Patents by Inventor John Howard

John Howard 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: 11935151
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a graphics processing system that includes one or more integrated graphics systems and one or more discrete graphics systems. In some examples, an operating system (OS) or other software supports switching between image display data being provided from either an integrated graphics system or a discrete graphics system by configuring a multiplexer at runtime to output image data to a display. In some examples, a multiplexer is not used and interface supported messages are used to transfer image data from an integrated graphics system to a discrete graphics system and the discrete graphics system generates and outputs image data to a display. In some examples, interface supported messages are used to transfer image data from a discrete graphics system to an integrated graphics system and the integrated graphics system uses an overlay process to generate a composite image for output to a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Akiyama, John Howard, Murali Ramadoss, Gary K. Smith, Todd M. Witter, Satish Ramanathan, Zhengmin Li
  • Publication number: 20240083900
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula (I?): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables in the formula are as defined herein; and methods for their use and production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: BIOGEN MA INC.
    Inventors: Brian T. Hopkins, Bin Ma, Isaac Marx, Jürgen Schulz, George Vandeveer, Robin Prince, Marta Nevalainen, TeYu Chen, Zain Yousaf, Martin Himmelbauer, Vatee Pattaropong, John Howard Jones, Edward Yin-Shiang Lin, Felix Gonzalez Lopez de Turiso, Thomas Purgett, Andrew George Capacci, Simone Sciabola
  • Publication number: 20240085338
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of medical devices. Specifically, the present invention provides fluidic systems having a plurality of reaction sites surrounded by optical barriers to reduce the amount of optical cross-talk between signals detected from various reaction sites. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing fluidic systems and methods of using the systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Michael KEMP, Chris TODD, Ron ORAL, Shulin ZENG, John HOWARD, Jeff FENTON, Elizabeth A. HOLMES, Ian GIBBONS (deceased), Shaunak ROY
  • Patent number: 11927943
    Abstract: A Multi-Purpose Dynamic Simulation and run-time Control platform includes a virtual process environment coupled to a physical process environment, where components/nodes of the virtual and physical process environments cooperate to dynamically perform run-time process control of an industrial process plant and/or simulations thereof. Virtual components may include virtual run-time nodes and/or simulated nodes. The MPDSC includes an I/O Switch which delivers I/O data between virtual and/or physical nodes, e.g., by using publish/subscribe mechanisms, thereby virtualizing physical I/O process data delivery. Nodes serviced by the I/O Switch may include respective component behavior modules that are unaware as to whether or not they are being utilized on a virtual or physical node. Simulations may be performed in real-time and even in conjunction with run-time operations of the plant, and/or simulations may be manipulated as desired (speed, values, administration, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Anthony Amaro, Jr., Noel Howard Bell, John M. Caldwell, Gary K. Law
  • Patent number: 11925202
    Abstract: A smoking article may include a cigarette incorporated within an electrically powered aerosol generating device that acts as a holder for that cigarette. The smoking article possesses at least one form of tobacco. The smoking article also possesses a mouth-end piece that is used by the smoker to inhale components of tobacco that are generated by the action of heat upon components of the cigarette. A representative smoking article possesses an outer housing incorporating a source of electrical power (e.g., a battery), a sensing mechanism for powering the device at least during periods of draw, and a heating device (e.g., at least one electrical resistance heating element) for forming a thermally generated aerosol that incorporates components of tobacco. During use, the cigarette is positioned within the device, and after use, the used cigarette is removed from the device and replaced with another cigarette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: John Howard Robinson, David William Griffith, Jr., Billy Tyrone Conner, Evon Llewellyn Crooks, Dempsey Bailey Brewer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11926355
    Abstract: The system can include a dispatcher and a plurality of cars. However, the system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system 100 functions to enable platooning of the plurality of cars (e.g., by way of the method S100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Parallel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Soule, John Howard, Benjamin Stuart Stabler
  • Publication number: 20240077951
    Abstract: An input device includes a control surface for a color correction system. The control surface includes a housing with an upwardly facing control panel. The control panel has a proximal edge which is nearest a user and a distal edge that is furthest from a user in normal use. The control panel includes a plurality of controls. The plurality of controls includes: a plurality of trackballs, wherein each trackball comprises a ball and a control ring, said ball cooperating with at least one encoder to generate a multi-dimensional control signal based on motion of the ball, and said control ring cooperating with at least one encoder to generate a one dimensional control signal based on the rotational motion of the ring, wherein the ball of said trackball is mounted concentrically with said control ring; a plurality of control buttons; and a plurality of knobs coupled to respective rotary encoders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Grant David Petty, Simon Milne Kidd, John Anthony Vanzella, Shannon Howard Smith, Andrew James Godin, Benjamin Hill, Lachlan James Karp
