Patents by Inventor Douglas Roberts
Douglas Roberts 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: 12143386Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for wireless communication of analyte data. In embodiments, a method of using a diabetes management partner interface to configure an analyte sensor system for wireless communication with a plurality of partner devices is provided. The method includes the analyte sensor system receiving authorization to provide one of the partner devices with access to a set of configuration parameters via the diabetes management partner interface. The set of configuration parameters is stored in a memory of the analyte sensor system. The method also includes, responsive to input received from the one partner device via the diabetes management partner interface, the analyte sensor system setting or causing a modification to the set of configuration parameters, according to a system requirement of the one partner device.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.Inventors: Apurv Ullas Kamath, Michael Robert Mensinger, Nicholas Polytaridis, Gary A. Morris, Alexandra Elena Constantin, Douglas William Burnette, Mario Remon, Jorge R. Barreras, Benjamin Elrod West, Christopher Robert Hannemann
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Publication number: 20240367022Abstract: A swim in place system and method are provided. The system comprises a swim in place pool, at least one sensor, at least one pump associated with said at least one sensor, at least one processor, and a memory comprising instructions which when executed by the at least one processor configure the at least one processor to perform the method. The method comprises receiving object location data from at least one sensor, and actuating the at least one pump associated with the at least one sensor when the object is positioned inside a set perimeter within said swim in place pool. The object positioned in a swim in place pool.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Nicolae BADITA, Douglas Robert WYATT, JR.
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Patent number: 12130450Abstract: An optical assembly includes a Fresnel lens and a diffractive optical element. The Fresnel lens includes a high-refractive-index material having a refractive index greater than 1.9. The diffractive optical element is optically coupled with the Fresnel lens to compensate for chromatic aberration caused by the Fresnel lens. A method for imaging light with the optical assembly is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Yang Zhao, Ying Geng, Jacques Gollier, Douglas Robert Lanman
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Patent number: 12130359Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for ultrasonic imaging by sparse sampling are provided. In one embodiment, an ultrasound imaging system comprises an array of ultrasound transducer elements, electronic circuitry in communication with the array of ultrasound transducer elements and configured to select a first receive aperture of the array comprising a plurality of contiguous ultrasound transducer elements and at least one non-contiguous ultrasound transducer element, and a beamformer in communication with the electronic circuitry. Each ultrasound transducer element of the first receive aperture is configured to receive reflected ultrasound echoes and generate an electrical signal representative of imaging data.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Sheng-Wen Huang, Changhong Hu, Douglas Robert Maxwell, David Hope Simpson, James Robertson Jago, Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon, Jun Seob Shin, Xiaowen Hu, Unmin Bae
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Patent number: 12122477Abstract: A bicycle includes a front wheel and a rear wheel and a frameset supported on the front wheel and the rear wheel. The frameset includes a main frame and a front fork rotationally coupled to the main frame. The main frame includes a top tube, a head tube rotationally supporting the front fork, a down tube coupling the head tube to a bottom bracket, a seat tube extending downward from the top tube and including a lower end spaced from the bottom bracket, a seatstay extending rearward from the lower end of the seat tube, and a strut member extending forward from the lower end of the seat tube and connecting the seat tube to the down tube.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Graham Russell, Eric Robert Fischer, Chad Nathaniel Price, Philip Alan Primeaux
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Publication number: 20240343740Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention provides a compound of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using this compound for treating type II diabetes mellitus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2022Publication date: October 17, 2024Inventors: Francisco Javier AGEJAS CHICHARRO, Renato Alejandro BAUER, Michael Gregory BELL, Qi CHEN, Graham Robert CUMMING, Todd FIELDS, Douglas Linn GERNERT, Joseph Daniel HO, Talbi Abelkader KAOUDI, Thierry Jean MASQUELIN, Jose Miguel MINGUEZ ORTEGA, Julian PRIEGO SOLER, Antonio RODRIGUEZ HERGUETA, Eric Michael WOERLY
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Patent number: 12116368Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel p-toluenesulfonic acid salt and a crystalline polymorphic Form 1 of said salt of 1-((2S,5R)-5-((7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)amino)-2-methylpiperidin-1-yl)prop-2-en-1-one, pharmaceutical composition containing the same, as well as preparations and uses thereof. The present invention also discloses a novel phosphoric acid salt of 1-((2S,5R)-5-((7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)amino)-2-methylpiperidin-1-yl)prop-2-en-1-one, pharma-ceutical composition containing the same, as well as preparations and uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Brian Matthew Samas, Yong Tao, Douglas James Critcher, David Sydney Bernard Daniels, Kevin Paul Girard, Gregory Scott Goeken, Peter Robert Rose
