Patents by Inventor Derek Richards
Derek Richards 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: 12286390Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a method that includes a first reacting a molecule from at least one of a carboxylic acid, an ester of a carboxylic acid, and/or an anhydride with ammonia to form a nitrile, where the first reacting is catalyzed using an acid catalyst. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the molecule may include at least one of acetic acid, lactic acid, and/or 3-hydroxyproprionic acid (3-HPA). In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the molecule may include at least one of methyl acetate, ethyl lactate, and/or ethyl 3-hydroxypropanoate (ethyl 3-HP). In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the anhydride may be acetic anhydride.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Eric M. Karp, Gregg Tyler Beckham, Derek Richard Vardon, Todd R. Eaton
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Patent number: 12277546Abstract: In some implementations, a method of providing contactless payments at a point of sale terminal includes: causing a point-of-sale terminal processing a transaction to display a machine-readable code, the machine-readable code encoding a web address; receiving a request from a device that scanned the machine-readable code, the request received at the web address; in response to receiving the request, causing the device that scanned the machine-readable code to output an interface that includes a prompt for input required to complete the transaction; receiving a response to the prompt; and sending an indication of the response to the prompt to the point-of-sale terminal to allow for completion of the transaction based on the response at the point-of-sale terminal through use of a physical token at the point-of-sale terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion BankInventors: Milos Dunjic, David Samuel Tax, Vipul Kishore Lalka, Bryan Michael Gleeson, Jeffrey Aaron Ecker, Derek Richard Castell, Anthony Haituyen Nguyen
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Publication number: 20240368054Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes processing, in a hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) reactor, at least one of a VFA-derived ketone and/or a co-processing stream to produce a composition that is at least partially bioderived, as determined by ASTM-D6866.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Derek Richard VARDON, Nabila Asem HUQ, Randy D. CORTRIGHT, Zia ABDULLAH, Glenn Richard HAFENSTINE, Xiangchen HUO, Huong Thi Thanh NGUYEN
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Publication number: 20240352362Abstract: Treating pyrolysis oil to yield a liquid fuel or liquid fuel precursor includes combining the pyrolysis oil with one or more co-solvents to yield a mixture, and hydrotreating the mixture to yield the liquid fuel or liquid fuel precursor. The co-solvent can include one or more alcohols. The liquid fuel can be a transportation fuel, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, or marine fuel. The liquid fuel precursor can be a transportation fuel precursor, such as a gasoline precursor, a diesel fuel precursor, a jet fuel precursor, or a marine fuel precursor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventor: Derek Richard VARDON
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Publication number: 20240343683Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a method that includes a first reacting a molecule from at least one of a carboxylic acid, an ester of a carboxylic acid, and/or an anhydride with ammonia to form a nitrile, where the first reacting is catalyzed using an acid catalyst. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the molecule may include at least one of acetic acid, lactic acid, and/or 3-hydroxyproprionic acid (3-HPA). In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the molecule may include at least one of methyl acetate, ethyl lactate, and/or ethyl 3-hydroxypropanoate (ethyl 3-HP). In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the anhydride may be acetic anhydride.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Inventors: Eric M. KARP, Gregg Tyler BECKHAM, Derek Richard VARDON, Todd R. EATON
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Publication number: 20240144220Abstract: In an aspect a computer-implemented method is described. The method may include: causing a point-of-sale terminal processing a transaction to display a machine-readable code, the machine-readable code encoding a web address; receiving a request from a device that scanned the machine-readable code, the request received at the web address and the request including data; determining, based on data encoded in the machine-readable code and data included in the request, that the transaction may be processed using a value-added service; and in response to determining that the transaction may be processed using the value-added service, enabling completion of the transaction using the value-added service.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion BankInventors: David Samuel TAX, Milos DUNJIC, Derek Richard CASTELL, Anthony Haituyen NGUYEN, Bryan Michael GLEESON, Jeffrey Aaron ECKER
