Patents by Inventor C. Fanning

C. Fanning 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: 20240148762
    Abstract: A topical composition for skin ailments, conditions or diseases comprising lanolin or derivatives thereof, one or more extracted vegetable oils, one or more extracted plant oils, and one or more cannabinoids. The cannabinoids used in the topical composition may be selected cannabinoids such as CBD and/or analogs and derivatives, THC and/or analogs and derivatives, or mixtures thereof. The extracted vegetable oils and plant oils used in the topical composition may be squalane, meadowfoam seed oil, or a mixture thereof. These components used in the topical composition may be naturally derived from vegetables, plants, or animals. The topical composition has effective pharmacological activity to care for or treat skin ailments, conditions or diseases and may be used to care for or treat a human or an animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Francis G. Fanning, Tobias C. Ripsom, Marnie L. Peterson, William Onyebuagu
  • Publication number: 20240095027
    Abstract: Static analysis of a code base is expanded beyond finding faults to also find code instances where a particular fault could have occurred but did not. A conformance count reflects code portions that satisfy a specified coding rule per static analysis, and a nonconformance count reflects code portions that do not satisfy the coding rule. Various metrics computed from the conformance count and nonconformance count drive software development quality assessments. For example, bugs or bug categories may be prioritized for developer attention, static analysis tools are evaluated based on the metrics, to reduce noise by eliminating low-value bug alerts. Particular areas of expertise of developers and developer groups are objectively identified. Source code editors are enhanced to provide specific recommendations in context. Other quality enhancements are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Michael C. FANNING, Suvam MUKHERJEE, Danielle Nicole GONZALEZ, Christopher Michael Henry FAUCON, Pragya PRAKASH
  • Patent number: 11675768
    Abstract: Compression of data that permits direct reconstruction of arbitrary portions of the uncompressed data. Also, the direct reconstruction of arbitrary portions of the uncompressed data. Conventional compression is done such that decompression has to begin either at the very beginning of the data, or at particular intervals (e.g., at block boundaries—every 64 kilobytes) within the data. However, the principles described herein permit decompression to begin at any point within the compressed data, without having to decompress any prior portion of the file. Thus, the principles described herein permit random access of the compressed data. In accordance with the principles described herein, this is accomplished by using an index that correlates positions within the uncompressed data with positions within the compressed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott M. Louvau, Michael C. Fanning
  • Patent number: 11663245
    Abstract: Partial initial construction of a deferred object model. This is done using a map that correlates positions of a hierarchically structured definition and corresponding hierarchical positions within an object model. The map is accessed and used to initially construct a deferred object model that even leaves some of the deferred objects unpopulated. The map is used to determine which parts of the hierarchical object definition no longer need to be parsed in order to construct this initial form of the deferred object model. If a request for an object is detected at some point after the initial construction, and that requested object is not represented even in deferred form in the deferred object model, the system uses the map to find the position of the corresponding object definition in the hierarchical object definition. At that point, the system parses that position, and constructs the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott M. Louvau, Michael C. Fanning
  • Publication number: 20230063778
    Abstract: An alpha-beta titanium alloy and method of manufacture includes forming an alpha-beta product from a titanium alloy with a composition in weight percent (wt. %) including 5.7-7.5 wt. % Al, 0.8-4.2 wt. % Mo, 0.0-3.0 wt. % Nb, 0.1-3.5 Sn, 0.1-3.0 wt. % Zr, 0.1-0.35 wt. % Si, 0.05-0.25 wt. % O, with the remainder being Ti and incidental impurities, and then heat treating the alpha-beta product with a first heat treatment step including a first temperature and a first time, a second heat treatment step including a second temperature and a second time, and a third heat treatment step including a third temperature less than the second temperature and a third time greater than the second time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Titanium Metals Corporation
    Inventor: John C. FANNING
  • Patent number: 11294878
    Abstract: A data structure that includes border data structures that appear at the respective interfaces between each of at least some of the segments in the data structure. The border does not conform to a data format for any of the elemental data types of the elemental data items represented within the data structure, and does not represent a size of any of the neighboring segments. Second, the data structure also includes an index. When writing the data structure, the writer tracks the position of each of the regions. When all segments and regions have been written, the writer can then write an index that represents the position of each region. The reader can then use that index to quickly read from only those regions of interest, and quickly skip over regions not of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott M. Louvau, Michael C. Fanning
  • Publication number: 20210406289
