Patents by Inventor Andrew Bryant

Andrew Bryant 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: 11961136
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to processing and executing digital asset transfers between two users. An example method includes receiving a data object defining a digital asset transfer, and the data object may be a query from the first user to initiate an outbound transfer to a second user or an approval of a request for digital asset units from the second user. The method further includes retrieving account balance data objects associated with the digital asset accounts for the first and second users. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the digital asset transfer satisfies one or more transfer conditions, executing the digital asset transfer by executing a closed-loop debit from the first user and executing a closed-loop credit to the second user. The method further includes updating the account balance data object to reflect the resulting balances of each digital asset account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BAKKT MARKETPLACE, LLC
    Inventors: Nicolas Frederic Cabrera, Jeffrey Scott Pittelkau, Nikolais Linsteadt, Joseph Arthur Revnes, Brian Daniel Cooper, William Matthau, Christopher Michael Petersen, Yamini Bistesh Sagar, Utkarsh Agarwal, Tim Kuchlein, Bharath Lakshmanan, William Andrew Bryant, Stephen Paul Saucier, Deepak Kumar, Anil Jaiswal, Byungkwon Jeon, Balaji Devarasetty
  • Publication number: 20240095723
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are generally directed to processing conversions of digital assets to fiat currency. An example method includes obtaining a conversion rate for a digital asset via an API, providing the conversion rate via a client device, receiving a digital asset conversion request and executing a digital asset conversion within a configurable time period. Executing the digital asset conversion includes causing digital asset units to be debited from the digital asset user account and causing fiat currency units to be credited to a fiat currency user account. The method further includes dynamically providing a notification of execution of the digital asset conversion via the client device, updating account balance data objects associated with the digital asset user account and the fiat currency user account, and subsequent to executing the digital asset conversion, executing a fiat currency transaction (e.g., a settlement) with a digital asset exchange system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Petersen, Jeffrey Scott Pittelkau, Nikolais Linsteadt, Joseph Arthur Revnes, Brian Daniel Cooper, William Matthau, Yamini Bistesh Sagar, Nicolas Frederic Cabrera, Utkarsh Agarwal, Tim Kuchlein, Bharath Lakshmanan, William Andrew Bryant, Stephen Paul Saucier, Deepak Kumar, Anil Jaiswal, Byungkwon Jeon, Balaji Devarasetty
  • Patent number: 11880826
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are generally directed to processing conversions of digital assets to fiat currency. An example method includes obtaining a conversion rate for a digital asset via an API, providing the conversion rate via a client device, receiving a digital asset conversion request and executing a digital asset conversion within a configurable time period. Executing the digital asset conversion includes causing digital asset units to be debited from the digital asset user account and causing fiat currency units to be credited to a fiat currency user account. The method further includes dynamically providing a notification of execution of the digital asset conversion via the client device, updating account balance data objects associated with the digital asset user account and the fiat currency user account, and subsequent to executing the digital asset conversion, executing a fiat currency transaction (e.g., a settlement) with a digital asset exchange system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: BAKKT MARKETPLACE, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Petersen, Jeffrey Scott Pittelkau, Nikolais Linsteadt, Joseph Arthur Revnes, Brian Daniel Cooper, William Matthau, Yamini Bistesh Sagar, Nicolas Frederic Cabrera, Utkarsh Agarwal, Tim Kuchlein, Bharath Lakshmanan, William Andrew Bryant, Stephen Paul Saucier, Deepak Kumar, Anil Jaiswal, Byungkwon Jeon, Balaji Devarasetty
  • Patent number: 11815619
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide Pulse Doppler Polarimetric radars that are configured in a manner to eliminate traditional components that contribute to the high system cost, the overall weight and the low reliability of the radars. In some embodiments, each radar includes a (1) a beam steering walking splash plate with positioning actuator(s), (2) a feed horn antenna with wave guide assembly, (3) a parabolic reflector, (4) radar electronic components, and (5) radome and mounting bracket(s). The feed horn antenna, parabolic reflector, and wave guide assembly (including a signal generator) are stationary with respect to each other in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: STORMQUANT, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Shoemaker, Andrew Bryant, Nick Muhlhauser
  • Publication number: 20230113993
