Patents by Inventor Benjamin Cox

Benjamin Cox 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: 20260030269
    Abstract: Methods and systems for automatic detection and filling of information gaps in a reference database are described. Responsive to a user query in an ongoing chat session, a query embedding associated with the user query is obtained. A synthetic question embedding is identified from a vector database, based on a similarity to the query embedding. Responsive to determining that the similarity between the synthetic question embedding and the query embedding does not meet a similarity threshold, the ongoing chat session is monitored to detect an answer to the user query. A prompt is provided to a large language model (LLM) to generate and display a textual content corresponding to the user query, based on the detected answer, for automatically updating the reference database. The disclosed methods and systems effectively incorporate new or undocumented information that is not currently captured within the reference database, as gaps are identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Benjamin Cox, Robert Thornton
  • Patent number: 11572008
    Abstract: An apparatus for securing cargo to a flatbed of a carrier vehicle. The apparatus includes two pulley blocks, the first pulley block and the second pulley block. The first pulley block having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having two pulleys arranged side-by-side. The second pulley block having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the second pulley having two pulleys arranged side-by-side. A first strap having a first end coupled to a first hook and the second end is coupled to a proximal end of the first pulley block. A second strap having a second hook at one end and the other end can be inserted into the second block pulley through its proximal end. The free end loops around the pulleys of the two pulley blocks and exits from the first pulley block. The free end of the second strap is having a handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventor: Benjamin Cox
  • Publication number: 20210178957
    Abstract: An apparatus for securing cargo to a flatbed of a carrier vehicle. The apparatus includes two pulley blocks, the first pulley block and the second pulley block. The first pulley block having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having two pulleys arranged side-by-side. The second pulley block having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the second pulley having two pulleys arranged side-by-side. A first strap having a first end coupled to a first hook and the second end is coupled to a proximal end of the first pulley block. A second strap having a second hook at one end and the other end can be inserted into the second block pulley through its proximal end. The free end loops around the pulleys of the two pulley blocks and exits from the first pulley block. The free end of the second strap is having a handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Benjamin Cox
  • Patent number: 9625584
    Abstract: A phantom for a nuclear imaging system is provided. In particular, systems and method are provided for a phantom including a pattern plate having a plurality of passages and a plurality of channels sequentially interconnecting each of the plurality of cylindrical cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Benjamin Cox, Mohammed Farhoud, Stephen Graves
  • Publication number: 20150307425
    Abstract: An enclosure that may be placed around a barrel of aging alcohol, wherein the enclosure may include a bottom, a net, a cooling coil, and a top, wherein the cooling coil may be positioned over the barrel such that ethanol vapor can be condensed onto the cooling coil and dripped onto the barrel. The cooling coil may also be cooled by cooling refrigerant below the condensation point of ethanol and pumping the refrigerant through the cooling coil. Alternatives can include positioning the cooling coil over a drip pan and may also include returning the condensed ethanol into the barrel via a hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventor: Benjamin Cox
  • Patent number: D908704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: LumiraDx UK Ltd
    Inventors: Nicholas Long, Alex Driver, Benjamin Cox, Ben Clarke, Paul Greenhalgh
  • Patent number: D912843
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: LumiraDx UK Ltd
    Inventors: David Lang, Michael Flett, Alex Driver, Benjamin Cox, Iain Deane, Phillip Lowe, Steven Keatch, Brian McGuigan, Alexander Reid
  • Patent number: D968642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: LumiraDx UK Ltd
    Inventors: David Lang, Michael Flett, Alex Driver, Benjamin Cox, Iain Deane, Phillip Lowe, Steven Keatch, Brian McGuigan, Alexander Reid