Patents by Inventor David A. Hoffman

David A. Hoffman 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: 20240167956
    Abstract: An imaging system includes an optical mounting plate having an aperture disposed between a first portion and a second portion, an imaging sensor disposed on the first portion, an objective lens disposed on the second portion, and an illumination assembly arranged within the aperture and disposed between the imaging sensor and the objective lens. The imaging system includes a heat sink coupled to the illumination assembly and configured to transfer heat away from light sources of the illumination assembly via a working fluid that flows through the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: 10x Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: David HOFFMAN, Denis Pristinski, Evan DeJrnette, David Morgan
  • Publication number: 20240171833
    Abstract: An imaging system includes an optical mounting plate having an aperture disposed between a first portion and a second portion, an imaging sensor disposed on the first portion, an objective lens disposed on the second portion, and an illumination assembly arranged within the aperture and disposed between the imaging sensor and the objective lens. The imaging system includes a heat sink coupled to the illumination assembly and configured to transfer heat away from light sources of the illumination assembly via a working fluid that flows through the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: 10x Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: David HOFFMAN, Denis PRISTINSKI, Evan DeJARNETTE, David MORGAN
  • Publication number: 20240159292
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure disclose mitigating internal and external vibrational disturbances in opto-fluidic instrument. In various embodiments, the resonance frequency ranges and/or the vibrational frequency ranges of various modules and components of the opto-fluidic instrument may be selected to avoid resonances from occurring in the opto-fluidic instrument, thereby mitigating vibrations from internal and external sources that may distort the imaging of samples in the opto-fluidic instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: 10x Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Vu Huy NGUYEN, Denis PRISTINSKI, David MORGAN, Evan DEJARNETTE, Tyler DRAKE, David HOFFMAN
  • Publication number: 20240152879
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to scheduling maintenance services for a special-purpose vehicle. An example method for scheduling a service for a special-purpose vehicle includes: obtaining usage information for the special-purpose vehicle of a user, determining, based on the usage information, that the special-purpose vehicle is due for vehicle maintenance, providing, to a computing device of a service provider, a request to schedule the vehicle maintenance for the special-purpose vehicle according to an available service method type for the vehicle maintenance, receiving, from the computing device of the service provider, an indication that the service has been scheduled, and providing, in response to the received indication the service has been scheduled, an indication to a device of the user that the vehicle maintenance has been scheduled for the special-purpose vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Douglas Koch, John Kastanek, Bridget McLennan, Nicole Wolverton, Josh Grube, Adam McCullough, Deirdre O'Connell, Alex Royalty, David Duckworth, Jamie Curran, Evan Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20240139592
    Abstract: A golf club head having a flexible channel to improve the performance of the club head, and a channel tuning system to reduce undesirable club head characteristics introduced, or heightened, via the flexible channel. The channel tuning system includes a sole engaging channel tuning element in contact with the sole and the channel. The club head may include an aerodynamic configuration, as well as a body tuning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Andrew Mata, Joseph Henry Hoffman, Bradley Poston, Matthew David Johnson, Mark Vincent Greaney
  • Publication number: 20240131403
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a golf club head comprising at least one crown opening and at least one crown insert attached to the body and covering the at least one crown opening. The golf club head further comprises at least one sole opening and at least one sole insert attached to the body and covering the at least one sole opening. The golf club head additionally includes at least one weight member configured to clamp first and second ledges at selected locations along a sliding weight track. The golf club head also comprise a coefficient of restitution (COR) feature located on the sole of the golf club head. The at least one crown insert is formed from a composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc. The at least one sole insert is formed from a composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Johnson, David Bennett, Joseph Hoffman, Joseph R. Nielson, Nathan T. Sargent, Christopher J. Harbert, Jared Guttmann, Christian R. Wester, Jake Feuerstein, Mattieu Bovee
  • Patent number: 11949752
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile event streaming system that receives customer application lifecycle and user events including a message, event source and a destination then processes data for consumption by one or more customers, generating a secure data stream and sending the processed data over the generated data stream. An example system for receiving, processing, and delivering customer application lifecycle and user engagement data includes a server system having at least one processor, memory and a network interface where the memory stores program instructions for receiving, storing, processing and transmitting messages via the network interface. The mobile event streaming system may be a distributed content delivery service wherein the content delivered via the service is processed. Processing the data comprises the addition of metadata, one or more identifiers such as user, and event identifiers including predictions of future user engagement to enable real-time data consumption by customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Airship Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael James Herrick, Adam C. Lowry, Cory David Hoffman Kolbeck, Michael Shane Robert McHugh
