Patents by Inventor Edward Nelson
Edward Nelson 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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Publication number: 20250230204Abstract: The disclosure relates to insecticidal toxin resistance management and screening of novel insecticidal toxins. One embodiment relates to the isolation, characterization, compositions, and methods of use relating to polynucleotides encoding novel insecticidal toxin receptors and the polypeptides encoded thereby. The polynucleotides and polypeptides are useful in identifying or designing novel insecticidal toxin receptor ligands including novel insecticidal toxins.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2025Publication date: July 17, 2025Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: CLAIRE MARIE BAZYK, CATHERINE J CLARK, RUTH CONG, JAMES M. HASLER, JINGTONG HOU, NAGA KISHORE KAKANI, DEIRDRE KAPKA-KITZMAN, SONG LENG, JOHN P MATHIS, MARK EDWARD NELSON, TAKASHI YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 12359632Abstract: A dual fuel system for an internal combustion engine includes a plurality of fuel injectors, a first fuel pump and a first fuel conduit extending to the plurality of fuel injectors, and a second fuel pump and a second fuel conduit extending to a fuel manifold fluidly connected to the plurality of fuel injectors. The dual fuel system also includes an overflow buffer arranged to receive a volume of the second fuel expelled from the second fuel conduit, and a valve movable from a closed position to an open position fluidly connecting the overflow buffer to the second fuel conduit. Expelling fuel from the second fuel conduit enables a rapid pressure drop in a supply pressure of the second fuel to hasten switchover of the internal combustion engine between fuel type.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2024Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Daniel R. Baldwin, Eric Lee Schroeder, Bryan Edward Nelson
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Publication number: 20250179970Abstract: An internal combustion engine system is described herein. The systems described herein allow for switching from the methanol to the diesel as a primary fuel at the cylinder rather than at the system. A valve at an inlet of a primary return tank is used to isolate a primary return tank of a primary fuel. A primary fuel pump is deenergized allowing an input valve to open. Pilot fuel is then directed into both a primary fuel input line and a pilot fuel input line into the injector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: June 5, 2025Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.Inventor: BRYAN EDWARD NELSON, JR.
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Patent number: 12286459Abstract: The disclosure relates to insecticidal toxin resistance management and screening of novel insecticidal toxins. One embodiment relates to the isolation, characterization, compositions, and methods of use relating to polynucleotides encoding novel insecticidal toxin receptors and the polypeptides encoded thereby. The polynucleotides and polypeptides are useful in identifying or designing novel insecticidal toxin receptor ligands including novel insecticidal toxins.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Claire Marie Bazyk, Catherine J Clark, Ruth Cong, James M Hasler, Jingtong Hou, Naga Kishore Kakani, Deirdre Kapka-Kitzman, Song Leng, John P Mathis, Mark Edward Nelson, Takashi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20250053586Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for improving the accuracy of embedding vector generation for domain-specific text for purposes of semantic search and generative AI. A dictionary of domain-specific terms can be built to include embedding vectors generated for respective domain-specific terms using a pre-trained large language model. A list of domain-specific terms pertaining to a particular domain can be identified and textual content comprising a description or a definition of a respective domain-specific term can be obtained. A domain-adapted embedding vector for each domain-specific term can be generated based on the textual content for that term. The domain-specific dictionary can be built to include a combination of a domain-specific term, a corresponding domain-adapted embedding vector and the domain-specific term definition or description.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Paul Edward Nelson, Reid Craig, III
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Patent number: 12197920Abstract: Embodiments of a system and a method for classifying blocks of text at varying, possibly simultaneous, and possibly interacting levels of scope (e.g., sentence, paragraph, section, document) are disclosed. A system includes a processor coupled to: a data reader to receive an input comprising of a data stream, and convert the data stream into one or more logical data blocks of varying scopes. The system includes a dependency tree generator to create a dependency tree to define the scope and dependencies of each of a plurality of natural language processors (NL Processors) with respect to each other such that the dependency tree identifies when an input of a NL Processor (depender) depends on an output of another NL Processor (dependee). Each NL Processor is configured based on a type of at least one logical data block of the one or more logical blocks to which it applies.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITEDInventors: Esteban Alberto Alvarado Solano, Paul Edward Nelson, Mark David Stanger
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Publication number: 20240411609Abstract: System, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed for auto-scaling of a deployment based on resource utilization data for a workload executing on the deployment. A resource availability is determined based on the resource utilization data and a current resource allocation of the deployment. A severity of resource throttling of the workload may be determined based on the resource utilization data, and a scaling factor is determined based at least on the severity of resource throttling. In response to at least the resource availability satisfying a predetermined condition with a predetermined threshold, the deployment is scaled based on the scaling factor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Karla Jean SAUR, Joyce Yu CAHOON, Yiwen ZHU, Anna PAVLENKO, Jesus CAMACHO RODRIGUEZ, Brian Paul KROTH, Travis Austin WRIGHT, Michael Edward NELSON, David LIAO, Andrew Sherman CARTER
