Patents by Inventor David Andrew

David Andrew 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).

  • Compositions comprising fluoride and calcium and method for preparing them
    Patent number: 12109284
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for preparing compositions comprising calcium and fluoride, and, in particular, to methods for preparing compositions comprising calcium that is stabilised with a stabilising agent and fluoride. For example, the method is for the preparation of compositions comprising amorphous calcium phosphate stabilised by phosphopeptides, and free fluoride. The invention also extends to various compositions produced by such methods, including oral care products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: DENTHERAPY LTD
    Inventors: David Andrew Smillie, Richard James Willson
  • MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL FOR EPHEMERAL DATA
    Publication number: 20240330115
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for management and control for ephemeral data are described. A host system may configure a memory device of a memory system to store ephemeral data. The host system may configure the memory device for a performance mode, which may include suspending memory management operations of a portion of the memory device based on allocating the portion for storing the ephemeral data. After storing the ephemeral data to the portion, the memory system may perform an error control procedure to identify one or more errors in the ephemeral data. The memory system may transmit an indication of the one or more errors to the host system, where the host system may determine to ignore the errors, or transfer back-up ephemeral data to the portion of the memory device from another portion of the memory device or from another memory device of the memory system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventor: David Andrew Roberts
  • DELTA PREDICTIONS FOR PAGE SCHEDULING
    Publication number: 20240330190
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are improved address prediction and memory preloading that leverages next-delta prediction and/or far-delta prediction for scheduling using a DNN. Previous memory access sequence data that identify one or more memory addresses previously accessed by one or more processors of a system may be processed and then converted into a sequence of delta values. The sequence of delta values are then mapped to one or more classes that are then input to a DNN. The DNN then outputs a predicted future class identifier sequence that represents addresses that the DNN predicts will be accessed by the processor in the future. The predicted future class identifier sequence is then converted back to a predicted delta value sequence and back into a set of one or more predicted addresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Aliasger Tayeb Zaidy, David Andrew Roberts, Patrick Michael Sheridan, Lukasz Burzawa
  • AUTOMATED SAMPLE STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING STORAGE CONSUMABLE WITH SUB-OPTIMAL STORAGE DENSITY
    Publication number: 20240329072
    Abstract: A tube holding microplate including a plate frame; a predetermined array of tube holding receptacles formed in the plate frame, the tube holding receptacles of the predetermined array having a SBS standard pitch corresponding to the predetermined array, and being configured for holding therein sample store and transport tubes that are separate and distinct from the predetermined array of tube holding receptacles, each tube holding receptacle being disposed so as to contain sample specimen in a sample storage array, of the tube holding microplate and to effect, with the sample store and transport tube, delivery of the sample specimen from the sample storage array to a workstation, the predetermined array of tube holding receptacles defining a volume capacity of the tube holding microplate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Etienne CROQUETTE, Robin GRIMWOOD, David Andrew HARDING, Chris WALSH
  • SINGLE SPACE PARKING METER
    Publication number: 20240331487
    Abstract: A single space parking meter assembly for retrofitting onto an existing coin vault assembly includes a number of parking meter components enclosed within a protective outer covering that is rotatably or slidably engageable with the coin vault assembly when a bottom surface of the protective outer covering is positioned against or adjacent to an upper surface of the coin vault assembly. A locking mechanism secures the protective outer covering to the coin vault assembly when the protective outer covering is engaged with the coin vault assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: George Allan MacKay, James George MacKay, Adrian Ignatius O'Neil, Robert Steven Cosh, Darren Scott Cameron, Gregory Emile Chauvin, David Andrew McMullin, Michael Brown, Matthew Watson
  • Smart Contract Integrated Collaborative Crowdwork System and Method
    Publication number: 20240330860
    Abstract: A system and method are presented for performing actions in a collaborative and potentially continuous manner. The actions and the reward for performing the actions can be defined by a blockchain-based smart contract. A project defines the actions to be performed, the data upon which to act, and reward. The project definition is used to establish the smart contract. Multiple agent computers receive data and interfaces sufficient to perform the actions on the data. Collaboration tools can be provided through the agent computer systems to allow communications and other interactions between agent computer systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventor: David Andrew Bulloch Hyde
  • SUSTAINABLE TIRE PRODUCED WITH HIGH RECYCLED/RENEWABLE RAW MATERIAL CONTENT
    Publication number: 20240326513
