Patents by Inventor David Alexander

David Alexander 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: 11941340
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include methods, systems, and computer program products for integrated circuit development using cross-hierarchy antenna condition verification. A method includes obtaining a design of a hierarchical macro distributed between multiple files for an integrated circuit and analyzing, by a design verification tool, a route between at least one child macro and at least one pin of the hierarchical macro as defined in the files. The method further includes determining, by the design verification tool, a plurality of connection characteristics of the at least one child macro and the at least one pin forming the route and calculating, by the design verification tool, an antenna condition for the route based on the connection characteristics. The design of the hierarchical macro is adjusted to remove a violation of an antenna rule based on determining that the antenna condition of the route violates the antenna rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Alexander Bowen, Gerald L Strevig, III, Amanda Christine Venton, Robert Mahlon Averill, III, Adam P. Matheny, David Wolpert, Mitchell R. DeHond
  • Patent number: 11942851
    Abstract: A system for cooling a hermetic motor includes a motor cooling refrigerant flow path configured to direct refrigerant from a condenser disposed along a refrigerant loop to a hermetic motor, and from the hermetic motor back to the refrigerant loop, and a housing of the hermetic motor disposed along the motor cooling refrigerant flow path and configured to receive the refrigerant from the condenser, wherein the housing of the hermetic motor comprises an annulus surrounding at least a portion of a stator of the hermetic motor, and wherein the annulus comprises a plurality of openings configured to direct refrigerant toward the stator and into a cavity of the housing of the hermetic motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GMBH
    Inventors: Katelynn Louise Crissman, Ian Michael Casper, David Andrew Bradshaw, Matthew Lee Heisey, Tyler Alexander Wolgemuth, Paul William Snell
  • Patent number: 11941179
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying images of internal anatomy includes an image processing device configured to provide high resolution images of the surgical field from low resolution scans during the procedure. The image processing device digitally manipulates a previously-obtained high resolution baseline image to produce many representative images based on permutations of movement of the baseline image. During the procedure a representative image is selected having an acceptable degree of correlation to the new low resolution image. The selected representative image and the new image are merged to provide a higher resolution image of the surgical field. The image processing device is also configured to provide interactive movement of the displayed image based on movement of the imaging device, and to permit placement of annotations on the displayed image to facilitate communication between the radiology technician and the surgeon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NuVasive, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Isaacs, Samuel Morris Johnston, David Alexander Skwerer, Randall Graham Campbell
  • Publication number: 20240092756
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds binding to KRAS protein or a mutant thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for the treatment of diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick T. GUNNING, Jeff OMEARA, Siawash AHMAR, Graham L. SIMPSON, Peter HUNT, David Alexander ROSA, Ji Sung PARK
  • Publication number: 20240092143
    Abstract: A system for detecting external leaks in a cabin of a vehicle includes sensors and onboard vehicle controls disposed on the vehicle. Control modules of the system have processors, memory, and input/output (I/O) ports. The I/O ports communicate with the sensors and onboard vehicle controls. The control modules execute program code portions stored memory. The program code portions include first and second algorithm portions. The first algorithm portion receives data from the sensors and controls and determines that the data from the sensors and controls meets initialization threshold values. When the data from the sensors and controls meets the threshold values, the second algorithm portion generates a cabin leak detection output including: a first output, a second output, or a third output. The first output indicates a large leak, the second output indicates no leak, and the third output indicates that a small leak has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Dhruv Patel, Joseph F. Szczerba, David Alexander Hinz, Rupesh Sonu Kakade, Cynthia A. Nicholson
  • Publication number: 20240091452
    Abstract: A drug delivery system for injecting a medicament includes a housing, a container configured to receive a medicament including a stopper configured to move within the container and a closure, a needle in fluid communication with the container, a spacer configured to be engaged with the stopper, a first plunger, a first spring configured to bias the first plunger in an axial direction, second plunger disposed about the first plunger, a second spring configured to bias the second plunger in an axial direction. The first plunger is configured to move the spacer and the container relative to the housing via the first spring to establish fluid communication between the container and the patient needle, and the second plunger is configured to move the spacer and the stopper relative to the container via the second spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Oliver Charles Gazeley, David Aubrey Plumptre, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Gareth James Lewis, James Alexander Senior
  • Patent number: 11934540
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and corresponding non-transitory computer readable media describe a proposed system adapted as a platform governing the loading of data in a multiparty secure computing environment. In the multiparty secure computing environment described herein, multiple parties are able to load their secure information into a data warehouse having specific secure processing adaptations that limit both access and interactions with data stored thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
