Patents by Inventor Brian Thomas

Brian Thomas 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).

  • Patent number: 11944367
    Abstract: A tool assembly for use with an electrosurgical device for cutting tissue includes a base portion, an electrical insulator extending distally from the base portion, a return lead adapted to be electrically coupled to a return terminal, and an active lead adapted to be electrically coupled to an active terminal. The return lead is movably supported on the electrical insulator. The active lead is fixed to the electrical insulator. The return lead is rotatable about a pivot and translatable along a longitudinal axis relative to the electrical insulator and the active lead. Upon activation, electrosurgical energy is transmitted from the active lead through tissue to the return lead to cut tissue in contact with the active lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jacob C. Baril, Matthew A. Dinino, Justin Thomas, Roy J. Pilletere, Saumya Banerjee, Thomas A Zammataro, Scott J. Prior, Brian J. Creston
  • Patent number: 11948474
    Abstract: A system includes a display device, one or more processors, and one or more computer-readable storage media communicably connected to the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon that cause the one or more processors to: display a question on the display device, the question corresponding to a first category from among a plurality of categories; receive an input in response to the question from an input device associated with the display device; analyze the input to determine a quantifiable outcome based on the input; calculate a probabilistic value for the first category based on the quantifiable outcome; select a subsequent question based on the probabilistic value; and display the subsequent question on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Speed of You Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Thomas, Brian Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 11946039
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for endonuclease enzymes as well as methods of using such enzymes or variants thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Metagenomi, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Thomas, Christopher Brown, Audra Devoto, Cristina Butterfield, Lisa Alexander, Daniela S. A. Goltsman
  • Publication number: 20240101533
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and intermediates useful for preparing a compound of formula I: or a co-crystal, solvate, salt or combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin McCormack Allan, Amanda Lynn Vandehey, Gediminas Brizgys, Sachin Dhar, Ian James Doxsee, Alex Goldberg, Lars V. Heumann, Zilin Huang, Nathaniel Thomas Kadunce, Shahrokh Kazerani, Willard Lew, Vinh Xuan Ngo, Brian Michael O`Keefe, Trevor James Rainey, Benjamin James Roberts, Bing Shi, Dietrich P. Steinhuebel, Winston C. Tse, Anna Michelle Wagner, Xianghong Wang, Scott Alan Wolckenhauer, Chloe Yuyi Wong, Jennifer R. Zhang
  • Patent number: 11941533
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a compiler for optimizing the implementation of a machine-trained network (e.g., a neural network) on an integrated circuit (IC). The compiler of some embodiments receives a specification of a machine-trained network including multiple layers of computation nodes and generates a graph representing options for implementing the machine-trained network in the IC. The compiler, as part of generating the graph, in some embodiments, determines whether any set of channels contains no non-zero values (i.e., contains only zero values). For sets of channels that include no non-zero values, some embodiments perform a zero channel removal operation to remove all-zero channels wherever possible. In some embodiments, zero channel removal operations include removing input channels, removing output channels, forward propagation, and backward propagation of channels and constants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: PERCEIVE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Thomas, Steven L. Teig
  • Publication number: 20240091442
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed for inter-app communications between software applications on a mobile communications device. In one aspect, a computer-readable medium on a mobile computing device comprising an inter-application communication data structure to facilitate transitioning and distributing data between software applications in a shared app group for an operating system of the mobile computing device includes a scheme field of the data structure providing a scheme id associated with a target software app to transition to from a source software app, wherein the scheme id is listed on a scheme list stored with the source software app; and a payload field of the data structure providing data and/or an identification where to access data in a shared file system accessible to the software applications in the shared app group, wherein the payload field is encrypted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Gary A. MORRIS, Scott M. BELLIVEAU, Esteban CABRERA, JR., Anna Leigh DAVIS, Rian W. DRAEGER, Laura J. DUNN, Timothy Joseph GOLDSMITH, Hari HAMPAPURAM, Christopher Robert HANNEMANN, Apurv Ullas KAMATH, Katherine Yerre KOEHLER, Patrick Wile MCBRIDE, Michael Robert MENSINGER, Francis William PASCUAL, Philip Mansiel PELLOUCHOUD, Nicholas POLYTARIDIS, Philip Thomas PUPA, Kevin SHOEMAKER, Brian Christopher SMITH, Benjamin Elrod WEST, Atiim Joseph WILEY
  • Publication number: 20240093239
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions, and systems derived from uncultivated microorganisms useful for gene editing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Brian THOMAS, Christopher BROWN, Audra DEVOTO, Cristina BUTTERFIELD, Lisa ALEXANDER, Daniela S.A. GOLTSMAN, Justine ALBERS, Alan BROOKS, Greg COST, Morayma TEMOCHE-DIAZ, Cindy CASTELLE, Rebecca LAMOTHE
