Patents by Inventor Alex James

Alex James 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: 20230002103
    Abstract: The container for product has a bottom wall and a lateral wall of tubular extension up to an annular and surrounding an opening for access to the inner volume. The container is of the type without cover or part that can be lost, including two distinct protrusions, projecting from the lateral wall in order to get a closed configuration, wherein the two protrusions are simultaneously: projecting opposite the bottom wall, from the annular end; and sealed to each other so as to form a sealing zone in order to hermetically close the opening. The container has two gripping portions, offset and distributed on the two protrusions and arranged outside of the sealing zone, which makes it quick to open. The container is recyclable, formed for example based on laminated paper or cardboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Alex James ORCHARD, Valentina ANDREEVA-CHRAIBI, Timothy James LLEWELLYN
  • Publication number: 20220388752
    Abstract: A container is assembled, using an interface connection device enabling separate packaging and storage of multiple contents to be combined in the preparation of a ready-to-use product. Two container bodies each having a coupler are connected by the separate device. A mixing mechanism is formed when inserting the couplers through opposite end female parts of the connector of the interface device. A container body compartment is sealed by a closure member. A stop arrangement retains a given coupler of the sealed container body in a first position in a corresponding end female part of the connector. Relative movement of a closure member toward an opener in the connector allows communication between two compartments. These compartments remain separate until action to overcome the stop and displace the given coupler from the first to second insertion position, with the opener releasing the container body compartment initially sealed by the closure member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Juan-Felipe JARAMILLO, Alex James ORCHARD
  • Publication number: 20220388753
    Abstract: The container is suitable for the separate packaging and storage of at least two contents, which need to be combined in the preparation of a ready-to-use product. Two container bodies each provided with a coupler are assembled by using a separate interface device as intermediate connector. A mixing mechanism is formed when inserting the couplers through opposite annular rings of the connector of the interface device. The interface device includes two openers having a different or opposite orientation, typically arranged inside a same puncturing structure of generally cylindrical shape, for releasing an internal passage initially sealed between two closure members. The closure members respectively close an access opening of the container bodies, hermetically. Relative movement of the closure members toward the openers allows communication between a first compartment and a second compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Juan-Felipe JARAMILLO, Alex James ORCHARD
  • Patent number: 11512475
    Abstract: The embodiments are apparatuses, systems and methods of water management and icicle prevention for solar carports, and are designed to catch drips between rows of, and water run-off from, the low side of inclined photovoltaic modules arranged to form the roof of the solar carport or canopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Distributed Solar Development, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Jones, Alex James Norman
  • Publication number: 20220354068
    Abstract: An improved mycelium in the form of an edible aerial mycelium that is suitable for use as a food product, including a food ingredient for making mycelium-based food, such as bacon. A method of making an edible aerial mycelium suitable for use as a food product, including a food ingredient. An edible product containing an edible aerial mycelium, and a method of making an edible product comprising an edible aerial mycelium, such as a mycelium-based bacon. A mycelium-based food product having a texture that is analogous to a whole-muscle meat product, wherein that whole-muscle meat product is bacon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Alex James Carlton, Russell Allan Hazen, Nicholas Ruscitto, Alex Stephen Friedman, Gavin Reim McIntyre, Peter James Mueller, Eben D. Bayer, Stephen Lomnes, Asa Trench Snyder, Meghan Anne O'Brien, Jessica Hannah Kaplan-Bie, Damen Donald Schaak, Vivian Lee Kutikov
  • Publication number: 20220354152
    Abstract: This application relates generally to aerial mycelium and methods of making aerial mycelium suitable for use as a food or textile product or ingredient. Such a food product or ingredient can include edible aerial mycelium having a texture that is analogous to a whole-muscle meat product, such as for example mycelium-based bacon. Such a textile product or ingredient can be used in the manufacture of mycelium-based textile products, leather-like materials, petroleum-based product alternatives, or foams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jacob Michael Winiski, Alex James Carlton, Gavin Reim McIntyre, Peter James Mueller, Eben D. Bayer, Asa Trench Snyder, Meghan Anne O'Brien, Jessica Hannah Kaplan-Bie, Alex Stephen Friedman, Russell Allan Hazen, Stephen Lomnes
  • Patent number: 11491306
