Patents by Inventor Aaron Miller

Aaron Miller 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).

  • Patent number: 10760161
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a liner assembly including an inject insert. The inject insert enables tenability of flow parameters, such as velocity, density, direction and spatial location, across a substrate being processed. The processing gas across the substrate being processed may be specially tailored for individual processes with a liner assembly according to embodiment of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shu-Kwan Lau, Mehmet Tugrul Samir, Aaron Miller
  • Publication number: 20200255943
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for processing a substrate including an injector unit insert with a plurality of flow paths leading to a first plenum, each of the flow paths providing one or more of substantially the same residence time, length and/or conductance. Injector units including the injector unit inserts have increased flow uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Miller, Kallol Bera
  • Publication number: 20200131508
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of joining three or more double-stranded (ds) or single-stranded (ss) DNA molecules of interest in vitro or in vivo. The method allows the joining of a large number of DNA fragments, in a deterministic fashion. It can be used to rapidly generate nucleic acid libraries that can be subsequently used in a variety of applications that include, for example, genome editing and pathway assembly. Kits for performing the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Erik Jedediah Dean, Kedar Patel, Aaron Miller, Kunal Mehta, Philip Weyman
  • Patent number: 10633741
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for processing a substrate including an injector unit insert with a plurality of flow paths leading to a first plenum, each of the flow paths providing one or more of substantially the same residence time, length and/or conductance. Injector units including the injector unit inserts have increased flow uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Miller, Kallol Bera
  • Patent number: 10591481
    Abstract: Methods of measuring the activity of Factor D, the key driver in the activation of the alternative complement pathway, methods of determining the potency of Factor D inhibitors, and methods of screening for Factor D inhibitors are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda Orren, Aaron Miller, Xiaoqing Jia, Pin Yee Wong
  • Publication number: 20200056191
    Abstract: The disclosure describes methods, compositions, and kits for high throughput DNA assembly reactions in vitro. The disclosure further describes modular CRISPR DNA constructs comprising modular insert DNA parts flanked by cloning tag segments comprising pre-validated CRISPR protospacer/protospacer adjacent motif sequence combinations. High throughput methods of CRISPRi and CRISPRa are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Chaikind, Hendrik M. Van Rossum, Aaron Miller, Paul Perkovich, Shawn Szyjka, Kedar Patel
  • Publication number: 20200053836
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure provide an adapter for use in a processing chamber. In one implementation, the adapter comprises a hollow body having a first end and a second end opposing the first end, a first block and a second block symmetrically disposed within the hollow body about a longitudinal axis of the body, wherein the first block and the second block define a central opening therebetween, and a retention device disposed in contact with the first and second blocks to confine the movement of the first and second blocks with respect to the hollow body. The central opening is sized so that the first block and the second block provide direct contact with a press seal of the lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph M. RANISH, Aaron MILLER, Oleg V. SEREBRYANOV
  • Patent number: 10559150
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for detecting that a potential renter of a property is being fraudulently impersonated by a third party during electronic communications with an owner or lessor of the property. Data representing an exchange of electronic messages between an inquirer and a responder are obtained, and may be anonymized to prevent the parties from learning one another's identity prior to completing the transaction. The data may be compared to historical inquiries sent by the inquirer, historical inquiries received by the recipient, or other content of the electronic messages to determine a degree of risk that the inquirer's account has been compromised or is otherwise being fraudulently represented. The degree of risk may be communicated to the recipient, and may be acted upon by, e.g., blocking messages from an inquirer whose degree of risk exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: HomeAway.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Monette, Aaron Miller, Jeffrey A. Bloom
  • Patent number: 10431208
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for optimizing the presentation of content through obtaining viewership metrics, generating multiple renditions of presentations of content, and selecting optimized renditions of content. One aspect includes associating a request for viewership metrics with a presentation of content, publishing the presentation of content, and receiving information of the viewership metrics associated with the presentation. Another aspect includes copying a presentation of a content item, creating a second presentation of the content item for publishing over one or more channels, and linking the presentation of the content item to the second presentation of the content item, such that a change to one propagates to the other of the presentation of the content item or the second presentation of the content item. In yet another aspect, a content rendition may be selected for presentation based on performance of the rendition out of multiple renditions in an auction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
  • Patent number: 10384831
    Abstract: A container assembly including a primary container and a secondary container removably attached to the primary container. The primary container includes a top, a bottom and a side. The side includes a recess in which the secondary container is located when attached to the primary container. The recess is defined by two side walls extending laterally from a rear wall of the recess toward an outer surface of the side wall. The secondary container includes a top, a bottom and a side. The secondary container is attached to the primary container through a set of securing attachments, each including a protrusion and mating indentation. At least one of the walls of the primary container and the side of the secondary container includes the set of protrusions, and the other of the walls of the primary container and the side of the secondary container includes the set of mating indentations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Venus Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Van Vlahakis, Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, Jenna Arkin, Aaron Miller, Liz Barrett, Jason Rowe, Scott Fisher
