Patents by Inventor Dennis A. James

Dennis A. James 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: 11976498
    Abstract: A container having a base and a lid is provided. The lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching assemblies. The latching assembly may comprise a latch body, a locking member, a biasing member, and an activating member. Additional features of the container may include handles and strength increasing features. The base and lid may also feature attachment points for various accessories. A carry strap may attach to the base of the container to allow a user to lift and carry the container. The container may also have a wheels attached to the bottom portion and/or across the bottom portion to one side of the sidewall structure. In addition, in exemplary containers with wheels, a pull handle may be attached to a side opposite the wheels. The lid may include a lid support member that can act as a molle board to releasably secure items to the lid support member while also providing structural support to the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Steve Charles Nichols, Kyle Ellison, Andy Bondhus, Tobias Hotchkiss, Liza Morris, Dennis Zuck, Ryan Nixon, Mark Carlson Rane, Walter T. Blanchard, Nicholas James Lombardi, Dustin Bullock, Michael Christopher Cieszko, Derek G. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11970789
    Abstract: Filaments that contain a filament-forming material and an additive, nonwoven webs, and methods for making such filaments are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Charles Gordon, Robert Wayne Glenn, Mark Robert Sivik, Mark Ryan Richards, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Michael David James, Geoffrey William Reynolds, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Paul Thomas Weisman, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour, Frank William Denome, Stephen Joseph Hodson
  • Publication number: 20240136835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel cordless power tool, electronic device, and battery charging station. The charging station is a home safe-like device having a fireproof housing for providing a power strip. The power strip includes a plurality of electric sockets for providing electric power to the tools and devices connected thereto, a fire sensor is configured to detect overheated devices or fire inside the housing, wherein a front door of the housing is automatically closed upon detecting fire. A fire link melts to release the tension of the front door allowing the door to automatically shut and thus prevents fire and smoke from coming out of the housing. In one embodiment, carbon dioxide is sprayed for extinguishing the fire inside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Dennis James
  • Patent number: 11957100
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X85R242 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X85R242 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X85R242 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X85R242, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X85R242 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X85R242 and methods of using maize variety X85R242 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis James Dolan, Steven Paul King, Jean-Marc Montpetit
  • Patent number: 11960840
    Abstract: A method executed by a computing device includes determining a set of identigens for each query word of a query to produce sets of identigens, where a set of identigens represents different meanings of a word of the query. The method further includes obtaining a first identigen selection for a first query word from the first set of identigens. The method further includes interpreting, using identigen pairing rules and based on the first identigen selection, the sets of identigens to produce a query entigen group. The method further includes accessing a knowledge database utilizing the query entigen group to produce a response entigen group. The method further includes generating a response to the query using the response entigen group, where the response includes at least one response word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: entigenlogic LLC
    Inventors: Frank John Williams, Stephen Emerson Sundberg, Ameeta Vasant Reed, Dennis Arlen Roberson, Thomas James MacTavish, Karl Olaf Knutson, Jessy Thomas, Niklas Josiah MacTavish, David Michael Corns, II, Andrew Chu, Kyle Edward Alberth, Ali Fattahian, Zachary John McCord, Ahmad Abdelqader Abunaser, Gary W. Grube
  • Patent number: 11962941
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems and techniques are provided associated with a battery powered wireless camera, which includes an internal battery and an image capture module to capture images. Further, the battery powered wireless camera may include a first communication module and a second communication module configured for wireless communication. If the second communication module is powered down, the image capture module may store captured infrared images. If activation is triggered, the second communication module may power up and wirelessly transmit the captured images. In an example, the wireless camera may further include an infrared detection module configured for capturing infrared images. Further, the activation may include any one of a noise, a motion, a timing, a command, and an infrared detection. Also, the first communication module may wirelessly communicate utilizing a first communication mode and the second communication module may wirelessly communicate utilizing a second communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: AXIS AB
    Inventors: Jon Siann, Dennis James Espey
  • Publication number: 20240117417
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel expression vectors, host cells and methods useful to produce cells comprising one or more sequences of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Dennis James SAWCHUK, Olga Anatoliyevna DEDOVA, Kambiz SHEKDAR
  • Patent number: 11954608
    Abstract: A method performed by a computing device includes generating a comparative query entigen group set based on a comparative query in accordance with identigen rules, where the comparative query entigen group set represents a most likely interpretation of the comparative query. The method further includes obtaining a first response entigen group from a knowledge database based on a first comparative query entigen group of the comparative query entigen group set, where the first response entigen group substantially includes the first comparative query entigen group. The method further includes obtaining a second response entigen group from the knowledge database based on a second comparative query entigen group of the comparative query entigen group set, where the second response entigen group substantially includes the second comparative query entigen group. The method further includes generating a comparative response based on the first response entigen group and the second response entigen group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: entigenlogic LLC
    Inventors: Frank John Williams, David Ralph Lazzara, Stephen Emerson Sundberg, Ameeta Vasant Reed, Dennis Arlen Roberson, Thomas James MacTavish, Karl Olaf Knutson, Jessy Thomas, Niklas Josiah MacTavish, David Michael Corns, II, Andrew Chu, Theodore Mazurkiewicz, Gary W. Grube
  • Publication number: 20240110795
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to state-based autonomous-vehicle operations. In particular, the methods, devices, and systems of the present disclosure can: determine, based at least in part on one or more actions of a passenger associated with a trip of an autonomous vehicle, a current state of the trip from amongst a plurality of different predefined states of the trip; identify, based at least in part on the current state of the trip, one or more computing devices associated with the passenger; generate, based at least in part on the current state of the trip, data describing one or more interfaces for display by the computing device(s) associated with the passenger; and communicate, to the computing device(s) associated with the passenger, the data describing the interface(s) for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Dennis Zhao, Sean Chin, Molly Castle Nix, Eric James Hanson
  • Patent number: 11944693
    Abstract: A method for delivering one or more oral care active agents to a mammal's mouth using a nonwoven web of filaments and/or fibers containing one or more oral care active agents that are releasable from the filaments and/or fibers is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Gregory Charles Gordon, Mark Robert Sivik, Mark Ryan Richards, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Michael David James, Geoffrey William Reynolds, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour, Frank William Denome, Stephen Joseph Hodson
  • Publication number: 20240103182
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for employing an embedded software defined radio (SDR) in a navigation system. A navigation system implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver configured to acquire and track received GPS signals. The system also includes an SDR configured to process received communication signals. The communication signals include timing data. The SDR is further configured to calculate position and navigation data based on a combination of the processed communication signals and the tracked GPS signals provided by the GPS receiver. The system further includes a system timer configured to provide a common time base for use by the GPS receiver and the SDR. The navigation system is implemented in an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Acheson, Michael N. Kloos, Nathaniel L. James, Mitchell Dennis
  • Publication number: 20240090424
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated 1PHMT48 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PHMT48 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PHMT48 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PHMT48 or a locus conversion of 1PHMT48 with another maize variety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: DENNIS JAMES DOLAN, STEVEN PAUL KING
  • Patent number: 11932480
    Abstract: An equipment security system includes one or more sensors or optical recording devices disposed on or inside a cargo container. A computing device receives data from the one or more sensors or optical recording devices, determines whether an event has occurred at the cargo container, determines a geofence associated with the cargo container, and selects or configures a dynamic script including instructions that specify whether to begin recording an event occurring at or inside the cargo container, whether to record the event in an overwritable, local memory associated with at least one of the one or more sensors or optical recording devices or the computing device, parameters that govern how data associated with the event will be recorded, and whether to upload the data from the local memory to a remote server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony James Hyatt, Andrew Charles Jensen, Hal Wesley Borland, Dennis Wayne Harner, Daniel Robert Martin
  • Patent number: 11919887
    Abstract: Compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steven John Durrant, Nadia M. Ahmad, Elizabeth Mary Beck, Lidio Marx Carvalho Meireles, Ewa Iwona Chudyk, Gorka Etxebarria Jardi, Bhairavi Galan, Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Dennis James Hurley, Ronald Marcellus Knegtel, Timothy Donald Neubert, Joanne Louise Pinder, Joseph Pontillo, Robert Pullin, Yvonne Schmidt, David Matthew Shaw, Sarah Skerratt, Dean Stamos, Stephen Andrew Thomson, Anisa Nizarali Virani, Christopher Wray
  • Publication number: 20240070395
    Abstract: A method executed by a computing device includes determining a set of identigens for each phrase word of a phrase to produce sets of identigens. A set of identigens of the sets of identigens represents one or more different meanings of a phrase word of the phrase. The method further includes obtaining sensor information for one or more phrase words of the phrase. The method further includes selecting an identigen of a first set of identigens based on the sensor information to produce a first identigen selection for the first set of identigens having a selected meaning of one or more different meanings of the first phrase word. The method further includes interpreting remaining sets of identigens of the sets of identigens to produce an entigen group so that the entigen group represents a most likely meaning interpretation of the phrase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: entigenlogic LLC
    Inventors: Frank John Williams, Stephen Emerson Sundberg, Ameeta Vasant Reed, Dennis Arlen Roberson, Thomas James MacTavish, Karl Olaf Knutson, Jessy Thomas, Niklas Josiah MacTavish, David Michael Corns, II, Andrew Chu, Kyle Edward Alberth, Ali Fattahian, Zachary John McCord, Ahmad Abdelqader Abunaser, Gary W. Grube
  • Publication number: 20240066574
    Abstract: A waste disposal system for receiving pharmaceutical waste material including at least one of a solid phase pharmaceutical waste material and a liquid phase pharmaceutical waste material is provided. The waste receiver includes a receiver body defining an opening. The waster receiver further includes an inner surface defining a container volume in fluid communication with the opening, and an outer surface opposite the inner surface. The outer surface defines a lock passageway separate from the opening. The system further includes a bracket adapted to be secured to a fixed surface and a locking assembly coupled to the bracket and adapted to releasably secure the waste receiver to the fixed surface. The locking assembly includes a lock housing sized to be removably positioned at least partially within the lock passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Brian James VanderWoude, David A. Maness, Bryan Matthew Ulmer, Dennis Meyer, Lucas Wade, Stephen Myers, Logan Castillo, Heather Benoit
  • Patent number: 11884672
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds useful for treating alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), according to formula (I): tautomers thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the tautomers, deuterated derivatives of the compounds, deuterated derivatives of the tautomers, and deuterated derivatives of the salts, solid forms of those compounds and processes for making those compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Upul Keerthi Bandarage, Cavan McKeon Bligh, Diane Boucher, Michael John Boyd, Michael Aaron Brodney, Michael Philip Clark, Veronique Damagnez, Lev Tyler Dewey Fanning, Robert Francis Fimognari, Gabrielle Simone Fleming, Kevin James Gagnon, Pedro Manuel Garcia Barrantes, Robert Daniel Giacometti, Simon Giroux, Ronald Lee Grey, Jr., Samantha Guido, Amy Beth Hall, Sarah Carol Hood, Dennis James Hurley, Mac Arthur Johnson, Jr., Peter Jones, Sarathy Kesavan, Mei-Hsiu Lai, Siying Liu, Adam Looker, Brad Maxwell, John Patrick Maxwell, Ales Medek, Philippe Marcel Nuhant, Kirk Alan Overhoff, Setu Roday, Stefanie Roeper, Steven M. Ronkin, Rupa Sawant, Yi Shi, Muna Shrestha, Marisa Sposato, Kathy Stavropoulos, Rebecca Jane Swett, Timothy Lewis Tapley, Qing Tang, Stephen Thomson, Jinwang Xu, Mariam Zaky, Kevin Michael Cottrell
  • Publication number: 20230413768
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X80V618 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X80V618 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X80V618 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X80V618, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X80V618 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X80V618 and methods of using maize variety X80V618 are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: TRAVIS KORRY COLEMAN, DENNIS JAMES DOLAN, LEONARDUS JOHANNES MARIA HENDRICKX, STEVEN PAUL KING, JEAN-MARC MONTPETIT
  • Publication number: 20230413771
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X90V907 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X90V907 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90V907 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X90V907, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90V907 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90V907 and methods of using maize variety X90V907 are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: DENNIS JAMES DOLAN, STEVEN PAUL KING, JEAN-MARC MONTPETIT, MATTHEW DAVID WALCH
  • Patent number: D1020038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Erin Leigh Hoover, Nicholas Robert Rindt, Dennis Lee Snyder, Seth M. Stevens, Maxwell Wasscher, Luke James Worth, Jovello Tijano Gomez, Jr.