    Inventors: Edison U. Ortiz, Arya Pourtabatabaie, Ambica Pawan Khandavilli, Margaret Inez Salter, Jordan Alexander Richards, Iustina-Miruna Vintila, David Ian McKay, Christoph Knoess, Justin Simonelis
  • Patent number: 11933154
    Abstract: Methods and systems for delivering well stimulation materials to a wellbore using a high-pressure delivery manifold are provided. In some embodiments, the methods of the present disclosure include: providing a pressurizable delivery manifold at a well site, wherein the pressurizable delivery manifold is continuously equalized with a piping system; providing a pressurized treatment fluid to the pressurizable delivery manifold; releasing one or more well stimulation materials into the pressurized treatment fluid to create a payload delivery treatment fluid; and injecting the payload delivery treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Wedell Gullickson, John Dean Stabenau, Jon Preston Doucette, William Owen Alexander Ruhle, Richard David Grisinger
  • Patent number: 11931140
    Abstract: Navigation and simulation systems and methods for minimally invasive therapy in which the navigation system imports a planning method using patient specific preoperative images. The navigation system uses intraoperative imaging during the medical procedure to update the preoperative images and provides images of tracked surgical tools along the surgical path prepared from the preoperative images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: Cameron Piron, Michael Wood, Gal Sela, Joshua Richmond, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Monroe M. Thomas, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop, Alex Panther, Nishanthan Shanmugaratnam, William Lau
  • Publication number: 20240082523
    Abstract: An interface for positive pressure therapy includes a mask assembly. The mask assembly includes a mask seal that is adapted to underlie the nose. The mask seal extends up the lateral sides of the nose. The mask seal has a primary seal below the nose and a secondary seal alongside the nose. The mask seal includes a rolling hinge that permits one portion of the mask seal to deform relative to another portion of the mask seal. In one configuration, the portion of the mask seal that underlies the nose is configured to deform relative to a lower portion of the mask seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Peter David Alexander Bearne, Roheet Patel, Kirstin Elizabeth Middelkoop, Michael John Henri Cox, Fadi Karim Moh'd Mashal
  • Patent number: 11928523
    Abstract: A multi-tile processing unit in which the tiles in the processing unit may be divided between two or more different external sync groups for performing barrier synchronisations. In this way, different sets of tiles of the same processing unit each sync with different sets of tiles external to that processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: GRAPHCORE LIMITED
    Inventors: Simon Knowles, Daniel John Pelham Wilkinson, Alan Alexander, Stephen Felix, Richard Osborne, David Lacey, Lars Paul Huse
  • Publication number: 20240076776
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to protective coatings on an aerospace component and methods for depositing the protective coatings. The protective coating can be anti-coking coatings to reduce or suppress coke formation when the aerospace component is heated in the presence of a fuel. In one or more embodiments, a method for depositing a protective coating on an aerospace component includes depositing an optional barrier layer on a surface of the aerospace component and depositing a catalytic oxidation layer on the barrier layer and/or directly on the aerospace component. The barrier layer can be or include aluminum oxide, magnesium-doped aluminum oxide, dopants thereof, or any combination thereof. The catalytic oxidation layer can be or include cerium oxide or one or more oxygen storage materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Sukti CHATTERJEE, David Alexander BRITZ
  • Patent number: 11921911
    Abstract: A peripheral device, for use with a host, comprises one or more compute elements a security module and at least one encryption unit. The security module is configured to form a trusted execution environment on the peripheral device for processing sensitive data using sensitive code. The sensitive data and sensitive code are provided by a trusted computing entity which is in communication with the host computing device. The at least one encryption unit is configured to encrypt and decrypt data transferred between the trusted execution environment and the trusted computing entity via the host computing device. The security module is configured to compute and send an attestation to the trusted computing entity to attest that the sensitive code is in the trusted execution environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Stavros Volos, David Thomas Chisnall, Saurabh Mohan Kulkarni, Kapil Vaswani, Manuel Costa, Samuel Alexander Webster, Cédric Alain Marie Fournet, Richard Osborne, Daniel John Pelham Wilkinson, Graham Bernard Cunningham
  • Patent number: 11919592
    Abstract: A device for retaining a bicycle chain on a sprocket includes a base plate defining a plurality of fastener openings centered on an origin. A center of each of the plurality of fastener openings is disposed at a first radial distance from the origin. The origin defines an axis extending substantially orthogonally from a plane defined by two lines extending from the origin and at least two centers of the centers of the plurality of fastener openings. A first guard is secured to the base plate and includes a first guard retaining surface including a first curved surface defined by a second radial distance from the axis that is greater than the first radial distance and a first guard guiding surface having a first end adjacent the first guard retaining surface and a second end distal from the first end. The first end is disposed at the second radial distance from the axis. The second end is disposed at a third radial distance from the axis. The third radial distance is greater than the second radial distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Dive Xtras Inc.
    Inventors: James Alexander Davis, Benjamin McGeever, David P. Heiss
  • Publication number: 20240066324
    Abstract: A system includes a cylindrical phantom and a conical structure disposed in the phantom. The conical structure is shaped as a frustum and emits Cherenkov radiation when exposed to ionizing radiation. The system can be used for calibration of an MR-Linac system by exposing the system to ionizing radiation. The Cherenkov radiation can be imaged during exposure to ionizing radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel A. Alexander, Jacqueline Andreozzi, Petr Bruza, Rongxiao Zhang, David J. Gladstone
  • Publication number: 20240066905
    Abstract: A micro-transfer structure comprises a stamp comprising a rigid support, only a single contiguous bulk layer disposed on the rigid support, and posts disposed on the bulk layer. Components are adhered to (e.g., disposed in contact with) some but not all of the posts. The posts can be substantially identical and disposed in a regular array on the bulk layer. Each component is adhered to (e.g., in contact with) two or more posts. Components can be disposed on a source wafer entirely over sacrificial portions of a sacrificial layer on or in the source wafer and attached to anchors disposed between sacrificial portions with a tether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tanya Yvette Moore, David Gomez, Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Salvatore Bonafede
  • Patent number: 11915285
    Abstract: Methods and systems described in this disclosure are directed to authentication of calling parties. The authentication of calling parties applies to simultaneous voice and/or data communications with multiple parties over multiple electronic mediums including a variety of electronic devices. A user can continue to maintain a data exchange session with a representative of an entity offering the goods or services of interest to the user across more than one user device. In some embodiments, a user can invite other parties in a multi-party call involving the user and the representative. Various embodiments for multi-party and multi-device authentication mechanisms are described herein. In some embodiments, the system calculates an estimated call waiting time for a user to speak with the representative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Emily Margaret Gray, Ross Andrew Thiele, David Alexander Lilley, Justin Dax Haslam, Brad D. Wells, Vijay Jayapalan, Debra Randall Casillas, Michael Patrick Bueche, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11907970
    Abstract: Adaptive control of exposure. A proportional exposure cap is a maximum fraction applicable to a recipient's total viewable attention in a time window. The total viewable attention represents all viewable advertising content which will be provided to the recipient. A notification of availability of an opportunity to expose a specified recipient to advertising content is received during the time window. The specified recipient's consumed viewable attention is detected. The specified recipient's total viewable attention for the time window is predicted. Responsive to the maximum fraction of the specified recipient's predicted total viewable attention for the time window being greater than the consumed viewable attention of the specified recipient, content is sent to the specified recipient and the consumed viewable attention is updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventors: Seph Zdarko, Ryan Lei Hin Chan, David Alexander Grant
  • Patent number: 11899813
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to multi-factor authentication for data security. In some embodiments, a computer system receives, from a user device, a database operation request that specifies a set of query data, where the computer system supports multiple different security levels requiring different subsets of a set of authentication factors supported by a known device of a user of the user device. Various devices may determine current contextual information for the database operation request, where the contextual information indicates the set of query data. In some embodiments, the computer system selects, based on the current contextual information, a security level from the multiple different security levels. In some embodiments, the computer system revokes, based on the selected security level, access privileges of the user for accessing a database corresponding to the database operation request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Marla Hay, Joshua David Alexander
  • Publication number: 20240044220
    Abstract: A method for pulling casing includes disposing a casing modification and pulling tool having an element therein that includes a profile, causing the element to move radially outwardly into contact with a casing disposed radially outwardly of the tool, deforming the casing with the element, applying a load to the casing, and failing the casing at the deformation. A system for pulling casing includes a casing modification tool having an element radially displaceable into a casing disposed radially outwardly thereof, the element configured to deform the casing, a casing spear operably connected to the casing modification tool, the spear configured to apply a load to the casing to fail the casing at the deformation. A borehole system includes a borehole in a subsurface formation, a casing disposed in the borehole, and a casing modification and pulling tool disposed in the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: David Alexander, Andrew Ponder, Mohsen Ali