Patents by Inventor Thomas Boland

Thomas Boland 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: 20240126804
    Abstract: A method at a client device includes displaying media library information corresponding to a set of media items. The media items include one or more local media items, the one or more local media items including media items stored at the client device, and one or more remote media items, the one or more remote media items including media items stored at a remote system and not at the client device. The method also includes displaying, concurrently with displaying the media library information, affordances identifying the remote media items; detecting user interaction with an affordance identifying a respective remote media item; and in response to detecting the user interaction, initiating a process for downloading a copy of the respective remote media item to the client device for storage at the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher John SANDERS, Thomas M. ALSINA, Imran CHAUDHRI, Patrice O. GAUTIER, Sean Boland KELLY, Timothy B. MARTIN, Lucas C. NEWMAN, Jeffrey L. ROBBIN, Andrew M. WADYCKI
  • Publication number: 20230256129
    Abstract: A wearable personal protection device for protecting a wearer against airborne pathogens comprises a battery-powered electronic circuit and components for controllable operation of at least one piezoelectric vibrating mesh transducer which is configured to intermittently simultaneously generate and shoot droplets of a biocide fluid into the wearer's proximal airspace to contact and inactivate at least some of the pathogens which may be present; a reservoir for containing the biocide fluid therein; and a fluid delivery apparatus for conveying said biocide fluid to an uptake location of the piezoelectric vibrating mesh transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy BOLAND, Thomas BOLAND
  • Patent number: 11370757
    Abstract: Crosslinkers of an amide or thiocarbamate of 7-nitroindoline were prepared with at least two attached reactive groups for crosslinking capability. The photo-cleavability of the invented crosslinkers is based on the known photolysis behavior of N-acyl-7-nitroindolines, and the photolysis behavior of amides and thiocarbamates of 7-nitroindolines. These crosslinkers enable crosslinking of biopolymers, which can be reversed by illumination with light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Katja Michael, Chunqlang Li, Thomas Boland, Hector P. Del Castillo, Binata Joddar, Alfredo Ornelas Sanchez, Javier Hernandez Ortega, Irodiel Vinales Lozano, Philip T. Baily
  • Publication number: 20220090022
    Abstract: Procedures for generating induced pluripotent stem cells include applying stress to a somatic cell to produce strain that induces the somatic cell to become a pluripotent stem cell without a need for transfection. Generating induced pluripotent stem cells can include forming a droplet that surrounds a somatic cell; and applying mechanical stress to the somatic cell to produce mechanical strain that induces the somatic cell to become a pluripotent stem cell without transfection, where forming the droplet includes thermal inkjet printing. This can also include printing the pluripotent stem cell on a substrate and incubating the pluripotent stem cell. In that case, forming an aggregate composing the pluripotent stem cell can include, after printing and before incubating, positioning the substrate above the pluripotent stem cell whereby gravity exerts a force on the pluripotent stem cell away from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Boland
  • Publication number: 20210130294
    Abstract: Crosslinkers of an amide or thiocarbamate of 7-nitroindoline were prepared with at least two attached reactive groups for crosslinking capability. The photo-cleavability of the invented crosslinkers is based on the known photolysis behavior of N-acyl-7-nitroindolines, and the photolysis behavior of amides and thiocarbamates of 7-nitroindolines. These crosslinkers enable crosslinking of biopolymers, which can be reversed by illumination with light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Katja Michael, Chunqlang Li, Thomas Boland, Hector P. Del Castillo, Binata Joddar, Alfredo Ornelas Sanchez, Javier Hernandez Ortega, Irodiel Vinales Lozano, Phillip T. Baily
  • Patent number: 10837961
    Abstract: Macromolecular imprinted silica particles (“MIP”) in the presence of polymer grafted carbon black are disclosed. The disclosed molecular imprinted beads can detect disease in body fluids. For the silica gel matrix, tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) was used as the backbone monomer and 3-aminopropy/triethoxysilane (APS) as a functional monomer. Carbon black was added to the sol-gel process, yielding black silica particles. Furthermore, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was used as a structure-directing agent to increase network diffusion of the template. A total of 16 MIPs were synthetized in parallel with variables that evaluate the role of key reactants in the synthesis procedure. Agglomeration tests were performed with all 16 MIPs in the presence of their template, alongside their respective controls using only phosphate buffered saline (“PBS”). Each of the MIPs was evaluated using a novel device capable of simultaneously measuring up to four samples for near infrared transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventor: Thomas Boland
  • Patent number: 10703805
