Patents by Inventor Stuart Williams
Stuart Williams 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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Publication number: 20240070757Abstract: For each retailer in the geographic region, an online system predicts a number of orders placed at the retailer and a capacity to fulfill orders during a forecast time period. The capacity of the retailer is predicted based on a number of pickers expected to be available to the retailer during the forecast time period. The online system determines demand for the services of a picker at the retailer based on a comparison of the predicted number of orders and the predicted capacity to fulfill those orders. The online system displays a user interactive map of the geographic region to the picker. The map displays a pin at the location of each retailer in the geographic region, which describes the categorization determined for the retailer. The picker selects a pin, which causes the user interactive map to display a notification characterizing the demand for services at the retailer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Amy Luong, Michael Righi, Graham Adeson, Ross Stuart Williams, Aman Jain, Radhika Anand, Ganesh Krishnan
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Patent number: 11914914Abstract: A system includes a display screen positioned to display on an exterior of a host vehicle, a user interface of the host vehicle, and a computer communicatively coupled to the display screen and the user interface. The computer is programmed to, in response to detecting a target vehicle having prespecified indicia, instruct the user interface to output an instruction to an occupant of the host vehicle, and in response to detecting personnel from the target vehicle, instruct the display screen to output a message to the personnel.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Hussein H. Berry, Lucretia Williams, Monica Lam, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Clay Carpenter
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Patent number: 11913111Abstract: A method of fabricating a polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond wafer is disclosed. A first polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond wafer is grown using a CVD process to a first thickness on a substrate. A second smaller wafer is cut from the polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond wafer. The second smaller wafer is located on a carrier, and further polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond material is grown on the second smaller wafer to a second thickness to give a polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond material having a total thickness of the combined first and second thicknesses.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Element Six Technologies LimitedInventors: Gruffudd Trefor Williams, Richard Stuart Balmer
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Patent number: 11898984Abstract: To form a layer separating two volumes of aqueous solution, there is used an apparatus comprising elements defining a chamber, the elements including a body of non-conductive material having formed therein at least one recess opening into the chamber, the recess containing an electrode. A pre-treatment coating of a hydrophobic fluid is applied to the body across the recess. Aqueous solution, having amphiphilic molecules added thereto, is flowed across the body to cover the recess so that aqueous solution is introduced into the recess from the chamber and a layer of the amphiphilic molecules forms across the recess separating a volume of aqueous solution introduced into the recess from the remaining volume of aqueous solution.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Inventors: Stuart William Reid, Terence Alan Reid, James Anthony Clarke, Steven Paul White, Gurdial Singh Sanghera
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Patent number: 11893530Abstract: Systems, method and computer readable medium are provided for automated storage and retrieval. User authentication information is received via a user interface for a dynamic storage and retrieval device. The user identity is verified based upon the authentication information and previously stored authentication data. Order information is retrieved for an order associated with the user following the verifying of user identity, the order information indicating one or more locations for items associated with the order. Instructions are transmitted to initiate a physical opening of at least one of the dynamic storage and retrieval device and at least one static storage location to enable the user to retrieve at least one item of the order, the static storage location including a controller controlling a locking mechanism and communicatively coupled to the dynamic storage and retrieval device.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Paul Edward Durkee, Stuart William Clark, Colin Holmes, Jason Shaffer, Mark Ibbotson, John Suarez
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Patent number: 11854065Abstract: For each retailer in the geographic region, an online system predicts a number of orders placed at the retailer and a capacity to fulfill orders during a forecast time period. The capacity of the retailer is predicted based on a number of pickers expected to be available to the retailer during the forecast time period. The online system determines demand for the services of a picker at the retailer based on a comparison of the predicted number of orders and the predicted capacity to fulfill those orders. The online system displays a user interactive map of the geographic region to the picker. The map displays a pin at the location of each retailer in the geographic region, which describes the categorization determined for the retailer. The picker selects a pin, which causes the user interactive map to display a notification characterizing the demand for services at the retailer.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Maplebear Inc.Inventors: Amy Luong, Michael Righi, Graham Adeson, Ross Stuart Williams, Aman Jain, Radhika Anand, Ganesh Krishnan
