Patents by Inventor Andrew Sutherland

Andrew Sutherland 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: 20260161634
    Abstract: Systems and methods for updating metadata. In some embodiments, in response to detecting an instruction executed by a hardware system, a source location of the instruction may be identified. First metadata associated with the instruction may be used to determine whether the instruction is allowed. In response to determining that the instruction is allowed, the source location of the instruction may be associated with second metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2025
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Applicant: DOVER MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Eli BOLING, Steven MILBURN, Gregory T. SULLIVAN, Andrew SUTHERLAND
  • Publication number: 20260100437
    Abstract: A double-wall enclosure for thermal management of a battery pack that includes an inner hollow structure having an internal and external surface; the inner hollow structure having one or more battery modules located therein; and an outer hollow structure having an interior surface, wherein the external surface of the inner hollow structure either contacts the interior surface of the outer hollow structure or forms at least one channel with the interior surface of the outer hollow structure through which a heat transfer fluid flows. The inner hollow structure is formed of a polymer material, such that the inner hollow structure is in thermal contact with the heat transfer fluid in order to provide for the thermal management of the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Jon HOLTZ, Andrew SUTHERLAND, Kit JONES, Albert BOECKER
  • Patent number: 12524394
    Abstract: Systems and methods for updating metadata. In some embodiments, in response to detecting an instruction executed by a hardware system, a source location of the instruction may be identified. First metadata associated with the instruction may be used to determine whether the instruction is allowed. In response to determining that the instruction is allowed, the source location of the instruction may be associated with second metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Dover Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eli Boling, Steven Milburn, Gregory T. Sullivan, Andrew Sutherland
  • Publication number: 20250390572
    Abstract: Systems and methods for metadata processing. In some embodiments, one or more metadata inputs may be processed to determine whether to allow an instruction. For instance, one or more classification bits may be identified from a metadata input of the one or more metadata inputs, and the metadata input may be processed based on the one or more classification bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Applicant: DOVER MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew SUTHERLAND, Steven MILBURN, Gregory T. SULLIVAN, Eli BOLING
  • Publication number: 20250348599
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enforcing one or more policies that are encoded as programmable hardware functions. In some embodiments, tag processing hardware may receive information relating to one or more instructions executed by a host system. The information may be used to construct an input pattern, which may be processed, in hardware, to obtain at least one indicator. The tag processing hardware may then determine whether the at least one indicator matches at least one parameter that is selected based on one or more policies being enforced by the tag processing hardware. In response to determining that the at least one indicator does not match the at least one parameter, the tag processing hardware may send a signal to the host system to indicate a violation of the one or more policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Applicant: DOVER MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew SUTHERLAND, Steven MILBURN
  • Patent number: 12393677
    Abstract: Systems and methods for metadata processing. In some embodiments, one or more metadata inputs may be processed to determine whether to allow an instruction. For instance, one or more classification bits may be identified from a metadata input of the one or more metadata inputs, and the metadata input may be processed based on the one or more classification bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: Dover Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Sutherland, Steven Milburn, Gregory T. Sullivan, Eli Boling
  • Patent number: 12373314
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system is provided, comprising enforcement hardware configured to execute, at run time, a state machine in parallel with application code. Executing the state machine may include: maintaining metadata that corresponds to one or more state variables of the state machine; matching instructions in the application code to transitions in the state machine; and, in response to determining that an instruction in the application code does not match any transition from a current state of the state machine, causing an error handling routine to be executed. In some embodiments, a description of a state machine may be translated into at least one policy to be enforced at run time based on metadata labels associated with application code and/or data manipulated by the application code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Dover Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Sutherland, Jonathan B. Rosenberg, Gregory T. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20250086162
    Abstract: Systems and methods for updating metadata. In some embodiments, in response to detecting an instruction executed by a hardware system, a source location of the instruction may be identified. First metadata associated with the instruction may be used to determine whether the instruction is allowed. In response to determining that the instruction is allowed, the source location of the instruction may be associated with second metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Dover Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eli Boling, Steven Milburn, Gregory T. Sullivan, Andrew Sutherland
  • Patent number: 12242575
    Abstract: A system including at least one processor programmed to identify, based on a policy to be enforced, one or more metadata symbols corresponding to an entity name; identify, from a target description describing a target system, an entity description matching the entity name, wherein the entity description describes an entity of the target system; and apply a metadata label to the entity of the target system, wherein the metadata label is based on the one or more metadata symbols corresponding to the entity name, as identified based on the policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Dover Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eli Boling, Steven Milburn, Gregory T. Sullivan, Andrew Sutherland
  • Publication number: 20250042858
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (I), and salts, solvates and radiolabelled forms thereof, together with complexes of the compound of formula (I) with TSPO, and methods for forming such complexes, and methods for detecting the compound of formula (I), such as in complex with TSPO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Andrew Sutherland, Sally Pimlott, Adriana Tavares, Christophe Lucatelli
  • Publication number: 20240419783
