Patents by Inventor Amy Kan

Amy Kan 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: 12271867
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, devices, and techniques for managing resources in an enterprise network using lifecycle prediction. In an example method, a resource may be identified as operational within an enterprise network. An initial lifecycle of the resource may be estimated based at least partly on one or more characteristics of the resource. At least one trigger condition associated with the resource may be identified as having occurred. In response to identifying that the at least one trigger condition has occurred, an updated lifecycle of the resource may be estimated by applying at least one rule associated with the at least one trigger condition to the initial lifecycle. An expiration time of the resource may be determined based on the updated lifecycle. The resource may be replaced in advance of the expiration date of the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Rebecca Anne Olmstead, Amy Marie Stuepfert, Julie Christine Wirtjes, Cheryl L. Legan, Bruce Lininger, Gurnek Singh Mokha, Mathew Farley, Patrick Kan, Sudesh Sahu, Socrates Krishnamurthy
  • Patent number: 9377449
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to nanocomposites for detecting hydrocarbons in a geological structure. In some embodiments, the nanocomposites include: a core particle; a polymer associated with the core particle; a sulfur-based moiety associated with the polymer; and a releasable probe molecule associated with the core particle, where the releasable probe molecule is releasable from the core particle upon exposure to hydrocarbons. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of detecting hydrocarbons in a geological structure by utilizing the nanocomposites of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: James M. Tour, Chih-Chau Hwang, Wei Lu, Gedeng Ruan, Mason B. Tomson, Amy Kan, Lu Wang, Michael S. Wong, Gautam Kini, George J. Hirasaki, Clarence Miller
  • Publication number: 20150050741
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to nanocomposites for detecting hydrocarbons in a geological structure. In some embodiments, the nanocomposites include: a core particle; a polymer associated with the core particle; a sulfur-based moiety associated with the polymer; and a releasable probe molecule associated with the core particle, where the releasable probe molecule is releasable from the core particle upon exposure to hydrocarbons. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of detecting hydrocarbons in a geological structure by utilizing the nanocomposites of the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: James M. Tour, Chih-Chau Hwang, Wei Lu, Gedeng Ruan, Mason B. Tomson, Amy Kan, Lu Wang, Michael S. Wong, Gautam Kini, George J. Hirasaki, Clarence Miller
  • Publication number: 20120142111
    Abstract: Compositions containing a transporter component and a signaling component and a method for using said compositions for analyzing porous media and flowing liquid streams, specifically for measuring pressure, temperature, relative abundance of water, pH, redox potential and electrolyte concentration. Analytes may include petroleum or other hydrophobic media, sulfur-containing compounds. The transporter component includes an amphiphilic nanomatenal and a plurality of solubilizing groups covalently bonded to the transporter component. The signaling component includes a plurality of reporter molecules associated with the transporter component. Said reporter molecules may be releasable from the transporter component upon exposure to at least one analyte. The reporter molecules may be non-covalently associated with the transporter component, or the reporter molecules are covalently bonded to the transporter component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: James M. Tour, Dmitry Kosynkin, Michael Wong, Mason Tomson, Jacob Berlin, Ashley Leonard, Jay Lomeda, Wei Lu, Jie yu, Lunliang Zhang, Amy Kan