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus including a first tubular housing including a first exit port and a second tubular housing including a second exit port. The apparatus also includes a third tubular housing coupled to at least one of the first tubular housing and the second tubular housing such that each of the first tubular housing, the second tubular housing, and the third tubular housing are fixed with respect to one another. The apparatus also includes a first catheter including a first plurality of outlets and is configured to be positioned at least partially within the first tubular housing. The apparatus also includes a second catheter including a second plurality of outlets and is configured to be positioned at least partially within of the second tubular housing. The apparatus also includes a pressure transducer line positioned in the third tubular housing and a pressure transducer coupled to the pressure transducer line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sanford Health
    Inventors: Patrick W. Kelly, Joel M. Wasdyke, Roger W. McGowan, Patrick A. Haverkost, Alex James Wiedmann
  • Patent number: 11487325
    Abstract: A dock for a portable electronic device includes a base and an arm movably supported on the base. The arm has a ratchet gear set and a distal end configured to engage the portable electronic device to secure the portable electronic device to the base. The dock further includes a ratchet pawl positioned within the base. The ratchet pawl is movable between a first position, in which the ratchet pawl engages the ratchet gear set to inhibit movement of the arm relative to the base, and a second position, in which the ratchet pawl disengages the ratchet gear set to allow movement of the arm relative to the base. The dock further includes an electronic actuator operable to actuate the ratchet pawl from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ACCO Brands Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Chia Huang, Alex James Klinkman
  • Publication number: 20220343079
    Abstract: A method and system for predicting an intended time interval for a content segment may include receiving a request for natural language processing (NLP) of the content segment, the content segment including one or more temporal expressions, accessing contextual data associated with each of the one or more temporal expressions, decoding the content segment into a program that describes a temporal logic of the content segment based on the one or more temporal expressions, evaluating the program using the contextual data to predict an intended time interval for the content segment, and providing the intended time interval as an output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Pamela BHATTACHARYA, Christopher Alan MEEK, Oleksandr POLOZOV, Alex James BOYD
  • Publication number: 20220339875
    Abstract: Techniques for flexible, on-site additive manufacturing of components or portions thereof for transport structures are disclosed. An automated assembly system for a transport structure may include a plurality of automated constructors to assemble the transport structure. In one aspect, the assembly system may span the full vertically integrated production process, from powder production to recycling. At least some of the automated constructors are able to move in an automated fashion between the station under the guidance of a control system. A first of the automated constructors may include a 3-D printer to print at least a portion of a component and to transfer the component to a second one of the automated constructors for installation during the assembly of the transport structure. The automated constructors may also be adapted to perform a variety of different tasks utilizing sensors for enabling machine-learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Robert CZINGER, Broc William TenHouten, David Charles O'Connell, Jon Paul Gunner, John Russell Bucknell, Alex James Hamade, David Brian TenHouten
  • Patent number: 11466458
    Abstract: The embodiments are apparatuses, systems and methods of water management and icicle prevention for solar carports, and are designed to catch drips between rows of, and water run-off from, the low side of inclined photovoltaic modules arranged to form the roof of the solar carport or canopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Distributed Solar Development, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Robert Jones, Alex James Norman
  • Patent number: 11433557
    Abstract: A buffer block apparatus for securing a node may be described. The buffer block apparatus may include a first surface having disposed thereon at least one first zero-point feature configured for a first zero-point interface with a robotic assembly apparatus; and a second surface, different from the first surface, configured to connect with a first surface of a node and form a first rigid connection between the buffer block apparatus and the node, wherein the buffer block apparatus provides at least one reference coordinate system with respect to the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Eahab Nagi El Naga, Keith Allen Fleming, Matthew Cooper Keller, Lukas Philip Czinger, Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Matthew Coleman Tindall, Justin David Almeleh, Matthew Michael O'Brien, Broc William TenHouten, Oussama Rawas, Juan Cuauhtemoc Munoz, Muhammad Faizan Zafar, Jamison Van Bruch, Thomas Samuel Bowden, Jr., Alex James Hamade
  • Publication number: 20220193937
    Abstract: A safety cutting device includes a slidable insert that moves longitudinally within a cavity of a housing. The slidable insert has a cutting blade attached and moves within the housing from a safe position in which the blade is covered to an exposed position for cutting. The safety device has a release button positioned near an anterior end of the housing. A biasing member automatically retracts the blade when the release button is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Branden D. Rosenhan, Benjamin Grover, Timothy R. Nieman, Andrew S. Hansen, Micah James Frerck, Alex James Drew