    Abstract: Systems and methods for compartmentalization. In some embodiments, in response to receiving a compartment update request, a target compartment of a compartment transition triggering the compartment update request may be determined, and a compartment configuration corresponding to the target compartment may be loaded, wherein the compartment configuration indicates at least one address range associated with the target compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Dover Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Sutherland
  • Patent number: 12129235
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (I), and salts, solvates and radiolabelled forms thereof, together with complexes of the compound of formula (I) with TSPO, and methods for forming such complexes, and methods for detecting the compound of formula (I), such as in complex with TSPO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: The University Court of the University of Glasgow, The University Court of the University of Edinburgh
    Inventors: Andrew Sutherland, Sally Pimlott, Adriana Tavares, Christoph Lucatelli
  • Patent number: 12124566
    Abstract: Systems and methods for metadata processing. In some embodiments, a target address may be received from a host processor. The target address may be used to access mapping information and decoding information, the mapping information and the decoding information being associated with the target address. The mapping information may be used to map the target address to a metadata address. The metadata address may be used to retrieve metadata, and the decoding information may be used to decode the retrieved metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Dover Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eli Boling, Steven Milburn, Gregory T. Sullivan, Andrew Sutherland
  • Patent number: 12079197
    Abstract: Systems and methods for updating metadata. In some embodiments, in response to detecting an instruction executed by a hardware system, a source location of the instruction may be identified. First metadata associated with the instruction may be used to determine whether the instruction is allowed. In response to determining that the instruction is allowed, the source location of the instruction may be associated with second metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Dover Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eli Boling, Steven Milburn, Gregory T. Sullivan, Andrew Sutherland
  • Publication number: 20240272994
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system is provided, comprising enforcement hardware configured to execute, at run time, a state machine in parallel with application code. Executing the state machine may include: maintaining metadata that corresponds to one or more state variables of the state machine; matching instructions in the application code to transitions in the state machine; and, in response to determining that an instruction in the application code does not match any transition from a current state of the state machine, causing an error handling routine to be executed. In some embodiments, a description of a state machine may be translated into at least one policy to be enforced at run time based on metadata labels associated with application code and/or data manipulated by the application code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Dover Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Sutherland, Jonathan B. Rosenberg, Gregory T. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11977613
    Abstract: A system including at least one processor programmed to translate a policy into policy code, wherein: the policy is provided in a policy language; the policy code is in a programming language that is different from the policy language; and the policy includes a statement that maps an entity name to one or more metadata symbols to be associated with an entity in a target system against which the policy is to be enforced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Dover Microsystems, Inc., The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Eli Boling, Steven Milburn, Gregory T. Sullivan, Andrew Sutherland, Christopher J. Casinghino
  • Publication number: 20240045932
    Abstract: A system including at least one processor programmed to identify, based on a policy to be enforced, one or more metadata symbols corresponding to an entity name; identify, from a target description describing a target system, an entity description matching the entity name, wherein the entity description describes an entity of the target system; and apply a metadata label to the entity of the target system, wherein the metadata label is based on the one or more metadata symbols corresponding to the entity name, as identified based on the policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Dover Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eli Boling, Steven Milburn, Gregory T. Sullivan, Andrew Sutherland
  • Patent number: 11797398
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system is provided, comprising enforcement hardware configured to execute, at run time, a state machine in parallel with application code. Executing the state machine may include maintaining metadata that corresponds to one or more state variables of the state machine; matching instructions in the application code to transitions in the state machine; and, in response to determining that an instruction in the application code does not match any transition from a current state of the state machine, causing an error handling routine to be executed. In some embodiments, a description of a state machine may be translated into at least one policy to be enforced at run time based on metadata labels associated with application code and/or data manipulated by the application code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Dover Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Sutherland, Jonathan B. Rosenberg, Gregory T. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11776021
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for synchronizing presentation across multiple devices. A method may include receiving, by a first device, a first price associated with a product and a first time, wherein the first price is presented in a virtual location. The method may include determining a second price and a second time, the second price associated with the product, wherein the second price is presented at a physical location. The method may include determining that the first time is after the second time. The method may include determining a difference between the first price and the second price. The method may include generating, based on the difference, one or more application programming interface (API) calls associated with replacing, at the physical location, presentation of the second price with presentation of the first price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Narendra Gyanchandani, Andrew Sutherland, Rajesh Babel, Bilyana Slavova, Rajan Navnitbhai Parmar
  • Patent number: 11748457
    Abstract: A system including at least one processor programmed to identify, based on a policy to be enforced, one or more metadata symbols corresponding to an entity name; identify, from a target description describing a target system, an entity description matching the entity name, wherein the entity description describes an entity of the target system; and apply a metadata label to the entity of the target system, wherein the metadata label is based on the one or more metadata symbols corresponding to the entity name, as identified based on the policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Dover Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eli Boling, Steven Milburn, Gregory T. Sullivan, Andrew Sutherland