Patents by Inventor Benjamin Michael

Benjamin Michael 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: 20240121337
    Abstract: One example method of operation may include identifying a call originated from a caller entity destined for a called entity at a call content server, identifying a called number associated with the called entity and a caller number associated with the caller entity, comparing a telephone number prefix associated with the called number with a number of enhanced call content data elements to identify a match, selecting one or more of the enhanced call content data elements to pair with the called number based on the match, and forwarding the selected enhanced call content data elements to the called entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Murphy, Robert Collin Seely, Aaron Christopher Jacobi, Benjamin Michael Lavigne, Mark Bradley McHenry, John Cooper Gillespie, Matthew Jack Beckham, Kristen Chipolla Sanchez, Lyndsay Michelle Norcross, Jay Todd Callaway
  • Patent number: 11931060
    Abstract: Aspiration medical device as well as methods for making and using aspiration medical devices are disclosed. An example aspiration medical device may include a tubular member having a distal end region and defining an inflow orifice adjacent to the distal end region. An aspiration member may be disposed within the tubular member. The aspiration member may have a plurality of axially-spaced fluid jets formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Cass Alexander Hanson, Benjamin Michael Wilke
  • Publication number: 20240081808
    Abstract: Methods and devices for tissue fixation. A cortical button with a rib between two slotted openings. The rib increases the cortical button structural rigidity without increasing palpability. An adjustable loop construct with two discrete locking passages that provides manageable loop reduction and improved tissue coupling. The adjustable loop construct may be coupled to tissue via a passing construct. An assembly with a reduction bar, a button and an adjustable loop construct, the assembly provided assembled in a first configuration that disassembles to guide steps of tissue fixation. The reduction bar may be assembled to the reduction bar for reducing the adjustable loop construct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: ALI HOSSEINI, Christopher David MacCready, Kendra O'Malley, Geoffrey Ian Karasic, Zenan Qi, Benjamin Michael Hall, Chun Liu, Paul McGovern, Han Teik Yeoh
  • Publication number: 20240076797
    Abstract: A susceptor assembly for supporting a crucible during a crystal growth process includes a susceptor base, a tubular sidewall connected to the susceptor base, and a removable sacrifice ring interposed between the susceptor base and the sidewall. Each of the susceptor base and the sidewall is formed of a carbon-containing material. The susceptor base has an annular wall and a shoulder extending radially outward from an outer surface of the annular wall. The sidewall has a first end that receives the annular wall to connect the sidewall to the susceptor base. The sacrifice ring has a first surface that faces the outer surface of the annular wall, a second surface that faces an interior surface of the sidewall, and a ledge extending outward from the second surface that engages the first end of the sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Hong-Huei Huang, Benjamin Michael Meyer, Chun-Sheng Wu, Wei-Chen Chou, Chen-Yi Lin, Feng-Chien Tsai
  • Patent number: 11921054
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer imaging system for imaging a semiconductor wafer includes shroud panels defining a black box, a camera positioned in the black box for imaging the semiconductor wafer, and an illumination panel for directing diffuse light to the semiconductor wafer. A portion of the diffuse light is reflected off the semiconductor wafer and the camera images the semiconductor wafer by detecting the reflected diffuse light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin Michael Meyer, Justin Scott Kayser, John F. Valley, James Dean Eoff, Vandan Tanna, William L. Luter
  • Patent number: 11924373
    Abstract: One example method of operation may include identifying a call originated from a caller entity destined for a called entity at a call content server, identifying a called number associated with the called entity and a caller number associated with the caller entity, comparing a telephone number prefix associated with the called number with a number of enhanced call content data elements to identify a match, selecting one or more of the enhanced call content data elements to pair with the called number based on the match, and forwarding the selected enhanced call content data elements to the called entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Murphy, Robert Collin Seely, Aaron Christopher Jacobi, Benjamin Michael Lavigne, Mark Bradley McHenry, John Cooper Gillespie, Matthew Jack Beckham, Kristen Chipolla Sanchez, Lyndsay Michelle Norcross, Jay Todd Callaway
  • Publication number: 20240058433
