Patents by Inventor David Lees

David Lees 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: 11964961
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in part, compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; processes for the preparation of; intermediates used in the preparation of; and compositions containing such compounds or salts, and their uses for treating D1-mediated (or D1-associated) disorders including, e.g., schizophrenia (e.g., its cognitive and negative symptoms), cognitive impairment (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Brodney, Jennifer Elizabeth Davoren, Amy Beth Dounay, Ivan Viktorovich Efremov, David Lawrence Firman Gray, Michael Eric Green, Jaclyn Louise Henderson, Chewah Lee, Scot Richard Mente, Steven Victor O'Neil, Bruce Nelsen Rogers, Lei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11963867
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a curvature-changing, accommodative intraocular lens (IOL) for implantation in the capsular bag of a patient's eye. The IOL includes a fluid optic body having a cavity for containing an optical fluid, the cavity at least partially defined by a sidewall extending around the cavity and defining a diameter of the cavity and a deformable optical membrane intersecting the sidewall around a circumference of the sidewall and spanning the diameter of the cavity. The IOL further includes a second optic body spaced a distance apart from the fluid optic body and a plurality of struts extending from the sidewall and coupling the fluid optic body to the second optic body. The struts are configured such that axial compression of the capsular bag causes the struts to deform the sidewall in a manner that increases the diameter of the cavity, modifying a curvature of the deformable optical membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: David Borja, Lauren Gerardi, Shinwook Lee
  • Publication number: 20240125764
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition comprising a solid support, a plurality of tethered oligonucleotides attached to the solid support, and a plurality of untethered oligonucleotides hybridized to the tethered oligonucleotides. An untethered oligonucleotide can comprise, attached via the 5? end, a cell, or an effector molecule. Hybridization of an untethered oligonucleotide to a tethered oligonucleotide generates an enzyme cleavage site, which allows for temporally controlled removal of an effector molecule. The present disclosure provides methods of temporally modulating the activity and/or phenotype of a cell. The present disclosure provides a solid support comprising patterned tethered oligonucleotides attached thereto; and methods of making the solid support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Lydia Lee Sohn, David V. Schaffer, Olivia J. Scheideler, Connor Andrew Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20240130248
    Abstract: A graphene Hall sensor for operation at cryogenic temperatures is provided. The graphene Hall sensor comprises a substrate, a graphene sheet, a dielectric layer, a first pair of electrical contacts, and a second pair of electrical contacts. The graphene sheet is provided on the substrate. The dielectric layer is provided on the graphene sheet. The graphene sheet and the dielectric layer share a continuous outer edge surface. The first pair of electrical contacts are in electrical contact with the graphene sheet and spaced apart along a first direction. The second pair of electrical contacts are in electrical contact with the graphene sheet and spaced apart along a second direction. The first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, wherein a path along the first direction between the first pair of electrical contacts crosses a path along the second direction between the second pair of electrical contacts. The graphene sheet has a sheet carrier density in the range of 2×1011 cm?2 to 1×1013 cm?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Paragraf Limited
    Inventors: Hugh Glass, Phillip David Biddulph, Rosie Baines, Lok Yi Lee
  • Publication number: 20240127367
    Abstract: A crop prediction system performs various machine learning operations to predict crop production and to identify a set of farming operations that, if performed, optimize crop production. The crop prediction system uses crop prediction models trained using various machine learning operations based on geographic and agronomic information. Responsive to receiving a request from a grower, the crop prediction system can access information representation of a portion of land corresponding to the request, such as the location of the land and corresponding weather conditions and soil composition. The crop prediction system applies one or more crop prediction models to the access information to predict a crop production and identify an optimized set of farming operations for the grower to perform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: David Patrick Perry, Geoffrey Albert von Maltzahn, Robert Berendes, Eric Michael Jeck, Barry Loyd Knight, Rachel Ariel Raymond, Ponsi Trivisvavet, Justin Y H Wong, Neal Hitesh Rajdev, Marc-Cedric Joseph Meunier, Casey James Leist, Pranav Ram Tadi, Andrea Lee Flaherty, Charles David Brummitt, Naveen Neil Sinha, Jordan Lambert, Jonathan Hennek, Carlos Becco, Mark Allen, Daniel Bachner, Fernando Derossi, Ewan Lamont, Rob Lowenthal, Dan Creagh, Steve Abramson, Ben Allen, Jyoti Shankar, Chris Moscardini, Jeremy Crane, David Weisman, Gerard Keating, Lauren Moores, William Pate
  • Publication number: 20240124541
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods of treating obesity, reducing weight, or preventing weight gain using a combination therapy of GDF15 polypeptide and a myostatin inhibitor (e.g., a myostatin propeptide).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorprated
    Inventors: David Hammers, Hugh Lee Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20240127369
    Abstract: A method for determining a charging price for an electric charging site includes receiving time tags and data obtained based on automated metering infrastructure (AMI) data for the electric charging site, and weather information for a service area of the electric charging site; clustering power consumption of the electric charging site with similar weather information and time tags; calculating a center of mass and a distribution confidence parameter for the clustered power consumption to obtain a look-up table; retrieving historical information of voltage VPCC and injection power Psite pairs that is measured at a point of common coupling (PCC) of the electric charging site; receiving weather forecast information for the service area of the electric charging site; and calculating a dynamic hosting capacity (DHC) curve and a price curve based on the center of mass and the distribution confidence parameter, the VPCC and Psite pairs, and the weather forecast information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Zhenyuan Wang, Alexander Brissette, Yuzhi Zhang, David Lee Coats, Himani Ravindra Pathak
  • Patent number: 11957919
    Abstract: An implantable system includes an implantable medical device (IMD) and a non-transvenous lead that is configured to be implanted outside of a heart. The IMD includes an output configured to be connected at least to the lead, a current generator (CG) circuit configured to generate pacing pulses, a switching circuit coupled between the CG circuit and the output, one or more capacitors coupled in parallel with the CG circuit and the switching circuit, and a control circuit coupled to the CG circuit. The control circuit is configured to manage the CG circuit to generate the pacing pulses with a constant current at the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventors: Reza Shahandeh, Ninous Davoudi, Frank Lee, David Doudna, Jeffery Crook
  • Patent number: 11958376
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method using temperature data to protect battery health during bidirectional charging in conjunction with monetization activities. The method includes receiving temperature data and determining anticipated energy needs of a building. The temperature data includes at least the temperature of one or more electric vehicle batteries or information required to determine the temperature of the one or more electric vehicle batteries while the anticipated energy needs are relative to ambient air temperature. The method includes determining an amount of discharge of the one or more electric vehicle batteries required to offset the anticipated needs of the building by a predetermined amount and determining based on the temperature data whether discharging the one or more electric vehicle batteries would be harmful to the health of the one or more electric vehicle batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: FERMATA ENERGY LLC
    Inventors: David Lee Slutzky, John Parsons Wheeler
  • Patent number: 11957570
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes an optic including an optic axis and a closed-loop haptic structure coupled to the optic via a frame surrounding the optic, the closed-loop haptic structure including a closed loop extending from first and second attachment points to the frame. The closed loop includes a first hinge and a second hinge. The first hinge has a first section having a first component extending in a first angular direction, a second section having a second component extending in a second angular direction opposite to the first angular direction, and a first connecting section between the first section and the second section. The second hinge has a third section having a third component extending in the second angular direction, a fourth section having a fourth component extending in the first angular direction, the fourth section being connected to the second section to form the closed loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Kyu Lee, Stephen John Collins, Ian Michael Marks, Jonathan David Mccann, Jian Liu, Douglas Brent Wensrich, Stephen J. Van Noy
  • Publication number: 20240115283
    Abstract: An implant removal device includes a body, a first arm, a second arm, an actuation interface, and an extraction member. The first arm is supported at the body and configured to move relative to the body between a retracted position and a skin gripping position. The second arm is supported at the body and configured to move relative to the body between the retracted position and the skin gripping position. The actuation interface is supported at the body. The actuation interface is configured to receive a first actuation input thereat to cause at least one of the first arm and the second arm to move from the skin gripping position to the retracted position. The extraction member is supported at the body and located between the first arm and the second arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Russell David Moore, Choon Hyong Lee
  • Publication number: 20240116159
    Abstract: A tool system for installing a parking pawl includes a tool that includes a base, a plate, and an actuator. The base includes a base surface configured to support a parking pawl in a predetermined position. The plate includes a protrusion that extends upward from a front portion of the plate. A rear portion of the plate is coupled to a front portion of the base. The plate is movable relative to the base between a retention position in which the protrusion is positioned to retain a pawl spring loaded on the parking pawl in a pretensioned state, and a release position in which the protrusion is configured to release the pawl spring. The actuator is operably coupled to the plate such that activation of the actuator moves the plate between the retention position and the release position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Brandon Paul Wilson, Zachary Alan Westhoff, Edward Lee Hollingsworth, Sr., David Eastman, Thomas Edward Krol
