Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Bilayer adhering lozenge effective to mask undesirable flavor
    Patent number: 11612564
    Abstract: An oral adhering lozenge is provided which delivers to the mouth a component with an undesirable flavor and a component for delivering a masking flavor. The oral adhering lozenge comprises a first, adherent layer and a second layer. The first, adherent layer includes a flavor-masking component, and the second layer includes both an active component and a flavor-masking component. In another configuration, the first, adherent layer includes both an active component and a flavor-masking component. In use, the second layer of the lozenge generally finishes dissolving and/or eroding in the mouth before the first layer finishes dissolving and/or eroding. The later eroding adherent layer will continue to release the flavor-masking component after all of the active component has been released into the mouth, thereby providing increased masking of any bitter aftertaste of the active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Quest Products, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Haley
  • Transimpedance amplifier for Lidar system
    Patent number: 11614543
    Abstract: A Lidar system, photonic chip and method of detecting an object. The photonic chip includes a laser and one or more photodetectors. The laser generates a transmitted light beam. The one or more photodetectors are receptive to a reflected light beam that is a reflection of the transmitted light beam from an object and generate an electrical signal as output in response to the reflected light beam signal. An amplifier is configured to amplify a signal related to the reflected light beam to amplify the output signal of the one or more photodetectors. A processor determines a parameter of the object from the amplified output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Timothy J. Talty, Michael Mulqueen, James Chingwei Li, Ken R. Elliott
  • Vibration isolation for centrifuge testbeds
    Patent number: 11612899
    Abstract: A method for isolating vibrations for centrifuge testing devices is provided. The method comprises coupling a test payload platform to a number of piezoelectric actuators and coupling the piezoelectric actuators to a reaction mass coupled to a centrifuge arm. A layer of vibration-absorbing material is sandwiched between the reaction mass and the centrifuge arm. The centrifuge arm is rotated around an axis, and the test payload platform is vibrated with the piezoelectric actuators as the centrifuge rotates, wherein the layer of vibration-absorbing material prevents vibrations from traveling down the centrifuge arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Siler, Michael Edward Ferdinand
  • Editable rules-based model system
    Patent number: 11615077
    Abstract: The disclosure herein describes creating and managing an editable rules-based model. A model is trained to generate output values for data sources based on input feature data of the data sources. Using the trained model, results are generated that include feature-output value pairs and associated confidence values for each data source. The confidence values are aggregated for each feature-output value pair of the generated results, and rules of a rules-based model are built using the feature-output value pairs and the respective aggregated confidence values of the generated results. A user is provided access to the rules of the rules-based model via a model management interface. The rules-based model is updated based on rule change instructions received from the user via the model management interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michal Adam Sroka, Mo Zhou, Apurv Pant, Sally anne Kellaway
  • Large scale malware sample identification
    Patent number: 11616797
    Abstract: A method including receiving a feature vector of an unknown sample, computing a MinHash of the unknown sample based on Jaccard-compatible features, querying a Locality Sensitive Hashing forest of known samples with the MinHash of the unknown sample to identify a first subset of known samples that are similar to the unknown sample, receiving for each individual known sample in the first subset, a feature vector including non-Jaccard distance-compatible features, computing a first sub-distance and a second sub-distance between the unknown sample and the known samples in the first subset, calculating a total distance for each known sample in the first subset by combining the first and the second sub-distances, identifying, based on the calculated total distances, a second subset of known samples that are most similar to the unknown sample, and classifying the unknown sample based on the second subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: German Lancioni, Jonathan B. King, Steven Grobman
  • Decoder side MV derivation and refinement
    Patent number: 11616972
    Abstract: In a method for video decoding in a decoder, a first motion vector and a second motion vector for a first block in a current picture are received. The first motion vector is indicative of a first reference block in a first picture, and the second motion vector is indicative of a second reference block in a second picture. A bilateral template is generated based on a weighted combination of the first reference block and the second reference block. A refined first motion vector and a refined second motion vector are determined based on the bilateral template, reference blocks in the first picture and reference blocks in the second picture respectively. An initial motion vector of a second block that is ceded after the first block is determined according to at least one of the first motion vector and the second motion vector for the first block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Meng Xu, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
