Patents by Inventor Alexander Mason

Alexander Mason 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: 20240105346
    Abstract: A message processing facility is described. The facility receives user input defining a textual message intended for an addressee service principal. Before sending the defined textual message, the facility analyzes the defined textual message to determine a textual message category to which the defined textual message belongs among a plurality of textual message categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Wayne T. Foley, Adam Benjamin Smith-Kipnis, Lisa Dione Mason, Billy Lee Jackson, Syneva Runyan, Ryan Alexander Untalan, Yoomi Robin Kang
  • Publication number: 20210353374
    Abstract: Described herein is a device and method used to effectively remove volume inside a patient in various types of surgeries, such as spinal surgeries (e.g. laminotomy), neurosurgeries (various types of craniotomy), ENT surgeries (e.g. tumor removal), and orthopedic surgeries (bone removal). Robotic assistance linked with a navigation system and medical imaging it can shorten surgery time, make the surgery safer and free surgeon from doing repetitive and laborious tasks. In certain embodiments, the disclosed technology includes a surgical instrument holder for use with a robotic surgical system. In certain embodiments, the surgical instrument holder is attached to or is part of an end effector of a robotic arm, and provides a rigid structure that allows for precise removal of a target volume in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Szymon Kostrzewski, Chetan Patel, Alexander Mason
  • Patent number: 11103316
    Abstract: Described herein is a device and method used to effectively remove volume inside a patient in various types of surgeries, such as spinal surgeries (e.g. laminotomy), neurosurgeries (various types of craniotomy), ENT surgeries (e.g. tumor removal), and orthopedic surgeries (bone removal). Robotic assistance linked with a navigation system and medical imaging it can shorten surgery time, make the surgery safer and free surgeon from doing repetitive and laborious tasks. In certain embodiments, the disclosed technology includes a surgical instrument holder for use with a robotic surgical system. In certain embodiments, the surgical instrument holder is attached to or is part of an end effector of a robotic arm, and provides a rigid structure that allows for precise removal of a target volume in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Szymon Kostrzewski, Chetan Patel, Alexander Mason
  • Publication number: 20210219625
    Abstract: The Garment Stay-Up Tab is a flat, flexible, tape device that keeps garments such as stockings and long gloves fastened in their intended positions by means of a sanitary, hypo-allergenic adhesive substrate, with its externally visible tab being colored or cut in a decorative design or having a decorative applique applied to it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Yihong Zhou, David Alexander Mason
  • Patent number: 10592667
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a processor that can extract, from an input binary file, an image data structure, and can scale the image data structure to a predetermined size, and/or modify the image data structure to represent a grayscale image. The processor can calculate a modified pixel value for each pixel in the image data structure, and can define a binary vector based on the modified pixel value for each pixel in the image data structure. The processor can also identify a set of nearest neighbor binary vectors for the binary vector based on a comparison between the binary vector and a set of reference binary vectors stored in a malware detection database. The processor can then determine a malware status of the input binary file based on the set of nearest neighbor binary vectors satisfying a similarity criterion associated with a known malware image from a known malware file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Invincea, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Mason Long, Joshua Daniel Saxe
  • Patent number: 9852297
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a processor that can extract, from an input binary file, an image data structure, and can scale the image data structure to a predetermined size, and/or modify the image data structure to represent a grayscale image. The processor can calculate a modified pixel value for each pixel in the image data structure, and can define a binary vector based on the modified pixel value for each pixel in the image data structure. The processor can also identify a set of nearest neighbor binary vectors for the binary vector based on a comparison between the binary vector and a set of reference binary vectors stored in a malware detection database. The processor can then determine a malware status of the input binary file based on the set of nearest neighbor binary vectors satisfying a similarity criterion associated with a known malware image from a known malware file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Invincea, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Mason Long, Joshua Daniel Saxe
  • Patent number: 9672358
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a processor that can extract, from an input binary file, an image data structure, and can scale the image data structure to a predetermined size, and/or modify the image data structure to represent a grayscale image. The processor can calculate a modified pixel value for each pixel in the image data structure, and can define a binary vector based on the modified pixel value for each pixel in the image data structure. The processor can also identify a set of nearest neighbor binary vectors for the binary vector based on a comparison between the binary vector and a set of reference binary vectors stored in a malware detection database. The processor can then determine a malware status of the input binary file based on the set of nearest neighbor binary vectors satisfying a similarity criterion associated with a known malware image from a known malware file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Invincea, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Mason Long, Joshua Daniel Saxe
  • Publication number: 20160151120
    Abstract: Described herein is a device and method used to effectively remove volume inside a patient in various types of surgeries, such as spinal surgeries (e.g. laminotomy), neurosurgeries (various types of craniotomy), ENT surgeries (e.g. tumor removal), and orthopedic surgeries (bone removal). Robotic assistance linked with a navigation system and medical imaging it can shorten surgery time, make the surgery safer and free surgeon from doing repetitive and laborious tasks. In certain embodiments, the disclosed technology includes a surgical instrument holder for use with a robotic surgical system. In certain embodiments, the surgical instrument holder is attached to or is part of an end effector of a robotic arm, and provides a rigid structure that allows for precise removal of a target volume in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Szymon Kostrzewski, Chetan Patel, Alexander Mason
  • Patent number: 8607542
    Abstract: A valveless pulse combustor having a combustion chamber with a closed first end and an open second end, the combustor also having a tailpipe in fluid communication with the open second end of the combustion chamber, the combustor further having an inlet pipe in fluid communication with the open second end of the combustion chamber, the inlet pipe and the tailpipe being arranged such that one is located within the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventor: Samuel Alexander Mason
  • Publication number: 20110056182
    Abstract: A valveless pulse combustor having a combustion chamber with a closed first end and an open second end, the combustor also having a tailpipe in fluid communication with the open second end of the combustion chamber, the combustor further having an inlet pipe in fluid communication with the open second end of the combustion chamber, the inlet pipe and the tailpipe being arranged such that one is located within the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventor: SAMUEL ALEXANDER MASON