Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Alexander

Thomas A. Alexander 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: 11999277
    Abstract: Embodiments related to systems and methods for controlling the relative amounts of rotation and heave motions applied to a seat by an active seat suspension system are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC
    Inventors: Brian Alexander Selden, Thomas James Cashman, Jr., Pankaj Chopra, Mario Flores Alanis
  • Publication number: 20240176136
    Abstract: A method for identifying eye gestures of an eye includes the steps of emitting at least one laser beam onto the eye determining a single measuring sample having current values for: an optical path length of the emitted laser beam; a signal-to-noise ratio of radiation scattered back from the eye; an eye speed of the eye; and identifying an eye gesture based on the single measuring sample, wherein the optical path length is determined based on laser feedback interferometry of the emitted laser radiation with the radiation scattered back from the eye, and wherein the eye speed is determined based on a Doppler shift of the emitted radiation and the radiation scattered back, determined by means of the laser feedback interferometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas PETERSEN, Thomas Alexander SCHLEBUSCH, Johannes MEYER, Hans SPRUIT, Jochen HELLMIG
  • Patent number: 11992519
    Abstract: A chimeric antigen receptor is disclosed that includes: (a) an scFv comprising a light chain variable domain (VL) and a heavy chain variable domain (VH), wherein the scFv specifically binds to CCR4; (b) a hinge and transmembrane domain from CD8; (c) an intracellular 4-1BB signaling domain; and (d) an intracellular CD3 zeta signaling domain, wherein (a)-(d) are in N to C terminal order. Uses of the chimeric antigen receptor, such as for treating a malignancy, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Liyanage Parakrama Perera, Thomas Alexander Waldmann, Kevin Charles Conlon, Pin-Yu Perera
  • Publication number: 20240165237
    Abstract: Described herein is anhydrous sodium thiosulfate, methods for synthesizing anhydrous sodium thiosulfate, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating ototoxicity. Anhydrous sodium thiosulfate is synthesized from sodium sulfite, sulfur, and cetylpyridinium chloride. The anhydrous sodium thiosulfate is formulated into a pharmaceutical composition comprising a buffer and solvent. These compositions are useful for eliminating or reducing ototoxicity in pediatric patients receiving platinum-based chemotherapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Claiborne Lovelace, Joseph Alexander Moore, III, Christopher McKinnon Lee, Daniel Logan Kirschner
  • Patent number: 11986299
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for point-of-care nucleic acid amplification and detection. One embodiment of the point-of-care molecular diagnostic system includes a cartridge and an instrument. The cartridge can accept a biological sample, such as a urine or blood sample. The cartridge, which can comprise one or more of a loading module, lysis module, purification module and amplification module, is inserted into the instrument which acts upon the cartridge to facilitate various sample processing steps that occur in order to perform a molecular diagnostic test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Talis Biomedical Corporation
    Inventors: Sayeed Andeshmand, Thomas H. Cauley, III, John Dixon, David Glade, Hédia Maamar, Michael John McAdams, Dzam-Si Jesse Ng, David Alexander Rolfe
  • Publication number: 20240158336
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel lipids that can be used in combination with other lipid components, such as helper lipids, structural lipids, and cholesterols, to form lipid nanoparticles for delivery of therapeutic agents, such as nucleic acids (e.g., circular polynucleotides), both in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Orna Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen T. HORHOTA, Junghoon YANG, Kevin J. KAUFFMAN, Thomas BARNES, Robert Alexander WESSELHOEFT, Amy M. BECKER, Gregory MOTZ
  • Publication number: 20240161332
    Abstract: A glasses device. The glasses device includes a frame structure for fixing the glasses device to a head of a user, at least one at least partially transparent vision element, which can be positioned in front of at least one eye of the user and through which the user can look, and at least one sensor arrangement arranged on the frame structure. The sensor arrangement is configured to capture sensor data while the user wears the glasses device. The sensor data at least partially represent at least one subarea of a body of the user during the wearing of the glasses device. A pose determination of a pose of the user can be carried out based on the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Johannes Meyer, Thomas Alexander Schlebusch
  • Publication number: 20240151966
    Abstract: A method for operating a pair of smart glasses. The method includes a step of outputting a wavelength-modulated light beam by a light source to an eye of a user of the smart glasses, the light beam being output utilizing a movable mirror element in a state of rest. The method also includes a step of receiving a portion of the wavelength-modulated light beam, reflected from a reflection point, as reflection beam. The method further includes a step of ascertaining a wavelength difference between the reflection beam and the wavelength-modulated light beam, utilizing a laser feedback interferometry sensor. The method also includes a step of determining a distance d between the light source 135 and the reflection point, utilizing the wavelength difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Johannes Meyer, Johannes Fischer, Thomas Alexander Schlebusch
