Patents by Inventor Nicholas Miller
Nicholas Miller 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: 20230184773Abstract: The present invention provides methods for analysing a urine sample from a subject comprising exposing the urine sample to a lysis buffer which is capable of releasing at least one biomarker from cells in the urine sample. The present invention further provides kits, devices, and apparatuses that can be used in these methods. Finally, the present invention provides methods for detecting the presence of a urological cancer in a subject comprising performing an assay on a sample from a subject to determine the concentration of an Mcm protein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: ARQUER DIAGNOSTICS LIMITEDInventors: David Nicholas MILLER-JONES, Jacqueline STOCKLEY, Cheryl NYBERG
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Patent number: 11677379Abstract: A moveable micromachined member of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes an insulating layer disposed between first and second electrically conductive layers. First and second mechanical structures secure the moveable micromachined member to a substrate of the MEMS device and include respective first and second electrical interconnect layers coupled in series, with the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member and each other, between first and second electrical terminals to enable conduction of a first joule-heating current from the first electrical terminal to the second electrical terminal through the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: SiTime CorporationInventors: Joseph C. Doll, Nicholas Miller, Charles I. Grosjean, Paul M. Hagelin, Ginel C. Hill
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Publication number: 20230133583Abstract: Techniques and systems are described for performing semantic text searches. A semantic text-searching solution uses a machine learning system (such as a deep learning system) to determine associations between the semantic meanings of words. These associations are not limited by the spelling, syntax, grammar, or even definition of words. Instead, the associations can be based on the context in which characters, words, and/or phrases are used in relation to one another. In response to detecting a request to locate text within an electronic document associated with a keyword, the semantic text-searching solution can return strings within the document that have matching and/or related semantic meanings or contexts, in addition to exact matches (e.g., string matches) within the document. The semantic text-searching solution can then output an indication of the matching strings.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: Adobe Inc.Inventors: Trung Bui, Yu Gong, Tushar Dublish, Sasha Spala, Sachin Soni, Nicholas Miller, Joon Kim, Franck Dernoncourt, Carl Dockhorn, Ajinkya Kale
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Publication number: 20230136167Abstract: Surgical tissue retraction systems and methods are described herein. Such systems and methods can be employed in some embodiments to provide medial-lateral tissue retraction to increase access to a surgical site. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument can include a body configured to couple to an implantable anchor, a first tissue manipulating implement coupled to the body and capable of polyaxial movement relative thereto, and a second tissue manipulating implement coupled to the body and capable of polyaxial movement relative thereto. Further, the first and second tissue manipulating implements can be opposed to one another such that they can move any of toward and away from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Andrew Medeiros, Zoher Bootwala, Nicholas Miller, Roman Lomeli
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Patent number: 11584642Abstract: Multiple degenerately-doped silicon layers are implemented within resonant structures to control multiple orders of temperature coefficients of frequency.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SiTime CorporationInventors: Charles I. Grosjean, Nicholas Miller, Paul M. Hagelin, Ginel C. Hill, Joseph C. Doll
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Publication number: 20230038007Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for agent-assisted information browsing. In one example, an audio connection is established between a mobile device and an agent platform. In addition, a web service is established between the mobile device and the agent platform. The mobile device requests information through audio connection and/or web service. The agent platform searches a database for requested information and updates a webpage on the mobile device through the web service.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Wendell Brown, Nicholas Miller, Mark Klein
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Patent number: 11567981Abstract: Techniques and systems are described for performing semantic text searches. A semantic text-searching solution uses a machine learning system (such as a deep learning system) to determine associations between the semantic meanings of words. These associations are not limited by the spelling, syntax, grammar, or even definition of words. Instead, the associations can be based on the context in which characters, words, and/or phrases are used in relation to one another. In response to detecting a request to locate text within an electronic document associated with a keyword, the semantic text-searching solution can return strings within the document that have matching and/or related semantic meanings or contexts, in addition to exact matches (e.g., string matches) within the document. The semantic text-searching solution can then output an indication of the matching strings.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Adobe Inc.Inventors: Trung Bui, Yu Gong, Tushar Dublish, Sasha Spala, Sachin Soni, Nicholas Miller, Joon Kim, Franck Dernoncourt, Carl Dockhorn, Ajinkya Kale
