Patents by Inventor Christopher Johnson

Christopher Johnson 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: 20240360803
    Abstract: An engine comprises an air intake arrangement configured to receive air; a heat exchanger arrangement arranged downstream of the air intake arrangement, configured to cool the air, and comprising a plurality of heat exchanger modules; and one or more turbomachinery components configured to receive cooled air from the heat exchanger arrangement. The plurality of heat exchanger modules are arranged to be generally centred on and to be arranged along a longitudinal axis of the engine. At least one of the plurality of heat exchanger modules is arranged to at least partially overlap with at least one other one of the plurality of heat exchanger modules relative to the longitudinal axis of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Reaction Engines Limited
    Inventors: Robert Alexander Bond, Kathryn Rebecca Evans, Russell Geoffrey Payne, Martin Christopher Johnson
  • Patent number: 12122498
    Abstract: A stand-alone modular removable rudder system for watercraft having a rudder comprising a steering handle coupled to a quick release mechanism adapted to releasably secure said steering handle to said watercraft in proximity to the operator, said system further comprising, a rudder mount adapted to be coupled to the rear of the watercraft by a quick release mechanism adapted to releasably secure said rudder mount to said watercraft, said rudder being carried by a rudder support pivotal about said rudder mount and cables operatively connecting said steering handle to said rudder mount whereby the steering handle can be operated to steer the rudder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Hobie Cat IP, LLC
    Inventors: Drew William Brackett, William John Broadway, James Taylor Czarnowski, Mark Joseph Johnson, Jason Christopher Kardas, Victor Daniel Ortiz, Elizabeth Catherine Sexton, Shane Yellin, Philip James Dow
  • Patent number: 12122872
    Abstract: Uncured aqueous composition comprising surfactant and a blend of (a) a first sulfonated polyester having a glass transition temperature not greater than 75° C. that is not sulfonated polyethylene naphthalate, (b) a second, sulfonated polyester that is a sulfonated polyethylene naphthalate, (c) melamine-formaldehyde crosslinker, and (d) an epoxy silane coupling agent; and cured composition thereof. Compositions described herein are useful, for example, for making primed film for release liners applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Peterson, Maria A. Appeaning, Christopher P. Gerlach, David J. Kinning, Madison P. Bennett, Marie A. Boulos, Anna M. Clausen, Victor Ho, Kevin T. Huseby, Stephen A. Johnson, Scott M. LeBow
  • Publication number: 20240344083
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of transducing resting or non-activated T cells using CD4-targeted viral vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christie CIARLO, Christopher BANDORO, Kutlu ELPEK, Hanane ENNAJDAOUI, Aaron FOSTER, Zach FRYE, Adam JOHNSON, Lauren Pepper MACKENZIE, Albert Ruzo MATIAS, Jagesh Vijaykumar SHAH
  • Patent number: 12110124
    Abstract: A vertical takeoff and landing vehicle which includes an allocation block that receives a set of desired forces or desired moments and a health metric associated with at least one of: (1) a motor controller or (2) a rotor that operates in a vertical takeoff and landing mode at least some of the time. A command signal is determined per a first manner that attempts to satisfy both the set of desired forces or desired moments and the health metric. If the command signal is unable to be determined in the first manner, a second manner is used that prioritizes flight control associated with one or more of a roll axis or a pitch axis over flight control associated with a yaw axis where the axes are mutually orthogonal. The command signal is output to the motor controller that controls the rotor using the command signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Scott Saunders, Mark Johnson Cutler
  • Patent number: 12111315
    Abstract: Device for use in a biosensor comprising a multisite array of test sites, the device being useful for modulating the binding interactions between a (biomolecular) probe or detection agent and an analyte of interest from a biological by modulating the pH or ionic gradient near the electrodes in such biosensor. The device provides a biosensor which is more accurate, reliable and the results of which are more reproducible. Analytic methods for more accurately measuring an analyte of interest in a biological sample are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Nadezda Fomina, Christopher Johnson, Sam Kavusi, Habib Ahmad
  • Patent number: 12108698
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for the automation of seed planting and analysis comprising automated planting of the seeds, germination, and analysis. The methods generally comprise conveying containers containing seeds to an automated seed planting station, wherein each container includes a machine-readable tag, planting at least some of the seeds in the container onto respective planting trays, wherein each planting tray includes a machine-readable tag, allowing the seeds to germinate, and analyzing the germinated seeds. The systems generally comprise a seed planting system and a planting verification and correction system. Also provided herein are backlit templates comprising a light source and a power interface configured to connect to a power source to power the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Adam M. Barrick, Eric L. Borrowman, Jarrett R. Ceglinski, Jerry Christopher, Joshua Allen Crews, Daniel Dillard, Timothy P. Garvin, Charles K. Johnson, Jeffrey L. Kohne, Jason T. Mitchell, Jeffrey S. Morris, Ralph E. Nothdurft, Payman Rassoolkhani, Christian A. Saia
