Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11655850
    Abstract: Bearings assemblies are provided that include polycrystalline diamond bearing surfaces that are engaged with opposing, metal bearing surfaces that include more than trace amounts of diamond solvent-catalyst. In the bearings, the opposing bearing surface is slidingly engaged with the polycrystalline diamond bearing surface along a diamond contact area of the polycrystalline diamond bearing surface, and the polycrystalline diamond bearing surface is a continuous surface along the diamond contact area. Also provided are methods of making and using the bearing assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Pi Tech Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Prevost, Edward C. Spatz
  • Patent number: 11653674
    Abstract: Embodiments of a composition comprising three or four Bacillus species selected from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus coagulans are disclosed. The composition may further comprise, or be used in combination with, feed and/or feed supplements, including feed supplements comprising Yucca, Quillaja, silica, mineral clay, glucan, mannans, or combinations thereof. Also disclosed is a method of administering the composition and/or combination to animals, such as poultry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: OmniGen Research, LLC
    Inventors: A. Bruce Johnson, Kenneth W. Bafundo
  • Patent number: 11656679
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to image reprojection. One example provides a method, comprising receiving a first rendered image comprising content associated with a viewer reference frame, receiving a second rendered image comprising content associated with a manipulator reference frame, and reprojecting the first rendered image based on a head pose of a user to thereby produce a first reprojected image. The method further comprises reprojecting the second rendered image based on the head pose of the user and a pose of the manipulator to thereby produce a second reprojected image, and outputting the first reprojected image and the second reprojected image for display as a composited image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Markus Thaut, Anthony James Ambrus
  • Patent number: 11658442
    Abstract: A controllable electrical outlet may be used to control one or more standard electrical outlets. The controllable electrical outlet may include a first connection configured to be electrically coupled to a hot connection, a second connection configured to be electrically coupled to a standard electrical outlet, and a third connection configured to be electrically coupled to a neutral connection. The controllable electrical outlet may also include a load control circuit, a communication circuit, and a control circuit. The load control circuit may be electrically coupled in series between the first and second screw terminals to control power delivered to the standard electrical outlet, and the control circuit may be coupled to the load control circuit and the communication circuit. The control circuit may be configured to control power delivered to the standard electrical outlet in response to a wireless signal received via the communication circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Daniel C. Raneri, Joseph C. Guellnitz, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: 11659176
    Abstract: A method of partitioning in video coding for JVET, comprising representing a JVET coding tree unit as a root node in a quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structure that can have quadtree or binary partitioning of the root node and quadtree or binary trees branching from each of the leaf nodes. The partitioning at any depth can use asymmetric binary partitioning to split a node represented by a leaf node into two child nodes of unequal size, representing the two child nodes as leaf nodes in a binary tree branching from the parent leaf node and coding the child nodes represented by final leaf nodes of the binary tree with JVET, wherein further partitioning of child nodes split from leaf nodes via asymmetric binary partitioning is allowed recursively along the same branch in any order with symmetric partitioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Krit Panusopone, Seungwook Hong, Limin Wang
  • Patent number: 11654276
    Abstract: A catheter pump is provided that includes a rotatable impeller and an elongate cannula. The elongate cannula has a mesh that has a plurality of circumferential members disposed about the impeller. The elongate cannula has a plurality of axial connector extending between a proximal side of a distal circumferential member and a distal side of a proximal circumferential member. The circumferential members are radially self-expandable. The cannula is configured to minimize fracture within at least in the distal zone of the mesh as the elongated cannula moves into a sheathing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: Keif M. Fitzgerald, Richard L. Keenan, William J. Harrison
  • Patent number: 11656365
    Abstract: A method of automatically geolocating a visual target. The method comprises operating a flying vehicle in a search region including the visual target. The method further includes affirmatively identifying a visual target in an aerial photograph of the search region captured by the flying vehicle. The method further includes automatically correlating the aerial photograph of the search region to a geo-tagged photograph of the search region, wherein the geo-tagged photograph is labelled with pre-defined geospatial coordinates. Based on such automatic correlation, a geospatial coordinate is determined for the visual target in the search region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Michael Bleyer, Evan Gregory Levine
  • Patent number: 11657449
