Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11103000
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing inositol-stabilized arginine-silicate (“ASI”) complexes with reduced or eliminated clumping and with increased solubility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NUTRITION 21, LLC
    Inventor: James R. Komorowski
  • Patent number: 11108242
    Abstract: There is provided a system for use with a set of generators. The system includes a processor and a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform certain operations. The operations can include receiving a command and receiving a signal indicative of a current of at least one generator in the set of generators. The operations can further include causing, based on the command and the signal, a controller to adjust a voltage level of at least one other generator in the set of generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Jinhui Zhang, Slobodan Gataric
  • Patent number: 11105164
    Abstract: A system and method for separating two or more materials, such as a solid from a liquid, or a solid from a slurry, are provided. An exemplary system and method for separating drill cuttings from drilling fluids are provided, as well as a system and method of processing such separated drill cuttings. In another implementation, a system and method is provided for separating gold (or another mineral, element, or solid) from a slurry or liquid that includes mining cuttings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: FLOWBACK FLUIDS LLC
    Inventor: Terry Gordon Culver
  • Patent number: 11108759
    Abstract: Aspects described herein may allow for the generation of a message to be sent to an intended recipient of a request for a communication session prior the initiation of the communication session. The system may monitor applications and associated devices to determine the initiation of the communication session. Based on such a determination, the system may generate a message to be presented to a communication initiating user and to be sent to an intended recipient of the communication session. The system may determine data for the message based on an analysis of the data associated with the communication initiating user, and the system may apply a machine learning model to generate draft messages for the user. Messages may be generated to authenticate a user with an intended recipient of the communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Rule, Gaurang Bhatt, Lukiih Cuan, Rocky Guo
  • Patent number: 11107466
    Abstract: A digital assistant supported on devices such as smartphones, tablets, personal computers, game consoles, etc. includes an extensibility client that exposes an interface and service that enables third party applications to be integrated with the digital assistant so the application user experiences are rendered using the native voice of the digital assistant. Specific voice inputs associated with a given application may be registered by developers using a manifest that is loaded when the application is launched on the device so that voice inputs from the device user can be mapped by the digital assistant extensibility client to the appropriate application as input events for consumption. In typical implementations, the manifest is arranged as a declarative document that streamlines application development and provides a seamless user experience by enabling customization of third party applications to integrate the digital assistant's voice and behaviors within the user experience of the application's domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Liddell, Francis Zhou, Cheng-Yi Yen
  • Patent number: 11106199
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods for interpreting data from a plurality of input sensors, wherein each of the plurality of input sensors is operationally coupled to a component of an industrial environment. Methods including operating a self-organizing network on the data from the plurality of input sensors, thereby determining a structure in the data, determining a reduced dimensionality view of the data in response to the determined structure in the data, wherein the reduced dimensionality view includes fewer dimensions than the data from the plurality of input sensors, and providing the reduced dimensionality view to a user interface are disclosed together with systems therefore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11105674
    Abstract: A method and system of managing the acquisition of food in a commercial environment. An example method includes receiving, from a first scale, a container weight of a container when food is removed from the container. The method also includes determining a removed weight of the food from the container based on the container weight relative to an initial container weight, receiving, from a second scale, a plate weight of a plate when the food is added to the plate. The method also includes determining an added weight of the food to the plate based on the plate weight relative to an initial plate weight, determining whether the removed weight and the added weight match, and responsive to determining that the removed weight and the added weight match, providing information related to the food to be presented on a user interface at the food station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Gregory Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Norman Scott Gregory
  • Patent number: 11103540
    Abstract: The present invention comprises methods and composition for control of plant pathogens. Isolated bacteria, deposited with ATCC under the Budapest Treaty, are effective to control plant pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Core Intellectual Properties Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Luke C. Blotsky, Derex Q. Zellars, Michael L. Lindsey
  • Patent number: 11105010
    Abstract: The design and method of fabrication of a three-dimensional, porous flow structure for use in a high differential pressure electrochemical cell is described. The flow structure is formed by compacting a highly porous metallic substrate and laminating at least one micro-porous material layer onto the compacted substrate. The flow structure provides void volume greater than about 55% and yield strength greater than about 12,000 psi. In one embodiment, the flow structure comprises a porosity gradient towards the electrolyte membrane, which helps in redistributing mechanical load from the electrolyte membrane throughout the structural elements of the open, porous flow structure, while simultaneously maintaining sufficient fluid permeability and electrical conductivity through the flow structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Blanchet, Roger Van Boeyen
  • Patent number: 11104214