  • Publication number: 20240319183
    Abstract: A method for detecting an amount of an analyte in a solution includes providing an assay chamber including an electrode positioned at a first end of the assay chamber and a capture molecule attached to the electrode via a linker. A solution including an analyte, a binding partner of the analyte, at least one electrochemically active agent, and a detecting probe having a signaling tag attached thereto may be provided to the assay chamber. An electrical signal may be applied to the electrode to change the pH of the solution in the area near the electrode. The analyte may bind to the capture molecule and to the detecting probe at the first end of the assay chamber at the new pH. A signal produced by the signaling tag at the first end of the assay chamber may be measured to calculate the amount of the analyte in the solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Nadezda FOMINA, Christopher JOHNSON, Young Shik SHIN, Christoph LANG
  • Publication number: 20240315792
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes cable pairs respectively wound around input spindles and connected to actuate degrees of freedom of an instrument shaft structure. The cables may connect so that rotating the input spindles actuates corresponding degrees of freedom. First pulleys in the instrument may receive first cables from the input spindles and redirect the first cables toward the instrument shaft, and second pulleys may receive second cables from the input spindles and redirect the second cables toward the instrument shaft. In one configuration, the first and second pulleys are respectively mounted at first and second levels, and the second pulleys redirect the second cables through the first level. Additionally or alternatively, one level of cables may cross while the other level of cables does not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Bram Gilbert Antoon LAMBRECHT, S. Christopher ANDERSON, Ladd T. JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20240319746
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide docking assist for mobile structures. A docking assist system includes a logic device, one or more sensors, one or more actuators/controllers, and modules to interface with users, sensors, actuators, and/or other modules of a mobile structure. The logic device is adapted to receive docking assist parameters from a user interface for the mobile structure and perimeter sensor data from a perimeter ranging system mounted to the mobile structure. The logic device determines docking assist control signals based, at least in part, on the docking assist parameters and perimeter sensor data, and it then provides the docking assist control signals to a navigation control system for the mobile structure. Control signals may be displayed to a user and/or used to adjust a steering actuator, a propulsion system thrust, and/or other operational systems of the mobile structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Johnson, Oliver Hawker, Richard Jales, Christopher Yeomans, Marcelo Rull, Mark Rivers
  • Patent number: 12099222
    Abstract: Photochromic article having first and second opposed major surfaces comprising a first, transparent layer having first and second opposed major surfaces, the first layer comprising thermoplastic, a second, transparent layer having first and second opposed major surfaces, the second layer comprising photochromic dye and amorphous copolyester, wherein the first major surface of the second layer is adjacent to the second major surface of the first layer, and a third layer having first and second opposed major surfaces, wherein the first major surface of the third layer is adjacent to the second major surface of the second layer. Embodiments of photochromic article described herein are useful, for example in eyewear, window films, security films, decorative films, electronic devices (i.e., having a display with a photochromic article).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kevin T. Huseby, Michael Benton Free, Victor Ho, Stephen A. Johnson, Christopher W. A. Krohe
  • Publication number: 20240310322
    Abstract: A target molecule detection method includes contacting oxidation and reduction electrodes with a solution having redox tags. The method further includes applying a first oxidation voltage pulse to the oxidation electrode when the solution does not contain the target molecules to obtain a first oxidation current profile, applying a second oxidation voltage pulse to the oxidation electrode when the solution contains the target molecules to obtain a second oxidation current profile, applying a first reduction voltage pulse to the reduction electrode when the solution does not contain the target molecules to obtain a first reduction current profile, and applying a second reduction voltage pulse to the reduction electrode when the solution contains the target molecules to obtain a second reduction current profile. The method also includes detecting the target molecules in response to one or more electrical properties of the first and second oxidation and reduction current profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Young Shik SHIN, Nadezda FOMINA, Christopher JOHNSON, Armin DARVISH, Gabrielle VUKASIN, Gary YAMA, Christoph LANG
  • Patent number: 12084155
