Patents by Inventor Maria Perez

Maria Perez 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: 10131989
    Abstract: A method includes providing a substrate including a tube with a first opening a second opening, depositing a metal film onto a portion of the tube near the first opening, and growing a carbon nanotube by passing a carbon-based gas through the tube and metal film. The gas enters the tube through the second opening and exits the tube through the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventor: Ignacio Maria Perez de Leon
  • Publication number: 20180288015
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a multi-function peripheral are disclosed, which secures a device using a link local network for transmission of data. The method includes starting an Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) network initialization from an Internet of Things (IOT) device in an IPv6 link local network; deriving an identifier for a link local IPv6 address for the IOT device from a first public key of the IOT device; sending the link local IPv6 address with the identifier from the IOT device to the first host device for double address detection (dad) in the link local IPv6 network; and authenticating the link local IPv6 address on the first host device with a private key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.
    Inventors: Richa KUDARAYA, Maria PEREZ
  • Patent number: 10091244
    Abstract: A method of providing security for data using a loopback interface, the method includes setting a security policy on a host device and a client device, the security policy configuration including a first loopback interface and an IP address for the host device and a second loopback interface and an IP address for the client device; sending an IP packet to the first loopback interface on the host device, wherein the first loopback interface configures the packet to be routed to the second loopback interface; sending the IP packet from the first loopback interface to a security module on the host device for encryption pursuant to a security protocol; filtering the encrypted packet received from first loopback interface and configuring the encrypted packet be sent to the client device; and sending the encrypted packet from the host device to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Maria Perez
  • Patent number: 10084820
    Abstract: A method of providing security for data being transferred over a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection, the method comprising: setting an IPsec policy configuration on a host device hand a client device; sending a packet to a first loopback interface on the host device, wherein the first loopback interface configures the packet to be routed to a second loopback interface on the client device; sending the packet from the first loopback interface to an IPsec module for encryption; filtering the packet received from first loopback interface; sending the packet to the client device over the USB connection; injecting the packet into the second loopback interface; sending the packet from the second loopback interface on the client device to the IPsec module on the client device for decryption; and sending the decrypted packet to the second loopback interface on the device application, wherein the packet is received on the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Maria Perez
  • Publication number: 20180189005
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a system are disclosed, which use OAuth2 to secure IPv6 Neighbor Discovery. The method including sending a Neighbor Discovery duplicate address detection (DAD) package from a client device on a communication network, the Neighbor Discovery DAD package having an authorization code for an OAuth2 token for access to an IPv6 network; receiving the Neighbor Discovery DAD package with the authorization code on an authorizing device, the authorizing device configured to issue OAuth2 tokens; issuing the OAuth2 token having an expiration to the client device for access to the IPv6 network; and allowing the client device to access the IPv6 network until the expiration of the OAuth2 token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Maria PEREZ
  • Publication number: 20180191921
    Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium, and a multi-function peripheral are disclosed, which use IPv6 packet extensions for execution of a job request based on proximity. The method including sending a job to be processed by a multi-function peripheral with an IPv6 Destination Options extension header from a client device to the multi-function peripheral, the IPv6 Destination Options extension header containing a physical location of the client device; receiving the job with the IPv6 Destination Options extension header containing the physical location of the client device on the multi-function peripheral; examining the IPv6 Destination Options extension header containing the physical location of the client device on the multi-function peripheral; and executing the job if the physical location of the client device is within a defined proximity to the multi-function peripheral.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.
    Inventor: Maria PEREZ
  • Patent number: 10015353
    Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium, and a multi-function peripheral are disclosed, which use IPv6 packet extensions for execution of a job request based on proximity. The method including sending a job to be processed by a multi-function peripheral with an IPv6 Destination Options extension header from a client device to the multi-function peripheral, the IPv6 Destination Options extension header containing a physical location of the client device; receiving the job with the IPv6 Destination Options extension header containing the physical location of the client device on the multi-function peripheral; examining the IPv6 Destination Options extension header containing the physical location of the client device on the multi-function peripheral; and executing the job if the physical location of the client device is within a defined proximity to the multi-function peripheral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Maria Perez
  • Publication number: 20180179475
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition comprising a protease wherein the protease is a variant of a parent protease, the parent protease having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and the variant protease has at least 90% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 wherein the variant protease comprises at least an amino acid substitution in position 167 and/or 170 (BPN? numbering) and wherein the variant protease is free of aspartic acid and/or glutamic acid in any of the positions 95 to 103 (BPN? numbering).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Michelle Jackson, Eva Maria Perez-Prat Vinuesa, David John Tarbit, Philip Frank Souter
  • Patent number: 9951330
    Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease (AD), tangle-predominant dementia (TPD) and other diseases associated with abnormal tau expression, e.g., tauopathies, using the 3?untranslated region (UTR) of the tau messenger RNA (mRNA) as a target, specifically using microRNAs that regulate the expression of tau. This invention is also in the field of screening for, identifying, and diagnosing such diseases. Specifically, this invention provides biomarkers for these diseases in the form of microRNAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: John Crary, Ismael Santa-Maria Perez
  • Publication number: 20180091627
    Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium, and a client device are disclosed, which create multiple profiles to mitigate profiling of the client device on a network. The method includes generating a request on the client device, the request including a uniform resource locator (URL) indicating a source hosting content; forwarding the request to a profile generation application on the client device, the profile generation application configured to generate a plurality of requests for the request, and wherein only one request of the plurality of requests has system information pertaining to the client device; and sending the plurality of requests to the network to retrieve the content hosted on the source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Maria PEREZ