    Abstract: A system may include processor(s), a memory in communication with the processor(s), and storing instructions, that when executed by the processor(s), are configured to cause the system to prevent unnecessary payments. The system may receive a signal indicative of an event in which a user device associated with a user enters a geofenced area associated with a merchant. The system may identify a merchant category code (MCC) associated with the merchant, and determine whether benefit(s) related to the MCC are associated with account(s) of the user. The system may receive an attempted purchase associated with the merchant, and may determine whether the attempted purchase relates to the benefit(s). The system may automatically block the attempted purchase related to the benefit(s) and associated with the user, and may transmit a message to the user via the user device, the message providing the benefit(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Maiman, Brendan Way, Abdelkader Benkreira
  • Patent number: 11658469
    Abstract: A duct-bank stub-up assembly includes a first pre-formed stub-up module that comprises a first plurality of conduits and a first encasing body. For each of the first conduits, a first end of the conduit provides a mating end on a mating side of the first encasing body and a second end of the conduit provides a mating end on a top surface of the first encasing body. The assembly further includes a second pre-formed stub-up module that comprises a second plurality of conduits and a second encasing body formed to have a stub-up section and a footer section. For each of the second conduits, a first conduit end provides a mating end on a mating side of the footer section and a second conduit end provides a mating end on a top surface of the stub-up section. The first module is positioned on the footer of the second module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: FORTERRA PIPE & PRECAST, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Pearson, Branden Maurstad
  • Patent number: 11654856
    Abstract: An inflator bracket includes an elongate body having a first end and a second end. The elongate body defines an aperture proximate to the first end. A hook extends from the first end. An absorption feature has a proximal end coupled to the elongate body proximate to the aperture. The absorption feature defines a curve between the proximal end and a distal end. The distal end is spaced from the elongate body and the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John W. Jensen, Christopher Robert Tilli, Christopher Donald Schop, Chuck R. Reese
  • Patent number: 11656851
    Abstract: The syntax elements of a source code program used to represent the context of a focal method are selected based on a priority order. The selected syntax elements are input into a fixed-size context window that is used to train a neural transformer with attention model to learn to generate source code and used by the neural transformer model to generate source code. The context window contains prioritized sequences of tokens that extend beyond the target focus in order to provide a longer visibility back into the source code program for the model to learn predictive patterns. This gives the model a file-level context of the source code program without increasing the size of the context window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: Colin Bruce Clement, Neelakantan Sundaresan, Alexey Svyatkovskiy, Michele Tufano
  • Patent number: 11653651
    Abstract: Methods of improving plant growth involve applying a first growth composition to a plant or part thereof during a first growth stage. The first growth composition includes a first active component combination comprised of auxin, gibberellin and cytokinin. The amount of cytokinin is less than the amount of auxin and gibberellin. The method also involves adjusting the amount of auxin, the amount of gibberellin, and/or the amount of cytokinin after the first growth stage, and applying a second growth composition to the plant or part thereof during a second growth stage. The second growth composition can include a second active component combination, different than the first, that includes a second amount of auxin, a second amount of gibberellin, and a second amount of cytokinin. In some examples, the method can also involve growing the plant to maturity, thereby improving growth of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Winfield Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Marcus Jones
  • Patent number: 11653733
    Abstract: A composite case for a computing device comprising a first portion to protect and detachably connect to a display portion. The first portion may have perimetral fasteners disposed on its edges. A second portion is for protecting and detachably connecting to an input device portion of the computing device. The second portion may have perimetral fasteners disposed on its edges. The display and input device portions can be detachably connected to each other through a multi-pivot hinge unit operable to rotate about one or more computing device axes defined between the display and input device portions to move the computing device between open and closed states. A hinge cover portion can be connected to the first portion operable to detachably receive and surround the multi-pivot hinge of the computing device. A protective shell can be formed between first and second portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Urban Armor Gear, LLC
    Inventor: Steven Armstrong
  • Patent number: 11657161
    Abstract: An automated tool analyzes source code repositories and web endpoints for unique characteristics that they both share in order to predict the likelihood that a particular source code repository contains source code files used in a web endpoint and to predict the likelihood that a web endpoint uses source code files of a particular repository. The unique characteristics are referred to as fingerprints and include unique combination of public-facing entities, unique tokens, and unique DOM characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: Michael Hendrickx, Safwan Mahmud Khan
  • Patent number: 11658742
