Patents by Inventor David Sheldon

David Sheldon 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).

  • Publication number: 20260054899
    Abstract: A compostable packaging material having a high barrier to water and oxygen is provided. Such compositions can have a film layer comprising polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a bonding layer, and a substrate layer. The compostable packaging material can be compostable at home or industrially as well as anaerobically digested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2025
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: David Sheldon, Eric Klingenberg
  • Publication number: 20250224144
    Abstract: A power circuit configuration for a water heater appliance is provided. The water heater appliance includes a tank, a gas valve, a blower, and a power circuit. The power circuit includes a gas valve controller on a gas valve control printed circuit board. The power circuit includes a first power conductor that is coupled to a blower motor of the water heater appliance. The power circuit also includes a second power conductor that is coupled to the blower motor of the water heater appliance through a relay such that the power circuit for the blower motor bypasses the gas valve control printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: David Sheldon, Gary Elder, Subbu Thenappan
  • Patent number: 11691780
    Abstract: A blank for forming a packaging container, the blank comprising: a sheet defining an internal side and an external side of the packaging container; wherein the sheet comprises: a plurality of side panels separated from one another by side crease lines; a plurality of flaps, each one of the flaps extending from one of the side panels and being joined to the respective side panel by a flap crease line, each pair of adjacent flaps forming an inner flap and an outer flap; a sealant film disposed on the internal side of the sheet and having areas which are bonded to a portion of each one of the side panels and to a portion of each one of the flaps; wherein the sealant film comprises an unbonded area between the areas bonded to adjacent inner and outer flaps to allow the inner flap to first be folded inwards before the outer flap is folded onto the inner flap to form an end panel of the packaging container, with the sealant film forming a seal between the flaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventor: David Sheldon
  • Publication number: 20220041326
    Abstract: A blank for forming a packaging container, the blank comprising: a sheet defining an internal side and an external side of the packaging container; wherein the sheet comprises: a plurality of side panels separated from one another by side crease lines; a plurality of flaps, each one of the flaps extending from one of the side panels and being joined to the respective side panel by a flap crease line, each pair of adjacent flaps forming an inner flap and an outer flap; a sealant film disposed on the internal side of the sheet and having areas which are bonded to a portion of each one of the side panels and to a portion of each one of the flaps; wherein the sealant film comprises an unbonded area between the areas bonded to adjacent inner and outer flaps to allow the inner flap to first be folded inwards before the outer flap is folded onto the inner flap to form an end panel of the packaging container, with the sealant film forming a seal between the flaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventor: David SHELDON
  • Patent number: 10968656
    Abstract: A support system for supporting power distribution or transmission lines includes a support pole having a first end and a second and a crossarm attached to the support pole, proximate the first end of the support pole. The crossarm has a first end, a second end and one or more side walls extending between the first and second ends of the crossarm. The side walls of the crossarm define an elongated interior space. The support system further includes an internal conduit formed in the interior space of the crossarm. The internal conduit extends along an axial direction of the crossarm. The internal conduit is made from insulative material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: GEOTEK, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler R. Burbank, Ricardo Felty, Bruce Blumentritt, Eugene Flowers, Brian Hornberg, David Sheldon, Michael Steven Schoenoff
  • Publication number: 20200325700
    Abstract: A support system for supporting power distribution or transmission lines includes a support pole having a first end and a second and a crossarm attached to the support pole, proximate the first end of the support pole. The crossarm has a first end, a second end and one or more side walls extending between the first and second ends of the crossarm. The side walls of the crossarm define an elongated interior space. The support system further includes an internal conduit formed in the interior space of the crossarm. The internal conduit extends along an axial direction of the crossarm. The internal conduit is made from insulative material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Tyler R. BURBANK, Ricardo FELTY, Bruce BLUMENTRITT, Eugene FLOWERS, Brian HORNBERG, David SHELDON, Michael Steven SCHOENOFF
  • Patent number: 10754912
    Abstract: Representative embodiments disclose mechanisms to improve the perceived responsiveness of a search engine. As a user types a query prefix into a browser or other interface to the search engine, the search engine returns query completion suggestions to the browser. The query completion suggestions, user history, user favorites and/or other information are presented to a trained machine learning model on the client device to predict a desired location that the user is attempting to navigate to. When the confidence level of the predicted location surpasses a threshold, content from the desired location is preloaded into a hidden tab in the browser. When the user submits a query, the browser submits feedback to a system responsible for updating and refining the machine learning model. Updated machine learning model coefficients can be received by the browser from the system to make predictions more accurate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Novielli, Yan Zhong, Paul Baecke, Sean Lyndersay, David Sheldon, Malik Mehdi Pradhan, Dheeraj Mehta, Daniel Hill
  • Patent number: 10597894
    Abstract: A support system for supporting power distribution or transmission lines includes a support pole having a first end and a second and a crossarm attached to the support pole, proximate the first end of the support pole. The crossarm has a first end, a second end and one or more side walls extending between the first and second ends of the crossarm. The side walls of the crossarm define an elongated interior space. The support system further includes an internal conduit formed in the interior space of the crossarm. The internal conduit extends along an axial direction of the crossarm. The internal conduit is made from insulative material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: GEOTEK, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler R. Burbank, Ricardo Felty, Bruce Blumentritt, Eugene Flowers, Brian Hornberg, David Sheldon, Michael Steven Schoenoff
  • Patent number: 10510122
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for processing claims. In various embodiments, claims can be processed in accordance with a data-driven approach that limits changes to existing claims processing rules by using an inclusions table, an exclusions table, and/or a decision table as part of firing or executing claims processing rules to accommodate for such changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: CHANGE HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Tracy Ann Weber, David Sheldon, Prasanth Vijayakumar, Gregory Williams
  • Publication number: 20190278870
    Abstract: Representative embodiments disclose mechanisms to improve the perceived responsiveness of a search engine. As a user types a query prefix into a browser or other interface to the search engine, the search engine returns query completion suggestions to the browser. The query completion suggestions, user history, user favorites and/or other information are presented to a trained machine learning model on the client device to predict a desired location that the user is attempting to navigate to. When the confidence level of the predicted location surpasses a threshold, content from the desired location is preloaded into a hidden tab in the browser. When the user submits a query, the browser submits feedback to a system responsible for updating and refining the machine learning model. Updated machine learning model coefficients can be received by the browser from the system to make predictions more accurate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Nathan Novielli, Yan Zhong, Paul Baecke, Sean Lyndersay, David Sheldon, Malik Mehdi Pradhan, Dheeraj Mehta, Daniel Hill
  • Publication number: 20180100323
    Abstract: A support system for supporting power distribution or transmission lines includes a support pole having a first end and a second and a crossarm attached to the support pole, proximate the first end of the support pole. The crossarm has a first end, a second end and one or more side walls extending between the first and second ends of the crossarm. The side walls of the crossarm define an elongated interior space. The support system further includes an internal conduit formed in the interior space of the crossarm. The internal conduit extends along an axial direction of the crossarm. The internal conduit is made from insulative material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Tyler R. BURBANK, Ricardo FELTY, Bruce BLUMENTRITT, Eugene FLOWERS, Brian HORNBERG, David SHELDON
  • Publication number: 20160162993
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for processing claims. In various embodiments, claims can be processed in accordance with a data-driven approach that limits changes to existing claims processing rules by using exclusion tables, inclusion tables, and/or decision tables to change or execute rules in a more efficient manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Tracy Ann Weber, David Sheldon, Prasanth Vijayakumar, Gregory Williams
  • Publication number: 20160162994
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for processing claims. In various embodiments, claims can be processed in accordance with a data-driven approach that limits changes to existing claims processing rules by using exclusion tables, inclusion tables, and/or decision tables to change or execute rules in a more efficient manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Tracy Ann Weber, David Sheldon, Prasanth Vijayakumar, Gregory Williams
  • Publication number: 20160140664
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for processing claims. In various embodiments, claims can be processed in accordance with a data-driven approach that limits changes to existing claims processing rules by using an inclusions table, an exclusions table, and/or a decision table as part of firing or executing claims processing rules to accommodate for such changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Tracy Ann Weber, David Sheldon, Prasanth Vijayakumar, Gregory Williams
  • Patent number: 9010564
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance comprises an outer case which has an outer case assembly-interface. The refrigerator appliance further comprises an inner liner which has an inner liner assembly-interface. The outer case assembly-interface and the inner liner assembly-interface are configured to enable a locking engagement between the outer case assembly-interface and the inner liner assembly-interface at assembly. The locking engagement may comprise a positive snap-fit engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lynn Jessie, David Sheldon
  • Publication number: 20150021338
    Abstract: A packaging container for a food product includes a tray (2) for receiving a food product, the tray including a base (4) and a peripheral wall (6), and a film lid (8) for sealed attachment to an upper edge of the peripheral wall to seal a food product (10) within the container. The film lid (8) includes a lower film layer (12) for sealed attachment to the upper edge of the peripheral wall (6) and an upper film layer (14) that is peelably attached to the lower film layer (12) so that it can be separated by peeling from the lower film layer. The upper film layer (14) carries at least one printed layer (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: David Sheldon
  • Publication number: 20130262150
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for processing claims. In various embodiments, claims can be processed in accordance with a data-driven approach that limits changes to existing claims processing rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: MCKESSON FINANCIAL HOLDINGS
    Inventors: Tracy Ann Weber, David Sheldon, Prasanth Vijayakumar, Gregory Williams
  • Publication number: 20130262149
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for processing claims. In various embodiments, claims can be processed in accordance with a data-driven approach that limits changes to existing claims processing rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: MCKESSON FINANCIAL HOLDINGS
    Inventors: Tracy Ann WEBER, David SHELDON, Prasanth VIJAYAKUMAR, Gregory WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20130256304
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance comprises an outer case which has an outer case assembly-interface. The refrigerator appliance further comprises an inner liner which has an inner liner assembly-interface. The outer case assembly-interface and the inner liner assembly-interface are configured to enable a locking engagement between the outer case assembly-interface and the inner liner assembly-interface at assembly. The locking engagement may comprise a positive snap-fit engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lynn JESSIE, David Sheldon
  • Publication number: 20130262148
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for processing claims. In various embodiments, claims can be processed in accordance with a data-driven approach that limits changes to existing claims processing rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: TRACY ANN WEBER, DAVID SHELDON, PRASANTH VIJAYAKUMAR, GREGORY WILLIAMS