Patents by Inventor Thomas Congdon
Thomas Congdon 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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Patent number: 11772905Abstract: A board turner assembly may include an endless chain, first and second groups of turning arms pivotably coupled with the endless chain and disposed along opposite sides thereof, an upper guide with an inclined surface, an actuator selectively operable to move the upper guide between a resting position and an extended position, and one or more endless belts. The turning arms may be spaced apart at regular intervals that are offset on one side of the chain relative to the other. The groups of turning arms may be operated in an alternating fashion to turn selected boards to a desired orientation (e.g., wane side up). Corresponding methods and systems are also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: USNR, LLCInventors: Tim Staal, Thomas Congdon
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Publication number: 20220016620Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for detecting molecules of interest within a collected sample are described herein. In certain embodiments, self-contained sample analysis systems are disclosed, which include a reusable reader component, a disposable cartridge component, and a disposable sample collection component. The reader component may communicate with a remote computing device for the digital transmission of test protocols and test results. In various disclosed embodiments, the systems, components, and methods are configured to identify the presence, absence, and/or quantity of particular nucleic acids, proteins, or other analytes of interest, for example, in order to test for the presence of one or more pathogens or contaminants in a sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: CUE HEALTH INC.Inventors: Ayub Khattak, Clinton Sever, Paul Nelson, Ryan Cooper, Thomas Congdon, Justin Demartino, Raphael Shapiro, Mark Duncan
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Patent number: 11154866Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for detecting molecules of interest within a collected sample are described herein. In certain embodiments, self-contained sample analysis systems are disclosed, which include a reusable reader component, a disposable cartridge component, and a disposable sample collection component. The reader component may communicate with a remote computing device for the digital transmission of test protocols and test results. In various disclosed embodiments, the systems, components, and methods are configured to identify the presence, absence, and/or quantity of particular nucleic acids, proteins, or other analytes of interest, for example, in order to test for the presence of one or more pathogens or contaminants in a sample.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: CUE HEALTH INC.Inventors: Ayub Khattak, Clinton Sever, Paul Nelson, Ryan Cooper, Thomas Congdon, Justin Demartino, Raphael Shapiro, Mark Duncan
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Publication number: 20210316948Abstract: A board turner assembly may include an endless chain, first and second groups of turning arms pivotably coupled with the endless chain and disposed along opposite sides thereof, an upper guide with an inclined surface, an actuator selectively operable to move the upper guide between a resting position and an extended position, and one or more endless belts. The turning arms may be spaced apart at regular intervals that are offset on one side of the chain relative to the other. The groups of turning arms may be operated in an alternating fashion to turn selected boards to a desired orientation (e.g., wane side up). Corresponding methods and systems are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: TIM STAAL, Thomas Congdon
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Patent number: 11072499Abstract: A board turner assembly may include an endless chain, first and second groups of turning arms pivotably coupled with the endless chain and disposed along opposite sides thereof, an upper guide with an inclined surface, an actuator selectively operable to move the upper guide between a resting position and an extended position, and one or more endless belts. The turning arms may be spaced apart at regular intervals that are offset on one side of the chain relative to the other. The groups of turning arms may be operated in an alternating fashion to turn selected boards to a desired orientation (e.g., wane side up). Corresponding methods and systems are also described.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: USNR, LLCInventors: Tim Staal, Thomas Congdon
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Patent number: 11059045Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for detecting molecules of interest within a collected sample are described herein. In certain embodiments, self-contained sample analysis systems are disclosed, which include a reusable reader component, a disposable cartridge component, and a disposable sample collection component. The reader component may communicate with a remote computing device for the digital transmission of test protocols and test results. In various disclosed embodiments, the systems, components, and methods are configured to identify the presence, absence, and/or quantity of particular nucleic acids, proteins, or other analytes of interest, for example, in order to test for the presence of one or more pathogens or contaminants in a sample.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: CUE HEALTH INC.Inventors: Ayub Khattak, Clinton Sever, Paul Nelson, Ryan Cooper, Thomas Congdon, Justin Demartino, Raphael Shapiro, Mark Duncan
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Publication number: 20200189857Abstract: A board turner assembly may include an endless chain, first and second groups of turning arms pivotably coupled with the endless chain and disposed along opposite sides thereof, an upper guide with an inclined surface, an actuator selectively operable to move the upper guide between a resting position and an extended position, and one or more endless belts. The turning arms may be spaced apart at regular intervals that are offset on one side of the chain relative to the other. The groups of turning arms may be operated in an alternating fashion to turn selected boards to a desired orientation (e.g., wane side up). Corresponding methods and systems are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Tim Staal, Thomas Congdon