  • Publication number: 20240146336
    Abstract: Aspects and implementations include systems and techniques that detect and correct failure of data storage and communication operations, including obtaining a first plurality of values, selecting a first plurality of error correction values to generate a first codeword, wherein the first codeword is associated with a plurality of syndrome values that encode a second subset of the first plurality of values, and causing a first processing device or a second processing device to restore the first plurality of values based on the first codeword.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Vogelsang, Michael Alexander Hamburg, John Eric Linstadt, Evan Lawrence Erickson
  • Publication number: 20240146546
    Abstract: An asymmetric key cryptographic system is used to generate a cryptographic certificate for authenticating a memory module. This certificate is generated based on information, readable by the authenticator (e.g., host system), from at least one device on the memory module that is not read in order to obtain the certificate. For example, the certificate for authenticating a module may be stored in the nonvolatile memory of a serial presence detect device. The certificate itself, however, is based at least in part on information read from at least one other device on the memory module. Examples of this other device include a registering clock driver, DRAM device(s), and/or data buffer device(s). In an embodiment, the information read from a device (e.g., DRAM) may be based on one or more device fingerprint(s) derived from physical variations that occur naturally, and inevitably, during integrated circuit manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Scott C. BEST, Thomas VOGELSANG, Michael Alexander HAMBURG, Mark Evan MARSON, Helena HANDSCHUH, HAMPEL E. Craig, Kenneth Lee WRIGHT
  • Patent number: 11970485
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are useful in treating RET associated cancers. Formulations containing the compounds of formula I and methods of making the compounds of formula I are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Gabrielle R. Kolakowski, Erin D. Anderson, Steven W. Andrews, Christopher Pierre Albert Jean Boldron, Kevin R. Condroski, Thomas C. Irvin, Manoj Kumar, Elizabeth A. McFaddin, Megan L. McKenney, Johnathan Alexander McLean, Tiphaine Mouret, Michael J. Munchhof, Thomas Pierre Dino Pancaldi, Michael Alexander Pilkington-Miksa, Marta Pinto
  • Publication number: 20240132467
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I): (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Y and Z are as defined herein are useful for treating respiratory disease and other diseases and conditions modulated by TMEM16A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TMEM16A Limited
    Inventors: Stephen COLLINGWOOD, Jonathan David Hargrave, Duncan Alexander Hay, Clive McCarthy, Thomas Beauregard Schofield, Edward Walker, Naomi Went
  • Publication number: 20240126832
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving a kernel used to convolve with an input tensor. For a first dimension of the kernel, a square block of values for each single dimensional vector of the kernel that includes all rotations of that single dimensional vector is generated. For each additional dimension of the kernel, group blocks of an immediately preceding dimension into sets of blocks, each set of blocks including blocks of the immediately preceding dimension that are aligned along a vector that is parallel to the axis of the dimension; and generate, for the additional dimension, one or more blocks of values, each block including all rotations of blocks within each of the sets of blocks of the immediately preceding dimension. The block of values corresponding to the last dimension in the additional dimensions of the kernel is output as the expanded kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Alexander Ross, Thomas Hawkins, Gregory Michael Thorson, Matt Boyd
  • Publication number: 20240116852
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel lipids that can be used in combination with other lipid components, such as helper lipids, structural lipids, and cholesterols, to form lipid nanoparticles for delivery of therapeutic agents, such as nucleic acids (e.g., circular polynucleotides), both in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Orna Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen T. HORHOTA, Junghoon YANG, Kevin J. KAUFFMAN, Thomas BARNES, Robert Alexander WESSELHOEFT, Amy M. BECKER, Gregory MOTZ
  • Patent number: 11950605
