Patents Examined by A. J.
  • Methods for high throughput sperm sorting
    Patent number: 11591566
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for sorting sperm cells in a microfluidic chip. In particular, various steps are incorporated to align and orienting sperm in flow channels, as well as, to determining sperm orientation and measure relative DNA content for analysis and/or sorting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Inguran, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Nemanya Sedoglavich, Blair Morad, Donald Francis Perrault, Jr.
  • End cap for ceiling panel and ceiling system incorporating the same
    Patent number: 11591795
    Abstract: An end cap for a ceiling panel of a ceiling system. The end cap includes a face plate having an inner surface, a bottom edge, a top edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge. A first insertion plate extends from the inner surface of the face plate at the top edge of the face plate. A second insertion plate extends from the inner surface of the face plate at the bottom edge of the face plate. A concealment portion extends from the inner surface of the face plate along the first and second side edges of the face plate. The concealment portion may include an upper section positioned above the first insertion plate and spaced from the first insertion plate by a first gap and a lower section of positioned below the second insertion plate and spaced from the second insertion plate by a second gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: AWI Licensing LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas J. Friez
  • Chroma block prediction method and apparatus
    Patent number: 11595669
    Abstract: This application provides a chroma block prediction method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining a maximum luma value and a minimum luma value based on luma samples corresponding to neighboring samples of a target chroma block, and calculating a first difference between the maximum luma value and the minimum luma value; if the first difference is not equal to 0, processing the first difference based on a quantity of significant bits of the first difference and a first preset bit depth to obtain a second difference; and determining, based on a first chroma value, a second chroma value, and the second difference, an intra prediction model parameter corresponding to the target chroma block, and determining prediction information of the target chroma block based on the intra prediction model parameter and luma reconstruction information corresponding to the target chroma block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang Ma, Jianle Chen, Haitao Yang
  • Disposable suction valve for an endoscope
    Patent number: 11589738
    Abstract: A disposable suction valve is provided. In some embodiments, the disposable suction valve may include a stem providing an air passage through the stem, a spring, a spring stanchion cup, and a boot. A method for manufacturing a disposable suction valve may include several steps. A stem and spring stanchion cup are molded, and a bottom end of the stem is placed through the center of a spring. The bottom end of the stem is placed through a stem opening in the spring stanchion cup, and the tabs or the spring stanchion cup are placed into recessed apertures of the stem. The boot may be over-molded on the spring stanchion cup or molded and placed onto the spring stanchion cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIVATORS, INC.
    Inventors: Bob Anderson, Christopher Steven Adams, Don Byrne
  • Dietary supplement
    Patent number: 11590144
    Abstract: A method of forming a dietary supplement can include steps of creating a composition of matter comprising tianeptine and GPC; and providing the composition of matter in a liquid or solid form. The ingredient of tianeptine can be tianeptine sodium, tianeptine free acid, or both. Providing the composition of matter can include filling a container with the composition of matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: James Peter Morrissette
  • Bracket and steering apparatus
    Patent number: 11591004
    Abstract: A bracket includes a first plate that faces a steering column, a second plate that faces a column cover covering the steering column, and a third plate that connects the first plate and the second plate, and a fourth plate that intersects with the first plate and the third plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Suguru Sugishita, Hikaru Okabe
  • System and method for callback management utilizing smart callbacks
    Patent number: 11595524
    Abstract: A system and method for callback management, utilizing a callback cloud, a digital ledger, and smart callback contracts, brokering user to user communications and session establishment using an automated workflow built upon extensible root smart contract templates which can be configured to connect various users and brands. The system may comprise callback cloud, that may further comprise a callback manager, a brand interface server, an interaction manager, a media server, one or more blockchain digital ledgers, and various smart contracts which are used to autonomously respond to received user requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Donaldson Moller, Matthew DiMaria, Shannon Lekas, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Kevin Shinseki, Robert Harpley
  • Ramped therapeutic signals for modulating inhibitory interneurons, and associated systems and methods
    Patent number: 11590352
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating a patient's pain using ramped therapeutic signals for modulating inhibitory interneurons, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A representative method for treating a patient includes positioning an implantable signal delivery device proximate to a target location at or near the patient's spinal cord, and delivering an electrical therapy signal to the target location via the implantable signal delivery device, wherein the electrical therapy signal has a frequency in a frequency range of from about 1 kHz to about 100 kHz, and wherein the frequency is increased or decreased from a first value to a second value during delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Nevro Corp.
