Patents by Inventor Benjamin J. An

Benjamin J. An 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: 11977956
    Abstract: In a general aspect, calibration is performed in a quantum computing system. In some cases, domains of a quantum computing system are identified, where the domains include respective domain control subsystems and respective subsets of quantum circuit devices in a quantum processor of the quantum computing system. Sets of measurements are obtained from one of the domains and stored in memory. Device characteristics of the quantum circuit devices of the domain are obtained based on the set of measurements, and the device characteristics are stored in a memory of the control system. Quantum logic control parameters for the subset of quantum circuit devices of the domain are obtained based on the set of measurements and stored in memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Rigetti & Co, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Jacob Bloom, Shane Arthur Caldwell, Michael James Curtis, Matthew J. Reagor, Chad Tyler Rigetti, Eyob A. Sete, William J. Zeng, Peter Jonathan Karalekas, Nikolas Anton Tezak, Nasser Alidoust
  • Patent number: 11976372
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing adiponitrile from acrylonitrile in an electrolytic cell. An aqueous electrolyte comprising acrylonitrile converts to adiponitrile in the presence of a solid anode and in the absence of a solid cathode. The cathode comprises gas plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: INV NYLON CHEMICALS AMERICAS, LLC
    Inventors: Sudhir N. V. K. Aki, Benjamin D. Herzog, Milind V. Kantak, Gregory S. Kirby, William J. Tenn, III
  • Patent number: 11974916
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a prosthetic valve. The prosthetic valve may include a jacket configured to cover at least one of gaps, spaces, or interfaces in a frame or between one or more leaflets attached to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Arcaro, Kyle W. Colavito, Dustin V. Dienno, Cody L. Hartman, Roy Manygoats, Jr., Ryan S. Titone, Ryan D. Smith, Joshua A. Sprinkle, Benjamin A. Smith, James L. Goepfrich, Michael J. Shepard
  • Patent number: 11976716
    Abstract: Disclosed is a seal assembly for a grading machine. The grading machine may include a machine body, a blade assembly, and a circle assembly supporting the blade assembly. The circle assembly may include a circle having a plurality of gear teeth. The grading machine may also include a drawbar assembly connecting the circle assembly to the machine body. The seal assembly may include a non-metallic seal component extending circumferentially around an inner circumference of the circle assembly for sealing the plurality of gear teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Nathaniel K. Harshman, Benjamin J. Kovalick, Nikhil Sharma
  • Publication number: 20240142784
    Abstract: A display system and method for a work machine having grade control is disclosed. The display system includes the frame of the work machine, a grading element, an actuator, a grade control system, a display, a sensor, and a controller. The actuator is coupled to the grading element to controllably drive movement of the movable grading element. The display is configured to display information related to movement of the grading element relative to a target zone. The sensor provides detection signals from which a distance between a position of the grading element and the target zone can be determined. The controller has a non-transitory computer readable medium with a program instruction to grade the surface. The program instructions when executed causes a processor the controller to do the following. The controller receives the detection signals and changes the scale of the display information based on the detection signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Bryan D. Sulzer, Bryan J. Rausch, Benjamin D. Pacholl
  • Publication number: 20240143141
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to underwater user interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin W. BYLENOK, Alan AN, Richard J. BLANCO, Andrew CHEN, Maxime CHEVRETON, Kyle B. CRUZ, Walton FONG, Ki Myung LEE, Sung Chang LEE, Cheng-I LIN, Kenneth H. MAHAN, Anya PRASITTHIPAYONG, Alyssa RAMDYAL, Eric SHI, Xuefeng WANG, Wei Guang WU
  • Publication number: 20240139140
    Abstract: A method of attenuating opioid induced ventilatory and/or respiratory depression and/or augmenting opioid induced analgesia in a subject in need thereof includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a cystine ester or an adduct, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a tautomer, or a solvate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin M. Gaston, Stephen J. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20240140426
