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).

  • Compact Elbow Brace
    Publication number: 20170325985
    Abstract: The present invention provides an elbow brace which is composed of a flexible sleeve and a rigid framed brace. An elastic tubular shaped fabric sleeve is first placed over the elbow joint and has upper front and lower rear raised lips that are used to prevent the rigid and compact framed brace from slipping downwards during usage, the tight fit of the rigid brace inside the raised lip gaps of the sleeve prevents the framed brace from slipping down from the elbow joint during usage. This brace is compact in size to provide everyday comfort and reliable protection in both contact and non-contact sports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventor: Christopher Johnson
  • Grill Assembly and Method of Assembly Thereof
    Publication number: 20170320525
    Abstract: Several grill assemblies and methods for assembling the same are claimed and disclosed. In one embodiment, the assembly includes slotted panels with a single deformable wall to fix the slotted panels together. In another embodiment, slotted panels are fixed together using two deformable walls, one deformed subsequently after the other. The general shape of panels and grill assemblies is disclosed. Features of grill assembly members used to mount the grill to separate structural frame members and mount separate assemblies to the grill assembly are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Christopher Johnson, Jason Simpson, Eric Magleby
  • Smart glass slide for microarrays
    Patent number: 9810688
    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: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Nadezda Fomina, Christopher Johnson, Sam Kavusi, Habib Ahmad
  • DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS DESCRIPTOR PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20170315940
    Abstract: Hardware accelerated synchronization of data movement across multiple direct memory access (DMA) engines is provided using techniques in which the order of descriptor processing is guaranteed for scenarios involving a single CPU and multiple DMA engines as well as those involving multiple CPUs and multiple DMA engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Chad MCBRIDE, Jeffrey BRADFORD, Steven WHEELER, Christopher JOHNSON, Boris BOBROV, Andras TANTOS
  • DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS DESCRIPTOR PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20170315939
    Abstract: Hardware accelerated synchronization of data movement across multiple direct memory access (DMA) engines is provided using techniques in which the order of descriptor processing is guaranteed for scenarios involving a single CPU and multiple DMA engines as well as those involving multiple CPUs and multiple DMA engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Chad MCBRIDE, Jeffrey BRADFORD, Steven WHEELER, Christopher JOHNSON, Boris BOBROV, Andras TANTOS
  • Tab-and-slot frame members with a stringer
    Patent number: 9802663
    Abstract: A frame may comprise a plurality of interlocking tab-and-slot frame members forming a three-dimensional structure. A removable stringer may be designed into one or more of the interlocking tab-and-slot frame members. The stringers may be removed after positioning and welding of tab-and slot frame members together. Notches may also be designed into and formed as additional features of a tab-and-slot frame member. Notches may serve as a guide for bending tab-and-slot frame members and in the creation of tabs and/or slots of the tab-and-slot frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Christopher Johnson
  • Touch sensitive device
    Patent number: 9804673
    Abstract: A method of making a touch-sensitive data entry screen of the kind arranged to provide haptic response to a user via at least one electromechanical exciter coupled to the screen, comprising analyzing the mechanical and electromechanical coupled system represented by the data entry screen and the at least one exciter, and selecting values of parameters of the coupled system to provide a required displacement and acceleration of the screen at low frequency in response to human touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: NVF TECH LTD.
    Inventors: Martin Colloms, Timothy Christopher Johnson Whitwell
  • High-velocity scanned item distribution method and apparatus
    Patent number: 9801475
    Abstract: A high-velocity scanned item distribution apparatus and method are presented. The high-velocity scanned item distribution apparatus permits bagging operations for multiple purchase transactions to occur in parallel. Overlapping the bagging operation of multiple purchase transactions allows the scanning and payment operations of the purchase transactions to continue at higher speeds. In addition, point of sale terminals with high-velocity item scanners are allowed to function at higher speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas V. Edwards, John C. Allard, Gregory Scott Egan, Mark Christopher Johnson, Levino Felix Perrucci, John Spencer Tyndall, William Brian Whiteside
  • Enterprise resource search and reservation system
    Patent number: 9798983
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to reserving physical resources in an enterprise via an electronic reservation environment. An electronic search request for an availability of one or more resources in an enterprise is received from a user through a web page and/or a mobile application and is submitted to a reservation engine. The search request includes one or more resource search parameters received via a graphical user interface associated with the electronic reservation environment. A result identifying resources that satisfy the resource search parameters in the request is received in response to the search request and an electronic metadata request is automatically submitted in response to receipt of the result. The electronic metadata request including resource identifiers corresponding to the resources identified in the result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: John Paul Thompson, Kurt Haas, Eric Letson, Christopher Johnson
  • Tab-And-Slot Frame Members with a Stringer
    Publication number: 20170291655
    Abstract: A frame may comprise a plurality of interlocking tab-and-slot frame members forming a three-dimensional structure. A removable stringer may be designed into one or more of the interlocking tab-and-slot frame members. The stringers may be removed after positioning and welding of tab-and slot frame members together. Notches may also be designed into and formed as additional features of a tab-and-slot frame member. Notches may serve as a guide for bending tab-and-slot frame members and in the creation of tabs and/or slots of the tab-and-slot frame members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Christopher Johnson
