Patents by Inventor Richard A. Johnson

Richard A. Johnson 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).

  • Unstructured response extraction
    Patent number: 11093540
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention can be a method for assessing unstructured comments, the method including providing reference data generated from a first set of unstructured comments from a first group; receiving a second set of unstructured comments from a second group; identifying a significant word within each unstructured comment of the second set of unstructured comments; for each significant word identified within the second set of unstructured comments, determining a frequency of occurrence of the significant word; and generating a visualization including a portion of the identified significant words, wherein for each visualized significant word, a first aspect of an appearance of the significant word is based on an extent to which the frequency of occurrence deviates from a frequency of occurrence of the significant word in the first set of unstructured comments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Johnson Joi, Clifford Robert Bettmann Piontek
  • Aromatic alkylation process
    Patent number: 11078133
    Abstract: Processes and apparatuses for alkylating aromatic hydrocarbons with an alkylating reagent to produce an alkylated aromatic product are described. The processes and apparatuses use a riser reactor operated at a superficial velocity of 10 m/s to 25 m/s to produce the alkylated aromatic product. In some embodiments, a combination of steam and aromatic hydrocarbon is used to lift the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Gregory B. Kuzmanich, Richard A. Johnson, II, Joseph A. Montalbano, Feng Xu, Robert E. Tsai
  • System and Method for Zero-Knowledge, Anonymous Verification and Management
    Publication number: 20210234699
    Abstract: A verification system using additional factors such as biometrics can provide a tenant system with the ability to verify the identity of an end user. The enrollment and verification can be performed without sharing identity knowledge between the tenant and the verification ensuring the privacy of the end user. The enrollment and verification can also be performed in an auditable way while maintaining anonymity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: ImageWare Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Johnson, David Harding, Dale Peek, Steve Timm, Matt Klepp, Robb Wijnhausen
  • System and Method for Zero-Knowledge, Anonymous Verification and Management
    Publication number: 20210184856
    Abstract: A verification system using additional factors such as biometrics can provide a tenant system with the ability to verify the identity of an end user. The enrollment and verification can be performed without sharing identity knowledge between the tenant and the verification ensuring the privacy of the end user. The enrollment and verification can also be performed in an auditable way while maintaining anonymity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: ImageWare Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Johnson, David Harding, Dale Peek, Steve Timm, Matt Klepp, Robb Wijnhausen
  • AROMATIC ALKYLATION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20210171421
    Abstract: Processes and apparatuses for alkylating aromatic hydrocarbons with an alkylating reagent to produce an alkylated aromatic product are described. The processes and apparatuses use a riser reactor operated at a superficial velocity of 10 m/s to 25 m/s to produce the alkylated aromatic product. In some embodiments, a combination of steam and aromatic hydrocarbon is used to lift the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory B. Kuzmanich, Richard A. Johnson, II, Joseph A. Montalbano, Feng Xu, Robert E. Tsai
  • Overhead reverse divert systems and methods
    Patent number: 10994947
    Abstract: An overhead reverse diverter for diverting cartons passing under the diverter along a primary transport path, the diverter including a diverter frame arranged over a space through which the cartons move along the primary transport path, a divert belt, and one or more divert paddles attached to the divert belt. The divert belt may be movable along a movement profile when the diverter is triggered to divert one or more of the cartons from the primary transport path, such that the one or more divert paddles are configured to sweep through the space through which the cartons pass as the divert belt moves along the movement profile to divert one or more of the cartons from the primary transport path along one or more divert paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Bell and Howell, LLC
    Inventors: Neal J. Middelberg, Craig S. Adcock, Taner Lee Howard, Mark Gerard Paul, Richard Johnson
  • System for aggregation and prioritization of IT asset field values from real-time event logs and method thereof
    Patent number: 10977256
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method of identifying and managing IT assets that aggregates fields and their associated values from multiple event log data sources that share one or more common IT asset identifiers and leverages a prioritization approach to determine the most appropriate values for each of the fields. The system utilizes two inputs, namely event log data source inputs and prioritization inputs. Through aggregation of data from different input data sources, the system pieces together a more comprehensive record of field values for a given IT asset, to generate in real-time the updated asset inventory output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: DISCOVERED INTELLIGENCE INC.
