Patents by Inventor Brian T. Jones
Brian T. Jones 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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Patent number: 11968415Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed that determine a penetration and a churn of a streaming service. Example apparatus disclosed herein includes processor circuitry to instantiate at least interval determination circuitry to determine an interval between the first tuning event and the second tuning event, the first and second tuning events corresponding to streaming of media in a first household using the streaming service via a media device, characterization circuitry to characterize a status of the first household as subscribed when the interval satisfies a threshold, aggregation circuitry to aggregate statuses of households over a time period, the households including the first household, and penetration determination circuitry to generate first analytical data based on a number of subscribed statuses per a total number of households at a timestamp, the timestamp within the time period.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Brian Fuhrer, Albert T. Borawski, Kevin J. Rini, Jill J. Jones
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Publication number: 20240129566Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed that determine a penetration and a churn of a streaming service. Example apparatus disclosed herein includes processor circuitry to instantiate at least interval determination circuitry to determine an interval between the first tuning event and the second tuning event, the first and second tuning events corresponding to streaming of media in a first household using the streaming service via a media device, characterization circuitry to characterize a status of the first household as subscribed when the interval satisfies a threshold, aggregation circuitry to aggregate statuses of households over a time period, the households including the first household, and penetration determination circuitry to generate first analytical data based on a number of subscribed statuses per a total number of households at a timestamp, the timestamp within the time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Albert T. Borawski, Kevin J. Rini, Jill J. Jones
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Publication number: 20240083900Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula (I?): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables in the formula are as defined herein; and methods for their use and production.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: BIOGEN MA INC.Inventors: Brian T. Hopkins, Bin Ma, Isaac Marx, Jürgen Schulz, George Vandeveer, Robin Prince, Marta Nevalainen, TeYu Chen, Zain Yousaf, Martin Himmelbauer, Vatee Pattaropong, John Howard Jones, Edward Yin-Shiang Lin, Felix Gonzalez Lopez de Turiso, Thomas Purgett, Andrew George Capacci, Simone Sciabola
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Patent number: 11860180Abstract: A removable maintenance fluid holder for a digital dispense system, a digital dispense system containing the removable maintenance fluid holder, and a method of maintaining a fluid droplet dispense cartridge. The removable maintenance fluid holder includes a housing having a handle end and a fluid receptacle end distal from the handle end. The fluid receptable end includes a fluid receptacle for holding fluid dispensed from a fluid droplet ejection head of a fluid droplet cartridge in the digital dispense system. The removable maintenance fluid holder is configured to be inserted and removed from the digital dispense system on a periodic basis.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventors: Bruce A. Deboard, Brian T. Jones, Michael A. Marra, III, Sam Norasak
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Publication number: 20230073880Abstract: This disclosure relates to devices and methods for coating various portions of catalyst support bodies, such as radially-zoned catalyst support bodies, such as those used in catalytic converters for treating exhaust gas streams of internal combustion engines.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: BASF CORPORATIONInventors: Andreas R. Munding, Sandip D. Shah, Kai Schmitz, Yi Liu, Donald H. Reeder, Brian T. Jones, Eric George Klauber, James Dale Hoggard, Yogeshkumar Patel
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Publication number: 20230001404Abstract: A system and method for ejecting one or more fluids from a digital dispense device. The method includes a) inputting to a memory a volume per unit area for each of the one or more fluids to be ejected from the digital dispense device; b) matching the volume per unit area to a device resolution for the digital dispense device; c) formatting fluid ejectors for the digital dispense device for the device resolution; and d) ejecting fluid from the digital dispense device to provide the volume per area for each of the one or more fluids.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bruce A Deboard, Michael A. Marra, III, Brian T. Jones
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Patent number: 11471879Abstract: A system and method for ejecting one or more fluids from a digital dispense device. The method includes a) inputting to a memory a volume per unit area for each of the one or more fluids to be ejected from the digital dispense device; b) matching the volume per unit area to a device resolution for the digital dispense device; c) formatting fluid ejectors for the digital dispense device for the device resolution; and d) ejecting fluid from the digital dispense device to provide the volume per area for each of the one or more fluids.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Inventors: Bruce A Deboard, Brian T. Jones, Michael A. Marra, III
