Patents by Inventor Mark A. Stephens

Mark A. Stephens 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: 11934925
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method performed by a classification scanner comprises receiving an electronic message and determining a classification that applies to the electronic message. The classification is determined based on an express indication from a user. The method further comprises providing a machine learning trainer with the electronic message and an identification of the classification that applies to the electronic message. The machine learning trainer is adapted to determine a machine learning policy that associates attributes of the electronic message with the classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ZixCorp Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Potkalesky, Mark Stephen DeMichele
  • Patent number: 11934193
    Abstract: The technology relates to controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. In one instance, sensor data identifying an object in an environment of the vehicle may be received. A first path of a first trajectory where the vehicle will pass the object may be determined. A function is used to determining a first maximum speed of the vehicle based on a predetermined minimum lateral clearance between the object and the vehicle. The first maximum speed may be used to determine whether an actual lateral clearance between the object and the vehicle will meet the predetermined minimum lateral clearance. The determination of whether the actual lateral clearance will meet the predetermined minimum lateral clearance may be used to generate a first speed plan for the first trajectory. The vehicle may be controlled in the autonomous driving mode according to the first trajectory including the first speed plan and the first path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Jared Stephen Russell, Mark Paskin
  • Publication number: 20240083845
    Abstract: The disclosures herein relate to compounds of Formula (1?): or a salt thereof, wherein A, Q, X, Z, L, R2, R3 and R9 are defined herein, and their use in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses and disorders associated with SARS-CoV-2: Mpro.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: HEPTARES THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Miles Stuart CONGREVE, John Andrew CHRISTOPHER, Mark PICKWORTH, Chris DE GRAAF, Alicia Perez HIGUERUELO, Jonathan Stephen MASON, Santosh S. KULKARNI
  • Patent number: 11930018
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method performed by a classification scanner comprises receiving an electronic message and determining whether the electronic message includes an express indication from the user indicating that a classification applies to the electronic message. In response to determining that the electronic message does not include the express indication that the classification applies to the electronic message, the message further comprises sending the electronic message to a machine learning scanner. The machine learning scanner is adapted to use a machine learning policy to determine whether the classification applies to the electronic message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ZixCorp Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Potkalesky, Mark Stephen DeMichele
  • Patent number: 11920886
    Abstract: A weapon is capable of firing cased telescoped (CT) ammunition rounds. The weapon includes a barrel, a chamber member that defines a chamber configured to hold a CT round for firing from the weapon, a non-rotating carrier body, and linkage. The linkage is constructed and arranged to move the chamber member (i) from a firing position in which the chamber member is aligned with the barrel for firing the CT round to an ejection/loading position in which the chamber member is not aligned with the barrel for ejecting a spent CT round and receiving a next CT round in response to the non-rotating carrier body moving away from the barrel, and (ii) from the ejection/loading position to the firing position in response to the non-rotating carrier body moving toward the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Textron Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Stephen Ruck, Brandon Scott Recchia, Bradford Timothy Jones, Benjamin Tyler Cole, Petro Romanovych Khoma, Mark Timothy Fellows, Madeline Claire Spurlock
  • Patent number: 11923073
    Abstract: A facility for procuring and analyzing information about an anatomical surface feature from a caregiver that is usable to generate an assessment of the surface feature is described. The facility displays information about the surface feature used in the assessment of the surface feature. The facility obtains user input and/or data generated by an image capture device to assess the surface feature or update an existing assessment of the surface feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Aranz Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Keith Fairbairn, Michael David John Bryce, Bruce Leslie Keith Davey, Mark Arthur Nixon, Brent Stephen Robinson
  • Publication number: 20240073180
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the dynamic selection of IP address in email platforms, and the synchronization of hostnames and IP addresses in such platforms, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Bryan Adam Joyner, Patrick Stephen Trantham, Mark Albert Mackenzie, John French Kalan, William Scott Henderson
  • Publication number: 20240068427