  • Publication number: 20240070672
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for detecting actionable transaction risks. The method includes grouping an inbound event related to a transaction with a target event group and determining an actionable group of events that are deemed high risk and a non-actionable group of non-actionable events that are deemed low risk. The method also includes evaluating the target event group relative to the actionable and non-actionable groups of events. This includes computing a first distance between the target event group and the non-actionable group and a second distance between the target event group and actionable group. The first distance is compared with the second distance to determine if the target event group, including the inbound event, is closer to the actionable group or to the nonactionable group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: John Mariano, Victor Christian, Christopher Janes, David Ferris, Paul Howard, Christopher Baril
  • Publication number: 20240068344
    Abstract: A blender power unit (BPU) for use in fracturing jobs. The BPU comprises a transformer having an input and an output and configured to receive electrical power via the input at a first voltage to output electrical power via the output at a second voltage; a motor power bus coupled to the output of the transformer; a motor starter bus; at least one motor soft starter having an input coupled to the motor power bus and having an coupled to the motor starter bus; a plurality of electric power relays coupled to the motor power bus and configured to supply electric power from the motor power bus to a load when in a closed state; and a plurality of start electric power relays coupled to the motor starter bus and configured to supply electric power from the motor starter bus to a load when in a closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Bruce Carl LUCAS, Carlos Alfredo Vallejo GORDON, Mark A. HUDSON, Glenn Howard WEIGHTMAN, Jose L. MALDONADO, Austin Carl SCHAFFNER, John Harold Fischer, Tyler NOLEN
  • Patent number: 11905819
    Abstract: A composite product has a body of polycrystalline diamond (PCD) material having a PCD proximal end and a PCD distal end, an electronic device including an electronic component, and a connection portion joining the electronic device to the body at the PCD distal end, and comprising metallic join material having a liquidus temperature of 600° C. to 950° C. at atmospheric pressure. At least one of the electronic device and the body includes an electrically insulating portion between the electronic component and the PCD proximal boundary establishing an electrical open circuit condition between the electronic component and the PCD proximal boundary. A method of making the composite product is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Element Six (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Santonu Ghosh, Christopher John Howard Wort
  • Publication number: 20240030573
    Abstract: A negative differential phase shifter includes a first uncoupled transmission line, wherein the first uncoupled transmission line has a length of ?/2 at a center frequency; a first coupled transmission line, wherein the first coupled transmission line is operatively connected to the first uncoupled transmission line; and a second uncoupled transmission line, wherein the second uncoupled transmission line is operatively connected to the first coupled transmission line, and the second uncoupled transmission line is operatively connected to the first uncoupled transmission line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: John Howard
  • Publication number: 20240008164
    Abstract: A linac-based X-ray system for cargo scanning and imaging applications uses linac design, RF power control, beam current control, and beam current pulse duration control to provide stable sequences of pulses having different energy levels or different dose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: William L. Nighan, JR., Maarten Korringa, John Howard Rolin, Devin Kirk Henderlong
  • Publication number: 20240000129
    Abstract: A smoking article may include a cigarette incorporated within an electrically powered aerosol generating device that acts as a holder for that cigarette. The smoking article possesses at least one form of tobacco. The smoking article also possesses a mouth-end piece that is used by the smoker to inhale components of tobacco that are generated by the action of heat upon components of the cigarette. A representative smoking article possesses an outer housing incorporating a source of electrical power (e.g., a battery), a sensing mechanism for powering the device at least during periods of draw, and a heating device (e.g., at least one electrical resistance heating element) for forming a thermally generated aerosol that incorporates components of tobacco. During use, the cigarette is positioned within the device, and after use, the used cigarette is removed from the device and replaced with another cigarette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: John Howard Robinson, David William Griffith, Jr., Billy Tyrone Conner, Evon Llewellyn Crooks, Dempsey Bailey Brewer, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20230422384
    Abstract: A linac-based X-ray system for cargo scanning and imaging applications uses linac design, RF power control, beam current control, and beam current pulse duration control to provide stable sequences of pulses having different energy levels or different doses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Teledyne ETM, Inc.
