Patents by Inventor A. Thomas

A. Thomas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200005147
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for augmenting neural networks with an external memory. One of the methods includes providing an output derived from the neural network output for the time step as a system output for the time step; maintaining a current state of the external memory; determining, from the neural network output for the time step, memory state parameters for the time step; updating the current state of the external memory using the memory state parameters for the time step; reading data from the external memory in accordance with the updated state of the external memory; and combining the data read from the external memory with a system input for the next time step to generate the neural network input for the next time step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Edward Thomas Grefenstette, Karl Moritz Hermann, Mustafa Suleyman, Philip Blunsom
  • Publication number: 20200002405
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising arenavirus monoclonal antibodies, as well as therapeutic, diagnostic, and preventative methods using the novel antibodies. Preventative methods include preparation of vaccines, as well as factors (e.g. small molecules, peptides) that inhibit Old World arenavirus infectivity, including LASV and LCMV. In some embodiments, the antibodies provide pan-arenavirus protection against a number of arenavirus types and strains. Diagnostic and therapeutic antibodies including neutralizing antibodies for the prevention and treatment of infection by LASV and other arenaviruses are also disclosed, as well as new tools and methods for the design, production, and use of arenavirus monoclonal antibodies, including expression in engineered bacterial- and mammalian-based systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Luis M. BRANCO, Robert F. GARRY, James E. ROBINSON, Erica O. SAPHIRE, Kathryn M. HASTIE, Thomas W. GEISBERT
  • Publication number: 20200002448
    Abstract: Amorphous propylene-ethylene copolymers are described herein that can include high amounts of ethylene and exhibit desirable softening points and needle penetrations. The desirable combinations of softening points and needle penetrations in these propylene-ethylene copolymers allow them to have a broad operating window. Due their broad operating window, the propylene-ethylene copolymers can be utilized in a wide array of applications and products, including hot melt adhesives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Terri Roxanne Carvagno, Michelle C. Kueppers, Thomas H. Quinn
  • Publication number: 20200002716
    Abstract: The invention refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated Alopecurus PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants. The present invention further refers to a method for controlling weeds at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated Alopecurus PPO enzyme which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
  • Publication number: 20200002989
    Abstract: A pivotable corner element for a radiation protection wall comprises at least one hinge defining a pivot axis and two side elements connected via the at least one hinge, wherein the side elements can be pivoted relative to one another around the pivot axis. Upon pivoting of the side elements, an intermediate space between the side elements results depending on a respective pivot position. The corner element has at least one blind arranged in the intermediate space, wherein the at least one blind is displaceable relative to the side elements in a way that the at least one blind at least partially covers the intermediate space independently from the respective pivot position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Klaus BESCHERER-NACHTMANN, Thomas FRÖHLICH
  • Publication number: 20200005397
    Abstract: An inventory modification device includes memory, an inventory modification module, and operation modules. The memory stores limit tables and inventory operational data. The inventory modification module selects an inventory item to modify, a limit table regarding the inventory item, an operational module based on an entry in the limit table, and evaluation data. A specific task execution module of the selected operation module executes a specific task on inventory operational data of the inventory item to produce a modified inventory item when an evaluation data filter of the selected operation module indicates that analysis of the evaluation data is favorable for modification of the inventory item via the specific task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: ImageWorks Interactive
    Inventors: Thomas W. Becker, John Moran, Mike Barrett, Gary W. Grube, Timothy W. Markison
  • Publication number: 20200002524
    Abstract: Maleate polyester polyols and coatings made from the polyols are disclosed. The polyester polyols comprise recurring units of (a) a digested thermoplastic polyester or an aromatic dicarboxylate source; (b) a diol; (c) 5 to 95 mole % of an ?,?-unsaturated monomer; and (d) 5 to 95 mole % of adipic acid, succinic acid, or a mixture thereof, where the mole % ranges for (c) and (d) are based on the combined molar amounts of (c) and (d). The polyols have hydroxyl numbers within the range of 25 to 450 mg KOH/g, an average of 0.5 to 2.5 reactive unsaturation sites per molecule, and a viscosity less than 1500 cP at 75° C. The polyols are thermally curable or energy-curable. Coatings made from the maleate polyester polyols are also described. Traditional coatings based on polyisocyanates and/or (meth)acrylates can be made, in some cases with improved properties and reduced reliance on the acrylate or isocyanate-based components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas Brown, Michelle Samson, Gary Spilman, Rick Tabor, Kevin Anthony Rogers
