Patents Examined by E. To
  • Patent number: 11700516
    Abstract: A wireless communication network serves a wireless data service to a wireless User Equipment (UE). In the wireless communication network, a network controller receives a service request from the wireless UE. The network controller responsively indicates the service request to a Unified Data Management (UDM). The UDM receives the indication. The UDM identifies provisioned service values for the wireless UE. The UDM retrieves updated service values for the wireless UE. The UDM identifies a set of the provisioned service values that correspond to the updated service values. The UDM generates new provisioned service values by overriding the set of the provisioned service values based on the updated service values. The UDM transfers new provisioned service values to the network controller. The network controller receives the new provisioned service values. The network controller serves the wireless UE based on the new provisioned service values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Mariyani, Rajil Malhotra, Anuj Sharma
  • Patent number: 11698068
    Abstract: Pump systems with pinch valves for surgical procedures. At least some of the example embodiments are pump systems including a stationary housing defining a front face. A tube support extends outwardly from the front face for aligning and supporting a first tube and a second tube. At least one pinch member is movable relative to the tube support by a power actuator operably coupled to the at least one pinch member and configured to have three orientations that define: a first arrangement of the pinch member relative to the tube support configured to pinch closed the first tube, a second arrangement of the at least one pinch member relative to the tube support configured to pinch closed the second tube, and a third arrangement of the at least one pinch member relative to the tube support configured to pinch closed neither the first tube nor the second tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED
    Inventors: Mathew Mitchell, Mikhael Lyssounkine, William Sant
  • Patent number: 11699998
    Abstract: A switch assembly configured to determine when input received from a switch is caused by proper actuation of the switch and should be accepted, or is caused instead by a fault in the switch or in the intervening circuitry and should be ignored and/or reported. The switch assembly optionally includes a logic circuit that is electrically connected to the switch. The logic circuit may provide power to the switch, for example, as a time varying signal, which may then be presented to the logic circuit as input when the switch is properly actuated. The logic circuit may then compare the input from the switch with the signal sent to the switch to determine if a fault is present, or if the switch is operating properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Shaw, Aaron Ransdell
  • Patent number: 11696569
    Abstract: Scratching apparatus 1 comprising a plurality of scratchable sacrificial elements 7 that can be assembled together to form a tower 5, and a base 3 having a first surface on which the tower 5 can be mounted so that the tower 5 is generally upstanding from the base 3 when the apparatus 1 is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: HEBE STUDIO LIMITED
    Inventors: James Tuthill, Johannes Paul, Simon Nicholls, William Windham
  • Patent number: 11698483
    Abstract: Embodiments of the current disclosure include small diameter single-mode optical fibers having gratings and methods of forming thereof. In some embodiments, methods of forming a small diameter single-mode optical fibers having gratings include providing an optical fiber having a core and cladding with a combined outer diameter of 100 ?m to 125 ?m and a coating having a thickness of less than or equal to 20 ?m, wherein the coating comprises one of: (i) a high-modulus coating layer surrounding the cladding region; or (ii) a low-modulus coating layer surrounding the cladding region and a high-modulus coating layer surrounding the low-modulus coating layer; and exposing the core, through the coating, to a pattern of ultraviolet radiation to form an optical grating within the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: Corning Incorporated, University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Peng Chen, Ming-Jun Li, Jingyu Wu, Jieru Zhao
  • Patent number: 11697670
    Abstract: Provided herein, in some embodiments, are methods and compositions for purifying antibodies from cellular cultures using one or more thiol containing additives during a purification process, for example in a chromatographic purification process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Biogen MA Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Westoby, Greg Evangelist
  • Patent number: 11699006
    Abstract: A computing device obtains settings for a design of an experiment. The settings include a first sample size that indicates an amount of members for a first group observed as part of the experiment, a design quality metric that assesses, based on the first sample size, a quality of the design for the experiment prior to conducting the experiment, and a parameter pertaining to the first group. The computing device also displays first and second graphs of the design quality metric on a graphical user interface. The first graph is displayed as a function of the first sample size and the second graph is displayed as a function of the parameter pertaining to the first group. The computing device also receives a first user indication to change one or more of the settings, and then updates both the first and second graphs to account for the first user indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: JMP Statistical Discovery LLC
    Inventors: Caleb Bridges King, Ryan Adam Lekivetz, Joseph Albert Morgan, Yeng Saanchi, Bradley Allen Jones
  • Patent number: 11696910
    Abstract: This invention provides novel compositions comprising an anti-inflammatory agent and a mydriatic agent suitable for intraocular use, particularly ketorolac or pharmaceutically salts thereof and phenylephrine or pharmaceutically salts thereof, which are free of any buffering agent and yet, surprisingly, maintain stability for significant periods of time (e.g., at least about 3 months). The present invention also relates to a process of preparing such compositions and use thereof, e.g., in combination with intraocular ophthalmologic irrigation solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Somerset Therapeutics, LLC
    Inventors: Mandar V. Shah, Kumaresan Parthasarathi, Ilango Subramanian, Veerappan Subramanian, Aman Trehan
  • Patent number: 11699748
    Abstract: A normally-off HEMT transistor includes a heterostructure including a channel layer and a barrier layer on the channel layer; a 2DEG layer in the heterostructure; an insulation layer in contact with a first region of the barrier layer; and a gate electrode through the whole thickness of the insulation layer, terminating in contact with a second region of the barrier layer. The barrier layer and the insulation layer have a mismatch of the lattice constant (“lattice mismatch”), which generates a mechanical stress solely in the first region of the barrier layer, giving rise to a first concentration of electrons in a first portion of the two-dimensional conduction channel which is under the first region of the barrier layer which is greater than a second concentration of electrons in a second portion of the two-dimensional conduction channel which is under the second region of the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Ferdinando Iucolano, Giuseppe Greco, Fabrizio Roccaforte
  • Patent number: 11698079
