Patents by Inventor Christopher MICHAEL
Christopher MICHAEL 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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Publication number: 20250148258Abstract: Described herein are systems and techniques for implementing a petrophysics assistant. An example method can include receiving, by a control language model configured to perform natural language processing, a query related to one or more subject areas; based on the one or more subject areas associated with the query and a respective domain-specific knowledge of each domain-specific language model from a plurality of domain-specific language models, selecting one or more domain-specific language models from the plurality of domain-specific language models to answer the query; sending, to the one or more domain-specific language models, a request to answer the query; and generating, by the control language model, a response to the query based on one or more responses to the query received from the one or more domain-specific language models.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Michael JONES, Ning TU
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Publication number: 20250149920Abstract: A mounting assembly for transferring electrical power to an inductively powered device is contemplated, with a plurality of magnets positioned inside the mounting assembly includes for magnetically attracting and retaining the inductively powered device against a face plate, and for axially aligning the inductive power receiver of the inductive powered device with the inductive coil assembly inside the mounting assembly. A mounting support member is attached to the back plate of the mounting housing with adjustable joint for adjusted the orientation of the mounting housing relative to the mounting support member. The magnets retain the inductively powered device against the face plate and in the correct orientation with the inductive coil assembly even against forces which would otherwise disturb the inductive coupling, permitting use of the mounting assembly to transfer power in non-horizontal orientations and in moving vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Christopher Michael McSweyn, Vince Alves
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Publication number: 20250146409Abstract: A system and method for taking measurements in a formation. The system may include a quantum entangled photon source that entangles an idler particle and a probe particle, a transmitter disposed in a wellbore and connected to the quantum entangled photon source by a transmitter waveguide, a receiver disposed in the wellbore, and a carrier laser connected to the receiver by a carrier waveguide. The system may further comprise a detector connected to the carrier waveguide and an information handling system in communication with the quantum entangled photon source, the carrier laser, and the detector. The method may include broadcasting a probe particle from a transmitter into a formation, capturing the probe particle with at least one receiver after the probe particle has interacted with the formation, and measuring the probe particle during an interaction with the formation using an idler particle in a detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Jeffrey James Crawford, Ahmed Fouda
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Patent number: 12291904Abstract: A magnetic safety gate latch assembly and method of operation. The assembly includes: a pool latch tube, a user-actuated coupled to the top end of the pool latch tube; a rotatable shaft within the pool latch tube, an upper end of the shaft rigidly coupled to the lid, and a lower end of the shaft including a shaped base. The assembly further includes a magnet housing that at least partially encloses the shaped base and includes an aperture to cooperatively engage with the shaped base. The assembly further includes a bottom cover coupled to the lower end of the pool latch tube and enclosing the magnet housing, the bottom cover including an aperture facing a latch pin housing, the aperture positioned to expose a magnet. The assembly further includes a ferromagnetic latch pin and housing, and a magnetic latch pin guide slidably enclosing the latch pin.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Craig Kime, Antonello Nizzia, Christopher John Heritage
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Patent number: 12291958Abstract: An apparatus comprises a formation tester tool to be positioned in a borehole within a formation, wherein the formation tester tool comprises a pressure sensor and a pad that is radially extendable with respect to an axis of the formation tester tool, and wherein the pressure sensor is inside the pad. The apparatus comprises a first radially extendable inner packer that is axially above the pad with respect to the axis of the formation tester tool and a second radially extendable outer packer that is axially above the first radially extendable inner packer. The apparatus comprises a third radially extendable inner packer that is axially below the pad with respect to the axis of the formation tester tool and a fourth radially extendable outer packer that is axially below the third radially extendable inner packer.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Anthony Herman Van Zuilekom, Mehdi Alipour Kallehbasti
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Patent number: 12291775Abstract: A device for coating an interior surface of a housing defining a volume comprising a plurality of reactant gas sources including reactant gases for one or more surface coating processes; first and second closures to sealingly engage with an inlet and outlet of the volume of the housing to provide an enclosed volume; a delivery line fluidically coupled to the first closure and the plurality of reactant gas sources to deliver the reactant gases to the enclosed volume; and an output line fluidically coupled to the second closure to remove one or more reactant gases, byproduct gases, or both from the enclosed volume. A method for coating an interior surface of a housing is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: James M. Price, Michael T. Pelletier, Jian Li, William Joseph Soltmann, Christopher Michael Jones, Anthony Herman Van Zuilekom
