Patents by Inventor William Simpkins

William Simpkins 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).

  • Screening of large-scale genetic interaction networks
    Patent number: 11017880
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods including selecting a first plurality of single gene mutants from a pool of possible single gene mutants of an organism. The first plurality of single gene mutants is less than a number of possible single mutants. A computer processor is used to iteratively select a second plurality of single gene mutants by selecting single gene mutants from the pool of possible single gene mutants that increases a sum of products of similarities between the first plurality of single gene mutants and corresponding functional relationships. The second plurality of single gene mutants is larger in number than the first plurality of single gene mutants, and wherein the second plurality of single gene mutants is less than the number of possible single gene mutants of the organism. A set of genes is outputted comprising the first and second pluralities of single gene mutants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Raamesh Deshpande, Justin Nelson, Chad L. Myers, Scott William Simpkins
  • Systems and methods of tracking rotor blades
    Patent number: 10065732
    Abstract: A blade tracking system including a detector having one or more sensors to detect radiation from at least one field of view of the detector, the one or more sensors generating signals based on changes in incident radiation to the one or more sensors as a rotor blade passes the field of view, and a processor to determine a pass time for the rotor blade to pass through the at least one field of view based on the generated signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Technology for Energy Corporation
    Inventors: William Simpkins, John Wilson, David Dorris
  • Systems and Methods of Tracking Rotor Blades
    Publication number: 20140064966
    Abstract: A blade tracking system including a detector having one or more sensors to detect radiation from at least one field of view of the detector, the one or more sensors generating signals based on changes in incident radiation to the one or more sensors as a rotor blade passes the field of view, and a processor to determine a pass time for the rotor blade to pass through the at least one field of view based on the generated signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: William Simpkins, John Wilson, David Dorris