Patents by Inventor William A. Ray

William A. Ray 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: 20240165239
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions that have a Protein Recognition Moiety bound to an electrophile for the selective covalent modification of targeted proteins to treat disorders mediated by the targeted protein are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Hyku Biosciences Inc.
    Inventors: Guillaume Barbe, Mark George Sauliner, William John Greenlee, Soumya Ray
  • Patent number: 11990631
    Abstract: A battery cabinet with a plurality of spaced apart shelves of equal width and depth. Each shelf supports a removable battery module. In turn, each module has a fixed adapter that holds batteries as a battery bank where the module and adapter occupy most of the space between shelves. Battery cells are vertically or horizontally aligned with terminals joined to comb-shaped straps with blades joined to battery terminals. The space between blades allows for thermal expansion without wear on terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Villara Corporation
    Inventors: Robert P. Kittell, Curtis Ray Wylie, Jr., Calvin Richard Wylie, Eric S. Johnson, William A. Landgraf
  • Patent number: 11964059
    Abstract: A method of delivering a health care active having the steps of administering to a mammal in need of a health benefit or a treatment for a health condition a personal health care article and consuming the article. The article contains one or more filaments that contain a backbone material, a health care active and optionally aesthetic agents, extensional aids, plasticizers, and crosslinking agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Trevor John Darcy, Steven Ray Gilbert, Gregory Charles Gordon, Rajeev Chhabra, William Maxwell Allen
  • Publication number: 20240116742
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a filling apparatus that can be connected to a valve on a keg, such as a Sankey-D valve, and can be used to pour alcohol and other liquids into the keg, which may be pre-filled with a non-alcoholic drink mix. The filling apparatus has an upper structure which is coupled to a lower portion configured to mate with a keg valve. The filling apparatus may be designed to depress portions of the keg valve to allow for both filling and venting of the keg simultaneously. The filling apparatus may further be designed with features to prevent liquid escape during degassing of the keg. The filling apparatus may include a Sankey-D coupler or a coupler with a probe portion as the lower body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: William RAY, Don RAY, Benjamin Simon, Robert Cardoze, Nick Marcolini, Bora Gulari
  • Publication number: 20240115301
    Abstract: A bone screw comprises a shaft defining a longitudinal axis and a minor diameter. The shaft including a core having an angled surface relative to the axis. The angled surface extending from the minor diameter adjacent a proximal portion of the shaft to a distal portion of the shaft, and a wall disposed about the angled surface. The wall including at least one thread having an external thread form. In some embodiments, systems, spinal constructs, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.
    Inventors: Dale A. Tempco, Rodney Ray Ballard, Keith E. Miller, William Alan Rezach
  • Patent number: 11954062
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide techniques to enable the dynamic reconfiguration of memory on a general-purpose graphics processing unit. One embodiment described herein enables dynamic reconfiguration of cache memory bank assignments based on hardware statistics. One embodiment enables for virtual memory address translation using mixed four kilobyte and sixty-four kilobyte pages within the same page table hierarchy and under the same page directory. One embodiment provides for a graphics processor and associated heterogenous processing system having near and far regions of the same level of a cache hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Joydeep Ray, Niranjan Cooray, Subramaniam Maiyuran, Altug Koker, Prasoonkumar Surti, Varghese George, Valentin Andrei, Abhishek Appu, Guadalupe Garcia, Pattabhiraman K, Sungye Kim, Sanjay Kumar, Pratik Marolia, Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Vasanth Ranganathan, William Sadler, Lakshminarayanan Striramassarma
  • Patent number: 11947491
    Abstract: In an aspect an apparatus for geometric part searching is presented. An apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. At least a processor is configured to generate a search index as a function of a plurality of part specification files. At least a processor is configured to receive an input part specification file. At least a processor is configured to generate a query for an input part as a function of an input part specification file and a search index. A query is configured to output a comparison of an input part specification file to a part estimation specification file. At least a processor is configured to identify a matching part estimation file from a plurality of query results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Paperless Parts, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott M. Sawyer, Dana A. Wensberg, Jason Ray, William H. Headrick, IV, John Peck, Lucas M. Duros, James L. Jacobs, II