    Abstract: Dairy products are produced by subjecting a starting dairy material to nanofiltration to remove monovalent ions to produce an ion-depleted dairy permeate; passing the ion-depleted dairy permeate through an ion exchange column and subsequently with a sodium-containing eluting solution to produce sodium phosphate and sodium citrate derived from the starting material; concentrating the sodium phosphate and sodium citrate; and combining the concentrated sodium phosphate and sodium citrate with dairy components. The dairy product contains an amount of the concentrated sodium phosphate and sodium citrate sufficient to cause fat in the dairy product to be emulsified and protein in the dairy product to be hydrated. In addition or alternatively, a dairy by-product stream may be subjected to ion exchange to remove calcium therefrom; concentrated, and combined with dairy materials naturally containing phosphate and citrate in order to adjust the citrate+phosphate-to-calcium ratio to reach an emulsified dairy product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Land O'Lakes, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander Glenn, III, Richard Dinesen
  • Patent number: 11953837
    Abstract: The present invention provides a testing substrate (W) for estimating stress in production substrates due to a substrate support, said testing substrate having a support surface (SS) divided into predefined portions, wherein the predefined portions comprise at least one first portion (1) having a first coefficient of friction being substantially uniform across the at least one first portion, and at least one second portion (2) having a second coefficient of friction being substantially uniform across the at least one second portion, wherein the second coefficient of friction is different to the first coefficient of friction. The present invention also provides a method for estimating stress in a substrate due to a substrate support and a system for making such an estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Poiesz, Michel Ben Isel Habets, Abraham Alexander Soethoudt, Herman Marquart
  • Patent number: 11947112
    Abstract: An optical arrangement of data smart glasses includes a first laser device configured to emit a projection light beam, a second laser device configured to emit a measuring light beam, a first scanner, a second scanner, and a beam combiner configured to bundle the projection light beam and the measuring light beam into a common light beam, wherein the first scanner is configured to deflect the projection light beam emitted by the first laser device in a first axis, and wherein the second scanner is configured to deflect the common light beam focused by the beam combiner in a second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Gmbh, Trumpf Photonic Components GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Petersen, Thomas Alexander Schlebusch, Hans Spruit, Jochen Hellmig
  • Publication number: 20240099897
    Abstract: In some illustrative examples, a bridge suitable for treating a tissue site may include a bridge sealing member and one or more bridge wicking layers. The bridge sealing member may extend along a length of the bridge, and may define an internal passageway in fluid communication between a receiving end of the bridge and a transmitting end of the bridge. The one or more bridge wicking layers may be disposed within the internal passageway of the bridge sealing member. Other apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Locke, Justin Alexander Long, Benjamin Locke, Benjamin Andrew Pratt, Thomas Alan Edwards, Timothy Mark Robinson
  • Publication number: 20240107270
    Abstract: An asset tracking system includes a tracking device associated with a mobile asset and a centralized device management platform. The tracking device is configured via a set of device configurations. The centralized device management platform includes one or more processors in communication with the tracking device and computer-readable memory encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause the system to receive location data corresponding to a location of the tracking device; evaluate the location data to identify a zone corresponding to a physical region that includes the location of the tracking device; compare an identified zone with a set of location-based rules to identify a rule associated with the identified zone; update the set of device configurations with a device configuration that is associated with an identified rule; and sync an updated set of device configurations to the tracking device to reconfigure the tracking device based on the identified rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ilya Alexander Eliashevsky, Landon Benjamin Register, Jonathan Lee Jackson, Thomas Richard Pankake
  • Publication number: 20240107268
    Abstract: An asset tracking system includes a tracking device associated with a mobile asset and a centralized device management platform. The tracking device is configured via a set of device configurations. The centralized device management platform includes one or more processors in communication with the tracking device and computer-readable memory encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause the system to receive location data corresponding to a location of the tracking device; evaluate the location data to identify a zone corresponding to a physical region that includes the location of the tracking device; compare an identified zone with a set of location-based rules to identify a rule associated with the identified zone; update the set of device configurations with a device configuration that is associated with an identified rule; and sync an updated set of device configurations to the tracking device to reconfigure the tracking device based on the identified rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ilya Alexander Eliashevsky, Landon Benjamin Register, Jonathan Lee Jackson, Thomas Richard Pankake