Patents by Inventor ANTON ROBERT

ANTON ROBERT 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: 11551128
    Abstract: Techniques regarding determining a three-dimensional structure of a heteropolymer are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a polymer folding component that can generate a course-grained model to determine a three-dimensional structure of a heteropolymer based on a first qubit registry that encodes a conformation of the heteropolymer on a lattice and a second qubit registry that encodes an interaction distance between monomers comprised within the heteropolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anton Robert, Panagiotis Barkoutsos, Stefan Woerner, Ivano Tavernelli
  • Publication number: 20210035003
    Abstract: Techniques regarding determining a three-dimensional structure of a heteropolymer are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a polymer folding component that can generate a course-grained model to determine a three-dimensional structure of a heteropolymer based on a first qubit registry that encodes a conformation of the heteropolymer on a lattice and a second qubit registry that encodes an interaction distance between monomers comprised within the heteropolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Anton Robert, Panagiotis Barkoutsos, Stefan Woerner, Ivano Tavernelli
  • Patent number: 10671696
    Abstract: A method for enhancing hybrid-classical algorithms for combinatorial optimization includes executing, on a quantum processor, a variational algorithm, the execution producing a subset of a set of solutions (solution space) of the variational algorithm within a predefined period, the variational algorithm computing a quantum state of a quantum system corresponding to a combinatorial optimization problem, each solution in the subset having a corresponding value; sorting, according to a sorting criterion, the subset of solutions; isolating, based on the sorting, a portion of the subset of solutions wherein a value corresponding to each solution in the portion is within a boundary defined by a threshold value; computing an average value of the solutions from the portion of the subset of solutions; and altering the variational algorithm to produce a second subset of solutions such that the second subset of solutions comprises solutions having values within the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anton Robert, Panagiotis Barkoutsos, Giacomo Nannicini, Ivano Tavernelli, Stefan Woerner
  • Publication number: 20200110789
    Abstract: A method for enhancing hybrid-classical algorithms for combinatorial optimization includes executing, on a quantum processor, a variational algorithm, the execution producing a subset of a set of solutions (solution space) of the variational algorithm within a predefined period, the variational algorithm computing a quantum state of a quantum system corresponding to a combinatorial optimization problem, each solution in the subset having a corresponding value; sorting, according to a sorting criterion, the subset of solutions; isolating, based on the sorting, a portion of the subset of solutions wherein a value corresponding to each solution in the portion is within a boundary defined by a threshold value; computing an average value of the solutions from the portion of the subset of solutions; and altering the variational algorithm to produce a second subset of solutions such that the second subset of solutions comprises solutions having values within the boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: ANTON ROBERT, PANAGIOTIS BARKOUTSOS, GIACOMO NANNICINI, IVANO TAVERNELLI, STEFAN WOERNER
  • Patent number: 8590515
    Abstract: Described are methods and systems for powering an Otto-cycle engine using gasoline and compressed natural gas (CNG). The Otto-cycle engine can be powered by determining a quantity of the gasoline and a quantity of the CNG to deliver to a cylinder of the engine during an engine cycle such that combustion within the cylinder occurs at a pre-determined air-fuel ratio; delivering the quantity of the gasoline to the cylinder via a gasoline injector and delivering the quantity of the CNG to the cylinder via a CNG injector such that the gasoline and the CNG combust during the same combustion event; and combusting the gasoline and the CNG within the cylinder. Delivering CNG and gasoline to the cylinder using separate injectors allows the quantities of CNG and gasoline to vary in response to engine operating conditions, which allows the fuel mixture to be adjusted to satisfy engine power and emissions criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: The Saskatchewan Research Council
    Inventors: Kimberley Allan Young, Quan Wan, Anton Robert Darcey Farber, Michael Theodore Sulatisky, Nathan Oliver Peter, Sheldon George Hill
  • Publication number: 20120304969
    Abstract: Described are methods and systems for powering an Otto-cycle engine using gasoline and compressed natural gas (CNG). The Otto-cycle engine can be powered by determining a quantity of the gasoline and a quantity of the CNG to deliver to a cylinder of the engine during an engine cycle such that combustion within the cylinder occurs at a pre-determined air-fuel ratio; delivering the quantity of the gasoline to the cylinder via a gasoline injector and delivering the quantity of the CNG to the cylinder via a CNG injector such that the gasoline and the CNG combust during the same combustion event; and combusting the gasoline and the CNG within the cylinder. Delivering CNG and gasoline to the cylinder using separate injectors allows the quantities of CNG and gasoline to vary in response to engine operating conditions, which allows the fuel mixture to be adjusted to satisfy engine power and emissions criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Saskatchewan Research Council
    Inventors: Kimberley Allan Young, Quan Wan, Anton Robert Darcey Farber, Michael Theodore Sulatisky, Nathan Oliver Peter, Sheldon George Hill
  • Publication number: 20080281721
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating online money management are provided. Parents may create accounts for themselves and their children. The children's accounts include savings, sharing, and spending sub-accounts. The parent's account may also include savings, sharing, and spending sub-accounts. A percentage of profit and/or revenue generated by the accounts are provided back to the children or their parents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventor: Anton Robert SIMUNOVIC