    Abstract: A driver assistance system in a host vehicle is provided. The driver assistance system is configured to: track a plurality of obstacles in front of the host vehicle; receive host vehicle driver selection of a follow operating mode for the driver assistance system via a human machine interface (HMI); identify a candidate lead vehicle from the plurality of tracked obstacles; provide, via the HMI, a line of sight view in front of the host vehicle that includes the candidate lead vehicle; receive host vehicle driver selection of the candidate lead vehicle as a lead vehicle to follow; adjust a desired trajectory calculated by the driver assistance system to obtain and maintain a desired headway between the lead vehicle and the host vehicle; and generate control signals for vehicle actuators to control the host vehicle to follow the desired trajectory to follow the lead vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Milad Jalaliyazdi, Reza Zarringhalam, Constandi John Shami, Benjamin L. Williams, Ethan Thomas Dietrich, Crystal J. Nassouri, Michael J. Reinker
  • Publication number: 20240140546
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for a system such as a conveyance system. The system can include a conveyor to transport a battery pack for at least a portion of a vehicle. The system can include a connector to electrically couple an energy source of the vehicle with the conveyor. The system can include a voltage converter to convert power from the energy source to operate the conveyor to transport at least the portion of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Fasil Mulatu Kero, Travis J. Cook, Omar EL-Qawasmeh, Benjamin Jacob Pyne
  • Publication number: 20240138693
    Abstract: A wrist-worn electronic device comprises a housing including a bottom wall configured to contact a user's wrist, an optical transmitter and receiver assembly and a processor. The optical transmitter and receiver assembly comprises a first optical transmitter array, a first optical receiver, a second optical transmitter array, and a second optical receiver. The first and second optical transmitter arrays transmit a plurality of first and second optical signals, respectively, that pass through a user's skin. The first and second optical receivers receive the first and second optical signals that travel along a first signal path and a second signal path, respectively, that are both substantially parallel to an arm axis of the user. The processor is configured determine physiological information about the user based on one or both of first and second electronic signals corresponding to the first and second optical signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Paul R. MacDonald, Christopher J. Kulach, Tim A. Verschaeve, Benjamin A. Primeau
  • Publication number: 20240139905
    Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing apparatus has a platen to support a polishing pad, the platen having a recess, a carrier head to hold a surface of a substrate against the polishing pad and comprising a retaining ring to retain the substrate below the carrier head, a motor to generate relative motion between the platen and the carrier head so as to polish the substrate, an in-situ acoustic monitoring system comprising an acoustic sensor arranged in the recess that receives acoustic energy from friction between the substrate and the polishing pad and from friction between the retaining ring and the polishing pad, and a controller configured to generate a value for a carrier head status parameter based on received acoustic signals from the in-situ acoustic monitoring system, and change or polishing parameter or generate an alert based on the carrier head status parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Cherian, Thomas H. Osterheld, Brian J. Brown, Haoquan Fang, Jeonghoon Oh, Jun Qian, Nicholas A. Wiswell, Sohrab Pourmand
  • Publication number: 20240139415
    Abstract: Embodiments can relate to a system for automatically detecting sensor compression in continuous glucose monitoring including at least one sensor and at least one processor in communication with the at least one sensor, the at least one processor executing at least two machine learning models, wherein the at least one processor is programmed or configured to cause the processor to receive, from the at least one sensor, measurement data including at least one time series of blood glucose (BG) measurements measured by the at least one sensor, determine that the at least one time series of BG measurements is a candidate series including a compression artifact using a first machine learning model, and generate, using a second machine learning model, a signal output indicating that the at least one time series of BG measurements was obtained while the at least one sensor was subject to compression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Boris P. KOVATCHEV, Benjamin J. LOBO
  • Patent number: 11970406
    Abstract: Automated systems to make target compounds from slide stainer waste streams inactive utilizing advanced oxidation processes are described herein. Advanced oxidation processes are promoted by UV irradiation and further accelerated by use of radical initiators, such as hydrogen peroxide. The automated systems further include mechanisms for segregating components of the waste streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Crum, Joseph M. Jakubowski, Jerome W. Kosmeder, II, Eric May, Michael Otter, Taylor J. Shingler, Benjamin C. Stevens
  • Patent number: 11969578