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Publication number: 20250139275Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods identify a data record set and determine whether one or more predetermined conditions exist for triggering analysis of one or more records in the data record set. Disclosed embodiments trigger the analysis only in response to determining that the predetermined conditions have been met. Upon triggering the analysis of the data record set, disclosed embodiments identify a subset of the data record set to undergo the analysis while refraining from performing the analysis on the remaining records in the data record set. Further, embodiments identify an analysis model based on a level of analysis to be performed and apply the analysis model to the subset of the data record set to identify any presence of sensitive data. Lastly, disclosed embodiments selectively perform a security process to the data record set in response to detecting the presence of the sensitive data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventors: Michael Christopher FANNING, Eugene Wilson HODGES, IV, Jacek Andrzej CZERWONKA, Nicolas Yves COURAUD, Christopher Michael Henry FAUCON
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Publication number: 20250135370Abstract: A toy system of foam panels having a novel edge design that permits panels to being resistant to separation without the application of an additional force whether orientated in a planar manner, orthogonally or any angle therebetween is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventor: Christopher Michael Barfoot
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Publication number: 20250135036Abstract: Among other things, the present disclosure provides oligonucleotides, compositions and methods thereof that can bring about specific editing of a target adenosine in a target RNA molecule. Such oligonucleotides, compositions and methods are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate MECP2 associated disorders, diseases and syndromes that can benefit from adenosine modification.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2022Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventors: Christopher Michael Acker, Onanong Chivatakarn, Prashant Monian, Chikdu Shakti Shivalila, Subramanian Marappan, Chandra Vargeese, Pachamuthu Kandasamy, Genliang Lu, Hui Yu, David Charles Donnell Butler, Luciano Henrique Apponi, Mamoru Shimizu, Stephany Michelle Standley, David John Boulay, Andrew Guzior Hoss, Jigar Desai, Jack David Godfrey, Hailin Yang, Naoki Iwamoto, Jayakanthan Kumarasamy, Anthony Lamattina, Ian Chandler Harding, Jesse Turner
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Patent number: 12286653Abstract: The present invention provides engineered carboxyesterase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type carboxyesterase enzymes, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes in amidation reactions.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Codexis, Inc.Inventors: Rama Voladri, David Entwistle, Christopher Michael Micklitsch, Vesna Mitchell, Nikki Dellas, Xiyun Zhang, Antoinette Sero, Brent Dorr, Douglas E. Fuerst
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Patent number: 12285351Abstract: An ostomy appliance includes a substrate and at least one Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) circuit disposed on the substrate. The RFID circuit includes a RFID transponder having an antenna and a conductive ink connected in series with the antenna and the RFID transponder. The conductive ink is configured to dissolve in response to exposure to moisture. The RFID circuit is in a closed condition when the conductive ink extends continuously between the RFID transponder and the antenna. The RFID circuit is in an open condition when at least a portion of the conductive ink is dissolved.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: HOLLISTER INCORPORATEDInventors: Michael P. Nolan, Christina Augustyn, James Brandon Barker, Jonas P. Carlsson, Ryan S. Park, Scott Janis, Stephanie Henze, Christopher Michael Wlezien, Somasunder Vijay Sekaran, Germain Verbrackel, Robert Lane
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Patent number: 12285915Abstract: A method of forming a part includes 3D printing a photopolymerizable resin and forming a preformed part and subsequently post-curing the preformed part with electron beams. The preformed part may be cured via UV curing. A section of the preformed part post-cured with electron beams may have a thickness of at least 1.0 centimeter, for example, at least 2.0 centimeters or at least 3.0 centimeters. An electron beam dosage to post-cure the preformed part may be between 10 kilogray (kGy) and 100 kGy. The preformed part may be 3D printed using stereolithography (SLA), digital light processing (DLP) or material jetting (MJ) and the photopolymerizable resin may include at least one of an acrylate functional polymer and a methacrylate functional polymer. In the alternative, or in addition to, the photopolymerizable resin may include at least one of a urethane, a polyester, and a polyether.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Christopher Michael Seubert, Mark Edward Nichols, Ellen Cheng-chi Lee
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Patent number: 12286799Abstract: A siding panel includes a hanger section adjacent to an upper edge and a lower locking section adjacent to a lower edge. When installed, the lower locking section of an upper siding panel partially overlaps, extends into, and interlocks with a hanger section of a lower siding panel in an interference fit.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: CERTAINTEED LLCInventors: Ashley A. Schultz, Christopher Michael Colyn, David J. Stucky, Robert D. Shaw, Greg Holland
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Publication number: 20250131078Abstract: A method for biometric authentication has the steps of sending a confidential communication to an intended recipient through the system, the intended recipient providing one or more biometric identifiers to view the communication, wherein the one or more biometric identifiers are unique to the intended recipient, the system verifying the one or more biometric identifiers against one or more stored biometric identifiers, the system accepting the one or more biometric identifiers further has the steps of the system displaying the confidential communication on the mobile device, and the user continues to provide the one or more biometric identifiers, the system continuously verifying the one or more biometric identifiers while the communication is displayed wherein when the verification is uninterrupted of fails the communication is hidden.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Christopher Michael Robinson, David Andrew Elston
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Publication number: 20250129925Abstract: A light assembly may include a base comprising a first electrical connector configured to be connected to a first electrical wire, a light module removably attachable to the base and comprising a source of light, a first electrical terminal positioned on the base or the light module and formed in a circle, and a second electrical terminal positioned on the other of the base or the light module to contact the first electrical terminal when the light module is removably attached to the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventor: Christopher Michael TRESS
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Publication number: 20250130343Abstract: Described herein are systems, apparatuses, processes (also referred to as methods), and computer-readable media (collectively referred to as “systems and techniques”) for improving an accuracy of determinations made using data sensed in a wellbore. Such systems and techniques may use a combination of sampled data and simulated data to generate updated datasets that may be used to make evaluations about how well a casing is cemented to subterranean formations where a wellbore is located.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Xusong WANG, Christopher Michael JONES, Xiang WU, Jichun SUN
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Publication number: 20250129614Abstract: A method of assembling a deck board by using a step clip fastening device is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of fastening the step clip fastening device onto a joist by using a plurality of fastening tools; sliding a first end of the deck board into an inner cavity of a step clip attached at a first end of the step clip fastening device; and snapping a second end of the deck board into an inner cavity of a corresponding step clip facing the step clip attached at the first end of the step clip fastening device to form a mating relationship between the deck board and the step clip fastening device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventor: Christopher Michael Schneider
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Publication number: 20250128673Abstract: A novel door and partition assembly for transit vehicles is provided. The door extends from the floor to the ceiling of the transit vehicle and the partition extends from the floor to the ceiling of the transit vehicle and to the windshield and dashboard area such that passengers cannot reach around the door and partition assembly into the operator's area. A novel locking mechanism is provided having an external and internal release mechanism which allows the operator to enter and exit the operator's area of a transit vehicle having the novel door and partition assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventor: Christopher Michael MORRIS
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Patent number: 12279582Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95V292 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95V292 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95V292 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X95V292, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95V292 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95V292 and methods of using maize variety X95V292 are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Candida Braga Cabral, Martin A Fabrizius, Christopher Michael Schaefer
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Publication number: 20250123194Abstract: An apparatus configured to detect small particles of a substance suspended in a matrix using ultrasound, may include: a container device configured to receive a sample in an inner volume, including: a first ultrasonic transducer mechanically coupled to or disposed on a first exterior portion of the container device and oriented toward the inner volume, the first ultrasonic transducer may include: a first ultrasonic transmitter; and a first ultrasonic receiver; optionally a first receiver amplifier coupled to the first receiver; optionally the first transmitter amplifier coupled to the first transmitter amplifier; and either: a) a software defined radio (SDR), or b) a signal generator and an oscilloscope, where SDR or signal generator and oscilloscope are electronically coupled to the first ultrasonic transmitter and electronically coupled to the first ultrasonic receiver amplifier; and the electronic controller coupled to the SDR or the signal generator and the oscilloscope.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Applicant: Applied Ocean Sciences LLCInventors: Christopher Michael Alexander Verlinden, Jennifer Brandon, John Sevick, James Murray, Kerri Seger