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Publication number: 20230331592Abstract: An integrated system comprising a desalination plant comprising a reverse osmosis (RO) array configured to produce an RO permeate blending stream, a blending system comprising a flow line for a fines stabilizing additive blending stream and configured to blend the RO permeate blending stream with the fines stabilizing additive blending stream to produce a blended low salinity water stream having a salinity of less than or equal to 5,000, 4,000, 3,000, 2,000, 1,000, 500, 400, or 300 ppm and a molar ratio of divalent cations to monovalent cations of greater than about 0.2, 0.3, or 0.4, a control unit configured to control operation of the blending system, and an injection system for one or more injection wells, wherein the one or more injection wells penetrate an oil-bearing layer of a reservoir. A method is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2020Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: John William COUVES, Stuart William DAY, Chris GIBSON, Bilal RASHID, John Dale WILLIAMS
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Publication number: 20230203202Abstract: Multispecific binding proteins that bind NKG2D receptor, CD16, and 5T4 are described, as well as pharmaceutical compositions, formulations, and therapeutic methods of the multispecific binding proteins useful for the treatment of cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Mitchell Bigelow, Mark DeRose, Jinyan Du, Robin Friedman, Pyae P. Hein, Stuart William Hicks, Zong Sean Juo, Xinbi Li, Christopher Ryan Morgan
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Publication number: 20230167494Abstract: A biochemical analysis system analyses polymers by taking measurements of a polymer from a sensor element comprising a nanopore during translocation of the polymer through the nanopore. When a polymer has partially translocated, the series of measurements is analysed using reference data derived from a reference sequence to provide a measure of similarity. Responsive to the measure of similarity, the sensor element may be selectively operated to eject the polymer and thereby make the nanopore available to receive a further polymer. Where the biochemical analysis system comprises an array of sensor elements and is takes measurements from sensor elements selected in a multiplexed manner, responsive to the measure of similarity, the biochemical analysis system ceases taking measurements from the currently selected sensor element and to starts taking measurements from a newly selected sensor element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLCInventors: Stuart William Reid, Gavin Harper, Clive Gavin Brown, Daniel John Turner, Andrew John Heron, Christopher James Wright
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Publication number: 20230160572Abstract: A burner control system for controlling the operation of a fuel burner arranged to burn a combination of a supply of fuel and a supply of air is provided. The burner control system is arranged to receive from an exhaust gas analyzer one or more signals, each signal being indicative of the level of an exhaust gas emitted by the fuel burner; receive from a photodetector a signal indicative of a level of electromagnetic radiation output by the flame of the fuel burner; and control at least one of the supply of fuel and the supply of air to the burner based on the one or more signals received from the exhaust gas analyzer and the signal received from the photodetector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Brendan KEMP, Duncan WARD, Stuart WILLIAMS
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Patent number: 11598845Abstract: In one aspect, a system for obtaining dielectric properties of an object is disclosed, which comprises a plurality of transceivers for generating radiation in the microwave or millimeter-wave region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The transceivers are positioned in spatially fixed relationships relative to one another. The system further includes a controller for selectively activating the transceivers for irradiating at least a portion of the object and detecting at least a portion of the radiation reflected from said portion of the object in response to the irradiation, where each of the activated transceivers generates a signal in response to detection of the reflected radiation. The reflected signals are analyzed to determine a plurality of reflectivity coefficients corresponding to different discrete locations of the object, and the reflectivity coefficients are used to determine the complex permittivity of the discrete locations.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Plymouth Rock Technologies Inc.Inventors: Stuart William Harmer, Dana E. Wheeler
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Publication number: 20220362697Abstract: Articles such as filter media, which include dendrimers and/or other components, are provided. The filter media may further include a water repellant (e.g., a fluorinated species) to impart desirable properties to the media such as high water repellency. The filter media may also have a high efficiency as a function of pressure drop (i.e., high gamma values). In some embodiments, the filter media includes a fiber web which may be formed of various components such as glass fibers. The fiber web can also include additional components such as synthetic fibers, binder components, as well as other additives. The media may be incorporated into a variety of filter element products.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: Hollingsworth & Vose CompanyInventors: David F. Sealey, Stuart Williams
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Publication number: 20220343395Abstract: For each retailer in the geographic region, an online system predicts a number of orders placed at the retailer and a capacity to fulfill orders during a forecast time period. The capacity of the retailer is predicted based on a number of pickers expected to be available to the retailer during the forecast time period. The online system determines demand for the services of a picker at the retailer based on a comparison of the predicted number of orders and the predicted capacity to fulfill those orders. The online system displays a user interactive map of the geographic region to the picker. The map displays a pin at the location of each retailer in the geographic region, which describes the categorization determined for the retailer. The picker selects a pin, which causes the user interactive map to display a notification characterizing the demand for services at the retailer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Amy Luong, Michael Righi, Graham Adeson, Ross Stuart Williams, Aman Jain, Radhika Anand, Ganesh Krishnan
