Patents Examined by Michael Collins
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Patent number: 12685329Abstract: A method of preparing personalized supplement packages for a subject involves identifying one or a plurality of suboptimal wellness categories in the subject, rank ordering ingredients in terms of their utility score to the suboptimal conditions, and filling a total package amount with target doses of ingredients added in rank order until the total package amount is filled.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2024Date of Patent: July 21, 2026Assignee: Viome Life Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Alla Perlina, Tiep Ba Le, Grant Antoine, Guru Banavar, Hilary Keiser, Eric Patridge
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Patent number: 12678755Abstract: An automatic chemical solution formulating device combines and mixes stored solids and liquids into user specified formulations and dispenses those formulations into containers. Chemical solids are stored in cartridges of material separated into predetermined dosages (for example in reeled blister packs), avoiding the need for weighing during formulation. Elements include user interface, computer-controlled automated loading and unloading port for reagent-containing cartridges, cartridge conveyor system, reader for identifying cartridges, blister-pack strip drive system, punching mechanism to release reagents, portioning chamber to mix solvent with solids or liquids with optional portioning, accommodating formulation delivery port, position sensors, liquid flow measuring devices, liquid and gas pumps and valves, and label printer. The combination of these elements allows high-speed formulation and dispensing of user-specified formulations.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2023Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Inventor: Andrew A Papp
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Patent number: 12682336Abstract: Systems and methods for streamlined vehicle fueling and payment are provided. In an example, the present disclosure is directed to an automated, seamless payment system for use at a gas station or convenience store. In particular, the application is related to a payment system for use at a pay at pump arrangement that does not require the user to provide a specific payment method at the time of the gas pump use.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.Inventors: Karl Magnus Tägtström, Claudio Cardoso Saiki
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Patent number: 12673704Abstract: A system for controlling movers in a linear drive system includes a plurality of movers and a track providing segments along which the movers may travel and holding driver coils and a segment controller controlling the driver coils. Some of the segments having switches forming branches between segments. A central controller communicates operates with the segment controllers to route the movers along the track by distributing routing decisions for a given mover to a segment controller for a track on which a given mover is currently traveling.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2022Date of Patent: July 7, 2026Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yuhong Huang, Brian M. Perreault, Peter Eric Malkowski, Jatin P. Bhatt
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Patent number: 12662310Abstract: A storage container assembly includes a storage container, a delivery container, and a holder. The storage container includes a base and four walls extending up from edges of the base, thereby defining a top opening of the storage container. The delivery container includes a base and four walls extending up from edges of the base. The holder for the delivery container is telescopically retained within the storage container and extendable from the opening of the storage container. The holder has a side-access opening, which is revealed on extension of the holder from the storage container. The delivery container can be guided into and out from the side-access opening of the holder and the delivery container can be slidably retained within the holder for storage within the storage container.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignee: AutoStore Technology ASInventor: Jørgen Djuve Heggebø
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Patent number: 12654937Abstract: An access station for a storage system includes at least one container holder arranged to rotate about an axis of rotation. The axis of rotation is inclined at a first angle relative to a vertical. The container holder is arranged to accommodate a storage container and is configured such that a centreline of the storage container when supported by the container holder is inclined at a second angle relative to the axis of rotation. The container holder may rotate between a first position, where the centreline of an accommodated storage container is vertical, and a second position being opposite the first position relative to the axis of rotation. The centreline of an accommodated storage container is inclined at a third angle relative to the vertical. The third angle is equal to the sum of the first angle and the second angle.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: AutoStore Technology ASInventor: Amund Skålerud
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Patent number: 12654897Abstract: An apparatus and a method for the automated management of the assembly of a machine for processing and/or packaging pharmaceutical products inside an insulated processing chamber, with controlled atmosphere and delimited by walls, at least one of which is provided with at least one access aperture which can be selectively closed by a primary closing unit. The apparatus includes a transport container able to contain one or more assemblable elements which are introduced into or removed from the processing chamber, and which is associated with the access aperture from the outside of the chamber provided with a secondary closing unit able to cooperate with the primary closing unit so that they can be opened to put the inside of the transport container in communication with the inside of the chamber. The apparatus also includes a handling device and a work tool configured to alternately grip or release the assemblable elements.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.Inventor: Gabriele Gabusi
