Patents by Inventor Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas 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: 11985123
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating one or more digital tokens for transmission among users is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of connecting a user to a computer based system via a set of login credentials. Further, the user is allowed to select one or more digital tokens to be sent to other users. Further, one or more users are selected as recipients. A value is determined for the one or more tokens to be sent to the other users. Furthermore, a set of content is input into a message associated with the one or more tokens. The tokens along with the message are transmitted from one user to the other. Upon successful transmission, the method updates one or more account balances for the one or more users and/or recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Richard Thomas Franz, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11983082
    Abstract: A device may provision two or more servers, each of the servers including a network interface. In addition, the device may enable the network interface in each of the provisioned servers, create a shared volume, assign the shared volume to each of the provisioned servers, and enable a clustering application on each of the provisioned servers to form a cluster comprising the provisioned servers, the cluster having a heartbeat via the network interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Emily Katherine Witt, Richard Cooke, William Thomas Everhart, Jr., Jinendrakumar J. Patel, Vijay Kumar
  • Publication number: 20240154157
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the production of lithium ion conductive shaped particles, or precursors thereof, comprising: feeding a mixture of raw materials into a melting vessel, melting the raw materials in the melting vessel to form a molten mass, shaping the molten mass, and quenching the molten mass to produce the particles, wherein the cooling rate of the molten mass is sufficient to form a plurality of glass or glass ceramic particles and wherein the molten mass is shaped prior to or at the same time as being quenched by a fluid cooling medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Thermal Ceramics UK Limited
    Inventors: Martyn Brown, Richard Clark, William Thomas
  • Publication number: 20240151084
    Abstract: A hinged system includes a preassembled hinge module for pivotally coupling a first component to a second component. The preassembled hinge module includes a shaft, a torque element frictionally engaging the shaft, and a housing. The housing includes a cover, a side wall, and a rear wall that define an interior space enclosed within the housing. The interior space receives the torque element inside the housing. The cover defines a first aperture, and the rear wall defines a second aperture, the first aperture and the second aperture aligned with a pivot axis of the shaft. The shaft extends through at least the first aperture, the interior space, and the second aperture. The shaft is separate from, and configured to be mounted to, the first component. The housing is separate from, and configured to be mounted to, the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Southco, Inc.
    Inventors: Hector Eduardo Rivas, Mark James Rowley, Pradeep Jayanna, Michael Thomas Holland, Richard B. Langkamp, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240152783
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for improving the accuracy of test data obtained outside of a clinical setting. Using the technologies described herein, different techniques can be utilized to analyze, score and adjust test data associated with one or more “at home” tests. In some examples, computing systems are utilized to generate quality scores indicating the accuracy of the test data associated with a particular biomarker. In other examples, an authorized user, such as a data manager can analyze the test data utilizing a user interface to generate scores and/or adjust the test data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Thomas Wolf, Richard James Davies, George Hadjigeorgiou
  • Patent number: 11977202
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for a bottom hole assembly that comprises a stator solenoid winding transmitter assembly operable to generate a magnetic field. The stator solenoid winding transmitter assembly comprises a coil comprising a plurality of windings and a sleeve, wherein the coil is disposed within the sleeve. The bottom hole assembly further comprises a solenoid control assembly disposed adjacent to the stator solenoid winding transmitter assembly, wherein the solenoid control assembly is communicatively coupled to a controller and electrically connected to the coil and a mud motor comprising a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator solenoid winding transmitter assembly is disposed around the mud motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Richard Thomas Hay, Sean Hinke, Pete L. Schiermeier
  • Patent number: 11976468
    Abstract: The top surface of an insert abuts with a form, with a tube extending into an aperture and sliding on a form post in the form. A rod inserted through the form, form post and tube holds the insert in place while castable material is poured in. The form is inverted with the guard rail base inside, the rod can be slid out of the form, and the form is removed. The handle is gripped by a claw on the obtuse angled chassis of a transporter. A handle on the chassis can be pushed to raise the guard rail base and to move the guard rail base on the surface by wheels. The guard rail base can be placed upon a pad having notches in its border.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: GARLOCK SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert James Olson, Brian Thomas Simmons, Richard B. Stoffels
  • Publication number: 20240143755
