Patents by Inventor Charles Thomas

Charles 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).

  • Patent number: 11600009
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for aligning fiducial markers that commonly exist in each of multiple different N-dimensional (N-D) data sets. Notably, the N-D data sets are at least three-dimensional (3D) data sets. A first set and a second set of N-D data are accessed. A set of one or more fiducial markers that commonly exist in both those sets are identified. Based on the fiducial markers, one or more transformations are performed to align the two sets. Performing this alignment process results in at least a selected number of the common fiducial markers that exist in the two sets being within a threshold alignment relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: INTUITIVE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Lee Yohe, Andrew Craig Hardwick, Kyle Jordan Russell, Chanler Megan Crowe Cantor, Charles Thomas Etheredge
  • Patent number: 11591336
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods for inhibiting the activity of SHP2 phosphatase with the compounds and compositions of the disclosure. The present disclosure further relates to, but is not limited to, methods for treating disorders associated with SHP2 deregulation with the compounds and compositions of the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: D. E. Shaw Research, LLC, Relay Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander M. Taylor, André Lescarbeau, Elizabeth H. Kelley, Kelley C. Shortsleeves, Lucian V. DiPietro, W. Patrick Walters, Mark Andrew Murcko, Levi Charles Thomas Pierce, Yong Tang, Fabrizio Giordanetto, Jack Benjamin Greisman, Paul Maragakis, Sathesh Bhat, Markus Kristofer Dahlgren, Eric Therrien
  • Patent number: 11590726
    Abstract: A surface including: a plurality of visually detectable marks, wherein the visually detectable marks include: a first group of grid marks forming a grid and a second group of information marks encoding information based on positions of information marks of the second group of marks relative to the data page, wherein grid marks are less than 45% of the visually detectable marks on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Fred Charles Thomas, III, Derek Lukasik, Guy Adams
  • Publication number: 20230053890
    Abstract: A structure that includes a signal trace embedded in a dielectric layer, the signal trace including a first contact pad at one end of the signal trace and a second contact pad at the other end of the signal trace. The dielectric layer has a first ground plane on a first surface and a second ground plane on a second opposing surface. A first conducting ground shield wall on a first side of the signal trace connects the first ground plane to the second ground plane. A second conducting ground shield wall on a second side of the signal trace connects the first ground plane to the second ground plane. The first ground plane, the second ground plane, the first conducting ground shield wall, and the second conducting ground shield wall enclose the signal trace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Donald Stimson Bethune, Charles Thomas Rettner
  • Publication number: 20230056913
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include a spliced stripline structure. The structure may include a first stripline including a signal line located between a top dielectric and a bottom dielectric. The top dielectric is in contact with a top ground plane. The bottom dielectric is in contact with a bottom ground plane. The structure may include a second stripline including a signal line located between a top dielectric and a bottom dielectric. The top dielectric is in contact with a top ground plane. The bottom dielectric is in contact with a bottom ground plane. The structure may include a joined portion connecting the first stripline to the second stripline. The joined portion the first stripline includes the bottom ground plane, the bottom dielectric, and at least one signal line. The joined portion the first stripline includes the bottom ground plane, the bottom dielectric, and at least one signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Donald Stimson Bethune, Charles Thomas Rettner
  • Publication number: 20230041269
    Abstract: A glass substrate with modified surface regions is disclosed. The glass substrate includes a first side and an opposite second side, an alkali-containing bulk disposed between the first and second sides, and a first alkali-depleted region formed in the alkali-containing bulk on the first side. The first alkali-depleted region defines at least a portion of a first topographical feature. The first topographic feature includes a height that extends in a first direction from a base portion of the first topographical feature to an outermost portion of the first topographical feature. The first direction is oriented parallel to a thickness of the glass substrate between the first and second sides. The first topographic feature also includes a width that extends in a second direction between at least two, spaced apart wall portions of the first topographical feature. The second direction is oriented normal to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Gallagher, Charles Thomas McLaren, Mardochee Reveil, Nicholas James Smith