  • Publication number: 20240100732
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a power tool including a motor housing and an electric motor situated within the motor housing. The electric motor is configured to provide rotational energy to rotate an output device of the power tool about an output axis. The power tool also includes a cover configured to cover at least a portion of a surface of the motor housing that faces the output device. The power tool further includes a first lighting device located within the cover and a second lighting device located within the cover. The first lighting device and the second lighting device are located around the output axis and are separated from each other by at least 130 degrees about the output axis. The power tool also includes first power wires configured to provide power to the first lighting device from a power source of the power tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Roloff, James C. Sitter, Leonard F. Mikat-Stevens, Eric K. Farrington, Jack Glennon, Daniel J. Tomcheck, Caleb M. Schober, David Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11941734
    Abstract: A robotic system may comprise a first robotic arm operatively coupleable to a first tool. The first tool has a first working end. The system may also comprise an image capture device, a display, and a processor. The processor may be configured to cause an image of a work site, which was captured by the image capture device from a perspective of an image reference frame, to be displayed on the display. The image of the work site includes an image of the first working end of the first tool. The processor may also determine a position of the first working end of the first tool in the image of the work site and render a tool information overlay at the position of the first working end of the first tool in the image of the work site. The tool information overlay visually indicates state information for the first tool. The processor may also change the tool information overlay while the first tool is in a first operational state by changing a brightness of the tool information overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Simon P. DiMaio, Daniel J. Halabe, Christopher J. Hasser, Brian David Hoffman, David Q. Larkin, Catherine J. Mohr, Paul W. Mohr, Tao Zhao, Wenyi Zhao
  • Patent number: 11933758
    Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring microbial activity and microbial communication in an environment are disclosed. Exemplary methods include measuring a high impedance voltage between a reference electrode and one or more measurement electrodes to monitor microbial activity. Microorganisms form a biofilm that attaches to at least one of the one or more inert measurement electrodes and that allows for measuring the microbial activity, characterizing the environment, and/or monitoring microbial communication in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: Scott R. Burge, Russell G. Burge, David A. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11933683
    Abstract: A strain gauge includes a resistor formed of a doped silicon material, a conductive shield, and an isolation element disposed between the resistor and the conductive shield. The isolation element electrically isolates the resistor from the conductive shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH, TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP KOREA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: David Eric Wagner, James Hoffman, Kim Young-Deok
  • Patent number: 11926642
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2 and - - - - - are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of treating COVID-19 in a patient by administering therapeutically effective amounts of the compounds and methods of inhibiting or preventing replication of SARS-CoV-2 with the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Pfizer inc.
    Inventors: Robert Steven Kania, Padmavani Bezawada, Emma Louise Hawking, Rohit Jaini, Samir Kulkarni, Matthew Nathan O'Brien Laramy, Jonathan Richard Lillis, Suman Luthra, Dafydd Rhys Owen, Klimentina Dimitrova Pencheva, Anil Mahadeo Rane, Matthew Forrest Sammons, Bradley Paul Sullivan, Andrew John Thiel, Martyn David Ticehurst, Jamison Bryce Tuttle, Robert Louis Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20240076747
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of determining treatment outcome in a subject having a disease, the method including evaluating RNA expression level of a B cell related gene to determine a B cell gene signature; evaluating RNA expression level of a CD8+ T cell related gene to determine a CD8+ T cell gene signature; analyzing the B cell gene signature and the CD8+ T cell gene signature (B8T gene signature); and determining treatment outcome in a subject based on the B8T gene signature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Burles Johnson, Adam Aragaki, David McConkey, Noah Hahn, Jean Hoffman-Censits
  • Patent number: 11915203
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate scheduling maintenance services for a special-purpose vehicle. In an exemplary embodiment, a user device comprises a user interface, a processor, and memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to output, to the user interface, a plurality of service method icons. The plurality of service methods comprise a first service method icon corresponding to a service being performed on the special-purpose vehicle at a first location and a second service method icon corresponding to the service being performed on the special-purpose vehicle at a second location. The first location and the second location are different locations. The memory also comprises instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to receive, via the user interface, a selection of a service method icon of the plurality of service method icons and send, to a scheduling server, a signal corresponding to the selected service method icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Koch, John Kastanek, Bridget McLennan, Nicole Wolverton, Josh Grube, Adam McCullough, Deirdre O'Connell, Alex Royalty, David Duckworth, Jamie Curran, Evan Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20230314327
