Patents by Inventor E. Thompson

E. Thompson 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: 20240188521
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of producing a plant with delayed senescence comprising inducing at least one nucleotide deletion, insertion or substitution into at least one copy of a gene encoding deoxyhypusine synthase (DHS) in the plant, wherein the nucleotide deletion, insertion or substitution decreases the activity of DHS encoded by the gene in the plant. The invention also relates to plants produced by the methods and progeny thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Agribody Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerald S. Feitelson, John E. Thompson, Catherine A. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11986648
    Abstract: Anchoring mechanisms for an implantable electrical medical lead that is positioned within a substernal space are disclosed. The anchoring mechanisms fixedly-position a distal portion of the lead, that is implanted in the substernal space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy E. Thompson-Nauman, Melissa G. T. Christie
  • Patent number: 11991047
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting access points proximate to a mobile computing device to facilitate wireless network troubleshooting and management of the access points are provided. According to an embodiment, a mobile application, running on a mobile device that is operating within a physical environment, discovers a subset of wireless access points (APs) of various managed APs of a private network that are proximate to the mobile device by receiving short-range beacons originated by the subset of APs. The mobile application presents a list of the subset of APs within a user interface of the mobile application and bridges the physical environment and a network environment containing information regarding the private network. The mobile application facilitates management of a particular AP of the subset of APs by presenting configuration information or operating information for the particular AP within the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan E. Thompson, Andrea Gottardo
  • Patent number: 11986213
    Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a medical device comprising an elongate body configured to advance through layers of tissue of a patient, a lumen extending through the elongate body, a fluid line configured to supply fluid to the lumen, and a pressure sensor positioned within the lumen or the fluid line. The system may further include processing circuitry configured to receive, from the pressure sensor, a signal corresponding to the pressure of the fluid at each of a plurality of time points, determine, for each time point: a corresponding amplitude value of the signal, a difference between two amplitude values of the signal, an amplitude oscillation status of the signal, a position of the elongate body based on the difference and the amplitude oscillation status; and provide an indication of the position of the elongate body relative to the layers of tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc
    Inventors: Vladimir P. Nikolski, Linnea R. Lentz, Amy E. Thompson-Nauman, Teresa A Whitman, Mark T. Marshall
  • Publication number: 20240151056
    Abstract: A pool return fitting having a housing with a first chamber and second chamber. The second chamber is retained within the first chamber. The first chamber has a first pipe connection configured to receive a fluid. The first chamber has a first opening bordering a third chamber of an integrally formed support structure. The second chamber has a second pipe connection configured to receive a conduit. The second chamber has a second opening configured to retain a submersible light fixture. A transparent lens is connected to the integrally formed support structure and has opening. Fluid flows from the first opening of first chamber into a third chamber of the integrally formed support structure, over a lens of the submersible light fixture retained by the second chamber, and through an opening of the transparent lens to be expelled from the third chamber into the surrounding fluid external of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Steven E. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11974667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular storage system for barrels. The modular storage system includes a base rick module, an aisle rick module, and an end rick module, whereby a plurality of each module type may be assembled to construct a rickhouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Koetter-Rax, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Koetter, Jr., Kenneth E. Koetter, Gerald T. Koetter, Raymond Todd Magner, Brian S. Keith, Greg Schmidt, Anthony Ferrera, Mark Duane Cooke, Clark Gregory, Darr Scott Thompson, Adam Ray
  • Publication number: 20240139532
    Abstract: An implantable medical device has a therapy module configured to generate a composite pacing pulse including a series of at least two individual pulses. The therapy module is configured to generate the composite pacing pulse by generating a first pulse of the at least two individual pulses by selectively coupling a first portion of a plurality of capacitors to an output signal line and generate a second pulse of the at least two individual pulses by selectively coupling a second portion of the plurality of capacitors to the output signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: David A. ANDERSON, Mark T. MARSHALL, Vladimir P. NIKOLSKI, Robert T. SAWCHUK, Amy E. THOMPSON-NAUMAN, John D. WAHLSTRAND, Gregory A. YOUNKER