    Abstract: Partial initial construction of a deferred object model. This is done using a map that correlates positions of a hierarchically structured definition and corresponding hierarchical positions within an object model. The map is accessed and used to initially construct a deferred object model that even leaves some of the deferred objects unpopulated. The map is used to determine which parts of the hierarchical object definition no longer need to be parsed in order to construct this initial form of the deferred object model. If a request for an object is detected at some point after the initial construction, and that requested object is not represented even in deferred form in the deferred object model, the system uses the map to find the position of the corresponding object definition in the hierarchical object definition. At that point, the system parses that position, and constructs the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Scott M. LOUVAU, Michael C. FANNING
  • Publication number: 20210357379
    Abstract: Compression of data that permits direct reconstruction of arbitrary portions of the uncompressed data. Also, the direct reconstruction of arbitrary portions of the uncompressed data. Conventional compression is done such that decompression has to begin either at the very beginning of the data, or at particular intervals (e.g., at block boundaries—every 64 kilobytes) within the data. However, the principles described herein permit decompression to begin at any point within the compressed data, without having to decompress any prior portion of the file. Thus, the principles described herein permit random access of the compressed data. In accordance with the principles described herein, this is accomplished by using an index that correlates positions within the uncompressed data with positions within the compressed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Scott M. LOUVAU, Michael C. FANNING
  • Publication number: 20210349873
    Abstract: A data structure that includes border data structures that appear at the respective interfaces between each of at least some of the segments in the data structure. The border does not conform to a data format for any of the elemental data types of the elemental data items represented within the data structure, and does not represent a size of any of the neighboring segments. Second, the data structure also includes an index. When writing the data structure, the writer tracks the position of each of the regions. When all segments and regions have been written, the writer can then write an index that represents the position of each region. The reader can then use that index to quickly read from only those regions of interest, and quickly skip over regions not of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Scott M. LOUVAU, Michael C. FANNING
  • Patent number: 10545852
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing computer readable instructions related to transfers of control is disclosed. A state transition of a unit of execution within a logical operation providing an event handler for a Document Object Model is logged during runtime of the computer readable instructions. Diagnostic information of the logical operation is associated with the state transition. The state transition and associated diagnostic information is provided for retrieval at a selected point in the computer readable instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Fanning, Felix Gerard Torquil Ifor Andrew, Daniel J. Moseley, Simon Calvert, Andrew R. Sterland, Timothy Rice, Jeffrey T. Fisher, Robert A. Paveza, Taylor C. Woll, Gregg Miskelly, Harold L. Pierson, III, Christopher Edmonds, Elliot H. Omiya, Karthik Vivek Nadig, Francisco Javier Wong, Zhaochuan Gao, Andriy Stasyuk
  • Patent number: 10540416
    Abstract: A method includes parsing a text source document to construct a document node tree such that the document node tree includes text offsets indicating the location of the text within the text source document corresponding to each node of the document node tree. The method includes constructing, from the document node tree, a Document Object Model (DOM) and a view node tree that represents the DOM. The constructing of the view node tree includes mapping the view node tree to the document node tree. The method includes providing a running representation of the DOM such that DOM elements of the DOM are linked to the text within the text source document corresponding to the DOM elements via the view node tree and the document node tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Fanning, Matthew Hall, Gary Linscott, Felix G T I Andrew, Kenneth A. Showman, Evgeny Tvorun
  • Patent number: 10534830
    Abstract: A method includes parsing a text source document to construct a document node tree such that the document node tree includes text offsets indicating the location of the text within the text source document corresponding to each node of the document node tree. The method includes constructing, from the document node tree, a Document Object Model (DOM) and a view node tree that represents the DOM. The constructing of the view node tree includes mapping the view node tree to the document node tree. The method includes providing a running representation of the DOM and one of tracking a modification to the DOM to provide first change information and tracking a modification to the text source document to provide second change information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Fanning, Matthew Hall, Gary Linscott, Evgeny Tvorun
  • Patent number: 10503743
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to searching. In aspects, a software package may be received and transformed into searchable data. Static and dynamic analysis may be performed on code and data included in the software package. A data structure is created that may index the code, metadata, indexable resources, and analysis artifacts associated with the software package. The data structure may be used to satisfy queries and the transformed data and analysis artifacts may be made available for viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Liscensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott M. Louvau, Michael C. Fanning, Christopher M. Faucon
  • Patent number: 10471165
    Abstract: Devices and methods for sterilizing and/or disinfecting workpieces, such as medical and dental instruments. The device can include a chamber that receives the workpieces and can be sealed. The chamber is filled with chlorine dioxide gas to a threshold concentration and for a time sufficient to sterilize and/or disinfect the workpieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: CHEMTREAT, INC.
