Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Stephens
Christopher A. Stephens 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).
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Patent number: 11660065Abstract: A method for multi-modal tissue classification of an anatomical tissue involves a generation of a tissue classification volume (40) of the anatomical tissue derived from a spatial registration and an image extraction of one or more MRI features of the anatomical tissue and one or more ultrasound image features of the anatomical tissue. The method further involves a classification of each voxel of the tissue classification volume (40) as one of a plurality of tissue types including a healthy tissue voxel and an unhealthy tissue voxel.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Amir Mohammad Tahmasebi Maraghoosh, Shyam Bharat, Christopher Stephen Hall, Jochen Kruecker
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Patent number: 11647096Abstract: A request for a web page is received at a proxy server. The request originates from a client network application of a client device. The requested web page includes multiple references to multiple images. The proxy server retrieves the requested web page. The proxy server modifies code of the retrieved web page such that the client network application will not, for each one of those images, initially request those images when parsing the page. The proxy server also adds code to the retrieved web page that, when executed by the client network application, causes at least two of the images to be requested with a single request. The proxy server transmits the modified web page to the client device.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.Inventors: Christopher Stephen Joel, Lee Hahn Holloway, Dane Orion Knecht, Albertus Strasheim
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Patent number: 11621924Abstract: A proxy server automatically includes web applications in web pages at the network level. The proxy server receives, from a client device, a request for a network resource at a domain and is hosted at an origin server. The proxy server retrieves the requested network resource. The retrieved network resource does not include the web applications. The proxy server determines that the web applications are to be installed within the network resource. The proxy server automatically modifies the retrieved network resource to include the web applications. The proxy server transmits a response to the client device that includes the modified network resource. The network resource may remain unchanged at the origin server.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.Inventors: Matthew Browning Prince, Matthieu Philippe François Tourne, Christopher Stephen Joel, John Brinton Roberts, Michael Jonas Sofaer, Jason Thomas Walter Benterou
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Patent number: 11617623Abstract: A system for providing a perspective for a virtual image includes an intraoperative imaging system (110) having a transducer (146) configured to generate an image data set for a region. A shape sensing enabled device (102) is configured to have at least a portion of the shape sensing enabled device positioned relative to the region. The shape sensing enabled device has a coordinate system registered with a coordinate system of the intraoperative imaging system. An image generation module (148) is configured to render a virtual image (152) of at least a portion of the region using the image data set wherein the virtual image includes a vantage point relative to a position on the shape sensing enabled device.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Christopher Stephen Hall, Bharat Ramachandran, Molly Lara Flexman, Aleksandra Popovic
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Publication number: 20230096182Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for identifying a potential malicious event. The method includes receiving a plurality of program actions comprising at least a first program action and a second program action. The first program action is initiated before the second program action. The method also includes comparing the plurality of program actions with at least one known malicious event pattern of actions. The at least one malicious event pattern of actions includes a sequence of program actions in a known malicious event. The method further includes determining a potential malicious event is occurring based on the comparison of the plurality of program actions with at least one known malicious event pattern of actions. The method still further includes determining a preventative response based on the potential malicious event.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomas M. Castrejon, III, Christopher Daniel Birch, Christopher Stephen Littrell
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Publication number: 20230086948Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid hand dishwashing cleaning composition including a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system includes an anionic surfactant and a co-surfactant, wherein the anionic surfactant includes a mixture of a linear anionic surfactant and a branched anionic surfactant with a defined degree of branching and with the branching predominantly on an unalkoxylated alkyl sulfate surfactant. Such compositions exhibit surprising and unexpected improved sudsing profile, preferably stable suds, especially when the manual dishwashing is performed in a sink full of water with the cleaning composition diluted in it.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Jan Julien Marie-Louise BILLIAUW, Roel KROLS, Christopher Stephen JONES