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Publication number: 20220331156Abstract: Implant delivery devices, methods of device assembly and methods of using those devices are presented where the delivery device uses an automatic implant delivery mechanism that eliminates variability in pusher wire speeds by providing a needle assembly having one or more implants positioned within a proximal end of a needle cannula, a dampener assembly and a shuttle assembly located within a housing along with the activation member which holds the shuttle assembly in cocked or pre-tensioned state. A lock can be engaged with the activation member to prevent premature firing or triggering of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Leo Anthony Trevino, Cheng Lin, Tyler Pegoraro, Stuart Williams, Thomas Shepard, Peter Andrew Smith, Matthew Charles Walker, Andrew John Corson, Thomas Ralph Blackburn, III, Stephen James Couse
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Patent number: 11458753Abstract: A method of manufacturing a document of a series identical documents in content except for a respective identifier which identifies each document within the series, each identifier having at least a first indicium, the or each indicium defining a boundary; the method having the steps of: providing a substrate; applying a first background print, defining part of the boundary of an indicium receiving area; applying the respective identifier on the substrate, such that the first indicium is provided in the indicium receiving area; the first background print and the respective identifier being applied such that when the document is viewed in at least one of transmission and reflection the juxtaposition of the first background print and the first indicium is such that a keyline extending around a portion of the boundary of the first indicium is defined between the first indicium and the boundary of the indicium receiving area.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Mark Rowe, Stuart William John Rost
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Publication number: 20220309456Abstract: Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are provided for processing items within an automated storage and retrieval device. A scanned machine-readable identifier associated with an item is received at an automated storage and retrieval device. A determination is made whether the machine-readable identifier that was scanned is a container identification (ID). The machine-readable identifier is identified based on pre-defined criteria when the machine-readable identifier is determined not to be a container ID. The machine-readable identifier is mapped to an existing order using stored order information. A container ID is created by the fulfillment system and passed back to the automated storage and retrieval device. The item is stored in the automated storage and retrieval device using the created container ID.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Paul Edward Durkee, Edwin H. Reed, Stuart William Clark, Bradley Johnson
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Publication number: 20220292453Abstract: Systems, method and computer readable medium are provided for automated storage and retrieval. User authentication information is received via a user interface for a dynamic storage and retrieval device. The user identity is verified based upon the authentication information and previously stored authentication data. Order information is retrieved for an order associated with the user following the verifying of user identity, the order information indicating one or more locations for items associated with the order. Instructions are transmitted to initiate a physical opening of at least one of the dynamic storage and retrieval device and at least one static storage location to enable the user to retrieve at least one item of the order, the static storage location including a controller controlling a locking mechanism and communicatively coupled to the dynamic storage and retrieval device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Paul Edward Durkee, Stuart William Clark, Colin Holmes, Jason Shaffer, Mark Ibbotson, John Suarez
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Publication number: 20220290200Abstract: The present invention relates to a microbial host cell genetically modified to intracellularly produce a cannabinoid glycoside, said cell expressing a heterologous gene encoding a glycosyl transferase which has a at least 70% identity to the glycosyl transferase comprised in SEQ ID NO: 157 or 207, capable of intracellularly glycosylating a cannabinoid acceptor with a glycosyl donor thereby producing the cannabinoid glycoside.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: OCTARINE BIO IVSInventors: Nicholas Stuart William MILNE, Camilla Knudsen BADEN, Nethaji Janeshwari GALLAGE
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Patent number: 11401549Abstract: A biochemical analysis system analyses polymers by taking measurements of a polymer from a sensor element comprising a nanopore during translocation of the polymer through the nanopore. When a polymer has partially translocated, the series of measurements is analysed using reference data derived from a reference sequence to provide a measure of similarity. Responsive to the measure of similarity, the sensor element may be selectively operated to eject the polymer and thereby make the nanopore available to receive a further polymer. Where the biochemical analysis system comprises an array of sensor elements and is takes measurements from sensor elements selected in a multiplexed manner, responsive to the measure of similarity, the biochemical analysis system ceases taking measurements from the currently selected sensor element and to starts taking measurements from a newly selected sensor element.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLCInventors: Stuart William Reid, Gavin Harper, Clive Gavin Brown, Daniel John Turner, Andrew John Heron, Christopher James Wright
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Patent number: D1016122Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Blackmagic Design Pty LtdInventors: Grant David Petty, Simon Milne Kidd, Michael William John Cornish, Stuart Damian Elford, Ryan John Harper