  • Publication number: 20180030385
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition including a protease wherein the protease is a variant of a parent protease having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and the variant protease has at least 90% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 wherein the protease comprises at least one amino acid residue with a carboxylic acid side chain in the active site loop region from position 95 to 103 (BPN? numbering) with the proviso that the variant protease does not have 100% identity with SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, or SEQ ID NO: 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Eva Maria Perez-Prat Vinuesa, Philip Frank Suter
  • Publication number: 20180030384
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition including: i) a protease wherein the protease is a variant of a parent protease having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and the variant protease has at least 90% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 wherein the protease comprises at least one aspartic acid residue in the active site loop region from position 95 to 103 (BPN? numbering); and ii) more than 15% of organic complexing agent system comprising a weak complexing agent and a strong complexing agent in a weight ratio of from about 0.5:1 to about 2:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Philip Frank Souter, Eva Maria Perez-Prat Vinuesa, Michelle Jackson, David John Tarbit
  • Publication number: 20180030383
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition including: i) a protease wherein the protease is a variant of a parent protease having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and the variant protease has at least 90% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 wherein the protease includes at least one aspartic acid residue in the active site loop region from position 95 to 103 (BPN' numbering); and ii) from about 30% to about 50% by weight of the composition of an organic complexing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Philip Frank Souter, Eva Maria Perez-Prat Vinuesa, Michelle Jackson, David John Tarbit
  • Publication number: 20180030382
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition including: i) a protease wherein the protease is a variant of a parent protease having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and the variant protease has at least 90% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 wherein the protease comprises at least one aspartic acid residue in the active site loop region from position 95 to 103 (BPN? numbering); and ii) greater than 5% of a crystal growth inhibitor, preferably hydroxyethylidine 1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Philip Frank Souter, Eva Maria Perez-Prat Vinuesa, Michelle Jackson, David John Tarbit
  • Publication number: 20180030386
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition including a protease wherein the protease is a variant of a parent protease having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and the variant protease has at least 90% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 wherein the protease includes at least one glutamic acid residue in the active site loop region from position 95 to 103 (BPN? numbering).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: David John Tarbit, Michelle Jackson, Eva Maria Perez-Prat Vinuesa, Philip Frank Souter
  • Publication number: 20170321157
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition including an organic complexing agent and a new protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Michelle JACKSON, Eva Maria PEREZ-PRAT VINUESA, David John TARBIT, Philip Frank SOUTER, Euan John MAGENNIS, David Edward WILDES, Jeffrey W. MUNOS, Neelam S. AMIN, David L. MARQUEZ, Victoria HUANG, Geetha VEERAMUTHU, Rei OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20170289273
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of using IPv6 Neighbor Discovery to discover application services in an IPv6 network, the method including hosting a list of application services on a first host device; creating an application service Neighbor Discovery option for the list of application services hosted on the first host device; attaching the application service Neighbor Discovery option to a Neighbor Discovery solicitation response, a Neighbor Discovery advertisement, or a Neighbor Discovery solicitation request; and sending the Neighbor Discovery solicitation response, the Neighbor Discovery advertisement, or the Neighbor Discovery solicitation request with the application service Neighbor Discovery option from the first host device to one or more second host devices on a IPv6 network connection, wherein the application service Neighbor Discovery option provides the one or more second host devices with the list of application services hosted on the first host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Maria PEREZ
  • Patent number: 9686279
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of embedding a GPS location of a host device in an IPv6 address using IPv6 Neighbor Discovery, the method includes sending a neighbor solicitation request having a Global Positioning System (GPS) option from a first host device to an IPv6 server via an IPv6 communication network, the GPS option providing GPS information of the first host device; receiving the neighbor solicitation request having the GPS option on the IPv6 server, the IPv6 server configured to capture the neighbor solicitation request and create an IPv6 address with GPS information for the first host device; sending a neighbor discovery advertisement from the IPv6 server to the first host device; receiving the neighbor discovery advertisement and returning a solicit, request and renew message to the IPv6 server; and returning a reply message to the first host device with the IPv6 address with the GPS information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.
    Inventor: Maria Perez
  • Publication number: 20170093855
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of embedding a GPS location of a host device in an IPv6 address using IPv6 Neighbor Discovery, the method includes sending a neighbor solicitation request having a Global Positioning System (GPS) option from a first host device to an IPv6 server via an IPv6 communication network, the GPS option providing GPS information of the first host device; receiving the neighbor solicitation request having the GPS option on the IPv6 server, the IPv6 server configured to capture the neighbor solicitation request and create an IPv6 address with GPS information for the first host device; sending a neighbor discovery advertisement from the IPv6 server to the first host device; receiving the neighbor discovery advertisement and returning a solicit, request and renew message to the IPv6 server; and returning a reply message to the first host device with the IPv6 address with the GPS information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.
    Inventor: Maria PEREZ
  • Patent number: 9604947
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the use of a broad family of 5-imino-1,2,4-thiadiazoles as potential new drugs for the treatment of diseases in which PDE7 inhibition is important, specially inflammatory diseases, autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorders. On the other hand, compounds of the 5-imino-1,2,4-thiadiazole family are here described, as well as their synthetic procedures, and they may have great application as drug or drug candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CSIC)
    Inventors: Ana Martínez Gil, Carmen Gil Ayuso-Gontan, Valle Palomo Ruiz, Daniel Perez Fernandez, Concepción Perez Martín, Ana María Perez Castillo, María Isabel Loza Garcia, María Isabel Cadavid Torres, José Brea Floriani