Patents by Inventor Daniel Francis

Daniel Francis 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).

  • GROUND FAULT DETECTION AND INTERRUPT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170179708
    Abstract: Provided is a fault isolation apparatus for an inverter configured for coupling to an external power supply. The apparatus includes a plurality of fault detection devices, each configured to (i) complete an electrical path between the inverter and the external power supply and (ii) detect a fault along its respective electrical path. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to instruct the fault detection device to complete its respective electrical path only when the path is devoid of the detected fault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: David Everett FRYE, Philip Edgar Crapse STONE, Daniel Francis OPILA, Robert Gregory WAGONER, Siddharth PANT, Shrutish DAWANDE
  • METHOD FOR EDITING A GENETIC SEQUENCE
    Publication number: 20170175143
    Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, polynucleotides, cells, compositions, and treatment methods that involve channeling a genomic nucleotide sequence. Generally, the method includes introducing a donor polynucleotide and a nucleotide that encodes an enzyme that cuts at least one strand of DNA into a cell that has a genomic sequence in need of editing, allowing the enzyme to cut at least one strand of the genomic sequence, and allowing the donor sequence to replace the genomic sequence in need of editing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Jakub Tolar, Bruce Robert Blazar, Daniel Francis Voytas, Mark John Osborn
  • System and method for hardware based security
    Patent number: 9678896
    Abstract: An asset management system is provided, which includes a hardware module operating as an asset control core. The asset control core generally includes a small hardware core embedded in a target system on chip that establishes a hardware-based point of trust on the silicon die. The asset control core can be used as a root of trust on a consumer device by having features that make it difficult to tamper with. The asset control core is able to generate a unique identifier for one device and participate in the tracking and provisioning of the device through a secure communication channel with an appliance. The appliance generally includes a secure module that caches and distributes provisioning data to one of many agents that connect to the asset control core, e.g. on a manufacturing line or in an after-market programming session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Certicom Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel Francis O'Loughlin, Keelan Smith, Jay Scott Fuller, William Lundy Lattin, Marinus Struik, Yuri Poeluev, Matthew John Campagna, Thomas Rudolf Stiemerling, Wei Cheng Joseph Ku
  • Two-wire technique for installing hammertoe implant
    Patent number: 9675392
    Abstract: A method includes inserting a first surgical device into an exposed first end of a first bone until a trailing end of the first surgical device is disposed adjacent to the first end of the first bone. A second surgical device is inserted into an exposed first end of a second bone while the first surgical device remains disposed within the first bone. A first portion of an implant is advanced into the second bone while being engaged with a passageway defined by the implant such that the implant is guided by the second surgical device. The second surgical device is removed from the second bone and from its engagement with the implant. The first bone is repositioned such that the first surgical device is aligned with the passageway defined by the implant, and the first bone is forced into engagement with a second portion of the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica Lauren Shemwell, Daniel Francis McCormick
  • Bidirectional fluid flow valve and method
    Patent number: 9662253
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bidirectional valve design that provides for more rapid deflations/evacuation of fluid flow and in one example includes a valve body, a spindle piston movably coupled in a bore of the valve body and an electronically controllable motor that moves the spindle valve between a fluid evacuation position and a fluid fill position. In one example, the spindle piston includes piston structures on ends of a threaded rod. In another example, a mattress system is disclosed that employs the valve and a fluid source to provide quick evacuation of air from a patient support. In another example, the valve is coupled to an alternating pressure block valve which is then coupled to a patient support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: KAP Medical
    Inventors: Raj Krish Gowda, David Darwin Lewis, Daniel Francis Rosenmayer
  • Techniques for overlaying a custom interface onto an existing kiosk interface utilizing non-visible tags into screen definitions of the existing interface
    Patent number: 9626199
    Abstract: Techniques for overlaying a custom interface onto an existing kiosk interface are provided. An event is detected that triggers a kiosk to process an agent that overlays, and without modifying, the kiosk's existing interface. The agent alters screen features and visual presentation of the existing interface and provides additional alternative operations for navigating and executing features defined in the existing interface. In an embodiment, the agent provides a custom interface overlaid onto the existing interface to provide a customer-facing interface for individuals that are sight impaired, and the method further comprises injecting non-visible tags into screen definitions for the existing interface that are recognized only by the agents to handle exception conditions and actively ignored by the existing interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas V. Edwards, Daniel Francis Matteo
  • Semantic geotokens
    Patent number: 9582548
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing geographically relevant search results. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a geotoken for a resource. The geotoken can be a resource token that references a geographic location. A semantic geotoken can be selected using the received geotoken. The semantic geotoken is a standardized representation of the geographic location that includes one or more location-specific terms. The semantic geotoken is stored with a reference to the resource. Neighboring locations for the geographic location are determined. The neighboring locations are within a predetermined distance of the geographic location. Semantic geotokens for the neighboring locations are selected and stored with the reference to the resource. Data specifying the semantic geotokens and the reference to the resource are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Francis Lieuwen, Andrew William Hogue, Greg Morris, Denis M. Lynch
  • Methods and apparatus for use in transferring an assignment of a secure chip between subscription managers
    Patent number: 9572016
    Abstract: Techniques for use in transferring an assignment of a secure chip of a wireless device from a current subscription manager (SM) of a current mobile network operator (MNO) to a new SM of a new MNO are described. In one illustrative example, the current SM receives a request for transferring the assignment and produces transfer permission data in response. The transfer permission data includes an identifier of the secure chip, an identifier of the current SM, and a digital signature of the current SM. The current SM then sends to the secure chip a transfer permission message which includes the transfer permission data. The transfer permission data indicates a permission for the secure chip to transfer the assignment from the current SM to the new SM. Additional techniques are performed by the secure chip, and the new SM, as described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, Certicom Corp.
