Patents by Inventor Andrew Marks

Andrew Marks 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: 10787401
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated process to convert crude oil into petrochemical products comprising crude oil distillation, aromatic ring opening, and olefins synthesis, which process comprises subjecting a hydrocarbon feed to aromatic ring opening to produce LPG and subjecting the LPG produced in the integrated process to olefins synthesis. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process installation to convert crude oil into petrochemical products comprising a crude distillation unit comprising an inlet for crude oil and at least one outlet for kerosene and/or gasoil; an aromatic ring opening unit comprising an inlet for a hydrocarbon feed to aromatic ring opening and an outlet for LPG; and a unit for the olefins synthesis comprising an inlet for LPG produced by the integrated petrochemical process installation and an outlet for olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Ward, Ravichander Narayanaswamy, Vijayanand Rajagopalan, Arno Johannes Maria Oprins, Egidius Jacoba Maria Schaerlaeckens, Raul Velasco Pelaez
  • Publication number: 20200304840
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for selectively presenting broadcast content based on user interests are provided. In some implementations a method for selectively presenting broadcast content is provided, the method comprising: receiving user information; associating one or more athletes, each on a roster of a team in a sports organization, with the user based on the user information; identifying broadcast programs that a user device can present; determining broadcast programs that depict a game between teams in the sports organization that are relevant to an athlete associated with the user based on program metadata; receiving event metadata for the relevant broadcast programs that is indicative of events in the game depicted therein; determining that a portion of the first broadcast program is relevant to a first entity based on the event metadata; and causing the user device to present the portion of the first broadcast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Andrew Mark Diamondstein
  • Publication number: 20200293619
    Abstract: A system for artificial intelligence (AI) based omnichannel data communications is disclosed. The system may comprise a data store to store and manage data within a network, a server to facilitate operations using information from the one or more data stores, and an analytics subsystem to communicate with the server and the data store in the network. The analytics subsystem may comprise a data access interface to receive communication data from a user via a first communication channel. The analytics subsystem may comprise a processor to provide a proactive, adaptive, and intelligent to conversation with the user via a second communication channel. The system may also comprise an output interface to transmit the at least one appropriate response to the user at a user device using any number of AI-based and data processing techniques to better identify customer touchpoints and improve customer journey and experience during customer engagement scenarios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: ContactEngine Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Ayers, Giles Bryan, Mark Kingsley Smith
  • Publication number: 20200293621
    Abstract: A system for determining context and intent in a conversation using machine learning (ML) based artificial intelligence (AI) in omnichannel data communications is disclosed. The system may comprise a data store to store and manage data within a network, a server to facilitate operations using information from the one or more data stores, and a ML-based AI subsystem to communicate with the server and the data store in the network. The ML-based AI subsystem may comprise a data access interface to receive data associated with a conversation with a user via a communication channel. The ML-based AI subsystem may comprise a processor to provide a proactive, adaptive, and intelligent conversation by applying hierarchical multi-intent data labeling framework, training at least one model with training data, and generating and deploying a production-ready model based on the trained and retained at least one model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: ContactEngine Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Mark AYERS, Giles BRYAN, Mark Kingsley SMITH
  • Publication number: 20200293587
    Abstract: A system for a digital content security and communications system using n artificial intelligence (AI) based machine learning and predictive analysis is disclosed. The system may comprise a data store to store and manage data within a network, a server to facilitate operations using information from the one or more data stores, and an analytics subsystem to communicate with the server and the data store in the network. The analytics subsystem may comprise a data access interface to receive communication data from a user via a first communication channel. The analytics subsystem may comprise a processor to provide a proactive, adaptive, and intelligent conversation with the user via a second communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: ContactEngine Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Mark AYERS, Giles BRYAN, Mark Kingsley SMITH
  • Publication number: 20200283301
    Abstract: Minerals (e.g. silica- or silicate-based minerals) having good oil- and/or water-absorption capacities and/or good flowability, mineral composites comprising first and second mineral components having good oil- and/or water-absorption capacities and/or good flowability, methods of making said minerals and mineral composites and the uses of said minerals and mineral composites, for example in animal feed or fertilizer compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Riley, Laure Pagis, Anabelle Huguette Renée Elton-Legrix, Bo Wang
  • Patent number: 10769345
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure address improved systems and methods for core-route-based clock tree wirelength reduction. A method may include accessing an integrated circuit design comprising a clock tree comprising routes that interconnect terminals of a plurality of clock tree instances. The method further includes identifying a core route in the clock tree. The method further includes determining a first offset based on a distance between the first terminal and the core route and determining a second offset based on a distance from the second terminal to the core route. The method further includes determining a target offset based on a combination of the first and second offsets and moving the clock tree instance toward the core route by the target offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Chapman, Zhuo Li
  • Publication number: 20200277196
    Abstract: Disclosed are synthetic diamond materials for quantum and optical applications, such as quantum information processing, quantum key distribution, quantum repeaters, and quantum sensing devices, based on spin defects in diamond. This includes methods for synthesizing and treating diamond in order to create spin defects with improved spin coherence and optical emission properties, as well as treating the diamond to eliminate unwanted defects that degrade these properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Nathalie de LEON, Brendon C. ROSE, Ding HUANG, Zi-Huai ZHANG, Alexei M. TYRYSHKIN, Sorawis SANGTAWESIN, Srikanth SRINIVASAN, Matthew Lee MARKHAM, Andrew Mark EDMONDS, Daniel J. TWITCHEN, Stephen A. LYON
  • Patent number: 10758923
