Patents by Inventor Andrew Peter

Andrew Peter 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).

  • Methods of ceramming glass articles having improved warp
    Patent number: 11613491
    Abstract: Glass stack configurations including a carrier plate, setter plates, and glass sheets for thermal treatment of the glass sheets to form glass ceramic articles are provided. The glass stacking configurations and components described herein are selected to improve thermal uniformity throughout a glass stack during ceramming processes while maintaining or even reducing the stresses in the resultant glass ceramic article. Accordingly, the glass ceramic articles made according to the various embodiments described herein exhibit improved optical qualities and less warp than glass ceramic articles made according to conventional processes. Various embodiments of carrier plates, setter plates, parting agent compositions, and methods of stacking glass sheets are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jill Marie Hall, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Andrew Peter Kittleson, John Robert Saltzer, Jr.
  • Manufacturing system, process, article, and furnace
    Patent number: 11577427
    Abstract: A manufacturing system includes a tape advancing through the manufacturing system and a station of the manufacturing system. The tape includes a first portion having grains of an inorganic material bound by an organic binder. The station of the manufacturing system receives the first portion of the tape and prepares the tape for sintering by chemically changing the organic binder and/or removing the organic binder from the first portion of the tape, leaving the grains of the inorganic material, to form a second portion of the tape and, at least in part, prepare the tape for sintering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Andrew Peter Kittleson, Dale Charles Marshall, Gary Edward Merz, Eric Lee Miller, Emmanuel Chima Okpara, Conor James Walsh
  • Data-determinant query terms
    Patent number: 11573955
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for flexibly applying a query term to heterogeneous data. A query system can receive a query that includes a data-determinant query term. As the system executes the query it can generate interim search results. As the system query processes the interim search results based on the query, it can apply the data-determinant query term to records of the interims search results based on the structure of the records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Douglas James, Andrew Peters, Arun Ramani
  • Device, system, and method for cyber isolating mobility systems when a vehicle is in motion
    Patent number: 11576047
    Abstract: An air-gap device for isolating mobility systems when a vehicle is in motion may include a housing. The housing may include various input ports and various output ports. The various input ports may include connections to a secure gateway. The various output ports may include connections to one or more mobility Electronic Control Units (ECUs). The air-gap device may include at least one pair of terminal contacts. The at least one pair of terminal contacts may include a first terminal contact and a second terminal contact. The air-gap device may include an air gap embedded in the housing. The air gap may be open when the first terminal is not in contact with the second terminal contact. The air-gap device may be instructed to open the air gap when the vehicle is determined to be in motion or about to be in motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventor: Andrew Peter Draper
  • LIFT CORD SPOOL FOR A MOTORIZED TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20220412159
    Abstract: A lift cord spool assembly may be used in a motorized window treatment. The lift cord spool assembly may include a spool, a housing, and an end cap. The spool may be configured to windingly receive a lift cord of the motorized window treatment. A diameter of the spool may taper by approximately 0.5 degrees from the first end to an opposed second end. The housing may be configured to surround the spool. The end cap may be configured to attach to the housing, for example, such that the spool is retained within the housing. The end cap may include an inner surface, a shoulder, an aperture, and a guide. The guide may be configured to push the lift cord onto the spool as the lift cord is wound onto the spool. The guide may define a gradual slope around a circumference of the shoulder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Kai He, Andrew Peter Schmalz
  • Device for directing a pet's gaze during video calling
    Patent number: 11523588
    Abstract: A pet interaction device is described. In some examples, the device includes a housing having an opening, and a treat dispenser configured to deliver a treat to a shelf within the housing or other target area visible from the outside by a pet that looks through the opening. The device also includes a camera having a lens that is oriented to provide the camera with a view from the inside of the housing outwards through the opening. The treat dispenser delivers a treat onto the shelf where it is visible to the pet through the opening, such that the camera will have a view of the pet as it gazes at the treat on the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Andrew Peter Davis
  • Machine learning for visual processing
    Patent number: 11528492
    Abstract: A method for developing an enhancement model for low-quality visual data, the method comprising the steps of receiving one or more sections of higher-quality visual data; and training a hierarchical algorithm. The hierarchical algorithm is operable to increase the quality of one or more sections of lower-quality visual data so as to substantially reproduce the one or more sections of higher-quality visual data. The hierarchical algorithm is then outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Zehan Wang, Robert David Bishop, Wenzhe Shi, Jose Caballero, Andrew Peter Aitken, Johannes Totz
  • Catheter
    Patent number: 11490841
    Abstract: A catheter and associated method for taking a plurality of samples from within a length of a blood vessel. The catheter includes an elongate central body arranged to be inserted into and positioned along a central region of a blood vessel. A plurality of collection areas are defined along the elongate central body for collecting samples at the central region of the blood vessel. A plurality of mixers are provided radially outwardly of the elongate central body and arranged to create a flow of blood from a boundary layer at a wall of the blood vessel to the elongate central body. This enables the collection areas to collect samples from the boundary layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: PLAQUETEC LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen Blatcher, Richard Harley Grenville Owen, Joseph Peter Corrigan, Thomas Neudeck, Andrew Peter Scudamore, Yannick Pierre Louis Hourmand
  • Protecting web applications from untrusted endpoints using remote browser isolation
    Patent number: 11477248
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for protecting web applications from untrusted endpoints using remote browser isolation. In an example scenario, a browser isolation system receives a request from a client browser executing on a client device to connect with a remote application accessible via a private network. A surrogate browser is provided to facilitate communications between the client browser and the remote application. A security policy is enforced against the communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Menlo Security, Inc.
