Patents by Inventor David Ann
David Ann 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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Patent number: 11988032Abstract: A vehicle door control system includes a door assembly, which includes a side door and a liftgate. The door assembly includes an actuation assembly that adjusts each of the side door and the liftgate between opened and closed positions. A sensor assembly defines a rear sensor field, a first side sensor field, and a second side sensor field. A controller determines whether a person in at least one of the rear sensor field, the first side sensor field, and the second side sensor field is a recognized passenger, determines a speed of the recognized passenger, determines whether the recognized passenger is carrying an object, and activates the actuation assembly to open at least one of the liftgate and the side door based on whether the recognized passenger is carrying an object, where timing of activation of the actuation assembly is based on the speed of the recognized passenger.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Aaron Halonen, Annette Lynn Huebner, Kristin Ann Hellman, David Brian Glickman, Kristopher Karl Brown
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Patent number: 11987420Abstract: A packaging assembly for a home appliance includes a base frame including a first plank and a second plank provided parallel to the first plank, and a pair of spring clips attached to the base frame. The pair of spring clips includes a right spring clip attached to a top surface of the first plank, and a left spring clip attached to a top surface of the second plank, wherein an axial extension direction of the right spring clip is parallel to an axial extension direction of the left spring clip, and wherein the pair of springs are configured to selectively accept a base rail of the home appliance therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: James M. Klump, Eric Matthew Lewis, Elizabeth Ann Sherzer, David Osbourne
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Patent number: 11980483Abstract: A system for cardiac signal processing, preferably including any or all of: a data collection device, a set of computing and/or processing subsystems, a set of algorithms and/or models, and/or a set of output devices. A method for cardiac signal processing, preferably including processing a set of inputs to determine a set of metrics and determining a set of outputs based on the set of metrics and/or a set of supplementary metrics, and optionally including any or all of: receiving a set of inputs, determining a set of supplementary metrics associated with the set of metrics, and/or triggering the set of outputs.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Viz.ai Inc.Inventors: David Golan, Eli Goz, Shelly Yehezkely, Ruth Ann Forney, Jacob Schiftan, Christopher Mansi, Clayton Eli Radakovich
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Patent number: 11972608Abstract: A catastrophe analysis computing system includes a processor; an electronic network; and a memory having stored thereon non-transitory computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: cause a client device to receive a exposure map layer; cause a filter graphical user interface and wind speed layers to be displayed in a graphical user interface; receive an input; and update the map graphical user interface. In another aspect, a method includes causing a client device to receive an exposure map layer; causing a filter graphical user interface and wind speed layers to be displayed in a graphical user interface; receiving an input; and updating the map graphical user interface. A method includes receiving an exposure map; displaying a filter graphical user interface; receiving an input; and updating a map graphical user interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Emily Suits, David J. Podwojski, Veronica Ann McNear
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Publication number: 20240132218Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods comprising acoustically absorptive air ducts comprising an internally positioned structure component as an endoskeleton and an air impervious inner layer, and an acoustically absorptive foam outer layer, environmental control systems comprising such air ducts, and vehicles incorporating such environmental control systems are disclosed with methods for manufacture and installations are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Rachel Ann Bires, Douglas Dean Maben, Christopher Edward Plass, Mark Michael Gmerek, David William Olson, Sonny Keever Nguyen, James Julius Koch, Greta Grace Hadford, Bryce Avery Van Dyke, Xin Han
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Patent number: 11966922Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for scanning and mapping entity portals to distribution processing systems. The present invention may be configured to scan an entity portal of a distribution processing system to generate responses of the entity portal to test distributions, where the entity portal is associated with an entity, and where the distribution processing system processes distributions for the entity. The present invention may be configured to receive, from the entity portal, responses of the entity portal to the test distributions, where the responses include data associated with distributions processed by the distribution processing system for the entity. The present invention may be configured to determine, based on the data, resources offered by the entity to users, an accounting hierarchy of the entity, and settlement procedures for processing distributions for the entity and generate a mapping of the entity portal to another distribution processing system.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Lee Ann Proud, Joseph Benjamin Castinado, Hosam Sonny ElHamahmy, David Gregg Kambour, Amy Marie Lamb, Jennifer Ann Maggart
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Patent number: 11968200Abstract: An enterprise platform may retrieve, from a collaboration data store, information about a selected enterprise team. The enterprise platform may then transmit, from a set of integration tools to a workflow tool of a remote cloud-based environment, a data payload including a notification request associated with a channel. The enterprise platform may also transmit, from a runtime environment to a business communication platform of the cloud-based environment, a request to post a notification to the channel and arrange for a member of the selected enterprise team to receive an adaptive information card, pushed by the business communication platform via the channel, containing information associated with at least one of the integration tools. The member who receives the adaptive information card may also, via selection of a graphical icon on the card, respond to the business communication platform via bi-directional communication.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: David Wayne Crowley, David M. Senak, Eva Angela Magee, Jeremy Walter, Jocelyn Amy DeMaio, John Gerard Buccetti, Julie Ann Reed, Rajesh Kamlakar Nerurkar, Richard W. Schaefer, Sona O. Sliker, Wayne W. Church
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Patent number: 11952576Abstract: A novel method of diluting the structures in the cell population, such that individual cells, dependent on the activity of the structures, become single measurement devices. This can be applied to all Bacterial Microcomparments (“BMCs”), organelles, and macromolecules, and could provide a universal method for the design of novel ones and understanding of the diverse structures. In one aspect the present invention provides A method of creating a bacterial strain with inducible and detectable carboxysomes. The method includes the steps of incorporating a labeled carbon-fixation enzyme into the genome of a bacterium; deleting all or a portion of the ccm operon from the bacterium; and reintroducing a ccm operon comprising an inducible promoter to create a ?ccm+ strain.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporateInventors: Jeffrey Carlyle Cameron, Nicholas C. Hill, Jian Wei Tay, Sabina Altus, David Matthew Bortz, Kristin Ann Moore
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Publication number: 20240111450Abstract: A computer-implemented method for effectively delivering notifications in data storage environments includes, receiving, by a storage controller from a host system, a request to register the host system with the storage controller to receive notifications. These notifications may be associated with a selected type of event detected by the storage controller. In certain embodiments, the selected type of event is a space-related condition associated with a particular storage resource controlled by the storage controller. The computer-implemented method registers the host system with the storage controller. In response to detecting an event of the selected type on the storage controller, the computer-implemented method transmits a notification from the storage controller to the host system to provide notice of the event. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Beth Ann Peterson, Matthew Richard Craig, John G. Thompson, John R. Paveza, Nicolas Marc Clayton, Terry O'Connor, David Michael Shackelford
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Publication number: 20240110194Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel compositions and methods for collectively transforming or genetically modifying a population of distinct germplasm of different germplasms or having different genotypes. The compositions of the present disclosure may include a population of distinct germplasm, such as embryo explants, and a heterologous polynucleotide molecule, a ribonucleoprotein, or a site-specific nuclease. The methods of the present disclosure may include one or more steps of explant preparation, explant rehydration, Rhizobiales bacterium inoculation and co-culture or particle bombardment, bud induction, extended bud induction, and/or regeneration or development of genetically modified plants or plant parts. The methods provided herein may include transforming at least one plant cell of the embryo explants with a heterologous polynucleotide.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Brent Brower-Toland, David Vincent Butruille, Edward J. Cargill, Yurong Chen, Megan Elizabeth Hassebrock, Thomas Ream, Jennifer Rinehart, Mary Ann Saltarikos, Michelle Folta Valentine
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Patent number: 11938477Abstract: A microfluidic cartridge is provided. The microfluidic cartridge has an interior and an exterior. The microfluidic cartridge includes a reservoir disposed in the interior of the microfluidic cartridge and configured to contain a fluid composition. The microfluidic cartridge includes an electric circuit disposed on the exterior of the microfluidic cartridge. The electric circuit comprises a first end portion having electrical contacts and a second end portion opposing the first end portion. The microfluidic cartridge includes a microfluidic die disposed on the exterior of the microfluidic cartridge, wherein the microfluidic die is electrically connected with the second end portion of the electric circuit and in fluid communication with the reservoir. A silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to join the electric circuit with the exterior of the microfluidic cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Chisomaga Ugochi Nwachukwu, Judith Ann Hollingshead, Paul William Dryer, David Christopher Graham, Sean Terrence Weaver
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Publication number: 20240092917Abstract: Provided are affinity matured and humanized antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to human neuropilin-2 (NRP2) polypeptides, including those that modulate binding interactions between human NRP2 and at least one NRP2 ligand, and which thereby modulate subsequent NRP2-mediated downstream signaling events, including related therapeutic compositions and methods for modulating NRP2 activity and treating diseases such as NRP2-associated diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Luke BURMAN, Yeeting CHONG, Leslie Ann GREENE, David KING, Zhiwen XU, Ryan Andrew ADAMS
