Patents by Inventor Douglas Joseph

Douglas Joseph 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: 20240068363
    Abstract: A drilling assembly for downhole to surface communications is provided. The drilling assembly includes a series of pipe segments coupled in fluid communication between a slip ring assembly and an end pipe portion. The slip ring assembly is coupled in data and fluid communication with the pipe segments. A surface communications link is in data communication with the drilling assembly via the slip ring assembly. An end pipe portion is coupled with the drilling assembly that includes an electronics assembly with electronic components for transferring data to the slip ring assembly via the drilling assembly. A drill bit is operably coupled with the end pipe portion for drilling a borehole. Each pipe segment includes an outer conductor portion, a hollow inner conductor portion, and a dielectric portion for electrical isolation between the outer conductor portion and the inner conductor portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jiann-Cherng Su, Jason P. Krein, John Joseph Borchardt, Richard Ellis Robey, Andrew Alexander Wright, Joseph Samuel Pope, Taylor Anthony Myers, Mark C. Grubelich, Douglas A. Blankenship
  • Publication number: 20230314953
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to methods of printing features within a lithography environment. The methods include determining a mask pattern. The mask pattern includes auxiliary features to be provided with main features to a maskless lithography device in a lithography process. The auxiliary features are determined with a rule-based process flow or a lithography model process flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Chi-Ming TSAI, Thomas L. LAIDIG, Douglas Joseph VAN DEN BROEKE, Jang Fung CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230277829
    Abstract: An applicator for a microprojection array is described. In one embodiment, the applicator comprises an energy-storing element. Application of force causes the compressed energy-storing element to extend or transition from first and second configurations, releasing stored energy to deploy a holding member in the application which is configured to hold an array of microprojections. In another embodiment, the applicator comprises an energy storing element with two stable configurations, a first stable configuration and second stable configuration. Application of force causes the energy-storing element to transition from the higher energy first stable configuration to the lower energy second stable configuration, releasing the difference in energies of the two states to deploy a holding member in the application which is configured to hold an array of microprojections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph C. Trautman, Douglas Joseph Scott Bourne, Anthony Le, Robert Wade Worsham, Parminder Singh
  • Patent number: 11709957
    Abstract: The present technology relates to identifying an artificial intelligence model based on a received first key value to write a received first block of data associated with a file. The received first key value is applied to the identified artificial intelligence model which is trained to output one of a plurality of actual index values where the identified artificial intelligence model and the plurality of data blocks are stored as a neural tree. The one of the actual index values is compared to a range within the actual index values to determine when the one of the actual index value points to a first data block of the plurality of data. The received first block of data associated with the file is written into the determined first data block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventor: Douglas Joseph Santry
  • Patent number: 11673820
    Abstract: A hybrid membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) and activated sludge (AS) system and process are described herein. At least a portion of the AS system includes aerobic mixed liquor, for example in an aerobic tank or zone downstream of a tank or zone containing membrane aerated biofilm modules. The flow of air to the membrane aerated biofilm is modulated considering the ammonia loading rate to the system or to the aerobic mixed liquor, for example according to a diurnal cycle. For example, air flow to the membrane supported biofilm can be below an average or initial air flow rate during a period of low ammonia loading. Air flow to the aerobic mixed liquor may remain essentially constants during the same period. Optionally, mixed liquor around the membrane aerated biofilm modules may be aerated during a period of high ammonia loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Dwight Cornelius Houweling, John David Ireland, Douglas Joseph Thompson, Jeffrey Gerard Peeters
  • Patent number: 11666740
    Abstract: An applicator for a microprojection array is described. In one embodiment, the applicator comprises an energy-storing element. Application of force causes the compressed energy-storing element to extend or transition from first and second configurations, releasing stored energy to deploy a holding member in the application which is configured to hold an array of microprojections. In another embodiment, the applicator comprises an energy storing element with two stable configurations, a first stable configuration and second stable configuration. Application of force causes the energy-storing element to transition from the higher energy first stable configuration to the lower energy second stable configuration, releasing the difference in energies of the two states to deploy a holding member in the application which is configured to hold an array of microprojections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Corium Pharma Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph C. Trautman, Douglas Joseph Scott Bourne, Anthony Le, Robert Wade Worsham, Parminder Singh
