Patents by Inventor Alan Thomas

Alan 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).

  • Patent number: 12605526
    Abstract: An intravascular device includes a tube member. The tube member comprises a distal portion and a proximal portion. Each of the distal portion and the proximal portion of the tube member comprises a plurality of cuts circumferentially extending around a longitudinal axis of the tube member. The plurality of cuts of the distal portion of the tube member comprises a first pitch, a first cut length, and a first uncut length, the plurality of cuts of the proximal portion of the tube member comprises a second pitch, a second cut length, and a second uncut length, and the first pitch is less than the second pitch, the first cut length is greater than the second length, and the first uncut length is less than the second uncut length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Deepin Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Schabert, Jiaxu Wang, Alex Kubacki, Alan Thomas
  • Patent number: 12588925
    Abstract: A thrombectomy device includes a coring member configured to disintegrate a thrombus in a vessel into fragments from a proximal side of the thrombus and a catch member configured to be anchored at a distal side of the thrombus to provide embolic protection. The coring member and the catch member are operable independently of each other. Methods of removing a thrombus from a vessel employ a rotating coring device to disintegrate the thrombus into fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Acotec Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Alan Thomas, Jon Schabert, Michael Thai, Tao Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20260026826
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods for using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device lock for use with a thrombectomy system includes a body having a lumen extending therein, a first clamping arm pivotably coupled to the body and a second clamping arm pivotably coupled to the body. Additionally, the first clamping arm may be releasably attached to the second clamping arm to clamp a catheter shaft therebetween, wherein clamping the catheter between the first clamping arm and the second clamping arm maintains the catheter shaft in a substantially linear configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Turovskiy, Roy Leguidleguid, Alan Thomas, Jayson Delos Santos
  • Publication number: 20250381367
    Abstract: An intravascular device includes a tube member. The tube member comprises a distal portion and a proximal portion. Each of the distal portion and the proximal portion of the tube member comprises a plurality of cuts circumferentially extending around a longitudinal axis of the tube member. The plurality of cuts of the distal portion of the tube member comprises a first pitch, a first cut length, and a first uncut length, the plurality of cuts of the proximal portion of the tube member comprises a second pitch, a second cut length, and a second uncut length, and the first pitch is less than the second pitch, the first cut length is greater than the second length, and the first uncut length is less than the second uncut length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2025
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Applicant: Deepin Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Schabert, Jiaxu Wang, Alex Kubacki, Alan Thomas
  • Publication number: 20250378275
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating automation rules based on natural language inputs. In an example, the technology relates to a computer-implemented method for generating automation rules from natural language input. The method includes receiving a natural language input into a communications application for performing an action on communications received by the communications application; providing the natural language input into a trained machine learning model; receiving, as output from the trained machine learning model, a tagged primitive and an identified action from the natural language input; generating an automation rule for performing the action on a subset of communications received by the communications application, the subset of communications corresponding to the tagged primitives; and executing the generated automation rule to perform action on the subset of communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kuleen MEHTA, Matheus Camasmie PAVAN, Alan THOMAS
  • Patent number: 12412039
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating automation rules based on natural language inputs. In an example, the technology relates to a computer-implemented method for generating automation rules from natural language input. The method includes receiving a natural language input into a communications application for performing an action on communications received by the communications application; providing the natural language input into a trained machine learning model; receiving, as output from the trained machine learning model, a tagged primitive and an identified action from the natural language input; generating an automation rule for performing the action on a subset of communications received by the communications application, the subset of communications corresponding to the tagged primitives; and executing the generated automation rule to perform action on the subset of communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kuleen Mehta, Matheus Camasmie Pavan, Alan Thomas
  • Publication number: 20250262411
    Abstract: An intravascular device includes a tube member. The tube member comprises a distal portion and a proximal portion. Each of the distal portion and the proximal portion of the tube member comprises a plurality of cuts circumferentially extending around a longitudinal axis of the tube member. The plurality of cuts of the distal portion of the tube member comprises a first pitch, a first cut length, and a first uncut length, the plurality of cuts of the proximal portion of the tube member comprises a second pitch, a second cut length, and a second uncut length, and the first pitch is less than the second pitch, the first cut length is greater than the second length, and the first uncut length is less than the second uncut length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: Deepin Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Schabert, Jiaxu Wang, Alex Kubacki, Alan Thomas
  • Publication number: 20250262412
    Abstract: A catheter device includes a tube member. The tube member comprises a distal portion and a proximal portion. Each of the distal portion and the proximal portion of the tube member comprises a plurality of cuts circumferentially extending around a longitudinal axis of the tube member. The plurality of cuts of the distal portion of the tube member comprises a first pitch, a first cut length, and a first uncut length, the plurality of cuts of the proximal portion of the tube member comprises a second pitch, a second cut length, and a second uncut length, and the first pitch is less than the second pitch, the first cut length is greater than the second length, and the first uncut length is less than the second uncut length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: Acotec Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Jon Schabert, Jiaxu Wang, Alex Kubacki, Alan Thomas
  • Publication number: 20250075374
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for producing carbon fibers utilizing a salt of an organic cation containing a C?N imine group, and carbon fibers produced by such process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Cytec Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Moskowitz, Thomas Taylor, Amy Tucker, Alan Thomas, Billy Harmon
  • Patent number: 12173430
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for producing carbon fibers utilizing a salt of an organic cation containing C?N imine group, and carbon fibers produced by such process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Cytec Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Moskowitz, Thomas Taylor, Amy Tucker, Alan Thomas, Billy Harmon
  • Publication number: 20240252197
    Abstract: A thrombectomy device includes a coring member configured to disintegrate a thrombus in a vessel into fragments from a proximal side of the thrombus and a catch member configured to be anchored at a distal side of the thrombus to provide embolic protection. The coring member and the catch member are operable independently of each other. Methods of removing a thrombus from a vessel employ a rotating coring device to disintegrate the thrombus into fragments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Acotec Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Alan Thomas, Jon Schabert, Michael Thai, Tao Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20230419041
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating automation rules based on natural language inputs. In an example, the technology relates to a computer-implemented method for generating automation rules from natural language input. The method includes receiving a natural language input into a communications application for performing an action on communications received by the communications application; providing the natural language input into a trained machine learning model; receiving, as output from the trained machine learning model, a tagged primitive and an identified action from the natural language input; generating an automation rule for performing the action on a subset of communications received by the communications application, the subset of communications corresponding to the tagged primitives; and executing the generated automation rule to perform action on the subset of communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kuleen MEHTA, Matheus Camasmie PAVAN, Alan THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20230295377
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aqueous compositions containing water and the ammonium salt of a polyamide-amic acid. Processes for producing such aqueous compositions and uses thereof are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Cytec Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Thomas, James Joe Evans, William R. Tilford, Nan Chen
  • Patent number: 11479881
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to carbon fibers having high tensile strength and modulus of elasticity, as well as a process for the manufacture of such carbon fiber. The process comprises spinning a polymer/solvent solution into a solvent/water bath in the range of 78%-85% solvent, thereby producing a dense fiber structure, and subsequently carbonizing the polymer precursor fiber at a lower than typical carbonization temperature to form carbon fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Cytec Industries Inc.