    Abstract: An optical receiver is provided for a diverged-beam, free space optical communications system. The optical receiver includes a demultiplexer and a detector array. The demultiplexer includes a diffractive optic configured to receive an optical beam propagating in free space. The optical beam includes a plurality of optical carrier signals of respective wavelengths for a plurality of communication channels, and the diffractive optic is configured to spatially separate the optical beam by wavelength into the plurality of optical carrier signals. The detector array includes a plurality of optical detectors configured to convert the plurality of optical carrier signals into a respective plurality of electrical signals for the plurality of communication channels. The plurality of optical detectors includes at least twice as many optical detectors as optical carrier signals in the plurality of optical carrier signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: 8 Rivers Capital, LLC
    Inventors: William J. Brown, Hannah Clark, David Freed, Miles R. Palmer
  • Patent number: 11658925
    Abstract: A chatbot designer user interface (UI) has a visual authoring canvas that shows visual elements indicative of a logical flow of processing in a chatbot application. The designer UI receives an authoring input identifying a language processing system that is to be used during runtime. The chatbot application is configured to use the identified language processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Whitten, Sangwoo Han, Benjamin Abraham Russell Brown, Vishwac Sena Kannan, Andrew Stephen Brown, Marieke Watson Iwema, Yochay Kiriaty
  • Patent number: 11657917
    Abstract: Implemented is a check-in application instantiated on a user's local computing device, adapted to receive user updates on their current mental health status. The check-in application invites users to check in as frequently as they'd like and provides a calendar with push notifications to serve as reminders for users to check in. Each check-in response is assessed to determine a mental health severity level for a given user, typically broken down into low, medium, and high severity levels. Each severity level is associated with a set of automated procedures that the check-in application initiates based on the detected severity level. An incentive-based award system is also utilized within the check-in application to encourage users to periodically and consistently use the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Mental Health & Wellness Now Partners, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas R. Campi, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11657411
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method, software and data structure for independently predicting attitudinal and message responsiveness, using a plurality of attitudinal or other identification classifications and a plurality of message content or version classifications, for a selected population of a plurality of entities, such as individuals or households, represented in a data repository. The plurality of predictive attitudinal (or identification) classifications and plurality of predictive message content (ore version) classifications have been determined using a plurality of predictive models developed from a sample population and applied to a reference population represented in the data repository, such as attitudinal, behavioral, or demographic models. For each predictive attitudinal (or identification) classification, at least one predominant predictive message content or version classification is independently determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Experian Marketing Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Christian Fanelli, Patricia Kay Gormley, Kymberly Ann Kulle, Thomas G. Nocerino, Kaushik Sanyal
  • Patent number: 11655683
    Abstract: A device, system, and/or method for reducing friction required to rotate a tubular within an elevator during the process of running tubulars in an oil and gas well are provided. An elevator roller insert may be used in conjunction with an elevator, such as a single joint elevator. Such an insert may comprise upper and lower rollers which are positioned on upper and lower roller sets or a combination roller set containing multiple upper and/or lower rollers. The result is the provision of a plurality of rollers which bear the weight of a tubular yet still allow the tubular to rotate rather freely, facilitating the maintenance of proper thread integrity of the connections while making up a stand to a string of tubulars as well as preventing the loss of resources due to galled or crushed threads or a tubing segment or stand falling to the rig floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Spoked Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Shane Joseph Triche, Heath Lawrence Triche
  • Patent number: 11655253
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of formula (Ia), (Ib) and (IIa), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Additionally provided are compositions and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, therapeutic methods using same for modulating (e.g., inhibiting) CREB binding protein (CBP)/?-catenin mediated signaling in treating a condition, disease or disorder (e.g., fibrosis, cancer, neurological conditions, metabolic disorders (e.g., diabetes, etc.), and skin conditions (dermatitis, psoriasis, scarring, alopecia, etc.) mediated by aberrant CBP/?-catenin signaling, and cosmetic methods for treating skin conditions (e.g., aging, etc.). Additionally, provided are methods for enhancing vaccine efficacy using the compounds and compositions. Further provided are methods for efficiently synthesizing a clinical grade drug, comprising use, in a penultimate, or last reaction step under GMP conditions, of an intermediate 2-propynyl-compound to form a clinical grade isoxazole derivative (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: 3+2 PHARMA, LLC
    Inventor: Fuqiang Ruan