Patents by Inventor Patrick B. Smith
Patrick B. Smith 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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Patent number: 11957609Abstract: A delivery device for controllably delivering multiple implants (e.g., intravascular implants) is described herein. The delivery device may include a lockout mechanism to prevent against inadvertent implant deployment prior to initial use. The delivery device may also include a re-sheath mechanism to allow for re-sheathing of an inner core assembly prior to removal of the delivery device from an initial deployment site. The delivery device may also further include a mechanism configured to prevent against re-sheathing of a partially-deployed implant.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: INTACT VASCULAR, INC.Inventors: Michael A. Longo, Chad J. Smith, Igor Tentler, Michael A. Dotsey, Evan E. Aamodt, Leif E. Malm, Kevin Y. Shin, Erin H. Morrissey, Patrick B. Nolan, Noah E. Dingler
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Publication number: 20200262974Abstract: The present invention provides a sustained release composition having hyperbranched polymers that are polyesters that are biobased and biodegradable, and that have at least one active ingredient, which composition delivers the active ingredient over time. These active ingredients can be a wide variety of compounds so long as they can covalently bind to the polymer or be encapsulated in the polymer in a manner that is released at the point of delivery, usually by acid hydrolysis or enzymatic bond scission.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Patrick B. Smith, Bobby A. Howell, Cuiwei Zhang
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Publication number: 20200146284Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for treating an active beehive infested with pests. The method includes delivery of an oligomeric polyester including polyol backbone units, diacid backbone units, and formic acid capping units. Hydrolysis of the oligomeric polyester in the beehive upon exposure to environmental water to release formic acid and diacid over time, which kill the pests. The released formic acid is a relatively volatile liquid, allowing it to reach pests essentially anywhere in the hive. The diacid (such as oxalic acid) is generally a non-volatile solid, but it can be transported throughout the hive via normal bee movement within the hive, thus reaching pests beyond the initial point of application.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Edmund J. Stark, Patrick B. Smith, Daniel R. Henton, Tracy Zhang
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Patent number: 10392317Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods to produce para-xylene, toluene, and other compounds from renewable sources (e.g., cellulose, hemicellulose, starch, sugar) and ethylene in the presence of a catalyst. For example, cellulose and/or hemicellulose may be converted into 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF), which may be converted into para-xylene by cycloaddition of ethylene to DMF. Para-xylene can then be oxidized to form terephthalic acid.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: MICROMIDAS, INC.Inventors: Makoto N. Masuno, Ryan L. Smith, John Bissell, II, Patrick B. Smith, Dennis A. Hucul, Edmund J. Stark, Daniel R. Henton, Adina Dumitrascu, Katherine Brune, Dimitri A. Hirsch-Weil
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Patent number: 10125060Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods to produce para-xylene, toluene, and other compounds from renewable sources (e.g., cellulose, hemicellulose, starch, sugar) and ethylene in the presence of a catalyst. For example, cellulose and/or hemicellulose may be converted into 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF), which may be converted into para-xylene by cycloaddition of ethylene to DMF. Para-xylene can then be oxidized to form terephthalic acid.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: MICROMIDAS, INC.Inventors: Makoto N. Masuno, Patrick B. Smith, Dennis A. Hucul, Katherine Brune, Ryan L. Smith, John A. Bissell, II, Dimitri Hirsch-Weil, Edmund J. Stark
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Patent number: 9911125Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for preventing a customer communication by locking access to customer information. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to a) identify information relating to an event or condition that triggers a lock of customer information associated with a customer; b) lock at least a portion of the customer information associated with the customer based at least partially on the identifying; and c) generate a notification indicating that at least the portion of the customer information associated with the customer is locked based at least partially on the locking.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2013Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Ryan Scott Heller, Chung-Di Chou, John J. Gately, Hudson Philip Hoen, IV, Andrew Sheldon, Patrick B. Smith, Veera Venkata Vattikuti
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Patent number: 9890101Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods to produce para-xylene, toluene, and other compounds from renewable sources (e.g., cellulose, hemicellulose) and ethylene in the presence of an acid, such as a Lewis acid. For example, cellulose and/or hemicellulose may be converted into 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) and 2-methylfuran, which may be converted into para-xylene and toluene, respectively. In particular, para-xylene can then be oxidized to form terephthalic acid.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: MICROMIDAS, INC.Inventors: Makoto N. Masuno, Douglas Cannon, John Bissell, II, Ryan L. Smith, Alex B. Wood, Patrick B. Smith, Dennis A. Hucul, Katherine Brune