  • Publication number: 20240118495
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a coupler includes a glass tube having a refractive index n3 and a passageway, a first optical waveguide and a second optical waveguide positioned within the passageway, each of the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide comprising a core surrounded by a cladding. The glass tube further includes a tapered region having a taper length. A coupling region is present between the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide within the tapered region. A refractive index of the cladding is less than a refractive index of the core, and a lowest refractive index of the cladding of the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide is n2. Additionally, n3 is lower than n2 such that a value of ?2-3 is 0.07%??2-3?0.125, where ?2-3 equals (n22?n32)/2n22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Agnivo Gosai, Jeremy Alexander Graham, SR., William James Miller, David Lee Weidman, Aramais Robert Zakharian
  • Patent number: 11950747
    Abstract: An extraction cleaner having a cleanout tool for use with a surface cleaning apparatus such as an extraction cleaner or vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle cleaning implement and a brush cleaning implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Miller, Karyn Lee Sagorski, Daniel Browne
  • Patent number: 11950832
    Abstract: Concepts presented herein relate to an interface module that can be electrically coupled to an electrical stimulation generator, a radio frequency generator and an instrument. A selection module is coupled to the interface module and operates in a first mode to deliver electrical stimulation signals from the electrical stimulation generator to the instrument and in a second mode to deliver radio frequency signals from the radio frequency generator to the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Lee McFarlin, John C. Bruce, David C. Hacker, Robert Allen Tucker
  • Patent number: 11954636
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to programmatically updating the status of assets tracked in a supply chain environment. A system may be configured to obtain first sensor data collected from a first tracking device associated with a first asset, determine asset workflow information associated with the first asset, determine an intelligence engine configured to generate an inference of a status associated with the first asset, determine the status associated with the first asset, wherein the status is determined by the intelligence engine based on the first sensor data and the asset workflow information, and store the status of the first asset in an asset tracking database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Cohen, Jacob Mapel, Hunter Shinn, Zach Ritter, David Lee, Amanda Marotti, Barbara Hernandez
  • Patent number: 11951493
    Abstract: An exposed secondary showerhead system configured to be supported by a conventional shower enclosure. The illustrative showerhead system includes an overhead conduit fluidly coupled to a conventional shower inlet pipe and to at least one showerhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Delta Faucet Company
    Inventors: Mark Cipriani, Michael J. Veros, Thomas Edward Gospel, David Lee, Bocomo Fu
  • Publication number: 20240109888
    Abstract: Compounds having formula (I), and enantiomers, and diastereomers, stereoisomers, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, are useful as kinase modulators, including RIPK1 modulation. All the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Guanglin Luo, Jie Chen, Carolyn Diane Dzierba, David B. Frennesson, Junqing Guo, Amy C. Hart, Xirui Hu, Michael E. Mertzman, Matthew Reiser Patton, Jianliang Shi, Steven H. Spergel, Brian Lee Venables, Yong-Jin Wu, Zili Xiao, Michael G. Yang
  • Publication number: 20240113062
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to an assembly of an integrated circuit in a chip scale ball grid array. In some implementations, an assembly includes an integrated circuit (IC) chip having wire bond pads. The assembly further includes ball bumps coupled to the wire bond pads of the IC chip. The assembly further includes an overmold that encapsulates the IC chip. The assembly further includes ball contact pads coupled to the overmold, wherein the ball contact pads are electrically coupled to the wire bond pads by way of the ball bumps. The assembly further includes solder balls coupled to the ball contact pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Azimuth Industrial Company, Inc.
    Inventor: David Lee
  • Patent number: RE49914
    Abstract: Systems are provided for logging transactions in heterogeneous networks that include a combination of one or more instrumented components and one or more non-instrumented components. The instrumented components are configured to generate impersonated log records for the non-instrumented components involved in the transaction processing hand-offs with the instrumented components. The impersonated log records are persisted with other log records that are generated by the instrumented components in a transaction log that is maintained by a central logging system to reflect a complete flow of the transaction processing performed on the object, including the flow through the non-instrumented component(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Christopher Wright, Arijit Chatterjee, Qingqing Yuan, Praveen Kumar Barli, Basaveshwar S. Hiremath, Nosheen M. Syed, Autumn Lee Johnson