Patents by Inventor Derek Alexander

Derek Alexander 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: 20240161017
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method of Connectome Ensemble Transfer Learning (CETL), which makes connectome-based predictive models useful for precision mental healthcare. CETL comprises a novel transfer learning process that incrementally trains Connectome Ensemble Predictive Models (CEPMs) by leveraging information from source domains to improve predictive performance in target domains. The disclosed methods broadly comprise selecting target and source domains, obtaining network connectivity data from individual persons, sampling source ensemble representations of connectome “views” from the obtained network connectivity data of said persons in the source domain, reducing the dimensionality of the sampled connectome “views”, and transferring the distilled representations to the target domain to train more robust, generalizable, and clinically deployable CEPMs that predict diverse target mental health phenotypes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventor: Derek Alexander Pisner
  • Publication number: 20230381086
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions comprising cellulose particles and methods for making and using same. This invention also relates to compositions comprising a fluid and particles comprising cellulose. Thus, disclosed herein are methods of manufacture, isolation, purification, and handling of cellulose particles. Also disclosed are uses for cellulose particles as additives in leavened or leavenable food products, or in an emulsion or emulsifiable product, or as a suspension aid, or in a thickened composition, or in a meat or meat analog product, or in a personal care formulation, or in a beauty formulation, or in a cosmetic formulation, or in a skin care formulation. Also disclosed are uses for cellulose particles in subterranean treatment compositions. Also disclosed are uses for cellulose particles in metal working compositions, cutting compositions, and stamping compositions. Also disclosed herein are resuspendable particles comprising cellulose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen Herbert Harris, Matyas Kosa, Charles Sebastian Sanderson, Marie Jane Chorley, Derek Alexander Carlson, Jeremy R. Austin, Konstantinos M. Lahanas, Frederick J. Moesler, David Lee Breeden, Orlando Jose D'Elia
  • Patent number: 11188850
    Abstract: Existing methods for analyzing person-specific ‘connectomes’ are not computationally equipped for scalable, flexible, and integrated processing across multiple network resolutions and drawing from disparate data modalities-a major roadblock to utilizing ensembles and hierarchies of connectomes to solve person-specific machine-learning problems. The processes implemented in software described herein consists of an end-to-end pipeline for deploying ensembles and hierarchies of network-generating workflows that can utilize multimodal, person-specific data to sample networks, extracted from that data, across a grid of network-defining hyperparameters. In essence, this pipeline enables users to perform ensemble sampling of connectomes for given individual(s) based on any input phenotypic datatype, constructed from any data modality or hierarchy of modalities at any scale, and based on any set of network-defining hyperparameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Derek Alexander Pisner
  • Patent number: 10907197
    Abstract: Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: CHDI Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Celia Dominguez, John Wityak, Jonathan Bard, Christopher John Brown, Michael Edward Prime, Derek Alexander Weddell, Daryl Simon Walter, Paul Richard Giles, Ian James Wigginton, Malcolm George Taylor, Sébastien René Gabriel Galan, Peter David Johnson, Thomas Martin Krülle, Inaki Morao, Daniel Clark-Frew
  • Patent number: 10752047
    Abstract: A laced wheel manufactured from a one-piece casting, including both the hub portion and the rim portion. After casting and machining spoke interfaces, the hub and rim portions are separated and wire spokes are assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Alexander, Russell Barnett
  • Publication number: 20200167694
    Abstract: Existing methods for analyzing person-specific ‘connectomes’ are not computationally equipped for scalable, flexible, and integrated processing across multiple network resolutions and drawing from disparate data modalities—a major roadblock to utilizing ensembles and hierarchies of connectomes to solve person-specific machine-learning problems. The processes implemented in software described herein consists of an end-to-end pipeline for deploying ensembles and hierarchies of network-generating workflows that can utilize multimodal, person-specific data to sample networks, extracted from that data, across a grid of network-defining hyperparameters. In essence, this pipeline enables users to perform ensemble sampling of connectomes for given individual(s) based on any input phenotypic datatype, constructed from any data modality or hierarchy of modalities at any scale, and based on any set of network-defining hyperparameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Derek Alexander Pisner
  • Publication number: 20190008749
