Patents by Inventor ALBERTO ALVAREZ

ALBERTO ALVAREZ 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: 20240088567
    Abstract: A horn antenna device is disclosed that comprises: a plastic body comprising a top face, a bottom face opposing the top face and lateral faces adjoining the top face and the bottom face; and a cavity formed in the plastic body, wherein the cavity comprises a cavity opening formed at the top face of the plastic body, wherein the cavity is at least partially coated with a metal layer to form a horn antenna for radiating microwaves through the cavity opening, wherein the plastic body is partially coated with the metal layer, and wherein the metal layer being configured to define a radiation characteristic of the horn antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Claudia VASANELLI, Jonathan ALVAREZ, Simon TEJERO ALFAGEME, Jordi BALCELLS VENTURA, Sergio DUQUE BIARGE, Alberto PEREZ MONJAS
  • Patent number: 11917966
    Abstract: The invention discloses a soybean plant, or a part of said plant comprising the transgenic event CIGBDt-Def1 or the transgenic event CIGBIs-Def5, as well as a method for the detection of those events in soybean samples. It also provides a seed from a soybean plant comprising said transgenic events, and products obtained from a plant, or from soybean seeds, comprising one of said events. In addition, the invention is related to a method for the production of soybean plants resistant to glyphosate, and to diseases caused by fungi or oomycetes, comprising the introduction of one of the mentioned transgenic events in the genome of said plants. The increase in the yield of a soybean crop in the field can be achieved with the transgenic events of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CENTRO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA
    Inventors: Natacha Soto Pérez, Gil Alberto Enriquez Obregon, Celia Delgado Abad, Yamilka Rosabal Ayan, Roxana Portieles Alvarez, Sonia Gonzalez Blanco, Maria Elena Ochagavia Roque, Aneisi Reyes Migoyo, Aleines Ferreira Fabré, Merardo Pujol Ferrer, Abel Hernández Velázquez
  • Publication number: 20220340304
    Abstract: A single AI system for monitoring and controlling in real time performance of the production area. It connects production elements designed to be connected and embracing, as well, the non-connectable ones, boosting productivity and product quality in a safer workplace. The AI system includes information extracting device for capturing physical information from the production components and convert the physical information into digital information, gateways to send the digital information to the digital environment of the IoT for computing and to be shared in a cloud storage, and an electronic processor using AI algorithms of the digital environment configured to process the shared digital information and information associated with a production task in the production line stored in a manufacturing execution system (MES), and to generate actions based on the processed information, the AI algorithms being configured to send the generated actions to the physical production environment or to external systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Mercedes Ruiz Moreno, Sergio Martinez Calvo, Alberto Álvarez Lopez
  • Patent number: 11435284
    Abstract: Biophotonic device for the point-of-care, real-time, non-invasive determination of parameters with diagnostic relevance, in particular an optical system for parameter characterization of an element of body fluid or tissue comprising an optical device which comprises: a light source for emitting light onto the element; and a spectrometer for recording the spectrum of light from the element, said light from the element being of transmittance, reflectance or Raman scattering of the emitted light by said element; the optical system further comprising a data processing module configured to: convert the recorded spectrum by a conversion matrix into a standardized spectrum, wherein said conversion matrix has been obtained by calibrating the optical system spectrum response against a spectrum reference; pre-process the converted spectrum; correlate, for parameter quantification, the converted pre-processed spectrum with pre-obtained spectral bands for each parameter; said spectrum being contained within uv-vis-nir wa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO
    Inventors: Nuno Jorge Carvalho Sousa, Rui Miguel Da Costa Martins, Ricardo Alberto Alvarez Osorio
  • Publication number: 20220257341
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a computer-implemented method and system for evaluating, modifying, and determining setups for orthodontic treatment using metrics computed during virtual articulation. The virtual articulation techniques of this disclosure may further be combined with techniques for determining dynamic collision metrics, determining a comfort measurement, determining treatment efficacy, and/or determining dental conditions, such as bruxism. The techniques of this disclosure further include user interface techniques that provide an orthodontist/dentist/technician with information regarding various treatment plans based on metrics gathered during virtual articulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Guruprasad Somasundaram, Alexandra R. Cunliffe, Benjamin D. Zimmer, Brian J. Stankiewicz, Nitsan Ben-Gal Nguyen, Richard E. Raby, Alberto Alvarez
  • Publication number: 20220246270