    Inventors: Kowsik Guruswamy, Stephen John Stanley Thornhill, Andrew Peter Edward Prince, Joshua Frank Wharton
  • Managing content uploads
    Patent number: 11468142
    Abstract: Providing policy check functionality to file uploads is disclosed. An attempted file upload is detected at a browser isolation system. A user of a client is prompted to provide a credential associated with the file and usable to access contents of the file. A policy is applied to the file upload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Menlo Security, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen John Stanley Thornhill, Andrew Peter Edward Prince, Joshua Frank Wharton
  • APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A DIGITAL CONVERSATION MANAGEMENT PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20220318645
    Abstract: The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A DIGITAL CONVERSATION MANAGEMENT PLATFORM (“DCM-Platform”) transforms digital dialogue from consumers, client demands and, Internet search inputs via DCM-Platform components into tradable digital assets, and client needs based artificial intelligence campaign plan outputs. In one implementation, The DCM-Platform may capture and examine conversations between individuals and artificial intelligence conversation agents. These agents may be viewed as assets. One can measure the value and performance of these agents by assessing their performance and ability to generate revenue from prolonging conversations and/or ability to effect sales through conversations with individuals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Nelson Jerram, Frederick Francis McMahon
  • Bispecific antibodies having constant region mutations and uses therefor
    Patent number: 11459405
    Abstract: Described herein are mutations in the CH1/CL interface and CH3 constant regions of a bispecific antibody which facilitate heterodimerization and methods for the efficient production of bispecific antibodies. Also disclosed are therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ram Sasisekharan, Kannan Tharakaraman, Vidya Subramanian, Eduardo Fleischer, Andrew Peter Hatas
  • MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, PROCESS, ARTICLE, AND FURNACE
    Publication number: 20220297344
    Abstract: A manufacturing system includes a tape advancing through the manufacturing system and a station of the manufacturing system. The tape includes a first portion having grains of an inorganic material bound by an organic binder. The station of the manufacturing system receives the first portion of the tape and prepares the tape for sintering by chemically changing the organic binder and/or removing the organic binder from the first portion of the tape, leaving the grains of the inorganic material, to form a second portion of the tape and, at least in part, prepare the tape for sintering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Andrew Peter Kittleson, Dale Charles Marshall, Gary Edward Merz, Eric Lee Miller, Emmanuel Chima Okpara, Conor James Walsh
  • ENZYME INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20220298141
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) compositions comprising such compounds; the use of such compounds in therapy; and methods of treating patients with such compounds; wherein A, B, and, n, are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Rebecca Louise DAVIE, Hannah Joy EDWARDS, David Michael EVANS, Simon Teanby HODGSON, Andrew Peter CRIDLAND, Emanuela GANCIA, Erica Lee GOLDSMITH, Paul Stuart HINCHLIFFE, Karamjit Singh JANDU, Alun John SMITH
  • ENZYME INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20220298138
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): Formula (I) compositions comprising such compounds; the use of such compounds in therapy; and methods of treating patients with such compounds; wherein A, Y, n, R1, R2A, R2B, R3 and *1 are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Rebecca Louise DAVIE, Hannah Joy EDWARDS, David Michael EVANS, Simon Teanby HODGSON, Sally Louise MARSH, Alessandro MAZZACANI, David Philip ROOKER, Michael John STOCKS, Andrew Peter CRIDLAND, Emanuela GANCIA, Julie Nicole HAMBLIN, Paul Stuart HINCHLIFFE, Stefano LEVANTO, Terence Aaron PANCHAL, Iain Robert MILLER
  • BENDABLE ARTICLES INCLUDING ADHESIVE LAYER WITH A DYNAMIC ELASTIC MODULUS
    Publication number: 20220282130
