Patents by Inventor C. Smith

C. Smith 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: 10378193
    Abstract: A clamping device for mounting a sink to a counter includes a clamp having a clamp body and a binding spring of a flat-profile, bending type (“bending spring”), a binding lip for insertion through a first slot in the bottom surface of the countertop adjacent to the sink, the clamp and binding lip connected to the clamp body and extending away therefrom at least partially over an edge of the sink, and a clamp screw for insertion through a first opening in the clamp body and against a flange of the sink. The clamp screw may be covered by a screw cap, and a solid portion of the binding spring may be disposed between the clamp screw and the sink flange, or an opening in the binding spring may permit the clamp screw to press directly against the sink flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Z KEEPERS, LLC
    Inventor: David C Smith
  • Patent number: 10378015
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of identifying host factors that modulate Hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication in mammalian, e.g., human cells, as well as factors identified by those methods, and methods of treating HBV infections by targeting those factors. Zinc finger, CCHC domain containing 14 (ZCCHC14) is an exemplary host factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Abraham L. Brass, Miles C. Smith
  • Patent number: 10381789
    Abstract: A variety of active cover plate configurations with prongs configured to contact side screw terminals of electrical receptacles are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SnapRays LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy C. Smith, R. Camden Robinson, Darren C. Knight, Martin Johnson
  • Patent number: 10380156
    Abstract: Electronic natural language processing in a natural language processing (NLP) system, such as a Question-Answering (QA) system. A receives electronic text input, in question form, and determines a readability level indicator in the question. The readability level indicator includes at least a grammatical error, a slang term, and a misspelling type. The computer determines a readability level for the electronic text input based on the readability level indicator, and retrieves candidate answers based on the readability level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Devendra Goyal, Lakshminarayanan Krishnamurthy, Priscilla Santos Moraes, Michael C. Smith
  • Patent number: 10381788
    Abstract: A variety of active cover plate configurations with prongs configured to contact side screw terminals of electrical receptacles are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SnapRays LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy C. Smith, R. Camden Robinson, Darren C. Knight, Martin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20190239714
    Abstract: A household appliance, such as a dishwasher, for treating an item, such as a dish, in a treating chamber according to at least one automatic cycle of operation includes multiple antennas for transmitting and receiving data with an external network. The multiple antennas can be coupled with a radio also located within the appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: NICHOLAS J. COTTRELL, JASON R. GRIES, VINCE A. IRELAND, BLAYNE C. SMITH
  • Publication number: 20190240492
    Abstract: This document describes an implantable medical device including a housing. Electronic components are located within the housing, and a non-metallic hydrogen getter is located within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Michael C. Smith, Gregory J. Sherwood, Dustin J. Olynyk, John M. Edgell, Daniel Bowen, Scott Heineman, Joseph Thomas Delaney, JR., Kyle A. Kalstabakken
  • Patent number: 10371781
    Abstract: A method to obtain gain-corrected measurements. A measurement tool having one or more arrays is provided, wherein the arrays include two co-located triaxial transmitters and two co-located triaxial receivers. Measurements are obtained using the transmitters and the receivers. Impedance matrices are formed from the obtained measurements and the impedance matrices are combined to provide gain-corrected measurements. The apparatus may alternatively be a while-drilling logging tool having one or more arrays, wherein each array comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a buck, and wherein the signal received by the receiver is subtracted from the signal received by the buck or vice versa. A slotted shield may be incorporated into either embodiment of the tool. The slots may form one or more island elements. A material is disposed in the slots. The islands and shield body have complementary tapered sides that confine the islands within the shield body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dean M. Homan, Emmanuel Legendre, Reza Taherian, Jean Seydoux, Eunmi Choi, Gerald N. Minerbo, Sergiy Kryukov, Robert C. Smith
  • Patent number: 10373773
    Abstract: A variety of active cover plate configurations with prongs configured to contact side screw terminals of electrical receptacles or switches are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SnapRays LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy C. Smith, R. Camden Robinson
  • Patent number: 10364246
    Abstract: 2-((1r,4r)-4-(imidazo[4,5-d]pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-1(6H)-yl)cyclohexyl)acetonitrile compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods of making them, and methods of using them including methods for treating disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by JAK, such as inflammatory bowel disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Tatiana Koudriakova, Kevin D. Kreutter, Kristi Leonard, Michele C. Rizzolio, Russell C. Smith, Mark S. Tichenor, Aihua Wang
  • Publication number: 20190227584
    Abstract: A thermostat includes a plurality of HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) wire connectors for receiving a plurality of HVAC control wires corresponding to an HVAC system. The thermostat also includes a thermostat processing and control circuit operative to at least partially control the operation of the HVAC system and a powering circuit coupled to the HVAC wire connectors and configured to provide an electrical load power to the thermostat processing and control circuit. The thermostat includes circuitry and methods for maximizing efficiency of energy harvested from the HVAC system connected to the thermostat, and depending on which system is connected to the thermostat, different power schemes can be implemented in order to obtain power from the HVAC system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Adam Warren, Hugo B. Fiennes, Jonathan Alan Dutra, David Bell, Anthony Michael Fadell, Matthew Lee Rogers, Ian C. Smith, Edwin H. Satterthwaite, JR., Grant Michael Erickson, Andrea Mucignat, Joseph E. Palmer
  • Patent number: 10361169
    Abstract: A methodology and medium for regular and predictable cleaning the support hardware such as capillary tube in semiconductor assembly equipment components, while it is still in manual, semi-automated, and automated assembly are disclosed. The cleaning material may include a cleaning pad layer and one or more intermediate layers that have predetermined characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: International Test Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan E. Humphrey, Wayne C. Smith, Janakraj Shivlal, Bret A. Humphrey
  • Patent number: 10360278
    Abstract: An example method of accessing a web page includes receiving audio output from speakers of electronic equipment; detecting a cue in the received audio output; determining a web address based on the detected cue; and connecting to a web page using the web address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Nintendo of America Inc.
