Patents Examined by Johnston
  • Vibration control system and optical equipment equipped therewith
    Patent number: 10607810
    Abstract: The vibration control system configured to control vibration of a vibration-controlled object is disclosed. The vibration control system comprises: (i) actuator units each including a piezoelectric element configured to expand and contract; (ii) a drive power source configured to supply drive voltages to the piezoelectric elements of the actuator units for causing the piezoelectric elements to expand and contract; (iii) a vibration detector configured to detect a status of vibration of the vibration-controlled object; and (iv) a vibration controller configured to control the vibration of the vibration-controlled object by controlling the voltages supplied by the drive power source to the piezoelectric elements of the actuator units based on the status of vibration detected by the vibration detector, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michihiro Kawaguchi, Kiminobu Akeno, Kiyoshi Nakaso, Keita Ideno, Shintaro Yamamoto, Keisuke Goto, Hitoshi Matsushita, Hirokazu Yoshioka, Ryouta Inoue, Yuuki Fukuda
  • Machine-learning data analysis tool
    Patent number: 10607150
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented tool that facilitates data analysis by use of machine learning (ML) techniques. The tool cooperates with a data intake and query system and provides a graphical user interface (GUI) that enables a user to train and apply a variety of different ML models on user-selected datasets of stored machine data. The tool can provide active guidance to the user, to help the user choose data analysis paths that are likely to produce useful results and to avoid data analysis paths that are less likely to produce useful results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SPLUNK INC.
    Inventors: Manish Sainani, Sergey Slepian, Iman Makaremi, Adam Jamison Oliner, Jacob Leverich, Di Lu
  • EUV cleaning systems and methods thereof for an extreme ultraviolet light source
    Patent number: 10606180
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for in-situ incline cleaning an element disposed in a EUV generating chamber are disclosed. A capillary-based hydrogen radical generator is employed to form hydrogen radicals from hydrogen gas. The capillary-based hydrogen radical generator is resistively heated during operation and is oriented such that hydrogen radicals catalytically generated from the hydrogen gas are directed to a surface of the element to clean the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventor: Marc Guy Langlois
  • Metallic device for scanning probe microscopy and method for manufacturing same
    Patent number: 10605827
    Abstract: Described is a device for use in scanning probe microscopy and to a method for manufacturing same. The metallic device has a single body with two parts, wherein the second part has a submicrometric point that defines a nanoscale apex. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a high optical efficiency probe for scanning probe microscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MENAS GERAIS-UFMG, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA QUALIDADE E TECHNOLOGIA-IMMETRO
    Inventors: Thiago De Lourenço E Vasconcelos, Bruno Santos De Oliveira, Carlos Alberto Achete, Braulio Soares Archanjo, Ado Jorio De Vasconcelos, Luiz Gustavo De Oliveira Lopes Cançado, Wagner Nunes Rodrigues, Caroline Arantes Da Silva Wetzstein, Rogerio Valaski, Cassiano Rabelo E Silva
  • Apparatus and techniques to treat substrates using directional plasma and point of use chemistry
    Patent number: 10600616
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus to treat a substrate may include an extraction plate to extract a plasma beam from a plasma chamber and direct the plasma beam to the substrate. The plasma beam may comprise ions forming a non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to a plane of the substrate; and a gas outlet system disposed outside the plasma chamber, the gas outlet system coupled to a gas source and arranged to deliver to the substrate a reactive gas received from the gas source, wherein the reactive gas does not pass through the plasma chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Shurong Liang, Costel Biloiu, Glen Gilchrist, Vikram Singh, Christopher Campbell, Richard John Hertel, Alex Kontos
  • Predicting a chromatic identity of an existing recipe and modifying the existing recipe to meet a desired set of colors by adding new elements to the recipe
    Patent number: 10599994
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for modifying an existing recipe to meet a set of desired colors for a final food dish. Responsive to receiving a request to modify the existing recipe to meet the set of desired colors, at least one of the set of existing colors to be changed to meet the desired set of colors is identified. An ingredient-action-sequence triplet associated with each at least one existing color to be changed in the existing recipe is identified and, from a corpus of ingredient-action-sequence triplets associated with other existing recipes, one or more candidates that can be added to produce the at least one target color are identified. The one or more candidates that can be added are ranked based on how each candidate pairs best with other ingredients in the existing recipe. Based on a selection of a candidate, the existing recipe is modified with the selected candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Carmine M. DiMascio, Florian Pinel, Timothy P. Winkler
  • Levoglucosan-based flame retardant compounds
    Patent number: 10597584
    Abstract: A levoglucosan-based flame retardant compound, a process for forming a flame retardant polymer, and an article of manufacture comprising a material that contains a levoglucosan-based flame retardant polymer are disclosed. The levoglucosan-based flame retardant compound has phosphorus-based flame retardant functional groups. The process for forming the flame retardant polymer includes providing a phosphorus-based flame retardant molecule, providing levoglucosan, chemically reacting the phosphorus-based flame retardant molecule and the levoglucosan derivative to form a levoglucosan-based flame retardant compound, and incorporating the levoglucosan-based flame retardant compound into a polymer to form the levoglucosan-based flame retardant polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Scott B. King, Brandon M. Kobilka, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz
  • Disinfectant dispenser
    Patent number: D878803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: TRISTEL PLC
    Inventor: Jeremy Turner
  • Air purifier with humidifier
    Patent number: D879273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Po Wen Shih
  • Dehumidifier
    Patent number: D879275
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: IRIS OHYAMA INC.
    Inventor: Kazunori Mano
  • Towel dispenser
    Patent number: D878080
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: San Jamar, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Young, Tou Yia Thao, Fusu Thao
  • Bathroom accessories receptacle
    Patent number: D878083
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Ruben Dario Reyes
  • Trimmer stand
    Patent number: D878085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Andis Company
    Inventor: Edwin A. Werner
  • Lavatory cleaning device and dispensing stand
    Patent number: D878092
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: RECKITT BENCKISER LLC
    Inventor: Sophie Laude
  • Door mirror with organizer
    Patent number: D878111
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Chuan Song
  • Header ornament
    Patent number: D878241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Auto-Antlers, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony B. Stephenson
  • Injector device
    Patent number: D878555
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Williams Farris, Samuel Dauphinais, Brian Costello, Raymond Protasiewicz
  • Autoinjector with removable cap
    Patent number: D878560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Margaux Frances Boyaval, Sigrid Moeslinger, Masamichi Udagawa
  • Drug delivery implement
    Patent number: D878564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MedImmune, LLC.
    Inventors: Corbin Zean Clawson, Roger Wongjung Liu, Janardhanan Anand Subramony
  • Aerosolizer
    Patent number: D878565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SENSORY CLOUD
    Inventors: David A. Edwards, Rachel Diane Field, Thomas E. Devlin