    Abstract: Articles including a substrate, a cover glass layer disposed over a top surface of the substrate, and an adhesive layer having a dynamic elastic modulus disposed between a bottom surface of the cover glass layer and the top surface of the substrate. The cover glass layer may have a thickness in the range of 1 micron to 200 microns. The dynamic elastic modulus of the adhesive layer may include a first elastic modulus in the range of 10 kPa to 1000 kPa measured at a stress frequency in the range of 0 Hertz to 5 Hertz and a temperature of 23 degrees C., and a second elastic modulus of 500 MPa or more measured at a stress frequency in the range of 10 Hertz to 1000 Hertz and a temperature of 23 degrees C. The adhesive layer may be optically transparent. The articles may be bendable electronic display devices or bendable electronic display device modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Shinu Baby, Naigeng Chen, Edward John Fewkes, Dhananjay Joshi, Andrew Peter Kittleson, Yousef Kayed Qaroush, Ying Zhang
  • Lift cord spool for a motorized treatment
    Patent number: 11434690
    Abstract: A lift cord spool assembly may be used in a motorized window treatment. The lift cord spool assembly may include a spool, a housing, and an end cap. The spool may be configured to windingly receive a lift cord of the motorized window treatment. A diameter of the spool may taper by approximately 0.5 degrees from the first end to an opposed second end. The housing may be configured to surround the spool. The end cap may be configured to attach to the housing, for example, such that the spool is retained within the housing. The end cap may include an inner surface, a shoulder, an aperture, and a guide. The guide may be configured to push the lift cord onto the spool as the lift cord is wound onto the spool. The guide may define a gradual slope around a circumference of the shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Kai He, Andrew Peter Schmalz
  • Wearable Low Power Continuous Perinatal Monitor
    Publication number: 20220265159
    Abstract: A sensing device for sensing perinatal maternal uterine activity and fetal heart activity is provided. The sensing device includes a body with an electromechanical system and a housing, a passive acoustic system with a plurality of microphones and an acoustic waveguide, an attachment component, an accelerometer, a signal analysis system including a microcontroller unit, and a wireless transceiver. The signal analysis system is configured to process biopotential signals and acoustic signals detected by the passive acoustic system and to reduce motion artifacts from the signals using the accelerometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Lucas Martin Holt, Andrew Peter Wang, Evan B. Bartilson, Benjamin Michael Bright
  • Apparatuses, methods and systems for a digital conversation management platform
    Patent number: 11410053
    Abstract: The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A DIGITAL CONVERSATION MANAGEMENT PLATFORM (“DCM-Platform”) transforms digital dialogue from consumers, client demands and, Internet search inputs via DCM-Platform components into tradable digital assets, and client needs based artificial intelligence campaign plan outputs. In one implementation, The DCM-Platform may capture and examine conversations between individuals and artificial intelligence conversation agents. These agents may be viewed as assets. One can measure the value and performance of these agents by assessing their performance and ability to generate revenue from prolonging conversations and/or ability to effect sales through conversations with individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: NEWVALUEXCHANGE LTD.
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Nelson Jerram, Frederick Francis McMahon
  • Internet canine communication device and method
    Patent number: RE49265
    Abstract: Enhanced methods and systems for human-pet communication are described. Example embodiments provide an Internet Canine Communication System (“ICCS”). The ICCS facilitates remote communication and interaction with between a dog and its owner, caretaker, trainer, family member, or the like. The ICCS may include a base station or similar device that is configured to deliver treats to a dog and to transmit audio/visual communication between the dog and a remote client device operated by a human user. The ICCS may also facilitate training the dog to utilize the ICCS to communicate with the user, such as by answering calls from or initiating calls to the remote client device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Andrew Peter Davis