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Patent number: 12113565Abstract: Portable electronic devices are provided. Each device may be formed from two parts. A first part may be provided with components such as a display, a touch screen, a cover glass, and a frame. A second part may be provided with a plastic housing, circuit boards containing electrical components, and a bezel. Engagement members may be connected to the first and second parts. The engagement members may be formed from metal clips with holes and springs with flexible spring prongs that mate with the holes in the clips. The metal clips may be welded to frame struts on the frame and the springs may be welded to the bezel. During assembly, the first part may be rotated into place within the second part. Retention clips attached to the frame may be used to secure the two parts together. Assembly instructions and associated connector numbers may be provided within the devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Erik L. Wang, Phillip Michael Hobson, Kenneth A. Jenks, Adam D. Mittleman, Bartley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steven P. Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas B. Satzger, Calvin Q. Seid, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Anthony Whang, Rico L. Zorkendorfer
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Publication number: 20240309791Abstract: A water drainage assembly for an aftertreatment system includes: a first tube configured to be coupled to an outlet conduit of the aftertreatment system; a second tube having a first end coupled to an outer surface of the first tube, a second end opposite the first end, and an intermediate portion located between the first end and the second end; and a baffle plate located in the second tube. The intermediate portion of the second tube surrounds an end portion of the first tube such that a volume is defined between the end portion of the first tube and the intermediate portion of the second tube. The second tube comprises a drain port configured to allow water to drain from the volume defined between the end portion of the first tube and the intermediate portion of the second tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Shaila Sangmeshwar Kalyanshetti, Jeffrey T. Sedlacek, Collin P. Veele, Douglas Robert Farnsworth
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Publication number: 20240301491Abstract: Breath liquid particles and vapor are captured in a device presenting a surface and chamber space that condenses or freezes the vapor and aerosol particulates. One or more breaths are exhaled through the device. Capture can be performed on the freezing surface immobilizing water upon contact. The chamber space within the device may freeze or condense liquid breath particles and vapor to collect them. After collection, the liquid is gathered and collected either by draining, scraping, pushing, or centrifugal force. The liquid may be collected and combined with a sample preparation reagent such as a virus lysing reagent, an internal standard, etc. After collection, the sample is separated into a plurality of independently analyzable units for detection and quantification of a target. Analysis may be performed by PCR, qPCR RT-PCR, RT-qPCR, LAMP, RPA or any nucleic acid detection method, lateral antigen mass spectrometry, spectrophotometry or any analytical tool or method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Douglas T. GJERDE, Daniel Robert BOLLINGER
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Publication number: 20240301519Abstract: Breath liquid particles and vapor are captured in a device presenting a surface and chamber space that condenses or freezes the vapor and aerosol particulates. One or more breaths are exhaled through the device. Capture can be performed on the freezing surface immobilizing water upon contact. The chamber space within the device may freeze or condense liquid breath particles and vapor to collect them. After collection, the liquid is gathered and collected either by draining, scraping, pushing, or centrifugal force. The liquid may be collected and combined with a sample preparation reagent such as a virus lysing reagent, an internal standard, etc. After collection, the sample is analyzed. Analysis may be performed by PCR, qPCR RT-PCR, RT-qPCR, LAMP, RPA or any nucleic acid detection method, lateral antigen mass spectrometry, spectrophotometry or any analytical tool or method. Nucleic acid amplification reagents may contain a lysing reagent such as acetonitrile.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Douglas T. GJERDE, Daniel Robert BOLLINGER
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Publication number: 20240303910Abstract: A method for generating tiled multiplane images from a source image is disclosed. The method includes obtaining color and depth images. The method also includes extracting a feature map using a first neural network. The method also includes generating masks for a tile using a second neural network based on a corresponding tile of the feature map and corresponding sections of the color and depth images. The method also includes computing depths of a planes corresponding to the tile based on the masks. The method also includes generating a per-tile multiplane image for the tile based on the masks. The method also includes rendering an image using per-tile multiplane images and depths. A system for generating tiled multiplane images from a source image is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Lei XIAO, Douglas Robert LANMAN, Numair Khalil Ullah KHAN