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions comprising cellulose particles and methods for making and using same. This invention also relates to compositions comprising a fluid and particles comprising cellulose. Thus, disclosed herein are methods of manufacture, isolation, purification, and handling of cellulose particles. Also disclosed are uses for cellulose particles as additives in leavened or leavenable food products, or in an emulsion or emulsifiable product, or as a suspension aid, or in a thickened composition, or in a meat or meat analog product, or in a personal care formulation, or in a beauty formulation, or in a cosmetic formulation, or in a skin care formulation. Also disclosed are uses for cellulose particles in subterranean treatment compositions. Also disclosed are uses for cellulose particles in metal working compositions, cutting compositions, and stamping compositions. Also disclosed herein are resuspendable particles comprising cellulose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Herbert HARRIS, Matyas Kosa, Charles Sebastian Sanderson, Marie Jane Chorley, Derek Alexander Carlson, Jeremy R. Austin, Konstantinos M. Lahanas, Frederick J. Moesler, David Lee Breeden, Orlando Jose D'Elia
  • Publication number: 20180056713
    Abstract: A laced wheel manufactured from a one-piece casting, including both the hub portion and the rim portion. After casting and machining spoke interfaces, the hub and rim portions are separated and wire spokes are assembled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Derek Alexander, Russell Barnett
  • Publication number: 20170374775
    Abstract: A new and distinct Malus domestica Borkh. apple tree named ‘GALA BIGBUCKS’, particularly characterized by its dark-red overcolor on 90-100% of fruit skin surface; foliage with distinct red midrib at harvest time; red/purple fruit stem; and intense red flower filament base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Pink Vein (Pty) Ltd.
    Inventors: Derek Alexander Corder, Peter John Nel, Anthony George Rawbone-Viljoen
  • Publication number: 20170292150
    Abstract: Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Celia Dominguez, John Wityak, Jonathan Bard, Christopher John Brown, Michael Edward Prime, Derek Alexander Weddell, Daryl Simon Walter, Paul Richard Giles, Ian James Wigginton, Malcolm George Taylor, Sébastien René Gabriel Galan, Peter David Johnson, Thomas Martin Krülle, Inaki Morao, Daniel Clark-Frew
  • Patent number: 9489447
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for providing a scalable current leaderboard. Entries may be received. The entries may include an identifier and a score. The entries may be sorted according to a sorting criterion to obtain a leaderboard. The entries may be ranked with a rank according to the position of the entry on the leaderboard. The entry may include the rank. The leaderboard may be divided into buckets. Each bucket may include consecutive entries from the leaderboard. One of the entries may be included at the end of a first buckets and at the beginning of a second buckets. The buckets may be ordered sequentially. The bucket may be updated with score versions to produce an updated bucket, where the score versions may include new versions and old versions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Derek Alexander Wollenstein, Daniel Alan Rodney, Haruyoshi Sakai, Steve Martin
  • Patent number: 9338186
    Abstract: A social network aggregation platform collects user generated content from multiple disparate social network platforms. The platform includes methods and systems for maintaining and applying user-selected and/or platform-specific privacy settings to the content when distributed or published. User privacy settings are compiled across platforms and used as a filter list against user-generated content. As a content stream is ingested into a platform, the source(s) of the invention content items are checked and the appropriate privacy settings are applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Lithium Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Alexander Wollenstein, Charles A. Ruhland
  • Publication number: 20150242434
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for providing a scalable current leaderboard. Entries may be received. The entries may include an identifier and a score. The entries may be sorted according to a sorting criterion to obtain a leaderboard. The entries may be ranked with a rank according to the position of the entry on the leaderboard. The entry may include the rank. The leaderboard may be divided into buckets. Each bucket may include consecutive entries from the leaderboard. One of the entries may be included at the end of a first buckets and at the beginning of a second buckets. The buckets may be ordered sequentially. The bucket may be updated with score versions to produce an updated bucket, where the score versions may include new versions and old versions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Derek Alexander Wollenstein, Daniel Alan Rodney, Haruyoshi Sakai, Steve Martin
  • Patent number: 8578353
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for enabling automated analysis of an extracted eScript to identify one or more problems within a configuration and script. The eScript is extracted from a Siebel repository and received in a DAVID (Development Application Verification Information on Demand for Siebel application where the VB.NET application, called SiebelParser, is utilized to conduct the analysis of the eScript. Occurrences of issues within an eScript are detected by SiebelParser. Issues within the eScript may include one or more of: empty event handlers, explicit object release, setting field values utilizing hard coded values, unnecessarily activated fields, call to next record after a call to delete record, and functions containing unnecessary code. Results from the analysis are reported to one log file document. The results of SiebelParser's log file are later incorporated to a spreadsheet by DAVID, to provide a more readable output format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Oliver Derek Alexander Seiffert