    Inventors: John Richardson, Kevin White, Benjamin Niemaseck, Douglas McIlwaine, James Wilkins, Rob Bedinger, Yatao Liu, James Liang-Hiong Chia, Stephen C. Fanning, Tim Taylor
  • Publication number: 20190057012
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing computer readable instructions related to transfers of control is disclosed. A state transition of a unit of execution within a logical operation providing an event handler for a Document Object Model is logged during runtime of the computer readable instructions. Diagnostic information of the logical operation is associated with the state transition. The state transition and associated diagnostic information is provided for retrieval at a selected point in the computer readable instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Fanning, Felix Gerard Torquil Ifor Andrew, Daniel J. Moseley, Simon Calvert, Andrew R. Sterland, Timothy Rice, Jeffrey T. Fisher, Robert A. Paveza, Taylor C. Woll, Gregg Miskelly, Harold L. Pierson, III, Christopher Edmonds, Elliot H. Omiya, Karthik Vivek Nadig, Francisco Javier Wong, Zhaochuan Gao, Andriy Stasyuk
  • Patent number: 10162628
    Abstract: A data analysis and transformation engine provides a service that automatically analyzes, formats, and/or reviews changes made to collection of artifacts stored in one or more source control systems in accordance with a user's instructions in a coordinated manner. A user subscribes to the data analysis and transformation engine with instructions on the user's preference for formatting, reviewing, and analyzing an artifact after the artifact was modified and checked into a source control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Laurence Jack Golding, Michael C. Fanning, Srivatsn Narayanan, Jinu Joseph, Gen Lu, David Andrew Knise
  • Patent number: 10078575
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing computer readable instructions related to transfers of control is disclosed. A state transition of a unit of execution within a logical operation is logged during runtime of the computer readable instructions. Diagnostic information of the logical operation is associated with the state transition. The state transition and associated diagnostic information is provided for retrieval at a selected point in the computer readable instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Fanning, Felix Gerard Torquil Ifor Andrew, Daniel J. Moseley, Simon Calvert, Andrew R. Sterland, Timothy Rice, Jeffrey T. Fisher, Robert A. Paveza, Taylor C. Woll, Gregg Miskelly, Harold L. Pierson, III, Christopher Edmonds, Elliot H. Omiya, Karthik Vivek Nadig, Francisco Javier Wong, Zhaochuan Gao, Andriy Stasyuk
  • Publication number: 20180173520
    Abstract: A data analysis and transformation engine provides a service that automatically analyzes, formats, and/or reviews changes made to collection of artifacts stored in one or more source control systems in accordance with a user's instructions in a coordinated manner. A user subscribes to the data analysis and transformation engine with instructions on the user's preference for formatting, reviewing, and analyzing an artifact after the artifact was modified and checked into a source control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: LAURENCE JACK GOLDING, MICHAEL C. FANNING, SRIVATSN NARAYANAN, JINU JOSEPH, GEN LU, DAVID ANDREW KNISE
  • Patent number: 9875090
    Abstract: A deployment package descriptor may be obtained. One or more application files that include application content in a plurality of different data formats may be obtained. An analysis of the application content included in the obtained one or more application files may be initiated, based on a plurality of different data formats and descriptive information associated with the obtained application files, the descriptive information included in the obtained deployment package descriptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Fanning, Frederico Mameri, Christopher M. H. Faucon
  • Patent number: 9785778
    Abstract: A test object that includes at least one computer program that includes dynamic executable code is obtained. The at least one computer program is transformed into a format that is configured to execute in a hosted isolated computing environment. Directed execution of the at least one computer program is initiated, in the hosted isolated computing environment. Dynamic code vulnerabilities of the at least one computer program are detected, based on the directed execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Reza Arbabi, Wing Kwong Wan, George Raymond Derryberry, Jr., Michael C. Fanning