Patents by Inventor Francesco Arena

Francesco Arena 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: 11966236
    Abstract: A device can receive a request for a schedule that assigns a fleet of vehicles to a set of deliveries. The device can determine that a parameter is not included in the request that is needed to generate a new schedule or that is needed to generate an existing schedule. The device can obtain the parameter using a historical user request, a historical schedule, or a scheduling template. The device can generate or obtain the schedule based on information included in the request and the obtained parameter. The device can provide the schedule to a user device and/or to one or more devices associated with the fleet of vehicles carrying out the set of deliveries. The device can modify the schedule based on a trigger. The device can provide the modified schedule to the user device and/or to the one or more devices associated with the fleet of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Connect Development Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Arena, Francesco Sambo, Leonardo Sarti, Matteo Simoncini, Nicola Tommasi
  • Publication number: 20220405867
    Abstract: A power distribution system comprises a first Smart Meter device for metering the power absorbed or yielded by a domestic utility, in which said first Smart Meter device is connected to a power distribution grid and dialogs in real time with other Smart Meters connected to other domestic utilities, in which said other Smart Meters are connected to the same power grid of said first Smart Meter device, in which said power distribution system is provided with multiple and comprehensive interconnections which connect said first Smart Meter device to the other Smart Meter nodes so as to form a network, in which the information on the energy production and consumption status of the network is available in each Smart Meter node of the network at all times, thus allowing the information on the energy status of the network to be instantaneously available to an operator of the power grid by querying a single Smart Meter among those present in the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Andrea Irace, Francesco Arena
  • Patent number: 11225061
    Abstract: The invention discloses oxygen scavenging films having at least one oxygen scavenging layer comprising a blend of ethylene/methyl acrylate/cyclohexene methyl acrylate copolymer (EMCM) as oxygen scavenger resin and a catalyst in a carrier resin, and an outer substrate layer having a thickness greater than 5% with respect to the total thickness of the film. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacturing of such films, to the use of said films in food packaging and to the packages obtained therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Cryovac, LLC
    Inventors: Francesco Arena, Dario Dainelli, Larry Bickle McAllister, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180134013
    Abstract: The invention discloses oxygen scavenging films having at least one oxygen scavenging layer comprising a blend of ethylene/methyl acrylate/cyclohexene methyl acrylate copolymer (EMCM) as oxygen scavenger resin and a catalyst in a carrier resin, and an outer substrate layer having a thickness greater than 5% with respect to the total thickness of the film. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacturing of such films, to the use of said films in food packaging and to the packages obtained therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Francesco Arena, Dario Dainelli, Larry Bikle McAlister, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140291250
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a nano-structured composite material based on compositions of manganese and cerium, composed of aggregated composite nanospheres, ranging in size from 1 to 40 nm, of ultrafine crystalline nanoparticles of one or more compounds of cerium, dispersed in a metastable solid mixture of one or more sub-stoichiometric oxides of manganese, said sub-stoichiometric oxides of manganese comprising MeMnOz manganates, wherein 1?z?4, Me being constituted of one or more elements selected amongst alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals and rare earths, and in particular being constituted of one or more elements selected amongst Ce, V, Ti, Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn, Sn, Ga, Gd, Y, Zr, Al, Si, La, K, Li, Pb, Cs, or mixtures thereof; which can be used in the industry as redox catalyst and/or adsorbing filter of heavy metals, cyanides, sulfur compounds, pigments, dyes, polymers (PEG), phenols, alcohols, aldehydes and ketones, ethers, esters and carboxylic acids which are present both in contamin
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Francesco Arena, Lorenzo Spadaro
  • Publication number: 20040038811
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst, in particular for the partial oxidation of methane or natural gas to formaldehyde and/or methanol in the tange of 550-800° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Adolfo Parmaliana, Francesco Arena, Francesco Frusteri