Patents by Inventor Andrew Watson

Andrew Watson 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: 20260079504
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an autonomous ground vehicle system configured to be deployed in and coordinate with a multi-agent swarm of autonomous ground vehicles. The system includes one or more processors, one or more memories, one or more wireless communication modules, one or more motors, and one or more sensors configured to observe an environment through which the autonomous ground vehicle system navigates. The system is configured to receive a multi-agent behavior request requiring multiple agents to be performed, translate the request into one or more tasks each configured to be performed by a single agent, assign at least a first task to the autonomous ground vehicle system based on a cost function indicating efficiency, and autonomously execute the first task causing the system to navigate through the environment using the sensors and motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Applicant: Swarmbotics AI, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Kottinger, Andrew Watson
  • Publication number: 20260036574
    Abstract: The invention provides barcode libraries and methods of making and using them including obtaining a plurality of nucleic acid constructs in which each construct comprises a unique N-mer and a functional N-mer and segregating the constructs into a fluid compartments such that each compartment contains one or more copies of a unique construct. The invention further provides methods for digital PCR and for use of barcode libraries in digital PCR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: Michael L. Samuels, Jeffrey Charles Olson, Andrew Watson, Keith Brown, Darren R. Link
  • Patent number: 12461094
    Abstract: The invention provides barcode libraries and methods of making and using them including obtaining a plurality of nucleic acid constructs in which each construct comprises a unique N-mer and a functional N-mer and segregating the constructs into a fluid compartments such that each compartment contains one or more copies of a unique construct. The invention further provides methods for digital PCR and for use of barcode libraries in digital PCR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Samuels, Jeffrey Charles Olson, Andrew Watson, Keith Brown, Darren R. Link
  • Publication number: 20250216383
    Abstract: The invention provides barcode libraries and methods of making and using them including obtaining a plurality of nucleic acid constructs in which each construct comprises a unique N-mer and a functional N-mer and segregating the constructs into a fluid compartments such that each compartment contains one or more copies of a unique construct. The invention further provides methods for digital PCR and for use of barcode libraries in digital PCR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Michael L. Samuels, Jeffrey Charles Olson, Andrew Watson, Keith Brown, Darren R. Link
  • Patent number: 12327559
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for using a multimodal response in the dynamic generation of client device output that is tailored to a current modality of a client device is disclosed herein. Multimodal client devices can engage in a variety of interactions across the multimodal spectrum including voice only interactions, voice forward interactions, multimodal interactions, visual forward interactions, visual only interactions etc. A multimodal response can include a core message to be rendered for all interaction types as well as one or more modality dependent components to provide a user with additional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: April Pufahl, Jared Strawderman, Harry Yu, Adriana Olmos Antillon, Jonathan Livni, Okan Kolak, James Giangola, Nitin Khandelwal, Jason Kearns, Andrew Watson, Joseph Ashear, Valerie Nygaard
  • Patent number: 12140591
    Abstract: The invention provides barcode libraries and methods of making and using them including obtaining a plurality of nucleic acid constructs in which each construct comprises a unique N-mer and a functional N-mer and segregating the constructs into a fluid compartments such that each compartment contains one or more copies of a unique construct. The invention further provides methods for digital PCR and for use of barcode libraries in digital PCR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Samuels, Jeffrey Charles Olson, Andrew Watson, Keith Brown, Darren R. Link
  • Patent number: 12140590
    Abstract: The invention provides barcode libraries and methods of making and using them including obtaining a plurality of nucleic acid constructs in which each construct comprises a unique N-mer and a functional N-mer and segregating the constructs into a fluid compartments such that each compartment contains one or more copies of a unique construct. The invention further provides methods for digital PCR and for use of barcode libraries in digital PCR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Samuels, Jeffrey Charles Olson, Andrew Watson, Keith Brown, Darren R. Link
  • Publication number: 20240169989
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for using a multimodal response in the dynamic generation of client device output that is tailored to a current modality of a client device is disclosed herein. Multimodal client devices can engage in a variety of interactions across the multimodal spectrum including voice only interactions, voice forward interactions, multimodal interactions, visual forward interactions, visual only interactions etc. A multimodal response can include a core message to be rendered for all interaction types as well as one or more modality dependent components to provide a user with additional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: April Pufahl, Jared Strawderman, Harry Yu, Adriana Olmos Antillon, Jonathan Livni, Okan Kolak, James Giangola, Nitin Khandelwal, Jason Kearns, Andrew Watson, Joseph Ashear, Valerie Nygaard
  • Patent number: 11965877
    Abstract: The invention provides barcode libraries and methods of making and using them including obtaining a plurality of nucleic acid constructs in which each construct comprises a unique N-mer and a functional N-mer and segregating the constructs into a fluid compartments such that each compartment contains one or more copies of a unique construct. The invention further provides methods for digital PCR and for use of barcode libraries in digital PCR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Samuels, Jeffrey Charles Olson, Andrew Watson, Keith Brown, Darren R. Link
  • Patent number: 11935530
