Patents by Inventor Chris D'Aoust

Chris D'Aoust 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: 20240064218
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for implementing a software defined industrial system are described herein. For example, an orchestrated system of distributed nodes may run an application, including modules implemented on the distributed nodes. In response to a node failing, a module may be redeployed to a replacement node. In an example, self-descriptive control applications and software modules are provided in the context of orchestratable distributed systems. The self-descriptive control applications may be executed by an orchestrator or like control device and use a module manifest to generate a control system application. For example, an edge control node of the industrial system may include a system on a chip including a microcontroller (MCU) to convert IO data. The system on a chip includes a central processing unit (CPU) in an initial inactive state, which may be changed to an activated state in response an activation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Rita H. Wouhaybi, John Vicente, Kirk Smith, Robert Chavez, Mark Yarvis, Steven M. Brown, Jeremy Ouillette, Roderick E. Kronschnabel, Matthew J. Schneider, Chris D. Lucero, Atul N. Hatalkar, Sharad K. Garg, Casey Rathbone, Aaron R. Berck, Xubo Zhang, Ron Kuruvilla Thomas, Mandeep Shetty, Ansuya Negi
  • Patent number: 11885682
    Abstract: The disclosure provides improved processing of optical data by identifying anomalous signals in the electrical data representing the optical data. The improved processing can also include modifying the identified anomalous signal data to provide a truer representation of the optical data. The disclosed processing can be used by various systems and apparatuses for processing spectral data corresponding to the optical data. The improved processing can be used to improve the monitoring of semiconductor processes and, therefore, improve the overall semiconductor processes. In one example, a method of processing spectral data includes: (1) receiving temporally separated spectral data samples, and (2) identifying one or more anomalous signals in an intermediate one of the temporally separated spectral data samples based on at least one preceding and at least one subsequent ones of the spectral data samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Verity Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris D. Pylant, Timothy C. Michals, John D. Corless
  • Patent number: 11882180
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for collaborative work hypertext markup language assets. The assets may be stored on a remote server. The methods may include instantiating a portable software test framework between an application local to a user and the remote server in dependence upon a uniform resource locator associated with the HTML asset and a request to acquire the HTML asset in response to a request for an HTML asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Deltek, Inc.
    Inventors: Devon Ring, Chris D'Aoust, Matthew Richer
  • Publication number: 20230408506
    Abstract: Sensors, systems and methods for detecting analytes in a sample are provided. Aspects of the subject methods include contacting a sensing surface of a sensor with a sample, and generating one or more data sets over a time interval, wherein the data sets are used to determine the presence or absence of a member of a binding pair in the sample. The subject methods find use in determining the presence or absence of one or more analytes in a sample, such as a biological sample (e.g., blood), and in the diagnosis and/or monitoring of various diseases and disorders, such as, e.g., infection with a virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Chris D. Geddes
  • Publication number: 20230392466
    Abstract: A subsea wellhead assembly having an arrangement of primary well barriers provided in equipment that is located within the well and/or the wellhead housing is provided. The subsea wellhead assembly may include a tubing hanger positioned in or below a wellhead housing coupled to a subsea well, a tree cap fluidly coupled to the tubing hanger and disposed atop the wellhead housing, and a pair of master production valves configured to be selectively actuated from an open position to a closed position to shut in the subsea well, each of the pair of master production valves located within or below the wellhead housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Chris D. Bartlett, Daniel J. McLaughlin, Raymond A. Guillory, Blake T. DeBerry, Marcus Smedley, Gregory K. Norwood, David A. Scantlebury, Andrew B. Mitchell, Darren W. Mills
  • Patent number: 11828127
    Abstract: A tubing: hanger assembly with a shiftable annulus seal is provided. The shiftable annulus seal allows for selectively sealing the tubing hanger within a easing hanger, a wellhead, or a tubing head. The tubing hanger assembly also includes a secondary annulus flow path formed through the body of the tubing hanger. The shiftable annulus seal selectively opens/closes a relatively large flow path to the tubing string annulus for circulation of fluid through the tubing string and setting a-packer. The secondary annulus flow path facilitates monitoring and bleeding of pressure front the annulus after the shiftable annulus seal is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dril-Quip, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris D. Bartlett
  • Publication number: 20230365874