    Inventors: Dongchul Lee, Kerry Bradley, Kwan Yeop Lee
  • Vehicle lamp body device
    Patent number: 11590879
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp body device includes: on an inner side of a long frame body, a lightguide rod; and a light curtain disposed sideways in front of the lightguide rod, in which the light curtain includes a plurality of claw-like parts at an interval in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Iwao, Daisuke Nakashima, Hiroya Ohkubo
  • Ultrasonic device and ultrasonic sensor
    Patent number: 11594671
    Abstract: An ultrasonic device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a substrate in which an opening section piercing through the substrate in a thickness direction is provided, a vibration plate provided on the substrate to close the opening section, a piezoelectric element provided in a position corresponding to the opening section on a first surface at the opposite side of the substrate side of the vibration plate, and an elastic layer provided in contact with a second surface at the substrate side of the vibration plate at the inner side of the opening section of the substrate. The elastic layer includes a curved surface recessed to the vibration plate side at the opposite side of the vibration plate side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Ohashi, Hironori Suzuki, Chikara Kojima
  • Temporary sprinkler method for buildings under construction/renovation
    Patent number: 11590375
    Abstract: A method of temporarily operating sprinklers and mobile sensors during buildings/facilities alterations, renovations, additions, repairs, rehabilitations, relocations and any other similar activities where personnel may trigger sprinkler systems through accidental actions (or inactions) during their chores. This minimizes the possibility of damages during the building's construction/renovation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Krayeski, Andrew Shetty, Dale Funk
  • Washing machine and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 11591737
    Abstract: A washing machine in which a first main heater is not driven while wash water stored in a first tub and wash water stored in a second tub are simultaneously heated, and a method of controlling the same. A washing machine includes: a first tub configured to store wash water; a first main heater configured to heat wash water stored in the first tub; a first sub heater configured to heat wash water stored in the first tub; a second tub configured to store wash water; and a second heater configured to heat wash water stored in the second tub, wherein a power consumption required to drive the first main heater is greater than a power consumption required to drive the first sub heater, and the first main heater is not driven while wash water stored in the first tube and wash water stored in the second tub are simultaneously heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung Sup Kim, Eun-Young Park, Hyun Sook Kim, Dong-Il Back, Jun-Young Choi
  • Fault voltage scaling on load switch current sense
    Patent number: 11595034
    Abstract: A load switch includes a switch input, a switch output, a first field-effect transistor (FET), and a second FET. The switch input is adapted to be coupled to a controller output of a controller. The switch output is adapted to be coupled to a controller input of the controller. The first FET has a gate and a source. The gate of the first FET is coupled to the switch input. The second FET has a gate and a source. The gate of the second FET is coupled to the source of the first FET. The source of the second FET is coupled to the switch output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Cameron Wayne Phillips, Wenchao Qu, Tianhong Yang, Md Abidur Rahman
  • B7-H3 directed antibody drug conjugates
    Patent number: 11591400
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel B7-H3-binding molecules capable of binding to human and non-human B7-H3, and in particular to such molecules that are cross-reactive with B7-H3 of a non-human primate (e.g., a cynomolgus monkey). The invention additionally pertains to B7-H3-binding molecules that comprise Variable Light Chain and/or Variable Heavy Chain (VH) Domains that have been humanized and/or deimmunized so as to exhibit a reduced immunogenicity upon administration to recipient subjects. The invention particularly pertains to bispecific, trispecific or multispecific B7-H3-binding molecules, including bispecific diabodies, BiTEs, bispecific antibodies, trivalent binding molecules, etc. that comprise: (i) such B7-H3-binding Variable Domains and (ii) a domain capable of binding to an epitope of a molecule present on the surface of an effector cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MacroGenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Deryk T. Loo, Ling Huang, Leslie S. Johnson, Thomas Son, Juniper A. Scribner, Ezio Bonvini
  • Replant routing and control of a seed planting machine
    Patent number: 11589496
    Abstract: A map generator generates a replanting map designating a particular area in a field in which it is recommended to add additional seeds. A function of the agricultural machine is then controlled based at least in part on the replanting map so as to facilitate planting additional seeds in the designated particular area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Bradley W. Van De Woestyne, Timothy A. Wilcox
  • System and method for instruction unwinding in an out-of-order processor
    Patent number: 11593116
    Abstract: A system and corresponding method unwind instructions in an out-of-order (OoO) processor. The system comprises a mapper. In response to a restart event causing at least one instruction to be unwound, the mapper restores a present integer mapper state and present floating-point (FP) mapper state, used for mapping instructions, to a former integer mapper state and former FP mapper state, respectively. The mapper stores integer snapshots and FP snapshots of the present integer and FP mapper state, respectively, to expedite restoration to the former integer and FP mapper state, respectively. Access to the FP snapshots is blocked, intermittently, as a function of at least one FP present indicator used by the mapper to record presence of FP registers used as destinations in the instructions. Blocking the access, intermittently, improves power efficiency of the OoO processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
    Inventor: David A. Carlson
  • Solid-state image pickup apparatus, correction method, and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 11595603
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image pickup apparatus, a correction method, and an electronic apparatus, enabled to suppress an apparent uncomfortable feeling of an image output from a solid-state image pickup apparatus in which pixels of different OCL shapes are mounted mixedly. A solid-state image pickup apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a pixel array in which a first pixel in which an OCL (On Chip Lens) of a standard size is formed and a second pixel in which an OCL of a size different from the standard size is formed are present mixedly, and a correction section that corrects a pixel value of the first pixel that is positioned in the vicinity of the second pixel among the first pixels on the pixel array. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeru Tsuzuki, Katsumi Nishikori
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D979207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary M. Elder, Philip Woodman
  • Notebook computer
    Patent number: D979562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Po-Yang Chien, Hao-Jen Fang, Wei-Yi Chang, Chun-Chieh Chen, Chen-Cheng Wang, Chih-Wen Chiang, Sheng-Hung Lee
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D979581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bas Ording, Raymond Sepulveda