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for using a multimodal response in the dynamic generation of client device output that is tailored to a current modality of a client device is disclosed herein. Multimodal client devices can engage in a variety of interactions across the multimodal spectrum including voice only interactions, voice forward interactions, multimodal interactions, visual forward interactions, visual only interactions etc. A multimodal response can include a core message to be rendered for all interaction types as well as one or more modality dependent components to provide a user with additional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: April Pufahl, Jared Strawderman, Harry Yu, Adriana Olmos Antillon, Jonathan Livni, Okan Kolak, James Giangola, Nitin Khandelwal, Jason Kearns, Andrew Watson, Joseph Ashear, Valerie Nygaard
  • Publication number: 20240011974
    Abstract: The invention provides barcode libraries and methods of making and using them including obtaining a plurality of nucleic acid constructs in which each construct comprises a unique N-mer and a functional N-mer and segregating the constructs into a fluid compartments such that each compartment contains one or more copies of a unique construct. The invention further provides methods for digital PCR and for use of barcode libraries in digital PCR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Samuels, Jeffrey Charles Olson, Andrew Watson, Keith Brown, Darren R. Link
  • Patent number: 11768198
    Abstract: The invention provides barcode libraries and methods of making and using them including obtaining a plurality of nucleic acid constructs in which each construct comprises a unique N-mer and a functional N-mer and segregating the constructs into a fluid compartments such that each compartment contains one or more copies of a unique construct. The invention further provides methods for digital PCR and for use of barcode libraries in digital PCR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael L. Samuels, Jeffrey Charles Olson, Andrew Watson, Keith Brown, Darren R. Link
  • Patent number: 11747327
    Abstract: The invention provides barcode libraries and methods of making and using them including obtaining a plurality of nucleic acid constructs in which each construct comprises a unique N-mer and a functional N-mer and segregating the constructs into a fluid compartments such that each compartment contains one or more copies of a unique construct. The invention further provides methods for digital PCR and for use of barcode libraries in digital PCR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael L. Samuels, Jeffrey Charles Olson, Andrew Watson, Keith Brown, Darren R. Link
  • Publication number: 20230220447
    Abstract: The invention provides barcode libraries and methods of making and using them including obtaining a plurality of nucleic acid constructs in which each construct comprises a unique N-mer and a functional N-mer and segregating the constructs into a fluid compartments such that each compartment contains one or more copies of a unique construct. The invention further provides methods for digital PCR and for use of barcode libraries in digital PCR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Michael L. Samuels, Jeffrey Charles Olson, Andrew Watson, Keith Brown, Darren R. Link
  • Publication number: 20220251628
    Abstract: The invention provides barcode libraries and methods of making and using them including obtaining a plurality of nucleic acid constructs in which each construct comprises a unique N-mer and a functional N-mer and segregating the constructs into a fluid compartments such that each compartment contains one or more copies of a unique construct. The invention further provides methods for digital PCR and for use of barcode libraries in digital PCR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Michael L. SAMUELS, Jeffrey Charles OLSON, Andrew WATSON, Keith BROWN, Darren R. LINK
  • Publication number: 20220220532
    Abstract: The invention provides barcode libraries and methods of making and using them including obtaining a plurality of nucleic acid constructs in which each construct comprises a unique N-mer and a functional N-mer and segregating the constructs into a fluid compartments such that each compartment contains one or more copies of a unique construct. The invention further provides methods for digital PCR and for use of barcode libraries in digital PCR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Michael L. Samuels, Jeffrey Charles Olson, Andrew Watson, Keith Brown, Darren R. Link
  • Patent number: 11347376
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for dynamically partitioning items in a list into one or more subsets in a manner tailored to a current modality of a client device is disclosed herein. Multimodal client devices can engage in a variety of interactions across the multimodal spectrum including voice only interactions, voice forward interactions, multimodal interactions, visual forward interactions, visual only interactions, etc. A list can be partitioned into subsets in part based on a currently modality of a multimodal device, one or more list attributes indicating additional information about the list, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: April Pufahl, Chrysoberyl Francisco, Jared Strawderman, Per Anderson, Oren Blasberg, Andrew Watson, Madelaine Plauché
  • Publication number: 20220064711
    Abstract: The invention provides barcode libraries and methods of making and using them including obtaining a plurality of nucleic acid constructs in which each construct comprises a unique N-mer and a functional N-mer and segregating the constructs into a fluid compartments such that each compartment contains one or more copies of a unique construct. The invention further provides methods for digital PCR and for use of barcode libraries in digital PCR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Michael L. Samuels, Jeffrey Charles Olson, Andrew Watson, Keith Brown, Darren R. Link
  • Publication number: 20220051675
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for using a multimodal response in the dynamic generation of client device output that is tailored to a current modality of a client device is disclosed herein. Multimodal client devices can engage in a variety of interactions across the multimodal spectrum including voice only interactions, voice forward interactions, multimodal interactions, visual forward interactions, visual only interactions etc. A multimodal response can include a core message to be rendered for all interaction types as well as one or more modality dependent components to provide a user with additional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: April Pufahl, Jared Strawderman, Harry Yu, Adriana Olmos Antillon, Jonathan Livni, Okan Kolak, James Giangola, Nitin Khandelwal, Jason Kearns, Andrew Watson, Joseph Ashear, Valerie Nygaard
  • Patent number: D1130637
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: PUTTOUT LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Clift, Andrew Watson, Charles Colquhoun