    Abstract: A process for converting C2-5 alkanes to higher value C5-24 hydrocarbon fuels and blendstocks. The C2-5 alkanes are converted to olefins by thermal olefination, without the use of a dehydrogenation catalyst and without the use of steam. The product olefins are fed to an oligomerization reactor containing a zeolite catalyst to crack, oligomerize and cyclize the olens to the fuel products which are then recovered. Optionally, hydrogen and methane are removed from the product olefin stream prior to oligomerization. Further optionally, C2-5 alkanes are removed from the product olefin stream prior to oligomerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Swift Fuels, LLC
    Inventors: Chris D'Acosta, Jeffery Miller, Kurtis Sluss, Benjamin Wegenhart
  • Patent number: 11773678
    Abstract: A subsea wellhead assembly having an arrangement of primary well barriers provided in equipment that is located within the well and/or the wellhead housing is provided. The subsea wellhead assembly may include a tubing hanger positioned in or below a wellhead housing coupled to a subsea well, a tree cap fluidly coupled to the tubing hanger and disposed atop the wellhead housing, and a pair of master production valves configured to be selectively actuated from an open position to a closed position to shut in the subsea well, each of the pair of master production valves located within or below the wellhead housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Dril-Quip, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris D. Bartlett, Daniel J. McLaughlin, Raymond Guillory, Blake T. DeBerry, Marcus Smedley, Gregory K. Norwood, David A. Scantlebury, Andrew B. Mitchell, Darren W. Mills
  • Patent number: 11758031
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for implementing a software defined industrial system are described herein. For example, an orchestrated system of distributed nodes may run an application, including modules implemented on the distributed nodes. In response to a node failing, a module may be redeployed to a replacement node. In an example, self-descriptive control applications and software modules are provided in the context of orchestratable distributed systems. The self-descriptive control applications may be executed by an orchestrator or like control device and use a module manifest to generate a control system application. For example, an edge control node of the industrial system may include a system on a chip including a microcontroller (MCU) to convert IO data. The system on a chip includes a central processing unit (CPU) in an initial inactive state, which may be changed to an activated state in response an activation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rita H. Wouhaybi, John Vicente, Kirk Smith, Robert Chavez, Mark Yarvis, Steven M. Brown, Jeremy Ouillette, Roderick E. Kronschnabel, Matthew J. Schneider, Chris D. Lucero, Atul N. Hatalkar, Sharad K. Garg, Casey Rathbone, Aaron R. Berck, Xubo Zhang, Ron Kuruvilla Thomas, Mandeep Shetty, Ansuya Negi
  • Publication number: 20230250349
    Abstract: A fuel additive for fuel formulations comprising calcium sulfonates in an amount effective to limit or eliminate valve seat recession in engines utilizing such fuel formulations. The fuel additive may also include a detergent, particularly in an amount to enhance the VSR limiting effect of the calcium sulfonates. Also included are fuel formulations containing calcium sulfonates in a concentration effective to limit vale seat recession in engines utilizing the fuel formulations. Methods for treating VSR in piston engines are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Swift Fuels, LLC
    Inventors: Chris D'Acosta, Thomas Albuzat, Justin D. Zink, Benjamin Wegenhart
  • Publication number: 20230194342
    Abstract: The disclosure provides improved processing of optical data by identifying anomalous signals in the electrical data representing the optical data. The improved processing can also include modifying the identified anomalous signal data to provide a truer representation of the optical data. The disclosed processing can be used by various systems and apparatuses for processing spectral data corresponding to the optical data. The improved processing canbe used to improve the monitoring of semiconductor processes and, therefore, improve the overall semiconductor processes. In one example, a method of processing spectral data includes: (1) receiving temporally separated spectral data samples, and (2) identifying one or more anomalous signals in an intermediate one of the temporally separated spectral data samples based on at least one preceding and at least one subsequent ones of the spectral data samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Chris D. Pylant, Timothy C. Michals, John D. Corless
  • Patent number: 11653467
    Abstract: An Internet of Things (IoT) apparatus including a plurality of boards and one or more connectors to couple IoT modules to one or more of the plurality of boards and to couple the plurality of boards to each other. The connectors include stacking connectors on both sides of at least some of the boards and at least some of the IoT modules to be coupled to the boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Chris D. Lucero, Khine Han, Joshua D. Heppner, Christopher Rossi, Hadi Sharifi, Aniekeme Udofia, Abdul Bailey, Katherine Perkins, Kevin Lowell Hudson, Roderick E. Kronschnabel, Neha Purushothaman
  • Patent number: 11650154
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the osmolarity of a sample are provided. Aspects of the subject methods include contacting a sensing surface of a surface plasmon resonance based sensor with a sample, and generating one or more data sets at at least two wavelengths over a time interval, wherein the data sets are used to determine the osmolarity of the sample. The subject methods find use in determining the osmolarity of a sample, such as a biological sample (e.g., a tear fluid), and in the diagnosis and/or monitoring of various diseases and disorders, such as, e.g., dry eye disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: LACRISCIENCES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul T. Gavaris, Chris D. Geddes, Ali H. Ghovanlou
