Patents Assigned to Rational
  • Patent number: 12116183
    Abstract: A multi-scored corrugated corner element including at least some of a portion of material; a first score mark that provides a line or portion along which the corrugated corner element may be manipulated; a second score mark formed at a spaced apart location from the first score mark that provides a line or portion along which the corrugated corner element may be manipulated; a first corner element leg extending from the first score mark to the second score mark and having one or more alternating ridges and grooves; a second corner element leg extending from the first score mark to the second corner element end and having one or more alternating ridges and grooves; and a third corner element leg extending from the second score mark to the first corner element end and having one or more alternating ridges and grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Rational Packaging LLC
    Inventor: Samuel C. Voorhees
  • Patent number: 12064054
    Abstract: A loading and/or unloading station of at least one cooking device with a plurality of insertion levels defining insertion heights for food in at least one cooking chamber, the at least one insertion and/or food carrier which can be loaded with at least one food can be placed at each insertion height, the loading and/or unloading station including a sensing device for determining the loading of the cooking chamber, which has at least one camera device for recording images which are evaluated or can be evaluated in a data processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Rational AG
    Inventors: Reimar Waitz, David Schick, Bruno Maas, Oliver Merker, Thomas Schreiner
  • Publication number: 20240174986
    Abstract: Compositions and methods related to a mutant herpesvirus and a mutant ICP0 protein. Vaccine compositions comprising the mutant herpesvirus and/or mutant ICP0 protein. Methods of treatment using the mutant herpesvirus and/or mutant ICP0 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Rational Vaccines, Inc.
    Inventors: Agustin FERNANDEZ, Edward GERSHBURG, Paul PREDKI
  • Publication number: 20230358746
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an assay for detecting if a subject is seropositive for SARS-CoV-2, or not, comprising incubating a biological sample from the subject with uninfected cells and SARS-CoV-2-infected cells, where the uninfected cells and the SARS-CoV-2-infected cells are distinguishable from each other, to form an admixture, and determining an amount of antibodies in the biological sample bound to the uninfected cells and to the SARS-CoV-2-infected cells, thereby determining whether the subject whose biological sample was tested is seropositive for SARS-CoV-2, or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Rational Vaccines, Inc.
    Inventors: Agustin FERNANDEZ, Edward GERSHBURG, Paul PREDKI
  • Patent number: 11753059
    Abstract: An assisted thrust system for a carriage provided with wheels that includes a base to which a first directional wheel and a second directional wheel are fixed that are connected to the base so as to be able to rotate around a respective axis perpendicular to the base; to the base a first drive wheel and a second drive wheel are further fixed that are rotated by at least one gearmotor unit, which drives the first drive wheel by a first magnetic coupling device and the second drive wheel by a second magnetic coupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Rational Production S.r.l.
    Inventors: Diego Cattaneo, Giuliano Bonfanti
  • Patent number: 11603248
    Abstract: A foldable corrugated corner element including at least some of a portion of material extending from a first terminal end to a second terminal end; a first corner element leg and a second corner element leg, each having one or more alternating ridges and grooves, wherein the second corner element leg extends from the first corner element leg; a notch formed in at least a portion of the first corner element leg, defined by converging sidewalls, wherein the notch allows the second corner element leg to be folded; and one or more apertures formed through a portion of the second corner element leg, wherein if the second corner element leg is folded, the apertures expand and hinges defined between adjacent apertures provide continuity for a portion of the second corner element leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Rational Packaging LLC
    Inventors: Shawn M. Parella, Samuel C. Voorhees
  • Patent number: 11591153
    Abstract: A bifurcated trilobular packaging element, including at least some of first sheet portion extending from a first terminal end to a second terminal end and one or more alternating ridges and grooves formed therein, wherein the first sheet portion is bent or folded between the terminating proximal end and the terminating distal end to form an apex; a second sheet portion that is a substantial mirror image of the first sheet portion; wherein at least a portion of the first sheet portion overlaps at least a portion of the second sheet portion; and wherein at least a portion of the second sheet portion overlaps at least a portion of the first sheet portion to form a deformable hollow defined within at least a portion of inner walls of the first sheet portion and the second sheet portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Rational Packaging LLC
    Inventor: Samuel C. Voorhees
  • Patent number: 11505393
    Abstract: A packaging assembly, including corrugated corner elements, each having a first corner post element leg and a second corner post element leg, each corner post element leg having one or more alternating ridges and grooves; endcap elements, each having a support layer portion and a tray layer portion, wherein the tray layer portion includes a corner recess formed proximate each corner of the support layer portion, wherein each corner recess is formed to allow at least a portion of one of the corrugated corner elements at least partially therein; and a multi-slit support insert having slits formed along at least a portion of the multi-slit support insert body, leaving a remaining portion of the multi-slit support insert body defining a web, wherein at least a portion of the multi-slit support insert body is bent to be fitted within a portion of the packaging assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Rational Packaging LLC