  • Patent number: 11931188
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating graphical displays of analyte data and/or health information. In some implementations, the graphical displays are generating based on a self-referential dataset that are modifiable based on identified portions of the data. The modified graphical displays can indicate features in the analyte data of a host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Esteban Cabrera, Jr., Lauren Danielle Armenta, Scott M. Belliveau, Jennifer Blackwell, Leif N. Bowman, Rian Draeger, Arturo Garcia, Timothy Joseph Goldsmith, John Michael Gray, Andrea Jean Jackson, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Paul Kramer, Aditya Sagar Mandapaka, Michael Robert Mensinger, Sumitaka Mikami, Gary A Morris, Hemant Mahendra Nirmal, Paul Noble-Campbell, Philip Thomas Pupa, Eli Reihman, Peter C. Simpson, Brian Christopher Smith, Atiim Joseph Wiley
  • Patent number: 11935628
    Abstract: Determining relative relationships of people who share a common ancestor within at least a threshold number of generations includes: receiving recombinable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence information of a first user and recombinable DNA sequence information of a plurality of users; processing, using one or more computer processors, the recombinable DNA sequence information of the plurality of users in parallel; determining, based at least in part on a result of processing the recombinable DNA information of the plurality of users in parallel, a predicted degree of relationship between the first user and a user among the plurality of users, the predicted degree of relative relationship corresponding to a number of generations within which the first user and the second user share a common ancestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
  • Patent number: 11932194
    Abstract: An airbag inflator includes a lower pressure vessel supporting an initiator assembly, a booster can centrally mounted in the lower pressure vessel and secured to the initiator assembly, and an energetics canister secured over the booster can such that the energetics canister is positioned radially between the lower pressure vessel and the booster can. An energetics cover encloses a circumferential space between the booster can and the energetics canister. A flow diverter closes the booster can and includes inlet vent openings downstream of the energetics cover. An upper pressure vessel positioned over the flow diverter and engaging the lower pressure vessel includes an exit orifice sealed with a rupturable membrane. A manifold is secured over the upper pressure vessel. The inflator increases combustion efficiency and lowers gaseous effluents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ARC TECHNOLOGY HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventors: James M. Rose, Brian Thomas, Brad Hight, J. Scott DiGangi, Kenneth J. Young
  • Patent number: 11932156
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a vehicle body defining a cabin interior and comprising a front row of seats and a rear row of seats, a plurality of seats located within the cabin interior, and a monitoring system for detecting and monitoring a pet or passenger within the cabin interior. The vehicle also includes a movable center console positioned between a pair of the forward row of seats and forward of the rear row of seats and comprising a holder for holding a drink container, and a controller processing signals generated by the monitoring system and determining a location of the detected pet or passenger on the rear row of seats based on the processed signals, the controller further controlling the movable console between a forward first position and a rearward second position closer to the rear row of seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Hussein H. Berry, Annette Lynn Huebner, Marguerite Lynn Kimball, David Brian Glickman, Gregory Paul Thomas, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Publication number: 20240090091
    Abstract: A multifunctional assembly having a resistive element a conductive element in electrical communication with the resistive element, the conductive element defining at least one of a plurality of multifunctional zones of the resistive element, wherein the conductive element is configured to direct a flow of electricity across at least one of the plurality of multifunctional zones of the resistive element in a preselected manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Seth S. Kessler, Gregory A. Thomas, Christopher T. Dunn, Michael Borgen, Brian L. Wardle
  • Publication number: 20240087378
    Abstract: An example method includes (a) generating a request to obtain log data descriptive of operation of an autonomous vehicle control system in a subject scenario, the log data indexed by an indexing parameter; (b) submitting the request to a log repository service, the log repository service configured to receive the request and serve, responsive to the request, log metadata; (c) loading, based on the log metadata and an index value of the indexing parameter, a log data sketch associated with the index value; and (d) loading, based on the log metadata and the index value, and responsive to an inspection indicator, detailed log data associated with the index value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Brian C. Becker, Peter VanTuyl Bentley, Matthew Thomas Bradley, Nathan Falk, Jack Wyatt Harris, Marion Le Borgne, Timothy Patrick Wojtaszek
  • Patent number: 11928471
