Patents by Inventor John Norris
John Norris 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).
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Publication number: 20240164588Abstract: One variation of a food production system includes a module housing: supporting a food preparation surface located at work surface height; configured to transiently house a food-dispensing module configured to dispense an ingredient toward the first autonomous assembly zone; including a positioner module arranged within the autonomous assembly zone and configured to transiently locate a food container below the food-dispensing module for dispensation of the ingredient into the food container; including a window arranged on a front side of the module housing and configured to enable user access to the autonomous assembly zone. The food production system further includes a controller configured to: receive a food order; coordinate motion of the positioner module to locate the food container below the food-dispensing module; and selectively trigger the food-dispensing module to dispense the ingredient into the food container to assemble a unit of a food product according to the food order.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Daniel Fukuba, Erik Norris, Maneesh Jain, Mark Manfrey, John Vassa, Keegan Schoch
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Publication number: 20240169860Abstract: A dental model includes a model dental arch and a plurality of model teeth. The model dental arch includes a first member including a plurality of first openings therethrough, and a second member including a plurality of second openings extending therethrough. The plurality of first openings of the first member and the plurality of second openings of the second member are aligned to each other in a one-to-one correspondence. Each model tooth from the plurality of model teeth includes a tooth portion and a connecting portion extending from the tooth portion. The tooth portion of each model tooth is at least partially and slidably received in a respective first opening from the plurality of first openings. The connecting portion of each model tooth is at least partially received in a respective second opening from the plurality of second openings and detachably retained in the respective second opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Katelyn M. Languell, Joseph C. Dingeldein, James D. Hansen, Robert T. McKevett, John A. Norris, Shane C. Pedersen
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Patent number: 11976262Abstract: A biological culture unit comprises a chamber body and a valve plate. The chamber body has defined therein a growth chamber and an aliquot chamber. The valve plate is disposed on the top surface of the chamber body and is movable to define selectable configurations of the biological culture unit for: (1) loading the growth chamber; (3) transferring an aliquot from the growth chamber to the aliquot chamber via a path defined within the biological culture unit in the transfer position; and (4) extracting the aliquot from the aliquot chamber. The selectable positions may further include (2) a growth position, and (5) a termination position for putting a termination agent into the growth and aliquot chambers. The valve plate may further include a neutralizer port that is aligned with the aliquot chamber in the loading position, for loading a neutralizing agent into the aliquot chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: Charles L. Desanti, Ryan W. Daly, David Charles Seibert, Jr., Patrick Norris, John Bartholomew, Sherry K. Blight
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Publication number: 20230144159Abstract: An apparatus to effect at least partial breakdown of a discrete material or product item or a combination of discrete material or product items. The apparatus includes a treatment vessel in which the discrete material or product item or combination of discrete material or product items are located for treatment. There is at least one entry for introduction of at least one working fluid, at least one pressurisation arrangement to increase pressure on the material or product item or combination of material or product items within the treatment vessel. At least one decompression arrangement to rapidly reduce the pressure on the material or product item or combination of material or product items within the treatment vessel may also be provided. The at least one pressurisation arrangement and the at least one decompression arrangement are operable to cause repeated pressurisation and rapid decompression on the material or product item or combination of material or product items within the treatment vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: John Norris, John Gerard Heffernan
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Publication number: 20230146791Abstract: A method of at least partially breaking down a material or product item or combination of material or product items. The method includes the steps of introducing said material or product item or combination of material or product items into a treatment vessel, introducing at least one working fluid into the treatment vessel, repeatedly increasing pressure on the material or product item or combination of material or product items in said treatment vessel to above atmospheric pressure and then subsequently depressurising the material or product item or combination of material or product items in the treatment vessel to achieve a pressure reduction in the vessel to effect at least partial breakdown of said material or product item or combination of material or product items.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: John Norris, John Gerard Heffernan
