Patents Examined by A. J.
  • Ab externo intraocular shunt placement
    Patent number: 11612517
    Abstract: An intraocular shunt can be placed into the eye in an ab externo approach. A clinician may determine an entry area below a corneal limbus of an eye and a target outflow region. Thereafter, the clinician can insert a hollow shaft into the eye at the entry area toward an anterior chamber of the eye, the shaft carrying an intraocular shunt therein. The clinician can position an inflow end of the shunt within the anterior chamber of the eye and, while maintaining the shunt inflow end in the anterior chamber, can remove the shaft from the eye to release the shunt. Finally, the clinician can repositioning an outflow end of the shunt within the target outflow region and verify placement of the outflow end of the shunt within the target outflow region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Aquesys, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Horvath, Laszlo O. Romoda
  • Media creation system and method
    Patent number: 11615167
    Abstract: A media creation system is provided for creating photographs and videos that include assets sourced from different geographic locations. The media creation system may parsing media, transposition the media, and/or perform additional modifications to the media. A method for creating photographs, videos, and live streams of one or more assets sourced from different geographic locations using the audiovisual media composition system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Grupiks LLC
    Inventor: Sam Juma
  • Portable air compressor
    Patent number: 11614081
    Abstract: An air compressor includes a compressor assembly having an electric motor and a pump driven by the motor, a battery pack electrically connected to the motor for providing electrical power thereto, a storage tank that receives compressed air from the pump, and a case enclosing at least the compressor assembly and the storage tank. The case attenuates noise emitted by the compressor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Wackwitz, Troy C. Thorson
  • Cache memory system and cache memory control method
    Patent number: 11615030
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a cache memory system includes a cache memory and a cache controller. The cache memory can store first data to be read or written by a processor. The cache controller is configured to execute a refresh. The refresh includes reading the first data stored in the cache memory and writing the read first data to the cache memory. When executing the refresh, the cache controller is configured to exchange the first data stored in a first area of the cache memory for second data stored in a second area of the cache memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Shohei Onishi
  • Image forming apparatus and image forming system for restricting display information from being displayed during remote control
    Patent number: 11616885
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface, a display, and a controller configured to, when the image forming apparatus is remotely connected with an information processing device via the communication interface, transmit, to the information processing device, screen data for causing the information processing device to display a same screen as a display screen being displayed on the display, when receiving remote access from the information processing device, perform display processing for the display screen in accordance with the remote access, and when the remote access is received while a particular screen is being displayed as the display screen on the display, impose a display restriction on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaka Urakawa, Tomoya Kaneko
  • Bi-directional buffer having a low bias voltage and a fast transient response
    Patent number: 11616499
    Abstract: A bi-directional buffer for applications using in an I2C or SMBUS or other bus systems. The bi-directional buffer has an input terminal to receive an input voltage signal and an output terminal for providing an output voltage signal, and the output voltage signal follows the input voltage signal. The output voltage signal is regulated to have a first bias voltage greater than the input voltage signal by a first operational amplifier, or to have a second bias voltage greater than the input voltage signal by a second operational amplifier, the second bias voltage is smaller than the first bias voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Zhou
  • Processing circuit analyzing image data and generating final image data
    Patent number: 11616916
    Abstract: A processing circuitry is configured to generate a first analysis result based on a size of a partial area of a target area when the partial area is captured by only one of a first sensor or a second sensor, based on first image data for the target area captured by the first sensor and second image data for the target area captured by the second sensor, and generate first final image data or second final image data by using the first image data and the second image data, based on the first analysis result. A difference between the first final image data and the second final image data is based on a difference between a first characteristic of the first sensor and a second characteristic of the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Jin Park, Duck-Soo Kim, Dongki Min, Junam Song, Joonhyuk Im
  • Adaptive sensor temperature control for fast recovery
    Patent number: 11614432
    Abstract: Provided is a gas sensor system with a gas sensor, and a microprocessor programmed to control the gas sensor with at least two operational modes. The first operational mode controls the gas sensor from a baseline level through analyte detection. Upon initiation of the recovery phase after analyte withdrawal, the gas sensor system switches to the second operational mode, which changes conditions of the gas sensor to (i) accelerate removal of the analyte from the gas sensor and (ii) accelerate recovery of the gas sensor output towards the baseline level. When no further analyte is detected, the gas sensor switches back to the first operational mode or to an additional operational mode to complete recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alberto Mannari, Andrea Fasoli, Aminat Adebiyi, Mohammed Abdi, Ronald Robert Labby