    Inventor: Darren C. Smith
  • Patent number: 10362063
    Abstract: A server interacts with a sender to form a package which can include one or more attached data files to be sent to one or more recipients, and the server applies a policy established by a policy authority of the sender to the package. Since the server both forms the package through interaction with the sender and applies the policy, violations of the policy by the package can be brought to the sender's attention during an interactive session with the sender and before encryption of all or part of the package. As a result, the sender is educated regarding the policy of the sender's policy authority, and the sender can modify the package immediately to comport with the policy. The server delivers the package to intended recipients by sending a notification to each recipient and including package identification data, e.g., a URL by which the package can be retrieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Axway Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Smith, Jean-Christophe Denis Bandini
  • Publication number: 20190220926
    Abstract: A method of providing an automated auction for internalization for the purchase or sale of securities or derivatives in an exchange is disclosed. The method may include receiving an order at an electronic trade engine, disseminating a request for price message to at least one user in response to receiving the order, receiving a one-sided response message representative of a participant-type in response to the request for price message, selecting an allocation algorithm from a plurality of allocation algorithms, initiating the selected allocation algorithm and allocating the order according to the participant-type upon termination of the selected auction. The system may include an electronic trading engine configured to disseminate an auction message in response to an order, a database of allocation algorithms, and a trade processor for initiating an auction according the one of the allocation algorithms and terminating the auction upon defined early termination events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: CBOE EXCHANGE, INC.
    Inventors: Edward T. Tilly, Anthony J. Carone, Stuart J. Kipnes, James Gazis, Anthony Montesano, Eileen C. Smith
  • Publication number: 20190217987
    Abstract: A blank for forming a container includes a bottom panel, end panels, and side panels. A first divider panel assembly is defined within the bottom panel and an end panel and includes an upper panel defined within the end panel and an inner panel defined within the bottom panel. The upper panel is configured to be at an angle to the end panel, and the inner panel is configured to be at an angle to the bottom panel in an erected configuration. Second and third divider panel assemblies are defined within the bottom panel and a side panel. The second and third divider panel assemblies include an upper panel defined within the side panel and an inner panel defined within the bottom panel. The panels of the second and third divider panel assemblies are configured similarly to the panels of the first divider panel assembly in the erected configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventor: Kenneth C. SMITH
  • Publication number: 20190220925
    Abstract: A method of providing orders to a virtual trading crowd in an exchange prior to automatically linking the order to an away market includes receiving a marketable order at the exchange, wherein the exchange price differs from a national best bid or offer (NBBO) price, routing the order to a trade engine, disseminating a request for price message, the request for price message including a price equal to the NBBO price, receiving a response message, initiating a quote trigger, wherein the quote trigger occurs for a period of N seconds, allocating at least a portion of the order according to an allocation algorithm, wherein an order size of each market maker is capped to prevent inflation of an allocated portion of the order, and allocating any remaining portion of the order to at least one predetermined market maker guarantor for execution at the NBBO price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Cboe Exchange, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward T. Tilly, Anthony Montesano, Eileen C. Smith
  • Publication number: 20190214348
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide an integrated circuit (IC) wafer having a plurality of circuit dies each bounded by a set of scribe lines. The IC structure includes: a plurality of reference features each respectively positioned in a first layer of one of the plurality of circuit dies. The reference feature of each circuit die is equidistant from a respective set of scribe lines for the circuit die, and a plurality of identification features each positioned in a second layer of one of the plurality of circuit dies. The reference feature of each circuit die has a distinct offset vector indicative of a positional difference between the identification feature for the circuit die and the reference feature for the circuit die, relative to the identification feature of each other circuit die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Wen Liu, Sebastian T. Ventrone, Adam C. Smith, Janice M. Adams, Nazmul Habib
  • Publication number: 20190208981
    Abstract: A dishwasher with an integrated closure element, such as a pivoting door or sliding drawer front, having a metallic front panel extending from an upper edge to a lower edge of the closure element includes a control console located at an upper end of the closure element. The control console includes an antenna located adjacent a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Wyndham F. Gary, JR., Blayne C. Smith
  • Patent number: D855447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Z KEEPERS, LLC
    Inventor: David C Smith