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Publication number: 20220296829Abstract: A pharmaceutical drug delivery device. The drug delivery device includes a device body, a fluid outlet nose cone attached to the drug delivery device body, and a fluid jet ejection cartridge containing a liquid pharmaceutical drug is disposed in the drug delivery device body. A fluid ejection head is attached to the fluid jet ejection cartridge and the fluid ejection head is in fluid flow communication with the fluid outlet nose cone. The fluid outlet nose cone has a plurality of air flow channels open to an ambient atmosphere for providing a pressure differential between an inner area of the fluid outlet nose cone adjacent to the fluid ejection head and the ambient atmosphere.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: James D. ANDERSON, JR., Bruce D. GIBSON, Brian T. JONES, Robert W. MILGATE, III, Tetsuya SHIHARA
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Publication number: 20220258141Abstract: The present disclosure provides catalyst compositions capable of reducing nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions in engine exhaust, catalyst articles coated with such compositions, and processes for preparing such catalyst compositions and articles. The catalyst compositions include metal ion-exchanged zeolites useful for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx. Further provided is an exhaust gas treatment system including such catalytic articles, and methods for reducing NOx in an exhaust gas stream using such catalytic articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: BASF CORPORATIONInventors: Yi Liu, Brian T. Jones, Donald H. Reeder, Eric George Klauber, Oliver Seel, Torsten Neubauer, Saeed Alerasool, James Dale Hoggard, John Robert White, Claudia Zabel
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Publication number: 20220241526Abstract: A drug delivery device and method of using the device. The device includes a cartridge body; a fluid outlet nozzle attached to the cartridge body; and a cartridge disposed in the cartridge body. A fluid ejection head is attached to the cartridge and is in fluid flow communication with the fluid outlet nozzle. The cartridge contains a liquid pharmaceutical drug. A logic board is disposed in cartridge body and is electrically connected to the ejection head on the ejection cartridge. A processor is disposed on the logic board or on the fluid ejection head for executing a control algorithm to control the ejection head to modify plume characteristics of fluid ejected from the ejection head by controlling one or more operating parameters selected from (a) a number of fluid ejectors fired per ejection burst, (b) a position of fluid ejectors fired per ejection burst, and (c) both (a) and (b).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bruce D. Gibson, Brian T. Jones, Michael A. Marra, III, Robert W. Milgate, III
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Publication number: 20220241525Abstract: A pharmaceutical drug delivery device and method of using the pharmaceutical drug delivery device. The pharmaceutical drug delivery device includes a cartridge body; a fluid outlet nozzle attached to the cartridge body; and a fluid jet ejection cartridge disposed in the cartridge body, wherein the cartridge contains a liquid pharmaceutical drug and a fluid ejection head containing a plurality of fluid ejection nozzles and associated fluid ejectors. A processor disposed on a logic board or fluid ejection head is provided for executing a control algorithm to control the ejection head to modify plume characteristics of fluid ejected from the ejection head by controlling one or more of fluid jet firing frequency, burst length, and fluid jet firing burst delay.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bruce D. GIBSON, Manish GIRI, Brian T. JONES, Michael A. MARRA, III, Robert W. Milgate, III
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Publication number: 20220105493Abstract: The present disclosure provides binder compositions formed with a plurality of binder materials having differing mean particles, the binder compositions being useful to improve washcoat adhesion on a substrate. Adhesion can be improved related to an increase in the binder concentration without a significant or substantial increase in associated viscosity. Such binder compositions can comprise a first binder material formed of a plurality of particles having a first mean particle size and a second binder material formed of a plurality of particles having a second mean particle size, wherein a ratio of the first mean particle size to the second mean particle size about 2 or greater. The present disclosure further provides catalyst compositions, catalyst articles, and emission systems incorporating the binder compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Yi LIU, Yipeng SUN, Donald Reeder, Brian T. JONES, Andreas R. MUNDING, Oliver SEEL, David SCHLERETH, Hao LI
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Publication number: 20210247411Abstract: A maintenance reservoir for a digital dispense system. The maintenance reservoir includes an elongate trough disposed in a micro-well plate holder for holding fluid dispensed from a fluid droplet ejection head of a fluid droplet cartridge in the digital dispense system. The maintenance reservoir is disposed in the micro-well plate holder on at least one side of a micro-well plate and includes a position indicator to signify if the elongate trough is present or absent from the micro-well plate holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Brian T. JONES