    Abstract: Systems and methods capable for use in the development of high-speed, shape-transitioning, inward-turning inlets for air-breathing hypersonic vehicles, and inlets formed thereby. The systems and methods preferably provide for designing high-speed inlets for air-breathing hypersonic vehicles, wherein unique solutions are defined in each osculating plane of the inlet. Such systems and methods optionally provide an optimization process for tuning the post throat-shock Mach number of the inlet, and/or designs a shock-capture surface using a parallel-streamlines methodology, and/or a double cowl-lip geometry to allow flow to spill overboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Edward Noftz, Joseph Stephen Jewell, Andrew James Shuck, Jonathan Poggie, Andrew Nixon Bustard, Thomas James Juliano
  • Patent number: 11890697
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for additive manufacturing a three-dimensional object layer-by-layer including depositing a layer of material on a bed surface or a previously deposited layer of the object to form the object layer-by-layer; providing energy to the material after each layer is deposited with the energy being provided by an energy source that forms an energized beam directed at the material; altering a property of a gas surrounding the material and through which the energized beam extends to alter a property of the object constructed from the material; melting the material with the energized beam to form a melted pool of liquefied material; and allowing the material to solidify to bond the material to a previous layer of material of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Lopac, Ryan Chou
  • Publication number: 20240028185
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method comprising aggregating PFAS remediation evaluation data for a plurality of remediation options and for a plurality of predefined criteria; graphically displaying the user modifiable chart comprising the plurality of graphical representations of the aggregated PFAS remediation evaluation data, wherein: each graphical representation depicts data points visually plotted with weights, the plurality of graphical representations for the plurality of predefined criteria are visually ordered according to a rank of the plurality of predefined criteria, and the weights are based on the rank of the plurality of predefined criteria; detecting a first user input modifying the rank of at least one predefined criterion; in accordance with the first user input, automatically updating the weights of the data points; and displaying an updated user modifiable chart comprising the plurality of graphical representations of the aggregated PFAS remediation evaluation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Lee KLEIN, Ryan Douglas HOLLINS, Mark Stephen PFAFF, Brittany Allison TRACY, Elizabeth HAINES, James Alex PHILP, Jay Nathan LUSTIG, Thomas W. WHIELDON, Joseph John Patrick ROBERTS, Christopher M. BERGER, Gavin Timothy PLESKO
  • Publication number: 20240028187
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method comprising: aggregating option evaluation data for a plurality of options and for a plurality of predefined criteria; graphically displaying the user modifiable chart comprising the plurality of graphical representations of the aggregated option evaluation data, wherein: each graphical representation depicts data points visually plotted with weights, the plurality of graphical representations for the plurality of predefined criteria are visually ordered according to a rank of the plurality of predefined criteria, and the weights are based on the rank of the plurality of predefined criteria; detecting a first user input modifying the rank of at least one predefined criterion; in accordance with the first user input, automatically updating the weights of the data points; and displaying an updated user modifiable chart comprising the plurality of graphical representations of the aggregated option evaluation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Lee KLEIN, Brittany Allison TRACY, Elizabeth HAINES, Thomas W. WHIELDON, Christopher M. BERGER, Gavin Timothy PLESKO, Mark Stephen PFAFF
  • Publication number: 20240027390
    Abstract: Analyte sensor comprises a substrate having an upper surface including a first portion and a second exposed portion, an electrode layer disposed on the first portion and having an elongate body comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the electrode layer including an active working electrode area having a surface area of between 0.15 mm2 to 0.25 mm2, at least one sensing spot with at least one analyte responsive enzyme disposed on the active working electrode area. Additional analyte sensors are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
    Inventors: Udo Hoss, Max Garbett, Andrew James Bull, Stephen Oja, Benjamin J. Feldman, Lam N. Tran, Jean-Pierre Babka, Mark Stephen Yahnke, Tahir S. Khan, Adrian Petyt, Mark Alan Schulz, Andrew McGibbon, Owen Daniel Reynolds
  • Patent number: 11880382
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating tables from print-ready digital source documents. A document is received and one or more text fragments are identified on a rendered page of the document. A wrapping region collection is generated, comprising one or more wrapping regions. A tabular, narrative and label score is generated for each wrapping region. A block type is assigned to each wrapping region based on the scores. A wrapping region group and a block set are generated. One or more tables are generated based on text fragments corresponding to one of the one or more blocks. The text fragments are organized into corresponding fields of the one or more tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: DATAWATCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Kyre, Jeffrey Lucas Eldridge, Austin Alexander Spears, Samuel Allen Hudock