    Abstract: An irrigation sprinkler is described. The irrigation sprinkler includes a first ring including a first edge defining a first plurality of semicircular recesses and a second ring including a second edge defining a second plurality of semicircular recesses. The first ring and the second ring are secured together to define a plurality of circular recesses. The first ring includes a fin proximate each circular recess. The irrigation sprinkler also includes an adjustment mechanism disposed within each of the circular recesses. Each adjustment mechanism includes an outer rotating member including an annular structure comprising at least one of an annular recess and an annular protrusion, and an internal chamber including inwardly disposed threads. Each adjustment mechanism also includes an inner cylindrical member including an outer surface. The outer surface defines outwardly disposed threads and a channel. The channel extends radially along only a portion of the inner cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Orbit Irrigation Products, LLC
    Inventors: Carter Timothy Oman, Hugo Rodriguez, Karl L. Connolly, Andrew Mark Urry, Eric Tres Wangsgaard
  • Patent number: 10757616
    Abstract: Communication network techniques may use geographic information to reduce a number of neighboring cell measurements to be taken. Such techniques may be useful, for example, in cell reselection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: David Philip Hole, Stephen McCann, Maiyuran Wijayanathan, Andrew Mark Earnshaw
  • Publication number: 20200267714
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a downlink message, wherein the downlink message includes a first control channel element; determining a first index using the location of the first control channel element; determining a second index; determining a first orthogonal resource using the first index; determining a second orthogonal resource using the second index; spreading an uplink message using the first orthogonal resource to form a first spread signal; spreading the uplink message using a second orthogonal resource to form a second spread signal; transmitting the first spread signal using a first antenna; and transmitting the second spread signal using a second antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Hua XU, Youn Hyoung HEO, Zhijun CAI, Andrew Mark EARNSHAW, Mo-Han FONG, Sean Michael McBEATH, Robert Mark HARRISON
  • Publication number: 20200255848
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for modulating male fertility in a plant are provided. Compositions comprise nucleotide sequences, and fragments and variants thereof, which modulate male fertility. Further provided are expression cassettes comprising the male fertility polynucleotides, or fragments or variants thereof, operably linked to a promoter, wherein expression of the polynucleotides modulates the male fertility of a plant. Various methods are provided wherein the level and/or activity of the sequences that influence male fertility is modulated in a plant or plant part. In certain embodiments, the plant is polyploid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: ANDREW MARK CIGAN
  • Patent number: 10740530
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure address systems and methods for shortening clock tree wirelength based on target offsets in connected routes. A method may include accessing a clock tree comprising routes that interconnect a plurality of pins. Each pin corresponds to a terminal of a clock tree instance. The method further includes identifying a first and second terminal of a clock tree instance in the clock tree. The method further includes determining a first offset based on a distance between the first terminal and a branch in a first route connected to the first terminal and determining a second offset based on a distance between the second terminal and a branch in a second route connected to the second terminal. The method further includes moving the clock tree instance from a first location to a second location based on a target offset determined by comparing the first and second offsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Chapman, Zhuo Li
  • Publication number: 20200247793
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to, in part, fused heteroaryl compounds and compositions useful for preventing and/or treating a disease or condition relating to aberrant function of a voltage-gated, sodium ion channel, for example, abnormal late/persistent sodium current. Methods of treating a disease or condition relating to aberrant function of a sodium ion channel including Dravet syndrome or epilepsy are also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc.
    Inventors: Kiran Reddy, Gabriel Martinez Botella, Andrew Mark Griffin, Brian Edward Marron
  • Publication number: 20200246549
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an injection device for expelling of a number of preset or user-selectable doses of a medicament. The injection device includes an elongated housing extending along an axial direction and configured to accommodate a cartridge containing the medicament and having a bung sealing a proximal end of the cartridge, a windup expelling mechanism, and a dose setting mechanism. The dose setting mechanism includes a handle, a dose tracking member, and a limiter. The dose tracking member is rotatable relative to the housing within a range of positional states and operatively connectable to the handle for tracking a rotation thereof. The limiter is operationally engageable with the dose tracking member and a trigger of the windup expelling mechanism for blocking actuation of the trigger when the dose tracking member is in one of a number of predetermined sections of the range of positional states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Gordon Wallace, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Georgina Millington, Matthew Meredith Jones
  • Publication number: 20200245312
    Abstract: A method for processing a control channel at a user agent (UA) to identify power control commands within a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of, at a user agent, monitoring for power control messages on a single carrier, decoding a message received on the single carrier to generate decoded information and using the decoded information to identify a power control command for each of at least first and second carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung HEO, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw
  • Patent number: 10698877
    Abstract: Implementing a naming service for a hierarchal namespace in a database format. A method includes at a database, wherein the database stores a first table having references to hierarchical nodes in a hierarchical namespace, and a second table with relational references to hierarchical nodes referenced in the first table, detecting an edge modification event changing one or more edges of a node in the hierarchical namespace. The method further includes, as a result, creating a unique row in the second table for the edge modification event in the hierarchical namespace. Any edge modification event results in creation of a unique row in the second table such that different entities can cause overlapping edge modification events that can be documented at the database without transactional conflicts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John Russell Douceur, Vinit Ogale, Joseph Peter Raisanen, Scott Andrew Marks, Balaji Krishnamachari-Sampath, Premika Mani
  • Publication number: 20200179358
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to, in part, fused heteroaryl compounds and compositions useful for preventing and/or treating a disease or condition relating to aberrant function of a voltage-gated, sodium ion channel, for example, abnormal late/persistent sodium current. Methods of treating a disease or condition relating to aberrant function of a sodium ion channel including neurological disorders (e.g., Dravet syndrome, epilepsy), pain, and neuromuscular disorders are also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Kiran Reddy, Gabriel Martinez Botella, Andrew Mark Griffin, Brian Edward Marron
  • Patent number: D892271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Orbit Irrigation Products, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Mark Urry
  • Patent number: D892272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Orbit Irrigation Products, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Mark Urry