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Patent number: 10633820Abstract: A dozing blade assembly includes a dozing blade and a multi-piece cutter mounted to the dozing blade and including an elongate body having a first outer body piece and a second outer body piece that are mirror images of one another, and each including an inboard stem having a linear leading edge profile, and an integral outboard end bit having a curvilinear leading edge profile. The outer body pieces are structured for mounting to the dozing blade such that digging faces of the outer body pieces are oriented at a shallower angle than digging faces of the middle body piece, relative to a horizontal plane.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Thomas Congdon, Nathan Bjerke
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Patent number: 10603664Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for detecting molecules of interest within a collected sample are described herein. In certain embodiments, self-contained sample analysis systems are disclosed, which include a reusable reader component, a disposable cartridge component, and a disposable sample collection component. The reader component may communicate with a remote computing device for the digital transmission of test protocols and test results. In various disclosed embodiments, the systems, components, and methods are configured to identify the presence, absence, and/or quantity of particular nucleic acids, proteins, or other analytes of interest, for example, in order to test for the presence of one or more pathogens or contaminants in a sample.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: CUE HEALTH INC.Inventors: Ayub Khattak, Clinton Sever, Paul Nelson, Ryan Cooper, Thomas Congdon, Justin Demartino, Raphael Shapiro, Mark Duncan
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Patent number: 10569970Abstract: A board turner assembly may include an endless chain, first and second groups of turning arms pivotably coupled with the endless chain and disposed along opposite sides thereof, an upper guide with an inclined surface, an actuator selectively operable to move the upper guide between a resting position and an extended position, and one or more endless belts. The turning arms may be spaced apart at regular intervals that are offset on one side of the chain relative to the other. The groups of turning arms may be operated in an alternating fashion to turn selected boards to a desired orientation (e.g., wane side up). Corresponding methods and systems are also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: USNR, LLCInventors: Tim Staal, Thomas Congdon
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Patent number: 10450145Abstract: Embodiments provide an electric lug loader system. An electric lug loader may include a shaft assembly rotatably mounted to a frame that extends across a flow path. The shaft assembly may have shafts arranged radially around, and parallel to, the rotational axis of the shaft assembly, clamp members arranged along each of the shafts, support members arranged radially around the rotational axis and across the flow path, and electric drives coupled to the shafts. Conveyors may be coupled with the frame and spaced apart across the flow path upstream and/or downstream of the shaft assembly. Additional drives may be coupled with the shaft assembly and the conveyors. A controller may be configured to synchronize the drives to engage successive workpieces between the clamp members and the support members and deposit the workpieces onto a lugged conveyor. Other embodiments provide related methods and systems.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: USNR, LCInventors: Larry Petryshen, James Jackson, David Howes, Thomas Congdon
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Publication number: 20190314810Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for detecting molecules of interest within a collected sample are described herein. In certain embodiments, self-contained sample analysis systems are disclosed, which include a reusable reader component, a disposable cartridge component, and a disposable sample collection component. The reader component may communicate with a remote computing device for the digital transmission of test protocols and test results. In various disclosed embodiments, the systems, components, and methods are configured to identify the presence, absence, and/or quantity of particular nucleic acids, proteins, or other analytes of interest, for example, in order to test for the presence of one or more pathogens or contaminants in a sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: CUE HEALTH INC.Inventors: Ayub KHATTAK, Clinton SEVER, Paul NELSON, Ryan COOPER, Thomas CONGDON, Justin DEMARTINO, Raphael SHAPIRO, Mark DUNCAN
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Publication number: 20190152718Abstract: A board turner assembly may include an endless chain, first and second groups of turning arms pivotably coupled with the endless chain and disposed along opposite sides thereof, an upper guide with an inclined surface, an actuator selectively operable to move the upper guide between a resting position and an extended position, and one or more endless belts. The turning arms may be spaced apart at regular intervals that are offset on one side of the chain relative to the other. The groups of turning arms may be operated in an alternating fashion to turn selected boards to a desired orientation (e.g., wane side up). Corresponding methods and systems are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Tim Staal, Thomas Congdon
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Patent number: 10272434Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for detecting molecules of interest within a collected sample are described herein. In certain embodiments, self-contained sample analysis systems are disclosed, which include a reusable reader component, a disposable cartridge component, and a disposable sample collection component. The reader component may communicate with a remote computing device for the digital transmission of test protocols and test results. In various disclosed embodiments, the systems, components, and methods are configured to identify the presence, absence, and/or quantity of particular nucleic acids, proteins, or other analytes of interest, for example, in order to test for the presence of one or more pathogens or contaminants in a sample.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: CUE HEALTH INC.Inventors: Ayub Khattak, Clinton Sever, Paul Nelson, Ryan Cooper, Thomas Congdon, Justin DeMartino, Raphael Shapiro, Mark Duncan