  • Methods for generating pH/ionic concentration gradient near electrode surfaces for modulating biomolecular interactions, and bubble detection using electrodes
    Patent number: 9766197
    Abstract: Device and methods for use in a biosensor comprising a multisite array of test sites, the device and methods 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. An electrochemically active agent that is suitable for use in biological buffers for changing the pH of the biological buffers. Method for changing the pH of biological buffers using the electrochemically active agents. The methods of modulating the binding interactions provided in a biosensor, analytic methods for more accurately controlling and measuring the pH or ionic gradient near the electrodes in such biosensor, and analytic methods for more accurately measuring an analyte of interest in a biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Christopher Johnson, Sam Kavusi, Rajan Gangadharan, Piyush Verma, Aldrich Lau, Tobias Funk
  • ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE AGENTS FOR PH MODULATION IN BIOLOGICAL BUFFERS
    Publication number: 20170226037
    Abstract: Device and methods for use in a biosensor comprising a multisite array of test sites, the device and methods being useful for modulating the binding interactions between a (biomolecular) probe or detection agent and an analyte of interest by modulating the pH or ionic gradient near the electrodes in such biosensor. An electrochemically active agent that is suitable for use in biological buffers for changing the pH of the biological buffers. Method for changing the pH of biological buffers using the electrochemically active agents. The methods of modulating the binding interactions provided in a biosensor, analytic methods for more accurately controlling and measuring the pH or ionic gradient near the electrodes in such biosensor, and analytic methods for more accurately measuring an analyte of interest in a biological sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Johnson, Sam Kavusi, Nadezda Fomina, Habib Ahmad, Autumn Maruniak, Christoph Lang, Ashwin Raghunathan
  • Direct memory access descriptor processing
    Patent number: 9715464
    Abstract: Hardware accelerated synchronization of data movement across multiple direct memory access (DMA) engines is provided using techniques in which the order of descriptor processing is guaranteed for scenarios involving a single CPU and multiple DMA engines as well as those involving multiple CPUs and multiple DMA engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Chad McBride, Jeffrey Bradford, Steven Wheeler, Christopher Johnson, Boris Bobrov, Andras Tantos
  • METHOD OF ISOLATING BLUE ANTHOCYANIN FRACTIONS
    Publication number: 20170204269
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of isolating fractions of anthocyanin molecules from anthocyanin-containing vegetable and fruit juices and extracts, or combinations thereof, at a select pH based on differences in polarity of the anthocyanin molecules in the anthocyanin-containing vegetable and fruit juices and extracts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicants: MARS, INCORPORATED, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rebecca J. Robbins, J. Christopher Johnson, Thomas M. Collins, Neda Ahmadiani, M. Monica Giusti
  • ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE AGENTS FOR PH MODULATION IN BIOLOGICAL BUFFERS
    Publication number: 20170205372
    Abstract: Device and methods for use in a biosensor comprising a multisite array of test sites, the device and methods being useful for modulating the binding interactions between a (biomolecular) probe or detection agent and an analyte of interest by modulating the pH or ionic gradient near the electrodes in such biosensor. An electrochemically active agent that is suitable for use in biological buffers for changing the pH of the biological buffers. Method for changing the pH of biological buffers using the electrochemically active agents. The methods of modulating the binding interactions provided in a biosensor, analytic methods for more accurately controlling and measuring the pH or ionic gradient near the electrodes in such biosensor, and analytic methods for more accurately measuring an analyte of interest in a biological sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Johnson, Sam Kavusi, Nadezda Fomina, Habib Ahmad, Autumn Maruniak, Christoph Lang, Ashwin Raghunathan
  • Preparation of tetranitroglycoluril
    Patent number: 9695177
    Abstract: An improved method of preparing tetranitroglycoluril (TNGU) via the in situ decomposition of a nitrimino group with elimination of nitrogen without the use of dinitrogen pentoxide. The compound is useful as a high energy, high density explosive or propellant oxidizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: William Matthew Sherrill, Eric Christopher Johnson
  • Microservice with decoupled user interface
    Publication number: 20170187785
    Abstract: A microservice may be developed comprising application programming interfaces (APIs), a user interface, logic, and data received from at least one backend system, wherein the APIs and the user interface are decoupled from the logic and the at least one backend system, and the user interface, the logic and the data are decomposable into modules that may be shared with a different microservice. The microservice may expose a set of functions sufficient to support a target use case and Recycle management of the microservice, comprising at least one of exposing lifecycle management APIs and providing lifecycle self-management functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Johnson, Stephane Herman Maes, Woong Kim
  • Staging Log-Based Page Blobs on a Filesystem
    Publication number: 20170169049
    Abstract: One embodiment illustrated herein includes a method that may be practiced in a computing environment. The method includes acts for atomically writing data up to a predetermined maximum size of data to a blob object, wherein a blob object comprises a combination of a backing file in a traditional file system and a database record in a traditional database. The method includes writing data to one or more shared staging files. The method further includes cloning associated extents from the one or more shared staging files to a destination file representing the blob object at a desired offset desired by a client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Qibo Zhu, Ali Ediz Turkoglu, Michael Christopher Johnson
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D801349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andrew Day, Kunter Akbay, Christopher Johnson, David Toledano, Peter Katlic
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D803234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andrew Day, Kunter Akbay, Christopher Johnson, David Toledano, Peter Katlic, Bex Thomas