Patents by Inventor Benjamin Joseph

Benjamin Joseph 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: 20190276483
    Abstract: The invention relates to prodrug compounds of formula I: wherein R2, R3, R5, R7 and X are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain. The compounds of formula I possess advantageous solubility and physicochemical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Corey Anderson, Sara Sabina Hadida Ruah, Julian Marian Charles Golec, Beili Zhang, Benjamin Joseph Littler, Ali Keshavarz-Shokri, Tim Edward Alcacio, Daniel T. Belmont
  • Publication number: 20190264949
    Abstract: A water heater system includes a tank having internal capacity no greater than 1 gallon, a water inlet, and a water outlet. A flow of water into the tank through the water inlet and out of the tank through the water outlet is a downstream water flow. An absence of downstream water flow is a standby condition of the water heater. The water heater includes a heating element for heating water in the tank, a first temperature sensor positioned to sense a temperature of the water flowing into the tank, and a second temperature sensor positioned to sense a temperature of the water flowing out of the tank. The water heater further includes a damper upstream of the second temperature sensor to reduce fluctuations in the temperature readings of the second temperature sensor to reduce false detection of downstream water flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Jianmin Yin, Brian Thomas Branecky, Mark Murphy, Benjamin Joseph Bolton
  • Publication number: 20190223786
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for determining or quantifying tinnitus conditions within a patient, including determining if a patient has some form of tinnitus as well as categorizing or determining the severity of a tinnitus condition, if present. The described systems and methods are also useful in evaluating the efficacy a tinnitus treatment by measuring the degree of reduction of tinnitus symptoms in a patient. The described systems and methods also provide a personalized profile for each specific patient, allowing for more effective treatment options as various forms or causes of tinnitus become apparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Fatima T. HUSAIN, Yuliy BARYSHNIKOV, Benjamin Joseph ZIMMERMAN, Ivan Thomas ABRAHAM
  • Publication number: 20190226862
    Abstract: A device can communicate with a set of devices to obtain input data from a set of data sources. The device can process the input data to determine a state of a first job, of a plurality of jobs, based on the state of the vehicle and the state of the operator of the vehicle. The device can determine, based on the state of the first job, a plurality of estimated times of arrival of the vehicle at two or more downstream jobs, of the plurality of jobs, occurring after the first job. The device can determine, based on the plurality of estimated times of arrival, a set of alerts or a set of response actions relating to the plurality of estimated times of arrival of the vehicle. The device can communicate with at least one customer device to provide the alert or implement the response action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Shazib SHAUKAT, John ZVONAR, James STEWART, Jared KLOPPER, Michael J. COCKS, William Benjamin Joseph KOLODNER
  • Publication number: 20190210991
    Abstract: The present invention features processes for preparing compounds, such as (R)-1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)ā€”Nā€”(1-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-6-fluoro-2-(1-hydroxy-2-methylpropan-2-yl)-1H-indol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamide (Compound 1), useful for treating CFTR mediated diseases such as cystic fibrosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerald J. Tanoury, Cristian Harrison, Benjamin Joseph Littler, Peter Jamison Rose, Robert Michael Hughes, Young Chun Jung, David Andrew Siesel, Elaine Chungmin Lee, Daniel T. Belmont, William A. Nugent
  • Publication number: 20190202818
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR kinase, such as aminopyrazine-isoxazole derivatives and related molecules. The present invention also relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and solid forms of the compounds of this invention. The compounds of this invention have formula I or II: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, John Studley, Francoise Yvonne Theodora Marie Pierard, Steven John Durrant, Benjamin Joseph Littler, Robert Michael Hughes, David Andrew Siesel, Paul Angell, Armando Urbina, Yi Shi
  • Patent number: 10331178
    Abstract: The trackpad assemblies described herein maintain minimum overall stiffness, weight, and cost requirements of a trackpad assembly, while permitting a decrease in trackpad assembly thickness as compared to conventional trackpad assemblies. The trackpad assemblies may include one or more of a four-layer PCB, structural adhesives, a structural PCB stiffener, and a structural shield assembly. These stiffening features permit increasingly thinner trackpad assemblies and associated computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ketan R. Shah, Todd David Pleake, Benjamin Joseph Carpenter, George Karavaev, Mark Gerard Rice