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Patent number: 9781241Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for providing cease and desist call flagging. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to provide a user interface for reporting cease and desist requests associated with a plurality of customers; receive, via user input into the user interface, a cease and desist request associated with a customer having at least one account maintained by an entity, wherein the cease and desist request specifies at least one rule to be implemented when contacting the customer; and automatically terminate contact to the customer on behalf of the entity based at least partially on the at least one rule specified in the cease and desist request.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Andrew Sheldon, David Luke Hallam, Feng Tang, Oleg Gerasimovich, Patrick B. Smith
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Publication number: 20170073465Abstract: The present invention provides a sustained release composition having hyperbranched polymers that are polyesters that are biobased and biodegradable, and that have at least one active ingredient, which composition delivers the active ingredient over time. These active ingredients can be a wide variety of compounds so long as they can covalently bind to the polymer or be encapsulated in the polymer in a manner that is released at the point of delivery, usually by acid hydrolysis or enzymatic bond scission.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Patrick B. Smith, Bobby A. Howell, Cuiwei Zhang
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Publication number: 20160368837Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods to produce para-xylene, toluene, and other compounds from renewable sources (e.g., cellulose, hemicellulose, starch, sugar) and ethylene in the presence of a catalyst. For example, cellulose and/or hemicellulose may be converted into 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF), which may be converted into para-xylene by cycloaddition of ethylene to DMF. Para-xylene can then be oxidized to form terephthalic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: MICROMIDAS, INC.Inventors: Makoto N. MASUNO, Patrick B. SMITH, Dennis A. HUCUL, Adina DUMITRASCU, Katherine BRUNE, Ryan L. SMITH, John A. BISSELL, II, Marc FOSTER
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Publication number: 20160362357Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods to produce para-xylene, toluene, and other compounds from renewable sources (e.g., cellulose, hemicellulose) and ethylene in the presence of an acid, such as a Lewis acid. For example, cellulose and/or hemicellulose may be converted into 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) and 2-methylfuran, which may be converted into para-xylene and toluene, respectively. In particular, para-xylene can then be oxidized to form terephthalic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: MICROMIDAS, INC.Inventors: Makoto N. MASUNO, Douglas CANNON, John BISSELL, II, Ryan L. SMITH, Alex B. WOOD, Patrick B. SMITH, Dennis A. HUCUL
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Publication number: 20160072938Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for providing cease and desist call flagging. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to provide a user interface for reporting cease and desist requests associated with a plurality of customers; receive, via user input into the user interface, a cease and desist request associated with a customer having at least one account maintained by an entity, wherein the cease and desist request specifies at least one rule to be implemented when contacting the customer; and automatically terminate contact to the customer on behalf of the entity based at least partially on the at least one rule specified in the cease and desist request.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Andrew Sheldon, David Luke Hallam, Feng Tang, Oleg Gerasimovich, Patrick B. Smith
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Patent number: 9260359Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods to produce para-xylene, toluene, and other compounds from renewable sources (e.g., cellulose, hemicellulose) and ethylene in the presence of an acid, such as a Lewis acid. For example, cellulose and/or hemicellulose may be converted into 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) and 2-methylfuran, which may be converted into para-xylene and toluene, respectively. In particular, para-xylene can then be oxidized to form terephthalic acid.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Micromidas, Inc.Inventors: Makoto N. Masuno, Douglas Cannon, John Bissell, Ryan L. Smith, Alex Benjamin Wood, Patrick B. Smith, Dennis A. Hucul, Katherine Brune
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Publication number: 20150266793Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods to produce para-xylene, toluene, and other compounds from renewable sources (e.g., cellulose, hemicellulose, starch, sugar) and ethylene in the presence of a catalyst. For example, cellulose and/or hemicellulose may be converted into 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF), which may be converted into para-xylene by cycloaddition of ethylene to DMF. Para-xylene can then be oxidized to form terephthalic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2013Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: MICROMIDAS, INC.Inventors: Makoto N. Masuno, Ryan L. Smith, John Bissell, II, Marc Foster, Patrick B. Smith, Dennis A. Hucul, Edmund J. Stark, Daniel R. Henton, Adina Dumitrascu, Katherine Brune
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Patent number: 9088654Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing a unified representation of all customer relationships within an entity. This representation focuses on customer products in arrears that are to be recovered. The invention requires disposition input from the system and the representative immediately after a customer communication. This way, the invention aids in providing an overarching view of all customer relationships to a representative. The automatic information regarding the communication includes the date, time of day, duration, and the like associated with the communication. The invention requires the representative to input manually a disposition from each communication, such as what was discussed during the communication. As such, the invention allows for subsequent representatives to make decision and take appropriate actions immediately based on the entire relationship, including the results of previous customer communications.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Michael John Blatteau, Jr., Michael D. Fleischer, Ryan Scott Heller, Hudson Philip Hoen, IV, Sethu Iyer, Hari Madala, Andrew Sheldon, Patrick B. Smith