    Inventor: Paul Richard Johnson
  • Zero-knowledge, anonymous verification and management using immutable databases such as blockchain
    Patent number: 10972275
    Abstract: A verification system using additional factors such as biometrics can provide a tenant system with the ability to verify the identity of an end user. The enrollment and verification can be performed without sharing identity knowledge between the tenant and the verification ensuring the privacy of the end user. The enrollment and verification can also be performed in an auditable way while maintaining anonymity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: ImageWare Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Johnson, David Harding, Dale Peek, Steve Timm, Matt Klepp, Robb Wijnhausen
  • Modular automated inventory sorting and retrieving
    Patent number: 10929800
    Abstract: A modular sorting station includes a frame defining an inbound bay and an outbound bay, each of the bays being sized to receive an inventory holder containing inventory. A robotic grasper is mounted to the frame and positioned above one of the inbound and outbound bays and operable to transfer inventory items from the inbound bay to the outbound bay, and a sensor mounted to one of the frame or robotic grasper and operable to identify inventory at the inbound bay when the inventory holder is present in the inbound bay. The frame is sized and arranged to align with a material handling grid and permit drive units to transport inventory holders into and out of the inbound bay and/or outbound bays while moving along the material handling grid; and the frame is portable such that the modular sorting station can be moved as a modular unit for deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Stallman, Tye Michael Brady, Michael Robert Bocamazo, Mafalda Ghira Borges, Harris Scott Davidson, Anders Richard Johnson, Abigail Phyllis Rodrigues, Mindy Tieu
  • SURVEY INSIGHT REPORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20200356916
    Abstract: A method of displaying survey results is disclosed. In one embodiment, for each response to each item by each survey respondent, a calibrated score is determined. The calibrated score is based on a probability that a person having the collection of respondent segments associated with the survey respondent would provide either the response to the item or any of the response options to the item that are lower on the ordinal scale, or the response to the item or any of the response options to the item that are higher on the ordinal scale. An organization composite score is determined based on the calibrated score for each response. A display includes images corresponding with the organization composite score and other organization composite scores. Each image is located with respect to a first axis based on the associated organization composite score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Richard Johnson Joi, Zachary Jordan Leaman, Douglas John Claffey, Ethan Salk, Kinsey Smith
  • VARIABLE-FREQUENCY ORAL VIBRATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200315745
    Abstract: A dental device includes a mouthpiece configured to sit against occlusal surfaces of a patient's teeth and a motor connected to the mouthpiece. The motor is configured to vibrate the mouthpiece at a frequency between 60 and 120 Hz and an acceleration between 0.03G and 0.06G such that the mouthpiece places an axial vibratory force on the occlusal surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Advanced Orthodontics and Education Association, LLC
    Inventors: Bryce A. WAY, Richard JOHNSON
  • Apparatuses for mixing of staged methanol injection
    Patent number: 10766013
    Abstract: This present disclosure relates to apparatuses for methylation of aromatics in an aromatics complex for producing a xylene isomer product. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to apparatuses for producing para-xylene by the selective methylation of toluene and/or benzene in an aromatics complex using processed toluene instead of crude toluene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Johnson, II, Joseph A. Montalbano, John J. Senetar
  • Survey insight reporting system and method
    Patent number: 10740705
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention can be a method of displaying survey results. The method can include, for each of a plurality of survey items, receiving survey responses from survey respondents, wherein each response is chosen from response options, the response options corresponding to an ordinal scale; each respondent is associated with a collection of respondent segments; and each response to each item by each survey respondent corresponds with a response score. The method can further include, for each item and respondent segment, determining a composite score based on the response score. Further, response groupings can be displayed according to a noteworthiness ranking that is based on at least two of the composite score, a change in the composite score, and a sum of weights for each respondent segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ENERGAGE, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Johnson Joi, Zachary Jordan Leaman, Douglas John Claffey, Ethan Salk, Kinsey Smith
  • Manager-employee communication
    Patent number: 10726376
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention can be a method for manager-to-employee communication, the method including receiving comment data from employee devices of employees of an organization, the comment data indicating employee comments to a survey topic; receiving contact-me data from a manager device indicating contact-me requests, the contact-me requests indicating that the manager desires the employees to contact the manager directly regarding the employee comments to the survey topic; receiving contact-me response data from the employee devices indicating whether the employees will contact the manager directly; and generating a manager rating based on the saved contact-me response data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: ENERGAGE, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Johnson Joi, Anthony Douglas Moquin, Douglas J. Claffey, Mark Daniel Suwyn, John W. Quillen, Jr.