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Publication number: 20230061347Abstract: Disclosed are system architectures and techniques for multiple access points for a data container. Control plane and data plane APIs are disclosed for generating access points and associating the access points with data containers, as well as for generating access point policies that specify permissions for the access points. More than one access point may be associated with a single data container. A storage service receives requests directed to the access points, and grants or denies the requests based on the permissions specified in the corresponding policies. Various types of use cases for using access policies are contemplated such as default, regional, or network-based (e.g., VPC-based) use-cases or the like. A system may implement layers of policies such as identity and access management policies, access point policies and data container policies.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Malik Bouchet, Chandan Talukdar, Christopher A. Stephens, Anna Viktorivna Druzkina, Richard M. Sears
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Patent number: 11583697Abstract: A system with integrated tracking includes a procedure-specific hardware component (112 or 116) disposed at or near a region of interest. A field generator (114) is configured to generate a field with a field of view covering the region of interest. A mounting device (115) is connected to the field generator and is coupled to the procedure-specific hardware. The field generator is fixedly positioned by the mounting device to permit workflow access to the region of interest without interfering with the field generator and to provide a known position of the field generator relative to the region of interest. A tracking device (110) is configured to be inserted in or near the region of interest to be tracked within the field of view of the field generator to generate tracking data.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Jochen Kruecker, Shyam Bharat, Cynthia Ming-Fu Kung, Christopher Stephen Hall, Falk Uhlemann
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Publication number: 20230009147Abstract: A surgical suction device (10) comprising: a connector (12), a surgical cavity insertion tube (14), and a suction tip (16), wherein the surgical cavity insertion tube (14) is connected at a proximal end thereof to the connector (12) and at a distal end thereof to the suction tip (16). The suction tip (16) comprises an inner hollow shaft (18) and an outer hollow shaft (20) coaxial to each other, the inner hollow shaft (18) having a first central opening (22) at a distal end thereof, and the outer hollow shaft (20) having an end wall (24) at a distal end thereof, wherein the end wall (24) has a second central opening (26) in axial alignment with the first central opening (22) of the inner hollow shaft (18). The outer hollow shaft (20) has one or more openings (28) on a lateral wall (30) thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventor: Christopher Stephen BLACKLOCK
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Publication number: 20230002779Abstract: This technology relates in part to methods of identifying plant cultivars based on the terpene synthase genes that are identified and/or quantified (e.g., copy number, ploidy) in the cultivars. The methods provided herein permit plant cultivars with desired characteristics/phenotypes, e.g., a desired terpene production profile, to be selected for use in various applications, such as agriculture (e.g., selecting cultivars for breeding desired characteristics and/or lineages) and medicine (e.g., therapeutic activity).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Christopher Stephen PAULI, Anthony TORRES, Reginald GAUDINO, Keith ALLEN, Thomas BLANK, Kymron DE CESARE
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Patent number: 11537516Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using a distributed cache architecture with different methods to load balance requests depending upon whether a requested data item is a freely-requested item (e.g., a “hot key”). The cache may be implemented as a consistent hash ring, and most keys may be assigned to particular node based on a consistent hash. For hot key requests, the requests may be distributed among a subset of nodes rather than being assigned to a specific node using consistent hashing. When a witness service is used to ensure that cached data is fresh, verification requests for data regarding hot keys may be batched to avoid overloading the witness service with hot key requests.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tyler Michael Jung, Slavcho Georgiev Slavchev, Nishant Jain, Vishwas Narendra, Nikhil Shah, James Zuber, Sameer Choudhary, Christopher A. Stephens, Suchindra Yogendra Agarwal, Phillip H. Pruett
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Patent number: 11530370Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid hand dishwashing cleaning composition including a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system includes an anionic surfactant and a co-surfactant, wherein the anionic surfactant includes a mixture of a linear anionic surfactant and a branched anionic surfactant with a defined degree of branching and with the branching predominantly on an unalkoxylated alkyl sulfate surfactant. Such compositions exhibit surprising and unexpected improved sudsing profile, preferably stable suds, especially when the manual dishwashing is performed in a sink full of water with the cleaning composition diluted in it.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jan Julien Marie-Louise Billiauw, Roel Krols, Christopher Stephen Jones
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Patent number: 11524927Abstract: Monoethylene glycol (MEG) may be reclaimed by a process that includes contacting a MEG-water-salt stream with a heat transfer fluid and then flash separating the MEG and water in the flash separator vessel where the pressure is higher than 0.3 barA (0.03 MPa), the temperature is in the range of above 120° C. to about 250° C., and the residence time of the MEG and water ranges from about 1 second to about 10 minutes, and then removing the MEG and water in an overhead of the flash separator vessel and removing the salt from the flash separator vessel. In some embodiments it is expected that the temperature of the process may range from above 165° C. to about 250° C. and/or that the pressure may be atmospheric.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher Stephen King, Brian Edward Messenger, Harihara V. Nemmara, Z. Frank Zheng, Shihui Zhou