  • Patent number: 11358337
    Abstract: Techniques for flexible, on-site additive manufacturing of components or portions thereof for transport structures are disclosed. An automated assembly system for a transport structure may include a plurality of automated constructors to assemble the transport structure. In one aspect, the assembly system may span the full vertically integrated production process, from powder production to recycling. At least some of the automated constructors are able to move in an automated fashion between the station under the guidance of a control system. A first of the automated constructors may include a 3-D printer to print at least a portion of a component and to transfer the component to a second one of the automated constructors for installation during the assembly of the transport structure. The automated constructors may also be adapted to perform a variety of different tasks utilizing sensors for enabling machine-learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Robert Czinger, Broc William TenHouten, David Charles O'Connell, Jon Paul Gunner, John Russell Bucknell, Alex James Hamade, David Brian TenHouten
  • Patent number: 11334486
    Abstract: An apparatus (300) for processing data comprises a plurality of memory access request sources (102,104) which generate memory access requests. Each of the memory access request sources has a local memory (106,108), and the apparatus also includes a shared memory (110). When the memory access requests are atomic memory access requests, contention may arise over common data. When this occurs, the present technique triggers a switch of processing data in the local memory of a memory access request source to processing data in the shared memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: ARM LIMITED
    Inventors: Adnan Khan, Alex James Waugh, Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20220142907
    Abstract: Topical applicators containing mycological biopolymers are suitable for applying health or cosmetic products to the skin or lips of a subject. The applicators are made from biodegradable mycological biopolymers that are grown from fungi in the presence of a growth medium under a predetermined environment of relative humidity, temperature, carbon dioxide, oxygen and air flow. The topical applicators containing the mycological biopolymers may further contain beneficial agents or products that that may be transferred to the skin or lips, thereby enhancing the health or beauty of a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Eben Bayer, Gavin Reim McIntyre, Alex James Carlton, Meghan A. O'Brien, Peter Mueller, Damen Donald Schaak, Jessie Hannah Kaplan-Bie
  • Publication number: 20220134584
    Abstract: A safety cutting device includes a slidable insert that moves longitudinally within a cavity of a housing. The slidable insert has a cutting blade attached and moves within the housing from a safe position in which the blade is covered to an exposed position for cutting. The safety device has a release button positioned near an anterior end of the housing. A biasing member automatically retracts the blade when the release button is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Branden D. Rosenhan, Benjamin Grover, Timothy R. Nieman, Andrew S. Hansen, Micah James Frerck, Alex James Drew
  • Publication number: 20220134365
    Abstract: A method and apparatus include a housing, a metered core, and an air vortex core. The housing includes a first end and a second end. The housing includes an air inlet opening at the first end to receive air from a blower distinct from the apparatus and a fogging outlet opening to output a fog at the second end. The housing couples to a liquid container that stores a fogging liquid and to the blower. The metered core, disposed within the housing, includes a first plurality of radial angled fins to create a low-pressure zone within the housing which draws the fogging liquid from the liquid container into the housing. The air vortex core, disposed between the metered core and the fogging outlet opening, includes a second plurality of radial angled fins to mix the fogging liquid with the air and guide the fog exiting the housing at the fogging outlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Bret J. Abraham, James M. Abraham, Alex James Hatch
  • Patent number: 11314648
    Abstract: Data processing apparatus comprises a data access requesting node; data access circuitry to receive a data access request from the data access requesting node and to route the data access request for fulfilment by one or more data storage nodes selected from a group of two or more data storage nodes; and indication circuitry to provide a source indication to the data access requesting node, to indicate an attribute of the one or more data storage nodes which fulfilled the data access request; the data access requesting node being configured to vary its operation in response to the source indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventors: Michael Filippo, Jamshed Jalal, Kias Magnus Bruce, Alex James Waugh, Geoffray Lacourba, Paul Gilbert Meyer, Bruce James Mathewson, Phanindra Kumar Mannava
  • Patent number: D950774
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Distributed Solar Development, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Robert Jones, Alex James Norman