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a fluid sealing member and a motor for preventing or reducing chances of fluids and/or substances or products from entering the motor chamber or cavity of a motor and causing damage to the motor's internal components and/or causing the motor to make undesirable noises or sounds. The present invention is also directed to a motor having a fluid sealing member, and to a fluid pump having a fluid sealing member. The present invention is further directed to a fluid pump that comprises a jet assembly and a motor assembly, which comprises a motor. The fluid pump may further comprise one, some or all of the following: a fluid sealing member, a mounting housing member or coupling device, a gasket or seal, a liner (when a liner is not already provided or present), and a driven magnetic disc assembly having a magnetic pole array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: LURACO, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Le, Thanh Le
  • Patent number: 11699877
    Abstract: A plug connector assembly includes first and second connector housings, a rotary lever, and a slide. The rotary lever has side faces each having a guide path into which in each case a guide pin on the second connector housing is inserted and is displaced along the guide path by rotation of the rotary lever whereby the connector housings move toward one another and electrical contact elements thereof connect. The slide is movable on the second plug connector housing. A driver element of the rotary lever cooperates in a form-fit manner with a driver element of the slide when the rotary lever rotates causing the slide to linearly move. A locking element of the slide is displaced relative to a locking element of the first connector housing when the slide linearly moves whereby a form-fit locking action between the locking elements may be established or cancelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: KOSTAL Kontakt Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Wolter, Guido Eberhardt, Joerg Mueller, Michael Hasenbank
  • Patent number: 11697799
    Abstract: Methods are provided for extracting bone marrow cells from bone obtained from deceased donors, for preparing the bone marrow for cryopreservation and for obtaining desired cells from cryopreserved and fresh bone marrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Ossium Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik John Woods, Brian H. Johnstone, Dongsheng Gu, Aubrey Marie Sherry, Kelsey Gwen Musall, John R. Woods, James Hardin, Alan Hooks
  • Patent number: 11699881
    Abstract: A terminal module includes a number of conductive terminals and an insulating frame. Each conductive terminal includes a contact portion. The conductive terminals include a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. The contact portion of the first signal terminal includes a first contact arm, a second contact arm and a first clamping space. The terminal module includes an insulating block sleeved on the first contact arm and the second contact arm, and a metal shield surrounding member sleeved on the insulating block. The insulating block includes a limiting groove and the metal shield surrounding member includes a limiting protrusion protruding into the limiting groove. As a result, it facilitates to assemble the insulating block and the metal shield surrounding member. The present disclosure also relates to a backplane connector having the terminal module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Xiaogang Liu, Rongzhe Guo, Kun Liu, Chuanqi Gong, Tao Song
  • Patent number: 11697001
    Abstract: A method of making a flexible medical article or tube, for example, a sheath for a vascular access device, is provided. The method can include extruding a polymer, for example, a polycarbonate-urethane copolymer, to form a tube and annealing the extruded polymer. The method can further include cutting the extruded tube to a desired length before or after annealing, flaring one end of the annealed tube and over-molding the flared portion onto a hub, and forming the other end of the tube into a tip. A sheath formed by such a method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.
    Inventor: Steven F. Bierman
  • Patent number: 11698086
    Abstract: A system has a hydraulic circuit configured to control a position of an attachment of the system and a control system configured to perform operations that include receiving an input indicative of a center of gravity of the attachment and controlling a flow rate of fluid directed through the hydraulic circuit based on the center of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Dana Lee Froemming, Jonathan Richard Nistler, Michael Sylvester Bares
  • Patent number: 11698689
    Abstract: A sensor panel is overlaid on a display apparatus and connected to an integrated circuit that detects a position of an active pen in an active region of the display apparatus. The sensor panel includes first electrodes that extend in a first direction. The sensor panel also includes second electrodes that extend in a second direction. The first electrodes include first and second outer electrodes that are located at the outermost edges of the first electrodes and first inner electrodes disposed between the first and second outer electrodes. A width of at least one of the first and second outer electrodes in the second direction is smaller than a width of each of the first inner electrodes in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 11700734
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element including an anode, a light-emitting layer, a functional layer, and a cathode stacked in this order. The light-emitting layer and the functional layer are in contact with each other. Hole mobility of the light-emitting layer is greater than electron mobility of the light-emitting layer. The electron mobility of the light-emitting layer is equal to or greater than an effective electron mobility of the functional layer. A highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level of a first functional material included in the light-emitting layer is at least 0.4 eV greater than a HOMO level of a second functional material included in the functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Akiyama, Yasuhiro Sekimoto, Muneharu Sato, Shinichiro Ishino, Tomohiko Oda, Mineki Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11698285
    Abstract: A method can include obtaining a first weight measurement of a receptacle and obtaining a second weight measurement of the receptacle. The method can further include calculating a first difference between the first weight measurement and the second weight measurement, resulting in a reference dispensation value. The method can further include obtaining dispensation data, the dispensation data including a measured dispensation value. The measured dispensation value can correspond to a quantity of a substance dispensed from the receptacle, the quantity of the substance passing through a dispensation monitor coupled to the receptacle. The method can further include calculating a second difference between the reference dispensation value and the measured dispensation value. The method can further include determining that the second difference exceeds a threshold and adjusting the dispensation monitor in response to determining that the second difference exceeds the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: KYNDRYL, INC.
    Inventors: Harish Rajagopal, Michael John Lyons, Baiju Dhirajlal Mandalia
  • Patent number: D991982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Ryo Yamasaki
  • Patent number: D992079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventor: Bryan Kepner