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide graphical user interfaces for assisted and/or autonomous navigation for mobile structures. A navigation assist system includes a user interface for a mobile structure comprising a display and a logic device configured to communicate with the user interface and render a docking user interface on the display. The logic device is configured to monitor control signals for a navigation control system for the mobile structure and render the docking user interface based, at least in part, on the monitored control signals. The docking user interface includes a maneuvering guide with a mobile structure perimeter indicator, an obstruction map, and a translational thrust indicator configured to indicate a translational maneuvering thrust magnitude and direction relative to an orientation of the mobile structure perimeter indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: FLIR Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Mark Rivers, Natalie Holder, Oliver Hawker, Richard Jales, Christopher Yeomans, Marcelo Rull, Mark Johnson
  • Publication number: 20240294534
    Abstract: A series of substituted imidazo[1,2-b][1,2,4]triazine derivatives of formula (I), being potent modulators of human IL-17 activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Gareth Neil BRACE, Daniel Christopher BROOKINGS, Shuyu CHU, Rickki Lee CONNELLY, Anne Marie FOLEY, James Richard FROST, Ellen Olivia GALLIMORE, Paul GOLDSMITH, James Andrew JOHNSON, James Thomas REUBERSON, Robert STRAKER, Richard David TAYLOR, Luigi Piero STASI
  • Publication number: 20240287092
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the structure: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each independently H, halogen, CF3 or C1-C4 alkyl; R6 is H, OH, or halogen; B is a substituted or unsubstituted heterobicycle, pyridazine, pyrazole, pyrazine, thiadiazole, or triazole, wherein the heterobicycle is other than chloro substituted indole; and the pyrazole, when substituted, is substituted with other than trifluoromethyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Konstantin Petrukhin, Christopher Cioffi, Graham Johnson, Nicoleta Dobri, Emily Freeman, Ping Chen, Michael Conlon, Lei Zhu
  • Patent number: 12074099
    Abstract: A microelectronics package assembly and process of making same are disclosed. The flange has an upper surface and a first coating disposed on the upper surface of the flange. The insulator has a bottom surface for mounting onto the flange and an upper surface opposite the bottom surface. A second coating is disposed on the bottom surface of the insulator and a third coating disposed on the upper surface of the insulator. The first coating, the second coating, and the third coating each have a thickness of less than or equal to 1 micron. At least one of the first coating, the second coating, and the third coating is applied via at least one of physical vapor deposition, atomic deposition, or chemical deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Materion Corporation
    Inventors: Ramesh Kothandapani, Christopher Johnson, ZhenWei Tee, Noel De Leon, SinLi Tan
  • Publication number: 20240270898
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides copolymers prepared by polymerizing a first monomer comprising at least one C?C and/or at least one C?C; and a second monomer of Formula (B): wherein at least one first monomer and/or at least one second monomer comprises a latent-fluoride moiety (e.g., pentafluorophenyl). Upon contacting the copolymers with a nucleophile (e.g., a thiol) and/or a base, the latent-fluoride moiety may release fluoride ions, which may in turn degrade the copolymers by cleaving the O—Si bonds. The copolymers may be useful for drug delivery, or as degradable (e.g., biodegradable) polymers, adhesives, coatings, or structural materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jeremiah A. Johnson, Peyton Shieh, Christopher M. Brown
  • Patent number: 12059767
    Abstract: A mechanical assembly to precisely position large objects and align them to be joined with other objects with precision. The assembly does not require power to operate and can therefore be used in a variety of remote and harsh locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Tyler Paine, Christopher Walther, Nicholas Johnson, Scott Larson
  • Patent number: 12056434
    Abstract: Techniques for generating formatting tags for textual content obtained from a source electronic document are disclosed. A system parses a digital file to obtain information about characters in an electronic document. The system applies tags to text generated based on the textual content of the electronic document by creating segments of textually-consecutive characters and applying corresponding text formatting style tags to the segments. The system further identifies segments of text overlapping bounding boxes in the electronic document. The system generates textual content including a segment of text and a corresponding hyperlink associated with the segment of text. The system further generates textual content by selectively applying line breaks from the source electronic document in the textual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Vishank Bhatia, Xu Zhong, Thanh Long Duong, Mark Johnson, Srinivasa Phani Kumar Gadde, Vishal Vishnoi, King-Hwa Lee, Christopher Kennewick
  • Patent number: D1050565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: The Urban Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Amato, David Dawson, Joeangel Casanova, Hope Johnson, Christopher Roof, Brianna Magagnoli, Janis Golubeckis