Patents by Inventor Charles A. Thomas

Charles A. 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: 11166937
    Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising compounds or precursors to compounds which may be used for a variety of therapeutic applications including, for example, treating and/or preventing a disease or disorder related to reduced or inadequate mitochondrial activity, including aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, and neurodegenerative diseases. The compounds relate generally to urolithins and precursors thereof, including but not limited to ellagitannins and urolithin A. In certain embodiments the compositions are presented in or as food products or nutritional supplements. These same compounds and compositions can also be used advantageously in generally healthy individuals to increase or maintain metabolic rate, decrease percent body fat, increase or maintain muscle mass, manage body weight, improve or maintain mental performance (including memory), improve or maintain muscle performance, improve or maintain mood, and manage stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Amazentis SA
    Inventors: Christopher L. Rinsch, William Blanco-Bose, Bernard Schneider, Charles Thomas, Carmen Sandi, Johan Auwerx, Penelope Andreux, Richardus Houtkooper, Eija Pirinen, Laurent Mouchiroud, David Genoux
  • Publication number: 20210338395
    Abstract: A disposable dental aerosol device has a body having a tip receiving end, a valve receiving end, a central lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the valve receiving end, and a funnel at the tip receiving end, an aerosol capturing port having an aerosol capturing port lumen, and an aerosol capturing port entrance opening formed in the funnel and an aerosol port exit opening formed in the central lumen with the aerosol capturing port lumen spanning between the aerosol capturing port entrance opening and the aerosol capturing port exit opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Charles Thomas, Edward Arguello, Jim Langeloh
  • Publication number: 20210338398
    Abstract: A disposable dental aerosol device has a tube having a tip end having a tip having a tip opening, a valve receiving end having a rear end opening, and an aerosol directing device having an aerosol collecting funnel, a first vane, a second vane, a first aerosol capturing port formed between the first vane and the second vane, and a second aerosol capturing port formed between the second vane and the first vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Charles Thomas
  • Publication number: 20210338397
    Abstract: A disposable dental aerosol device has a body having an exterior surface, a front end having an angled opening having a retraction lip portion, a rear end having an opening, and a lumen formed between the front end and the rear end, and a pressure relief opening formed in the exterior surface of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Charles Thomas, Edward Arguello, Jim Langeloh
  • Publication number: 20210338393
    Abstract: A disposable dental aerosol device has a body having a tip receiving end, a valve receiving end, a central lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the valve receiving end, and a funnel at the tip receiving end, an aerosol capturing port having an aerosol capturing port lumen, and an aerosol capturing port entrance opening formed in the funnel and an aerosol port exit opening formed in the central lumen with the aerosol capturing port lumen spanning between the aerosol capturing port entrance opening and the aerosol capturing port exit opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Charles Thomas
  • Publication number: 20210338394
    Abstract: A disposable dental aerosol device has a body having a tip receiving end, a valve receiving end, a central lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the valve receiving end, and a funnel at the tip receiving end, an aerosol capturing port having an aerosol capturing port lumen, and an aerosol capturing port entrance opening formed in the funnel and an aerosol port exit opening formed in the central lumen with the aerosol capturing port lumen spanning between the aerosol capturing port entrance opening and the aerosol capturing port exit opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Charles Thomas
  • Publication number: 20210323699
    Abstract: An aircraft disinfecting system for use in an aircraft fuselage having a frame, an inner shell, and an outer shell the includes a source of disinfecting solution; plumbing inside of the aircraft fuselage connected to the disinfecting solution source for transferring the disinfecting solution; disinfecting solution dispersers connected to the plumbing located inside of the aircraft for applying disinfectant to surfaces to be disinfected; and a controller for regulating the disinfecting system for applying the disinfectant throughout the aircraft fuselage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventor: Charles Thomas Myers
  • Patent number: 11151596
    Abstract: A method and system for communication protocol pass reduction amongst recipient nodes capable of receiving broadcast messages, the recipient nodes functioning as different decisions points for determination of a passing joint set of nodes for squadron communication therebetween. The method and system provide squadron communication between different ones of the recipient nodes, wherein one of the recipient nodes becomes a squadron leader node upon a selection of a specific broadcast message for distribution to other recipient nodes for acceptance. The squadron leader node and the other recipient nodes upon acceptance form the passing joint set of nodes for squadron communication therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Squad App, LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth Acomb Crosby, Hugh Britton Sanderford, III, Adele Humphreys Sanderford, Reza Moghtaderi Esfahani, Charles Thomas Douglas, Jr., Michael David Newton, Hugh Britton Sanderford, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210316227
    Abstract: A method and system for balancing water content in a liquid mixture is described. The method includes using an direct column contact evaporator to reduce the water content in the liquid mixture. The liquid mixture is provided in the open column direct contact evaporator with relatively dry air. The dry air evaporates excess water from the liquid mixture to concentrate the liquid mixture while at the same time reducing the energy required for water evaporation elsewhere in the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Charles Thomas Tucker, JR.