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Paul Cormier, David Philip Hole, Nicholas James Russell, Daniel Francis O'Loughlin
  • TWO-WIRE TECHNIQUE FOR INSTALLING HAMMERTOE IMPLANT
    Publication number: 20170035473
    Abstract: A method includes inserting a first surgical device into an exposed first end of a first bone until a trailing end of the first surgical device is disposed adjacent to the first end of the first bone. A second surgical device is inserted into an exposed first end of a second bone while the first surgical device remains disposed within the first bone. A first portion of an implant is advanced into the second bone while being engaged with a passageway defined by the implant such that the implant is guided by the second surgical device. The second surgical device is removed from the second bone and from its engagement with the implant. The first bone is repositioned such that the first surgical device is aligned with the passageway defined by the implant, and the first bone is forced into engagement with a second portion of the implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica Lauren SHEMWELL, Daniel Francis MCCORMICK
  • HIGH HEAT POLYCARBONATE COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20170037243
    Abstract: Polycarbonate blend compositions are disclosed. The compositions include at least one polycarbonate useful for high heat applications. The compositions can include one or more additional polymers. The compositions can include one or more additives. The compositions can be used to prepare articles of manufacture, and in particular, automotive bezels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Sarah E. Grieshaber, Daniel Francis Lowery, Tony Farrell
  • HIGH HEAT POLYCARBONATE COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20170022362
    Abstract: Polycarbonate blend compositions are disclosed. The compositions include at least one polycarbonate useful for high heat applications. The compositions can include one or more additional polymers. The compositions can include one or more additives. The compositions can be used to prepare articles of manufacture, and in particular, automotive bezels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Sarah E. Grieshaber, Tony Farrell, Daniel Francis Lowery, Mark Adrianus Johannes van der Mee, Roland Sebastian Assink, Robert Dirk van de Grampel
  • Transparent plastic article
    Patent number: 9546269
    Abstract: A plastic article is described having a thickness of 0.5 mm to 5 mm, comprising a polycarbonate thermoplastic composition including polycarbonates containing phthalimidine carbonate units, said composition providing a heat deflection temperature of at least 145° C., a light transmittance of at least 85%, and CIE 1976 L*, a*, b* values of L* greater than 92, a* between ?1.5 and 1.5, and b* between ?2.0 and 3.0, when tested in the form of a 3.2 mm thick test sample molded at 580° F. (304° C.) with a 1.7 minute residence time, using CIE illuminant C and 2 degree observer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Hendrikus Theodorus Vollenberg, Christopher Luke Hein, Derek Lake, Daniel Francis Lowery, Jon M. Malinoski
  • Equipment housing
    Patent number: 9518369
    Abstract: A housing for covering equipment located underground may include a body having a top, a bottom and a pipe aperture. The body may include at least two knockouts formed in the pipe aperture. The knockouts may be configured to be individually and selectively removed from the pipe aperture to adjust a height of the pipe aperture relative to the bottom of the body. In addition, a lid may be configured to be mounted to the body, and the lid is movable between an unlocked position and a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: ZIP VALVE BOXES LLC
    Inventors: Scott M. Ducote, Frances M. Kirkland, Roy P. Prosise, Daniel Francis Caputo, Derek Litteral
  • Two-wire technique for installing hammertoe implant
    Patent number: 9474561
    Abstract: A method includes inserting a first surgical device into an exposed first end of a first bone until a trailing end of the first surgical device is disposed adjacent to the first end of the first bone. A second surgical device is inserted into an exposed first end of a second bone while the first surgical device remains disposed within the first bone. A first portion of an implant is advanced into the second bone while being engaged with a passageway defined by the implant such that the implant is guided by the second surgical device. The second surgical device is removed from the second bone and from its engagement with the implant. The first bone is repositioned such that the first surgical device is aligned with the passageway defined by the implant, and the first bone is forced into engagement with a second portion of the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica Lauren Shemwell, Daniel Francis McCormick