  • Publication number: 20200007743
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a camera array comprising camera modules, the camera modules comprising a master camera that includes a processor, a memory, a sensor, a lens, a status indicator, and a switch, the switch configured to instruct each of the camera modules to initiate a start operation to start recording video data using the lens and the sensor in the other camera modules and the switch configured to instruct each of the camera modules to initiate a stop operation to stop recording, the status indicator configured to indicate a status of at least one of the camera modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Arthur van Hoff, Thomas M. Annau, Jens Christensen, Koji Gardiner
  • Publication number: 20200006293
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include an electronics package comprising stacked dies. In an embodiment, the electronics package comprises a first die that includes a plurality of first conductive interconnects extending out from a first surface of the first die. In an embodiment, the first die further comprises a keep out zone. In an embodiment, the electronic package may also comprise a second die. In an embodiment, the second die is positioned entirely within a perimeter of the keep out zone of the first die. In an embodiment, a first surface of the second die faces the first surface of the first die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Robert SANKMAN, Sanka GANESAN, Bernd WAIDHAS, Thomas WAGNER, Lizabeth KESER
  • Publication number: 20200003949
    Abstract: Provided is a cladded single crystal sapphire optical device (e.g., a s sapphire optical fiber or wafer). In one embodiment, the innovation provides a method for forming a cladding in a single crystal sapphire optical device by reactor irradiation. The reactor irradiation creates ions external to the optical device that enter the optical device, displace atoms in the optical device, and are implanted in the optical device, thus modifying the index of refraction of the optical device near the surface of the optical device and creating a cladding in the sapphire optical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Elder Blue, Brandon Augustus Wilson
  • Publication number: 20200001031
    Abstract: A method for increasing adherence of a patient to a therapy provided by a pressure support device includes: collecting data regarding a number of attributes of the patient along with time information thereof; determining the occurrence of a sleep-related event from the data; determining a condition of the pressure support device; and providing an indication to the patient responsive to determining the occurrence and determining the condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: JONATHAN SAYER GRASHOW, GREGORY DELANO MATTHEWS, MICHAEL THOMAS KANE, BENJAMIN IRWIN SHELLY
  • Publication number: 20200001126
    Abstract: A fire protection sprinkler system includes at least two horizontal barriers, each covering two adjacent racks and a vertical flue space between the racks. The horizontal barriers are provided at a predetermined height, and have a width that is at least equal to a width of the rack, and a depth that is at least equal to a sum of a depth of the two racks and a depth of the vertical flue space. The horizontal barrier is spaced from an adjacent horizontal barrier. The system also includes at least two rack level fire protection sprinklers disposed in the vertical flue space below a horizontal barrier, of the at least two horizontal barriers. The sprinkler have a K-factor of 11.2 gpm/(psi)1/2 or greater, and are vertically spaced from commodities stored on the racks. Each horizontal barrier covers one rack level sprinkler, of the at least two rack level sprinklers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Multer, Oliver Pahila
  • Publication number: 20200000966
    Abstract: The present invention provides muscle-derived progenitor cells that show long-term survival following transplantation into body tissues and which can augment non-soft tissue following introduction (e.g. via injection, transplantation, or implantation) into a site of non-soft tissue (e.g. bone) when combined with a biocompatible matrix, preferably SIS. The invention further provides methods of using compositions comprising muscle-derived progenitor cells with a biocompatible matrix for the augmentation and bulking of mammalian, including human, bone tissues in the treatment of various functional conditions, including osteoporosis, Paget's Disease, osteogenesis imperfecta, bone fracture, osteomalacia, decrease in bone trabecular strength, decrease in bone cortical strength and decrease in bone density with old age.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Arvydas Usas, Karin Payne, Thomas Payne, Ronald Jankowski, Johnny Huard
  • Publication number: 20200005323
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method for processing computer readable electronic files in an investigation in a computer system including a processor coupled to a display and an electronic storage device coupled to the processor. The method includes the processor accessing the electronic files and related data from a data source. The accessed files and related data are culled by the processor based on predetermined filter criteria. The processor stores the remaining files and related data in a third-party data repository and maps a set of electronic files and related data stored in the third-party data repository into a predetermined database schema. The mapped files and related data are analyzed by the processor, which applies a status decision on them. The analyzed electronic files and related data are submitted to a third-party e-discovery processing application based on the applied status decision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: UNITEDLEX CORP.