  • Publication number: 20230041321
    Abstract: A polymer coating/ring is employed to aid in the sealing and connection of modular elements used in body flow lumens for the exclusion and bypass of diseased regions of the flow lumen, such as where aneurysm occurs adjacent to branching blood vessels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Prema Ganesan O'Brien, Jonathan Morris, David Erickson, Matthew Rust, Curtis Hanson, Jack Chu, Charles Thomas
  • Publication number: 20230024221
    Abstract: A glass substrate with modified surface regions is disclosed. The glass substrate includes an alkali-containing bulk, a first alkali-depleted region, a second alkali-depleted region, and a first ion-exchanged region. The alkali-containing bulk has a first surface and a second surface with the first and second surfaces on opposite sides. The first alkali-depleted region extends into the alkali-containing bulk from the first surface. The second alkali-depleted region extends into the alkali-containing bulk from the second surface. The first ion-exchanged region extends into the alkali-containing bulk from the first surface. The first alkali-depleted region, the second alkali-depleted region, and the first ion-exchanged region each have a substantially homogenous composition. A method of forming the glass substrate is disclosed. The method includes simultaneously forming the first alkali-depleted region and the first ion-exchanged region in the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Cody Vic Cushman, Michael Thomas Gallagher, Charles Thomas McLaren, Mardochee Reveil, Nicholas James Smith
  • Patent number: 11555618
    Abstract: A method for air conditioning including installing an air conditioning unit at a desired location. The air conditioning unit includes a housing that has air supply inlets and exhaust air outlets. The housing encloses a mode control unit that switches a zone coil associated with a zone from a cooling mode to a heating mode by switching from a cooling medium to a heating medium flowing through the zone coil. The zone coil receives the heating or cooling medium and conditions incoming air from a supply fan to be exhausted in a zone associated with the zone coil. A variable refrigerant flow cooling/heating unit provides a cooling medium or a heating medium at varying rates to control a temperature of a zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: MJC, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward H. Metzger, Joel John Williams, Charles Thomas Couch, Kelly Gene Sprayberry
  • Patent number: 11552438
    Abstract: An apparatus for generation of tunable terahertz radiation is provided. The apparatus comprises: a plurality of terahertz magnon laser generators, whereas at least one such terahertz magnon laser generator comprises a multilayer column, and a terahertz transparent medium separating at least two such terahertz magnon laser generators. At least one such multilayer column further comprises: a substrate, a bottom electrode coupled with the substrate, a bottom layer coupled with the bottom electrode, a tunnel junction coupled with the bottom layer, a top layer coupled with the tunnel junction, a pinning layer coupled with the spin injector, and a top electrode coupled with the pinning layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Magtera, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Kirchner, Charles Thomas Thurman, Boris G. Tankhilevich
  • Patent number: 11540468
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13P554W and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13P554W with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13P554W through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13P554W, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13P554W are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13P554W and methods of using maize variety X13P554W are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Thomas Cunnyngham, Ronald J Haarmann
  • Patent number: 11528874
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X15P092 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X15P092 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X15P092 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X15P092, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X15P092 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X15P092 and methods of using maize variety X15P092 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas Adam Crowley, Charles Thomas Cunnyngham, Thomas Russell Henry, Randall Newton Holley, Jill Renee Lennon, Jennifer Ann Steinke, Adam Kyle Thurston
  • Patent number: 11528873
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X15P082 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X15P082 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X15P082 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X15P082, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X15P082 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X15P082 and methods of using maize variety X15P082 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas Adam Crowley, Charles Thomas Cunnyngham, Thomas Russell Henry, Randall Newton Holley, Jill Renee Lennon, Jennifer Ann Steinke, Adam Kyle Thurston
  • Patent number: 11528864
