Patents by Inventor Christopher Becker

Christopher Becker 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: 12151707
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an example method for validating a trajectory generated by an autonomous vehicle control system (AV trajectory) in a driving scenario. The example method includes (a) obtaining the AV trajectory and a reference trajectory, wherein the reference trajectory describes a desired motion of a vehicle in the driving scenario; (b) determining a plurality of component divergence values for a plurality of divergence metrics, wherein a respective divergence value characterizes a respective difference between the AV trajectory and the reference trajectory; (c) providing the plurality of component divergence values to a machine-learned model to generate a score that indicates an aggregate divergence between the AV trajectory and the reference trajectory, wherein the machine-learned model comprises a plurality of learned parameters defining an influence of the plurality of component divergence values on the score; and (d) validating the AV trajectory based on the score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: James Andrew Bagnell, Brian Christopher Becker, Davis Edward King, Skandavimal Shridhar, Drew Edward Steedly, Xinyan Yan
  • Patent number: 12117034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for fastening a functional element to a section of a workpiece and/or for reshaping a section of the workpiece, comprising a support device for supporting the workpiece, wherein the workpiece section has a first surface facing the support device and a second surface facing away from the support device. The support device comprises a first support element having a first workpiece support surface that is associated with the first surface, and a second support element having a second workpiece support surface that faces away from the first workpiece support surface and that is associated with a supporting surface. The first and the second support element are movable relative to one another by a spreading device such that the first and the second workpiece support surface can be moved away from one another in an axial direction, in particular wherein the axial direction extends perpendicular to the first and/or second workpiece support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: PROFIL Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tobias Jene, Oliver Diehl, Christoph Becker, André Mordelt, Maik Beutler
  • Publication number: 20230110968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for fastening a functional element to a section of a workpiece and/or for reshaping a section of the workpiece, said apparatus comprising a support device for supporting the workpiece, wherein the workpiece section has a first surface facing the support device and a second surface facing away from the support device. The support device comprises a first support element having a first workpiece support surface that is associated with the first surface, and a second support element having a second workpiece support surface that faces away from the first workpiece support surface and that is associated with a supporting surface. The first and the second support element are movable relative to one another by means of a spreading device such that the first and the second workpiece support surface can be moved away from one another in an axial direction, in particular wherein the axial direction extends perpendicular to the first and/or second workpiece support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Tobias Jene, Oliver Diehl, Christoph Becker, André Mordelt, Maik Beutler
  • Publication number: 20230089867
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to inhibitors of PCSK9 useful in the treatment of cholesterol lipid metabolism, and other diseases in which PCSK9 plays a role, having the Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, prodrug, stereoisomer, N-oxide, or tautomer thereof, wherein X1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R6?, R7, R7?, R8, R9, R9?, R10, R11, R12, and n are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher BECKER, Brian Addison DECHRISTOPHER, Alec Nathanson FLYER, Adam FRIEDMAN, Christian GAMPE, Andrei Alexandrovich GOLOSOV, Philipp GROSCHE, Tyler HARRISON, Qian LIU, Eugene Yuejin LIU, I, Justin Yik Ching MAO, Lauren Gilchrist MONOVICH, Tajesh Jayprakash PATEL, Carina Cristina SANCHEZ, Liansheng SU, Lihua YANG, Rui ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20230052629
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) as described herein, along with pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods to use these compounds, salts and compositions for treating viral infections, particularly infections caused by herpesviruses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Becker, Xiaolin Li, Peichao Lu, Naomi Samadara Rajapaksa, David Charles Tully, Xiaojing Michael Wang, Qian Zhao
  • Publication number: 20220203755
    Abstract: In various representative aspects, a cleaning system for paint rollers that also recaptures a paint that is removed from the paint roller during cleaning. The system includes a platform that securely attaches to the top rim of an open paint can and provides a base for vertically fixing a standard paint roller on top of the base so that excess paint can be removed from the roller and recaptured back in the well of the paint can. The exemplary embodiments in this invention offers an improvement over existing systems and methods for 1) cleaning paint rollers and recapturing unused paint from the rollers more efficiently than existing products as well as 2) using the same system to rinse any residual paint from the roller so that the roller can be used again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: BFCS Products, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Becker
  • Patent number: 11072610
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) as described herein, along with pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods to use these compounds, salts and compositions for treating viral infections, particularly infections caused by herpesviruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Christopher Becker, Xiaolin Li, Peichao Lu, Naomi Samadara Rajapaksa, David Charles Tully, Xiaojing Michael Wang, Qian Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210182881
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described to automatically identify, measure, and resolve the problem of confounding audiences for predictive modeling exercises involving classification. An example system is described for recursively executing an algorithm that ingests, at minimum, one or more predictors, an outcome variable, a performance improvement threshold at which the system will terminate, and a maximum recursion depth at which the system will terminate if the performance improvement threshold is not met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy N. SPENCE, Benjamin HOFFMAN, Arthur E. WESTON, Nicholas CORRIE, Christopher BECKER
  • Publication number: 20200079772