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Publication number: 20210247413Abstract: A removable maintenance fluid holder for a digital dispense system, a digital dispense system containing the removable maintenance fluid holder, and a method of maintaining a fluid droplet dispense cartridge. The removable maintenance fluid holder includes a housing having a handle end and a fluid receptacle end distal from the handle end. The fluid receptable end includes a fluid receptacle for holding fluid dispensed from a fluid droplet ejection head of a fluid droplet cartridge in the digital dispense system. The removable maintenance fluid holder is configured to be inserted and removed from the digital dispense system on a periodic basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bruce A. DEBOARD, Brian T. JONES, Michael A. MARRA, III, Sam NORASAK
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Publication number: 20200215532Abstract: A system and method for ejecting one or more fluids from a digital dispense device. The method includes a) inputting to a memory a volume per unit area for each of the one or more fluids to be ejected from the digital dispense device; b) matching the volume per unit area to a device resolution for the digital dispense device; c) formatting fluid ejectors for the digital dispense device for the device resolution; and d) ejecting fluid from the digital dispense device to provide the volume per area for each of the one or more fluids.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bruce A. Deboard, Brian T. Jones, Michael A. Marra, III
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Patent number: 10289592Abstract: A location-based address adapter for use in a system to facilitate communication between a host computer and one peripheral device of a plurality of peripheral devices includes a body and an electrical circuit. The body is removably attached to one peripheral device at a time. The electrical circuit includes a communications interface circuit and an adapter memory circuit. The communications interface circuit has a respective pass-through wired connection between each of a plurality of input connectors and a plurality of output connectors to facilitate bi-directional communications between the host computer and the peripheral device. The adapter memory circuit stores a unique physical location address for association with a physical location associated with the peripheral device to which the body is attached. The unique physical location address is a non-network based address.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Brian T. Jones, Michael A. Marra, III, Bruce A. Deboard, James J. Tocash, Lucas D. Barkley
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Publication number: 20190138478Abstract: A location-based address adapter for use in a system to facilitate communication between a host computer and one peripheral device of a plurality of peripheral devices includes a body and an electrical circuit. The body is removably attached to one peripheral device at a time. The electrical circuit includes a communications interface circuit and an adapter memory circuit. The communications interface circuit has a respective pass-through wired connection between each of a plurality of input connectors and a plurality of output connectors to facilitate bi-directional communications between the host computer and the peripheral device. The adapter memory circuit stores a unique physical location address for association with a physical location associated with the peripheral device to which the body is attached. The unique physical location address is a non-network based address.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Brian T. Jones, Michael A. Marra, III, Bruce A. Deboard, James J. Tocash, Lucas D. Barkley
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Patent number: 7278701Abstract: A method of informing a user of an imaging apparatus of an event, the imaging apparatus having a plurality of print modes, includes the steps of defining a notice threshold that is associated with the event; determining whether the notice threshold has been reached; and upon reaching the notice threshold, progressively reducing an image density of an image formed by the imaging apparatus based on a print mode the imaging apparatus was operating in when the notice threshold was reached. Alternatively, imaging density may be progressively reduced based on reaching a next fade area of a plurality of fade areas for the print medium.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2003Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Mark W Fagan, Brian T. Jones
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Patent number: 6871926Abstract: A method of estimating an amount of ink contained in an ink reservoir includes the steps of determining a cumulative actual ink drop count of ink drops expelled from the ink reservoir; and determining an evaporation amount associated with the ink reservoir, wherein before a time threshold the evaporation amount is ignored, and upon reaching the time threshold the evaporation amount is used to compensate for an evaporation loss for the ink reservoir by adjusting the cumulative actual ink drop count to form an evaporation compensated drop count.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2003Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Christopher A. Adkins, Michael C. Campbell, Donald F. Croley, Mark W. Fagan, Brian T. Jones, Timothy L. Strunk, David E. Greer
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Publication number: 20040207668Abstract: A method of estimating an amount of ink contained in an ink reservoir includes the steps of determining a cumulative actual ink drop count of ink drops expelled from the ink reservoir; and determining an evaporation amount associated with the ink reservoir, wherein before a time threshold the evaporation amount is ignored, and upon reaching the time threshold the evaporation amount is used to compensate for an evaporation loss for the ink reservoir by adjusting the cumulative actual ink drop count to form an evaporation compensated drop count.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2003Publication date: October 21, 2004Inventors: Christopher A. Adkins, Michael C. Campbell, Donald F. Croley, Mark W. Fagan, Brian T. Jones, Timothy L. Strunk, David E. Greer