  • Publication number: 20230152684
    Abstract: A system, methods, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for digital lithography to reduce mura in substrate sections. The boundary lines of the digital lithography need to be invisible. In one example, a system includes a processing unit configured to print a virtual mask file provided by a controller. The controller is configured to receive data and convert the data into a virtual mask file having an exposure pattern for a lithographic process. The exposure pattern includes a plurality of first sections, and second sections. Each first section forms a boundary with each second section along a first column of image projection systems of the processing unit. The controller patterns the substrate. The exposure pattern includes a first section pattern of each first section that crosses the eye to eye boundary with the second section making the boundary invisible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Douglas Joseph VAN DEN BROEKE, Chi-Ming TSAI
  • Publication number: 20230034407
    Abstract: A furniture system includes a piece of furniture with a groove. A magnetically attractive element is placed about the groove. A furniture accessory has a tongue that can fit into the groove. Magnets positioned about the tongue engage with the magnetically attractive element to hold the accessory in place. The magnetic force is sufficient to secure the accessory in its location within the groove while allowing for repositioning or removal of the accessory with relative ease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Wyrmwood, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Eric MacDonald, Douglas Joseph Costello
  • Publication number: 20220382171
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system, a software application, and a method of a lithography process to update one or more of a mask pattern, maskless lithography device parameters, lithography process parameters utilizing a file readable by each of the components of a lithography environment. The file readable by each of the components of a lithography environment stores and shares textual data and facilitates communication between of the components of a lithography environment such that the mask pattern corresponds to a pattern to be written is updated, the maskless lithography device of the lithography environment is calibrated, and process parameters of the lithography process are corrected for accurate writing of the mask pattern on successive substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Tamer COSKUN, Jang Fung CHEN, Douglas Joseph VAN DEN BROEKE
  • Publication number: 20220284055
    Abstract: The present technology relates to identifying one of a plurality of artificial intelligence models based on a received key value. The received key value is applied to the identified one of the artificial intelligence models which is trained to output one of a plurality of actual index values. The one of the actual index values is compared to a range within the actual index values to determine when the one of the actual index value points to the data block. A received input-output operation is performed on the data block when the one of the actual index values is determined to point to the data block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Douglas Joseph Santry
  • Patent number: 11392726
    Abstract: A method of automatically identifying a network of geometries is performed on a data processing system. The method includes receiving one or more geometries having all or part of a network of geometries; recognizing adjacent tangencies to automatically identify another geometry in the network, or to determine that each geometry is connected to its neighbor through adjacent tangencies; repeating the recognition step until all geometries forming the network of geometries have been determined; and labelling the identified network as a slotdog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Industry Software Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John Gibbens, Douglas Joseph King, Howard Charles Duncan Mattson, Jeremy Rogers
  • Patent number: 11384357
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an aptamer composition comprising at least one oligonucleotide consisting of: deoxyribonucleotides, ribonucleotides, derivatives of deoxyribonucleotides, derivatives of ribonucleotides, and mixtures thereof; wherein said aptamer composition has a binding affinity for one or more fungi species from the genus Malassezia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Juan Esteban Velasquez, Amy Violet Trejo, Laurie Ellen Breyfogle, James Patrick Henry, Douglas Joseph Dobrozsi, Gregory Allen Penner
  • Patent number: 11372918
    Abstract: The present technology relates to identifying one of a plurality of artificial intelligence models based on a received key value. The received key value is applied to the identified one of the artificial intelligence models which is trained to output one of a plurality of actual index values. The one of the actual index values is compared to a range within the actual index values to determine when the one of the actual index value points to the data block. A received input-output operation is performed on the data block when the one of the actual index values is determined to point to the data block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventor: Douglas Joseph Santry