  • Patent number: 10334022
    Abstract: Various embodiments each include at least one of systems, methods, and software to detect possible fuel theft and to provide notification thereof. In a simple embodiment, data from a fuel pump is obtained, either directly or via a fuel pump controller, by a fuel station site controller and stored. The stored data includes a measure of a total amount of fuel dispensed from the fuel pump, such as may be measured by a fuel pump feedstock meter. At a time when the site controller reestablishes data communication with the fuel pump controller after a loss, the site controller receives a fuel pump data update. The updated data is then compared to the stored measure. When there is a mismatch, a possible fuel theft has occurred and an alarm process may be triggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Joel Aaron Miller, Steven Jarrett Giera, Erick Kobres
  • Patent number: 10319174
    Abstract: Systems and methods allowing for a customer to initiate a fuel purchase transaction utilizing a mobile device are described. The customer may further be presented with advertisements on his mobile device and/or be provided with the opportunity to purchase additional items for inclusion on his fuel transaction. In some embodiments, the customer may pay for his transaction using mobile wallet information or other information associated with the mobile device. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the customer may pay for his transaction using input means of the fuel pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Joel Aaron Miller, Michael Cain Finley, Steven J. Giera
  • Patent number: 10304270
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software and systems, wired and wireless network communications, and wearable computing devices for establishing a secure, closed-loop communication channel for authorizing access to rental properties. More specifically, a system, a device and a method are configured to facilitate authorization via secure communications between an inquiring entity and a responding entity to access a rental property. In one or more embodiments, a method can include establishing a data arrangement representing a messaging dialog between an inquirer and a responder. The messaging dialog may include data representing exchange of electronic messages. Further, the method may include suppressing transmission of the identity data of the inquirer and the responder during the exchange of the electronic messages to form secured messages, and generating anonymized transaction data representing authorization to access the rental property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: HomeAway.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Monette, Aaron Miller, Jeffrey A. Bloom
  • Publication number: 20190139354
    Abstract: Systems and methods allowing for a customer to initiate a fuel purchase transaction utilizing a mobile device are described. The customer may further be presented with advertisements on his mobile device and/or be provided with the opportunity to purchase additional items for inclusion on his fuel transaction. In some embodiments, the customer may pay for his transaction using mobile wallet information or other information associated with the mobile device. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the customer may pay for his transaction using input means of the fuel pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Joel Aaron Miller, Michael Cain Finley, Steven J. Giera
  • Publication number: 20190122659
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for placing secondary content into a break of unknown duration in a stream of primary content. In one aspect, the described techniques may include streaming a segment of primary content, for example, by a reduce capability client device, such as a mobile device or tablet. The device may receive information indicative of a break in the streaming of the primary content. The device may play secondary content based on receiving the information indicative of the break. The device may determine when a next segment of the primary content is available, and begin streaming the next segment of the primary content upon detecting that the second segment of the primary content is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
  • Patent number: 10271383
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure provide an adapter for use in a processing chamber. In one implementation, the adapter comprises a hollow body having a first end and a second end opposing the first end, a first block and a second block symmetrically disposed within the hollow body about a longitudinal axis of the body, wherein the first block and the second block define a central opening therebetween, and a retention device disposed in contact with the first and second blocks to confine the movement of the first and second blocks with respect to the hollow body. The central opening is sized so that the first block and the second block provide direct contact with a press seal of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Ranish, Aaron Miller, Oleg V. Serebryanov
  • Publication number: 20190108835
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for distributing syndicated content or content with one or more distribution restrictions. In one aspect, a method may include assigning a unique ID to a plurality of content items, where the unique ID of at least one of the content items is associated with one or more property distribution restrictions. The method may further include streaming in a video stream the content items to at least two properties and monitoring the unique IDs of the plurality of content items streamed in the video stream to detect least one content item associated with the one or more property distribution restrictions. The distribution of the least one content item associated with the one or more property distribution restrictions may be blocked from the one or more properties concurrently with streaming the video stream, based on the one or more property distribution restrictions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
  • Patent number: 10224028
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for placing secondary content into a break of unknown duration in a stream of primary content. In one aspect, the described techniques may include streaming a segment of primary content, for example, by a reduce capability client device, such as a mobile device or tablet. The device may receive information indicative of a break in the streaming of the primary content. The device may play secondary content based on receiving the information indicative of the break. The device may determine when a next segment of the primary content is available, and begin streaming the next segment of the primary content upon detecting that the second segment of the primary content is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
  • Patent number: D843768
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: John Aaron Miller, Gregory D. Roland
  • Patent number: D868524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: John Aaron Miller, Gregory D. Roland