  • Publication number: 20240145050
    Abstract: Systems and methods for phenotyping clinical data are provided. The method includes obtaining episodic records comprising unstructured clinical data from an electronic medical record (EMR) or electronic health record (EHR) for patients. The method also includes filtering the episodic records by language pattern recognition to identify episodic records that each includes an expression related to a clinical condition. The method also includes splitting each episodic record to obtain snippets comprising tokens. The method also includes predicting if an episodic record represents an instance of the clinical condition using a trained classifier. The trained classifier includes an aggregation function that aggregates the snippets to output a corresponding representation for the episodic record, and an interpretation function that interprets the corresponding representation to output a corresponding prediction for whether the episodic record represents an instance of the clinical condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: William E. Thompson IV, David Michael Vidmar, RuiJun Chen
  • Publication number: 20240123218
    Abstract: An implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) system includes an ICD implanted subcutaneously in a patient, a defibrillation lead having a proximal portion coupled to the ICD and a distal portion having a defibrillation electrode configured to deliver a defibrillation or cardioversion shock to a heart of the patient, and a pacing lead that includes a distal portion having one or more electrodes and a proximal portion coupled to the ICD. The distal portion of the pacing lead is implanted at least partially along a posterior side of a sternum of the patient within the anterior mediastinum. The ICD is configured to provide pacing pulses to the heart of the patient via the pacing lead and provide defibrillation shocks to the patient via the defibrillation lead. As such, the implantable cardiac system provides pacing from the substernal space for an extravascular ICD system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Amy E. Thompson-Nauman, Melissa G.T. Christie, Paul J. DeGroot, Rick D. McVenes, Becky L. Dolan
  • Patent number: 11963438
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound of Formula I wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, and Au; T is a five-membered or six-membered heterocyclic ring, which is optionally substituted, wherein T includes a carbene carbon coordinated to M, or T is aromatic and includes a sp2 nitrogen coordinated to M; L is a group comprising a coordinating member selected from the group consisting of C, N, O, S, and P, wherein the coordinating member coordinates L to M; and Q1 and Q2 are each independently a linker, wherein the linker connects T to the coordinating member of L to form a macrocyclic ligand coordinated to M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventors: Peter I. Djurovich, Mark E. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11959679
    Abstract: A fan drive circuit for a variable speed fan motor in a cooling system, includes an inverter configured to supply a current signal to stator windings of the variable speed fan motor, a frequency detection circuit coupled to an output stage of an inverter of a compressor motor of the cooling system and configured to detect a first frequency of a compressor current signal at the output stage of a variable speed compressor drive circuit and generate a frequency signal, and a digital signal processor (DSP) coupled to the inverter and the frequency detection circuit. The DSP is configured to receive the frequency signal corresponding to the first frequency from the frequency detection circuit, select a second frequency corresponding to the first frequency at which to operate the variable speed fan motor, and transmit control signals to the inverter to supply current to the stator windings at the second frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul S. Mullin, Daniel E. Thompson, Ludovic Andre Chretien
  • Publication number: 20240114060
    Abstract: Systems and methods for remote monitoring of a Security Operations Center (SOC) via a mobile application are provided. According to one embodiment, a management service retrieves information regarding multiple network elements that are associated with an enterprise network and extracts parameters of the monitored network elements from the retrieved information. The management service prioritizes the monitored network elements by determining a severity level associated with security-related issues of the network elements and generates various monitoring views that summarize in real time various categories of potential security-related issues detected by the SOC. Further, the management service assigns a priority to each monitoring view and displays a video on the display device that cycles through monitoring views in accordance with their respective assigned priorities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. May, Jordan E. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20240104472