  • Publication number: 20240101935
    Abstract: A hard surface cleaning composition, methods of cleaning a hard surface with a low hysteresis composition and disposable premoistened pads for cleaning hard surfaces are provided. The hard surface cleaning composition includes from 0.01 wt. % to 7 wt. % of a solvent selected from the group consisting of a propylene glycol phenyl ether, a dipropylene glycol phenyl ethers and mixtures thereof and at least 92% water. The cleaning composition has a pH from about 3.5 to 9.5 and is free of anionic surfactant and alkanolamine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Fernando Ray TOLLENS, Pauline Cuc VU, Brian Christopher GROENDYKE, William Alexander CYNECKI, Daniel Ross MAYFIELD, Anthony SCHUTZ
  • Publication number: 20240101934
    Abstract: A hard surface cleaning composition, methods of cleaning a hard surface with a low hysteresis composition and disposable premoistened pads for cleaning hard surfaces are provided. The hard surface cleaning composition includes from 0.01 wt. % to 7 wt. % of a solvent selected from the group consisting of a propylene glycol phenyl ether, a dipropylene glycol phenyl ethers and mixtures thereof and at least 92% water. The cleaning composition has a pH from about 3.5 to 9.5 and is free of anionic surfactant and alkanolamine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Fernando Ray TOLLENS, Pauline Cuc VU, Brian Christopher GROENDYKE, William Alexander CYNECKI, Daniel Ross MAYFIELD, Anthony SCHUTZ
  • Publication number: 20240093186
    Abstract: The disclosure provides, e.g., compositions, systems, and methods for targeting, editing, modifying, or manipulating a host cell's genome at one or more locations in a DNA sequence in a cell, tissue, or subject. Gene modifying systems for treating cystic fibrosis, e.g., in subjects having a mutation resulting in F508del, are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Charles Altshuler, Anne Helen Bothmer, Daniel Raymond Chee, Cecilia Giovanna Silvia Cotta-Ramusino, Kyusik Kim, Randi Michelle Kotlar, Gregory David McAllister, Aamir Mir, Ananya Ray, Nathaniel Roquet, Carlos Sanchez, Barrett Ethan Steinberg, Robert James Citorik, William Edward Salomon, William Querbes, Luciano Henrique Apponi, Zhan Wang
  • Publication number: 20240084334
    Abstract: The disclosure provides, e.g., compositions, systems, and methods for targeting, editing, modifying, or manipulating a host cell's genome at one or more locations in a DNA sequence in a cell, tissue, or subject. Gene modifying systems for treating alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Charles Altshuler, Anne Helen Bothmer, Daniel Raymond Chee, Cecilia Giovanna Silvia Cotta-Ramusino, Kyusik Kim, Randi Michelle Kotlar, Gregory David McAllister, Ananya Ray, Nathaniel Roquet, Carlos Sanchez, Barrett Ethan Steinberg, William Edward Salomon, Robert James Citorik, William Querbes, Luciano Henrique Apponi, Zhan Wang
  • Publication number: 20240082429
    Abstract: The disclosure provides, e.g., compositions, systems, and methods for targeting, editing, modifying, or manipulating a host cell's genome at one or more locations in a DNA sequence in a cell, tissue, or subject. Gene modifying systems for treating phenylketonuria (PKU) are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Charles Altshuler, Anne Helen Bothmer, Daniel Raymond Chee, Cecilia Giovanna Silvia Cotta-Ramusino, Kyusik Kim, Randi Michelle Kotlar, Gregory David McAllister, Ananya Ray, Nathaniel Roquet, Carlos Sanchez, Barrett Ethan Steinberg, William Edward Salomon, Robert James Citorik, William Querbes, Luciano Henrique Apponi, Zhan Wang
  • Patent number: 11891292
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a filling apparatus that can be connected to a valve on a keg, such as a Sankey-D valve, and can be used to pour alcohol and other liquids into the keg, which may be pre-filled with a non-alcoholic drink mix. The filling apparatus has an upper structure which is coupled to a lower portion configured to mate with a keg valve. The filling apparatus may be designed to depress portions of the keg valve to allow for both filling and venting of the keg simultaneously. The filling apparatus may further be designed with features to prevent liquid escape during degassing of the keg. The filling apparatus may include a Sankey-D coupler or a coupler with a probe portion as the lower body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CRAFT STANDARD ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: William Ray, Don Ray, Benjamin Simon, Robert Cardoze, Nick Marcolini, Bora Gulari
