Patents by Inventor Christopher Nicholas

Christopher Nicholas 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: 11669592
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method for detecting residue bunches within a field includes receiving one or more images depicting an imaged portion of an agricultural field, with the imaged portion of the field being at least partially represented by a plurality of pixels within the one or more images. The method also includes classifying a portion of the plurality of pixels that are associated with crop residue within the imaged portion of the field as residue pixels, with each residue pixel being associated with a respective pixel height. Additionally, the method includes identifying each residue pixel having a pixel height that exceeds a pixel height threshold as a candidate residue bunch pixel, and determining whether a residue bunch is present within the imaged portion of the field based at least in part on the candidate residue bunch pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Nicholas Warwick
  • Publication number: 20230157857
    Abstract: A boot includes a rigid outer shell including a base portion adjacent to a portion of a foot of a subject, a leg portion adjacent to a portion of a leg of the subject, and an ankle support portion integral with and coupling the base portion of the main body with the leg portion of the main body, the ankle portion of the main body being adjacent to two opposing sides of an ankle of the subject, the ankle support portion of the main body having one or more removable elements. A first one of the one or more removable elements, adjacent to a first one of the two opposing sides of the ankle, is configured to be removed from the rigid outer shell to aid in preventing contact between an incision area on the first side of the ankle of the subject and the rigid outer shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Nicholas Chihlas
  • Publication number: 20230148729
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a holder including a first surface, a second surface, a body portion in between the first surface and the second surface, and a protrusion. The first surface is configured to be coupled to a mounting surface. A magnet is disposed within the body such that a portion of the second surface is magnetically attractable to a first portion of an article. The protrusion is configured to engage a second portion of the article. The article being removably coupled to the holder when the first portion of the article is magnetically coupled against the portion of the second surface and the second portion of the article is engaged with the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: ATHENA CLUB HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Charles DESMARAIS, Maria MARKINA, Christopher Nicholas HIBMACRONAN, Joshua MORENSTEIN, Jean Soo HYUN
  • Patent number: 11645393
    Abstract: A data storage device can employ a front end bus for boot operations. The physical connection of a secure boot assembly to the front end bus can provide efficient and reliable booting of the data storage device without a connection to a remote host or network. A secure boot assembly can provide a security module that connects to the boot module of the data storage device to authenticate a trustworthiness of the data storage device while the data storage device is disconnected from any remote host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Nicholas Allo
  • Publication number: 20230112746
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for depositing a boron-based ceramic film on a substrate. Advantageously, the boron-based ceramic films described herein can be formed at relatively low temperatures (e.g., about 600C or less), while still achieving very high quality materials that exhibit good mechanical strength (e.g., high hardness and Young's modulus), good etch selectivity, amorphous morphology, etc. The films herein also have low hydrogen content, low oxygen content, and low halide content. In many cases, the films may be formed through a reaction between a boron halide and a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon, in the presence of plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Ananda K. BANERJI, Jon HENRI, Kapu Sirish REDDY, Christopher Nicholas IADANZA
  • Patent number: 11623903
    Abstract: Provided herein is an alkane dehydrogenation catalyst, a method of manufacturing an alkane dehydrogenation catalyst, and a method of converting alkanes to alkenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC, FORGE NANO
    Inventors: Christopher L. Marshall, Zheng Lu, Jeffrey W. Elam, Christopher Nicholas, Paul T. Barger, Martha Leigh Abrams, Arrelaine Dameron, Ryon W. Tracy
  • Patent number: 11595369
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for local authentication of a collection of processing devices, such as but not limited to storage devices (e.g., SSDs, etc.). In some embodiments, an edge computing device is coupled between the collection of processing devices and an external network. The edge computing device performs a network authentication over the external network with a remote server using an edge token. The edge computing device further performs a local authentication of the collection using storage tokens of the respective processing devices, with the local authentication not utilizing the external network or the remote server. Both the edge token and the storage tokens may be generated from a client token of a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Nicholas Allo
  • Patent number: 11583427
    Abstract: A boot includes a rigid outer shell including a base portion adjacent to a portion of a foot of a subject, a leg portion adjacent to a portion of a leg of the subject, and an ankle support portion integral with and coupling the base portion of the main body with the leg portion of the main body, the ankle portion of the main body being adjacent to two opposing sides of an ankle of the subject, the ankle support portion of the main body having one or more removable elements. A first one of the one or more removable elements, adjacent to a first one of the two opposing sides of the ankle, is configured to be removed from the rigid outer shell to aid in preventing contact between an incision area on the first side of the ankle of the subject and the rigid outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Christopher Nicholas Chihlas
    Inventor: Christopher Nicholas Chihlas
  • Patent number: 11576477