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) as described herein, along with pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods to use these compounds, salts and compositions for treating viral infections, particularly infections caused by herpesviruses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Becker, Xiaolin Li, Peichao Lu, Naomi Samadara Rajapaksa, David Charles Tully, Xiaojing Michael Wang, Qian Zhao
  • Patent number: 10354421
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for the analysis of mass spectroscopic (MS) data as well as ultraviolet (UV) absorption data. In particular, described herein are tools and methods to assist in generating annotated peptide maps from a raw MS data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Protein Metrics Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Becker, Marshall Bern, Nicholas Bern, Yong Joo Kil, Richard Seipert, Michael Taejong Kim
  • Patent number: 10199206
    Abstract: This invention relates to graphical user-interactive displays for use in MS-based analysis of protein impurities, as well as methods and software for generating and using such. One aspect provides a user-interactive display comprising an extracted mass chromatogram (XIC), an MS1 spectrum and an MS2 spectrum, all simultaneously representing a user-selected peptide. Another aspect provides a user interactive display simultaneously presenting paired spectra (XIC, MS1 and/or MS2) for a variant peptide and its corresponding wildtype counterpart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Protein Metrics Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Becker, Marshall Bern, Yong Joo Kil, Michael Taejong Kim, Boyan Zhang
  • Patent number: 10019422
    Abstract: Object merging in an electronic document may be provided. First, a selection of at least two objects within the electronic document may be received. Then, in response to the received selection of the at least two objects, a menu listing a plurality of merge operations configured to be performed on the selected at least two objects may be provided. A merge operation may then be selected, previewed, and applied to the selected at least two objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Doan, Christopher Becker
  • Publication number: 20170259325
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of attaching a functional element to a sheet metal part. The functional element has a head part having a ring-shaped support surface and a tubular rivet section that is designed as self-piercing and that extends at the side of the support surface of the head part and away from said head part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Christoph Becker, Christian Sowa
  • Patent number: 9760830
    Abstract: A control method is disclosed for determining a quality indicator of medical technology recording results data from a tomography scan of an examination structure, which scan is supported by a contrast agent, by way of a tomography system. According to an embodiment of the invention, at least one control parameter value is automatically derived from the recording results data in respect of a contrast agent image region during and/or directly after the tomography scan, which value represents a quality of the recording results data in the contrast agent image region. A control system for such a determination is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Hans-Christoph Becker, Ute Feuerlein, Michael Scheuering
  • Publication number: 20170236697
    Abstract: This invention relates to graphical user-interactive displays for use in MS-based analysis of protein impurities, as well as methods and software for generating and using such. One aspect provides a user-interactive display comprising an extracted mass chromatogram (XIC), an MS1 spectrum and an MS2 spectrum, all simultaneously representing a user-selected peptide. Another aspect provides a user interactive display simultaneously presenting paired spectra (XIC, MS1 and/or MS2) for a variant peptide and its corresponding wildtype counterpart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher BECKER, Marshall BERN, Yong Joo KIL, Michael Taejong KIM, Boyan ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9637028
    Abstract: A longitudinal adjuster in the interior of a motor vehicle, has an upper and a lower rail, between which at least one rolling body is provided. A projection is provided on the upper and/or lower rail, the projection forming a local contact point between the two rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Ewald, Alfons Steilmann, Thomas Willing, Christoph Beckers, Erhard Hassler, Matthias von Berg
  • Patent number: 9640376
    Abstract: This invention relates to graphical user-interactive displays for use in MS-based analysis of protein impurities, as well as methods and software for generating and using such. One aspect provides a user-interactive display comprising an extracted mass chromatogram (XIC), an MS1 spectrum and an MS2 spectrum, all simultaneously representing a user-selected peptide. Another aspect provides a user interactive display simultaneously presenting paired spectra (XIC, MS1 and/or MS2) for a variant peptide and its corresponding wildtype counterpart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Protein Metrics Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Becker, Marshall Bern, Yong Joo Kil, Michael Taejong Kim, Boyan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9614944
    Abstract: A multi-media device interface (18) couples a multi-media device (16) to a portable electronic device (10). Multi-media and other information can be loaded into the portable electronic device (10) from the multi-media device (16) or stored in the multi-media device (16) from the portable electronic device (10). The multi-media device interface (18) queues commands to the multi-media device (16) from the portable electronic device (10) while the multi-media device (16) completes a previously-issued command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Becker, Michael Doll, Joseph Hansen
  • Patent number: 9591112
    Abstract: A multi-media device interface (18) couples a multi-media device (16) to a portable electronic device (10). Multi-media and other information can be loaded into the portable electronic device (10) from the multi-media device (16) or stored in the multi-media device (16) from the portable electronic device (10). The multi-media device interface (18) queues commands to the multi-media device (16) from the portable electronic device (10) while the multi-media device (16) completes a previously-issued command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Becker, Michael Doll, Joseph Hansen
  • Publication number: 20160267220
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for the analysis of mass spectroscopic (MS) data as well as ultraviolet (UV) absorption data. In particular, described herein are tools and methods to assist in generating annotated peptide maps from a raw MS data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher BECKER, Marshall BERN, Nicholas BERN, Yong Joo KIL, Richard SEIPERT, Michael Taejong KIM