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X15P097 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X15P097 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X15P097 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X15P097, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X15P097 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X15P097 and methods of using maize variety X15P097 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas Adam Crowley, Charles Thomas Cunnyngham, Thomas Russell Henry, Randall Newton Holley, Jill Renee Lennon, Jennifer Ann Steinke, Adam Kyle Thurston
  • Patent number: 11528877
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X05P332 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X05P332 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05P332 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X05P332, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05P332 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05P332 and methods of using maize variety X05P332 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Everton Alen Brenner, Charles Thomas Cunnyngham, Russell Fox, Elliot Lee Heffner, Gary Edward Henke, Travis J Lee, Sara Jane Lira, Neway Challa Mengistu, Goran Srnic, Tara Luana Barrett Tarnowski, Brandon Michael Wardyn, David Walter Whitaker
  • Publication number: 20220392086
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for aligning fiducial markers that commonly exist in each of multiple different N-dimensional (N-D) data sets. Notably, the N-D data sets are at least three-dimensional (3D) data sets. A first set and a second set of N-D data are accessed. A set of one or more fiducial markers that commonly exist in both those sets are identified. Based on the fiducial markers, one or more transformations are performed to align the two sets. Performing this alignment process results in at least a selected number of the common fiducial markers that exist in the two sets being within a threshold alignment relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Lee YOHE, Andrew Craig HARDWICK, Kyle Jordan RUSSELL, Chanler Megan Crowe CANTOR, Charles Thomas ETHEREDGE
  • Publication number: 20220380253
    Abstract: A glass substrate according to one or more embodiments is disclosed. The glass substrate includes an alkali-containing bulk, at least one first alkali-depleted region, and at least one second alkali-depleted region. The alkali-containing bulk has a first surface and a second surfaces with the first and second surfaces opposing one another. The at least one first alkali-depleted region extends into the alkali-containing bulk from the first surface. The at least one second alkali-depleted region extends into the alkali-containing bulk from the second surface. The first alkali-depleted region and the second alkali-depleted region are amorphous and have a substantially homogenous composition. The first alkali-depleted region in some embodiments is a first alkali-depleted surface layer that extends across the alkali-containing bulk. The first alkali-depleted region in some embodiments is plurality of first alkali-depleted regions that are spaced apart from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Evan Dimond, Christopher William Drewnowski, Charles Thomas McLaren, Mardochee Reveil, Nicholas James Smith, Nicholas Ryan Wheeler, Thomas Michael Zajicek
  • Patent number: 11515687
    Abstract: A method for tuning the frequency of THz radiation is provided. The method utilizes an apparatus comprising a spin injector, a tunnel junction coupled to the spin injector, and a ferromagnetic material coupled to the tunnel junction. The ferromagnetic material comprises a Magnon Gain Medium (MGM). The method comprises the step of applying a bias voltage to shift a Fermi level of the spin injector with respect to the Fermi level of the ferromagnetic material to initiate generation of non-equilibrium magnons by injecting minority electrons into the Magnon Gain Medium. The method further comprises the step of tuning a frequency of the generated THz radiation by changing the value of the bias voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Magtera, Inc.
    Inventors: Boris G. Tankhilevich, Nicholas J. Kirchner, Charles Thomas Thurman
  • Patent number: 11510381
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X15P091 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X15P091 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X15P091 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X15P091, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X15P091 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X15P091 and methods of using maize variety X15P091 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas Adam Crowley, Charles Thomas Cunnyngham, Thomas Russell Henry, Randall Newton Holley, Jill Renee Lennon, Jennifer Ann Steinke, Adam Kyle Thurston
  • Patent number: 11504223
    Abstract: A polymer coating/ring is employed to aid in the sealing and connection of modular elements used in body flow lumens for the exclusion and bypass of diseased regions of the flow lumen, such as where aneurysm occurs adjacent to branching blood vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Prema Ganesan O'Brien, Jonathan Morris, David R. Erickson, Matthew Rust, Curtis Hanson, Jack Chu, Charles Thomas