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing mergers and acquisition vulnerabilities in financial markets are disclosed. Embodiments allow advising institutions, such as financial institutions, to recognize times when a hostile party might take advantage of a market climate or other adverse events and attempt a hostile takeover. Embodiments may monitor public markets and may quantify the vulnerability of any given company based on publicly available data to protect the interests of these companies before other parties can exploit these vulnerabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Andrea SOLDA, Ashleigh Ann THOMPSON, Dhia E STAMBOULI, Alfredo PORRETTI, Darren NOVAK
  • Patent number: 11944007
    Abstract: There is disclosed squaraine compounds of formula I: wherein each of Y1 and Y2 is independently chosen from an optionally substituted amino group and an optionally substituted aryl group. Also described are organic optoelectronic devices comprising a Donor-Acceptor heterojunction that is formed from one or more of the squaraine compounds. A method of making the disclosed device, which may include one or more sublimation step for depositing said squaraine compound, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Michigan, University of Southern California
    Inventors: Mark E. Thompson, Stephen R. Forrest, Guodan Wei, Siyi Wang, Lincoln Hall, Viacheslav V. Diev, Xin Xiao
  • Patent number: 11920070
    Abstract: The co-linear or near co-linear structure of bimetallic Janus-type two-coordinated metal complexes may allow for a large transition dipole moment that can enhance the radiative lifetime. The symmetric nature of the bimetallic Janus complexes diminishes or eliminates the polar nature of the monometallic carbene-metal-amide/arene complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventors: Peter I. Djurovich, Mark E. Thompson, Narcisse Ukwitegetse, Tian-Yi Li, Rasha Hamze
  • Publication number: 20240074218
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are organic photosensitive devices including at least one exciton-blocking charge carrier filter. The filters comprise a mixture of at least one wide energy gap material and at least one electron or hole conducting material. As described herein, the novel filters simultaneously block excitons and conduct the desired charge carrier (electrons or holes).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen R. Forrest, Xin Xiao, Jeramy D. Zimmerman, Kevin Bergemann, Anurag Panda, Brian E. Lassiter, Mark E. Thompson, Andrew N. Bartynski, Cong Trinh
  • Patent number: 11915069
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the printing on wire or cable. The apparatus including a processor, a bus connected to the processor, a user input connected to the bus, a display screen connected to the user input and the bus, a first storage system connected to the bus, data stored in the first storage system and displayable on the display screen, wherein the data includes manufacturing and print information, a printer connected to the bus, wherein the printer prints the data on the wire or cable, a communication device connected to the bus, and an identification device connected to the bus, wherein identification device receives information from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Encore Wire Corporation
    Inventors: William T. Bigbee, Jr., Clifton S. Thompson, Ferrin E. Gomez, Tony Ornelas, III
  • Patent number: 11905223
    Abstract: Methods of forming a fertilizer composition having slow-release nitrogen compounds with a molten process are disclosed. The methods include mixing of a polyethylene wax with urea, formaldehyde, and one or more of an acid catalyst and emulsifier to form a molten methylene urea mixture. The contents of the molten methylene urea mixture react to form slow-release nitrogen compounds. Fertilizer compositions formed of, or including, the slow-release nitrogen compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: Harold E. Thompson, Curtis James MacDonald, Stephanie Von Ville Velez, David Patrick Inglish, Kwame Owusu-Adom
  • Patent number: 11887895
    Abstract: Some structures and methods to reduce power consumption in devices can be implemented largely by reusing existing bulk CMOS process flows and manufacturing technology, allowing the semiconductor industry as well as the broader electronics industry to avoid a costly and risky switch to alternative technologies. Some of the structures and methods relate to a Deeply Depleted Channel (DDC) design, allowing CMOS based devices to have a reduced ?VT compared to conventional bulk CMOS and can allow the threshold voltage VT of FETs having dopants in the channel region to be set much more precisely. The DDC design also can have a strong body effect compared to conventional bulk CMOS transistors, which can allow for significant dynamic control of power consumption in DDC transistors. Additional structures, configurations, and methods presented herein can be used alone or in conjunction with the DDC to yield additional and different benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: United Semiconductor Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott E. Thompson, Damodar R. Thummalapally
  • Patent number: 11888287
    Abstract: The system and method for cooling a laser using a split liquid cooled heat exchanger. The temperature of coolant entering the system is applied to a portion of the system most in need of lower temperatures and a second heat exchanger uses the outflow from the first heat exchanger to cool a remaining portion of the system that has a tolerance for higher temperatures. The laser cooling system is compact, e.g., less than 45 cubic inches and can handle thermal loads of about 800 W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Thompson, Gerard J. Pelletier, Glenn Sindledecker