Patents Examined by A. J.
  • Patent number: 11614678
    Abstract: A light source device, includes an excitation light source for generating excitation light, a light condensing device, and a fluorescent cavity. The fluorescent cavity includes a chamber and a fluorescent layer, the chamber having a light window for allowing light to enter and exit and a bottom wall opposite to the light window. The fluorescent layer is provided on the surface of the bottom wall. The excitation light is concentrated by the light condensing device, and then is incident from the light window to the surface of the fluorescent layer to form a light spot and excite the fluorescent layer to generate a laser. The area of the light window is smaller than the area of the light spot, and the laser can be emitted from the light window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Zuqiang Guo, Peng Du, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11613205
    Abstract: There is described a vehicle color-lighting control system. The system comprises at least one sidewall (101) having an electrically-controllable coloring mechanism (106) embedded therein and arranged for coloring at least a portion of the at least one sidewall with at least one first color; a lighting sub-system (110) comprising at least one light source (112) mounted within the vehicle to illuminate an interior of the vehicle with at least one second color in a first state and with at least one third color in a second state; and a controller coupled to the coloring mechanism and the lighting sub-system and configured for operating the coloring mechanism to color the at least one portion of the at least one sidewall with the at least one first color and concurrently illuminate the interior of the vehicle with the at least one second color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.
    Inventor: Jonathan Wayne Hack
  • Patent number: 11614566
    Abstract: The invention disclosed an anti-reflective film. The anti-reflective film comprises a substrate, a hard coating layer disposed on the substrate and a low refractive layer disposed on the hard coating layer. The low refractivity layer comprises a fluorine-containing acrylate-modified polysiloxane resin, a plurality of hollow silica nanoparticles, an initiator and a leveling agent comprising a perfluoropolyether group-containing (meth)acrylic-modified organosilicone compound. The reflectivity of the anti-reflective film of the anti-reflective film is less than 1.1%, and the water contact angle thereof is ranging between 90° and 125°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Huang Chen, Kuo-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 11612251
    Abstract: Furniture entertainment hubs are disclosed that are integrated in a piece of furniture to conveniently control the piece of furniture, while at the same time providing a convenient means of communicating with and charging a remote smart device such as a smart phone or tablet. The entertainment hubs can be in many different locations in the piece of furniture, with some embodiments embedded in an armrest with the hub having a touch screen accessible at the top surface of the armrest. The entertainment hub provides a sleek, aesthetic and easy to mechanism for controlling the chair/sofa and interfacing with remote devices. One embodiment of an entertainment hub for a seating apparatus comprising a body with a plurality of planar surfaces, wherein one of said plurality of surfaces comprises a substantially flat control panel. The control panel comprises a plurality of visual touch buttons, a remote device wireless charging pad, and a speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Abbyson Living, LLC
    Inventor: Rodd Rafieha
  • Patent number: 11617017
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for relocating an overlay overlapping information in content. The systems and methods may comprise receiving a content item, the content item comprising a video image, and determining a first screen position of an information box (e.g., a score box) in the video image. Determining may be performed with image analysis and/or a machine learning model. The system receives an overlay image (e.g., a channel logo) with a second screen position and determines if the second screen position (e.g., for the logo) overlaps the first screen position (e.g., for the score). In response to determining the second screen position (e.g., of the logo) overlaps the first screen position (e.g., the score), the system modifies the second screen position (e.g., for the logo). Then the system generates for display the overlay image on the video in the modified screen position. The system may not relocate the overlay if the overlay is a high priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Vaibhav Gupta, Praveen Maurya, Ashish Gupta, Senthil Kumar Karuppasamy, Rohit Dhiman, Harshavardhan Kalathuru, Padmassri Chandrashekar, Daina Emmanuel, Reda Harb
  • Patent number: 11613756
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for inhibiting the growth of cells or inducing cell death. The composition capable of inhibiting the growth of cells or inducing cell death comprises a 5?-triphosphate non-linear RNA. The RNA comprises a first stem-loop formed from the complete or partial hybridization of at least 8 nucleotide pairings and may optionally comprise a second stem-loop formed from the complete or partial hybridization of at least 8 nucleotide pairings and a spacer between the first stem-loop and the second stem loop. Methods for inhibiting the growth of cells or inducing cell death comprise contacting cells with the composition or administering the composition to a subject in an amount effective to inhibit the growth of the cells or induce death of the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Jaewoo Lee, Bruce A. Sullenger, Youngju Lee
  • Patent number: 11614079
    Abstract: A suction cover assembly for a frac pump includes a suction cover having an annular base flange defining a sealing interface proximate to the base flange. The suction cover is dimensioned to be accommodated within a bore well of a fluid cylinder in the pump. An annular seal is seated on the sealing interface proximate to the base flange of the suction cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SPM Oil & Gas Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Lane Poehls, Justin Rand Cummings, Edward Charles Kotapish, Adalberto Cortes, Johnny E. Deleon, II
  • Patent number: 11612655
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a system for external manipulation of magnetic nanoparticles in vasculature using a remotely placed magnetic field-generating stator. In one aspect, the systems and methods relate to the control of magnetic nanoparticles in a fluid medium using permanent magnet-based or electromagnetic field-generating stator sources. Such a system can be useful for increasing the diffusion of therapeutic agents in a fluid medium, such as a human circulatory system, which can result in substantial clearance of fluid obstructions, such as vascular occlusions, in a circulatory system resulting in increased blood flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Pulse Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Francis M. Creighton