  • Patent number: 11873588
    Abstract: A woven geotextile fabric utilizes a plurality of yarns including machine direction field yarns, cross machine direction field yarns, machine direction rib yarns, and cross machine direction rib yarns. The plurality of yarns is integrally woven together. The machine direction rib yarns and the cross machine direction rib yarns cooperatively define an integrated geotextile grid integrally within the woven geotextile fabric. The machine direction field yarns and the cross machine direction field yarns cooperatively define fabric areas in a field of the integrated geotextile grid generally between the machine direction rib yarns and the cross machine direction rib yarns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Willacoochee Industrial Fabrics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin William Ray, Eric Lee Booth
  • Patent number: 11834317
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a filling apparatus that can be connected to a valve on a keg, such as a Sankey-D valve, and can be used to pour alcohol and other liquids into the keg, which may be pre-filled with a non-alcoholic drink mix. The filling apparatus has an upper structure coupled to a valve assembly which is coupled to a lower structure configured to mate with a keg valve. The filling apparatus may be designed to depress portions of the keg valve to allow for both filling and venting of the keg simultaneously. The filling apparatus may include a Sankey-D coupler or a coupler with a probe portion as the lower body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CRAFT STANDARD ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: William Ray, Don Ray, Benjamin Simon
  • Patent number: 11807513
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include an apparatus that can be connected to a valve on a keg, such as a Sankey-D valve, and can be used to add gas into the keg to mix the contents, which may be including alcoholic spirts and a non-alcoholic drink mix. The apparatus has an upper structure which is coupled to a lower portion configured to mate with a keg valve. The filling apparatus may be designed to depress the ball valve and ring valve portions of the keg valve to allow for both the addition of gas and venting of gas from the keg simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CRAFT STANDARD ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: William Ray, Don Ray, Benjamin Simon
  • Publication number: 20230304249
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of woven silt fences including integrally woven pockets for support posts. In exemplary embodiments, a woven silt fence fabric includes one or more integrated pockets integrally woven within the woven silt fence fabric. The one or more integrated pockets are configured for receiving one or more support posts therein. In exemplary embodiments, a woven silt fence comprises the woven silt fence fabric and one or more support posts configured to be received within corresponding ones of the one or more integrated pockets integrally woven within the woven silt fence fabric. The one or more support posts may be configured to be positioned within corresponding ones of the one or more integrated pockets and driven into the ground for supporting the woven silt fence without requiring any fasteners for attachment of the one or more support posts to the woven silt fence fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin William RAY, Eric Lee BOOTH, Melissa GRACE
  • Publication number: 20230293088
    Abstract: An interactive assessment system for measuring neurologic function and method of use are provided herein. The interactive assessment system includes an interactive assessment device comprising an interactive display defining longitudinal and lateral columns of interactive nodes, each interactive node is coupled to a sensor, and has an illumination mode and a delumination mode. The interactive assessment system also including a processing device in communication with the interactive assessment device and configured to perform logic functions based upon user inputs on the interactive assessment device. The processing device includes memory wherein previously input interactions with the interactive assessment device are stored and tagged as successes, failure, or interaction events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: William Ray
  • Patent number: D1019303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: CRAFT STANDARD ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: William Ray, Don Ray, Benjamin Simon, Robert Cardoze, Nick Marcolini, Bora Gulari
  • Patent number: D1021529
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CRAFT STANDARD ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: William Ray, Don Ray, Benjamin Simon