Patents by Inventor Benjamin Weinstein

Benjamin Weinstein 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: 20240140915
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, wherein R1, R3, X, Y, Z, and W are as defined herein. The compounds are, for example, inhibitors of WRN helicase and useful in treating a proliferative disease, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Shota Kikuchi, Betty Lam, Jason Green, Don Rogness, David Weinstein, Larry Burgess, Benjamin Horning, Kelsey Lamb, Zachary Owyang, Robert Malmstrom
  • Publication number: 20240067612
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, wherein R1, R3, X, Y, Z, and W are as defined herein. The compounds are, for example, inhibitors of WRN helicase and useful in treating a proliferative disease, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Shota Kikuchi, Betty Lam, Jason Green, Don Rogness, David Weinstein, Larry Burgess, Benjamin Horning, Kelsey Lamb, Zach Owyang, Robert Malmstrom
  • Patent number: 10844031
    Abstract: The present application relates to a process for preparation of a compound of Formula (I) and Formula (IV): wherein is as described herein; and wherein and R are as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron David Sadow, Zachary Benjamin Weinstein, George A. Kraus
  • Patent number: 10732625
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes: one or more onboard sensing devices, one or more onboard actuators, and a controller that, by a processor, obtains sensor data from the one or more sensing devices, identifies an assistance event based at least in part on the sensor data, determines an automated response to the assistance event based at least in part on the sensor data and an autonomous assistance policy, and autonomously operates the one or more actuators onboard the vehicle in accordance with the automated response. In exemplary embodiments, the autonomous assistance policy is determined using inverse reinforcement learning to optimize a reward function and mimic a remote human assistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Weinstein-Raun
  • Patent number: 10688991
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In various embodiments, a method of path planning for a vehicle includes receiving sensor data relating to an environment associated with the vehicle; defining a region of interest for the vehicle, based on the sensor data; defining a graph comprising a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes comprising a state of the vehicle and an associated cost, based on a cost function as applied to the state of the vehicle, at one of a plurality of points in time; and performing, via a processor, a search of the graph, based on the associated costs of each node of the graph, to determine a selected path for the vehicle through the region of interest that minimizes a total cost via the graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Eric Lujan, Benjamin Weinstein-Raun, Drew Gross
  • Publication number: 20200157071
    Abstract: The present application relates to a process for preparation of a compound of Formula (I) and Formula (IV): wherein is as described herein; and wherein and R are as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron David Sadow, Zachary Benjamin Weinstein, George A. Kraus
  • Publication number: 20180224860
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for controlling movement of an autonomous vehicle around a stationary vehicle includes obtaining data, via one or more sensors, pertaining to the stationary vehicle; making a plurality of initial determinations pertaining to the stationary vehicle, via a processor, based on the data; determining whether the stationary vehicle is double parked, via the processor, based on the plurality of initial determinations; and facilitating movement of the autonomous vehicle around the stationary vehicle, via instructions provided by the processor, if it is determined that the stationary vehicle is double parked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: GABRIEL WARSHAUER-BAKER, BENJAMIN WEINSTEIN-RAUN
  • Publication number: 20180150081
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method of path planning includes receiving sensor data relating to an environment associated with a vehicle, and defining, with a processor, a region of interest and an intended path of the vehicle based on the sensor data. The method further includes determining a set of predicted object paths of one or more objects likely to intersect the region of interest; determining, with a processor, a first candidate path that minimizes a first cost function applied to a spatiotemporal decision-point graph constructed based on the predicted object paths; determining, with a processor, a second candidate path that minimizes a second cost function applied to a state lattice graph constructed based on the predicted object paths; and determining a selected path from the first and second candidate paths based on a set of selection criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: DREW GROSS, GABRIEL WARSHAUER-BAKER, BENJAMIN WEINSTEIN-RAUN, ERIC LUJAN
  • Publication number: 20180148051
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In various embodiments, a method of path planning for a vehicle includes receiving sensor data relating to an environment associated with the vehicle; defining a region of interest for the vehicle, based on the sensor data; defining a graph comprising a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes comprising a state of the vehicle and an associated cost, based on a cost function as applied to the state of the vehicle, at one of a plurality of points in time; and performing, via a processor, a search of the graph, based on the associated costs of each node of the graph, to determine a selected path for the vehicle through the region of interest that minimizes a total cost via the graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Eric LUJAN, Benjamin WEINSTEIN-RAUN, Drew GROSS
  • Publication number: 20180088571
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes: one or more onboard sensing devices, one or more onboard actuators, and a controller that, by a processor, obtains sensor data from the one or more sensing devices, identifies an assistance event based at least in part on the sensor data, determines an automated response to the assistance event based at least in part on the sensor data and an autonomous assistance policy, and autonomously operates the one or more actuators onboard the vehicle in accordance with the automated response. In exemplary embodiments, the autonomous assistance policy is determined using inverse reinforcement learning to optimize a reward function and mimic a remote human assistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: BENJAMIN WEINSTEIN-RAUN
  • Publication number: 20180079422
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for assessing a target vehicle in proximity to a host vehicle. In one example, a method includes identifying the target vehicle in proximity to the host vehicle; obtaining sensor data, from one or more sensors onboard the host vehicle, pertaining to one or more characteristics of the target vehicle; and assessing a state of the target vehicle, via a processor, via a dynamic Bayesian network, using the sensor data as inputs for the dynamic Bayesian network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin WEINSTEIN-RAUN
  • Publication number: 20180079423
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for assessing a target vehicle in proximity to a host vehicle. In one example, a method includes identifying the target vehicle in proximity to the host vehicle; obtaining sensor data, from one or more sensors onboard the host vehicle, pertaining to one or more characteristics of the target vehicle; and determining whether the target vehicle is an active traffic participant, via a processor, using the sensor data in connection with a mathematical classification system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: BENJAMIN WEINSTEIN-RAUN
  • Patent number: 5234621
    Abstract: A new rinse-free shampoo has been developed. The shampoo includes a biodegradable absorbent formed of a cross-linked carboxymethylcellulose which allows a higher water content than conventional shampoos. The soaps used in the shampoo to provide the cleaning action are preferably lauric acid derivatives, including ammonium derivatives. The shampoo leaves less residue than conventional rinse-free shampoos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Micro Vesicular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Weinstein, Donald F. H. Wallach
  • Patent number: 3965207
    Abstract: Process for the selective production of paraxylene by methylation of toluene at a temperature between about 500.degree.C. and about 750.degree.C. and preferably between about 575.degree.C. and about 700.degree.C. in the presence of a catalyst comprising a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite said zeolite having a silica to alumina mole ratio of at last about 12 and a constraint index, as hereinafter defined, within the approximate range of 1 to 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventor: Benjamin Weinstein
  • Patent number: 3931046
    Abstract: V-P-Zr catalysts having good activity and selectivity and high physical strength for the oxidation of alkanes, cycloalkanes and mixtures rich in them to dicarboxylic acid anhydrides (e.g. maleic anhydride) are prepared by refluxing an aqueous mixture of vanadium pentoxide and lower dialkyl phosphonate, adding a zirconium salt, and then adding phosphoric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1976
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Weinstein, Anthony T. Jurewicz, Lewis Brewster Young