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Patent number: 11501451Abstract: Presented are concepts for detecting subject motion in medical imaging of a subject. One such concept obtains a motion classification model representing relationships between motion of image features and subject motion values. For each of a plurality of medical slice images of an imaged volume of the subject, an image feature of the medical slice image is extracted. Based on the extracted image feature for each of the plurality of medical slice images, motion information for the image feature is determined. Based on the motion information for the image feature and the obtained motion classification model, a subject motion value is determined.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Dinesh Mysore Siddu, Krishnamoorthy Palanisamy, Christopher Stephen Hall, Nagaraju Bussa
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Patent number: 11477725Abstract: Disclosed are system architectures and techniques for multiple access points for a data container. Control plane and data plane APIs are disclosed for generating access points and associating the access points with data containers, as well as for generating access point policies that specify permissions for the access points. More than one access point may be associated with a single data container. A storage service receives requests directed to the access points, and grants or denies the requests based on the permissions specified in the corresponding policies. Various types of use cases for using access policies are contemplated such as default, regional, or network-based (e.g., VPC-based) use-cases or the like. A system may implement layers of policies such as identity and access management policies, access point policies and data container policies.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Malik Bouchet, Chandan Talukdar, Christopher A. Stephens, Anna Viktorivna Druzkina, Richard M. Sears
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Patent number: 11447721Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand dishwashing cleaning composition including a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system includes an anionic surfactant and a co-surfactant, wherein the anionic surfactant includes a mixture of a linear anionic surfactant and a branched anionic surfactant with a defined degree of branching on an alkyl ethoxy sulfate surfactant. Such compositions exhibit surprising and unexpected improved sudsing profile, preferably stable suds, especially when the manual dishwashing is performed in a sink full of water with the cleaning composition diluted in it.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jan Julien Marie-Louise Billiauw, Roel Krols, Christopher Stephen Jones
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Patent number: 11440816Abstract: A method of sanitising seawater at a subsea location comprises: exposing flow of seawater in a treatment reactor to UV radiation that sanitises the seawater without the addition of sanitising chemicals; and outputting the sanitised seawater from the reactor into a subsea structure such as a pipeline or a wellhead. The flow of seawater may be exposed to successive emitters of UV radiation such as pressure-compensated LEDs. The efficacy of sanitisation may be determined by: injecting a tracer fluid into the flow of seawater upstream of the reactor; and, downstream of the reactor, sensing transformation of the tracer fluid due to exposure of the tracer fluid to the UV radiation in the reactor.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Subsea 7 Norway ASInventors: Olivier Benjamin Labulle, Hans Anton Kros, Christopher Stephen Mancini
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Patent number: 11348229Abstract: There is provided a computer-implemented method and system (100) for determining regions of hyperdense lung parenchyma in an image of a lung. The system (100) comprises a memory (106) comprising instruction data representing a set of instructions and a processor (102) configured to communicate with the memory and to execute the set of instructions. The set of instructions, when executed by the processor (102), cause the processor (102) to locate a vessel in the image, determine a density of lung parenchyma in a region of the image that neighbours the located vessel, and determine whether the region of the image comprises hyperdense lung parenchyma based on the determined density, hyperdense lung parenchyma having a density greater than ?800 HU.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Rafael Wiemker, Axel Saalbach, Jens Von Berg, Tom Brosch, Tim Philipp Harder, Fabian Wenzel, Christopher Stephen Hall
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Publication number: 20220162170Abstract: The present disclosure provides polymorphs and formulations of 4-(7-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-benzonitrile (compound I). The present disclosure further provides methods for treating ocular surface pain by administering 4-(7-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-benzonitrile (compound I). The present invention also provides methods for treating dry eye disease and ocular hyperemia by administering 4-(7-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-benzonitrile.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Joseph Paul BULLOCK, Chinmay MAHESHWARI, Quintus MEDLEY, Muneto MOGI, Michela MONTECCHI-PALMER, Gregory MORANDI, Michael MUTZ, Kalliopi STASI, Christopher Stephen TOWLER
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Patent number: 11333105Abstract: A thrust chamber liner includes a metallic combustion chamber having an annular protrusion extending radially away from an exterior surface of the combustion chamber adjacent to its injector opening. A metallic nozzle is coupled to the combustion chamber at its throat opening. A composite material encases the exterior surface of the combustion chamber, but is only bonded to the annular protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASAInventors: Paul R. Gradl, William C. C. Brandsmeier, Sandra Elam Greene, Justin R. Jackson, Cory R. Medina, Omar R. Mireles, Christopher Stephen Protz