Patents by Inventor Michael Leonard

Michael Leonard 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: 11027243
    Abstract: The invention provides polymer-grafted and functionalized nonwoven membranes adapted for use in bioseparation processes, the membranes including a nonwoven web of polyester fibers having an average fiber diameter of less than about 1.5 microns, each of the plurality of polyester fibers having grafted thereon a plurality of polymer segments constructed of a methacrylate polymer, each polymer segment carrying a functional group adapted for binding to a target molecule. The invention also provides a method of bioseparation comprising passing a solution comprising the target molecule, such as a protein, through the nonwoven membrane of the invention such that at least a portion of the target molecule in the solution binds to the nonwoven membrane. A method for preparing a polymer-grafted and functionalized nonwoven membrane adapted for use in bioseparation processes is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Michael Leonard Heller, Ruben G. Carbonell, Behnam Pourdeyhimi
  • Publication number: 20210103984
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for aggregating Mortgage Loans based upon servicing records verified via a blockchain distributed ledger. The Blockchain is distributed to Participants in the Loan, such as the Borrowers, Regulators, Servicers, and Vendors. Participants may submit an aggregation criteria, such as for example a criteria used for selecting loans to be included in a securitization pool. The present disclosure further provides a method for homogenizing a variety of loan criteria and memorializing execution of a smart contract on the Blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Ranieri IP, LLC
    Inventors: Shane Michael Leonard, Richard Sheridan Collins
  • Publication number: 20200408204
    Abstract: An integrated, portable, battery-powered, variable-pressure electric liquid pump and power emergency station including a remote wireless communication unit located remotely from and in wireless communication with the emergency station to improve wireless reception in the integrated, portable, battery-powered, variable-pressure electric liquid pump and power emergency station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Leonard Flaster
  • Publication number: 20200300846
    Abstract: The invention, depending on aspect and embodiment, relates to capture probe controls, and capture and signal probe configurations and combinations of configurations that can facilitate accurate and efficient multiplex analyte detection, especially in electrochemical detection schemes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Leonard Wood, Aviva Ruth Jacobs
  • Patent number: 10722740
    Abstract: An integrated, portable, battery-powered, variable-pressure electric liquid pump and power emergency station a chassis; an electrically powered, variable-pressure liquid pump carried by the chassis; one or more rechargeable batteries powering the variable-pressure liquid pump to transfer liquid at variable pressures; one or more AC outlets carried by the chassis and powered by the one or more rechargeable batteries to provide emergency back-up power during power outage; wherein the emergency station includes at least one hardware processor; and one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, initiates at least one of wireless signaling and wire-based signaling to user-determined outboard equipment to activate user pre-selected functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: FFP2018, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Leonard Flaster
  • Patent number: 10716963
    Abstract: An integrated, portable, battery-powered, variable-pressure electric liquid pump and power emergency station including one of one or more wired sensors and one or more wireless sensors that provide at least one of real-time heat, water, smoke, barometric, wind speed, humidity, distance, or seismic data, wherein the emergency station includes at least one hardware processor; and one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, provide at least one of the emergency station, one or more users, and one more ancillary devices with at least one of real-time heat, water, smoke, barometric, wind speed, humidity, distance, and seismic data from at least one of the one or more wired sensors and the one or more wireless sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: FFP2018
    Inventor: Michael Leonard Flaster
  • Patent number: 10670591
    Abstract: The invention, depending on aspect and embodiment, relates to capture probe controls, and capture and signal probe configurations and combinations of configurations that can facilitate accurate and efficient multiplex analyte detection, especially in electrochemical detection schemes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Leonard Wood, Aviva Ruth Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20200167201
    Abstract: Manage a request for a computing service through a hub solution available on a network. The underlying network fabric is the communication bus between individual processes that make up a service request. A process orchestrator may publish an Internet Protocol (IP) address for service requests such as printing services, email services, Active Directory (AD) services and similar service requests. The process orchestrator may determine which processes are to be executed to complete the service request and offload the processes to an available computing resources on the network. Examples of computing resources for each process include a virtual machine and a hardware based process engine. The process orchestrator may manage the processes and act as the primary point of interface for an endpoint host requesting the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Todd Douglas Robinson, Stephen Michael Leonard, Hamza Yaswi, Rebecca E. Lutz
  • Publication number: 20200111158
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for ingesting Legacy Records of mortgage loan servicing actions onto a Blockchain. Legacy data is converted from a relational database format into a blockchain format and entered as one or more blocks on a blockchain. Portions of the blockchain are distributed to Participants in the blockchain, such as the Borrowers, Regulators, Servicers, and Vendors. The present disclosure further provides a method for homogenizing a variety of Vendor Formats for inclusion on the Blockchain and memorializing execution of a smart contract on the Blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Ranieri IP, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Sheridan Collins, Shane Michael Leonard
  • Publication number: 20200086151
    Abstract: An integrated, portable, battery-powered, variable-pressure electric liquid pump and power emergency station a chassis; an electrically powered, variable-pressure liquid pump carried by the chassis; one or more rechargeable batteries powering the variable-pressure liquid pump to transfer liquid at variable pressures; one or more AC outlets carried by the chassis and powered by the one or more rechargeable batteries to provide emergency back-up power during power outage; wherein the emergency station includes at least one hardware processor; and one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, initiates at least one of wireless signaling and wire-based signaling to user-determined outboard equipment to activate user pre-selected functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Leonard Flaster
  • Publication number: 20200090492
