Patents by Inventor Charles A. Ray

Charles A. Ray 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: 11982843
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are drawn to methods for producing a fused connector termination. An exemplary method may include setting a specification requirement to be met by the fused connector termination and applying an amount of heat to a proximal region of an unfused connector termination. The proximal region of the unfused connector termination may include an inner optical fiber coaxially positioned within an outer ferrule, and applying the amount of heat may at least partially fuse the optical fiber to the outer ferrule to form an at least partially fused connector termination. The method may also include imaging the proximal region of the at least partially fused connector termination and determining, based on the imaging, whether the proximal region of the at least partially fused connector termination meets the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Jui Ray Chia, Thomas Charles Hasenberg
  • Publication number: 20230342747
    Abstract: Computer vision grouping recognition is provided by receiving training images that include unpackaged items; identifying, by a computer vision model, a candidate identities for unpackaged items in a given training image; receiving, from a human user, a selected identity for the unpackaged item as feedback for the candidate identity; constructing a confusion matrix tallying matches and mismatches between candidate identities and the selected identities as analyzed across the training images for each unpackaged item; identifying at least one product category that includes at least a first unpackaged item and a second unpackaged item that the confusion matrix indicates as being misidentified for each other by the computer vision model; and reconfiguring the computer vision model to identify the product category instead of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item when analyzing a given image including one or more of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Evgeny SHEVTSOV, Charles Ray Kirk, J. Wacho Slaughter, Andrei Khaitas, Srija Ganguly, Yevgeni Tsirulink
  • Patent number: 11681997
    Abstract: Computer vision grouping recognition is provided by receiving training images that include unpackaged items; identifying, by a computer vision model, a candidate identities for unpackaged items in a given training image; receiving, from a human user, a selected identity for the unpackaged item as feedback for the candidate identity; constructing a confusion matrix tallying matches and mismatches between candidate identities and the selected identities as analyzed across the training images for each unpackaged item; identifying at least one product category that includes at least a first unpackaged item and a second unpackaged item that the confusion matrix indicates as being misidentified for each other by the computer vision model; and reconfiguring the computer vision model to identify the product category instead of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item when analyzing a given image including one or more of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Evgeny Shevtsov, Charles Ray Kirk, J. Wacho Slaughter, Andrei Khaitas, Srija Ganguly, Yevgeni Tsirulnik
  • Publication number: 20230167084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are Nrf2 activators. The compounds have the structural formula I defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with Nrf2 activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Cathy Louise Lucas, Nicholas Charles Ray, Eileen Mary Seward, George Hynd
  • Publication number: 20230159511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are Nrf2 activators. The compounds have the structural formula I defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with Nrf2 activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Cathy Louise Lucas, Emma Louise Blaney, Barrie Phillip Martin, Thorsten Nowak, Nicholas Charles Ray, Simon Ross Crumpler, Eileen Mary Seward, George Hynd
  • Publication number: 20230098811
    Abstract: Computer vision grouping recognition is provided by receiving training images that include unpackaged items; identifying, by a computer vision model, a candidate identities for unpackaged items in a given training image; receiving, from a human user, a selected identity for the unpackaged item as feedback for the candidate identity; constructing a confusion matrix tallying matches and mismatches between candidate identities and the selected identities as analyzed across the training images for each unpackaged item; identifying at least one product category that includes at least a first unpackaged item and a second unpackaged item that the confusion matrix indicates as being misidentified for each other by the computer vision model; and reconfiguring the computer vision model to identify the product category instead of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item when analyzing a given image including one or more of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Evgeny SHEVTSOV, Charles Ray KIRK, J. Wacho SLAUGHTER, Andrei KHAITAS, Srija GANGULY, Yevgeni TSIRULNIK
  • Publication number: 20230045776
    Abstract: Described herein are tetrahydro-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-1-yl compounds with estrogen receptor modulation activity or function having the Formula I structure: and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and with the substituents and structural features described herein. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the Formula I compounds, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharada Labadie, Jun Liang, Daniel Fred Ortwine, Xiaojing Wang, Jason Zbieg, Birong Zhang, Simon Charles Goodacre, Nicholas Charles Ray, Jun Li, Tommy Lai, Jiangpeng Liao, Zhiguo Liu, John Wai, Tao Wang
  • Publication number: 20220289850
    Abstract: The invention provides antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to ?v?8 integrin. The invention includes uses, and associated methods of using the antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicants: PFIZER INC., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Kyle Steven Niessen, Dharmaraj Samuel, Charles Ray Holst, Matthew Ross Drever, Dean Sheppard, Rosemary J. Akurst, Amha Atakilit, Dominique Meyer, Isaac J. Rondon, Joseph Dal Porto
  • Patent number: 11378480
    Abstract: A pressure sensor assembly includes a pressure sensor having a support structure and a sapphire isolation member coupled to the support structure and forming a region between a first surface of the sapphire isolation member and the support structure. A second surface of the sapphire isolation member has a sapphire etch surface formed thereon and is positioned to interface with fluid from or coupled to a process. A process seal is positioned against the second surface of the sapphire isolation member to prevent fluid from passing by the pressure sensor assembly. Electrical leads couple to a polysilicon strain gauge pattern positioned in the region on the first surface of the sapphire isolation member, and the polysilicon strain gauge pattern is configured to generate electrical signals indicative of the pressure of the fluid when the sapphire isolation member deflects responsive to the pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventors: David Andrew Broden, Charles Ray Willcox
  • Patent number: 11359024