    Abstract: A roll tarp system for a truck or trailer having a container with a rear door. The roll tarp system includes a roll tarp mounted to an axle assembly and a cable coupler assembly coupled to the axle assembly. A flexible cable connects the cable coupler assembly to a rear arm which is pivotally attached to the rear door. The cable coupler assembly includes first and second hinge members and is rotatably coupled to the axle assembly to permit unrolling and rolling up of the tarp and to permit opening of the rear door in a sideways or upward direction. The cable coupler assembly may include one or more apertures to permit access to a manual drive shaft which passes through the cable coupler assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Roll Rite LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Hunter, Douglas Piccard, Robert Malcolm, James Pinon
  • Patent number: 11105479
    Abstract: Various embodiments of electric lighting devices and, in particular, electric candles are described. The devices can include a flame element onto which light can be projected from a light source. Preferably, the light is projected within a focal area on the flame element. The housing of the devices can include projections that help maintain a vertical position of a circuit board within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: L&L Candle Company, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Patton, James LaBelle, Jeffrey Thompson
  • Patent number: 11105500
    Abstract: A fired heater with a film temperature optimizer is presented. The fired heater is for heating a process fluid in process coils within the fired heater. The process coils experience high temperatures at the outlets. The film temperature optimizer includes baffles or means for changing the flow of the fired heating gas around the process coils near the coil outlets. The baffles are positioned near the process coil outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Quan Yuan, Rajeswar Gattupalli, Matthew Martin, Michael J. Vetter
  • Patent number: 11109122
    Abstract: A system for using free-space optics to interconnect a plurality of computing nodes can include a plurality of node optical transceivers that are electrically coupled to at least some of the plurality of computing nodes. The system can also include a plurality of router optical transceivers that facilitate free-space optical communications with the plurality of node optical transceivers. Each node optical transceiver among the plurality of node optical transceivers can have a corresponding router optical transceiver that is optically coupled to the node optical transceiver. The system can also include a router that is coupled to the plurality of router optical transceivers. The router can be configured to route the free-space optical communications among the plurality of computing nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Winston Allen Saunders, Christian L. Belady, Lisa Ru-Feng Hsu, Hitesh Ballani, Paolo Costa, Douglas M. Carmean
  • Patent number: 11102935
    Abstract: An agricultural baler includes a baling chamber and a pre-compression chamber. The pre-compression chamber is configured to gather crop material and to periodically form a slice of the crop material and introduce the slice into the baling chamber. The baling chamber includes a plunger provided for moving in the baling chamber thereby compressing slices of crop material into a bale. The agricultural baler further includes multiple sensors and a controller configured for controlling operation of the agricultural baler based on inputs of the multiple sensors. A first subset of the multiple sensors is directly related to bale parameters, and a second subset of the multiple sensors is indirectly related to the bale parameters. The controller is configured to control the operation of the agricultural baler and calibrate the sensors of the second subset based on outputs of sensors of the first subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Dries Liefooghe, Bram Rosseel, Jeroen Devroe, Brecht Vermeulen, Thomas Debbaut
  • Patent number: 11105343
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to the field of fluid reaction surfaces, and more specifically, to a fluid-foil impeller and method of use. One aspect of the fluid-foil impeller utilizes a plurality of fluid-foil discs that may be of uniform and/or variable thickness and configured to rotate rapidly in series to produce propulsion. Each fluid-foil disc comprises a leading edge, a trailing edge, a chord and a fixed pitch. The fluid-foil impeller may further include a standard or Venturi shroud that is designed to encompass the plurality of fluid-foil discs. The plurality of fluid-foil discs are configured to act in cooperation with the shroud to reduce losses incurred from turbulence and the conversion of mechanical work to fluid movement. Fluid may be acted upon by the plurality of fluid-foil discs and/or shroud, singly or in an array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Smith Flow Dynamics, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Kosmicki, Perry D. Smith, Jacob B. Smith, Julianne S. Smith
  • Patent number: 11106309
    Abstract: A smartwatch includes a multiresolution touch interface, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The transparent conductive screen includes a first electrode, a display layer, and an array of IR sensors. The display layer of the transparent conductive screen includes a plurality of display pixels, and is positioned beneath a bottom surface of the transparent conductive screen. The array of IR sensors of the transparent conductive screen is configured to detect infrared light transmitted through the transparent conductive screen. The second electrode is communicatively coupled to the first electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode together are configured to measure a bioimpedance of a user of the smartwatch. The third electrode is coupled to a bottom portion of the smartwatch, and is configured to contact an extremity of the user. The first electrode and the third electrode together are configured to measure ECG data associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ANEXA LABS LLC
    Inventor: Ana Trapero Martin
  • Patent number: 11103311
    Abstract: Systems and methods may use an augmented reality device during a surgical procedure. The systems and methods may use an augmented reality display of an augmented reality device to present or project a virtual feature during a surgical procedure while permitting physical aspects of a surgical field to be viewed through the augmented reality display. The virtual feature may include aspects of a preoperative plan, a surgical device, an anatomical aspect of a patient, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Brian M. May, William Hartman
  • Patent number: D929304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: BARZAN HOLDINGS QSTP LLC
    Inventor: Reiner Stemme
  • Patent number: D929347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: IBA INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Bradford
  • Patent number: D929461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsui, Nayon Kim, Guy Noren, Julian Le, Jonathan Gaiser, Chia Cheng Chen