  • Publication number: 20130291058
    Abstract: A social network aggregation platform collects user generated content from multiple disparate social network platforms. The platform includes methods and systems for maintaining and applying user-selected and/or platform-specific privacy settings to the content when distributed or published. User privacy settings are compiled across platforms and used as a filter list against user-generated content. As a content stream is ingested into a platform, the source(s) of the invention content items are checked and the appropriate privacy settings are applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Klout, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Alexander Wollenstein, Charles A. Ruhland
  • Publication number: 20120266025
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for enabling automated analysis of an extracted eScript to identify one or more problems within a configuration and script. The eScript is extracted from a Siebel repository and received in a DAVID (Development Application Verification Information on Demand for Siebel application where the VB.NET application, called SiebelParser, is utilized to conduct the analysis of the eScript. Occurrences of issues within an eScript are detected by SiebelParser. Issues within the eScript may include one or more of: empty event handlers, explicit object release, setting field values utilizing hard coded values, unnecessarily activated fields, call to next record after a call to delete record, and functions containing unnecessary code. Results from the analysis are reported to one log file document. The results of SiebelParser's log file are later incorporated to a spreadsheet by DAVID, to provide a more readable output format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: IBM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Oliver Derek Alexander Seiffert
  • Patent number: 8225298
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for enabling automated analysis of an extracted eScript to identify one or more problems within a configuration and script. The eScript is extracted from a Siebel repository and received in a DAVID (Development Application Verification Information on Demand for Siebel application where the VB.NET application, called SiebelParser, is utilized to conduct the analysis of the eScript. Occurrences of issues within an eScript are detected by SiebelParser. Issues within the eScript may include one or more of: empty event handlers, explicit object release, setting field values utilizing hard coded values, unnecessarily activated fields, call to next record after a call to delete record, and functions containing unnecessary code. Results from the analysis are reported to one log file document. The results of SiebelParser's log file are later incorporated to a spreadsheet by DAVID, to provide a more readable output format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Oliver Derek Alexander Seiffert
  • Publication number: 20100115500
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for enabling automated analysis of an extracted eScript to identify one or more problems within a configuration and script. The eScript is extracted from a Siebel repository and received in a DAVID (Development Application Verification Information on Demand for Siebel application where the VB.NET application, called SiebelParser, is utilized to conduct the analysis of the eScript. Occurrences of issues within an eScript are detected by SiebelParser. Issues within the eScript may include one or more of: empty event handlers, explicit object release, setting field values utilizing hard coded values, unnecessarily activated fields, call to next record after a call to delete record, and functions containing unnecessary code. Results from the analysis are reported to one log file document. The results of SiebelParser's log file are later incorporated to a spreadsheet by DAVID, to provide a more readable output format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: Oliver Derek Alexander Seiffert
  • Publication number: 20070170018
    Abstract: A disc brake assembly is provided that includes a disc, a caliper, and a piston having a rear end slidably mounted in a bore in the caliper, a front end that faces the disc, and an inner axial surface. A brake pad is disposed between the piston and the disc. The brake pad has 1) a back plate having front and rear surfaces and 2) a friction pad mounted on the front surface of the back plate. A structure is situated on the rear surface of the back plate. The assembly also has an improved spring clip for holding the brake pad in the assembly. The spring clip is configured to be connectable to the structure on the rear surface of the back plate and engageable with the inner axial surface of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: HB Performance Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Derek Alexander
  • Patent number: PP29365
    Abstract: ‘BIGBUCKS’ is a new and distinct variety of Gala apple, selected for its dark red over color on 90-100% of the fruit skin surface with a full blush. It is distinguished from its parent variety ‘Royal Gala’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,121) and other Gala varieties by its unique dark red full blush over color, red coloration of the stalk, and red coloration of the main vein on the lower side of the leaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Pink Vein (Pty) Ltd.
    Inventors: Derek Alexander Corder, Peter John Nel, Anthony George Rawbone-Viljoen