Patents by Inventor Alan Murray

Alan Murray 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: 12099890
    Abstract: An interrogation device and/or system includes a body and an antenna, the body has an aperture or elongated receiver with an opening and an internal perimeter or inner wall sized and/or shaped to receive a portion of a container therein, either with or without a cap of the container. The container may, for example, be used to store biological specimens a cryogenic temperatures. One or more alignment features of the body align wireless transponders (e.g., RFID transponders) of tagged specimen containers and/or carriers with the antenna to enhance interrogation. Alignment may be along a longitudinal or Z-axis, and/or alignment in an XY plane, perpendicular to the Z-axis. Shielding may reduce or even eliminate cross-talk with neighboring wireless tagged specimen containers and/or carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: TMRW Life Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Bixon, Alan Murray, Chengxi Li
  • Patent number: 12045863
    Abstract: Content management systems, methods, and media using an application level firewall are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Integral Ad Science, Inc.
    Inventors: David Luttrell, Jr., Alan Murray, Christopher L Chapman
  • Patent number: 12017227
    Abstract: A specimen holder includes a body, a sleeve, and a wireless transponder. The body has distal and proximal portions, the distal portion including a surface that carries a specimen upon engagement of the body with the specimen, and the proximal portion including a first pair of parallel surfaces. The sleeve has distal and proximal portions, a side wall, and an internal cavity at least partially enclosed by the side wall. The distal portion of the sleeve includes a second pair of parallel surfaces. The wireless transponder is sized to be positioned within the internal cavity of the sleeve. The sleeve is attachable to the body by capturing one of the first and second pairs of parallel surfaces between the other of the first and second pairs of parallel surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: TMRW Life Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Bixon, Chengxi Li, Alan Murray
  • Patent number: 12020293
    Abstract: Content management systems, methods, and media using an application level firewall are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Integral Ad Science, Inc.
    Inventors: David Luttrell, Jr., Alan Murray, Christopher L Chapman
  • Patent number: 11995690
    Abstract: Content management systems, methods, and media using an application level firewall are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Integral Ad Science, Inc.
    Inventors: David Luttrell, Jr., Alan Murray, Christopher L Chapman
  • Publication number: 20240140059
    Abstract: A machine vision system is directed toward a tire building drum in a tire building machine. The machine vision system produces a three dimensional image of a green rubber tread applied to the tire building drum. A center of the green rubber tread is identified in the three dimensional image by performing at least one convolution with at least one profile trace of the green rubber tread and a predefined tread profile. A difference is identified between the center of the green rubber tread and a center of the tire building drum. The difference is used as a tread position feedback error to position an application of a next green rubber tread onto the tire building drum from a tread conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Murray, Luis Antonio Cabrera, David Lee Bair, Cristian Andre Mora Azocar, Qina Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240120040
    Abstract: A biological specimen of a subject is handled and tracked for a procedure involving that specimen. Prior to initiation of the procedure, a first procedure data structure (PDS) is generated. The first PDS binds an identifier corresponding to the subject with an indicator of a procedure to be performed on the specimen and identifiers of a specimen container and a specimen holder that physically contacts the biological specimen, as well as a scheduled time for the procedure. A schedule of a plurality of PDSs including the first PDS, is displayed on a display device of a graphical user interface. Following initiation of the procedure, the first PDS is updated based on user input, and after the procedure, at least a portion of the first PDS, as updated, is stored in a database in conjunction with other PDSs respectively associated with other completed procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Bixon, Kathryn Go, Amit Gupta, Benjamin Harlow, Alan Murray, Tim Sharp
  • Patent number: 11817187
    Abstract: A biological specimen of a subject is handled and tracked for a procedure involving that specimen. Prior to initiation of the procedure, a first procedure data structure (PDS) is generated. The first PDS binds an identifier corresponding to the subject with an indicator of a procedure to be performed on the specimen and identifiers of a specimen container and a specimen holder that physically contacts the biological specimen, as well as a scheduled time for the procedure. A schedule of a plurality of PDSs including the first PDS, is displayed on a display device of a graphical user interface. Following initiation of the procedure, the first PDS is updated based on user input, and after the procedure, at least a portion of the first PDS, as updated, is stored in a database in conjunction with other PDSs respectively associated with other completed procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TMRW Life Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Bixon, Kathryn Go, Amit Gupta, Benjamin Harlow, Alan Murray, Tim Sharp
  • Publication number: 20220327573
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for review content traffic are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, a method, implemented on a processor, for reviewing advertisement placement on webpages is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: David Brett Hahn, Alan Murray
  • Publication number: 20220184625
    Abstract: A specimen holder includes a body, a sleeve, and a wireless transponder. The body has distal and proximal portions, the distal portion including a surface that carries a specimen upon engagement of the body with the specimen, and the proximal portion including a first pair of parallel surfaces. The sleeve has distal and proximal portions, a side wall, and an internal cavity at least partially enclosed by the side wall. The distal portion of the sleeve includes a second pair of parallel surfaces. The wireless transponder is sized to be positioned within the internal cavity of the sleeve. The sleeve is attachable to the body by capturing one of the first and second pairs of parallel surfaces between the other of the first and second pairs of parallel surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Bixon, Chengxi Li, Alan Murray
