Patents by Inventor Mark Albert

Mark Albert 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: 11970316
    Abstract: An enclosable and stackable container comprising a tray and lid is provided with structural elements to permit rapid covering and uncovering of the tray, efficient stacking of containers, and safe transportation. At least one catching mechanism may be engaged quickly to securely cover the tray and its food contents and disengaged quickly to uncover the tray and its food contents, improving food hygiene practices. Foldable flange flaps enhance stacking strength to permit safe transportation of stacked containers and their food contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventors: David Chapman, Elton Ross Farren, Pascale Didit Grenier, Daniel Albert McCallie, Mark Steven Smith
  • Publication number: 20240127367
    Abstract: A crop prediction system performs various machine learning operations to predict crop production and to identify a set of farming operations that, if performed, optimize crop production. The crop prediction system uses crop prediction models trained using various machine learning operations based on geographic and agronomic information. Responsive to receiving a request from a grower, the crop prediction system can access information representation of a portion of land corresponding to the request, such as the location of the land and corresponding weather conditions and soil composition. The crop prediction system applies one or more crop prediction models to the access information to predict a crop production and identify an optimized set of farming operations for the grower to perform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: David Patrick Perry, Geoffrey Albert von Maltzahn, Robert Berendes, Eric Michael Jeck, Barry Loyd Knight, Rachel Ariel Raymond, Ponsi Trivisvavet, Justin Y H Wong, Neal Hitesh Rajdev, Marc-Cedric Joseph Meunier, Casey James Leist, Pranav Ram Tadi, Andrea Lee Flaherty, Charles David Brummitt, Naveen Neil Sinha, Jordan Lambert, Jonathan Hennek, Carlos Becco, Mark Allen, Daniel Bachner, Fernando Derossi, Ewan Lamont, Rob Lowenthal, Dan Creagh, Steve Abramson, Ben Allen, Jyoti Shankar, Chris Moscardini, Jeremy Crane, David Weisman, Gerard Keating, Lauren Moores, William Pate
  • Publication number: 20240095686
    Abstract: A system comprising a telematics device associated with a vehicle, a first computing device, a second computing device associated with a driver of the vehicle, and a server is disclosed. The server may be configured to receive maintenance data from the telematics device, determine a repair for the vehicle based on the maintenance data, send a request to the first computing device for the repair to be performed by one or more service providers, estimate a period of time for performing the repair, assign an alternative form of transportation to be provided to the driver during the estimated period of time, and send, to the second computing device, one or more notifications regarding at least one of the repair to be performed by the one or more service providers, the estimated period of time for the repair, or the assigned alternative transportation to be provided to the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Mark E. Faga, Paul Albert Sheetz
  • Patent number: 11928325
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-program product includes displaying a plurality of factor-setting user interface (UI) control elements configured to receive an input of characters for specifying a set of design of experiment factors for creating a design of experiment (DOE), displaying a plurality of factor type UI control elements configured to receive input for specifying a factor type of a plurality of factor types, displaying a plurality of dynamic rows of editable UI control elements configured to receive inputs of experimental values for the set of DOE factors, and displaying a composite factor UI control component configured to receive inputs for generating one or more control signals that add or remove one or more DOE factors of the set of DOE factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Peng Liu, Mark Wallace Bailey, Bradley Allen Jones, Caleb Bridges King, Ryan Adam Lekivetz, Joseph Albert Morgan, Jacob Davis Rhyne
  • Publication number: 20240074416
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the engineering an animal model, preferably mammalian models, more preferably a rat model representing Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 2A (CMT2A) harboring the p.Arg364Trp or p.His361Tyr Mfn2 mutation, whose human counterpart results in a severe, early-onset axonal neuropathy. A model having the p.Arg364Trp Mfn2 mutation is based on a mutation made using zinc finger endonuclease technology in fertilized rat eggs. Cohorts of mutants and wild type littermates were characterized behaviorally and shown to develop multiple motor deficits that worsened over time. Separate cohorts of mutant and wild type rats sacrificed at 7, 40, and 48 weeks and analyzed by light microscopy showed a reduced density of myelinated axons and active axonal degeneration in distal but not proximal nerves, as well as axonal degeneration in the fasciculus gracilis of the cervical spinal cord at 40 and 48 weeks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Albert Scheideler, Guojun Zhao, John Svaren, David C. Chan, Steven S. Scherer, Taleen Hanania