  • Publication number: 20230106548
    Abstract: A process for converting C2-5 alkanes to higher value C5-24 hydrocarbon fuels and blendstocks. The C2-5 alkanes are converted to olefins by thermal olefination, without the use of a dehydrogenation catalyst and without the use of steam. The product olefins are fed to an oligomerization reactor containing a zeolite catalyst to crack, oligomerize and cyclize the olens to the fuel products which are then recovered. Optionally, hydrogen and methane are removed from the product olefin stream prior to oligomerization. Further optionally, C2-5 alkanes are removed from the product olefin stream prior to oligomerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Swift Fuels, LLC
    Inventors: Chris D'Acosta, Jeffery Miller, Kurtis Sluss, Benjamin Wegenhart
  • Patent number: 11561180
    Abstract: The present invention provides for metallic structures comprising a sulfhydryl or amino-terminated hydrophilic coating to provide a layer of hydrophilic character on the surface of the metallic structures thereby allowing the use of low volumes of aqueous solvents of fluorophores that have the ability to “spread out” across the surfaces of the metallic structures and to provide for a more uniform surface coating of fluorophores attached to or near the metallic structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY
    Inventor: Chris D. Geddes
  • Patent number: 11555258
    Abstract: A ginning plate for a crop analytics research cotton gin, wherein the ginning plate comprises a body fabricated. The body includes a front face, a back face, a top end, a bottom end, and opposing sides. The ginning plate additionally comprises a plurality of blade slots extending through the body. Each blade slot comprises an elongated midsection, a mouth disposed at a top of the midsection, and a tail disposed at a bottom of the midsection. The midsection has a first width throughout its length, the mouth has a second width that is greater than the first width, and the tail has a third width that is less than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Chris D. Ferguson, Matthew J. Link
  • Publication number: 20230000340
    Abstract: Optical sensors, systems and methods of use thereof are provided. Aspects of the subject systems include a sensor having a sensing surface and a configuration that directs a first optical signal to interact with the sensing surface at a first incident angle, and directs a second optical signal to interact with the sensing surface at a second incident angle. The subject sensors, systems and methods find use, e.g., in the diagnosis of dry eye disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Paul T. Gavaris, Chris D. Geddes, Ali H. Ghovanlou, Jay M. Eastman, Zachary M. Eastman
  • Patent number: 11542778
    Abstract: A subsea wellhead assembly having an arrangement of primary well barriers provided in equipment that is located within the well and/or the wellhead housing is provided. All of the well barriers may be located within the tubing hanger and/or the production tubing string extending into the wellbore. The subsea wellhead assembly also includes a flowline connection body placed atop the wellhead housing and fluidly coupled to the tubing hanger. None of the primary barriers for the well are located in the flowline connection body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Dril-Quip, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris D. Bartlett, Daniel J. McLaughlin, Raymond Guillory, Blake T. DeBerry, Marcus Smedley
  • Patent number: 11537965
    Abstract: A method for tracking containers. The method includes manufacturing containers, including forming the containers and serializing them with machine-readable codes. The method further includes using the machine-readable codes to store data associated with the containers, and supplying the containers to a customer. The method still further comprises receiving from the customer, data obtained from customer-readings of the machine-readable codes; and receiving from one or more other locations in a distribution chain in which the containers travel, data obtained from readings of the machine-readable codes at those locations. The method still further comprises comparing the data from the customer-readings and other readings of the machine-readable codes across product brands, product distribution channels, and/or container types, and providing the data to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Chris D. Anderson, Olivier Dangmann, Anthony R. Caracciolo, Casey L. Ingle
  • Publication number: 20220389781
    Abstract: A subsea wellhead assembly having an arrangement of primary well barriers provided in equipment that is located within the well and/or the wellhead housing is provided. The subsea wellhead assembly may include a tubing hanger positioned in or below a wellhead housing coupled to a subsea well, a tree cap fluidly coupled to the tubing hanger and disposed atop the wellhead housing, and a pair of master production valves configured to be selectively actuated from an open position to a closed position to shut in the subsea well, each of the pair of master production valves located within or below the wellhead housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Chris D. Bartlett, Daniel J. McLaughlin, Ray Guillory, Blake T. DeBerry, Marcus Smedley, Gregory K. Norwood, David A. Scantlebury, Andrew B. Mitchell, Darren W. Mills