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: 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
  • Patent number: 11785978
    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: October 17, 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: 11779568
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are autotaxin inhibitors, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders associated with autotaxin activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sabre Therapeutics LLC
    Inventors: John Howard Hutchinson, David Lonergan
  • Patent number: 11780476
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Soule, John Howard, Benjamin Stuart Stabler
  • Publication number: 20230311963
    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: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Soule, John Howard, Benjamin Stuart Stabler
  • Patent number: 11758936
    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 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 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: 11745773
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Parallel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Soule, John Howard, Benjamin Stuart Stabler
  • Publication number: 20230259613
    Abstract: A system is provided for electronic data obfuscation and protection using independent destructible data objects. The system may split a set of data into a data portion and a key portion, where the data portion may be stored in a database separately from the key portion. The data portion may further comprise a set of executable code for a time or iteration based destructible data object, where the data object may incrementally decrease a countdown value based on the passage of time and/or iterations. If the countdown value reaches a threshold value without being refreshed, the data object may automatically execute one or more processes to protect the set of data. In this way, the system provides a secure way to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, John Howard Kling
  • Patent number: 11720602
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for analyzing and correlating layered electronic data logs for monitored events on a network. The system is configured for identifying one or more entity resources associated with an entity, continuously monitoring the one or more entity resources, identifying at least a first event and a second event associated with at least one entity resource of the one or more entity resources, and performing a correlation analysis at the entity resource prior to transferring the data to a centralized data lake. In this way, the system streamlines the process for correlative analysis by performing resource heavy analysis at the edge of the network and later consolidating such data for further review.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, John Howard Kling
  • Patent number: 11720398
    Abstract: Harvesting the high performance computing capabilities of vehicle processors while the vehicles are parked and/or charging may provide use to otherwise unused resources as well as offer a way to discount parking and/or charging costs for the vehicle owner/driver. To harvest the computing capabilities, a dispatcher is utilized that receives incoming complex processing requests and parses the requests into tasks. The dispatcher dispatches the tasks to vehicle processors that are within, for example, a parking garage to which the dispatcher has access. The dispatcher may prioritize requests and/or prioritize the vehicle processors to distribute the tasks to optimize the power consumption, time, and processing capabilities used. When the vehicle processors complete the tasks and return results to the dispatcher, the dispatcher finalizes the job results and provides the results to the requestor. The dispatcher may discount the parking and/or charging costs for the vehicles that performed the computational tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Omar Makke, John Howard Schneider
  • Publication number: 20230232886
    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: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: John Howard Robinson, David William Griffith, Jr., Billy Tyrone Conner, Evon Llewellyn Crooks, Dempsey Bailey Brewer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11708102
    Abstract: The method can include: creating a platoon; maintaining a platoon; responding to a platoon event; and separating a platoon. However, the method can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable elements. The method functions to facilitate cooperative transportation (platooning) of a plurality of payloads by way of the cars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Parallel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Soule, John Howard, Benjamin Stuart Stabler
  • Patent number: 11700683
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Teledyne ETM, Inc.
    Inventors: William L. Nighan, Jr., Maarten Korringa, John Howard Rolin, Devin Kirk Henderlong
  • Patent number: 11688130
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method comprises receiving a plurality of digital images depicting an indoor scene of a room and captured using a capture device, and trajectory data of a trajectory that the capture device followed as the capture device was capturing the images; wherein the images and the trajectory data satisfy quality checks, including a closed loop check that requires that first images, of the plurality of digital images, and last images, of the plurality of digital images, overlap; determining a point cloud by preprocessing the digital images and the trajectory data to satisfy optimization constraints, and by identifying and labelling a plurality of feature points in data obtained by preprocessing the digital images and the trajectory data; based on the point cloud and the trajectory data, generating room geometry for the room and a 3D model of the room; and displaying a graphical representation of the 3D model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: End To End, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Mertens, Thomas Annen, John Howard, Alexandre Bouenard
  • Publication number: 20230198993
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for monitoring a cybersecurity mesh network comprising a distributed sensor grid and a plurality of devices for detection of one or more security incidents. In response to determining that one of the one or more security incidents has occurred, and in response to receiving the request from an identified device that requires the first level of authentication, transmitting to the identified device a request for authentication credentials that meet a second level of authentication, wherein the second level of authentication is more strict than the first level of authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, Richard Gar Bentley, Michael Ogrinz, John Howard Kling
  • Patent number: 11647781
    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: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 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: 11645384
    Abstract: A system is provided for electronic data obfuscation and protection using independent destructible data objects. The system may split a set of data into a data portion and a key portion, where the data portion may be stored in a database separately from the key portion. The data portion may further comprise a set of executable code for a time or iteration based destructible data object, where the data object may incrementally decrease a countdown value based on the passage of time and/or iterations. If the countdown value reaches a threshold value without being refreshed, the data object may automatically execute one or more processes to protect the set of data. In this way, the system provides a secure way to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, John Howard Kling