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining whether a tooth is correctly shaped and oriented to avoid interference with another tooth using virtual articulation. The method comprises a) receiving data indicative of a virtual dentition of an oral cavity of a patient by a computing device, the data indicative of the virtual dentition including data indicative of at least one of a virtual mandibular arch representing a mandibular arch of the patient or a virtual maxillary arch representing a maxillary arch of the patient; b) receiving data indicating a selected point on the virtual dentition of the oral cavity; and c) determining a tangent vector indicating a direction of motion of the selected point and determining whether the orientation of a tooth of the virtual dentition or the shape of the tooth is correctly shaped and oriented based on the determined tangent vector, wherein the tangent vector is based on a rotational axis of the virtual mandibular arch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Alberto Alvarez, Richard E. Raby
  • Publication number: 20220211931
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ophthalmic pressure control system, comprising: a pressure regulator having an input port and an output port, and an infusion line having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being connected to the output port of the pressure regulator, and the distal end being detachably connected to an ophthalmic irrigation module. Further, the system includes a control unit driving the pressure regulator for controlling an infusion fluid pressure at a distal end of the ophthalmic irrigation module. The control unit is arranged for performing a fluid calibration process including a step of determining a fluid impedance of the ophthalmic irrigation module. The infusion line is associated with a kit of parts including a first and a second ophthalmic irrigation device, or the ophthalmic irrigation module is an ophthalmic irrigation device for surgical use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: John Peter Kuntz, Andres Alberto Alvarez Cabrera, Wim Rosenquist
  • Publication number: 20220203013
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ophthalmic pressure control system, comprising: a pressure regulator having an input port and an output port, and an infusion line having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being connected to the output port of the pressure regulator, and the distal end being detachably connected to an ophthalmic irrigation module. Further, the system includes a control unit driving the pressure regulator for controlling an infusion fluid pressure at a distal end of the ophthalmic irrigation module. The control unit is arranged for performing a fluid calibration process including a step of determining a fluid impedance of the ophthalmic irrigation module. The infusion line is associated with a kit of parts including a first and a second ophthalmic irrigation device, or the ophthalmic irrigation module is an ophthalmic irrigation device for surgical use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: John Peter Kuntz, Andres Alberto Alvarez Cabrera, Wim Rosenquist
  • Publication number: 20220207437
    Abstract: Method and device The invention relates to a method for improving the efficiency of a vehicle fleet, in particular a vehicle fleet used for public transport, with: a) Determining driving circumstances for vehicles (16) within the vehicle fleet (14); b) Gathering operating parameters relating to an operation of the vehicle fleet (14), including gathering operating parameters for a plurality of vehicles (16) having comparable driving circumstances; c) Determining the service efficiency for at least those vehicles (16) of the vehicle fleet (14) having comparable driving circumstances; d) Determining at least one preferred set of operating parameters for the vehicles (16) having comparable driving circumstances by means of which a desired level of the service efficiency can be reached; e) Determining by way of a computer reasoning system at least one measure for achieving the desired value of the service efficiency parameter, said measure being implementable with respect to at least some of the comparable driving
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Fernando Aparicio Martínez, Abel Rionda Rodríguez, David Martínez Álvarez, Alberto Álvarez González, David Arbesú Carbajal, Sonia Menéndez Rodríguez, Adrián García Allende, José Luis Bango Bustelo, Xabiel García Pañeda, Roberto García Fernández, David Melendi Palacio, Laura Pozueco Álvarez, Victor Corcoba Mañaga, Alejandro García Tuero
  • Publication number: 20220143996
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a coated transfer paper for receiving digital printing inks, maintaining high tonal fidelity, the paper being treated to transfer the image when it contacts a receiving base, preventing transfer to surfaces that do not have the receiving base. In addition, the invention relates to a printing method that combines the techniques of screen printing and digital printing, using the transfer paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Julio Alberto ÁLVAREZ PÉREZ
  • Patent number: 11311661
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ophthalmic pressure control system, comprising: a pressure regulator having an input port and an output port, and an infusion line having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being connected to the output port of the pressure regulator, and the distal end being detachably connected to an ophthalmic irrigation module. Further, the system includes a control unit driving the pressure regulator for controlling an infusion fluid pressure at a distal end of the ophthalmic irrigation module. The control unit is arranged for performing a fluid calibration process including a step of determining a fluid impedance of the ophthalmic irrigation module. The infusion line is associated with a kit of parts including a first and a second ophthalmic irrigation device, or the ophthalmic irrigation module is an ophthalmic irrigation device for surgical use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: D.O.R.C. DUTCH OPHTHALMIC RESEARCH CENTER (INTERNATIONAL) B.V.