    Abstract: Embodiments for a metadata predictor. An index pipeline generates indices in an index buffer in which the indices are used for reading out a memory device. A prediction cache is populated with metadata of instructions read from the memory device. A prediction pipeline generates a prediction using the metadata of the instructions from the prediction cache, the populating of the prediction cache with the metadata of the instructions being performed asynchronously to the operating of the prediction pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Thomas Malley, Adam Benjamin Collura, Brian Robert Prasky, James Bonanno, Dominic Ditomaso
  • Patent number: 11929062
    Abstract: A method and system of training a spoken language understanding (SLU) model includes receiving natural language training data comprising (i) one or more speech recording, and (ii) a set of semantic entities and/or intents for each corresponding speech recording. For each speech recording, one or more entity labels and corresponding values, and one or more intent labels are extracted from the corresponding semantic entities and/or overall intent. A spoken language understanding (SLU) model is trained based upon the one or more entity labels and corresponding values, and one or more intent labels of the corresponding speech recordings without a need for a transcript of the corresponding speech recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hong-Kwang Jeff Kuo, Zoltan Tueske, Samuel Thomas, Yinghui Huang, Brian E. D. Kingsbury, Kartik Audhkhasi
  • Patent number: 11930327
    Abstract: A hearing aid assembly includes a receiver speaker enclosed within a receiver housing. The receiver housing defines a circuitous receiver acoustic channel, wherein the receiver channel defines an open side along at least a portion of the receiver channel. The receiver channel also defines a pass-through passage extending from a first side of the receiver housing to a second side of the receiver housing, wherein the pass-through passage is partially defined by the wall defining a receiver opening. The hearing aid assembly also includes an earbud configured to fit over at least a portion of the receiver housing and partially cover the open side of the receiver channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidney A. Higgins, Brian Thomas Dahl
  • Publication number: 20240076125
    Abstract: A detection and warning system for a refuse vehicle includes a camera and processing circuitry. The camera is configured to obtain image data of a target waste receptacle and a lift apparatus of the refuse vehicle. The processing circuitry is configured to predict, based on the image data, tipping of the target waste receptacle by the lift apparatus of the refuse vehicle. The processing circuitry is configured to, responsive to predicting tipping of the target waste receptacle, at least one of (i) operate an alert device to notify an operator of the predicted tipping, or (ii) limit operation of the lift apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Thomas, Leo Van Kampen
  • Publication number: 20240075942
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling operation of a vehicle. An example system for controlling operation of a vehicle includes one or more data collection components and one or more processors. The one or more data collection components are configured to collect data representative of a physical configuration of an interior vehicle component. The one or more processors are configured to access the collected data, determine, by processing the collected data, the physical configuration of the interior vehicle component, select a manner of operation based upon the determined physical configuration of the interior vehicle component, and cause the vehicle to operate according to the manner of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Scott Thomas Christensen, Brian Mark Fields, Stephen R. Prevatt, Steve Roberson
  • Patent number: 11924246
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting and identifying malicious sites using machine learning. A computing platform may receive a uniform resource locator (URL). The computing platform may parse and/or tokenize the URL to reduce the URL into a plurality of components. The computing platform may identify human-engineered features of the URL. The computing platform may compute a vector representation of the URL to identify deep learned features of the URL. The computing platform may concatenate the human-engineered features of the URL to the deep learned features of the URL, resulting in a concatenated vector representation. By inputting the concatenated vector representation of the URL to a URL classifier, the computing platform may compute a phish classification score. In response to determining that the phish classification score exceeds a first phish classification threshold, the computing platform may cause a cybersecurity server to perform a first action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Proofpoint, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Sanford Jones, Zachary Mitchell Abzug, Jeremy Thomas Jordan, Giorgi Kvernadze, Dallan Quass
  • Publication number: 20240073663
    Abstract: Systems and methods for proximity device to device user interface management are disclosed. The systems and methods include a primary user device displaying variable data to a user assigned one or more tasks to be performed. In response to determining that the primary user device is within a predetermined range of an assistive device, the systems and methods pair the two devices, identify task data and/or other data, and modify a user interface displayed on the assistive device, where the modification occurs from device to device communication of displayed variable data and results in variable data from the primary user device being displayed on the assistive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Califano, Mark Thomas Fountain, Noel Steven Massey, James S. L. Chen