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed for inter-app communications between software applications on a mobile communications device. In one aspect, a computer-readable medium on a mobile computing device comprising an inter-application communication data structure to facilitate transitioning and distributing data between software applications in a shared app group for an operating system of the mobile computing device includes a scheme field of the data structure providing a scheme id associated with a target software app to transition to from a source software app, wherein the scheme id is listed on a scheme list stored with the source software app; and a payload field of the data structure providing data and/or an identification where to access data in a shared file system accessible to the software applications in the shared app group, wherein the payload field is encrypted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary A. Morris, Scott M. Belliveau, Esteban Cabrera, Jr., Rian Draeger, Laura J. Dunn, Timothy Joseph Goldsmith, Hari Hampapuram, Christopher Robert Hannemann, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Patrick Wile McBride, Michael Robert Mensinger, Francis William Pascual, Philip Mansiel Pellouchoud, Nicholas Polytaridis, Philip Thomas Pupa, Anna Leigh Davis, Kevin Shoemaker, Brian Christopher Smith, Benjamin Elrod West, Atiim Joseph Wiley
  • Patent number: 11969516
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are biological indicators suitable for use in a liquid-chemical sterilization process that may be conducted by an automated endoscope reprocessor. The biological indicator may include one or more ports for introducing and removing a liquid-chemical sterilant therefrom. The biological indicators may include features, such as a declivity leading to a port opening or a pipette, that may assist in transferring the liquid-chemical sterilant. The system may additionally include a holder having features that facilitate use of the system and biological indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ASP Global Manufacturing GMBH
    Inventors: Benjamin M. Fryer, Samuel J. Rhodes, Navid Omidbakhsh, Cole G. Mcneal, Masood H. Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 11969434
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and an oral composition for treating CNS disorders. An embodiment of the invention comprises orally administering an allopregnanolone containing composition to a subject having a CNS disorder. Exemplary CNS disorders include sleep disorders, mood disorders, dysthymic disorders, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, stress disorders, compulsive disorders, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, convulsive disorders, memory disorders, cognition disorders, movement disorders, personality disorders, autism spectrum disorders, substance abuse disorders, dementia, pain, traumatic brain injury (TBI), vascular disease, withdrawal syndrome, and tinnitus. The composition and methods disclosed herein exhibit effective oral absorption/bioavailability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Ogle, Benjamin J. Bruno, Kongnara Papangkorn, Samuel Akapo, Joel Frank, Nachiappan Chidambaram, Mahesh V. Patel
  • Patent number: 11970376
    Abstract: A system for controlling a winch assembly includes a rotatable winch drum with an attached cable. A winch motor is configured to rotate the winch drum. A sensor is configured to generate signals indicative of the number of layers of the winch cable on the winch drum. A winch controller is configured to receive a control input requesting a selected rotation of the winch drum, receive the signals from the sensor, determine a number of layers of the winch cable disposed on the winch drum, and generate control commands to control the winch motor to rotate the winch drum based on the control input and the number of layers of the winch cable. The control command rotates the winch drum to produce a substantially constant line speed based on the selected control input independent of the number of layers determined to be disposed on the winch drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis J. Caldwell, Benjamin Barbier
  • Patent number: 11969687
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide for a filter assembly. The filter assembly includes a filter housing, a filter element, and a cover. The filter housing has a first housing end and a second housing end that define an internal cavity. The filter housing has a housing seal member formed on the second housing end. The filter element is disposed in the internal cavity. The filter element includes a filter media, an endplate, and a filter seal member. The filter media has a first media end and a second media end. The endplate is disposed at the first media end. The filter seal member is formed on the endplate. The filter seal member includes an inner seal portion and an outer seal portion. The filter seal member is configured to engage the housing seal member. The cover secures the engagement of the housing seal member and the filter seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark V. Holzmann, Ken Tofsland, Scott Gerald Manke, Wesley J. Martin, Benjamin L. Scheckel, Joseph Appelhans, Guiliang Zheng
  • Patent number: D1025075
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Eric Wesley Bates, Mu-Hua Cheng, Sawyer Isaac Cohen, Markus Diebel, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Hugh J. Jay, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1025084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer