Patents by Inventor Christopher Marks

Christopher Marks 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: 20240104394
    Abstract: Provided are computing systems, methods, and platforms that automatically produce production-ready machine learning models and deployment pipelines from minimal input information such as a raw training dataset. In particular, one example computing system can import a training dataset associated with a user. The computing system can execute an origination machine learning pipeline to perform a model architecture search that selects and trains a machine learning model for the training dataset. Execution of the origination machine learning pipeline can also result in generation of a deployment machine learning pipeline configured to enable deployment of the machine learning model (e.g., running the machine learning model to produce inferences and/or optionally other tasks such as re-training and/or re-tuning the model).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Amy Skerry-Ryan, Quentin Lascombes de Laroussilhe, Ronald Rong Yang, Carla Marie Riggi, Chansoo Lee, Jordan Arthur Grimstad, Christopher Mark Lamb, Joseph Michael Moran, Nihesh Anderson Klutto Milleth, Noah Weston Hadfield-Menell, Volodymyr Shtenovych, Ziqi Huang, Sagi Perel, Michael David Gerard, Mehadi Seid Hassen
  • Patent number: 11938295
    Abstract: Ingestible devices can directly deliver therapeutic agents to desired tissue(s) of the GI tract of a subject, such as the submucosa, the mucosa, and/or the mucus layer of the GI tract, and methods of using the same. The ingestible devices can deliver therapeutic agents in a safe, effective, and reliable manner. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions for use in methods of treating a disease or condition in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Biora Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Shimizu, Mitchell Lawrence Jones, Mark Sasha Drlik, Iman Niknia, Nathan John Muller, Tuyen Nguyen, Christopher Loren Wahl, Edward Mudge, Nicholas Mark Salt, Nia Eleri Stevens, Stuart Robert Abercrombie, Christopher Ian Bunce, Ryan Elliott Jones, Kevin Howe, Pejman Rahimian, Nelson Quintana
  • Patent number: 11937893
    Abstract: Provided herein is a system and method for mitigating premature light deactivation of light deactivated adhesive drapes. One aspect provides a system comprising a drape, a photosensitive adhesive layer, a release agent, and an optical fiber mesh layer configured as a light pipe, where the system is adapted to be coupled to a tissue site and released therefrom upon or after exposure to an external stimulus such as certain wavelengths of light. Another aspect includes a pipe light pipe, as an alternative to the optical fiber mesh layer. The systems may have a removable blocking layer to prevent the photosensitive adhesive from being exposed to deactivation wavelengths prematurely. Another aspect provides a method for application and removal of a drape using the light pipe to transport or route light to the drape to deactivate the photosensitive adhesive layer and promote easy, clean, and less painful removal of the drape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Timothy Mark Robinson, Christopher Brian Locke, Justin Alexander Long, Ashwatha Price
  • Patent number: 11943196
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein enables detection of domain hijacking when a DNS resolver is performing a DNS lookup. In a particular embodiment, a method provides, in response to a request to resolve a network address corresponding to a domain name, determining that a nameserver for the domain name is suspect based on satisfaction of nameserver criteria associated with the domain name. The method further includes preventing the nameserver from being used to resolve the request in response to determining that the nameserver is suspect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HYAS Infosec Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Davis, Steven Mark Heyns, Paul Cornelius van Gool
  • Patent number: 11942247
    Abstract: Increasing the chromium content of an electrical steel substrate to a level greater than or equal to about 0.45 weight percent (wt %) produced a much improved forsterite coating having superior and more uniform coloration, thickness and adhesion. Moreover, the so-formed forsterite coating provides greater tension potentially reducing the relative importance of any secondary coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Properties Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry William Schoen, Kimani Tirawa Partin, Christopher Mark Wilkins
  • Publication number: 20240094757
    Abstract: A controllable temperature coefficient bias (CTCB) circuit is disclosed. The CTCB circuit can provide a bias to an amplifier. The CTCB circuit includes a variable with temperature (VWT) circuit having a reference circuit and a control circuit. The control circuit has a control output, a first current control element and a second current control element. Each current control element has a “controllable” resistance. One of the two current control elements may have a relatively high temperature coefficient and another a relatively low temperature coefficient. A controllable resistance of one of the current control elements increases when the controllable resistance of the other current control element decreases. However, the “total resistance” of the current control circuit remains constant with a constant temperature. The VWT circuit has an output with a temperature coefficient that is determined by the relative amount of current that flows through each current control element of the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Mark Englekirk, Keith Bargroff, Christopher C. Murphy, Tero Tapio Ranta
  • Patent number: 11933284
    Abstract: A vacuum exhaust system includes a plurality of turbo pumps that evacuate a plurality of vacuum chambers. A plurality of chamber valves are positioned between the turbo pumps and the plurality of vacuum chambers. A plurality of branch channels are each connected to a corresponding exhaust of the plurality of turbo pumps and a main channel is formed from a confluence of the branch channels. A booster vacuum pump is connected to the main channel. A backing vacuum pump is connected to an exhaust of the booster vacuum pump. A plurality of bypass channels, each having a valve, provide a fluid communication path between at least some of the plurality of vacuum chambers and the booster vacuum pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Nigel Paul Schofield, Christopher Mark Bailey, Michael Andrew Galtry, Andrew David Mann
  • Patent number: 11925432
    Abstract: Provided herein is a system and method for mitigating premature light deactivation of light deactivated adhesive drapes. One aspect provides a system comprising a drape, an adhesive layer, and a release agent, where the system is adapted to be coupled to a tissue site and released therefrom upon or after exposure to an external stimulus such as certain wavelengths of light. The system may have a photochromic layer that may transition between a blocking transmittance state and a non-blocking transmittance state to block or allow certain wavelengths of light to pass through. Some systems may use a combination of a photochromic layer and a filter layer to prevent the adhesive from being exposed to deactivation wavelengths prematurely. Another aspect provides a method for application and removal of a drape using by removing one or more of a photochromic layer and a filter layer and applying light to the drape to deactivate the adhesive layer and promote easy, clean, and less painful removal of the drape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Justin Alexander Long, Timothy Mark Robinson, Christopher Brian Locke
  • Publication number: 20240074914
    Abstract: An oxygen scavenging dressing includes a patient interface layer, an absorbent layer, a foam layer, an oxygen scavenging layer, and a film layer. The film layer is configured to seal with a patient's skin and define an inner volume within which the patient interface layer, the absorbent layer, the foam layer, and the oxygen scavenging layer are positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Mark ROBINSON, Thomas Alan EDWARDS, John R. HARPER, Christopher Brian LOCKE
  • Patent number: 11918730
    Abstract: A porous conduit may be suitable for use in treating a tissue site, and may include a central lumen and a porous wall positioned substantially concentric about the central lumen. The porous wall may have an open porous structure that may define a plurality of interconnected pores in fluid communication with one another. As part of a system, the porous conduit may be used with a manifold adapted to be positioned at a tissue site, a sealing drape adapted to cover the manifold to provide a sealed space relative to the tissue site, and a therapy device including a reduced-pressure source. The porous conduit may be disposed in the sealed space and in fluid communication between the sealed space and the reduced-pressure source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Timothy Mark Robinson, Christopher Brian Locke
  • Patent number: 11924152
    Abstract: Users of personalized messaging systems can encounter message fatigue, thereby reducing the efficacy of a message on its intended recipient. Message fatigue can result in wasted computational resources and bandwidth as messages transmitted over a network to the user's client device are not acted upon at the client device. For applications involving desired user interactions and responses, personalized messaging can be a tool to achieve user engagement targets. The systems and methods presented herein may address several of the technical challenges with personalized messaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Click Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Gao, Michael Brandon Ng, Christopher Mark Jordan, Victor Gao, Adam Berger
  • Publication number: 20240068275
    Abstract: A vertical door latch assembly includes a housing and a bolt movably attached to the housing having a catch portion. A drive motor is located within the housing and is configured to selectively move a lock assembly between a locked position preventing movement of the bolt and an unlocked position allowing movement of the bolt. A battery assembly is removable from the housing when the lock assembly is in first position and fixed to the housing when the lock assembly is in a second position. A controller is in electrical communication with the drive motor and is configured to direct the actuator lock assembly between the locked position and the unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Hill, Anthony Pettigrew, Eric Chang, Christopher Marks, Patrick Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20240068710
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for automatically shutting off fluid flow through a fluid inlet line of a water heater upon detection of a leak of the water heater. The system may include an electrically powered shutoff assembly operatively coupled to the fluid inlet line, and a capacitor operatively coupled to the electrically powered shutoff assembly. The electrically powered shutoff assembly may be configured to shut off fluid flow through the fluid inlet line upon detection of a leak of the water heater, and the capacitor may be configured to store power received from an external power source. Accordingly, when the electrically powered shutoff assembly does not have access to electric power, the capacitor may power the electrically powered shutoff assembly to shut off fluid flow through the fluid inlet line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Harsha Satyanarayana, Sarah N. Tomasco, Christopher Mark Hayden, David Isai Vega Fernandez, Saman Beyhaghi, Derek Ryan Bindbeutel, Tony Chen
  • Publication number: 20240068711
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a mechanical and powerless leak detection and shutoff system that may be used in any commercially available water heater, e.g., both gas and electric. The system includes a spring-loaded shutoff assembly having a valve member operatively coupled to a fluid inlet line of the water heater. A handle of the shutoff assembly is maintained in an open configuration via a latching mechanism until a force is applied to cause the latching mechanism to release the handle and actuate the valve member to shutoff fluid flow through the fluid inlet line. The shutoff assembly is operatively coupled to a leak detection assembly via a cable. The leak detection assembly uses a fluid-soluble material that dissolves when exposed to fluid to thereby pull the cable to apply the force to disengage the latching mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Saman Beyhaghi, Derek Ryan Bindbeutel, Atilhan Manay, Christopher Mark Hayden, Harsha Satyanarayana, Carl Francis Demolder, Axel Hornickel
  • Publication number: 20240071098
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a controller configured to: analyze image data within an area; determine an object is present in the area based on the image data; determine if the object is a potential hazard based on the image data; and in response to determining the object is a potential hazard, emitting a projection beam onto a surface of the area to illuminate the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Wolfe, Neal Wiggerman, Robert Mark Zerhusen, Nicholas Mann, Christopher Nelson, Angela Williams
  • Publication number: 20240071365
    Abstract: Disclosed are example embodiments of systems, method, and devices for generating audio assets. The example method includes receiving an input including at least one of audio, text, video, Java Script Object Notation (JSON), Extensible Markup Language (XML), Really Simple Syndication (RSS). The example method includes receiving configuration inputs including at least one of configure language, gender, and persona. The example method includes preparing for processing based on the at least one of configure language, gender, and persona. The example method includes processing the input based on the configuration inputs, the processing including at least one of transcribing, translating, brand safety, enrichment, generating custom Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML), and including generating an audio clip. The example method includes delivering the audio clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Chad Edward Steelberg, Ryan Scott Steelberg, Sean Patrick King, Corey Denard Hill, Christopher Mark Doe
  • Publication number: 20240065148
    Abstract: A front independent suspension assembly for outdoor power equipment includes a first joint, a first wheel coupled to the joint, a first longitudinal arm pivotably coupled to the joint, a first lateral arm pivotably coupled to the joint, and a second lateral arm pivotably coupled to the joint. The second lateral suspension arranged substantially parallel to the first lateral suspension arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Briggs & Stratton LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Krajewski, Robert S. Laurin, E. Mark Lynch
  • Publication number: 20240061832
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for converting a natural language utterance to an intermediate database query representation. An input string is generated by concatenating a natural language utterance with a database schema representation for a database. Based on the input string, a first encoder generates one or more embeddings of the natural language utterance and the database schema representation. A second encoder encodes relations between elements in the database schema representation and words in the natural language utterance based on the one or more embeddings. A grammar-based decoder generates an intermediate database query representation based on the encoded relations and the one or more embeddings. Based on the intermediate database query representation and an interface specification, a database query is generated in a database query language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Cong Duy Vu Hoang, Stephen Andrew McRitchie, Mark Edward Johnson, Shivashankar Subramanian, Aashna Devang Kanuga, Nitika Mathur, Gioacchino Tangari, Steve Wai-Chun Siu, Poorya Zaremoodi, Vasisht Raghavendra, Thanh Long Duong, Srinivasa Phani Kumar Gadde, Vishal Vishnoi, Christopher Mark Broadbent, Philip Arthur, Syed Najam Abbas Zaidi
  • Publication number: 20240062011
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for using named entity recognition to resolve entity expression while transforming natural language to a meaning representation language. In one aspect, a method includes accessing natural language text, predicting, by a first machine learning model, a class label for a token in the natural language text, predicting, by a second machine-learning model, operators for a meaning representation language and a value or value span for each attribute of the operators, in response to determining that the value or value span for a particular attribute matches the class label, converting a portion of the natural language text for the value or value span into a resolved format, and outputting syntax for the meaning representation language. The syntax comprises the operators with the portion of the natural language text for the value or value span in the resolved format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Aashna Devang Kanuga, Cong Duy Vu Hoang, Mark Edward Johnson, Vasisht Raghavendra, Yuanxu Wu, Steve Wai-Chun Siu, Nitika Mathur, Gioacchino Tangari, Shubham Pawankumar Shah, Vanshika Sridharan, Zikai Li, Diego Andres Cornejo Barra, Stephen Andrew McRitchie, Christopher Mark Broadbent, Vishal Vishnoi, Srinivasa Phani Kumar Gadde, Poorya Zaremoodi, Thanh Long Duong, Bhagya Gayathri Hettige, Tuyen Quang Pham, Arash Shamaei, Thanh Tien Vu, Yakupitiyage Don Thanuja Samodhve Dharmasiri
  • Patent number: 11907945
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computer-implemented processes that determine, in real time, counterparty geolocation location based on structured messaging data, such as messaging data maintained within message fields of a request-for-payment (RFP) message compliant with the ISO 20022. For example, an apparatus may receive a RFP message that includes message data associated with a transaction involving first and second counterparties, and the RFP message may characterize a real-time payment requested from the second counterparty by the first counterparty. The apparatus may determine a geographic position of the first counterparty based the message data, and based on the first geographic position, transmit notification data to a device operable by the second counterparty. The notification data may cause the device to present digital content associated with at least one of the transaction, the first counterparty, or the second counterparty within a digital interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Jones, Barry Wayne Baird, Jr., Claude Bernell Lawrence, Jr., Jonathan Joseph Prendergast