    Abstract: The invention provides antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to ?v?8 integrin. The invention includes uses, and associated methods of using the antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: PFIZER INC., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Kyle Steven Niessen, Dharmaraj Samuel, Charles Ray Holst, Matthew Ross Drever, Dean Sheppard, Rosemary J. Akhurst, Amha Atakilit, Dominique Meyer, Isaac J. Rondon, Joseph Dal Porto
  • Publication number: 20220090977
    Abstract: A pressure sensor assembly includes a pressure sensor having a support structure and a sapphire isolation member coupled to the support structure and forming a region between a first surface of the sapphire isolation member and the support structure. A second surface of the sapphire isolation member is positioned to interface with fluid from or coupled to a process. Electrical leads couple to a polysilicon strain gauge pattern positioned in the region on the first surface of the sapphire isolation member, and the polysilicon strain gauge pattern is configured to generate electrical signals indicative of the pressure of the fluid when the sapphire isolation member deflects responsive to the pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: David Andrew Broden, Charles Ray Willcox
  • Patent number: 11226253
    Abstract: A process pressure transmitter includes transmitter electronics disposed within a housing coupled to a pressure sensor formed by a cell body defining an interior cavity. A deflectable diaphragm separates the interior cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity. The deflectable diaphragm includes a groove region located around a periphery of the deflectable diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventors: David Andrew Broden, Charles Ray Willcox, Brian Michael Affias, Jennifer Ann Blodgett
  • Publication number: 20210236473
    Abstract: Described herein are tetrahydro-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-1-yl compounds with estrogen receptor modulation activity or function having the Formula I structure: and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and with the substituents and structural features described herein. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the Formula I compounds, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharada Labadie, Jun Liang, Daniel Fred Ortwine, Xiaojing Wang, Jason Zbieg, Birong Zhang, Simon Charles Goodacre, Nicholas Charles Ray, Jun Li, Tommy Lai, Jiangpeng Liao, Zhiguo Liu, John Wai, Tao Wang
  • Publication number: 20210190619
    Abstract: A process pressure transmitter includes transmitter electronics disposed within a housing. The transmitter electronics includes a communications circuit coupled to a processing system and an analog to digital converter disposed within the housing. The analog to digital converter electrically is coupled to the transmitter electronics. A pressure sensor comprises a cell body defining an interior cavity. A deflectable diaphragm comprising a second material is coupled to the cell body and separates the interior cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity. The deflectable diaphragm includes a groove region located around a periphery of the deflectable diaphragm. The first and second cavities each contain a dielectric fill-fluid, each of the fill fluids adapted to receive a pressure and exert a corresponding force on the diaphragm, and the diaphragm is deflectable in response to differences in the pressures received by the fill-fluids in the first and second cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: David Andrew Broden, Charles Ray Willcox, Brian Michael Affias, Jennifer Ann Blodgett
  • Patent number: 11041773
    Abstract: A sensor body cell for use in a pressure sensor includes a metal housing and an insulating cell. The metal housing has a first cavity with a first conical inner surface. A portion of the first conical inner surface is concave. The insulating cell includes a first seal portion within the first cavity and forms a seal with the first conical inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventors: Charles Ray Willcox, Jennifer Ann Blodgett, David Andrew Broden, Brian Michael Affias
  • Patent number: 10966963
    Abstract: Described herein are tetrahydro-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-1-yl compounds with estrogen receptor modulation activity or function having the Formula I structure: and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and with the substituents and structural features described herein. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the Formula I compounds, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharada Labadie, Jun Liang, Daniel Fred Ortwine, Xiaojing Wang, Jason Zbieg, Birong Zhang, Simon Charles Goodacre, Nicholas Charles Ray, Jun Li, Tommy Lai, Jiangpeng Liao, Zhiguo Liu, John Wai, Tao Wang
  • Patent number: 10930175
    Abstract: A CPR training device is disclosed comprising a first member including a mouthpiece portion and a first engaging portion, a second member including an output portion and a second engaging portion, and an air passageway. The first engaging portion and the second engaging portion cooperates to form a filter seating arrangement at a filter seat position when assembled together to secure a filter within the CPR training device. The air passageway is open to air outside of the CPR training device only through the mouthpiece portion and the output portion. The filter is disposed in the air passageway at the filter seat position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: RAYLYNN PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Ray Morrison, III
  • Publication number: 20200309631
    Abstract: A sensor body cell for use in a pressure sensor includes a metal housing and an insulating cell. The metal housing has a first cavity with a first conical inner surface. A portion of the first conical inner surface is concave. The insulating cell includes a first seal portion within the first cavity and forms a seal with the first conical inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Charles Ray Willcox, Jennifer Ann Blodgett, David Andrew Broden, Brian Michael Affias
  • Patent number: 10777098
    Abstract: A CPR training device is disclosed comprising a first member including a mouthpiece portion and a first engaging portion, a second member including an output portion and a second engaging portion, and an air passageway. The first engaging portion and the second engaging portion cooperates to form a filter seating arrangement at a filter seat position when assembled together to secure a filter within the CPR training device. The air passageway is open to air outside of the CPR training device only through the mouthpiece portion and the output portion. The filter is disposed in the air passageway at the filter seat position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: RAYLYNN PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Ray Morrison, III
  • Patent number: 10654867
    Abstract: Described herein are heteroaryl compounds with estrogen receptor modulation activity or function having the Formula I, II, and III structures: and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and with the substituents and structural features described herein. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the Formula I, II, and III compounds, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharada Labadie, Jun Li, Jun Liang, Daniel Fred Ortwine, Xiaojing Wang, Jason Zbieg, Birong Zhang, Nicholas Charles Ray, Simon Goodacre, Jiangpeng Liao