Patents by Inventor Brandon Steele

Brandon Steele 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: 20240150469
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating B7-H1-expressing tumors comprising administering an effective amount of MEDI4736 or an antigen-binding fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Rajest Narwal, David Fairman, Paul Robbins, Meina Liang, Amy Schneider, Carlos Chavez, Carina Herl, Min Pak, Hong Lu, Marlon Rebelatto, Keith Steele, AnnMarie Boutrin, Li Shi, SHENGYAN HONG, Brandon Higgs, Lorin Roskos
  • Publication number: 20230323852
    Abstract: A hydro-kinetic power generation system is disclosed. The system includes a structure to be positioned in shallow or deep waterways, such as canals and rivers. The structure may be modular, such that the structure may be composed of one or more structural units that are each substantially the same. In various embodiments, each unit includes one or more curved walls for accelerating water through the unit, or through the structure as a whole. In one embodiment, the accelerator walls are curved for optimizing water flow through the structure without generating undue head loss. In certain embodiments, the units may be configured such that the accelerator walls are positioned on opposite sides of the structure, or the accelerator walls may be adjacently positioned. Coupled to the structure are turbines and gear box systems for harnessing energy from the moving water and converting the energy into electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Emily A. Morris, Madeleine M. White, Brandon Steele, Thorsten Stoesser
  • Patent number: 11713743
    Abstract: A hydro-kinetic power generation system is disclosed. The system includes a structure to be positioned in shallow or deep waterways, such as canals and rivers. The structure may be modular, such that the structure may be composed of one or more structural units that are each substantially the same. In various embodiments, each unit includes one or more curved walls for accelerating water through the unit, or through the structure as a whole. In one embodiment, the accelerator walls are curved for optimizing water flow through the structure without generating undue head loss. In certain embodiments, the units may be configured such that the accelerator walls are positioned on opposite sides of the structure, or the accelerator walls may be adjacently positioned. Coupled to the structure are turbines and gear box systems for harnessing energy from the moving water and converting the energy into electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: EMRGY INC.
    Inventors: Emily A. Morris, Madeleine M. White, Brandon Steele, Thorsten Stoesser
  • Publication number: 20200300211
    Abstract: A hydro-kinetic power generation system is disclosed. The system includes a structure to be positioned in shallow or deep waterways, such as canals and rivers. The structure may be modular, such that the structure may be composed of one or more structural units that are each substantially the same. In various embodiments, each unit includes one or more curved walls for accelerating water through the unit, or through the structure as a whole. In one embodiment, the accelerator walls are curved for optimizing water flow through the structure without generating undue head loss. In certain embodiments, the units may be configured such that the accelerator walls are positioned on opposite sides of the structure, or the accelerator walls may be adjacently positioned. Coupled to the structure are turbines and gear box systems for harnessing energy from the moving water and converting the energy into electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Emily A. Morris, Madeleine M. White, Brandon Steele, Thorsten Stoesser
  • Publication number: 20200263371
    Abstract: A pavement communication platform is disclosed herein, as well as methods of using the same. A benefit to the pavement communication platform can be providing information, such as advertisements or instructions, to the public in connection with a pavement platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Brandon Steele JOHNSTON, Jacob Nelson HARGRAVE
  • Patent number: 9625557
    Abstract: A method and a system for calibrating the work function or surface potential of a non-contact voltage sensor probe tip. The method includes preparing one or more reference sample surfaces and a reference non-contact voltage sensor probe tip to have stable surface potentials, measuring the voltage between the reference samples and the reference sensor probe tip, measuring the voltage between a point on a non-reference sample surface and the reference sensor probe tip, measuring the voltage between the same point on the non-reference sample surface and a non-reference non-contact voltage sensor probe tip, and determining a surface potential correction factor for the non-reference, non-contact voltage sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: QCEPT INVESTMENTS, LLC
    Inventors: M. Brandon Steele, Steven R. Soss
  • Publication number: 20150338494
    Abstract: A method and a system for calibrating the work function or surface potential of a non-contact voltage sensor probe tip are provided. The method includes preparing one or more reference sample surfaces and a reference non-contact voltage sensor probe tip to have stable surface potentials, measuring the voltage between the reference samples and the reference sensor probe tip, measuring the voltage between a point on a non-reference sample surface and the reference sensor probe tip, measuring the voltage between the same point on the non-reference sample surface and a non-reference non-contact voltage sensor probe tip, and determining a surface potential correction factor for the non-reference, non-contact voltage sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: M. Brandon Steele, Steven R. Soss
  • Patent number: 8607488
    Abstract: An advertising system for a bollard includes a bollard shield that can be installed over a conventional bollard. The bollard shield includes a shield inner diameter greater than the bollard outer diameter, forming a shield gap between the bollard and the bollard shield. One or more compressible foam pads are positioned in the shield gap between the bollard and the bollard shield. A resilient bollard sheath can be rolled onto the bollard shield. The bollard sheath includes advertising or graphical materials disposed thereon. The bollard sheath is generally replaceable without replacing the entire bollard shield. A removable sheath panel may be detachably secured on the bollard sheath to provide additional advertising or graphical material. The sheath panel may be interchangeably and replaced with additional sheath panels having different advertising information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Screen Trans Development Corp.
    Inventor: Brandon Steele Johnston
  • Publication number: 20120090207
    Abstract: An advertising system for a bollard includes a bollard shield that can be installed over a conventional bollard. The bollard shield includes a shield inner diameter greater than the bollard outer diameter, forming a shield gap between the bollard and the bollard shield. One or more compressible foam pads are positioned in the shield gap between the bollard and the bollard shield. A resilient bollard sheath can be rolled onto the bollard shield. The bollard sheath includes advertising or graphical materials disposed thereon. The bollard sheath is generally replaceable without replacing the entire bollard shield. A removable sheath panel may be detachably secured on the bollard sheath to provide additional advertising or graphical material. The sheath panel may be interchangeably and replaced with additional sheath panels having different advertising information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventor: Brandon Steele Johnston
  • Patent number: 7900526
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying and classifying non-uniformities on the surface of a semiconductor or in a semiconductor. The method and system involves scanning the wafer surface with a non-vibrating contact potential difference sensor to detect the locations of non-uniformities, extracting features characteristic of the non-uniformities, and applying a set of rules to these features to classify the type of each non-uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: QCEPT Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Hawthorne, M. Brandon Steele, Yeyuan Yang, Mark Schulze
  • Patent number: 7659734
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a defect or contamination on the surface of a semiconductor or in a semiconductor. The method and system involves providing a semiconductor with a surface, such as a semiconductor wafer, providing a non-vibrating contact potential difference sensor, providing a source of illumination with controllable intensity or distribution of wavelengths, using the illumination source to provide controlled illumination of the surface of the wafer under or near the non-vibrating contact potential sensor probe tip, using the non-vibrating contact potential difference sensor to scan the wafer surface during controlled illumination, generating data representative of changes in contact potential difference across the wafer surface, and processing that data to identify a pattern characteristic of a defect or contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Qcept Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Hawthorne, M. Brandon Steele, Yeyuan Yang, Mark Schulze
  • Patent number: 7634365
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a defect or contamination on a surface of a sample. The system operates by detecting changes in work function across a surface via both vCPD and nvCPD. It utilizes a non-vibrating contact potential difference (nvCPD) sensor for imaging work function variations over an entire sample. The data is differential in that it represents changes in the work function (or geometry or surface voltage) across the surface of a sample. A vCPD probe is used to determine absolute CPD data for specific points on the surface of the sample. The combination of vibrating and non-vibrating CPD measurement modes allows the rapid imaging of whole-sample uniformity, and the ability to detect the absolute work function at one or more points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Qcept Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Brandon Steele, Jeffrey Alan Hawthorne
  • Publication number: 20090139312
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying and classifying non-uniformities on the surface of a semiconductor or in a semiconductor. The method and system involves scanning the wafer surface with a non-vibrating contact potential difference sensor to detect the locations of non-uniformities, extracting features characteristic of the non-uniformities, and applying a set of rules to these features to classify the type of each non-uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Hawthorne, M. Brandon Steele, Yeyuan Yang, Mark Schulze
  • Publication number: 20080217530
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a defect or contamination on the surface of a semiconductor or in a semiconductor. The method and system involves providing a semiconductor with a surface, such as a semiconductor wafer, providing a non-vibrating contact potential difference sensor, providing a source of illumination with controllable intensity or distribution of wavelengths, using the illumination source to provide controlled illumination of the surface of the wafer under or near the non-vibrating contact potential sensor probe tip, using the non-vibrating contact potential difference sensor to scan the wafer surface during controlled illumination, generating data representative of changes in contact potential difference across the wafer surface, and processing that data to identify a pattern characteristic of a defect or contamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Hawthorne, M. Brandon Steele, Yeyuan Yang, Mark Schulze
  • Publication number: 20080162066
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a defect or contamination on a surface of a sample. The system operates by detecting changes in work function across a surface via both vCPD and nvCPD. It utilizes a non-vibrating contact potential difference (nvCPD) sensor for imaging work function variations over an entire sample. The data is differential in that it represents changes in the work function (or geometry or surface voltage) across the surface of a sample. A vCPD probe is used to determine absolute CPD data for specific points on the surface of the sample. The combination of vibrating and non-vibrating CPD measurement modes allows the rapid imaging of whole-sample uniformity, and the ability to detect the absolute work function at one or more points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: M. Brandon STEELE, Jeffrey Alan Hawthorne
  • Patent number: 7379826
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a defect or contamination on a surface of a material. The method and system involves providing a material, such as a semiconductor wafer, using a non-vibrating contact potential difference sensor to scan the wafer, generate contact potential difference data and processing that data to identify a pattern characteristic of the defect or contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: QCEPT Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Brandon Steele, Jeffrey Alan Hawthorne
  • Patent number: 7337076
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a defect or contamination on a surface of a sample. The system operates by detecting changes in work function across a surface via both vCPD and nvCPD. It utilizes a non-vibrating contact potential difference (nvCPD) sensor for imaging work function variations over an entire sample. The data is differential in that it represents changes in the work function (or geometry or surface voltage) across the surface of a sample. A vCPD probe is used to determine absolute CPD data for specific points on the surface of the sample. The combination of vibrating and non-vibrating CPD measurement modes allows the rapid imaging of whole-sample uniformity, and the ability to detect the absolute work function at one or more points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Qcept Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Brandon Steele, Jeffrey Alan Hawthorne
  • Patent number: 7308367
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a defect or contamination on a surface of a material. The method and system involves providing a material, such as a semiconductor wafer, using a non-vibrating contact potential difference sensor to scan the wafer, generate contact potential difference data and processing that data to identify a pattern characteristic of the defect or contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Qcept Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Brandon Steele, Jeffrey Alan Hawthorne, Chunho Kim, David C. Sowell
  • Patent number: 7152476
    Abstract: An apparatus having a non-vibrating contact potential probe. The non-vibrating contact potential probe is capable of measuring the chemical and geometrical irregularities on a rotating shaft. The chemical and geometrical information can be used to determine various properties of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: QCEPT Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Hawthorne, M. Brandon Steele
  • Patent number: 7107158
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a defect or contamination on a surface of a sample. The system operates by detecting changes in work function across a surface via both vCPD and nvCPD. It utilizes a non-vibrating contact potential difference (nvCPD) sensor for imaging work function variations over an entire sample. The data is differential in that it represents changes in the work function (or geometry or surface voltage) across the surface of a sample. A vCPD probe is used to determine absolute CPD data for specific points on the surface of the sample. The combination of vibrating and non-vibrating CPD measurement modes allows the rapid imaging of whole-sample uniformity, and the ability to detect the absolute work function at one or more points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Qcept Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Brandon Steele, Jeffrey Alan Hawthorne