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Patent number: 11952271Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the storage and release of hydrogen gas using covalent organic frameworks (COFs). Advantageously, the compositions and methods described herein may be used for the facile and rapid release of hydrogen gas at near ambient temperatures. The described COFs allow for photoactivation, where the release of gas is initiated or the rate of release is increased with the COF is exposed to electromagnetic radiation, for example, UV light.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Colorado School of MinesInventors: Derek Richard Vardon, Wade A. Braunecker, Justin Carter Johnson, Thomas Gennett, Rachel Elizabeth Mow, Kurt Michael Van Allsburg, Gabriella Lahti
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Patent number: 11911410Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid oligomer compounds and to their use in compositions and methods for inhibiting proliferation, survival or viability of cancer cells including prostate, lung, pancreatic, breast, cervical and bone cancer cells.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Repluca PTY LTDInventors: Derek Richard, Kenneth O'Byrne, Laura Croft, Sam Beard
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Patent number: 11907925Abstract: In an aspect a computer-implemented method is described. The method may include: causing a point-of-sale terminal processing a transaction to display a machine-readable code, the machine-readable code encoding a web address; receiving a request from a device that scanned the machine-readable code, the request received at the web address and the request including data; determining, based on data encoded in the machine-readable code and data included in the request, that the transaction may be processed using a value-added service; and in response to determining that the transaction may be processed using the value-added service, enabling completion of the transaction using the value-added service.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion BankInventors: David Samuel Tax, Milos Dunjic, Derek Richard Castell, Anthony Haituyen Nguyen, Bryan Michael Gleeson, Jeffrey Aaron Ecker
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Patent number: 11786886Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes copper (Cu), aluminum (Al), oxygen, and an element (M) that includes at least one of magnesium, cerium, and/or a transition metal, where the copper and the element are present at a first molar ratio relative to the aluminum between about 0.1:1 and about 30:1 ((Cu+M):Al), and the copper and the element are present at a second molar ratio between about 0.1:4 and about 20:1 (Cu:M).Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Derek Richard Vardon, Huong Thi Thanh Nguyen
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Publication number: 20230323466Abstract: The present disclosure relates to cancer and more particularly, methods of treating and/or determining the responsiveness to treatment and/or prognosis of cancers, such as lung cancer and breast cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Mark ADAMS, Derek RICHARD, Kenneth O'BYRNE
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Publication number: 20230306400Abstract: A method may include: causing a point-of-sale terminal processing a transaction to display a machine-readable code, the machine-readable code encoding a web address; receiving a request from a device that scanned the machine-readable code, the request received at the web address; in response to receiving the request, causing the device that scanned the machine-readable code to output an interface; receiving, through the interface, an input of an indication to separate the transaction into multiple transaction parts and one or more parameters indicating how the transaction is to be separated; and sending, to the point-of-sale terminal, a message that configures the point-of-sale terminal to separate the transaction in accordance with the one or more parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion BankInventors: David Samuel TAX, Milos DUNJIC, Derek Richard CASTELL, Anthony Haituyen NGUYEN, Bryan Michael GLEESON, Jeffrey Aaron ECKER
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Patent number: 11743689Abstract: A computerized mapping system is provided, including a map server configured to, in a map serving phase, receive a request from a client device to view a portion of a map at least partially including a building for which an indoor map is available, at a requested level of detail that is outside a range for displaying the indoor map, and transmit a target tile with a prerendered bitmap image for the building, and a client-side renderable geometric element with a perimeter and a client-side renderable visual feature of the internal map feature of the indoor map selected according to a selection criterion set by an authorized user of the indoor map, to the client device for display.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Simon Levi Shapiro, David Ross Buerer, Derek Richard Westcott, Andrew Alan Bell
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Publication number: 20230256000Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid oligomer compounds and to their use in compositions and methods for inhibiting proliferation, survival or viability of cancer cells including prostate, lung, pancreatic, breast, cervical and bone cancer cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Derek Richard, Kenneth O'Byrne, Laura Croft, Sam Beard
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Publication number: 20230206212Abstract: In some implementations, a method of providing contactless payments at a point of sale terminal includes: causing a point-of-sale terminal processing a transaction to display a machine-readable code, the machine-readable code encoding a web address; receiving a request from a device that scanned the machine-readable code, the request received at the web address; in response to receiving the request, causing the device that scanned the machine-readable code to output an interface that includes a prompt for input required to complete the transaction; receiving a response to the prompt; and sending an indication of the response to the prompt to the point-of-sale terminal to allow for completion of the transaction based on the response at the point-of-sale terminal through use of a physical token at the point-of-sale terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion BankInventors: Milos DUNJIC, David Samuel TAX, Vipul Kishore LALKA, Bryan Michael GLEESON, Jeffrey Aaron ECKER, Derek Richard CASTELL, Anthony Haituyen NGUYEN
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Patent number: 11669820Abstract: A method may include: causing a point-of-sale terminal processing a transaction to display a machine-readable code, the machine-readable code encoding a web address; receiving a request from a device that scanned the machine-readable code, the request received at the web address; in response to receiving the request, causing the device that scanned the machine-readable code to output an interface; receiving, through the interface, an input of an indication to separate the transaction into multiple transaction parts and one or more parameters indicating how the transaction is to be separated; and sending, to the point-of-sale terminal, a message that configures the point-of-sale terminal to separate the transaction in accordance with the one or more parameters.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion BankInventors: David Samuel Tax, Milos Dunjic, Derek Richard Castell, Anthony Haituyen Nguyen, Bryan Michael Gleeson, Jeffrey Aaron Ecker
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Patent number: 11649410Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first oxide having a phosphate, a ratio of Brønsted acid sites to Lewis acid sites between 0.05 and 1.00, and a total acidity between 50 ?mol/g and 300 ?mol/g, where the phosphate is at least one of a functional group covalently bonded to the first oxide and/or an anion ionically bonded to the first oxide.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Glenn Richard Hafenstine, Derek Richard Vardon, Xiangchen Huo, Nabila Asem Huq
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Patent number: 11620636Abstract: In some implementations, a method of providing contactless payments at a point of sale terminal includes: causing a point-of-sale terminal processing a transaction to display a machine-readable code, the machine-readable code encoding a web address; receiving a request from a device that scanned the machine-readable code, the request received at the web address; in response to receiving the request, causing the device that scanned the machine-readable code to output an interface that includes a prompt for input required to complete the transaction; receiving a response to the prompt; and sending an indication of the response to the prompt to the point-of-sale terminal to allow for completion of the transaction based on the response at the point-of-sale terminal through use of a physical token at the point-of-sale terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion BankInventors: Milos Dunjic, David Samuel Tax, Vipul Kishore Lalka, Bryan Michael Gleeson, Jeffrey Aaron Ecker, Derek Richard Castell, Anthony Haituyen Nguyen
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Publication number: 20230048415Abstract: A swing training device for improving the proper swing of ball sports including but not limited to baseball and softball. The swing training device has an elongated barrel having a substantially quasi-stadium cross-sectional shape connected to a handle portion. The hitting surface of the barrel is one of the two opposing curved surfaces of the circular segments of the quasi-stadium cross-sectional shape. The swing training device may be a modified regulation wood bat that is modified via diametrically opposing longitudinal tangential section cuts so that the un-cut curved hitting surface is oriented such that the grain runs against the ball at contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventor: Derek Richards
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Patent number: 11534451Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid oligomer compounds and to their use in compositions and methods for inhibiting proliferation, survival or viability of cancer cells including prostate, lung, pancreatic, breast, cervical and bone cancer cells.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: REPLUCA PTY LTDInventors: Derek Richard, Kenneth O'Byrne, Laura Croft, Sam Beard