Patents by Inventor Scott Kirby

Scott Kirby 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: 11921677
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to sharing namespaces across file system clusters. A file in a spoke file system may be determined based on a command provided to the spoke file system such that the file may be associated with an inode mask. Data blocks associated with the file may be determined based on the command and the inode mask such that the data blocks may be absent from the spoke file system. Requests for leases may be generated based on the absent data blocks such that each lease request corresponds to a portion of the absent data blocks Employing the leases provided by a hub file system to: copy the absent data blocks from the hub file system where each portion of absent data blocks may be associated with a lease; updating the inode mask to include the leases and each copied portion of absent blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Qumulo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Kirby, Austin Elery Voecks, Alan Francisco Delgado Duran, Noah Trent Nelson, Thomas Scott Urban, Benjamin Gregory Reeves
  • Publication number: 20210262192
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns an excavation machine for making a trench into ground including a frame extending along a longitudinal direction, an excavation device disposed under the lower end part of the frame, the excavation machine further including at least a first guide device comprising at least a first guide flap protruding from a first lateral side of the frame outwardly of the frame, and wherein, considered in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the first guide flap is inclined relative to the first lateral side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Scott KIRBY
  • Patent number: 9987175
    Abstract: A product line of absorbent articles includes a first absorbent article for a male wearer within a first size range. The first absorbent article has an outer cover, a body facing material in opposed relationship with the outer cover, and an absorbent body disposed between the body facing material and the outer cover for absorbing liquid that passes through the body facing material. The body facing material defines a male urine handling feature with a plurality of projections adapted to handle urine released by the male wearer. A second absorbent article for a female wearer is sized within the first size range. The second absorbent article includes an outer cover, a body facing material in opposed relationship with the outer cover, and an absorbent body disposed between the body facing material and the outer cover for absorbing liquid that passes through the body facing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Rodney Allan Butler, Kylie Brooke Bridger, Scott Kirby, Andy Thomas Hammond
  • Publication number: 20170079854
    Abstract: A product line of absorbent articles includes a first absorbent article for a male wearer within a first size range. The first absorbent article has an outer cover, a body facing material in opposed relationship with the outer cover, and an absorbent body disposed between the body facing material and the outer cover for absorbing liquid that passes through the body facing material. The body facing material defines a male urine handling feature with a plurality of projections adapted to handle urine released by the male wearer. A second absorbent article for a female wearer is sized within the first size range. The second absorbent article includes an outer cover, a body facing material in opposed relationship with the outer cover, and an absorbent body disposed between the body facing material and the outer cover for absorbing liquid that passes through the body facing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Rodney Allan Butler, Kylie Brooke Bridger, Scott Kirby, Andy Thomas Hammond