  • Patent number: 11127225
    Abstract: A method of fitting a three dimensional (3D) model to input data is described. Input data comprises a 3D scan and associated appearance information. The 3D scan depicts a composite object having elements from at least two classes. A texture model is available which, given an input vector, computes, for each of the classes, a texture and a mask. A joint optimization is computed to find values of the input vector and values of parameters of the 3D model, where the optimization enforces that the 3D model, instantiated by the values of the parameters, gives a simulated texture which agrees with the input data in a region specified by the mask associated with the 3D model; such that the 3D model is fitted to the input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Marek Adam Kowalski, Virginia Estellers Casas, Thomas Joseph Cashman, Charles Thomas Hewitt, Matthew Alastair Johnson, Tadas Baltru{hacek over (s)}aitis
  • Publication number: 20210279019
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods obtain a print job, wherein the print job includes printing content, a plurality of respective selected print-settings options for a plurality of print settings, and print-job metadata; determine if the print job includes one or more print-setting conflicts based on the plurality of selected print-settings options and on a first machine-learning model, wherein the first machine-learning model accepts the selected print-settings options as inputs and outputs an indicator that indicates whether the print job includes one or more print-setting conflicts; and generate respective resolutions that include a respective resolution for each of the one or more print-setting conflicts based on a second machine-learning model, wherein the second machine-learning model accepts the plurality of selected print-settings options as inputs, and wherein the second machine-learning model outputs the respective resolutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Charles Thomas Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20210269348
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing hot glass during 3D printing includes a crucible with a cylindrical barrel open at a proximal end and an aperture at a distal end, a holder-actuator to hold a glass rod feedstock and move the feedstock into and within the barrel, a first heater on or adjacent the outer surface of the barrel, and a second heater on or adjacent the outer surface of the barrel energized independently, and positioned proximally, of the first heater. A method of dispensing glass during 3D printing includes feeding a glass rod feedstock into the proximal, open end of a crucible having an aperture at its distal end while maintaining the crucible at a first position within a first temperature range and maintaining the crucible at second position, proximal of the first position, within a second temperature range lower than the first temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher William Drewnowski, Paul Oakley Johnson, Charles Thomas McLaren, Kristen Dae Waight
  • Patent number: 11093054
    Abstract: In one example, an electronic input device is described. The electronic input device includes a cylindrical shaft including a tip. A sensor housing of the electronic input device is disposed within an external housing. The sensor housing is parallel with, and surrounds, the cylindrical shaft. The electronic input device also includes a radial sensor(s) disposed on an inside diameter of the sensor housing. The sensor(s) are to sense, directly from the tip, radial force inputs against the tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Owen Richard, Fred Charles Thomas, III
  • Publication number: 20210238086
    Abstract: An apparatus for continuous electro-thermal poling of glass or glass ceramic material, includes a lower support conveying and contacting electrode structure, an upper contacting electrode structure positioned above the lower support structure, and one or more DC bias voltage sources connected to one or both of the upper contacting structure and the lower support structure. A process for continuous electro-thermal poling of glass or glass ceramic sheets or substrates includes heating the sheet or substrate, feeding the sheet or substrate continuously or continually, while applying a DC voltage bias, and cooling the sheet or substrate to within 0-30° C. of ambient temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher William Drewnowski, Michael Thomas Gallagher, Charles Thomas McLaren, Nicholas James Smith, Nicholas Ryan Wheeler, Thomas Michael Zajicek
  • Publication number: 20210239883