    Abstract: An emergency controller for an integrated, portable, battery-powered, power emergency station including one or more rechargeable batteries; one or more AC outlets powered by the one or more rechargeable batteries to provide emergency back-up power during power outage; one of one or more wired sensors and one or more wireless sensors that provide at least one of real-time heat, smoke, barometric, wind speed, humidity, distance, or seismic data, comprising at least one hardware processor; and one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, detects a power outage to a house or building; activates the one or more rechargeable batteries to provide at least one of signaling and emergency back-up power to at least one of: one or more of pumps, one or more lights, one or more alarms, an automatic transfer switch, one or more medical devices, and one or more heaters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Leonard Flaster
  • Patent number: 10565644
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for ingesting Legacy Records of mortgage loan servicing actions onto a Blockchain. The Blockchain is distributed to Participants in the Loan, such as the Borrowers, Regulators, Servicers, and Vendors. The present disclosure further provides a method for homogenizing a variety of Vendor Formats for inclusion on the Blockchain and memorializing execution of a smart contract on the Blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ranieri IP, LLC
    Inventors: Shane Michael Leonard, Richard Sheridan Collins
  • Publication number: 20190385229
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for ingesting Legacy Records of mortgage loan servicing actions onto a Blockchain. The Blockchain is distributed to Participants in the Loan, such as the Borrowers, Regulators, Servicers, and Vendors. The present disclosure further provides a method for homogenizing a variety of Vendor Formats for inclusion on the Blockchain and memorializing execution of a smart contract on the Blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Shane Michael Leonard, Richard Sheridan Collins
  • Publication number: 20190381343
    Abstract: An integrated, portable, battery-powered, variable-pressure electric liquid pump and power emergency station a chassis; an electrically powered, variable-pressure liquid pump carried by the chassis; one or more rechargeable batteries powering the variable-pressure liquid pump to transfer liquid at variable pressures; one or more AC outlets carried by the chassis and powered by the one or more rechargeable batteries to provide emergency back-up power during power outage; wherein the emergency station includes at least one hardware processor; and one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, initiates at least one of wireless signaling and wire-based signaling to user-determined outboard equipment to activate user pre-selected functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Leonard Flaster
  • Publication number: 20190366136
    Abstract: An integrated, portable, battery-powered, variable-pressure electric liquid pump and power emergency station including one of one or more wired sensors and one or more wireless sensors that provide at least one of real-time heat, water, smoke, barometric, wind speed, humidity, distance, or seismic data, wherein the emergency station includes at least one hardware processor; and one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, provide at least one of the emergency station, one or more users, and one more ancillary devices with at least one of real-time heat, water, smoke, barometric, wind speed, humidity, distance, and seismic data from at least one of the one or more wired sensors and the one or more wireless sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Leonard Flaster
  • Patent number: 10482533
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing transparency, security, and auditability to a loan servicing process by encoding Loan Actions and associated Action data, onto a Blockchain. The Blockchain is distributed to Participants in the Loan, such as the Borrowers, Regulators, Servicers, and Vendors. The present disclosure further provides a method for homogenizing a variety of Vendor Formats for inclusion on the Blockchain and memorializing execution of a smart contract on the Blockchain. simplifying Transactions such as assignment of the rights of a Participant are simplified and memorialized and accessible via a communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Ranieri IP, LLC
    Inventors: Shane Michael Leonard, Richard Sheridan Collins
  • Publication number: 20190284321
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for preparing a polymer-grafted and functionalized nonwoven membrane adapted for use in separation processes. The invention further provides so-formed membranes as well as improved separation methods utilizing the membranes. The polymer-grafted and functionalized nonwoven membranes are particularly formed utilizing thermal grafting. In particular, an acrylate or methacrylate polymer can be grafted onto a nonwoven web comprising a plurality of polymeric fibers to form a plurality of polymer segments covalently attached to the polymeric fibers. Thermal grafting particularly can comprise using a thermal initiator and exposing the nonwoven web to heat to initiate polymerization of the acrylate or methacrylate monomer. The grafted polymeric fibers can be functionalized to attach at least one functional group adapted for binding to a target molecule to the polymer segments of the grafted polymeric fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Leonard Heller, Ruben G. Carbonell
  • Publication number: 20190272591
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing transparency, security, and auditability to a loan servicing process by encoding Loan Actions and associated Action data, onto a Blockchain. The Blockchain is distributed to Participants in the Loan, such as the Borrowers, Regulators, Servicers, and Vendors. The present disclosure further provides a method for homogenizing a variety of Vendor Formats for inclusion on the Blockchain and memorializing execution of a smart contract on the Blockchain. simplifying Transactions such as assignment of the rights of a Participant are simplified and memorialized and accessible via a communications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Shane Michael Leonard, Richard Sheridan Collins
  • Patent number: 10393126
    Abstract: An integrated, portable, battery-powered, variable-pressure electric liquid pump and power emergency station comprising a chassis; one or more wheels supporting the chassis; an electrically powered, variable-pressure liquid pump carried by the chassis; one or more rechargeable batteries powering the variable-pressure liquid pump to transfer liquid at variable pressures from a liquid source to a liquid destination; and one or more AC outlets carried by the chassis and powered by the one or more rechargeable batteries to provide emergency back-up power during power outage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: FFP2018, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Leonard Flaster
  • Patent number: 10392527
    Abstract: Barrier coatings with efficacy against oxygen and nuisance substances are described that comprise lower molecular weight PVOH and EVOH co-polymers, when coated on flexible substrates. Coating formulations comprising these co-polymers advantageously tolerate moderate to higher proportions of organic solvents in aqueous blends, and thus produce faster drying coating formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Asad Khan, Safraz Khan, Michael Leonard, Farid Azizian