  • Publication number: 20220108146
    Abstract: An interrogation device and/or system includes a body and an antenna, the body has an aperture or elongated receiver with an opening and an internal perimeter or inner wall sized and/or shaped to receive a portion of a container therein, either with or without a cap of the container. The container may, for example, be used to store biological specimens a cryogenic temperatures. One or more alignment features of the body align wireless transponders (e.g., RFID transponders) of tagged specimen containers and/or carriers with the antenna to enhance interrogation. Alignment may be along a longitudinal or Z-axis, and/or alignment in an XY plane, perpendicular to the Z-axis. Shielding may reduce or even eliminate cross-talk with neighboring wireless tagged specimen containers and/or carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Bixon, Alan Murray, Chengxi Li
  • Publication number: 20210358578
    Abstract: A biological specimen of a subject is handled and tracked for a procedure involving that specimen. Prior to initiation of the procedure, a first procedure data structure (PDS) is generated. The first PDS binds an identifier corresponding to the subject with an indicator of a procedure to be performed on the specimen and identifiers of a specimen container and a specimen holder that physically contacts the biological specimen, as well as a scheduled time for the procedure. A schedule of a plurality of PDSs including the first PDS, is displayed on a display device of a graphical user interface. Following initiation of the procedure, the first PDS is updated based on user input, and after the procedure, at least a portion of the first PDS, as updated, is stored in a database in conjunction with other PDSs respectively associated with other completed procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: TMRW Life Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Bixon, Kathryn Go, Amit Gupta, Benjamin Harlow, Alan Murray, Tim Sharp
  • Patent number: 10960090
    Abstract: A general illumination lighting system and/or at least one targeted surface illumination lighting system. The general illumination lighting system including a general illuminating light source configured to generate light toward one or more surfaces or materials to inactivate one or more pathogens on the one or more surfaces or materials. The at least one targeted surface illumination lighting system including one or more targeted surface illuminating light sources that are integrated into or coupled to a plurality of devices, equipment, or fixtures. The one or more targeted surface illuminating light sources configured to generate targeted light toward one or more surfaces of the devices, equipment, or fixtures to inactivate one or more pathogens on the one or more surfaces. The light from the general illuminating light source and the one or more targeted surface illuminating light source including an inactivating portion having wavelengths in a range of 280 to 380 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Clynne, Gary Robert Allen, Kevin Jeffrey Benner, Kevin James Vick, Erik Leeming Kvam, Jonathan Alan Murray
  • Patent number: 10578251
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a sealing system for a dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) system. In one embodiment, a system comprises: a reservoir including an inlet opening; an outer tube; and a tapered seal shaped to seal against the inlet opening and the outer tube, the tapered seal including: a first section removably coupleable to a second section; a through-hole formed by a first plurality of inner surfaces of both the first section and the second section, the through-hole shaped to encircle the outer tube; and a vacuum channel extending through, from an outer surface to an inner surface of the first plurality of inner surfaces, one of the first section and second section. In this way, the tapered seal may be coupled around the fluid passage without inserting a tip of the fluid passage through the through-hole of the tapered seal, thereby maintaining a sterility of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Healthcare
    Inventors: Ernst Wolfgang Stautner, Jonathan Alan Murray, Patrick Lively Padgett
  • Publication number: 20190351837
    Abstract: A receiver to be received in a tubular hitch with leaf springs mounted cantileverly to the inside thereof to bias locking buttons out through locking bores to releasably lock to the hitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: Alan Murray
  • Publication number: 20190351720
    Abstract: Channel shaped receiver with side walls formed with through bores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: Alan Murray
  • Patent number: 10481222
    Abstract: A cooling system is provided. The cooling system is associated with a dynamic nuclear polarization system and configured to cool a sample to a temperature suitable for dynamic nuclear polarization to be carried out on the sample while the sample is in the cooling system. The cooling system includes a cryogenic chamber that includes a cryogenic fluid. The cooling system also includes a removable sample sleeve insertable within a portion of the cryogenic chamber. The removable sample sleeve is configured to define a sample path for the sample within the cryogenic chamber that is isolated from other parts of the cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ernst Wolfgang Stautner, Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen, Patrick L. Padgett, Jonathan Alan Murray, Rui Chen, James Richard Trigger, Arnaud Comment, Albert Po-Fu Chen
  • Publication number: 20190325567
    Abstract: A method for dynamically tailoring on image operation based on tonal profile features of an input image includes a step of identifying tonal profile features of the input image; determining a transfer function for performing the image operation, the determined transfer function based on the tonal profile features and transfer function parameters determined from a set of training images subjected to the image operation; and performing the image operation according to the determined transfer function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventor: Alan Murray JONES
  • Patent number: D963194
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TMRW Life Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Bixon, Cynthia Hudson, Alan Murray
  • Patent number: D1002868
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TMRW Life Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Bixon, Cynthia Hudson, Alan Murray