Patents by Inventor Alexander D'Anci

Alexander D'Anci 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: 20180308169
    Abstract: System and methods for reducing the risks involved in trading multiple spread trading strategies in an electronic trading environment are provided. Specifically, reducing the risks involved in trading multiple spreads that share a leg by, among other things, quoting a single order in the shared leg instead of quoting orders for each of the corresponding spread legs. Based on the computed quote price for the single order, associating the single order with the leaned on price that results in the price closest to the inside market in the shared leg. The single quote order is based on the market conditions in the spread legs and the desired spread price. Once the single order fills, a hedge order is sent to the leg that obtains the most advantageous price for the spread based on the other spread options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander D. Deitz, Sagy Pundak Mintz, David W. Garrison
  • Publication number: 20180300447
    Abstract: The invention describes an explicit solvent all-atom molecular dynamics methodology (SILCS: Site Identification by Ligand Competitive Saturation) that uses small aliphatic and aromatic molecules plus water molecules to map the affinity pattern of a large molecule for hydrophobic groups, aromatic groups, hydrogen bond donors, and hydrogen bond acceptors. By simultaneously incorporating ligands representative of all these functionalities, the method is an in silico free energy-based competition assay that generates three-dimensional probability maps of fragment binding (FragMaps) indicating favorable fragment:large molecule interactions. The FragMaps may be used to qualitatively inform the design of small-molecule ligands or as scoring grids for high-throughput in silico docking that incorporates both an atomic-level description of solvation and the large molecule's flexibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Inventors: Alexander D. MACKERELL, JR., Olgun GUVENCH
  • Publication number: 20180284792
    Abstract: A method of operating a mobile robot includes generating a segmentation map defining respective regions of a surface based on occupancy data that is collected by a mobile robot responsive to navigation of the surface, identifying sub-regions of at least one of the respective regions as non-clutter and clutter areas, and computing a coverage pattern based on identification of the sub-regions. The coverage pattern indicates a sequence for navigation of the non-clutter and clutter areas, and is provided to the mobile robot. Responsive to the coverage pattern, the mobile robot sequentially navigates the non-clutter and clutter areas of the at least one of the respective regions of the surface in the sequence indicated by the coverage pattern. Related methods, computing devices, and computer program products are also discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander D. Kleiner, Mario E. Munich
  • Publication number: 20180253294
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide an approach for performing a computer program update on a target computer. In an embodiment, a target computer having a location, a user, a computer program, and a computer program update is determined. An expected install duration for installing the computer program update is determined. A social media service associated with the user is monitored. A user location is detected from the social media service and an update time window is estimated based on the user location and the distance that the user is away from the target computer location. A decision is made whether to install the computer program update based on the update time window and the expected install duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander J. Kelly, Alexander D. S. Mirski-Fitton, Edwin P. J. Moffatt, Ross B. Pavitt
  • Patent number: 10064817
    Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising azelastine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof including azelastine hydrochloride, and optionally one or more additional active agents. Preferred such compositions further comprise one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients that reduce the amount of post-nasal drip, and/or that minimize or mask the unpleasant bitter taste associated with post-nasal drip, of the compositions into the oral cavity, upon intranasal or ocular administration of the compositions. Especially effective excipients used in the compositions of the present invention are hypromellose as a viscosity modifier and sucralose as a taste-masking agent. The invention also provides methods of treating or preventing certain disorders, or symptomatic relief therefrom, by administering the compositions of the invention to a patient, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Meda Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Phuong Grace Dang, Brian D. Lawrence, Gul Balwani, Alexander D. D'Addio
  • Publication number: 20180237845
    Abstract: A method of identifying and quantifying copy number variations in a gene of interest for a genomic DNA sample includes (i) fragmenting a genomic DNA sample to produce a plurality of polynucleotide fragments, (ii) isolating a plurality of target polynucleotide fragments, (iii) sequencing the plurality of target polynucleotide fragments, (iv) aligning fragment sequences to a reference sequence, (v) calculating read depths for base positions of the plurality of target polynucleotide fragments, (vi) calculating copy number likelihoods for each base position of the reference sequence, (vii) performing a breakpoint analysis on a set of fragment sequences to identify at least one sequence variation located between selected breakpoint regions of the target gene and calculate modified copy number likelihoods for base positions of the reference sequence based on the at least one sequence variation, and (viii) determining whether the target gene includes at least one copy number variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Counsyl, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared R. Maguire, Alexander D. Robertson, Eric A. Evans