  • Publication number: 20240067274
    Abstract: The truck/trailer safety and/or fuel saving device which can reduce turbulence behind, moderating white out conditions and improve aerodynamics, saving fuel for the tractor/trailer owner operator. A truck/trailer safety and/or fuel saving device includes a cross frame, panel holder angles, panels, bearings, holder straps and bearing support brackets affixed together by fastener assemblies to a trailer frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Peterson, Loren Paul Skarie, Thomas Albert Blomberg
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11818094
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: ZixCorp Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Adam Joyner, Patrick Stephen Trantham, Mark Albert Mackenzie, John French Kalan, William Scott Henderson
  • Patent number: 11800859
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 2A (CMT2A) harboring the p.Arg364Trp or p.His361Tyr Mfn2 mutation, whose human counterpart results in severe, early-onset axonal neuropathy for p.Arg364Trp Mfn2 mutation in fertilized rat eggs. Cohorts of mutants and wild type littermates were characterized with multiple motor deficits that worsened over time. Separate cohorts of mutant and wild type at 7, 40, and 48 weeks showed reduced density of myelinated axons and active axonal degeneration in distal but not proximal nerves, as well as axonal degeneration in the fasciculus gracilis of the cervical spinal cord at 40 and 48 weeks not present in 7-week-old cohort Mfn2 mutants, or wild type at 7 or 40 weeks. The p.His361Tyr Mfn2 mutation using CRISPR/Cas9 showed abnormalities in gait dynamics at 8 weeks and lengthening of gait cycle at 16 weeks. The invention provides progressive axonal neuropathy for examining pathogenesis and treatment of CMT2A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Mark Albert Scheideler, Guojun Zhao, John Svaren, David C. Chan, Steven S. Scherer, Taleen Hanania
  • Patent number: 11752511
    Abstract: A mister apparatus includes a portable mister body having an air inlet and an air outlet, a fan configured to draw air in through the air inlet and force the air out the air outlet, a reservoir configured to contain a liquid, the reservoir having a reservoir outlet, a liquid outlet, the liquid outlet being disposed adjacent to or downstream of the air outlet, and a pump in fluid communication with the reservoir. The pump is operable to move the liquid from the reservoir and out of the liquid outlet such that the liquid exiting the liquid outlet enters into the air exiting the air outlet to form a mist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventors: Derek Jordan Recker, Matthew David Merritt, John Hubert Vaughan, IV, Mark Albert Roscup, Jeffrey David Nicolia
  • Publication number: 20230268554
    Abstract: Additive mixtures for nonaqueous battery electrolytes have been discovered that provide for improved performance, and particularly for improved lifetime (cycle life and stability) in high voltage, rechargeable lithium ion batteries. The battery electrolytes comprise less than 10% by weight of an additive mixture comprising an additive solvent, a sulfur containing compound, and lithium difluorophosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen Laurence Glazier, Yadong Huang, John Christopher Burns, Mark Albert McArthur, Kenneth George Broom
  • Patent number: 11721792
    Abstract: Light emitting devices and methods for their manufacture are provided. According to one aspect, a light emitting device is provided that comprises a substrate having a recess, and an interlayer dielectric layer located on the substrate. The interlayer dielectric layer may have a first hole and a second hole, the first hole opening over the recess of the substrate. The light emitting device may further include first and second micro LEDs, the first micro LED having a thickness greater than the second micro LED. The first micro LED and the second micro LED may be placed in the first hole and the second hole, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: eLux Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Alexander Sasaki, Paul J. Schuele, Mark Albert Crowder
  • Publication number: 20220298132
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing ethylene carbonate and/or ethylene glycol, which comprises the following steps: a) supplying an overhead absorber stream withdrawn from an absorber to a vapor-liquid separator to yield an aqueous bottoms stream and a recycle gas stream; b) supplying an aqueous process stream comprising one or more impurities to a distillation apparatus to yield an overhead impurities stream and a purified aqueous process stream, wherein the aqueous process stream supplied to the distillation apparatus comprises at least a portion of the aqueous bottoms stream withdrawn from the vapor-liquid separator, wherein the overhead impurities stream is supplied to a condenser and is cooled to a temperature in the range of from 5 to 95° C., wherein the cooled overhead impurities stream is split into a reflux stream which is recycled to the distillation apparatus and an overhead impurities stream; and further steps c) and d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jesse Raymond BLACK, Roel Guillaume Hubertus Leonardus BASTINGS, Mark Albert Petrus DEKKERS