    Inventor: Shawn M. Parella
  • Patent number: 11208253
    Abstract: A packaging assembly, including corrugated corner elements, each having a first corner post element leg and a second corner post element leg, each corner post element leg having one or more alternating ridges and grooves; endcap elements, each having a support layer portion and a tray layer portion, wherein the tray layer portion includes a corner recess formed proximate each corner of the support layer portion, wherein each corner recess is formed to allow at least a portion of one of the corrugated corner elements at least partially therein; and a support insert having a void or gap formed through a portion of the support insert, a relief recess and a scalloped relief recess are formed within at least a portion of the support insert, each allowing at least a portion of a corrugated corner element to be positioned at least partially therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Rational Packaging LLC
    Inventor: Shawn M. Parella
  • Patent number: 11104501
    Abstract: A void filling structural packaging element, including at least some of a sheet formed of an elongate portion of material, wherein the sheet extends, along a longitudinal axis, from a first terminal end to a second terminal end, and wherein the sheet includes one or more alternating ridges and grooves, formed along a length of the sheet, from a proximal end to a distal end; a body portion formed by an end portion of the sheet attached or coupled to a portion of a side wall of the sheet, and wherein a deformable hollow is defined within the body portion; and a packaging element leg portion formed of a portion of the sheet that extends from the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Rational Packaging LLC
    Inventor: Samuel C. Voorhees
  • Patent number: 10966688
    Abstract: A method for fusion of live ultrasound imagery with computed tomography (CT) scan images or magnetic resonance images, the method comprising steps of acquiring a series of CT scan images or magnetic resonance images, acquiring a series of ultrasound images, applying a manual registration process on a computing device to register each of the CT scan images or magnetic resonance images with corresponding ultrasound images, and displaying on a display associated with the computing device the live ultrasound imagery and corresponding CT scan images or magnetic resonance images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Rational Surgical Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan Fialkov
  • Patent number: 10964169
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of (and system for) operating instances of a game having a plurality of game positions that can be occupied by players, such as a poker-type game. The method comprises assigning a player a plurality of weights relating to game positions, where each weight indicates a bias towards placement of the player at a game position. When a player has played in a first game at a given position, the weights are updated to indicate an altered bias towards placement at each position. The player is then assigned to a second game based on the updated weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Rational Intellectual Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Serguei Bourenkov, Vadim Sheikhman, Dmitri Ligoum
  • Patent number: 10922918
    Abstract: A method of assigning a player-entry to a table so that said player-entry can participate in a hand of a particular card game at said table, wherein there is a plurality of players each having one or more respective player-entries for participating in a respective hand of said card game, wherein a player-entry that is actively participating in a hand of said card game may fold out of turn from said hand so as to no longer be actively participating in said hand, the method comprising: for a first player-entry of a first player, identifying an assignable table for said first player-entry from a plurality of tables for said card game, wherein a table is an assignable table for a particular player-entry if the assignment of said particular player-entry to said table cannot itself provide any player with further information about a hand in which an already assigned player-entry of said player is actively participating in addition to information about said hand that is available to said player only by virtue of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Rational Intellectual Holdings Limited
    Inventors: John Aaron Davidson, Darse Raymond Billings
  • Patent number: D964170
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Rational Packaging LLC
    Inventor: Samuel C. Voorhees
  • Patent number: D989624
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Rational Packaging LLC
    Inventor: Samuel C. Voorhees
  • Patent number: D1010445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Rational Packaging LLC
    Inventor: Shawn M. Parella
  • Patent number: D1011190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Rational Packaging LLC
    Inventor: Shawn M. Parella
  • Patent number: D1043343
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Rational Packaging LLC
    Inventor: Shawn M. Parella
  • Patent number: D1048641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Rational Packaging LLC
    Inventors: Thomas A. Roberts, Shawn M. Parella
  • Patent number: D1073070
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORP RATION
    Inventor: Keiichiro Takahashi