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a holder including a first surface, a second surface, a body portion in between the first surface and the second surface, and a protrusion. The first surface is configured to be coupled to a mounting surface. A magnet is disposed within the body such that a portion of the second surface is magnetically attractable to a first portion of an article. The protrusion is configured to engage a second portion of the article. The article being removably coupled to the holder when the first portion of the article is magnetically coupled against the portion of the second surface and the second portion of the article is engaged with the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Athena Club Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Desmarais, Maria Markina, Christopher Nicholas Hibmacronan, Joshua Morenstein, Jean Soo Hyun
  • Patent number: 11538180
    Abstract: A method for determining residue length within a field includes receiving, with a computing system, a captured image depicting an imaged portion of the field from one or more imaging devices. Furthermore, the method includes determining, with the computing system, an image gradient orientation at each of a plurality of pixels within the captured image. Additionally, the method includes identifying, with the computing system, a residue piece present within the image portion of the field based at least in part on the determined image gradient orientations. Moreover, the method includes determining, with the computing system, a length of the identified residue piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: James W. Henry, Christopher Nicholas Warwick, David John Powell
  • Patent number: 11526944
    Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method for use in generating an investment strategy for retirement income growth utilizing a crowdsourcing recommendation as an input is provided. Information about the user may be gathered. A goal or range of goals may be provided by the user or may be proposed by a computing device based on the user information. Crowdsourcing members who satisfy threshold criteria may be automatically selected to provide a recommendation on the user goal and/or the proposed investment strategy. A user may select a specific crowd member for a recommendation. An impact of the crowdsourcing recommendation on the user's retirement income growth may be estimated. Steps to implement the crowdsourcing recommendation may be provided to the user. As a result, the user may remain anonymous and may receive recommendations on one or more goals and/or investment strategies that they may not have received otherwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Christopher Nicholas Mair, Alexandra Rapp, Scarlette A. Rose, Dinah Villar, Barbara Ellen Metkowski, Michael Smid
  • Publication number: 20220350989
    Abstract: In one aspect, an agricultural method for monitoring surface conditions for an agricultural field includes receiving, with a computing system, an image of an imaged portion of an agricultural field, with the imaged portion of the agricultural field being represented by a plurality of pixels within the image. The method also includes identifying, with the computing system, at least one pixel-related parameter associated with the plurality of pixels within the image, determining, with the computing system, whether at least one image quality metric for the image is satisfied based at least in part on the at least one pixel-related parameter, and estimating, with the computing system, a surface condition associated with the agricultural field based at least in part on the image when it is determined that the at least one image quality metric is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Nicholas Warwick, Jason Yip Jee Too
  • Patent number: 11452177
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods to generate an inhalable vapor in an electronic vaporization device. The vaporization device may generate a vapor with one or more defined characteristics. In some cases, the vapor may have a predetermined aerosol number density and/or a predetermined average aerosol diameter. The vaporization device may generate a vapor from a vaporizable material. In some cases, the vaporizable material may be a liquid material housed in a cartridge. The vaporization device may comprise a rechargeable power storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Adam Bowen, Steven Christensen, Nicholas Jay Hatton, Christopher Nicholas Hibma Cronan, James Monsees, Joshua Morenstein
  • Patent number: 11449643
    Abstract: A distributed data storage system can connect a customization module to at least one host and a second data storage device via a network controller. The customization module may disconnect the first data storage device from the host and second data storage device prior to assessing a security operation of the first data storage device with the customization module, generating an optimization strategy with the customization module based on the assessed security operation, implementing the optimization strategy in the first data storage device to alter at least one security parameter of the first data storage device, and then connecting the first data storage device to the host and second data storage device to allow at least one data access to be executed to the first data storage device with the altered at least one security parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher Nicholas Allo
  • Patent number: D962536
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Bowen, James Monsees, Steven Christensen, Christopher Nicholas HibmaCronan, Joshua Morenstein
  • Patent number: D968100
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Nicholas Gurreri, Jennifer S. Kitchen, Michael C. Lambertson, Jr., Connie M. McKinney
  • Patent number: D968690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Pax Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: David Carlberg, Alexander Weiss, Alexander Ringrose, Devin Spratt, Marko Markovic, Robyn Nariyoshi, Brandon Cheung, Christopher Nicholas Hibmacronan, Joshua Morenstein, John Hwang
  • Patent number: D970803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Pax Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: David Carlberg, Alexander Weiss, Alexander Ringrose, Devin Spratt, Marko Markovic, Robyn Nariyoshi, Brandon Cheung, Christopher Nicholas HibmaCronan, Joshua Morenstein, John Hwang
  • Patent number: D980049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Athena Club Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Desmarais, Maria Markina, Christopher Nicholas Hibmacronan, Joshua Morenstein, Jean Soo Hyun
  • Patent number: D987304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Nicholas Gurreri, Jennifer S. Kitchen, Michael C. Lambertson, Jr., Connie M. McKinney