  • Patent number: 10045897
    Abstract: A dynamic support apparatus. The dynamic support apparatus includes a cushion, at least one actuator wherein the at least one actuator defines an interior volume and wherein the interior volume may be configured to be at least partially filled with a fluid, and a support disposed in the interior volume wherein the support configured to support an occupant when the interior volume is not filled with the fluid such that the support is sufficient to support the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Alexander D. Streeter, N. Christopher Perry, Matthew A. Norris, Stewart M. Coulter, Jake S. Urman
  • Patent number: 10037267
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for migrating execution contexts are disclosed. A system includes a plurality of processing units and memory devices. The system is configured to execute any number of software applications. The system is configured to detect, within a first software application, a primitive for migrating at least a portion of the execution context of a source processing unit to a target processing unit, wherein the primitive includes one or more instructions. The execution context includes a plurality of registers. A first processing unit is configured to execute the one or more instructions of the primitive to cause a portion of an execution context of the first processing unit to be migrated to a second processing unit. In one embodiment, executing the primitive instruction(s) causes an instruction pointer value, with an optional offset value, to be sent to the second processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Breslow, Nuwan S. Jayasena, Dong Ping Zhang
  • Patent number: 10037571
    Abstract: System and methods for reducing the risks involved in trading multiple spread trading strategies in an electronic trading environment are provided. Specifically, reducing the risks involved in trading multiple spreads that share a leg by, among other things, quoting a single order in the shared leg instead of quoting orders for each of the corresponding spread legs. Based on the computed quote price for the single order, associating the single order with the leaned on price that results in the price closest to the inside market in the shared leg. The single quote order is based on the market conditions in the spread legs and the desired spread price. Once the single order fills, a hedge order is sent to the leg that obtains the most advantageous price for the spread based on the other spread options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Deitz, Sagy P. Mintz, David W. Garrison
  • Patent number: 10037331
    Abstract: A data intake and query system provides interfaces that enable users to configure source type definitions used by the system. A data intake and query system generally refers to a system for collecting and analyzing data including machine-generated data. Such a system may be configured to consume many different types of machine data generated by any number of different data sources including various servers, network devices, applications, etc. At a high level, a source type definition comprises one or more properties that define how various components of a data intake and query system collect, index, store, search and otherwise interact with particular types of data consumed by the system. The interfaces provided by the system generally comprise one or more interface components for configuring various attributes of a source type definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Munk, Jesse Miller
  • Publication number: 20180208873
    Abstract: A metathesized natural oil composition comprising (i) a mixture olefins and/or esters, or (ii) a metathesized natural oil, is disclosed. The metathesized natural oil composition has a number average molecular weight in the range from about 100 g/mol to about 150,000 g/mol, a weight average molecular weight in the range from about 1,000 g/mol to about 100,000 g/mol, a z-average molecular weight in the range from about 5,000 g/mol to about 1,000,000 g/mol, and a polydispersity index of about 1 to about 20. The metathesized natural oil composition is metathesized at least once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Cohen, M. Michelle Morie-Bebel, Alexander D. Ilseman, Benjamin Bergmann, Stephen A. DiBiase, S. Alexander Christensen
  • Publication number: 20180206064
    Abstract: A wireless data processing device is described which periodically exits an unpowered state and transmits location data. For example, one embodiment of a wireless data processing device comprises: power circuitry for maintaining the wireless data processing device in a powered or unpowered state, the power circuitry causing the wireless data processing device to enter into an unpowered state responsive to user input; a timer to periodically power up the wireless device or portion thereof in response to reaching a predetermined time; a location services module determining a current location of the wireless data processing device using one or more specified location determination techniques; a transmit thread transmitting the current location of the wireless device over one or more specified communication channels; and the power circuitry powering down the wireless data processing device a second time after the current location has been transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander D. Schlaupitz, Joshua G. Wurzel, Ahmad Al-Dahle