  • Patent number: 10287572
    Abstract: This disclosure describes non-naturally occurring protein scaffolds and methods of making and using the protein scaffolds. In one aspect, therefore, this disclosure describes a non-naturally occurring protein scaffold that includes a plurality of structural domains and a plurality of loop regions that include an amino acid sequence that varies from a naturally-occurring loop region by at least one amino acid deletion, substitution, or addition. Generally, the structural domain or domains can include at least one ? structure and/or at least one a helix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Benjamin Joseph Hackel, Max Anthony Kruziki, Sumit Bhatnagar, Hong Zhou
  • Publication number: 20190118235
    Abstract: A hollow preform impact extruded from a metal billet to produce a progressing wall at a transition wall thickness. An axially forward portion of the progressing wall is ironed by extrusion past an extrusion point to form a sidewall portion of a lesser thickness. Extruding is stopped while some of the billet remains to form the closed bottom end. The preform has a bottom portion, a sidewall portion and a transition wall portion extending between the bottom portion and the sidewall portion. The transition wall portion is thicker than the sidewall portion and can be formed into at least part of the rim of an expansion shaped container. An impact extrusion punch has a central axis, an axially forward, impact surface for impacting metal to be extruded, a transition region for directing material displaced by the impact surface and a rear extrusion point for ironing material extruded past the transition region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicants: MONTEBELLO TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LTD., 1949467 ONTARIO INC.
    Inventors: Betty Jean PILON, Peter STATHOPOULOS, Georgi GEORGIEV, Benjamin Joseph PILON
  • Patent number: 10253054
    Abstract: The invention relates to prodrug compounds of formula I: wherein R2, R3, R5, R7 and X are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain. The compounds of formula I possess advantageous solubility and physicochemical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Corey Anderson, Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Julian Marian Charles Golec, Beili Zhang, Benjamin Joseph Littler, Ali Keshavarz-Shokri, Tim Edward Alcacio, Daniel T. Belmont
  • Patent number: 10241754
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing supplemental information with a response to a command are provided herein. In some embodiments, audio data representing a spoken command may be received by a cloud-based information system. A response to the command may be retrieved from a category related to the context of the command. A supplemental information database may also be provided that is pre-populated with supplemental information related to an individual having a registered account on the cloud-based information system. In response to retrieving the response to the command, supplemental information may be selected from the supplemental information database to be appended to the response to the command. A message may then be generated including the response and the supplemental information appended thereto, which in turn may be converted into audio data representing the message, which may be sent to a voice-controlled electronic device of the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Srikanth Doss Kadarundalagi Raghuram Doss, Jeffery David Wells, Richard Dault, Benjamin Joseph Tobin, Mark Douglas Elders, Stanislava R. Vlasseva, Skeets Jonathan Norquist, Nathan Lee Bosen, Ryan Christopher Rapp
  • Publication number: 20190058738
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for utilizing cellular technology to communicate from locations that are separate or physically distant from the location of a subscriber identity module (SIM) and/or physically separate from a mobile or cellular device are provided. One method may include receiving a request from a user to remotely access at least one physical SIM that is assigned to a global network of radio communications gateways, and assigning at least one of the SIMs to one of the radio communications gateways, so that the assigned SIM is able to route communication to or from the user via its assigned radio communications gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Joseph Adams, Chad Alan Prey, Ketal Kautilya Patel, Evan Michael Mayo, Gerard Edward Hamel, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190058265
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides embodiments of compression-type electrical connectors used to connect one or more branch wires or conductors to one or more run wires or conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Richard E. Robicheau, Glen Harrison Ruggiero, Benjamin Joseph Michaud
  • Patent number: 10208027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR kinase, such as aminopyrazine-isoxazole derivatives and related molecules. The present invention also relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and solid forms of the compounds of this invention. The compounds of this invention have formula I or II: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, John Studley, Francoise Yvonne Theodora Marie Pierard, Steven John Durrant, Benjamin Joseph Littler, Robert Michael Hughes, David Andrew Siesel, Paul Angell, Armando Urbina, Yi Shi