    Abstract: A tilted structured illumination pattern for use in an optical system is generated, wherein the tilted structured illumination pattern is not symmetrical about a center point of a back pupil of the system, and wherein the tilted structured illumination pattern is based on exactly two wave vectors and defines spatial frequencies along an optical axis of an objective of the system. The tilted structured illumination pattern is directed to be incident on a sample, such that one or more fluorophores of the sample are excited by the structured illumination pattern. A phase of the tilted structured illumination pattern is varied. A set of images of fluorescence emission emitted by the sample is captured, wherein each image of the set of images corresponds to a respective phase of the tilted structured illumination pattern and to a respective axial imaging plane. Combined image data is generated based on the set of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: David HOFFMAN
  • Publication number: 20230232521
    Abstract: In an x-ray source, an isolation circuit can isolate bias voltage at a cathode from a bias voltage at an alternating current source (AC source). The isolation circuit can transfer alternating current from the AC source to the cathode. The isolation circuit can be made repeatedly with minimal variation or failed parts, can be light, and can be small. The isolation circuit can include planar transformer(s). Each planar transformer can include a primary trace on a primary circuit board and a secondary trace on a secondary circuit board. The primary trace and the secondary trace can each include a spiral shape. The primary trace can be located in close proximity to the secondary trace such that alternating electrical current through the primary trace will induce alternating electrical current through the secondary trace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventor: David Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20230208935
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile event streaming system that receives customer application lifecycle and user events including a message, event source and a destination then processes data for consumption by one or more customers, generating a secure data stream and sending the processed data over the generated data stream. An example system for receiving, processing, and delivering customer application lifecycle and user engagement data includes a server system having at least one processor, memory and a network interface where the memory stores program instructions for receiving, storing, processing and transmitting messages via the network interface. The mobile event streaming system may be a distributed content delivery service wherein the content delivered via the service is processed. Processing the data comprises the addition of metadata, one or more identifiers such as user, and event identifiers including predictions of future user engagement to enable real-time data consumption by customers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Michael James Herrick, Adam C. Lowry, Cory David Hoffman Kolbeck, Michael Shane Robert McHugh
  • Publication number: 20230160794
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for preparing biological samples for in situ analysis of one or more analytes wherein the biological sample has been previously affixed to a substrate, which in some cases may not be compatible with in situ analysis, for example, due to the absence of positional markers and/or fiducial markers and/or a region suitable for in situ signal detection on the substrate. In some aspects, a hydrophobic adapter having positional markers and/or fiducial markers is applied to the substrate to which a biological sample has been affixed, thus enabling in situ sample processing and analysis of the biological sample. The hydrophobic adhesive label or adapter can be used for automated microscope alignment and sample preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Rhyan Blaine DOCKTER, David HOFFMAN
  • Patent number: 11635406
    Abstract: A microbial sensor, system, and method that can be used to determine a chemical environment and/or substrate concentrations in anaerobic or aerobic environments, such as soils, sediments and ground waters, are disclosed. An exemplary system uses one or more (e.g., inert) measurement electrodes and a reference electrode. The reference electrode can include an electrode exposed to atmospheric oxygen (e.g., a cathode) or an electrode exposed to stable anaerobic or aerobic conditions. The exemplary microbial sensor system measures open-circuit voltage to characterize the chemical (oxidizing or reducing) environment and/or recovery voltage to measure substrate concentrations in the subsurface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventors: Scott R. Burge, Russell G. Burge, David A. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11616852
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile event streaming system that receives customer application lifecycle and user events including a message, event source and a destination then processes data for consumption by one or more customers, generating a secure data stream and sending the processed data over the generated data stream. An example system for receiving, processing, and delivering customer application lifecycle and user engagement data includes a server system having at least one processor, memory and a network interface where the memory stores program instructions for receiving, storing, processing and transmitting messages via the network interface. The mobile event streaming system may be a distributed content delivery service wherein the content delivered via the service is processed. Processing the data comprises the addition of metadata, one or more identifiers such as user, and event identifiers including predictions of future user engagement to enable real-time data consumption by customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Airship Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael James Herrick, Adam C. Lowry, Cory David Hoffman Kolbeck, Michael Shane Robert McHugh