  • Publication number: 20220183545
    Abstract: A drive assembly for driving an imaging catheter has a rotatable fiber and a rotatable drive shaft. The drive assembly includes a fiber optic rotating junction and a motor configured to rotate the rotatable portion of the fiber optic rotating junction. In some embodiments, the drive assembly includes a sensor configured to detect a rotational position of the fiber optic rotating junction and a processor configured to obtain the detected rotational position and stop the motor only when the fiber optic rotating junction is in a predetermined rotational position. In some embodiments, the motor includes a hollow shaft through which at least a portion of the fiber optic rotating junction extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Brian Y. TACHIBANA, Charles W. McNALL, Michael ZUNG, Peter Howard SMITH, Brian CHIU, Douglas Joseph Scott BOURNE, Priyanshu GUPTA
  • Patent number: 11218391
    Abstract: Methods, non-transitory machine readable media, and computing devices that manage data storage fabric health are disclosed. With this technology, a network model is applied to network data determined from monitored network traffic exchanged between storage nodes and via network connections over a cluster fabric to generate a health score for the cluster fabric. A cause of health degradation in the cluster fabric is determined based on an analysis of the network data, when the health score indicates that health of the cluster fabric is degrading. A corrective action is automatically initiated based on the cause of health degradation in the cluster fabric. With this technology, cluster fabrics in data storage networks are more effectively monitored for health degradation and, advantageously, corrective actions can be preemptively initiated to improve performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Vijay Singh, Abhishek Mishra, Douglas Joseph Santry, Niranjan Desai, Anusha Sivananainthaperumal
  • Patent number: 11206975
    Abstract: A drive assembly for driving an imaging catheter has a rotatable fiber and a rotatable drive shaft. The drive assembly includes a fiber optic rotating junction and a motor configured to rotate the rotatable portion of the fiber optic rotating junction. In some embodiments, the drive assembly includes a sensor configured to detect a rotational position of the fiber optic rotating junction and a processor configured to obtain the detected rotational position and stop the motor only when the fiber optic rotating junction is in a predetermined rotational position. In some embodiments, the motor includes a hollow shaft through which at least a portion of the fiber optic rotating junction extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Avinger, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Y. Tachibana, Charles W. McNall, Michael Zung, Peter Howard Smith, Brian Chiu, Douglas Joseph Scott Bourne, Priyanshu Gupta
  • Patent number: 11202497
    Abstract: A method of forming an oral care implement. The method may include providing a body having a base and a bridge extending from a distal end of the base, the bridge terminating in a free end, mounting a plurality of tooth cleaning elements to the bridge, bending the bridge toward a proximal end of the base, and coupling the free end of the bridge to a proximal end of the base, thereby forming a head of an oral care implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo Jesus Jimenez, Kenneth Waguespack, Douglas Joseph Hohlbein, Anthony Baxter, Marisol Rodriguez, Alberto Mantilla, Ellis Junior Smith, Chad Leighton Helland
  • Publication number: 20210390059
    Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to device. The device may include a first tier having a processor and a first cache memory that are coupled together via control logic to operate as a computing architecture. The device may include a second tier having a second cache memory that is coupled to the first cache memory. Also, the first tier and the second tier may be integrated together with the computing architecture to operate as a stackable cache memory architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Alejandro Rico Carro, Douglas Joseph, Saurabh Pijuskumar Sinha
  • Publication number: 20210342674
    Abstract: The present technology relates to identifying an artificial intelligence model based on a received first key value to write a received first block of data associated with a file. The received first key value is applied to the identified artificial intelligence model which is trained to output one of a plurality of actual index values where the identified artificial intelligence model and the plurality of data blocks are stored as a neural tree. The one of the actual index values is compared to a range within the actual index values to determine when the one of the actual index value points to a first data block of the plurality of data. The received first block of data associated with the file is written into the determined first data block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Douglas Joseph Santry
  • Patent number: 11103056
    Abstract: An oral care implement that includes a handle and a head, the head having a front surface. A tuft extends from the front surface of the head along an axis and has a plurality of filaments formed of an elastomeric material. A sleeve circumferentially surrounds a first portion of the tuft while a second portion of the tuft protrudes beyond a distal end of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Douglas Joseph Hohlbein, Chi Shing Wong