  • Publication number: 20190041903
    Abstract: The trackpad assemblies described herein maintain minimum overall stiffness, weight, and cost requirements of a trackpad assembly, while permitting a decrease in trackpad assembly thickness as compared to conventional trackpad assemblies. The trackpad assemblies may include one or more of a four-layer PCB, structural adhesives, a structural PCB stiffener, and a structural shield assembly. These stiffening features permit increasingly thinner trackpad assemblies and associated computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Ketan R. SHAH, Todd David PLEAKE, Benjamin Joseph CARPENTER, George KARAVAEV, Mark Gerard RICE
  • Publication number: 20190031736
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a non-naturally occurring protein scaffold that specifically binds to hepatocyte growth factor receptor (MET) and methods of using such protein scaffolds. Generally, the protein scaffold includes a frame and at least one loop region that specifically binds hepatocyte growth factor receptor (MET). The frame generally includes a plurality of structural domains that include at least one ? structure or at least one ? helix. The loop region generally includes an amino acid sequence that varies from a naturally-occurring loop region by at least one amino acid deletion, amino acid substitution, or amino acid addition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Joseph Hackel, Daniel Ray Woldring, Hong Zhou
  • Publication number: 20190007541
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile device vehicle apparatus comprising a housing portion having a wiring harness and a shelf portion having an inclined surface and lip, the lip extending away from the inclined surface, wherein the housing portion or the shelf portion further comprising a wireless data transmission module, a wiring harness, and a wireless charger; and wherein the wireless charger is provided behind the inclined surface of the shelf portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas James Robillard, John Oliver Lindahl, Shaun Peter Trites, Benjamin Joseph Fisher
  • Patent number: 10164756
    Abstract: The present application describes systems and methods of performing self-interference cancellation. According to an embodiment, the method sends a transmit signal through a circulator to substantially isolate the transmit signal from a receiver, with at least a portion of the transmit signal entering a receive path towards the receiver. The method also generates a reflected signal from an antenna. The reflected signal is at substantially less power than an incident power to the antenna. The reflected signal includes a transmitter carrier signal and a transmitter noise. The method also routes a received signal from the antenna to the receiver, and routes the reflected signal through a phase shifter in the receive path. Further, the method combines the reflected, phase shifted transmitter noise with the received signal in the receive path to cancel the portion of the transmit signal that entered the receive path towards the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: LGS Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Joseph Baker, Alan Scott Brannon, Riley Nelson Pack
  • Patent number: 10156475
    Abstract: A radiation measuring device for measuring electromagnetic radiation originating from an external source. The radiation measuring device includes, a spectrometer, a pyranometer, a pyrgeometer, a diffuser, and a control unit. The spectrometer and a pyranometer are positioned in a sensor zone of a housing of the radiation measuring device. The spectrometer measures visible shortwave radiation and near-infrared shortwave radiation received at the sensor zone. The pyranometer measures shortwave radiation received at the sensor zone. The pyrgeometer is positioned in another sensor zone of the housing and measures longwave radiation received at the other sensor zone. The control unit receives radiation measurements from the spectrometer, pyranometer, and pyrgeometer. A corrected amount of radiation received at the sensor zones of the radiation measuring device is determined from the received radiation measurements. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Arable Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Adam Wolf, Benjamin Joseph Siegfried
  • Publication number: 20180348861
    Abstract: Systems and methods for eye tracking calibration in a wearable system are described. The wearable system can present three-dimensional (3D) virtual content and allow a user to interact with the 3D virtual content using eye gaze. During an eye tracking calibration, the wearable system can validate that a user is indeed looking at a calibration target while the eye tracking data is acquired. The validation may be performed based on data associated with the user's head pose and vestibulo-ocular reflex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin Joseph Uscinski, Yan Xu, Bradley Vincent Stuart