    Abstract: It has been found that a pneumatic tire comprising non-ground contacting tire components each independently formed from a rubber composition comprising greater than 89% sustainable material content can be manufactured. In one scenario the pneumatic tire is comprised of bio-renewable organic materials, wherein the bio-based content of the organic materials is verifiable, and wherein radiocarbon 14C dating according to ASTM method D6866 shows the level of bio-based content of the organic materials to be at least 40%. In a preferred embodiment the tire has an RFID tag affixed to the innerliner of the tire, wherein the RFID tag designates the level of bio-renewable organic materials in the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Alexis Anne Kruth, Stacey Lynne Dean-Sioss, Justin Yinket Che, Robert Vincent Dennis-Pelcher, Adam Mark Baldan, Douglas Andrew Till, Bartosz Zielinski, Kuo-Chih Hua, Bryce Alexander Butti, James Joseph Golden, David Andrew Benko
  • Methods, systems and devices for expressing breastmilk
    Patent number: 12097312
    Abstract: The systems, methods, and devices can efficiently express breast milk while being visually and audibly discreet, and portable. The breastmilk expression system for extracting milk from a breast of a female may include an interface configured to deliver suction to a nipple of the breast. The system may include a breastmilk storage container configured to store breastmilk. The system may include a control device operatively coupled to the breastmilk storage container and the interface. The control device may include one or more pressure reservoirs configured to store negative pressure. The control device may be configured to cause passive suction at the interface to cause extraction of the breast milk by controlling delivery of the negative pressure stored in the one or more pressure reservoirs to the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Andrea Braden Joyner, David Andrew Barr
  • Credit default swap clearing
    Patent number: 12100045
    Abstract: An electronic trading system is configured to trade credit default swap (CDS) futures contracts on an open exchange. The CDS futures contract allows the buyer and seller isolate and trade the credit risk of a third party. The third pay may be a corporation, sovereign government, or any entity that issues bonds or notes. The CDS futures contract seller effectively pays the premium over time in increments determined by market rates and through the natural operation of the open market. The CDS futures contract buyer makes a contingency payment if the CDS futures contract goes in-the-money (ITM). Both sides of the contract are guaranteed by the exchange as a counterparty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventor: David Andrew Boberski
  • NEAR-MEMORY PSEUDORANDOM NUMBER GENERATION
    Publication number: 20240311084
    Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for generating a set of pseudorandom numbers in a computing system comprising a compute element and a memory device. A memory controller of the memory device may receive, from the compute element, an indication to generate a set of pseudorandom numbers. The memory controller may generate the set of pseudorandom numbers and write the set of pseudorandom numbers to a memory array of the memory device for access by the compute element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: David Andrew Roberts, Tony M. Brewer, Scott Lynn Michaelis
  • AUTOMATED WORKPIECE INVERSION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20240308783
    Abstract: A method of inverting workpieces in a mass production process includes: advancing an end effector in electronic synchronization with advancement of a carrier to synchronize arrival of the carrier at a stop position with arrival of the end effector at an unloading position, in which the end effector is in alignment with a workpiece held by the carrier for engaging the workpiece; while the end effector is in engagement with the workpiece, retracting the end effector away from the carrier to unload the workpiece from the carrier and advancing the end effector back toward the carrier to load the workpiece back into the carrier; and rotating the end effector relative to the carrier to invert the workpiece in electronic synchronization with the retracting and advancing of the end effector for loading the workpiece back into the carrier when inverted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Kenneth Wayne NICHOLSON, Philip David Munroe, James Mark McLean, Robert James MacGregor, David Andrew Tait, Gustavo Barea, Roger Craig Hogan
  • Caching techniques for deep learning accelerator
    Patent number: 12094531
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods related to a Deep Learning Accelerator and memory are described. For example, the accelerator can have processing units to perform at least matrix computations of an artificial neural network via execution of instructions. The processing units have a local memory store operands of the instructions. The accelerator can access a random access memory via a system buffer, or without going through the system buffer. A fetch instruction can request an item, available at a memory address in the random access memory, to be loaded into the local memory at a local address. The fetch instruction can include a hint for the caching of the item in the system buffer. During execution of the instruction, the hint can be used to determine whether to load the item through the system buffer or to bypass the system buffer in loading the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Aliasger Tayeb Zaidy, Patrick Alan Estep, David Andrew Roberts
  • HAIRCARE APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20240298772
    Abstract: An attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment including an air inlet, an air outlet. The attachment has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. A radius of curvature of the curved is at least 16 mm. A haircare appliance having an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet. The haircare appliance has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. A radius of curvature of the curved surface is at least 16 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Christopher PURNELL, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, David Andrew TIBBETTS, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
  • Systems and methods for auditing registers
    Patent number: 12086780