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to deduplication operations in a storage system. An example includes receiving data units of a backup stream to be stored in a deduplication storage system; performing a first matching operation to match the data units against a first container index of a plurality of container indexes, where the plurality of container indexes comprise metadata indicating storage locations of data units previously stored in the persistent storage; calculating a first ratio indicating the amount of deduplication that occurred during the first matching operation against the first container index; and in response to a determination that the first ratio violates a condition with respect to local ratio history data of the first container index, identifying at least one portion of the backup stream as being potentially affected by a ransomware attack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: David Malcolm Falkinder, Peter Thomas Camble, Richard Phillip Mayo
  • Patent number: 11971229
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly including an elongated tubular heat exchanger enclosure defining an interior chamber. A tube sheet is positioned within the interior chamber of the heat exchanger enclosure separating the interior chamber into a shell side and a channel side. The interior portion is configured to removably receive a tube bundle positioned within the shell side of the interior chamber. An annular sleeve member is positioned within the channel side of the interior chamber of the heat exchanger enclosure. An annular elastic torsion member is positioned within the channel side of the interior chamber of the heat exchanger such that the sleeve member is positioned between the tube sheet and the elastic torsion member. The elastic torsion member has an inner circumference deflectable relative to its outer circumference for torsioning the elastic torsion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Lummus Technology LLC
    Inventors: Richard Jibb, David Thomas Creech, Randy Lee Eberly, Elizabeth MacLean Meacham, Henk Boekhouder, Roberto Groppi, Vincenzo Marco Brignone, Trevor Jaye
  • Patent number: 11973409
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heating system comprising: a heating element for heating a process medium; a DC power converter configured to receive an input direct-current voltage from a power supply and to deliver an output direct-current voltage to the heating element; a sensor arrangement configured to generate a first sensor output signal indicative of a thermodynamic parameter of the process medium or the heating element; and a controller configured to control the DC power converter based on the first sensor output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Chromalox, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Mark Trussler, Walter Thomas Robinson, Jie Chen
  • Publication number: 20240133271
    Abstract: Systems and methods for drilling a wellbore include delivering electrical energy to a downhole end of the wellbore. A tapered drill string, with larger drill pipes connected in an up-hole portion with a turbine and an electrical generator and a smaller drill pipes coupled in downhole portion may be used to deliver the electrical power. A turbine and generator may be sufficiently sized to harvest the necessary hydraulic energy and safely operated in a subterranean environment. A lower portion system carried by the downhole portion of the drill string is electrically coupled to the generator through the downhole portion of the drill string to utilize the electric power provided by the electrical generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Richard Thomas Hay
  • Patent number: 11967428
    Abstract: A predictive model can be applied to data representing a history of events for an entity to compute a value indicative of an outcome related to a reference time for that entity. The effect of an event from an entity's history of events on an outcome for the entity at a reference time can vary based on the type of event and relative time of that event with respect to the reference time. The effect of an event from an entity's history of events on an outcome for the entity also can vary due to other characteristics of the entity in combination with the event. These effects are captured as weights. For an entity, functions of sets of events from the history of events are computed for the entity and a set of weights for events. The computed results are inputs to the predictive model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: OM1, Inc.
    Inventors: Constantinos Ioannis Boussios, Francis Thomas O'Donovan, Richard Gliklich
  • Patent number: 11957466
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an introducer defining an inner volume, a catheter, and a guide member. The having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, with the catheter defining a lumen extending through the proximal end portion and the distal end portion of the catheter, and with the catheter configured to move between a first position, in which the catheter is disposed within the introducer, and a second position, in which at least the distal end portion of the catheter is distal to the introducer. The guide member is coupled to the introducer, with the guide member defining a lumen. A portion of the catheter is received within the lumen of the guide member when the catheter is in the first position, and the distal end portion of the catheter is distal to the guide member when the catheter is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Velano Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Pitamber Devgon, Richard Thomas Briganti, Kenneth Todd Cassidy, Marc-Alan Levine, Mark Martel
  • Publication number: 20240115810