    Abstract: The invention provides a syringe for use in an ophthalmic injection. The syringe comprises a body, a stopper and a plunger. The body comprises an outlet at an outlet end and the stopper is arranged within the body such that a front surface of the stopper and the body define a variable volume chamber from which a fluid can be expelled though the outlet. The plunger comprises a plunger contact surface at a first end and a rod extends between the plunger contact surface and a rear portion. The plunger contact surface is arranged to contact the stopper but not couple thereto, such that the plunger can be used to force the stopper towards the outlet end of the body, reducing the volume of the variable volume chamber, but not to move the stopper away from the outlet end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew BRYANT, Heinrich BUETTGEN, Wolfgang Papst, Marie Picci
  • Patent number: 11607486
    Abstract: The invention concerns an injector device (100), comprising access means (110, 115) configured to selectively allow and prevent a cartridge (120) storing a pharmaceutical product (122) from being removed from the injector device (100), a self-test unit (130) configured to cause a self-test of at least one of an electronic component and an electronic assembly of the injector device (100), and a control unit (140) configured to control the access means (110, 115) to allow the cartridge (120) to be removed from the injector device (100) in case the self-test has failed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Alain Schmidlin, Mario Iobbi, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant, Chinmay Deodhar, Rajan Patel
  • Publication number: 20220257468
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical container may include a cylindrical hollow container body (100) defining a hollow chamber (111) to receive a pharmaceutical liquid, the container body (100) including a portion on a sidewall (121) of the container body (100), wherein the portion has a longitudinal extension along the longitudinal axis of the container body (100) and a circumferential extension along the circumference of the container body (100), thereby forming a window (122) through the sidewall (121) of the container body (100) into the hollow chamber (111), the window (122) comprising two long edges (124) and two short edges (125), and a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna (110) arranged on the outer surface (120) of the sidewall (121) of the container, the antenna (110) including one or a plurality of nested antenna windings (150), each of them surrounding an interior periphery (140) including a substantially longitudinal portion (141) arranged along the two long edges (124) of the window (122), and a substantially cir
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew BRYANT, Alain Schmidlin, Daniel Latham, Gabriel Iobbi, Arun Venkatasubramanian, Thomas Richard Redman, Timothy Duncan Wooller, Franck Rubiconi, Robert George Milner, Richard Andrew Hall, Symon Cotton, Simon Peter Attard
  • Publication number: 20220237599
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to processing and executing digital asset conversions for real-time funding of a merchant transaction involving an end user. The user may pre-select digital assets to be converted to fiat currency, and a pre-selected digital asset can be internally-custodied or externally-custodied. An example method includes retrieving a first account balance data object for a fiat currency account. The method further includes, responsive to a balance of the fiat currency user account not satisfying a fiat currency unit threshold of a merchant transaction: receiving a second account balance data object for a digital asset account in response to transmitting an account query, determining a conversion rate for a digital asset, and executing a digital asset conversion by causing a debit of digital asset units from the digital asset account via transmitting a conversion execution API query and by crediting fiat currency units to the fiat currency account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Petersen, Jeffrey Scott Pittelkau, Nikolais Linsteadt, Joseph Arthur Revnes, Brian Daniel Cooper, William Matthau, Nicolas Frederic Cabrera, Yamini Bistesh Sagar, Utkarsh Agarwal, Tim Kuchlein, Bharath Lakshmanan, William Andrew Bryant, Stephen Paul Saucier, Deepak Kumar, Anil Jaiswal, Byungkwon Jeon, Balaji Devarasetty
  • Publication number: 20220237598
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to processing and executing digital asset conversions for real-time funding of a merchant transaction involving a user. The user may pre-select digital assets to be converted to fiat currency, and a pre-selected digital asset can be internally-custodied or externally-custodied. An example method includes retrieving a first account balance data object for a fiat currency account associated with the user. The method further includes, responsive to determining that a balance of the fiat currency user account does not satisfy a fiat currency unit threshold of a merchant transaction, retrieving a second account balance data object for a digital asset account associated with the user, determining a conversion rate between a digital asset and a fiat currency, and executing a digital asset conversion by closed-loop debiting digital asset units from the digital asset account and crediting fiat currency units to the fiat currency account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Nicolas Frederic Cabrera, Jeffrey Scott Pittelkau, Nikolais Linsteadt, Joseph Arthur Revnes, Brian Daniel Cooper, William Matthau, Christopher Michael Petersen, Yamini Bistesh Sagar, Utkarsh Agarwal, Tim Kuchlein, Bharath Lakshmanan, William Andrew Bryant, Stephen Paul Saucier, Deepak Kumar, Anil Jaiswal, Byungkwon Jeon, Balaji Devarasetty