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Patent number: 11559372Abstract: Surgical tissue retraction systems and methods are described herein. Such systems and methods can be employed in some embodiments to provide medial-lateral tissue retraction to increase access to a surgical site. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument can include a body configured to couple to an implantable anchor, a first tissue manipulating implement coupled to the body and capable of polyaxial movement relative thereto, and a second tissue manipulating implement coupled to the body and capable of polyaxial movement relative thereto. Further, the first and second tissue manipulating implements can be opposed to one another such that they can move any of toward and away from one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARLInventors: Andrew Medeiros, Zoher Bootwala, Nicholas Miller, Roman Lomeli
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Patent number: 11519916Abstract: The present invention provides methods for analysing a urine sample from a subject comprising exposing the urine sample to a lysis buffer which is capable of releasing at least one biomarker from cells in the urine sample. The present invention further provides kits, devices, and apparatuses that can be used in these methods. Finally, the present invention provides methods for detecting the presence of a urological cancer in a subject comprising performing an assay on a sample from a subject to determine the concentration of an Mcm protein.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: ARQUER DIAGNOSTICS LIMITEDInventors: David Nicholas Miller-Jones, Jacqueline Stockley, Cheryl Nyberg
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Publication number: 20220337218Abstract: A moveable micromachined member of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes an insulating layer disposed between first and second electrically conductive layers. First and second mechanical structures secure the moveable micromachined member to a substrate of the MEMS device and include respective first and second electrical interconnect layers coupled in series, with the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member and each other, between first and second electrical terminals to enable conduction of a first joule-heating current from the first electrical terminal to the second electrical terminal through the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Joseph C. Doll, Nicholas Miller, Charles I. Grosjean, Paul M. Hagelin, Ginel C. Hill
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Publication number: 20220260588Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for detecting the presence of Mcm5 in a subject, the method comprising preparing a sample from said subject by exposing the sample to a lysis buffer and performing an assay to determine the concentration of Mcm5 by exposing the sample to a first monoclonal antibody and/or a second monoclonal antibody and measuring the amount of Mcm5 that binds to the first monoclonal antibody and/or the second monoclonal antibody. The invention further relates to kits that can be used in the methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: ARQUER DIAGNOSTICS LIMITEDInventors: David Nicholas MILLER-JONES, Cheryl NYBERG, Ronald Alfred LASKEY, Kai STOEBER
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Patent number: 11391744Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for detecting the presence of Mcm5 in a subject, the method comprising preparing a sample from said subject by exposing the sample to a lysis buffer and performing an assay to determine the concentration of Mcm5 by exposing the sample to a first monoclonal antibody and/or a second monoclonal antibody and measuring the amount of Mcm5 that binds to the first monoclonal antibody and/or the second monoclonal antibody. The invention further relates to kits that can be used in the methods.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: ARQUER DIAGNOSTIC LIMITEDInventors: David Nicholas Miller-Jones, Cheryl Nyberg, Ronald Alfred Laskey, Kai Stoeber
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Publication number: 20220217985Abstract: A cold forming process for forming a meat patty includes heating a ground meat product to a temperature T1, wherein T1?40° F. The ground meat product is formed into an uncooked patty at temperature T1. The uncooked patty is precooked to form a precooked patty having a skin of depth D comprising denatured protein. The skin is formed on at least an area on the outside of the precooked patty. At least a first portion of the meat product disposed beneath said skin is at approximately T1. The precooked patty is cooked to form a cooked patty, wherein said at least a first portion of the meat product is at a temperature T2. The cooked patty is then frozen and then packaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: The Hillshire Brands CompanyInventors: Kent BEARSON, Dejing FU, Frederick DORSEY, Nicholas MILLER, Liza JOHN