  • Patent number: 11875887
    Abstract: A system configured to be coupled with a participant of an activity. The system comprises: a participant activity monitoring unit configured for monitoring a performance of the activity by the participant; an activity information module configured for storing performance information corresponding to the activity; and a participant performance correlator configured for delivering comparative performance data based on the monitored performance of the activity by the participant and the stored performance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Galasso, Wesley E. Allinger, David M. Haugen, Robert David Kaswen, Mark Stephen Fitzsimmons
  • Publication number: 20240009496
    Abstract: A nonobstructive protective housing for a fire sprinkler head has a first case half and a second case half with apertures formed in the case halves. The second case half is hingedly coupled to the first case half. The first case half and the second case half are movable between an open position and a closed position. A method of non-obstructively protecting a fire sprinkler head with the nonobstructive protective housing includes fastening the nonobstructive protective housing around the fire sprinkler head such that the apertures accommodate a flow of water from the fire sprinkler head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Ouellette, Carol Ann Leofanti
  • Patent number: 11869735
    Abstract: A contactor (1) comprising a first contact member (3) fixed and connected to a first conductor (5) of an electrical circuit; a second contact member (7) connected to a second conductor (9) of the electrical circuit by a connector (11); wherein the second contact member moves between a break position, in which the first and second contact members are out of contact, and a make position, in which the first and second contact members are in contact; an actuator assembly (15) coupled to the second contact member such that actuation of the actuator assembly translates into movement of the second contact member; an electromagnetic arrangement comprising an electromagnetic coil (17) and at least a part of the actuator assembly, wherein, when the coil is energised, the coil generates a magnetic field and thereby the actuation assembly is caused to move under the influence of the magnetic field, which in turn causes the second contact member to move; a hermetically sealable enclosure (2); wherein the first and second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Solid State PLC
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Del Giudice, John Hamilton Merrill
  • Patent number: 11866179
    Abstract: An air data probe includes a probe head having an interior surface defining a cavity, a component positioned within the cavity of the probe head, a plurality of protrusions defining contact between the interior surface of the probe head and a peripheral surface of the component prior to brazing the component to the probe head, and a braze material located between the interior surface of the probe head and the peripheral surface of the component as a result of brazing the component to the probe head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Baker, Matthew Kulhanek, Mark Stephen Lopac, Colin E. Towne
  • Patent number: 11869651
    Abstract: A system configured to be coupled with a participant of an activity. The system comprises: a participant activity monitoring unit configured for monitoring a performance of the activity by the participant; an activity information module configured for storing performance information corresponding to the activity; and a participant performance correlator configured for delivering comparative performance data based on the monitored performance of the activity by the participant and the stored performance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Galasso, Wesley E. Allinger, David M. Haugen, Robert David Kaswen, Mark Stephen Fitzsimmons
  • Patent number: 11867195
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a combustor section arranged between a compressor section and a turbine section. The compressor section includes at least a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor. The high pressure compressor is arranged upstream of the combustor section. A fan section is included. The low pressure compressor is downstream from the fan section. An airfoil is arranged in the low pressure compressor and includes pressure and suction sides extending in a radial direction from a 0% span position to a 100% span position. The airfoil has an axial stacking offset at a 10% span position that is positive and greater than or equal to an axial stacking offset at the 100% span position. The axial stacking offsets measured relative to an aftward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J. Gallagher, Lisa I. Brilliant, Joseph C. Straccia, Stanley J. Balamucki, Mark A. Stephens, Kate Hudon
  • Patent number: 11856939
    Abstract: A cover for a probe head of an air data probe includes a sleeve defining a cavity for enclosing a portion of the probe head of the air data probe, the sleeve including a closed end, an open end opposite the closed end, and an interior surface extending from the open end to the closed end, and a reservoir for holding insect repellent, the reservoir located at least partially within the cavity of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Lopac, Mark Baker