  • Patent number: 11339365
    Abstract: Described herein is a device and method for translocating a protein through a nanopore and monitoring electronic changes caused by different amino acids in the protein. The device comprises a nanopore in a membrane, an amplifier for providing a voltage between the cis side and trans side of the membrane, and an NTP driven unfoldase which processed the protein to be translocated. The exemplified unfoldase is the ClpX unfoldase from E. coli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Jeffrey Matthew Nivala, Douglas Benjamin Marks, Mark Albert Akeson
  • Publication number: 20210151633
    Abstract: Light emitting devices and methods for their manufacture are provided. According to one aspect, a light emitting device is provided that comprises a substrate having a recess, and an interlayer dielectric layer located on the substrate. The interlayer dielectric layer may have a first hole and a second hole, the first hole opening over the recess of the substrate. The light emitting device may further include first and second micro LEDs, the first micro LED having a thickness greater than the second micro LED. The first micro LED and the second micro LED may be placed in the first hole and the second hole, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: eLux Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Alexander Sasaki, Paul J. Schuele, Mark Albert Crowder
  • Patent number: 10930819
    Abstract: Light emitting devices and methods for their manufacture are provided. According to one aspect, a light emitting device is provided that comprises a substrate having a recess, and an interlayer dielectric layer located on the substrate. The interlayer dielectric layer may have a first hole and a second hole, the first hole opening over the recess of the substrate. The light emitting device may further include first and second micro LEDs, the first micro LED having a thickness greater than the second micro LED. The first micro LED and the second micro LED may be placed in the first hole and the second hole, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: eLux Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Alexander Sasaki, Paul J. Schuele, Mark Albert Crowder
  • Publication number: 20200391236
    Abstract: A mister apparatus includes a portable mister body having an air inlet and an air outlet, a fan configured to draw air in through the air inlet and force the air out the air outlet, a reservoir configured to contain a liquid, the reservoir having a reservoir outlet, a liquid outlet, the liquid outlet being disposed adjacent to or downstream of the air outlet, and a pump in fluid communication with the reservoir. The pump is operable to move the liquid from the reservoir and out of the liquid outlet such that the liquid exiting the liquid outlet enters into the air exiting the air outlet to form a mist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Derek Jordan Recker, Matthew David Merritt, John Hubert Vaughan, IV, Mark Albert Roscup, Jeffrey David Nicolia
  • Patent number: 10804455
    Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating piezoelectric plates. A sacrificial layer is formed overlying a growth substrate. A template layer, with openings exposing sacrificial layer surfaces, is formed over the sacrificial layer. An adhesion layer/first electrode stack is selectively deposited in the openings overlying the sacrificial layer surfaces, and a piezoelectric material formed in the openings overlying the stack. Then, a second electrode is formed overlying the piezoelectric material. Using the second electrode as a hardmask, the piezoelectric material is etched to form polygon-shaped structures, such as disks, attached to the sacrificial layer surfaces. After removing the template layer and annealing, the polygon-shaped structures are separated from the sacrificial layer. With the proper choice of growth substrate material, the annealing can be performed at a relatively high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: eLux, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Albert Crowder, Changqing Zhan, Karen Nishimura, Paul Schuele
  • Patent number: 10725679
    Abstract: Examples of systems are described for calculating a probability of exceeding storage capacity of a virtualized system in a particular time period using probabilistic models. The probabilistic models may advantageously take variances of storage capacity into consideration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Albert Chamness, Revathi Anil Kumar
  • Publication number: 20200199801
    Abstract: A laundry liquid dispensing system comprising (a) a container containing a laundry liquid, said container having an elongate cross section adapted for letterbox delivery wherein the container width is at least twice the container depth and the container depth is less than 5 cm; (b) a dispensing device configured to house the container in a dispensing orientation; (c) a metered dosing device for dispensing, a dose of the laundry liquid from the container via a self-closing aperture, wherein the laundry liquid has a viscosity in the range 200-1500 cps @ 21 s?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Albert Assies, Hugo Copini, Eric Smeding, Michael Wittenberg, Marije van Zwet