Patents by Inventor Benjamin Ward

Benjamin Ward 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: 20260090637
    Abstract: A countertop system includes a first slab having a first lateral slot that is laterally obscured by a first cover, and a second slab having a second lateral slot that is laterally obscured by a second cover. The first and second covers are configured to be removed with an application of pressure, and the first slot aligns with the second slot to receive a connector to couple the first slab to the second slab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2025
    Publication date: April 2, 2026
    Inventors: Michele Zucca, Benjamin Ward, Michael Chung, Emily Knight
  • Patent number: 12507798
    Abstract: A countertop system includes a first slab having a first lateral slot that is laterally obscured by a first cover, and a second slab having a second lateral slot that is laterally obscured by a second cover. The first and second covers are configured to be removed with an application of pressure, and the first slot aligns with the second slot to receive a connector to couple the first slab to the second slab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventors: Michele Zucca, Benjamin Ward, Michael Chung, Emily Knight
  • Publication number: 20240251944
    Abstract: A countertop system includes a first slab having a first lateral slot that is laterally obscured by a first cover, and a second slab having a second lateral slot that is laterally obscured by a second cover. The first and second covers are configured to be removed with an application of pressure, and the first slot aligns with the second slot to receive a connector to couple the first slab to the second slab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Michele Zucca, Benjamin Ward, Michael Chung, Emily Knight
  • Patent number: 11095943
    Abstract: The disclosure herein pertains to a system and method for management of personalization content. The system and method divide the personalization information into offline personalization information and situational personalization information. Offline personalization information is independent of context and predetermined before a content request. A personalization model can dynamically allocate the selection between offline personalization information and situational personalization information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Kissig, Conor Malachy McDonald, Daniel Peters, Matthew William van Buuren, Benjamin Ward
  • Patent number: 8345956
    Abstract: Two-dimensional (2D) video is converted into multi-view video. The 2D video is segmented to generate a temporally consistent segmented 2D video which is made up of a sequence of segmented frames. The multi-view video is generated by employing user-guided operations to generate depth assignments for the segments associated with user-assigned regions of the segmented frames, where a user-assigned region is formed from a group of contiguous segments selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Ward, Sing Bing Kang, Eric Bennett
  • Publication number: 20100111417
    Abstract: Two-dimensional (2D) video is converted into multi-view video. The 2D video is segmented to generate a temporally consistent segmented 2D video which is made up of a sequence of segmented frames. The multi-view video is generated by employing user-guided operations to generate depth assignments for the segments associated with user-assigned regions of the segmented frames, where a user-assigned region is formed from a group of contiguous segments selected by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Ward, Sing Bing Kang, Eric Bennett
  • Publication number: 20080318223
    Abstract: Large deletions have been identified in the BRCA1 gene in patients. The large deletions predispose the patients to breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Thus, methods for detecting the genetic variants are provided which can be used in detecting a predisposition to cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Myriad Genetics, Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Scholl, Brant C. Hendrickson, Benjamin Ward, Dmitry Pruss
  • Publication number: 20080318224
    Abstract: Large deletions have been identified in the BRCA1 gene in patients. The large deletions predispose the patients to breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Thus, methods for detecting the genetic variants are provided which can be used in detecting a predisposition to cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Myriad Genetics, Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Scholl, Brant C. Hendrickson, Benjamin Ward, Dmitry Pruss
  • Patent number: 7250497
    Abstract: Large deletions have been identified in the BRCA1 gene in patients. The large deletions predispose the patients to breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Thus, methods for detecting the genetic variants are provided which can be used in detecting a predisposition to cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Myriad Genetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Scholl, Brant C. Hendrickson, Benjamin Ward, Dmitry Pruss
  • Publication number: 20050232345
    Abstract: For a jitter measurement product histograms, trends and spectrums of random and deterministic jitter components are provided on a jitter component basis rather than just on overall jitter. At each stage of the jitter separation histograms, time trends (measurement vs. time), cycle trends (measurement vs. cycle or UI) or spectrums may be provided. Additionally the spectrum for a periodic jitter component may be further separated into sub-spectrums representing correlated sub-sets of the periodic jitter component. Conversion of each sub-spectrum into the time domain provides a characteristic signal that may identify one source of the periodic jitter. From the various plots the contribution of a particular jitter component or a particular combination of jitter components to an eye opening and system performance may be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Benjamin Ward, Kan Tan, Mark Guenther
  • Publication number: 20040014115
    Abstract: Large deletions have been identified in the BRCA1 gene in patients. The large deletions predispose the patients to breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Thus, methods for detecting the genetic variants are provided which can be used in detecting a predisposition to cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: Myriad Genetics, Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Scholl, Brant C. Hendrickson, Benjamin Ward, Dmitry Pruss
  • Patent number: 3930554
    Abstract: A power-assisted steering gear for a road vehicle and of the kind having a fluid-pressure actuated device which is controlled by a valve that is itself actuable in use by the driver of a vehicle in which the steering gear is mounted, the valve incorporating a pair of relatively movable valve members, wherein there are provided means responsive in use to vehicle road speed and means offering resistance to such relative movement of the valve members, with the road speed responsive means being operatively connected to the resistance offering means and being arranged so that in use as the vehicle road speed increases, or at a predetermined vehicle road speed the resistance offered by the resistance offering means to relative movement between the valve members is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1976
    Assignee: Borman & Sons Limited
    Inventor: Benjamin Ward