    Abstract: A bacterium of the class Clostridia comprising a heterologous nucleic acid molecule encoding at least one antigen, wherein the bacterium is capable of expressing the antigen in an intracellular compartment of the bacterium during anaerobic cell growth, and wherein at least one antigen is an infectious agent antigen or a tumour antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Edward Green, Benjamin Michael Bradley, Shison Jiang, Richard Mark Edwards
  • Publication number: 20240041097
    Abstract: A pipe and cartridge for smokable media are disclosed. The pipe and cartridge can be used in combination as a pipe and cartridge system. The cartridge is configured to hold an amount of smokable medium, can be sealed on top and bottom to maintain freshness of the smokable medium prior to consumption, and has a side wall configured such that a space for heat convection is formed between the side wall and a side wall of a recess of a pipe. The pipe can include a body, a recess configured to hold the cartridge such that a space for heat convection is formed between the side wall of the recess and the side wall of the cartridge, a channel formed in the body and that extends from a bottom of the recess to a side wall of the body, and an optional lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Johns Family Irrevocable Trust
    Inventors: Benjamin Michael Johns, Benjamin Adam Johns
  • Publication number: 20240035193
    Abstract: Cooling jacket devices of ingot puller apparatus used to prepare silicon ingots by the Czochralski method are disclosed. The cooling jacket device may include an inner shell that forms an inner chamber through which the ingot is pulled. The cooling jacket includes an outer shell. A plurality of tubes are disposed between the inner shell and outer shell. Each tube forms a cooling fluid passageway through which cooling fluid passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Michael Meyer, Justin Scott Kayser
  • Publication number: 20240000642
    Abstract: The present invention comprises of a lever drivetrain device for control of a vehicle generally including at least one lever shaft with a repositionable scrub brake to inhibit motion of the wheel. The lever shaft is demountably coupled to a receiver via a socket secured to a gear of a gear assembly. The lever permits a multitude of hand positions to vary effort. The scrub brake is demountably coupled to the lever shaft and can be located at a multitude of positions to vary braking load and lever engagement position. In some embodiments, the scrub brake is comprised of material of high coefficient of friction and optimized geometry for braking performance and service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Michael Judge, Natasha K. Scolnik
  • Patent number: 11832642
    Abstract: A pipe and cartridge for smokable media are disclosed. The pipe and cartridge can be used in combination as a pipe and cartridge system. The cartridge is configured to hold an amount of smokable medium, can be sealed on top and bottom to maintain freshness of the smokable medium prior to consumption, and has a side wall configured such that a space for heat convection is formed between the side wall and a side wall of a recess of a pipe. The pipe can include a body, a recess configured to hold the cartridge such that a space for heat convection is formed between the side wall of the recess and the side wall of the cartridge, a channel formed in the body and that extends from a bottom of the recess to a side wall of the body, and an optional lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Johns Family Irrevocable Trust
    Inventors: Benjamin Michael Johns, Benjamin Adam Johns
  • Publication number: 20230385421
    Abstract: Processing logic may obtain health data from each of a plurality of clients. The health data includes attributes of a respective one of the plurality of clients, a health status of the respective one of the plurality of clients, and a software version of the respective one of the plurality of clients. Processing logic may determine a conditional risk that is associated with at least one of the attributes and the software version, in view of the health data, and store the conditional risk in memory. Processing logic can make the conditional risk, which includes the attributes and the software version, available to a client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: William Trevor King, Douglas Richard Hellmann, Scott C. Dodson, Benjamin Michael Parees, Lalatendu Shishusankar Mohanty, Vadim Pavlovich Rutkovsky
  • Publication number: 20230360397
    Abstract: A system includes a sensor capturing sensor data and an imager capturing imager data in combination with a computing device configured to time calibrate the sensor and the imager, detect an occurrence of a first event in the sensor data and extract a first time at which the first event occurred, and identify a first image in the image data having a capture time correlating to the first time at which the first event occurred in combination with retrieving the first image for insertion into a composite image including further image data combined with at least a portion of the first image depicting the first event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Fredrik TUXEN, Benjamin Michael BRAITHWAITE
  • Publication number: 20230353672