    Abstract: This application relates to systems and methods for auditing registers. In some examples, a system comprises registers, a recycling device, handheld computing devices, and retailer computing devices. The retailer computing devices may be configured to store a decision model, receive a calculated monetary position and activity data for one of the registers, generate a first associate record based at least on the decision model and one or more of the calculated monetary position and the activity data, generate a second associate record based at least on the decision model and historical behavioral data for one or more associates, generate a first audit alert record based at least on the second associate record and the decision model, send audit alerts to the handheld computing devices, and send the first audit alert record to the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Philip Clay, Catherine Antill, Jingru Zhou, Tzu-Yen Wang, Uday B. Akella, Hui-Min Chen, Ashley Renee Renee Greehey, Chuying Ma, David Andrew Splittorff
  • Flow assay analyzer
    Patent number: 12085563
    Abstract: Described is a lateral flow high throughput assay device analyzer for preparing and analyzing a plurality of lateral flow assay samples. The analyzer comprises a cartridge stage for supporting an assay cartridge, an elevation adjustment mechanism, and a translation adjustment mechanism for aligning the cartridge stage and assay cartridge relative to a vertical support structure, fluid metering device, and detection device for high throughput lateral flow assay analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Kenota Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Harder, David Andrew McMullin, Eric Blondeel, Kien Vu
  • Detachable wing sections for aircrafts
    Patent number: 12084165
    Abstract: Disclosed here are airframe component assemblies including example embodiments with a root connected to an aircraft fuselage, a free section with a connection portion with holes, a slidable attachment section formed to fit between the root and the free section, and an elastomeric retention device coupled to the root and the slidable attachment section, the elastomeric retention device configured to exert a force to pull the slidable attachment toward the root.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Skydio, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Skyler Sartorius, Calder Richmond Hughes, Julian Rene Alvarez, Sean David-Andrew Belardo
  • Systems and methods for maintaining vehicle state information
    Patent number: 12084069
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a fleet of self-driving vehicles are disclosed. The system comprises one or more self-driving vehicles having at least one sensor for collecting current state information, a fleet-management system, and computer-readable media for storing reference data. The method comprises autonomously navigating a self-driving vehicle in an environment, collecting current state information using the vehicle's sensor, comparing the current state information with the reference data, identifying outlier data in the current state information, and generating an alert based on the outlier data. A notification based on the alert may be sent to one or more monitoring devices according to the type and severity of the outlier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony William Tod, David Andrew Brown, Guillaume Autran, Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Bryan Webb, Matthew Allen Rendall
  • STRAW GRIPPER AND TAB SEPARATOR FOR DISPOSABLE CUP OR LID AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20240286807
    Abstract: A straw gripper and tab separator for disposable cup or lid having a tab extending from the perimeter of the drink lid/cup, the tab having an exterior edge with a straw capture and alignment port to align the straw with said exterior edge, the straw capture and alignment port having a slit dividing the planar tab into a first tab section and second tab section, the first tab section having a first straw contact finger configured therein and the second tab section having a second straw contact finger configured therein, each straw contact finger separated by said slit, the straw contact fingers cutout endpoints converge on a second slit end, and the straw contact fingers are hingeably configured to removably secure the straw against a straw contact rim formed in the planar tab by a cutout of said first straw contact finger and said second straw contact finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: David Andrews, Paul DeMoss, Henry Wischusen, III
  • SUBSTITUTED INDOLE COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240287034
    Abstract: Provided herein are substituted indole compounds. In certain embodiments, the compounds are inhibitors of the alternative pathway of the complement system, and in particular, inhibitors of complement factor B (CFB). Also provided are compositions comprising the compounds and methods of use thereof. The compounds provided are useful in the treatment, prevention or amelioration of a disease, condition or disorder through inhibition of the complement alternative pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tao Sheng, Jinyue Ding, Robert Gomez, David Andrew Powell, Victoria Elizabeth Rose, Nicholas Anton Mateyko, Brian P. Bestvater, Taro Oike
  • Flexible virtualization of application data for specified system locations
    Patent number: 12072849
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for selectively virtualizing software application functions are presented. An application package for a containerized software application may be received. The application package may comprise an application manifest and a virtualization exclusion for a first location of a global file system of the computing device. The containerized software application may be installed in a container comprising a virtual file system. An indication to write a first new file at the first location may be received by the containerized software application. A determination may be made that the first location comprises the virtualization exclusion. The first new file may be written to the first location of the global file system based on the determination that the first location comprises the virtualization exclusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: David Andrew Whitechapel, Hart Daniel Wilson, Anis Mohammed Khaja Mohideen