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Patent number: 11578953Abstract: A perforating tool including a body, a first lid and a second lid, the first lid attachable to one end of the body and the second lid attachable to an opposite end of the body, to define an interior cavity of the body. The interior cavity has an air-tight seal with an exterior environment surrounding the body. In some aspects, one or more plates are disposable within the interior cavity such that the one or more plates are situated apart from an explosive charge when the explosive charge is disposed in the interior cavity, the one or more plates occupying part of a total interior volume of the interior cavity and thereby reducing a free interior volume inside the body.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jacob Andrew McGregor, John Norris Smith
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Publication number: 20210348891Abstract: A perforating tool including a body, a first lid and a second lid, the first lid attachable to one end of the body and the second lid attachable to an opposite end of the body, to define an interior cavity of the body. The interior cavity has an air-tight seal with an exterior environment surrounding the body. In some aspects, one or more plates disposable within the interior cavity such that the one or more plates are situated apart from an explosive charge when the explosive charge is disposed in the interior cavity, the one or more plates occupying part of a total interior volume of the interior cavity and thereby reducing a free interior volume inside the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2020Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Jacob Andrew McGregor, John Norris Smith
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Publication number: 20210054959Abstract: An extendable and retractable column which is formed from at least three linked sections. The linked sections include a plurality of individual sections linked end to end. As the linked sections are extended, each of the individual sections engage adjacent individual sections to form a column. As the linked sections are retracted, each of the individual sections disengage from the adjacent individual sections and the column may be retracted for compact storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: Tower Solutions, LLCInventors: Mark Colman, John Norris
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Publication number: 20200158277Abstract: An extendable and retractable column which is formed from at least three linked sections. The linked sections include a plurality of individual sections linked end to end. As the linked sections are extended, each of the individual sections engage adjacent individual sections to form a column. As the linked sections are retracted, each of the individual sections disengage from the adjacent individual sections and the column may be retracted for compact storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Tower Solutions, LLCInventors: Mark Colman, John Norris
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Patent number: 10613239Abstract: Simulation of downhole transient pressure effects due to propellant stimulation of a formation provides information that may be utilized to select a type of perforating tool system and other components that contribute to effective stimulation of a formation. A well simulator pressure vessel comprises a perforating tool system that comprises a type of perforating gun assembly that includes one or more shaped charges. A propellant disk assembly adjacent to a sample formation is coupled to the perforating tool system. The propellant disk assembly comprises one or more components for securing the propellant. A transient pressure effect may be measured once the one or more shaped charges are detonated and the propellant is ignited or deflagrated. The measured transient pressure effects may be utilized to alter or change the one or more components of the perforating tool system prior to, during, or after stimulation of the sample formation.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: John Douglas Manning, Jacob Andrew McGregor, Gerald Graves Craddock, Jr., John Norris Smith
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Patent number: 10595134Abstract: An exemplary sound processor included in a cochlear implant system used by a recipient is configured to generate a spectral input signal representative of spectral energy contained within a frequency band of a plurality of frequency bands of an audio input signal presented to the recipient. The sound processor further receives a predetermined system noise threshold that is determined prior to the audio input signal being presented to the recipient and that is based on a predicted or measured spectral energy level of system noise generated by a theoretical or test cochlear implant system associated with, but distinct from, the cochlear implant system. The sound processor determines whether a spectral energy level of the spectral input signal exceeds the system noise threshold and, based on this determination, performs an action that impacts stimulation provided to the recipient by the cochlear implant system. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Advanced Bionics AGInventors: Leonid M. Litvak, Eugene Kim, John Norris
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Patent number: 10572361Abstract: A method for concurrent production use of an enterprise system and testing of a modified enterprise system is provided. The method includes obtaining inputs from one or more users of a production enterprise system; providing the inputs from the one or more users to the production enterprise system; determining, by at least a hardware processor, a subset of the inputs from among the one or more users to use to test the modified enterprise system; performing, by at least the hardware processor, one or more transactions on the subset of the inputs on the modified enterprise system and a copy of the production enterprise system; and analyzing, by at least the hardware processor, the one or more transactions to determine that the modified enterprise system is correctly configured.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Erich Gunther Schuller, John Norris Benson, Sema Ustuntas