  • Patent number: 11613377
    Abstract: A method of operating a fuel tanker aircraft for in-flight fuelling comprises: transmitting a deploy command signal from a communication unit of the tanker aircraft to a communication unit of a fuel receiver aircraft, to cause a line and drogue to deploy from the receiver aircraft; controlling at least one of the tanker aircraft and the drogue to engage the drogue with a first end of a fuel hose of the tanker aircraft, a second end of the fuel hose being connected to the tanker aircraft; and transmitting a return command signal from the communication unit of the tanker aircraft to the communication unit of the receiver aircraft, to cause the line and drogue to return to the receiver aircraft with the first end of the fuel hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: James Pitman
  • Patent number: 11615661
    Abstract: A restricted access locking system for storage furniture. The system comprises one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory memory coupled to one or more of the processors, the one or more computer-readable non-transitory memory including instructions operable when executed by one or more of the processors to sense, via a first sensor that is communicatively coupled to the processor, an input biometric security credential to generate a first signal based on whether the input biometric security credential maps with a key biometric security credential pre-configured and stored within the memory; and generate a second signal via the processor subsequent to the reception of the first signal by the processor for actuating at least one lock, mounted on one or more storage compartments of the storage furniture, to an open position, wherein the at least one lock is communicatively coupled to the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Richard Joseph Morris
  • Patent number: 11616232
    Abstract: Disclosed is a doped lithium manganese iron phosphate-based particulate for a cathode of a lithium-ion battery. The particulate includes a composition represented by a formula of Mm-LixMn1-y-zFeyM?z(PO4)n/C, wherein M, M?, x, y, z, m, and n are as defined herein. Also disclosed is a powdery material including the particulate, and a method for preparing the powdery material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: HCM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Wen Jen, Hsin-Ta Huang, Chih-Tsung Hsu, Yi-Hsuan Wang
  • Patent number: 11616309
    Abstract: A dual-mode polarizer for selectively switching between linear polarization and circular polarization includes a first meander-line polarizer, and a second meander-line polarizer spaced apart from the first meander-line polarizer to define a first gap therebetween. A first angular orientation between the first and second meander-line polarizers produces variably-oriented linear polarization of a signal passing through the first and second meander-line polarizers, and a second angular orientation between the first and second meander-line polarizers produces variably-oriented circular polarization of a signal passing through the first and second meander-line polarizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: ThinKom Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Milroy, Shadrokh Hashemi-Yeganeh
  • Patent number: 11613751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double stranded RNA (dsRNA) agents, targeting the Angiopoietin-like 3 (ANGPTL3) gene. The invention also relates to methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of an ANGPTL3 gene and to methods of preventing and treating an ANGPTL3-associated disorder, e.g., a disorder of lipid metabolism, such as hyperlipidemia or hypertriglyceridemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Lucas D. BonDurant, Mark K. Schlegel, Jeffrey Zuber, Lauren Blair Woods, Tyler Chickering
  • Patent number: 11612238
    Abstract: The present application relates to a lifting column for a piece of furniture, in particular for a table. The lifting column comprises a first element and also a second element. The second element is introduced at least some way into the first element. The first element has a spindle, which extends along the longitudinal axis of the first element and projects at least some way into the second element. The second element has a rotor, which is mounted in a rotatable manner in it and has at least one rolling body, which runs in or on a thread helix of the spindle. A rotation of the rotor relative to the spindle gives rise to a linear movement of the second element relative to the first element. The second element also has an arresting device, which, in a first state, blocks the rotation of the rotor relative to the spindle and, in a second state, frees the rotation of the rotor relative to the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: USM U. SCHARER SOHNE AG
    Inventors: Alexander Schaerer, Thomas Dienes, Bastian Roth
  • Patent number: 11612971
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for assembling optical module is provided and the method includes: controlling an alignment mechanism holding a to-be-assembled lens to move at a preset step-size in a preset direction when an optical module to be aligned generates an image; collecting light spots of the images generated by an optical module to be aligned sequentially by an image collecting means, each time the alignment mechanism moves; selecting a light spot with a minimum size from the collected light spots, and determining a movement position of the alignment mechanism when the light spot with the minimum size is collected, as an optimal position; controlling the alignment mechanism to move to the optimal position to align the to-be-assembled lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: GOER OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nanjing Dong, Debo Sun
  • Patent number: 11612268
    Abstract: A beverage brewing apparatus including a brewing module, an ingredient providing module, a drink providing module and a control unit is provided. The brewing module is adapted to brew at least one drink and at least one ingredient in a beverage cup. The ingredient providing module is adapted to provide the at least one ingredient into the beverage cup. The drink providing module is adapted to provide the at least one drink into the beverage cup. The control unit is adapted to control the brewing module, the ingredient providing module and the drink providing module according to a brewing procedure corresponding to the at least one drink and the at least one ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: CENZ Automation Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Hao Lin, Hsing-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: D981855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Maurizio Natale
  • Patent number: D981898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Violaine Sebag
  • Patent number: D981899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Violaine Sebag
  • Patent number: D982134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: GROHE AG
    Inventor: Patrick de Arins Speck