  • Devices and methods for treating skin
    Patent number: 11612726
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating skin has a console with a user input device and a handpiece assembly. The handpiece assembly is configured to treat skin. A fluid line provides fluid communication between the console and the handpiece assembly. A manifold system is coupled to the console and controlled by the user input device. The manifold system is configured to hold releasably a plurality of fluid sources and deliver fluid from at least one of the plurality of fluid sources to the handpiece assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: HydraFacial LLC
    Inventors: Roger Ignon, Scott Mallett, Abraham Solano, William Cohen
  • Lid assembly for a container
    Patent number: 11613414
    Abstract: Provided is a lid assembly for a container. The lid assembly includes a lid formed of a first material and a seal formed of a second material and being integrally formed with the lid. The lid can be attached to the container such that a radially outwardly extending flexible lip of the seal compresses against an inner surface of the container to seal the lid assembly to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: ANCHOR HOCKING, LLC
    Inventors: Christos Argirios Ragias, Garet Riley Miller, Brian J. Demers
  • Photoacid-generating monomer, polymer derived therefrom, photoresist composition including the polymer, and method of forming a photoresist relief image using the photoresist composition
    Patent number: 11613519
    Abstract: A monomer has the structure wherein R is an organic group comprising a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond or carbon-carbon triple bond; X and Y are independently at each occurrence hydrogen or a non-hydrogen substituent; EWG1 and EWG2 are independently at each occurrence an electron-withdrawing group; p is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; n is 1, 2, 3, or 4; and M+ is an organic cation. A polymer prepared from monomer is useful as a component of a photoresist composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LLC
    Inventors: Emad Aqad, James W. Thackeray, James F. Cameron
  • Salt, sand, and ice melt spreader system
    Patent number: 11613860
    Abstract: A system for spreading material on a surface comprises a housing having a closed bottom and an open top to allow the material to be loaded into the housing and to store the material. A pair of interior walls are spaced from one another and extend between a first end of the housing and a second end of the housing. A dispenser is selectively coupled to the housing via an interlocking connection between the housing and the dispenser to allow the dispenser to be removed from the housing to define a disassembled position and to be attached to the housing to define an assembled position. The interlocking connection is formed by a sliding connection between the housing and the dispenser adjacent the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Enduraplas, LLC
    Inventor: Gregory Firth
  • Methods and systems to generate laser light
    Patent number: 11616340
    Abstract: There is provided a method of operating a laser. The method comprises receiving a target power and calculating an operating power of a lasing module of the laser. The operating power may be calculated based on the target power and a minimum lasing power of the lasing module. The method also comprises determining an operating current for the lasing module based on the operating power, and driving the lasing module at the operating current to produce an output light having the operating power. In addition, the method comprises providing the output light to an optical modulator of the laser, and operating the optical modulator to modulate the output light to have an output power corresponding to the target power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Douglas Raymond Dykaar
  • Method and system for predicting availability in a radio frequency link aggregation group
    Patent number: 11616709
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method comprises receiving link information for each link of aggregated links, where the received link information comprises data for each link including at least one capacity, and corresponding availability due to one or more link availability factors; and generating availability data for each capacity of the aggregated links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Henrik K. Kiss, Brian J. Eichenser, Joseph N. Marzin
  • Ranking enterprise graph queries
    Patent number: 11615098
    Abstract: A graph query is executed against a graph index that connects actors with objects through edges. A graph ranking model is obtained and results of the graph query are ranked, using the graph ranking model, based upon edge data available from edges in the graph that match the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Torbjorn Helvik, Chen Xing, Oivind Wang, Bard Kvalheim, Nicolai Bodd
  • Compositions and methods for treating diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia
    Patent number: 11612637
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a polypeptide corresponding to SEQ ID No. 2 and uses thereof for treating at least one of diabetes, hyperglycemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: IMAGINE PHARMA LLC
    Inventors: Ngoc Thai, Jonathan Pollett
  • Device and method for resizing adipose and other tissues for implantation
    Patent number: 11612683
    Abstract: A deagglomerator for use in resizing masses of cells is disclosed. The deagglomerator may include a plurality of apertures defined by a plurality of front and back edges. The masses of cells may be passed through the plurality of apertures from the front to the back, and from the back to the front, repeatedly. The deagglomerator may also include a plurality of blades that may aid in the deagglomeration of the cell masses. The deagglomerator may be configured between two syringes so that the tissue may be passed back and forth from the first syringe through the device to the second syringe, and then back again from the second syringe through the device and to the first syringe. In this way, the masses of cells may be properly deagglomerated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Healeon LLC
    Inventor: Ben M. Khalaj
  • Peroxycarboxylic acid scrubber assembly
    Patent number: 11612848
    Abstract: A scrubbing assembly for treating malodorous air by chemical scrubbing one or more chemical components from an influent airflow, particularly one or more chemical components that have become airborne from chemical intervention solutions used during food processing, such as vapors from peroxycarboxylic acid solutions used during food processing. The peroxycarboxylic acid vapors are removed from air in a continuous manner within the scrubber assembly utilizing a neutralizing chemical solution to provide a treated effluent airflow that can be returned back to the point of use area from which the malodorous air was removed for treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Zee Company I, LLC
    Inventors: Robert C. Bullard, Jonathon R. Bullard, James A. Faller, A. Rider Barnum, W. Joseph Guinn, Robert J. Matthews
  • Silicone compositions containing acrylate cure accelerator
    Patent number: 11613652
    Abstract: Compositions are disclosed which include between about 0.05 to about 5 or less wt. % of at least one acrylate monomer based on the total weight of the composition. The acrylate monomer reduces the peak cure temperature, thereby accelerating the rate of cure, without sacrificing completeness of the cure or the release performance of the cured product. The addition of the acrylate monomer also enables a reduction in the amount of costly platinum catalyst required to effectively cure a composition. In addition to the acrylate monomer, the compositions also include a silicone base polymer, a crosslinking agent, and platinum catalyst. The cured compositions exhibit properties useful for incorporation into release liners, adhesive articles, medical products and gaskets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: MORGAN ADHESIVES COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy M. Smith, Joseph D. Gorczyca, Gary A. McMaster, Scott Moeller
  • Artificial alphavirus-derived RNA replicon expression systems
    Patent number: 11613561
    Abstract: Synthetic alphavirus-derived replicon expression systems comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding at least one modified nonstructural protein, and synthetic nucleic acid sequences encoding at least one heterologous protein are described. Methods of producing at least one heterologous protein in a cell, or of inducing an immune response in a subject by administering and/or expressing the synthetic alphavirus-derived replicon expression systems are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: TIBA BIOTECH, LLC
    Inventors: Jasdave S Chahal, Justine S McPartlan
  • Systems and methods for providing heat to a catalyst of an after-treatment system
    Patent number: 11614017
    Abstract: Methods and system are provided to heat a catalyst of an after-treatment system for a vehicle. The after-treatment system comprises a heating module having a plurality of heating elements. Each of the plurality of heating elements is independently operable to provide thermal energy to the catalyst of the after-treatment system. One or more of the heating elements of the heating module are selectively operated to provide heat to the catalyst based on an operational parameter of the after-treatment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Cox, David Hesketh, Themi Petridis
  • Carbonation system for beverage machine
    Patent number: 11612863
    Abstract: A carbonation system for a beverage appliance or machine that can include a liquid chamber and a carbonation chamber separated from the liquid chamber by a wall of the carbonation chamber is disclosed herein. In some implementations, the liquid chamber is defined by a liquid tank (e.g., a water tank), and the carbonation chamber is defined by a carbonation tank. The carbonation system can move liquid (e.g., water) from the liquid chamber to the carbonation chamber and introduce carbonating gas (e.g., carbon dioxide) into the carbonation chamber to create a carbonated liquid (e.g., a carbon dioxide water dissolution, such as carbonated water, sparkling water, or seltzer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Bedford Systems LLC
    Inventors: Paul Conroy, William Mendelson