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Patent number: 10451215Abstract: An extendable and retractable column which is formed from at least three linked sections. The linked sections include a plurality of individual sections linked end to end. As the linked sections are extended, each of the individual sections engage adjacent individual sections to form a column. As the linked sections are retracted, each of the individual sections disengage from the adjacent individual sections and the column may be retracted for compact storage. Methods of forming such an expandable/retractable column are also presented.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Tower Solutions, LLCInventors: Mark Colman, John Norris
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Patent number: 10368173Abstract: An exemplary sound processor included in a cochlear implant system used by a patient generates a spectral input signal representative of spectral energy contained within a frequency band of an audio signal presented to the patient. The sound processor determines whether a spectral energy level of the spectral input signal exceeds a predetermined system noise threshold that is based on a characterization of system noise generated by the cochlear implant system within the frequency band. The sound processer then generates a spectral output signal by 1) including the spectral input signal in the spectral output signal if the spectral energy level exceeds the predetermined system noise threshold, and 2) excluding the spectral input signal from the spectral output signal if the spectral energy level does not exceed the predetermined system noise threshold. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Advanced Bionics AGInventors: Leonid M. Litvak, Eugene Kim, John Norris
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Publication number: 20190093818Abstract: An extendable and retractable column which is formed from at least three linked sections. The linked sections include a plurality of individual sections linked end to end. As the linked sections are extended, each of the individual sections engage adjacent individual sections to form a column. As the linked sections are retracted, each of the individual sections disengage from the adjacent individual sections and the column may be retracted for compact storage. Methods of forming such an expandable/retractable column are also presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Mark Colman, John Norris
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Publication number: 20190064375Abstract: Simulation of downhole transient pressure effects due to propellant stimulation of a formation provides information that may be utilized to select a type of perforating tool system and other components that contribute to effective stimulation of a formation. A well simulator pressure vessel comprises a perforating tool system that comprises a type of perforating gun assembly that includes one or more shaped charges. A propellant disk assembly adjacent to a sample formation is coupled to the perforating tool system. The propellant disk assembly comprises one or more components for securing the propellant. A transient pressure effect may be measured once the one or more shaped charges are detonated and the propellant is ignited or deflagrated. The measured transient pressure effects may be utilized to alter or change the one or more components of the perforating tool system prior to, during, or after stimulation of the sample formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: John Douglas Manning, Jacob Andrew McGregor, Gerald Graves Craddock, JR., John Norris Smith
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Publication number: 20180314625Abstract: A method for concurrent production use of an enterprise system and testing of a modified enterprise system is provided. The method includes obtaining inputs from one or more users of a production enterprise system; providing the inputs from the one or more users to the production enterprise system; determining, by at least a hardware processor, a subset of the inputs from among the one or more users to use to test the modified enterprise system; performing, by at least the hardware processor, one or more transactions on the subset of the inputs on the modified enterprise system and a copy of the production enterprise system; and analyzing, by at least the hardware processor, the one or more transactions to determine that the modified enterprise system is correctly configured.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Erich Gunther Schuller, John Norris Benson, Sema Ustuntas
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Publication number: 20180303807Abstract: Described are compounds that inhibit androgen receptor action, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions for treating disorders and conditions in a subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: John A. Katzenellenbogen, Jatinder Josan, John Norris, Donald P. McDonnell
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Publication number: 20180306379Abstract: An extendable and retractable column which is formed from at least three linked sections. The linked sections include a plurality of individual sections linked end to end. As the linked sections are extended, each of the individual sections engage adjacent individual sections to form a column. As the linked sections are retracted, each of the individual sections disengage from the adjacent individual sections and the column may be retracted for compact storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Mark Colman, John Norris
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Patent number: 10012344Abstract: An extendable and retractable column which is formed from at least three linked sections. The linked sections include a plurality of individual sections linked end to end. As the linked sections are extended, each of the individual sections engage adjacent individual sections to form a column. As the linked sections are retracted, each of the individual sections disengage from the adjacent individual sections and the column may be retracted for compact storage.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Tower Solutions, LLCInventors: Mark Colman, John Norris