    Inventors: Christopher David DEPPE, Ryan REEVES, Gerardo HERRERA, John Thomas Gabriel
  • Publication number: 20200002690
    Abstract: The invention relates to variants of a DNA polymerase of the polX family capable of synthesizing a nucleic acid molecule without a template strand, or of a functional fragment of such a polymerase, comprising at least one mutation of a residue in at least one specific position, and to uses of said variants, in particular for the synthesis of nucleic acid molecules comprising 3?-OH modified nucleotides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Ybert, Marc Delarue
  • Publication number: 20200008185
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for tone plans and preambles for extremely high throughput (EHT) in a wireless network are disclosed. An apparatus of an EHT access point (AP) or EHT station (STA), where the apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: encode a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU), the PPDU including a EHT preamble, the EHT preamble including a legacy preamble portion and a EHT preamble portion, the legacy preamble including a legacy short training field (L-SFT), a legacy long-training field (L-LTF), and a legacy signal field (L-SIG), the EHT preamble portion comprising an EHT short signal field (EHT S-SIG), the EHT S-SIG including a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) subfield indicating a MCS of a subsequent data portion. The PPDU may be transmitted on a distributed or contiguous resource unit (RU) allocation. The RU may be configured to not straddle two physical 20 MHz subchannels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Xiaogang Chen, Ilan Sutskover, Qinghua Li, Robert J. Stacey, Thomas J. Kenney, Feng Jiang
  • Publication number: 20200000221
    Abstract: A table assembly comprising a table including a top member and at least a first leg support member, the top member forming a substantially flat top surface and circumscribed by an outer edge, the at least one leg support member supporting the top member in a substantially horizontal position, a table dock secured to the top member and forming an elongated channel having a dock length dimension and at least a first display panel circumscribed by a panel edge and having at least one straight edge having a panel length dimension, the dock length dimension less than panel length dimension, wherein at least a portion of the straight edge of the panel is receivable within the dock channel with the panel extending out the open first and second ends of the channel to support the panel in a substantially upright orientation with at least a portion of the display panel extending to a height above the flat top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: David J. Battey, Sean M. Corcorran, Timothy Elms, Jeffrey Coffey, Duck Young Kong, Brett Robert Kincaid, Mark William Schoolmeester, Elger Oberwelz, Thomas Overthun, Jake Eisner, Cody Jay Holstege, Michael Skibinski
  • Publication number: 20200005328
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method for processing computer readable electronic files in an investigation in a computer system including a processor coupled to a display and an electronic storage device coupled to the processor. The method includes the processor accessing the electronic files and related data from a data source. The accessed files and related data are culled by the processor based on predetermined filter criteria. The processor stores the remaining files and related data in a third-party data repository and maps a set of electronic files and related data stored in the third-party data repository into a predetermined database schema. The mapped files and related data are analyzed by the processor, which applies a status decision on them. The analyzed electronic files and related data are submitted to a third-party e-discovery processing application based on the applied status decision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: UNITEDLEX CORP.
    Inventors: Christopher David DEPPE, Thomas P. Seymour, John Thomas GABRIEL, Baroon ANAND, Ryan REEVES
  • Publication number: 20200003750
    Abstract: A rock sample is subjected to a heating sequence in an inert atmosphere, the effluents resulting from this heating are oxidized, the hydrocarbon-based compounds, the CO, the CO2 and the SO2 released are measured, and a pyrolysis pyritic sulfur content is deduced therefrom. The residue resulting from the heating in an inert atmosphere is then heated in an oxidizing atmosphere and the CO and the CO2 released are measured. The pyritic sulfur content is determined at least from the pyrolysis pyritic sulfur content and from a parameter which is a function of the hydrogen content and of the oxygen content of the organic matter of the sample. It is also possible to determine the organic sulfur content from the pyritic sulfur content and from a measurement of the SO2 during the heating sequence in an oxidizing atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Anabel ABOUSSOU, Violaine LAMOUREUX-VAR, Daniel PILLOT, Isabelle KOWALEWSKI, Bruno GARCIA, Thomas WAGNER, Christian MÄRZ
  • Publication number: 20200000522
    Abstract: A surgical laser system (100) includes a first laser source (140A), a second laser source (140B), a beam combiner (142) and a laser probe (108). The first laser source is configured to output a first laser pulse train (144, 104A) comprising first laser pulses (146). The second laser source is configured to output a second laser pulse train (148, 104B) comprising second laser pulses (150). The beam combiner is configured to combine the first and second laser pulse trains and output a combined laser pulse train (152, 104) comprising the first and second laser pulses. The laser probe is optically coupled to an output of the beam combiner and is configured to discharge the combined laser pulse train. In some embodiments, a surgical laser system includes a laser generator (102), a laser probe (108), a stone analyzer (170), and a controller (122). The laser generator is configured to generate laser energy (104) based on laser energy settings (126). The laser probe is configured to discharge the laser energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Jui Ray CHIA, Rongwei Jason XUAN, Thomas C. HASENBERG, Jian James ZHANG, Steven Yihlih PENG, Danop RAJABHANDHARAKS