  • Publication number: 20180186911
    Abstract: Catalyst systems and methods for making and using the same. A method of methylating a catalyst composition while substantially normalizing the entiomeric distribution is provided. The method includes slurrying the organometallic compound in dimethoxyethane (DME), and adding a solution of RMgBr in DME, wherein R is a methyl group or a benzyl group, and wherein the RMgBr is greater than about 2.3 equivalents relative to the organometallic compound. After the addition of the RMgBr, the slurry is mixed for at least about four hours. An alkylated organometallic is isolated, wherein the methylated species has a meso/rac ratio that is between about 0.9 and about 1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Francis C. Rix, Alexander D. Todd, C. Jeff Harlan
  • Publication number: 20180186912
    Abstract: Catalyst systems and methods for making and using the same. A method of methylating a catalyst composition while substantially normalizing the entiomeric distribution is provided. The method includes slurrying the organometallic compound in dimethoxyethane (DME), and adding a solution of RMgBr in DME, wherein R is a methyl group or a benzyl group, and wherein the RMgBr is greater than about 2.3 equivalents relative to the organometallic compound. After the addition of the RMgBr, the slurry is mixed for at least about four hours. An alkylated organometallic is isolated, wherein the methylated species has a meso/rac ratio that is between about 0.9 and about 1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Francis C. Rix, Alexander D. Todd, C. Jeff Harlan
  • Publication number: 20180191226
    Abstract: A motor and motor shaft, the shaft including a cylindrical-shaped first portion, a second portion having a D-shaped cross section, and a surface feature on the motor shaft, the surface feature configured to prevent a set screw from sliding axially along a major axis of the motor shaft. The surface feature may be a notch or ridge. A notch may extend at least partially circumferentially around the shaft. The set screw may be received either within the surface feature or between adjacent surface features. The motor includes the motor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Alexander D. Walter
  • Publication number: 20180182560
    Abstract: This disclosure provides collector plates for an energy storage device, energy storage devices with a collector plate, and methods for manufacturing the same. In one aspect, a collector plate includes a body. One or more apertures extend into the body. The apertures are configured to allow a portion of a free end of a spirally wound current collector of a spirally wound electrode for an energy storage device to extend into the one or more apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventor: Alexander D. Khakhalev
  • Patent number: 10002228
    Abstract: The invention describes an explicit solvent all-atom molecular dynamics methodology (SILCS: Site Identification by Ligand Competitive Saturation) that uses small aliphatic and aromatic molecules plus water molecules to map the affinity pattern of a large molecule for hydrophobic groups, aromatic groups, hydrogen bond donors, and hydrogen bond acceptors. By simultaneously incorporating ligands representative of all these functionalities, the method is an in silico free energy-based competition assay that generates three-dimensional probability maps of fragment binding (FragMaps) indicating favorable fragment:large molecule interactions. The FragMaps may be used to qualitatively inform the design of small-molecule ligands or as scoring grids for high-throughput in silico docking that incorporates both an atomic-level description of solvation and the large molecule's flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Inventors: Alexander D. Mackerell, Jr., Olgun Guvench
  • Publication number: 20180161182
    Abstract: A dynamic support system includes a control system for controlling inflation and deflation of at least one actuator having an inlet connectable to the a control unit of the dynamic support system. The control unit may be in communication with a sensor and may control inflation and deflation of the at least one actuator in response to information provided by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander D. Streeter, David E. Altobelli, N. Christopher Perry
  • Publication number: 20180157737
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for causing display of an index management graphical user interface (GUI). In one embodiment, a method can be provided. The method can include causing display of an index management GUI including one or more user editable fields for specifying one or more index settings; receiving, via the one or more user editable fields of the index management GUI, one or more user specified index settings; generating an index definition corresponding to the one or more user specified index settings; and distributing the index definition to one or more indexers of a data processing system. The one or more indexers are able to manage storage of data in one or more indexes based at least in part on the index definition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander D. Munk, Patrick Lane Ogdin
  • Patent number: D829612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: David E. Collins, Katie A. DeLaurentis, Alexander D. Streeter