    Inventors: John Desmond Cook, Thomas Taylor, Girish Vishnukant Deshpande, Longgui Tang, Barry DeWayne Meece, Suzanne Crawford, Shao C. Chiu, Billy D. Harmon, Alan Thomas
  • Publication number: 20210230775
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for producing carbon fibers utilizing a salt of an organic cation containing C?N imine group, and carbon fibers produced by such process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Jeremy MOSKOWITZ, Thomas TAYLOR, Amy TUCKER, Alan THOMAS, Billy HARMON
  • Patent number: 10832971
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a method for fabricating the same. The semiconductor structure includes a gate cut mask having one cut window exposing one or more portions of multiple sacrificial gate structures of the at least one plurality of sacrificial gate structures. The multiple sacrificial gate structures having been formed over portions of in structures. The method comprises forming a gate cut mask a plurality of semiconductor fins and a plurality of sacrificial gate structures. The gate cut mask being formed with one cut window exposing one or more portions of multiple sacrificial gate structures of the plurality of sacrificial gate structures. At least the portion of multiple sacrificial gate structures and one or more portions of each semiconductor fin of the plurality of semiconductor fins underlying the one or more portions of one of the multiple sacrificial gate structures are removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rajasekhar Venigalla, Ravikumar Ramachandran, Albert Chu, Alan Thomas, Kafai Lai
  • Patent number: 10748823
    Abstract: An exemplary semiconductor wafer includes a lower sublayer of a first organic planarization layer (OPL) material; an upper sublayer of a second OPL material deposited onto the lower sublayer; and a detectable interface between the lower sublayer and the upper sublayer. The exemplary wafer is fabricated by depositing the lower sublayer; curing the lower sublayer; and after curing the lower sublayer, depositing the upper sublayer directly onto the lower sublayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yann Mignot, Alan Thomas, Daniel Sanders, Dario Goldfarb, Nelson Felix, Chi-Chun Liu, John Arnold
  • Publication number: 20200105628
    Abstract: An exemplary semiconductor wafer includes a lower sublayer of a first organic planarization layer (OPL) material; an upper sublayer of a second OPL material deposited onto the lower sublayer; and a detectable interface between the lower sublayer and the upper sublayer. The exemplary wafer is fabricated by depositing the lower sublayer; curing the lower sublayer; and after curing the lower sublayer, depositing the upper sublayer directly onto the lower sublayer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yann Mignot, Alan Thomas, Daniel Sanders, Dario Goldfarb, Nelson Felix, Chi-Chun Liu, John Arnold
  • Publication number: 20200075428
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a method for fabricating the same. The semiconductor structure includes a gate cut mask having one cut window exposing one or more portions of multiple sacrificial gate structures of the at least one plurality of sacrificial gate structures. The multiple sacrificial gate structures having been formed over portions of in structures. The method comprises forming a gate cut mask a plurality of semiconductor fins and a plurality of sacrificial gate structures. The gate cut mask being formed with one cut window exposing one or more portions of multiple sacrificial gate structures of the plurality of sacrificial gate structures. At least the portion of multiple sacrificial gate structures and one or more portions of each semiconductor fin of the plurality of semiconductor fins underlying the one or more portions of one of the multiple sacrificial gate structures are removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Rajasekhar VENIGALLA, Ravikumar RAMACHANDRAN, Albert CHU, Alan THOMAS, Kafai LAI
  • Publication number: 20170362742
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to carbon fibers having high tensile strength and modulus of elasticity, as well as a process for the manufacture of such carbon fiber. The process comprises spinning a polymer/solvent solution into a solvent/water bath in the range of 78%-85% solvent, thereby producing a dense fiber structure, and subsequently carbonizing the polymer precursor fiber at a lower than typical carbonization temperature to form carbon fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Cytec Industries Inc.
    Inventors: John Desmond COOK, Thomas TAYLOR, Girish Vishnukant DESHPANDE, Longgui TANG, Barry DeWayne MEECE, Suzanne CRAWFORD, Shao C. CHIU, Billy D. Harmon, Alan THOMAS