  • Publication number: 20220237597
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to providing digital asset conversion choices involving different digital assets. An example method includes receiving a first digital asset conversion request associated with an end user and indicating a source digital asset and determining a source conversion rate for the source digital asset using an application programming interface (API).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Petersen, Jeffrey Scott Pittelkau, Nikolais Linsteadt, Joseph Arthur Revnes, Brian Daniel Cooper, William Matthau, Yamini Bistesh Sagar, Nicolas Frederic Cabrera, Utkarsh Agarwal, Tim Kuchlein, Bharath Lakshmanan, William Andrew Bryant, Stephen Paul Saucier, Deepak Kumar, Anil Jaiswal, Byungkwon Jeon, Balaji Devarasetty
  • Publication number: 20220217511
    Abstract: The invention provides a communication module for an autoinjector comprising a detector component configured to detect an injector usage event to obtain injector usage information and a transmitter component configured to wirelessly transmit injector usage information to a receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Bryant, Neil Cammish, Mark Horlock, John Palmer-Felgate, Claudio Rossi, Alain Schmidlin, Rafael Weiler
  • Publication number: 20220188811
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to processing conversions of digital assets to other digital assets. An example method includes determining a source exchange rate for a source digital asset and a fiat currency, determining a target exchange rate for a target digital asset and a fiat currency, and generating an aggregated conversion rate for the source digital asset and the target digital asset using the source exchange rate and the target exchange rate. The method further includes executing a digital asset conversion, which includes causing source digital asset units to be debited from a source digital asset user account and causing target digital asset units to be credited to a target digital asset user account, and subsequently executing fiat currency transactions (e.g., settlements) with a first digital asset exchange system associated with the source digital asset and a second digital asset exchange system associated with the target digital asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Petersen, Jeffrey Scott Pittelkau, Nikolais Linsteadt, Joseph Arthur Revnes, Brian Daniel Cooper, William Matthau, Yamini Bistesh Sagar, Nicolas Frederic Cabrera, Utkarsh Agarwal, Tim Kuchlein, Bharath Lakshmanan, William Andrew Bryant, Stephen Paul Saucier, Deepak Kumar, Anil Jaiswal, Byungkwon Jeon, Balaji Devarasetty
  • Publication number: 20220188812
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are generally directed to processing conversions of digital assets to fiat currency. An example method includes obtaining a conversion rate for a digital asset via an API, providing the conversion rate via a client device, receiving a digital asset conversion request and executing a digital asset conversion within a configurable time period. Executing the digital asset conversion includes causing digital asset units to be debited from the digital asset user account and causing fiat currency units to be credited to a fiat currency user account. The method further includes dynamically providing a notification of execution of the digital asset conversion via the client device, updating account balance data objects associated with the digital asset user account and the fiat currency user account, and subsequent to executing the digital asset conversion, executing a fiat currency transaction (e.g., a settlement) with a digital asset exchange system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Petersen, Jeffrey Scott Pittelkau, Nikolais Linsteadt, Joseph Arthur Revnes, Brian Daniel Cooper, William Matthau, Yamini Bistesh Sagar, Nicolas Frederic Cabrera, Utkarsh Agarwal, Tim Kuchlein, Bharath Lakshmanan, William Andrew Bryant, Stephen Paul Saucier, Deepak Kumar, Anil Jaiswal, Byungkwon Jeon, Balaji Devarasetty
  • Publication number: 20220188917
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to processing and executing digital asset transfers between two users. An example method includes receiving a data object defining a digital asset transfer, and the data object may be a query from the first user to initiate an outbound transfer to a second user or an approval of a request for digital asset units from the second user. The method further includes receiving account data for the first and second users via application programming interface (API) communication with an external system, and responsive to determining that transfer conditions are satisfied, executing the digital asset transfer by causing the external system to debit digital asset units from the first user and to credit digital asset units to the second user via API communication with the external system. The method further includes updating the account data to reflect account balances resulting from the debit and the credit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Petersen, Jeffrey Scott Pittelkau, Nikolais Linsteadt, Joseph Arthur Revnes, Brian Daniel Cooper, William Matthau, Nicolas Frederic Cabrera, Yamini Bistesh Sagar, Utkarsh Agarwal, Tim Kuchlein, Bharath Lakshmanan, William Andrew Bryant, Stephen Paul Saucier, Deepak Kumar, Anil Jaiswal, Byungkwon Jeon, Balaji Devarasetty