    Abstract: This document relates to head mounted display devices. In one example the head mounted display device includes a light engine including an array of individually controllable pixels that can be energized to emit light. The example also includes an optical assembly physically aligned with the light engine and including a set of focusing elements facing toward the light engine and a different set of focusing elements facing away from the light engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas GEORGIOU, Alfonsus D. LUNARDHI, Joel Steven KOLLIN, Bernard C. KRESS, Ishan CHATTERJEE, Mario POSSIWAN, Charles Thomas HEWITT, Brian K. GUENTER, Maria PACE, Jacob HADNETT-HUNTER
  • Patent number: 11068052
    Abstract: A holographic display system includes an eye tracker configured to determine a position of a feature of an eye, a light source configured to output image light, and a digital dynamic hologram. The digital dynamic hologram is configured to receive the image light from the light source. The digital dynamic hologram is further configured to spatially modulate the image light based on a target image to form a reconstructed image in the eye. The reconstructed image includes noise that is non-uniformly distributed across the reconstructed image based on the position of the feature of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Georgiou, Joel Steven Kollin, Charles Thomas Hewitt, Neil Emerton
  • Publication number: 20210205574
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for delivering sensory stimulation to a subject for facilitating sleep onset. The system comprises one or more sensors for generating output signals indicating one or more physiological parameters of a subject; a sensory stimulator for delivering sensory stimulation to the subject; and one or more physical processors configured to: determine an initial state of the subject based on the output signals from the sensor, the initial state corresponding to at least one physiological parameter of the subject; determine one or more stimulation parameters of sensory stimulation to be delivered to the subject by the sensory stimulator based on the initial state of the subject; and cause the sensory stimulator to deliver the sensory stimulation to the subject based on the determined one or more stimulation parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Gary Nelson GARCIA MOLINA, Boomika KALYAN, Antonio AQUINO, Charles THOMAS, Matthew D. HOGAN
  • Publication number: 20210200342
    Abstract: In one example, an electronic input device is described. The electronic input device includes a cylindrical shaft including a tip. A sensor housing of the electronic input device is disposed within an external housing. The sensor housing is parallel with, and surrounds, the cylindrical shaft. The electronic input device also includes a radial sensor(s) disposed on an inside diameter of the sensor housing. The sensor(s) are to sense, directly from the tip, radial force inputs against the tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Owen RICHARD, Fred Charles THOMAS, III
  • Patent number: 11048455
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods obtain a print job, wherein the print job includes printing content, a plurality of respective selected print-settings options for a plurality of print settings, and print-job metadata; determine if the print job includes one or more print-setting conflicts based on the plurality of selected print-settings options and on a first machine-learning model, wherein the first machine-learning model accepts the selected print-settings options as inputs and outputs an indicator that indicates whether the print job includes one or more print-setting conflicts; and generate respective resolutions that include a respective resolution for each of the one or more print-setting conflicts based on a second machine-learning model, wherein the second machine-learning model accepts the plurality of selected print-settings options as inputs, and wherein the second machine-learning model outputs the respective resolutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki. Kaisha
    Inventor: Charles Thomas Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20210190215
    Abstract: A disposable dental valve device is disclosed having a valve body having an interior, a tip receiving end for receiving a tip, a socket hose receiving end for receiving a tube having a beaded end, a lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the socket hose receiving end, and a partial opening formed in the valve body, a rotatable valve sealing body adapted to be inserted into the partial opening, and the rotatable valve sealing body having a bore for alignment with the lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the socket hose receiving end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Charles Thomas