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Publication number: 20150199756Abstract: Embodiments for linking account data are included in systems for receiving account data and non-account data and filtering the account data by customer or account information. The embodiments further include identifying a customer and customer accounts based on the filtered account data and linking at least a portion of the non-account data to the customer, and combining the non-account data portion and the filtered account data, and identifying one or more guarantors of the customer accounts based on the combined data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2014Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicant: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Richard Hardin Staton, Hari Madala, John J. Gately, Hung Quang Pham, Patrick B. Smith, Pushpanjali Kottapalli
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Publication number: 20150141695Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods to produce para-xylene, toluene, and other compounds from renewable sources (e.g., cellulose, hemicellulose, starch, sugar) and ethylene in the presence of a catalyst. For example, cellulose and/or hemicellulose may be converted into 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF), which may be converted into para-xylene by cycloaddition of ethylene to DMF. Para-xylene can then be oxidized to form terephthalic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: MICROMIDAS, INC.Inventors: Makoto N. MASUNO, Patrick B. SMITH, Dennis A. HUCUL, Adina DUMITRASCU, Katherine BRUNE, Ryan L. SMITH, John A. BISSELL, Marc FOSTER
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Publication number: 20150124956Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing a unified representation of all customer relationships within an entity. This representation focuses on customer products in arrears that are to be recovered. The invention requires disposition input from the system and the representative immediately after a customer communication. This way, the invention aids in providing an overarching view of all customer relationships to a representative. The automatic information regarding the communication includes the date, time of day, duration, and the like associated with the communication. The invention requires the representative to input manually a disposition from each communication, such as what was discussed during the communication. As such, the invention allows for subsequent representatives to make decision and take appropriate actions immediately based on the entire relationship, including the results of previous customer communications.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Michael John Blatteau, JR., Michael D. Fleischer, Ryan Scott Heller, Hudson Philip Hoen, IV, Sethu Iyer, Hari Madala, Andrew Sheldon, Patrick B. Smith
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Publication number: 20150127560Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing a unified representation of all customer relationships with an entity. This representation focuses on customer products in arrears that are to be recovered. The invention presents an overarching view of all customer relationships to a representative. This allows the representative to make decision and take appropriate actions immediately based on the entire relationship with the customer when a customer communication is initiated. As such, the invention correlates all of the customer's relationships with a financial institution into one unified representation for a representative to review. The unified representation takes into consideration all of the customer's relationships as well as external factors on the communications and relationships. Thus providing a holistic customer service experience for a customer with accounts in arrears.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Richard Hardin Staton, Jason N. Alexandrian, Corina Nicole Bacon, Michael John Blatteau, JR., David John Butler, Chung-Di Chou, David W. Crowe, Brian J. Dunne, Michael D. Fleischer, Robert A. Fox, Jason Paul Gardner, John J. Gately, Oleg Gerasimovich, David Luke Hallam, Ryan Scott Heller, Hudson Philip Hoen, IV, Abigail W. Howard, Sethu Iyer, Jessica Long, Hari Madala, Vincent Maximo, Mohit Mehta, Hung Quang Pham, Danielle Renee Reiser, Andera Schmittgen, Garith W. Seelig, Patrick W. Schaffer, JR., Andrew Sheldon, Patrick B. Smith, Thomas Snyder, Feng Tang, Veera Venkata Vattikuti, David lee Warnick, Bridget K. Williams
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Publication number: 20150127562Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for determining an automatic contact list. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to receive a request to create a contact list, the request comprising selection criteria; identify data associated with a plurality of customers meeting the selection criteria, wherein each customer is associated with at least one contact; determine contacts that are excluded based on at least one of locking, external requests, geography, time, velocity, and permission to contact; and determine a contact list based on customers that are not excluded. The system allows a user to create an automatic contact list that both meets the user's criteria while also complying with business and legal regulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Bank Of America CorporationInventors: RYAN SCOTT HELLER, PATRICK B. SMITH, HARI MADALA, ANDREW SHELDON, CHUNG-DI CHOU, VEERA VENKATA VATTIKUTI