Patents by Inventor Samuel Black

Samuel Black 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).

  • Publication number: 20240070526
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable variable and dynamic feedback to electronic activities by receiving event data and utilizing a feedback machine learning model to predict an average feedback attribute and an average feedback variability attribute based on the event data. A feedback data entry is added to a user profile to store the average feedback attribute and the average feedback variability attribute. A new event and a new event attribute are received for the user profile, and a feedback probability distribution for the new event is generated based on the new event attribute, the average feedback attribute, and the average feedback variability attribute. A new event feedback is generated for the new event based on a random selection from the feedback probability distribution and is output to a computing device associated with the user profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Samuel Rapowitz, Bryant Yee, Zachary Sweeney, Steven Black, Alexander Lin, Jenny Melendez, Joshua Peters
  • Publication number: 20080070020
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a nonwoven insect barrier net. The nonwoven insect barrier may be formed into a net structure for use over and/or surrounding a sleeping surface. The nonwoven insect barrier net may inhibit insects from penetrating the area within the net structure. The insect barrier may be formed from a nonwoven material and an insect repellant composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Freudenberg Nonwovens, L.P.
    Inventors: Samuel Black, Jody Erickson, Scott Gallinger, Betsy Simmons, Terezie Zapletalova, Jean Skinner, Jeff Stine
  • Publication number: 20050204526
    Abstract: A method of forming flame-retardant nonwoven fabrics by hydroentanglement includes providing a precursor web. The precursor web is subjected to hydroentanglement on a three-dimensional image transfer device to create a patterned and imaged fabric. Treatment with a flame-retardant binder enhances the integrity of the fabric, permitting the nonwoven to exhibit desired physical characteristics, including strength, durability, softness, and drapeability. The treated nonwoven may then be dyed by means applicable to conventional wovens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Herbert Hartgrove, Sergio de Leon, Samuel Black, Friso Hijenga
  • Patent number: 5824309
    Abstract: The invention features a composition that includes a substantially pure recombinant gas vesicles which have at least one heterologous peptide inserted into at one of their structural proteins. The recombinant gas vesicle, when administered to a mammal, is capable of eliciting antibodies which specifically bind to the heterologous peptide. The heterologous peptide can be any peptide against which one wishes to raise antibodies, e.g., a peptide found in the gp12O protein of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Shiladitya DasSarma, Fazeela Morshed, Elizabeth Stuart, Samuel Black