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Publication number: 20220167634Abstract: A cold forming process for forming a meat patty includes heating a ground meat product to a temperature T1, wherein T1?40° F. The ground meat product is formed into an uncooked patty at temperature T1. The uncooked patty is precooked to form a precooked patty having a skin of depth D comprising denatured protein. The skin is formed on at least an area on the outside of the precooked patty. At least a first portion of the meat product disposed beneath said skin is at approximately T1. The precooked patty is cooked to form a cooked patty, wherein said at least a first portion of the meat product is at a temperature T2. The cooked patty is then frozen and then packaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: The Hillshire Brands CompanyInventors: Kent BEARSON, Dejing FU, Frederick DORSEY, Nicholas MILLER, Liza JOHN
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Publication number: 20220166403Abstract: A moveable micromachined member of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes an insulating layer disposed between first and second electrically conductive layers. First and second mechanical structures secure the moveable micromachined member to a substrate of the MEMS device and include respective first and second electrical interconnect layers coupled in series, with the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member and each other, between first and second electrical terminals to enable conduction of a first joule-heating current from the first electrical terminal to the second electrical terminal through the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Joseph C. Doll, Nicholas Miller, Charles I. Grosjean, Paul M. Hagelin, Ginel C. Hill
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Publication number: 20220147770Abstract: Certain embodiments involve using a machine-learning tool to generate metadata identifying segments and topics for text within a document. For instance, in some embodiments, a text processing system obtains input text and applies a segmentation-and-labeling model to the input text. The segmentation-and-labeling model is trained to generate a predicted segment for the input text using a segmentation network. The segmentation-and-labeling model is also trained to generate a topic for the predicted segment using a pooling network of the model to the predicted segment. The output of the model is usable for generating metadata identifying the predicted segment and the associated topic.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Rajiv Jain, Varun Ion Manjunatha, Joseph Barrow, Vlad Ion Moraniu, Franck Dernoncourt, Sasha Spala, Nicholas Miller
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Patent number: 11312622Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second exposed electrical contacts and a cavity having a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) structure therein. A conductive path extends from the first exposed electrical contact to the cavity and an over-voltage protection element electrically is coupled between the first and second exposed electrical contacts.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SiTime CorporationInventors: Nicholas Miller, Ginel C. Hill, Charles I. Grosjean, Michael Julian Daneman, Paul M. Hagelin, Aaron Partridge
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Patent number: 11284628Abstract: A cold forming process for forming a meat patty includes heating a ground meat product to a temperature T1, wherein T1?40° F. The ground meat product is formed into an uncooked patty at temperature T1. The uncooked patty is precooked to form a precooked patty having a skin of depth D comprising denatured protein. The skin is formed on at least an area on the outside of the precooked patty. At least a first portion of the meat product disposed beneath said skin is at approximately T1. The precooked patty is cooked to form a cooked patty, wherein said at least a first portion of the meat product is at a temperature T2. The cooked patty is then frozen and then packaged.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: THE HILLSHIRE BRANDS COMPANYInventors: Kent Bearson, Dejing Fu, Frederick Dorsey, Nicholas Miller, Liza John
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Patent number: 11228298Abstract: A moveable micromachined member of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes an insulating layer disposed between first and second electrically conductive layers. First and second mechanical structures secure the moveable micromachined member to a substrate of the MEMS device and include respective first and second electrical interconnect layers coupled in series, with the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member and each other, between first and second electrical terminals to enable conduction of a first joule-heating current from the first electrical terminal to the second electrical terminal through the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: SiTime CorporationInventors: Joseph C. Doll, Nicholas Miller, Charles I. Grosjean, Paul M. Hagelin, Ginel C. Hill
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Publication number: 20210349956Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for agent-assisted information browsing. In one example, an audio connection is established between a mobile device and an agent platform. In addition, a web service is established between the mobile device and the agent platform. The mobile device requests information through audio connection and/or web service. The agent platform searches a database for requested information and updates a webpage on the mobile device through the web service.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Wendell Brown, Nicholas Miller, Mark Klein