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).
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Publication number: 20260054899Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2025Publication date: February 26, 2026Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATEDInventors: David Sheldon, Eric Klingenberg
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Publication number: 20250224144Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: July 10, 2025Inventors: David Sheldon, Gary Elder, Subbu Thenappan
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Patent number: 11691780Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: MARS, INCORPORATEDInventor: David Sheldon
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Publication number: 20220041326Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATEDInventor: David SHELDON
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Patent number: 10968656Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: GEOTEK, LLCInventors: Tyler R. Burbank, Ricardo Felty, Bruce Blumentritt, Eugene Flowers, Brian Hornberg, David Sheldon, Michael Steven Schoenoff
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Publication number: 20200325700Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Tyler R. BURBANK, Ricardo FELTY, Bruce BLUMENTRITT, Eugene FLOWERS, Brian HORNBERG, David SHELDON, Michael Steven SCHOENOFF
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Patent number: 10754912Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nathan Novielli, Yan Zhong, Paul Baecke, Sean Lyndersay, David Sheldon, Malik Mehdi Pradhan, Dheeraj Mehta, Daniel Hill
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Patent number: 10597894Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: GEOTEK, LLCInventors: Tyler R. Burbank, Ricardo Felty, Bruce Blumentritt, Eugene Flowers, Brian Hornberg, David Sheldon, Michael Steven Schoenoff
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Patent number: 10510122Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: CHANGE HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Tracy Ann Weber, David Sheldon, Prasanth Vijayakumar, Gregory Williams
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Publication number: 20190278870Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Nathan Novielli, Yan Zhong, Paul Baecke, Sean Lyndersay, David Sheldon, Malik Mehdi Pradhan, Dheeraj Mehta, Daniel Hill
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Publication number: 20180100323Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Tyler R. BURBANK, Ricardo FELTY, Bruce BLUMENTRITT, Eugene FLOWERS, Brian HORNBERG, David SHELDON
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Publication number: 20160162993Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Tracy Ann Weber, David Sheldon, Prasanth Vijayakumar, Gregory Williams
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Publication number: 20160162994Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Tracy Ann Weber, David Sheldon, Prasanth Vijayakumar, Gregory Williams
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Publication number: 20160140664Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2016Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Tracy Ann Weber, David Sheldon, Prasanth Vijayakumar, Gregory Williams
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Patent number: 9010564Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 2, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Lynn Jessie, David Sheldon
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Publication number: 20150021338Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventor: David Sheldon
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Publication number: 20130262150Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: MCKESSON FINANCIAL HOLDINGSInventors: Tracy Ann Weber, David Sheldon, Prasanth Vijayakumar, Gregory Williams
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Publication number: 20130262149Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: MCKESSON FINANCIAL HOLDINGSInventors: Tracy Ann WEBER, David SHELDON, Prasanth VIJAYAKUMAR, Gregory WILLIAMS
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Publication number: 20130256304Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Inventors: Jeffrey Lynn JESSIE, David Sheldon
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Publication number: 20130262148Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Inventors: TRACY ANN WEBER, DAVID SHELDON, PRASANTH VIJAYAKUMAR, GREGORY WILLIAMS