  • Production planning and monitoring in inkjet devices
    Patent number: 9417829
    Abstract: An inkjet printer is placed in communications with a print production planning and scheduling system to allow planning, monitoring, and adjusting of an automatic digital (ink jet) printing production line. In one embodiment, the order of the print jobs is defined by the print shop owner or by the associated supervisor. Each job becomes a paper based (printed) job ticket and the order in which the jobs arrive at the print operator side defines the print order. The same is true for the order at the RIP side. Any change in regards to this order requires a direct communication of the print shop owner or supervisor with the printer or RIP operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Maureen Ann Sheldon, Mario Kuehn, Daniel Francis Unzen, Aditya Subhash Sumant, Ranjith Ramachandran, Rohit Kumar Gangwar, Santhosh Malligere Hulugegowda
  • PROCESS AND APPARATUS EMPLOYING MICROCHANNEL PROCESS TECHNOLOGY
    Publication number: 20160194563
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for conducting a hydrocracking or a hydrotreating process in a microchannel reactor. This invention also relates to a process and apparatus for flowing a vapor and liquid into a plurality of microchannels in a microchannel processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Anna Lee Tonkovich, Ravi Arora, John Brophy, Francis P. Daly, Soumitra Deshmukh, Maddalena Fanelli, Kai Tod Paul Jarosch, Timothy J. LaPlante, Richard Q. Long, Terry Mazanec, Daniel Francis Ryan, Laura J. Silva, Wayne W. Simmons, Bruce Stangeland, Yong Wang, Thomas Yuschak, Steven T. Perry, Jeffrey Dale Marco, Michael Alan Marchiando, Robert Lewis Litt
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF TISSUE USING MICROWAVE ENERGY
    Publication number: 20160157934
    Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering microwave energy to skin are provided, such that a focal zone of destructive heat is generated in the upper sub-dermis, mid-dermis, and/or lower dermis. This microwave therapy may be used for hair removal, treatment of acne, skin tightening, treatment of toe nail fungus, or sweat reduction. According to one embodiment, a system can include a microwave applicator having a distal treatment portion that includes at least one microwave antenna, a cooling system, and vacuum features. In some embodiments, the interaction between incident waves transmitted from the microwave applicator and reflected waves may be used to generate a standing wave with a peak energy density in selected regions of the dermis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: MIRAMAR LABS, INC.
    Inventors: Steven KIM, Ted SU, Daniel FRANCIS, Jessi Ernest JOHNSON, Donghoon CHUN
  • Gallium-nitride-on-diamond wafers and manufacturing equipment and methods of manufacture
    Patent number: 9359693
    Abstract: A method for integrating wide-gap semiconductors, and specifically, gallium nitride epilayers, with synthetic diamond substrates is disclosed. Diamond substrates are created by depositing synthetic diamond onto a nucleating layer deposited or formed on a layered structure that comprises at least one layer of gallium nitride. Methods for manufacturing GaN-on-diamond wafers with low bow and high crystalline quality are disclosed along with preferred choices for manufacturing GaN-on-diamond wafers and chips tailored to specific applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: ELEMENT SIX TECHNOLOGIES US CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Francis, Firooz Faili, Kristopher Matthews, Frank Yantis Lowe, Quentin Diduck, Sergey Zaytsev, Felix Ejeckam
  • Applicator and tissue interface module for dermatological device
    Patent number: 9314301
    Abstract: An tissue interface module has an applicator chamber on a proximal side of the tissue interface module and a tissue acquisition chamber on a distal side of the tissue interface module. The applicator chamber may include: an opening adapted to receive the applicator; an attachment mechanism positioned in the applicator chamber and adapted to attach the tissue interface module to the applicator; a sealing member positioned at a proximal side of the applicator chamber; and a vacuum interface positioned at a proximal side of the applicator chamber and adapted to receive a vacuum inlet positioned on a distal end of the applicator. The invention also includes corresponding methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Miramar Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoav Ben-Haim, Peter J. Bentley, Dong Hoon Chun, Daniel Francis, Jessi E. Johnson, Kevin Shan, Ted Su, Steven Kim
  • Equipment housing
    Patent number: D764637
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: ZIP VALVE BOXES LLC
    Inventors: Scott M. Ducote, Frances M. Kirkland, Roy P. Prosise, Daniel Francis Caputo, Derek Litteral