    Inventors: John Peter Kuntz, Andrés Alberto Alvarez Cabrera, Wim Rosenquist
  • Patent number: 11305564
    Abstract: Machine and method for multi-pass digital printing of plate glass with minimization of print travel. The machine is configured to recognize the longest dimension of the motif to be printed in the X and Y directions and to execute the multiple print passes by moving the bridge in the X direction or by moving the carriage along the bridge in the Y direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventors: Juan Javier Fernandez Vazquez, Alberto Alvarez Flores
  • Patent number: 11148859
    Abstract: Multi-piece child resistant safety caps for containers are disclosed. A feature of the safety caps is to provide releasable securement to a container. In some embodiments, the safety cap includes a casing with at least one downwardly projecting fin and an insert with at least one upwardly projecting protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Pascal Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Mehran M. Moghaddam, Manuel Alberto Alvarez
  • Patent number: 10835353
    Abstract: A method of analyzing a positional relationship between a dental restoration and a dental substructure. The method has steps of scanning a reference area and determining the shape of the dental substructure in its positional relationship to the reference area, and thereby providing a virtual dental substructure model and scanning the reference area along with scanning at least a portion of the dental restoration in fit position with the dental substructure to provide a virtual assembly model. The method further has the step of providing fitting quality information between the dental restoration model and the dental substructure model. The method utilizes superposing of further virtual models to provide the fitting quality information. The method facilitates the assessment of the quality of the fit between a dental restoration and a dental substructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Alberto Alvarez
  • Patent number: 10549904
    Abstract: Two-piece metal aerosol container and method of manufacture are provided in accordance with the present invention. A rolled and longitudinally welded cylindrical tube forms the container body, including a cylindrical sidewall and reduced diameter shoulder and neck portions (formed by a sequential necking process), while a separate metal base component is attached via a crimped seam. The open-top end of the container neck portion is curled to receive a manually actuatable dispensing valve assembly. The container is resistant to internal pressures in excess of 311 psi (2150 kPa) and offers increased strength and pressure resistance (compared to a three piece rolled metal aerosol container), while being easy to manufacture and low in cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Envases Universales De Mexico Sapl
    Inventors: Isaias Zapata Moran, Marco Zapata Moran, Alberto Alvarez Zavala
  • Publication number: 20200010252
    Abstract: Multi-piece child resistant safety caps for containers are disclosed. A feature of the safety caps is to provide releasable securement to a container. In some embodiments, the safety cap includes a casing with at least one downwardly projecting fin and an insert with at least one upwardly projecting protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Mehran M. Moghaddam, Manuel Alberto Alvarez
  • Patent number: 10529073
    Abstract: A method for determining virtual articulation from dental scans. The method includes receiving digital 3D models of a person's maxillary and mandibular arches, and digital 3D models of a plurality of different bite poses of the arches. The digital 3D models of the maxillary and mandibular arches are registered with the bite poses to generate transforms defining spatial relationships between the arches for the bite poses. Based upon the digital 3D models and transforms, the method computes a pure rotation axis representation for each bite pose of the mandibular arch with respect to the maxillary arch. The virtual articulation can be used in making restorations or for diagnostic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATION PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Alberto Alvarez, Eric S. Hansen, Steven C. Demlow, Richard E. Raby
  • Publication number: 20200001639
    Abstract: Machine and method for multi-pass digital printing of plate glass with minimization of print travel. The machine is configured to recognize the longest dimension of the motif to be printed in the X and Y directions and to execute the multiple print passes by moving the bridge in the X direction or by moving the carriage along the bridge in the Y direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Juan Javier FERNANDEZ VAZQUEZ, Alberto ALVAREZ FLORES
  • Patent number: D921281
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Pascal Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Mehran M. Moghaddam, Manuel Alberto Alvarez
  • Patent number: D957050
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Pascal Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Mehran M. Moghaddam, Manuel Alberto Alvarez