    Abstract: One example method of operation may include one or more of identifying a calling device number of a calling device, matching the calling device number with one or more of a plurality of enhanced call content profiles, selecting, based on a call identifier, one of the enhanced call content profiles comprising enhanced call content intended for one or more call recipient device numbers, and forwarding the enhanced call content associated with the selected enhanced call content profile to one of the call recipient devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Murphy, Benjamin Michael Lavigne, Murtuza Qutbuddin Saifee, Scott Dennis Hambuchen, Robert Collin Seely
  • Publication number: 20230342140
    Abstract: Processing logic may obtain a version of software that is running on a client. Processing logic may obtain a second version of the software which is an update to the version of software that is running on the client. Processing logic may send the second version to the client with one or more conditions that are associated with the second version, for the client to determine whether or not to update to the second version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: William Trevor King, Douglas Richard Hellmann, Scott C. Dodson, Benjamin Michael Parees, Lalatendu Shishusankar Mohanty, Vadim Pavlovich Rutkovsky
  • Publication number: 20230319183
    Abstract: One example method of operation may include identifying a call from a calling device destined for a mobile device, identifying a calling device number associated with the calling device and a mobile device number associated with the mobile device, determining whether a stored calling relationship exists between the calling device number and the mobile device number, and appending one of a plurality of caller identification names (CNAM) to the call based on the determination as to whether there is a stored calling relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Murphy, Robert Collin Seely, Aaron Christopher Jacobi, Benjamin Michael Lavigne, Mark Bradley McHenry, John Cooper Gillespie, Matthew Jack Beckham, Kristen Chipolla Sanchez, Lyndsay Michelle Eddy, Jay Todd Callaway
  • Publication number: 20230311015
    Abstract: A system of toy building block ball run components each having an integrally formed, recessed surface disposed in a portion thereof which defines a flat-bottomed or U-shaped passageway or ball run channel between sides of the block. Each component is made using a specific set of relationships in the dimensions of the building block and the ball run channels formed therein to allow broad combination of many components with one another and with other building blocks during creative play.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin Michael Cedarberg, Renee Susan Bremer Cedarberg
  • Publication number: 20230315135
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for monitoring energy use habits of consumers. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining temperature data from a monitored property. An energy model of the monitored property is generated based on the obtained temperature data. The current temperature data is obtained from the monitored property. The current temperature data is provided to the generated energy model to generate a duty-cycle for turning an HVAC system of the monitored property off an on during the on-peak hours. The HVAC system of the monitored property is instructed to cycle off and on during the on-peak hours based on the generated duty-cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Lawrence Reeder, Caspar John Anderegg, Gustaf Nicolaus Maxwell Lonaeus, William Converse Blanchard, Jean-Paul Martin, Benjamin Michael Machlin
  • Patent number: 11777989
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for automated deployment of decoy production networks. Example methods may include detecting, by one or more computer processors coupled to memory, an unauthorized user in a production network environment, determining a computer-executable payload associated with the unauthorized user, and initiating a first virtual decoy production network environment. Methods may include causing the computer-executable payload to be executed in the first virtual decoy production network environment, and recording telemetry data associated with execution of the computer-executable payload in the first virtual decoy production network environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Raymond James Financial, Inc.
    Inventors: Al-Nath Tuting, Anthony Latteri, Benjamin Michael Weber, Michael Dylan McKinley
  • Patent number: 11766571
    Abstract: A retention device for use with an implantable medical device (IMD) may comprise an elongate body including a configured to receive the lead of the IMD. The retention device may also include securing mechanisms coupled to the elongate body and configured to push against tissue of a patient. The securing mechanisms may also include linking elements coupled to the elongate body and a portion of the securing mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
    Inventors: G. Shantanu Reddy, Benjamin Michael Nitti, Bryan Peter Nelson, Christopher Alan Fuhs, Andrew L. De Kock, Peter Hall