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Publication number: 20240288350Abstract: Disclosed herein are testing apparatuses for testing stresses in substrates. The testing apparatus includes a base, a first plate coupled to the base, the first plate being movable relative to the base along a first axis, a second plate coupled to the base, the second plate being movable relative to the base and relative to the first plate along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, a first actuator operable to move the first plate along the first axis towards or away from the second plate, a second actuator operable to move the second plate along the second axis relative to the first plate, and a controller operatively connected to the first actuator and the second actuator operable to control movement of the first plate and the second plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Nicholas Robert Bonham, Yu Cheng, Rachid Gafsi, Kurt Edward Gerber, Paul M Giglio, Suresh Thakordas Gulati, Fang-Yu Hsu, Te Heng Hung, Weirong Jiang, Cheng Yu Lai, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Jody Paul Markley, JR., Arpita Mitra, Douglas Miles Noni, Samuel Odei Owusu, Timothy Paul Smith, Ryan Christopher Sutton, Jamie Todd Westbrook
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Patent number: 12071599Abstract: An article includes a unit dose packet of a concentrated cleaning composition for cleaning laundry. The concentrated cleaning composition comprising a nonionic surfactant, fatty acid methyl ester sulfonate, fatty acid soap, one or a plurality of enzymes, and a solvent system. The cleaning composition is compatible with polyvinyl alcohol film. The unit dose packet includes the concentrated laundry cleaning composition disposed in a single chamber, dual chamber, or multi-chamber unit dose packet having a total weight of the concentrated cleaning composition of from 15 grams to 30 grams.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: KOREX CANADA COMPANYInventor: Douglas Robert Watson
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Patent number: 12064675Abstract: A swim in place system and method are provided. The system comprises a swim in place pool, at least one sensor, at least one pump associated with said at least one sensor, at least one processor, and a memory comprising instructions which when executed by the at least one processor configure the at least one processor to perform the method. The method comprises receiving object location data from at least one sensor, and actuating the at least one pump associated with the at least one sensor when the object is positioned inside a set perimeter within said swim in place pool. The object positioned in a swim in place pool.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: HYDROPOOL INC.Inventors: Nicolae Badita, Douglas Robert Wyatt, Jr.
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Patent number: 12054745Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, compositions, kits, and agents useful for inducing ? cell maturation, and isolated populations of SC-? cells for use in various applications, such as cell therapy.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Quinn P. Peterson, Felicia J. Pagliuca, Douglas A. Melton, Jeffrey Robert Millman, Michael Saris Segel, Mads Gurtler
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Publication number: 20240252238Abstract: Intra-cardiac voltage data display systems display a plurality of data sets derived at least from intra-cardiac voltage data sampled by an electrode. In some embodiments, at least some of the data sets are derived from a portion of the intra-cardiac voltage data that excludes an excludable portion of the intra-cardiac voltage data having a relationship with an occurrence of a particular cardiac event to facilitate identification of the existence of a transmural lesion in tissue adjacent the electrode. In some embodiments, the particular cardiac event is the occurrence of an R wave in the cardiac cycle, and the excludable portion is a V wave in the cardiac cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Daniel Robert WEINKAM, Daniel Martin REINDERS, Darrell Anthony HARRINGTON, Douglas Wayne GOERTZEN, Michael Hermann WEBER
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Publication number: 20240253409Abstract: An off-highway recreational vehicle having a longitudinal centerline includes a frame and a rear suspension. The rear suspension includes a left A-arm, wherein the left A-arm has a pivot axis, the pivot axis being on a right-hand side of the longitudinal centerline.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Devin Joseph Danielson, Adam Christian Krone, Nathan Len Wiater, Aaron Lee Swanson, Erick John Halvorson, Douglas Robert Grangroth, Kevin James Miller, Jared Richard Spindler, Leigh Raymond Collyer, Donald Scott Hansen, Joseph Patrick Wood, Todd MacDonald
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Patent number: D1043604Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bartley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steven P. Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas B. Satzger, Calvin Q. Seid, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: RE50139Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bartley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steven P. Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas B. Satzger, Calvin Q. Seid, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer