Patents by Inventor Brendan Cruz Colón
Brendan Cruz Colón 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).
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Publication number: 20230002239Abstract: Systems and methods for producing ammonia are described. In one embodiment, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen are dissolved in a solution. A glutamine synthetase inhibitor and autotrophic diazotroph bacteria are also placed in the solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Brendan Cruz Colon, Chong Liu, Daniel G. Nocera, Pamela Ann Silver
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Patent number: 11463475Abstract: Devices and techniques are generally described for fraud detection. In various examples, first data may be received from a remote computing device, the first data specifying at least one of a first internet protocol (IP) address or a first telephone number by a fraud detection service using an application programming interface (API) of the fraud detection service. In some examples, a first machine learning model of the fraud detection service may determine a first confidence score indicating a likelihood that at least one of the first telephone number or the first IP address is associated with fraudulent activity. In some examples, output data may be sent to the first remote computing device via the API, the output data indicating a determination as to whether at least one of the first IP address or the first telephone number is associated with fraudulent activity.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Brendan Cruz Colon, Manraj Tatla, Christopher Miller
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Patent number: 11440808Abstract: Systems and methods for producing ammonia are described. In one embodiment, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen are dissolved in a solution. A glutamine synthetase inhibitor and autotrophic diazotroph bacteria are also placed in the solution.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Brendan Cruz Colon, Chong Liu, Daniel G. Nocera, Pamela Ann Silver
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Patent number: 11374968Abstract: Devices and techniques are generally described for fraud detection. In various examples, a first plurality of requests are received over a first time period. In at least some examples, the first plurality of requests may be requests to access a first service. A hierarchical data representation comprising an ordered set of values may be determined for each request of the first plurality of requests. A first subset of the first plurality of requests may be determined. The hierarchical data representation associated with each request of the first subset may include fewer than a threshold number of value substitutions relative to each other hierarchical data representation of the first subset of the first plurality of requests. Access to the first service may be prevented by subsequent requests associated with the first subset of the first plurality of requests.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Brendan Cruz Colón, Jason L Thalken, Adam Edward Powers, Manraj Tatla, Lev Ufimtsev
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Patent number: 11091781Abstract: Systems and methods for fixing carbon using bacteria are described. In one embodiment, a system includes a reactor chamber with a solution contained therein. The solution may include hydrogen (H2), carbon dioxide (CO2), bioavailable nitrogen, and a chemolithoautotrophic bacteria. The system may also include a pair of electrodes that split water contained within the solution to form the hydrogen. Additionally, the system may be operated so that a concentration of the bioavailable nitrogen in the solution is below a threshold nitrogen concentration to cause the chemolithoautotrophic bacteria to produce a product.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Inventors: Brendan Cruz Colón, Chong Liu, Marika Ziesack, Pamela Ann Silver, Daniel G. Nocera
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Publication number: 20200255870Abstract: Systems and methods for fixing carbon using bacteria are described. In one embodiment, a system includes a reactor chamber with a solution contained therein. The solution may include hydrogen (H2), carbon dioxide (CO2), bioavailable nitrogen, and a chemolithoautotrophic bacteria. The system may also include a pair of electrodes that split water contained within the solution to form the hydrogen. Additionally, the system may be operated so that a concentration of the bioavailable nitrogen in the solution is below a threshold nitrogen concentration to cause the chemolithoautotrophic bacteria to produce a product.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Brendan Cruz Colón, Chong Liu, Marika Ziesack, Pamela Ann Silver, Daniel G. Nocera
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Publication number: 20200102254Abstract: The disclosure provides a bioreactor system for conducting nitrogen fixation with renewable electricity to produce an engineered soil microbiome enriched in ammonia and carbon. The disclosure further provides an inorganic-biological hybrid bioreactor system that couples the generation of H2 by electricity-dependent H2O-splitting with the nitrogen-fixing capabilities of autotrophic, N2-fixing microorganisms to cultivate NH3-enriched and/or carbon-enriched biomass. The disclosure also provides methods for using NH3-enriched and/or carbon-enriched biomass for applications, such as, biofertilizers for improving the characteristics and performance of soils, e.g., to enhance the yield of agricultural crops. The disclosure further provides biofertilizers, as well as engineered soils and seeds augmented with a biofertilizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Kelsey Sakimoto, Daniel G, Nocera, Pamela Ann Silver, Chong Liu, Brendan Cruz Colon
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Patent number: 10597681Abstract: Systems and methods for fixing carbon using bacteria are described. In one embodiment, a system includes a reactor chamber with a solution contained therein. The solution may include hydrogen (H2), carbon dioxide (C02), bioavailable nitrogen, and a chemolithoautotrophic bacteria. The system may also include a pair of electrodes that split water contained within the solution to form the hydrogen. Additionally, the system may be operated so that a concentration of the bioavailable nitrogen in the solution is below a threshold nitrogen concentration to cause the chemolithoautotrophic bacteria to produce a product.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Brendan Cruz Colón, Chong Liu, Marika Ziesack, Pamela Ann Silver, Daniel G. Nocera
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Publication number: 20190202707Abstract: Systems and methods for producing ammonia are described. In one embodiment, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen are dissolved in a solution. A glutamine synthetase inhibitor and autotrophic diazotroph bacteria are also placed in the solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Brendan Cruz Colon, Chong Liu, Daniel G. Nocera, Pamela Ann Silver
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Publication number: 20180265898Abstract: Systems and methods for fixing carbon using bacteria are described. In one embodiment, a system includes a reactor chamber with a solution contained therein. The solution may include hydrogen (H2), carbon dioxide (C02), bioavailable nitrogen, and a chemolithoautotrophic bacteria. The system may also include a pair of electrodes that split water contained within the solution to form the hydrogen. Additionally, the system may be operated so that a concentration of the bioavailable nitrogen in the solution is below a threshold nitrogen concentration to cause the chemolithoautotrophic bacteria to produce a product.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2016Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Brendan Cruz Colón, Chong Liu, Marika Ziesack, Pamela Ann Silver, Daniel G. Nocera