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Patent number: 12649619Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for a Pill Packet Dispenser with a clamshell container.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2024Date of Patent: June 9, 2026Assignee: Ok Capsule, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Brandeis, Noah Austin, Pepin Sebastian Gelardi, Jesse Klein, Henry Ripley
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Patent number: 12638322Abstract: The present application relates to a device for dispensing a determined weight of a cosmetic product into a receptacle from a reservoir, the device comprising at least one electromechanical member capable of moving an amount of cosmetic product from said reservoir installed in the device to a dispensing zone of said device where said amount of product may be transferred through a nozzle into the interior of the receptacle received in said dispensing zone, the device comprising a controller configured to deliver a control signal to the electromechanical member according to an error with respect to a setpoint corresponding to the determined weight of cosmetic product to be delivered, said error being determined on the basis of a weighing datum obtained by at least one weighing cell for the reservoir installed in the receiving zone, the device being characterized in that the controller is a reinforcement-learning controller.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Robin Kips, Vincent Marchal, Thibault Chauffier, Jean-Christophe Bichon, Loïc Cardon, Claire Crochet
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Patent number: 12630413Abstract: A system determines an interaction period during which a fuel dispensing operation is performed at a fuel dispensing terminal. The system determines a measured volume per unit time parameter associated with fuel dispensed from the fuel dispensing terminal by dividing the determined volume for fuel by the interaction period. The system compares the measured volume per unit time parameter with a threshold volume per unit time parameter. In response to determining that the measured volume per unit time parameter is less than the threshold volume per unit time parameter, the system retrieves a video feed that shows the fuel dispensing terminal during the fuel dispensing operation. The system creates a file for the fuel dispensing operation. The system stores the video feed in the created file.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: 7-Eleven, Inc.Inventors: Boonchai Matthew Ragan, Sravan Kumar Ayyappa Akula, Joshua Michael Rothenberg, Jake Ylli Hoxha, Deviprasad Mulluru, Srikanth Gandra, Scott Albert, Srikanth Subramanian
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Patent number: 12626800Abstract: The disclosed telemetric control system comprises: at least one activatable member configured to be actuated upon administration of a medication thereby triggering an actuation event of the system that initiates electronic tracking of a medication administration event; a signal transmitter operatively coupled to the at least one activatable member and which is configured to transmit or receive data signals via at least one wireless network; one or more non-transitory memory devices storing control logic customized to the identifier data associated with the electronic health record of the first biological system; and a powering mechanism configured to supply energy to components of the telemetric control system. It is appreciated that actuating the at least one activatable member triggers the signal transmitter to securely transmit encrypted data to a server for substantially real-time monitoring, automated alert generation, and adherence management associated with at least a medication.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2025Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: EyeThena, Inc.Inventors: Richard S. Koplin, Kari Thorstensen, Geoff Scott
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Patent number: 12612243Abstract: A hopper of a pharmaceutical counter comprises a housing defining an interior sized to hold a plurality of pharmaceuticals. The housing defines an outlet in communication with the interior that is sized and shaped to permit the plurality of pharmaceuticals to move therethrough. The hopper also includes a baffle supported by the housing and disposed in the interior. The baffle is disposed between upper and lower ends of the interior. The baffle is arranged to support a portion of the plurality of pharmaceuticals above the baffle when the plurality of pharmaceuticals is held in the interior of the housing. This relieves the head pressure of the pharmaceuticals at the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventor: Robert E. Hoffman
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Patent number: 12615992Abstract: A substrate transport method is employed in a substrate processing system including a plurality of processing chambers, a load lock chamber, a vacuum transport device provided in a vacuum transport chamber connecting the load lock chamber and the plurality of processing chambers and configured to simultaneously transport a plurality of substrates, and an atmospheric transport device provided in an atmospheric transport chamber and configured to transport a substrate from a carrier to the load lock chamber. The substrate transport method includes acquiring in advance a relative positional error for a case where the plurality of substrates are transported from the load lock chamber to the plurality of processing chambers and placed on a stage in the plurality of processing chambers, and placing the plurality of substrates on a stage in the load lock chamber, based on a transport path of the plurality of substrates and the relative positional error.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Kiyoshi Suzuki, Hiroshi Hirose, Ryota Goto, Koichi Miyashita