  • Publication number: 20220188780
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to processing and executing digital asset transfers between two users. An example method includes receiving a data object defining a digital asset transfer, and the data object may be a query from the first user to initiate an outbound transfer to a second user or an approval of a request for digital asset units from the second user. The method further includes retrieving account balance data objects associated with the digital asset accounts for the first and second users. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the digital asset transfer satisfies one or more transfer conditions, executing the digital asset transfer by executing a closed-loop debit from the first user and executing a closed-loop credit to the second user. The method further includes updating the account balance data object to reflect the resulting balances of each digital asset account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Nicolas Frederic Cabrera, Jeffrey Scott Pittelkau, Nikolais Linsteadt, Joseph Arthur Revnes, Brian Daniel Cooper, William Matthau, Christopher Michael Petersen, Yamini Bistesh Sagar, Utkarsh Agarwal, Tim Kuchlein, Bharath Lakshmanan, William Andrew Bryant, Stephen Paul Saucier, Deepak Kumar, Anil Jaiswal, Byungkwon Jeon, Balaji Devarasetty
  • Patent number: 11355225
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system (100) for use of a pharmaceutical product. The system comprises a container (102) accommodating a pharmaceutical product, the container (102) comprising a wireless communication unit (112) and a memory (116) which stores pairing-specific information for one or more medical devices (104), and a medical device (104) enabled for wireless communication with the wireless communication unit (112) of the container (102) and configured to read the pairing-specific information from the memory (116) of the container (102) to verify whether the container (102) is permitted to be used by the medical device (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Main Schmidlin, Mario Iobbi, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant
  • Publication number: 20220164815
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, systems, devices, computing entities for managing digital asset transactions. An example method includes obtaining first current pricing data via an application programming interface, and providing the first current pricing data via a client device. The method further includes, responsive to determining that a first configurable time period has elapsed: obtaining second current pricing data via an application programming interface, and providing the second current pricing data for display via the client device. The method further includes receiving a second transaction request and executing an off-chain digital asset transaction for the second transaction request between a central operating account and the internal user account within a second configurable time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Petersen, Jeffrey Scott Pittelkau, Nikolais Linsteadt, Joseph Arthur Revnes, Brian Daniel Cooper, William Matthau, Yamini Bistesh Sagar, Nicolas Frederic Cabrera, Utkarsh Agarwal, Tim Kuchlein, Bharath Lakshmanan, William Andrew Bryant, Stephen Paul Saucier, Deepak Kumar, Anil Jaiswal, Byungkwon Jeon, Balaji Devarasetty
  • Patent number: 11324661
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical container includes a cylindrical hollow container body defining a hollow chamber to receive a pharmaceutical liquid, the container body including a portion on a sidewall) of the container body, wherein the portion has a longitudinal extension along the longitudinal axis of the container body and a circumferential extension along the circumference of the container body, thereby forming a window through the sidewall of the container body into the hollow chamber. In embodiments of the invention, the window comprises two long edges and two short edges, and a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna. In embodiments of the invention, the antenna comprises one or a plurality of nested antenna windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Andrew Bryant, Alain Schmidlin, Daniel Latham, Gabriel Iobbi, Arun Venkatasubramanian, Thomas Richard Redman, Timothy Duncan Wooller, Franck Rubiconi, Robert George Milner, Richard Andrew Hall, Symon Cotton, Simon Peter Attard
  • Patent number: D959694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Papst, Daniel Latham, Gabriel Iobbi, Andrew Bryant
  • Patent number: D959695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Papst, Daniel Latham, Gabriel Iobbi, Andrew Bryant