  • System, method, and apparatus for controlling ion energy distribution in plasma processing systems
    Patent number: 11615941
    Abstract: Systems and methods for plasma processing are disclosed. An exemplary system may include a plasma processing chamber including a source to produce a plasma in the processing chamber and at least two bias electrodes arranged within the plasma processing chamber to control plasma sheaths proximate to the bias electrodes. A chuck is disposed to support a substrate, and a source generator is coupled to the plasma electrode. At least one bias supply is coupled to the at least two bias electrodes, and a controller is included to control the at least one bias supply to control the plasma sheath(s) proximate to the bias electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Brouk, Daniel J. Hoffman, Daniel Carter
  • Tumbler bottle
    Patent number: 11613420
    Abstract: The tumbler bottle includes a cup having a side wall interior surface and bottom wall a convex interior surface. The cup side wall and bottom wall interior surfaces are joined by a smooth, arcuate interior transition surface to define a first mixing chamber. The tumbler bottle further includes a lid, removably connected with the cup. The lid includes a side wall interior surface and a top wall concave interior surface. The lid side wall and top wall interior surfaces are joined by a smooth, arcuate interior transition surface to define a second mixing chamber. The lid further includes a dispensing outlet and a closure. When coupled together the first mixing chamber and the second mixing chamber are in fluid communication and are configured to uniformly mix a liquid with one or more additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Richard Beardsell
  • Core-shell ceramic particle colloidal gel and solid oxide fuel cell electrolyte
    Patent number: 11613502
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a ceramic particle comprising a core substrate chosen from yttria-stabilized zirconia, partially stabilized zirconia, zirconium oxide, aluminum nitride, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, and cerium oxide, and a conformal coating of a sintering aid film having a thickness of less than three nanometers and covering the core substrate, and methods for producing the ceramic particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado
    Inventors: Christopher Bartel, Alan W. Weimer, Rebecca Jean O'Toole, Maila Kodas
  • Shaping method of solid cosmetic material and solid cosmetic container filled with solid cosmetic material
    Patent number: 11612230
    Abstract: A shaping method of a solid cosmetic material and a solid cosmetic container filled with the solid cosmetic material, in which a solid cosmetic material used by grinding an upper surface thereof is solidified to fill an inner container of a cosmetic container with an extra space so that the solid cosmetic material does not come into close contact with an inner surface of the inner container of the cosmetic container, a cosmetic material plate on which the cosmetic material is seated is smoothly guided in an up-down direction, and the upper surface of the solid cosmetic material is smoothly cut as a portion of the cosmetic container is rotated so that the solid cosmetic material is discharged by a predetermined amount. An upper surface of the cosmetic material is maintained flat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: COSMECCA KOREA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Dae Cho, Hong Seok Son, Da Seul Kim, Hye Jin Kim
  • Intake system of vehicle
    Patent number: 11614058
    Abstract: An intake system of a vehicle is configured so that air moves along a ‘U’-shaped movement path from an entrance of an intake duct portion into which outside air is introduced to a position where a filter is mounted, and is configured so that the intake duct portion, an air cleaner body portion, and an external resonator are formed integrally with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Min Yang, Seung Yun Kwak, Won Seop Choi, Tae Yeong Won
  • Refrigerator
    Patent number: 11614268
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door with a transparent display assembly that includes a front panel defining at least a portion of a front surface of the door, a touch sensor disposed on a rear surface of the front panel to recognize touch manipulation, a rear panel defining at least a portion of a rear surface of the door, an insulation coating layer provided on a surface of the rear panel by a metal oxide to block heat from the outside, an outer spacer disposed between the front panel and the rear panel to provide a sealed space between the front panel and the rear panel, a display disposed in the sealed space, a light guide plate spaced apart from the display to brighten up the display, and a spacer supporting the light guide plate and maintaining a distance between the display and the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangmyung Lee, Hyuk Kwon, Junghwan Kim
  • Method of processing wafer
    Patent number: 11615979
    Abstract: A method of processing a workpiece with a disk-shaped blade containing abrasive grains includes the steps of placing an auxiliary plate made of a material having a modulus of elasticity higher than a material of which a front surface side of the workpiece is made, on the front surface side of the workpiece, causing the blade rotated to cut into the front surface side of the workpiece to cut the workpiece as well as the auxiliary plate, and removing the auxiliary plate from the workpiece that has been cut by the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Steve Latina
  • Sealed jar
    Patent number: D981801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Zekai Wu
  • Necklace
    Patent number: D981894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Louis Vuitton Malletier
    Inventors: Francesca Amfitheatrof, Clément Boireau
  • Hub
    Patent number: D982013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN DEONE INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Xueliang Cai
  • Magnifying glass
    Patent number: D982058
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Yunming Zhu
  • Lampshade
    Patent number: D982225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Chuanlei Wu