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Publication number: 20240095432Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for determining the recipe for manufacturing a semiconductor with the use of machine learning (ML) to accelerate the definition of recipes. One general aspect includes a method that includes an operation for performing experiments for processing a component, each experiment controlled by a recipe, from a set of recipes, that identifies parameters for manufacturing equipment. The method further includes an operation for performing virtual simulations for processing the component, each simulation controlled by one recipe from the set of recipes. An ML model is obtained by training an ML algorithm using experiment results and virtual results from the virtual simulations. The method further includes operations for receiving specifications for a desired processing of the component, and creating, by the ML model, a new recipe for processing the component based on the specifications.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Kapil Umesh Sawlani, Atashi Basu, David Michael Fried, Michal Danek, Emily Ann Alden
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Publication number: 20240096038Abstract: Systems and methods for matching content elements to surfaces in a spatially organized 3D environment. The method includes receiving content, identifying one or more elements in the content, determining one or more surfaces, matching the one or more elements to the one or more surfaces, and displaying the one or more elements as virtual content onto the one or more surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.Inventors: Denys Bastov, Victor Ng-Thow-Hing, Benjamin Zaaron Reinhardt, Leonid Zolotarev, Yannick Pellet, Aleksei Marchenko, Brian Everett Meaney, Marc Coleman Shelton, Megan Ann Geiman, John A. Gotcher, Matthew Schon Bogue, Shivakumar Balasubramanyam, Jeffrey Edward Ruediger, David Charles Lundmark
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Publication number: 20240087764Abstract: Certain embodiments are described that are directed to lead containing compositions including radiation absorption metals in combination with a polymeric material. In some aspects, a composition includes lead, optionally at least one additional heavy metal known to have shielding capability against ionizing radiation and at least one polymer, polymer blend or co-polymer. Sheets and articles including the compositions are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Anita T. Broach, David Arnold, Eric Cornavaca, Lee Ann Fachko
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Patent number: 11926802Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition that includes a major amount of a lubricant base oil and a minor amount of a viscosity index improver comprising a syndiotactic propylene-based ethylene-propylene copolymer comprising: a) 2 to 20% by weight of ethylene, b) 80 to 98% by weight of propylene; c) 50 to 99% of rr triads; and d) Mw (LS) of 10 to 250 kg/mol.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PATENTS INC., CHEVRON ORONITE COMPANY LLCInventors: Sara Yue Zhang, Maryam Sepehr, David L. Morgan, Jingwen Zhang, Jo Ann M. Canich, Peijun Jiang, John R. Hagadorn, Chase A. Eckert, Sarah J. Mattler, Shuhui Kang, Pritesh Arjunbhai Patel
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Patent number: 11925790Abstract: Processes and devices provide parenteral delivery of therapeutic fluids, in particular high-viscosity therapeutic fluids (e.g., protein therapeutics), by a chemical reaction that generates a gas. A device may include a first actuation chamber containing a first reagent, a second reaction chamber containing a second reagent, and a third therapeutic fluid chamber containing the therapeutic fluid. In a loaded configuration, a plunger separates the first chamber from the second chamber. In a delivery configuration, the plunger allows the first reagent from the first chamber to communicate and react with the second reagent from the second chamber. The generated gas acts upon a plunger to deliver the therapeutic fluid from the third chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: William Godwin Atterbury, Corrie Jo Bennison, Robert Jonathan Cain, Michael Funk Chiappetta, Jeffrey Leclair Ellis, David Arthur Holley, Mark Lafever, Beverly Ann Piatt, John Paul Tallarico
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Patent number: 11922686Abstract: A computer-implemented method for allowing a user to visualize exposure data to facilitate catastrophe analysis includes receiving a wind speed probabilities data set; selecting a count of policies; generating an exposure map layer; and transmitting the map layer to a client device. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions that when executed, cause a computer to: receive one or more map layers; display a set of filter criteria; receive an input of a user; and update the map graphical user interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Emily Suits, David J. Podwojski, Veronica Ann McNear
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Patent number: 11921023Abstract: Holographic Video Microscopy analysis of non-spherical particles is disclosed herein. Properties of the particles are determined by application of light scattering theory to holography data. Effective sphere theory is applied to provide information regarding the reflective index of a sphere that includes a target particle. Known particles may be co-dispersed with unknown particles in a medium and the holographic video microscopy is used to determine properties, such as porosity, of the unknown particles.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: New York University, Spheryx, Inc.Inventors: David G. Grier, Mary Ann Odete, Fook Chiong Cheong, Annemarie Winters, Jesse J. Elliott, Laura A. Philips
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Patent number: 11914212Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber ribbon. The optical fiber ribbon includes a plurality of optical fibers arranged adjacently to each other and a plurality of bonding regions intermittently spaced along a length of the optical fiber ribbon. At each bonding region, at least one bond is formed between two optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers. Further, the at least one bond comprises a first material applied to outer surfaces of the two optical fibers and a second material applied over the first material. The first material is different from the second material, and at least one of the first material or the second material includes a colorant configured to identify the optical fiber ribbon. Also disclosed are embodiments of making such an optical fiber ribbon as well as of optical fiber cables including such an optical fiber ribbon.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Julie Ann Chalk, David Wesley Chiasson, Gregory Alan Mills, Bin Yang, Xiaomin Zhao