    Inventors: William L. Nighan, JR., Maarten KORRINGA, John Howard ROLIN, Devin Kirk HENDERLONG
  • Publication number: 20230415793
    Abstract: The electric vehicle can include: a payload interface, a payload suspension, a chassis, a set of bumpers, a sensor suite, a controller, a chassis suspension, and an electric powertrain. The electric vehicle 100 can optionally include a payload adapter, a power source, a cooling subsystem, and/or any other suitable components. The electric vehicle functions to structurally support a payload, such as a cargo container (e.g., intermodal container, ISO container, etc.), and/or to facilitate transportation of a payload via railway infrastructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Parallel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Soule, John Howard, Benjamin Stuart Stabler
  • Patent number: 11855680
    Abstract: A beam forming network system includes a first beam forming network having first and second ports, in which each of the first ports is operatively coupled to an antenna element; and a second beam forming network including third and fourth ports, in which each of the third ports is operatively coupled to one of the second ports using at least one of a phase shifter, attenuator, power divider, and/or hybrid coupler. A method of beam forming includes coupling each of the first ports associated with a first beam forming network operatively to one antenna element, and coupling each of the third ports associated with a second beam forming network operatively to one of the second ports associated with the first beam forming network using at least one of a phase shifter, attenuator, power divider, and/or hybrid coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: John Howard
  • Patent number: 11813394
    Abstract: A wound therapy device is disclosed. The wound therapy device may include a housing for covering at least a portion of a wound and for sealing to a body surface of a patient. The housing may also include a liquid collector for retaining liquid therein and a vacuum connection for coupling to a vacuum source. The vacuum connection may be in gaseous communication with the liquid collector. The vacuum connection may be separated from the liquid collector by a liquid barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok V. Joshi, John Howard Gordon, Sai Bhavaraju, Troy C. Dayton, Jeremy Heiser
  • Publication number: 20230355939
    Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for continuous extrusion of a drug-containing fluid into the mouth of a patient from a device residing in the mouth of the patient. Methods of treating a disease by such extrusion are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Adam HELLER, John SPIRIDIGLIOZZI, Steven DIIANNI, Robert DRAPER, John HOWARD
  • Patent number: 11805806
    Abstract: A smoking article may include a cigarette incorporated within an electrically powered aerosol generating device that acts as a holder for that cigarette. The smoking article possesses at least one form of tobacco. The smoking article also possesses a mouth-end piece that is used by the smoker to inhale components of tobacco that are generated by the action of heat upon components of the cigarette. A representative smoking article possesses an outer housing incorporating a source of electrical power (e.g., a battery), a sensing mechanism for powering the device at least during periods of draw, and a heating device (e.g., at least one electrical resistance heating element) for forming a thermally generated aerosol that incorporates components of tobacco. During use, the cigarette is positioned within the device, and after use, the used cigarette is removed from the device and replaced with another cigarette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: John Howard Robinson, David William Griffith, Jr., Billy Tyrone Conner, Evon Llewellyn Crooks, Dempsey Bailey Brewer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11793797
    Abstract: Described herein is the use of a LOXL2 inhibitor in the treatment or prevention of conditions, diseases, or disorders associated with LOXL2 activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: PHARMAKEA, INC.
    Inventors: Gretchen Bain, Jillian Frances Evans, Deidre A. Mackenna, John Howard Hutchinson