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Patent number: 10239703Abstract: A board turner assembly may include an endless chain, first and second groups of turning arms pivotably coupled with the endless chain and disposed along opposite sides thereof, an upper guide with an inclined surface, an actuator selectively operable to move the upper guide between a resting position and an extended position, and one or more endless belts. The turning arms may be spaced apart at regular intervals that are offset on one side of the chain relative to the other. The groups of turning arms may be operated in an alternating fashion to turn selected boards to a desired orientation (e.g., wane side up). Corresponding methods and systems are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: USNR, LLCInventors: Tim Staal, Thomas Congdon
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Publication number: 20190023498Abstract: Embodiments provide an electric lug loader system. An electric lug loader may include a shaft assembly rotatably mounted to a frame that extends across a flow path. The shaft assembly may have shafts arranged radially around, and parallel to, the rotational axis of the shaft assembly, clamp members arranged along each of the shafts, support members arranged radially around the rotational axis and across the flow path, and electric drives coupled to the shafts. Conveyors may be coupled with the frame and spaced apart across the flow path upstream and/or downstream of the shaft assembly. Additional drives may be coupled with the shaft assembly and the conveyors. A controller may be configured to synchronize the drives to engage successive workpieces between the clamp members and the support members and deposit the workpieces onto a lugged conveyor. Other embodiments provide related methods and systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Larry Petryshen, James Jackson, David Howes, Thomas Congdon
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Patent number: 10081498Abstract: Embodiments provide an electric lug loader system. An electric lug loader may include a shaft assembly rotatably mounted to a frame that extends across a flow path. The shaft assembly may have shafts arranged radially around, and parallel to, the rotational axis of the shaft assembly, clamp members arranged along each of the shafts, support members arranged radially around the rotational axis and across the flow path, and electric drives coupled to the shafts. Conveyors may be coupled with the frame and spaced apart across the flow path upstream and/or downstream of the shaft assembly. Additional drives may be coupled with the shaft assembly and the conveyors. A controller may be configured to synchronize the drives to engage successive workpieces between the clamp members and the support members and deposit the workpieces onto a lugged conveyor. Other embodiments provide related methods and systems.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: USNR, LLCInventors: Larry Petryshen, James Jackson, David Howes, Thomas Congdon
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Publication number: 20180229231Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for detecting molecules of interest within a collected sample are described herein. In certain embodiments, self-contained sample analysis systems are disclosed, which include a reusable reader component, a disposable cartridge component, and a disposable sample collection component. The reader component may communicate with a remote computing device for the digital transmission of test protocols and test results. In various disclosed embodiments, the systems, components, and methods are configured to identify the presence, absence, and/or quantity of particular nucleic acids, proteins, or other analytes of interest, for example, in order to test for the presence of one or more pathogens or contaminants in a sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: CUE INC.Inventors: Ayub KHATTAK, Clinton SEVER, Paul NELSON, Ryan COOPER, Thomas CONGDON, Justin DEMARTINO, Raphael SHAPIRO, Mark DUNCAN
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Publication number: 20180179730Abstract: A dozing blade assembly includes a dozing blade and a multi-piece cutter mounted to the dozing blade and including an elongate body having a first outer body piece and a second outer body piece that are mirror images of one another, and each including an inboard stem having a linear leading edge profile, and an integral outboard end bit having a curvilinear leading edge profile. The outer body pieces are structured for mounting to the dozing blade such that digging faces of the outer body pieces are oriented at a shallower angle than digging faces of the middle body piece, relative to a horizontal plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Thomas Congdon, Nathan Bjerke
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Patent number: 9999889Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for detecting molecules of interest within a collected sample are described herein. In certain embodiments, self-contained sample analysis systems are disclosed, which include a reusable reader component, a disposable cartridge component, and a disposable sample collection component. The reader component may communicate with a remote computing device for the digital transmission of test protocols and test results. In various disclosed embodiments, the systems, components, and methods are configured to identify the presence, absence, and/or quantity of particular nucleic acids, proteins, or other analytes of interest, for example, in order to test for the presence of one or more pathogens or contaminants in a sample.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: CUE HEALTH INC.Inventors: Ayub Khattak, Clinton Sever, Paul Nelson, Ryan Cooper, Thomas Congdon, Justin Demartino, Raphael Shapiro, Mark Duncan