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Publication number: 20200208167
    Abstract: This invention provides recombinant DNA constructs, transgenic plant nuclei and cells with such recombinant DNA construct for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Scott Abad, Jeffrey E. Ahrens, Alice Clara Augustine, Erin Bell, Robert J. Bensen, Paolo Castiglioni, Richard Eric Cerny, Shobha Char, Xianfeng Chen, Jaishree M. Chittoor-Vijayanath, Maureen Daley, Jilll Deikman, Molian Deng, Todd DeZwaan, Stephen Duff, Michael D. Edgerton, Bradon J. Fabbri, Jason Fenner, Karen Gabbert, Barry S. Goldman, Deborah J. Hawkins, Steve He, Richard Johnson, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Garrett J. Lee, Paul Loida, Savitha Madappa, Robert J. Meister, Donald E. Nelson, Anand Pandravada, Obed Patty, Ming Peng, Marie Petracek, Rajani Monnanda Somaiah, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, Monica P. Ravanello, Thomas G. Ruff, Rick A Sanders, Beth Savidge, Steven H. Schwartz, Padmini Sudarshana, Jindong Sun, Rebecca L. Thompson-Mize, Virginia Ursin, Dale L. Val, Srikanth Venkatachalayya, Tymagondlu V. Venkatesh, Kammaradi Vidya, K. Vijayalakshmi, Todd C. Weber, Jingrui Wu, Zhidong Xie, Wei Zheng
  • Confidentiality protection for survey respondents
    Patent number: 10692027
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention can be a method of protecting confidentiality in a real-time survey, the method including receiving from each of a plurality of organization respondents a real-time response to a survey topic; receiving an indication of an organizational change affecting a first member of the organization, the organizational change comprising the first member departing or joining a first department, the first department comprising a plurality of first department respondents, the plurality of first department respondents being a first subset of the plurality of organization respondents; defining a first safe group comprising a first subset of the plurality of first department respondents, the first safe group having first safe group responses to the survey topic; and providing a response report for at least the first department, the response report excluding the first safe group responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: ENERGAGE, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Johnson Joi, Anthony Douglas Moquin, Douglas J. Claffey, Mark Daniel Suwyn, John W. Quillen, Jr.
  • Apparatus and process for gas-solids separation
    Patent number: 10688504
    Abstract: A process and apparatus of a gas-solids separator are provided in which a cap is disposed across an upstream end of swirl blades in a cyclonic separator to protect the blades from erosion by fast traveling solids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Sujay R. Krishnamurthy, Roger L. Throndson, James W. Althoff, Richard A. Johnson, II
  • Case
    Patent number: D889035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Cheung, Richard Johnson, Kevin Lomeli, James Monsees, Alexander Ringrose, Roxolana Wacyk
  • Case
    Patent number: D889739
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Ringrose, Roxolana Wacyk, Brandon Cheung, James Monsees, Kevin Lomeli, Richard Johnson
  • Case
    Patent number: D905601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Cheung, Richard Johnson, Kevin Lomeli, James Monsees, Alexander Ringrose, Roxolana Wacyk