    Abstract: Methods and devices for molecular imprinting include a molecular imprinting synthesis and matching a physiological pH of a template utilized in the molecular imprinting synthesis to achieve molecular imprinting. Molecular imprinting can be achieved by matching the physiological pH of the template used in a molecular imprinting synthesis. Furthermore, electrostatic charges can be complementary matched to the template, by obtaining crystallographic data of a protein template. Particularly, positively and negatively charged amino acids can be counted and matched by an oppositely charged monomer. For hydrophobic amino acids, isoleucin, leucin, and valine amino acids are counted. Since not all hydrophobic amino acids are exposed, the hydrophobic amino acid and hydrophobic monomer ratio can be determined experimentally by varying ratios from 1:1 to 1:10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Julio Rincon, Thomas Boland
  • Publication number: 20190111132
    Abstract: A novel 34 amino acid long collagen-like peptide rich in proline, hydroxyproline, and glycine, and with several photoreactive N-acyl-7-nitroindoline units incorporated into the peptide backbone was synthesized by on-resin fragment condensation. The circular dichroism measurement of this peptide supports a stable triple helix structure. This peptide has potential as a new biomimetic material with built-in latent photochemical functions that enable the decomposition into small peptide fragments by illumination with UV light of 350 nm. Using a photoreactive glycine derivative as a model compound for the collagen-like peptide, we demonstrate that its photolysis can also be triggered by a two-photon absorption process using a femtosecond laser at 710 nm. When a thin film of this compound is irradiated with femtosecond laser light at 710 nm the photochemistry occurs only at locations of irradiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Chunqiang Li, Thomas Boland, Hector P. Del Castillo, Katja Michael, Binata Joddar, Alfredo Ornelas
  • Patent number: 10195644
    Abstract: An inkjet printing method, system, and computer-usable tangible storage device to print cells and biomaterials for three-dimensional cellular scaffolds and engineered skin grafts are disclosed. The process simultaneously deposits living cells, nutrients, growth factors, therapeutic drugs along with biomaterial scaffolds at the right time and location. This technology can also be used for the microvasculature fabrication using appropriate human microvascular endothelial cells and fibrin to form the microvasculature. When printing human microvascular endothelial cells in conjunction with the fibrin, the cells aligned themselves inside the channels and proliferated to form confluent linings. The 3D tubular structure was also found in the printed patterns. Simultaneously printing biological materials to form a three-dimensional cellular scaffold promotes human microvascular endothelial cell proliferation and microvasculature formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventor: Thomas Boland
  • Patent number: 10159765
    Abstract: Tissue engineered constructs and methods for fabricating the disclosed constructs are provided. Some of the disclosed tissue engineered constructs are designed to fill a void in the body due to surgical resection, for example from mastectomy or lumpectomy, wounds and the like. Some disclosed constructs comprise one or more projections designed to mimic the appearance of a structural feature when implanted into a host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, TEVIDO BIODEVICES
    Inventors: Scott Forrest Collins, Thomas Boland, Maria Yanez
  • Patent number: 9930078
    Abstract: Based on information used by the external system to identify a target user, the external system generates a target user hash identifier that is communicated to the social networking system along with a message. Using information from user profiles maintained by the social networking system, the social networking system generates hash identifiers for its users and compares the target user hash identifier to the generated hash identifiers hash identifiers for social networking system users are generated. The social networking system sends the message to a user associated with a hash identifier generated from user profile information that matches the target user hash identifier. Hence, an external application may communicate with social networking system users without accessing access information about the users maintained by the social networking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Gokul Rajaram, Antonio Felipe Garcia-Martinez, Brian Thomas Boland, Nipun Mathur
  • Patent number: 9742822
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to sponsored story generation from an organic activity stream in a social networking site. A user wishing to promote an entry from an organic activity stream may, using a sponsor user interface, specify the types of stories to promote to a portion of the home page displayed to a member of a social network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Nipun Mathur, Robert Kang-Xing Jin, Brian Thomas Boland
  • Publication number: 20170087590
    Abstract: An inkjet printing method, system, and computer-usable tangible storage device to print cells and biomaterials for three-dimensional cellular scaffolds and engineered skin grafts are disclosed. The process simultaneously deposits living cells, nutrients, growth factors, therapeutic drugs along with biomaterial scaffolds at the right time and location. This technology can also be used for the microvasculature fabrication using appropriate human microvascular endothelial cells and fibrin to form the microvasculature. When printing human microvascular endothelial cells in conjunction with the fibrin, the cells aligned themselves inside the channels and proliferated to form confluent linings. The 3D tubular structure was also found in the printed patterns. Simultaneously printing biological materials to form a three-dimensional cellular scaffold promotes human microvascular endothelial cell proliferation and microvasculature formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas Boland
  • Publication number: 20170081394
    Abstract: Methods and devices for molecular imprinting include a molecular imprinting synthesis and matching a physiological pH of a template utilized in the molecular imprinting synthesis to achieve molecular imprinting. Molecular imprinting can be achieved by matching the physiological pH of the template used in a molecular imprinting synthesis. Furthermore, electrostatic charges can be complementary matched to the template, by obtaining crystallographic data of a protein template. Particularly, positively and negatively charged amino acids can be counted and matched by an oppositely charged monomer. For hydrophobic amino acids, isoleucin, leucin, and valine amino acids are counted. Since not all hydrophobic amino acids are exposed, the hydrophobic amino acid and hydrophobic monomer ratio can be determined experimentally by varying ratios from 1:1 to 1:10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Julio Rincon, Thomas Boland
  • Publication number: 20160243286
    Abstract: Tissue engineered constructs and methods for fabricating the disclosed constructs are provided. Some of the disclosed tissue engineered constructs are designed to fill a void in the body due to surgical resection, for example from mastectomy or lumpectomy, wounds and the like. Some disclosed constructs comprise one or more projections designed to mimic the appearance of a structural feature when implanted into a host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SY STEM
    Inventors: Scott Forrest COLLINS, Thomas BOLAND, Maria YANEZ
  • Publication number: 20160090967
    Abstract: A wind power gearbox includes two oil chambers for receiving oil, each of the oil chambers having an opening to allow passage of oil. A pipe connects the two oil chambers to one another and has ends arranged in the openings of the chambers, respectively. The openings have each a conicity with an inner cone, which opens away from the oil chamber, with the ends of the pipe having a corresponding conicity with an outer cone. At least one static sealing element is arranged between the inner cone of the openings and the outer cone of the pipe ends for providing a seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Boland, Dominikus Daners
  • Patent number: 9230265
    Abstract: An entity provides a competitive block list for one or more of its objects in a social networking system. The competitive block list identifies advertisers or other entities prevented from targeting advertisements based on connections between users and objects of the entity. If a later received advertisement is targeted based on a connection between a user and an object of the entity, the social networking system determines whether the advertiser associated with the advertisement is included on the competitive block list. If the competitive block list includes the advertiser, the advertisement is determined not to be valid, and not presented to users. Otherwise, the advertisement is determined to be valid, and may be presented to users thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Boland, Gokul Rajaram
  • Publication number: 20150312292
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to sponsored story generation from an organic activity stream in a social networking site. A user wishing to promote an entry from an organic activity stream may, using a sponsor user interface, specify the types of stories to promote to a portion of the home page displayed to a member of a social network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Nipun Mathur, Robert Kang-Xing Jin, Brian Thomas Boland
  • Patent number: 9115800
    Abstract: A planetary carrier includes a side plate having a front face and a shaft journal which is arranged on the front face of the side plate. A bearing seating is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft journal on a front-face-proximal end of the shaft journal. The planetary carrier has an annular groove directly adjacent to the bearing seating in coaxial relationship to the shaft journal and undercutting the front face and the outer circumferential surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Boland, Alexander Kamps
  • Patent number: 9034589
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for magnetic separation of cells are disclosed. By combining inkjet printing technology and magnetic labeling of cells, accurate cell counts are obtained using an optical microscope. Mouse CD4+ lymphocytes are attached to micron sized magnetic beads and printed through a modified, commercial inkjet printer. The labeled cells are then attached to a glass slide covering a permanent magnet. Cell counts can be obtained by use of regular and inverted optical microscopes and imaging software. The magnetically-labeled beads are collected for evaluation on a modified polymer coupon that is placed in front of a permanent magnet and the unlabeled cells fall into an excess container. Flow cytometry results verify the presence of the CD4+ protein on the LBRM-33 lymphocytes membrane. Protein-specific attachment of magnetic microspheres to the lymphocytes is utilized for sorting CD4+ lymphocytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Thomas Boland, Sylvia L. Natividad, Julio Rincon