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medicament injection devices. An injection device includes: a movable dosage programming component comprising a rotary encoder system having a predefined angular periodicity, a sensor arrangement including a first optical sensor configured to detect movement of the movable dosage programming component relative to the sensor arrangement during dosing of a medicament, wherein the first optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a first frequency, a second optical sensor configured to detect movement of the rotary encoder system relative to the second optical sensor wherein the second optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a second frequency lower than the first frequency, and a processor arrangement configured to, based on the detected movement, determine a medicament dosage administered by the injection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Anthony Paul Morris, Ronald Antony Smith, Brian Charles Molyneux, Paul Richard Draper, Craig Ashley Mason, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Daniel Edward Clark, David Aubrey Plumptre, Aidan Michael O'Hare, Richard James Thomas, Felix Kramer, Beat Wyss, Philipp Müller
  • Publication number: 20240117030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind to one or more of IL-4, IL-13, IL-33, TSLP, and p40. The present invention further relates to antibodies that bind to one of IL-4, IL-13, IL-33, or TSLP. The invention further relates to multispecific antibodies that specifically bind to IL-4 and IL-13, and at least one other target. The present invention relates to multispecific antibodies that bind IL-4, IL-13, and one of IL-33, TSLP, or p40. The present invention also pertains to related molecules, e.g. nucleic acids which encode such antibodies or multispecific antibodies, compositions, and related methods, e.g., methods for producing and purifying such antibodies and multispecific antibodies, and their use in diagnostics and therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Rita Diane AGOSTINELLI, James Reasoner APGAR, Eric Matthew BENNETT, Laird BLOOM, Ting CHEN, Aaron Michael D'ANTONA, Arnab DE, Fang JIN, Marion Teresa KASAIAN, Matthew Allister LAMBERT, Kimberly Ann MARQUETTE, Virginie MCMANUS, Jessica Haewon MIN DEBARTOLO, Nicole Melissa PICHE-NICHOLAS, Richard Thomas SHELDON, Lioudmila TCHISTIAKOVA, Alexander Michael Shuford BARRON, Richard Lee GIESECK, III, Xiaotian ZHONG
  • Patent number: 11951035
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for controlling a patient's body temperature by endovascular heat exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ZOLL Circulation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Thomas Dabrowiak, Jessica Megan Clayton, John Thomas Buckley, Christo P. Pamichev, Craig Wendell Pendry, Paul Eric Peterson, Richard Allen Smith, Sean W. Yip, John William Jacobsen
  • Publication number: 20240108844
    Abstract: A humidification system can include a heater base, a humidification chamber, and a breathing circuit. A cartridge can be removably coupled to the heater base. The cartridge can include various sensors, probes, sensor wire connectors, heater wire connectors, and/or other features. The cartridge can include features configured to mate with corresponding features on the humidification chamber and the heater base. The cartridge includes a memory, such as an EEPROM, or other suitable storage device. When the cartridge is installed on the heater base, the memory is electrically connected to a processor and/or memory of the heater base. Various models of cartridges can be produced for use with different humidification chambers, breathing circuits, and/or therapies. A connector can be configured to couple an inspiratory conduit to an outlet port of the humidification chamber. The connector can provide a pneumatic connection to the outlet port and an electrical connection to the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hamish Adrian OSBORNE, Gavin Walsh Millar, Stephen David Evans, Bruce Gordon Holyoake, James William Stanton, David Leon McCauley, Gareth Thomas McDermott, Nicholas James Michael McKenna, Myfanwy Jane Antica Norton, Adrian John Elsworth, Michael John Andresen, Jonathan Andrew George Lambert, Sandeep Singh Gurm, Tessa Hazel Paris, Joseph Nathaniel Griffiths, Ping Si, Christopher Gareth Sims, Elmo Benson Stoks, Dexter Chi Lun Cheung, Peter Alan Seekup, Po-Yen Liu, Richard Edward Lang, Paul James Tonkin, Ian Lee Wai Kwan
  • Patent number: 11944260
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner including a vacuum motor configured to draw an air flow through an air flow path of the vacuum cleaner; a dirt separator having dirt, receptacle; a display screen; and a controller configured to control images displayed on the screen. The dirt receptacle has a closed configuration in which it can receive dirt separated from the air flow, and an open configuration in which dirt contained in the dirt receptacle can be emptied therefrom. The controller is configured to display video instructions on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Kristian Richard Thomas King, Nathan Lawson McLean, Andrew James Holden, Edward James Baldry
  • Patent number: 11945836
    Abstract: Described herein are neuroactive steroids of the Formula (II): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein A, R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R5, R6 and are as defined herein. Such compounds are envisioned, in certain embodiments, to behave as GABA modulators. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the present invention and methods of use and treatment, e.g., such for inducing sedation and/or anesthesia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sage Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Martinez Botella, Boyd L. Harrison, Albert Jean Robichaud, Francesco G. Salituro, Richard Thomas Beresis
  • Patent number: D1022243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Saban Ventures Pty Limited
    Inventors: Joseph Samuel Ormrod, David Anthony Pidcock, Kristian Richard Thomas King