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Patent number: 12611280Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for customized medical kit assembly and inventory management are disclosed. A method may include receiving, from a user device, an input associated with a selection of a set of medical devices for a medical kit. The set of medical devices may be dispensed from a storage location in response to receiving the input. The set of medical devices dispensed from the storage location may be packaged at a packaging location to form the medical kit. The medical kit may be dispensed from a fulfillment location.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Manish Kumar, Ajay Suryavanshi, Shishir Prasad
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Patent number: 12612236Abstract: A dispenser apparatus may include a housing and a delivering structure at least partially enclosed by the housing. The dispenser apparatus may dispense desired sizes or pieces of tablets, pills candy, mints, chewing gum or the like. The dispenser apparatus is refillable when a cover or lid is open. The dispenser has an adjust apparatus which is used to change a carrying holder dimension and the control apparatus of the adjust apparatus hiding in the dispenser in a stowed configuration and showed out of the dispenser in a dispensing configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: Enjovo Corp.Inventor: Yang Li
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Patent number: 12612300Abstract: In one aspect, data characterizing a session during which fuel is to be dispensed from a fuel dispenser can be received from the fuel dispenser and by a client device of a user of the fuel dispenser. A fuel dispensing parameter characterizing an operational parameter of the fuel dispenser can be received at a field of a graphical interface displayed on the client device. A token characterizing a credential associated with the user for initializing the dispensing of the fuel during the session can be determined. An initialization of the dispensing of the fuel from the fuel dispenser can be authorized based on the determined token and the received fuel dispensing parameter.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems LLCInventors: Henry Fieglein, Rohith Chinnaswamy, John Joseph Morris
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Patent number: 12604968Abstract: A portable custom cosmetic pigment dispenser creates a cosmetic pigment mixture that closely matches a person's skin color. The device is constructed with a color sensor at one end that scans the skin and records color values in a color space. A processor converts the color values into a colorspace. In one example, a user is presented with a sample of the color as determined by the processor and has an opportunity to accept or modify the color. Specific quantities of colored pigment are selected based on the corresponding weightings in the color space.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: BoldHue, Inc.Inventor: Karin Layton
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Patent number: 12592134Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for tool activation and display cabinet locking. In one aspect, a method for activating a product is performed at the product. The product includes a power supply, a controller, a persistent memory coupled to the controller, and a radio module. The product is configured to be operable in a plurality of states, and a state of the product is in an inactivated state. The method includes receiving via the radio module an activation message and an authorization token. The method includes attempting to validate the authorization token based on a preset authorization information and the state of the product. The method includes, (i) when the validation is not successful, rejecting the activation message without changing the state of the product; and (ii) when the validation is successful, changing the state of the product from the inactivated state to an activated state.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2025Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: PayRange LLCInventor: Paresh K. Patel
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Patent number: 12589464Abstract: A pusher that holds a substrate includes: a pusher body, and a plurality of seating members that is attached to the pusher body and on which a substrate is seated. Each of the plurality of seating members includes: a pedestal member including a seating portion on which the substrate is seated and a magnet disposed at a position different from the seating portion, and supported by the pusher body such that the position of the magnet is moved according to seating or leaving of the substrate; a seating sensor configured to detect movement of the magnet; and a magnetic member disposed to shield a portion between a movable region of the magnet and the seating sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniaki Yamaguchi, Kentaro Asano, Dai Yoshinari
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Patent number: 12583688Abstract: According to an embodiment, an article conveyance sorting apparatus includes a distributing section, a first conveyance section, a second conveyance section, and a conveyance sorting section. The distributing section distributes an article in a first direction or a second direction based on a first distribution control signal or a second distribution control signal corresponding to a distinguishing result of the article distinguished based on article information. The first conveyance section receives the article distributed in the first direction. The second conveyance section receives the article distributed in the second direction. The conveyance sorting section sorts each of articles conveyed by the plurality of trays to a designated sorting destination.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2022Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Masataka Sato, Takashi Aoki