
    Abstract: Methods for identifying biosynthetic gene clusters that include genes for producing compounds that interact with specific target proteins are disclosed. Some methods relate to bioinformatics methods for identifying and/or prioritizing biosynthetic gene clusters. Related systems, components, and tools for the identification and expression of such gene clusters are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Naughton, Colin Harvey, Ulrich Schlecht, Maureen Elizabeth Hillenmeyer, Joe Horecka
  • Patent number: 11693020
    Abstract: Accelerometers are described herein that have RMS outputs. For instance, an example accelerometer may include a MEMS device and an ASIC. The MEMS device includes a structure having an attribute that changes in response to acceleration of an object. The ASIC determines acceleration of the object based at least in part on changes in the attribute. The ASIC includes analog circuitry, an ADC, and firmware. The analog circuitry measures the changes in the attribute and generates analog signals that represent the changes. The ADC converts the analog signals to digital signals. The firmware includes RMS firmware. The RMS firmware performs an RMS calculation on a representation of the digital signals to provide an RMS value that represents an amount of the acceleration of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: ROHM Co., Ltd., Kionix, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Samuelson, Richard Alan Deken, Yo Yamashiro
  • Publication number: 20230208282
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to start converter into a pre-biased voltage. The disclosed methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture provide an apparatus comprising: an error amplifier including a feedback network and a differential difference amplifier (DDA), the DDA coupled to a power converter, a voltage generator, and the feedback network coupled to the third input of the DDA, the fourth input of the DDA, and the output of the DDA; a multiplexer coupled to the voltage generator, the second input of the DDA, and the first input of the DDA; a first switch coupled in parallel to the feedback network; a second switch coupled to a delay cell and an oscillator; and a trigger including an output, the trigger coupled to the voltage generator, the power converter, and the output of the trigger coupled to the multiplexer, first switch, and the second switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Stefan Wlodzimierz Wiktor, Brian Thomas Lynch
  • Publication number: 20230195202
    Abstract: A system and method for managing energy consumption of one or more processor cores in a multicore processing device. The method includes translating each activity level of the one or more processor cores to a respective charge value. The method also includes generating, at least partially subject to each translated charge value, one or more charge replenishment requests associated with the one or more processor cores. The method further includes transmitting the one or more charge replenishment requests to a pending queue prior to a delay queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Vanderpool, Gerald Mark Grabowski, Jeffrey A. Stuecheli, Michael Stephen Floyd, Matthew A. Cooke
  • Publication number: 20230159808
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heat transfer compositions comprising 1-chloro-1,2 difluoroethylene for use in refrigeration, air conditioning, heat pump systems, chillers, and other heat transfer applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin Bin CHEN, Sarah KIM, Brian Thomas KOO, Lucy Mary CLARKSON
  • Patent number: 11657902
    Abstract: Determining relative relationships of people who share a common ancestor within at least a threshold number of generations includes: receiving recombinable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence information of a first user and recombinable DNA sequence information of a plurality of users; processing, using one or more computer processors, the recombinable DNA sequence information of the plurality of users in parallel; determining, based at least in part on a result of processing the recombinable DNA information of the plurality of users in parallel, a predicted degree of relationship between the first user and a user among the plurality of users, the predicted degree of relative relationship corresponding to a number of generations within which the first user and the second user share a common ancestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
  • Publication number: 20230138980
    Abstract: A surgical implant includes a tray extending from a first end to a second end along a first plane, the tray including an upper surface and a lower surface, a first post coupled to and extending from the tray away from the first plane and configured to be inserted into a bone portion, the first post including a first opening extending through the first post, a second post coupled to and extending from the tray away from the first plane and configured to be implanted into the bone portion, the second post including a second opening extending through the second post, and a fastener removably coupled to the first post and the second post, the fastener extending from a first fastener end to a second fastener end through the first opening and the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Actuos, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Palumbo, Sergio Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 11625087
    Abstract: A system and method for managing energy consumption of one or more processor cores in a multicore processing device. The method includes recording an activity level of one or more processor cores within a multicore processing device and translating each activity level of the one or more processor cores to a respective charge value. The method also includes generating, at least partially subject to each translated charge value, one or more charge replenishment requests associated with the one or more processor cores. The method further includes determining the one or more charge replenishment requests exceeds a power delivery capacity to the multicore processing device. The method also includes regulating the processing activity of the one or more processor cores to decrease a power consumption for the one or more processing cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Vanderpool, Gerald Mark Grabowski, Jeffrey A. Stuecheli, Michael Stephen Floyd, Matthew A. Cooke
  • Patent number: D989987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Besser Company
    Inventor: Brian Thomas Budnik
  • Patent number: D989988
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Besser Company
    Inventor: Brian Thomas Budnik
  • Patent number: D990713
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Besser Company
    Inventor: Brian Thomas Budnik