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: 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
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Publication number: 20220371971Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes a first treating of a first mixture that includes a carboxylic acid having between 2 and 12 carbon atoms, inclusively, to form a second mixture that includes a ketone having between 2 and 25 carbon atoms, inclusively, and a second treating of at least a first portion of the second mixture to form a first product that includes a paraffin having 8 or more carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Derek Richard VARDON, Xiangchen HUO, Nabila HUQ, Huong Thi Thanh NGUYEN
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Patent number: 11461533Abstract: A system and computer implemented method for managing a workload in an environment is disclosed. The method may include establishing a set of criteria for providing a document preview, wherein the set of criteria includes a predetermined qualitative user-input feature. The method may also include detecting a first criterion of the set of criteria using a content recognition system configured to analyze user-generated data associated with the document. The first criterion may be correlated with a portion of the document. The method may also include generating, based on the first criterion, a document preview for the portion of the document. The method may also include presenting, in response to a triggering event for a display preview, the document preview.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Bernadette A. Carter, John Girata, Jr., Derek Richard, Joshua M. Small
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Patent number: 11420912Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes a first treating of a first mixture that includes a carboxylic acid having between 2 and 12 carbon atoms, inclusively, to form a second mixture that includes a ketone having between 2 and 25 carbon atoms, inclusively, and a second treating of at least a first portion of the second mixture to form a first product that includes a paraffin having 8 or more carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Derek Richard Vardon, Xiangchen Huo, Nabila Huq, Huong Thi Thanh Nguyen
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Publication number: 20220240055Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Simon Levi SHAPIRO, David Ross BUERER, Derek Richard WESTCOTT, Andrew Alan BELL
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Publication number: 20220222637Abstract: In an aspect a computer implemented method includes: obtaining apportionment data for a transfer, the apportionment data defining a plurality of parts of the transfer; and processing the transfer in accordance with the apportionment data, by: processing a pre-authorization for a total amount of the transfer using a first token; after processing the pre-authorization for the total amount of the transfer using the first token, processing one or more of the parts using associated tokens; and completing the transfer by processing a completion of the pre-authorization for an outstanding portion of the transfer, the outstanding portion of the transfer determined by adjusting the total amount of the transfer to account for any processed parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: 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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Publication number: 20220222642Abstract: 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: January 8, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: 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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Publication number: 20220215366Abstract: 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 6, 2021Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: 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: 11310629Abstract: 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: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Simon Levi Shapiro, David Ross Buerer, Derek Richard Westcott, Andrew Alan Bell
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Publication number: 20220108303Abstract: 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: October 2, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: 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: 20220041437Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Derek Richard VARDON, Wade A. BRAUNECKER, Justin Carter JOHNSON, Thomas GENNETT, Rachel Elizabeth MOW, Kurt Michael VAN ALLSBURG, Gabriella LAHTI
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Publication number: 20210409903Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2020Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Simon Levi SHAPIRO, David Ross BUERER, Derek Richard WESTCOTT, Andrew Alan BELL
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Patent number: 11167281Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a core in the shape of a particle having a characteristic length between about one micron and about one millimeter, an active material that includes a noble metal deposited on a surface of the core, and a coating that includes a first metal-oxide, where the active material is positioned between the core and the coating, the active material has a diameter between about one nanometer and about 20 nanometers, and the coating has a thickness between greater than zero nanometers and about 20 nanometers.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Colorado School of MinesInventors: Derek Richard Vardon, Steven T. Christensen, Katherine E. Hurst, Amy Elizabeth Maurer, Michael Brandon Griffin
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Publication number: 20210340452Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Glenn Richard HAFENSTINE, Derek Richard VARDON, Xiangchen HUO, Nabila Asem HUQ
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Publication number: 20210268483Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Derek Richard VARDON, Huong Thi Thanh NGUYEN
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Patent number: 11098257Abstract: 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: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Glenn Richard Hafenstine, Derek Richard Vardon, Xiangchen Huo, Nabila Asem Huq
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Publication number: 20210253516Abstract: 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: April 29, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Eric M. KARP, Gregg Tyler BECKHAM, Derek Richard VARDON, Todd R. EATON
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Publication number: 20210253515Abstract: 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: April 23, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Eric M. KARP, Gregg Tyler BECKHAM, Derek Richard VARDON, Todd R. EATON
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Patent number: 11046642Abstract: 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: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Eric M. Karp, Gregg Tyler Beckham, Derek Richard Vardon, Todd R. Eaton
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Publication number: 20210188734Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes a first treating of a first mixture that includes a carboxylic acid having between 2 and 12 carbon atoms, inclusively, to form a second mixture that includes a ketone having between 2 and 25 carbon atoms, inclusively, and a second treating of at least a first portion of the second mixture to form a first product that includes a paraffin having 8 or more carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Derek Richard VARDON, Xiangchen HUO, Nabila HUQ, Huong Thi Thanh Nguyen