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Publication number: 20240392310Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: NURIA JIMENEZ-JUAREZ, ALBERT L LU, LU LIU, MARK EDWARD NELSON, GUSUI WU
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Publication number: 20240394291Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for improving the accuracy of embedding vector generation for domain-specific text for purposes of semantic search and generative AI. A dictionary of domain-specific terms can be built to include embedding vectors generated for respective domain-specific terms using a pre-trained large language model. A list of domain-specific terms pertaining to a particular domain can be identified and textual content comprising a description or a definition of a respective domain-specific term can be obtained. A domain-adapted embedding vector for each domain-specific term can be generated based on the textual content for that term. The domain-specific dictionary can be built to include a combination of a domain-specific term, a corresponding domain-adapted embedding vector and the domain-specific term definition or description.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: Paul Edward Nelson, Reid Craig, III
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Publication number: 20240143334Abstract: Embodiments of a system and a method for classifying blocks of text at varying, possibly simultaneous, and possibly interacting levels of scope (e.g., sentence, paragraph, section, document) are disclosed. A system includes a processor coupled to: a data reader to receive an input comprising of a data stream, and convert the data stream into one or more logical data blocks of varying scopes. The system includes a dependency tree generator to create a dependency tree to define the scope and dependencies of each of a plurality of natural language processors (NL Processors) with respect to each other such that the dependency tree identifies when an input of a NL Processor (depender) depends on an output of another NL Processor (dependee). Each NL Processor is configured based on a type of at least one logical data block of the one or more logical blocks to which it applies.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITEDInventors: Esteban Alberto ALVARADO SOLANO, Paul Edward NELSON, Mark David STANGER
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Publication number: 20230340522Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: NURIA JIMENEZ-JUAREZ, ALBERT L LU, LU LIU, MARK EDWARD NELSON, GUSUI WU
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Publication number: 20230272018Abstract: The disclosure provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, derived from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding variant polypeptides having increased pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera and Coleopteran. Particular embodiments of the disclosure provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: ALBERT L. LU, MARK EDWARD NELSON, GUSUI WU, TAKASHI YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20230193403Abstract: The disclosure relates to insecticidal toxin resistance management and screening of novel insecticidal toxin receptors for insect resistance. One embodiment relates to the isolation, characterization, compositions, and methods of use relating to polynucleotides encoding novel insecticidal toxin receptors and the polypeptides encoded thereby. The polynucleotides and polypeptides are useful in identifying or designing insect pest management strategies.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: SAMANTHA L GRIFFIN, JAMES M HASLER, DEIRDRE KAPKA-KITZMAN, USHA MUPPIRALA, MARK EDWARD NELSON, XIPING NIU
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Publication number: 20220380418Abstract: The disclosure relates to insecticidal toxin resistance management and screening of novel insecticidal toxins. One embodiment relates to the isolation, characterization, compositions, and methods of use relating to polynucleotides encoding novel insecticidal toxin receptors and the polypeptides encoded thereby. The polynucleotides and polypeptides are useful in identifying or designing novel insecticidal toxin receptor ligands including novel insecticidal toxins.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2019Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: CLAIRE MARIE BAZYK, CATHERINE J CLARK, RUTH CONG, JAMES M HASLER, JINGTONG HOU, NAGA KISHORE KAKANI, DEIRDRE KAPKA-KITZMAN, SONG LENG, JOHN P MATHIS, MARK EDWARD NELSON, TAKASHI YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11281864Abstract: Examples of automatically generating natural language pipelines to process an input to generate tags, semantic or syntactic, are described. In an example, on receiving a request to process input data to generate tags, a dependency graph, based on identified dependees and further dependees may be created to satisfy the request, the dependency graph including natural language operations arranged in order of their dependencies on each other. Based on the dependency graph, a pipeline for the tags may be automatically generated, which includes a series of natural language operations such that the operations for dependee tags are processed before any of their associated depender tags.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITEDInventors: Paul Edward Nelson, Esteban Alberto Alvarado Solano, Rafael Guillermo Alfaro Flores
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Patent number: 11204920Abstract: A device may receive a user-specified query, and may construct the user-specified query as a query tree of operators that include zero or more operands. The device may produce, for each of the operators, a weight that indicates how valuable or confident a determination of relevancy of each of the operators is in relation to siblings in the query tree. The device may normalize the weights for the siblings in the query tree with a parent operator according to a normalization formula. The device may produce, for each of the operators, a score, normalized to a value from zero to one and computed for the document, that represents how relevant the document is to the user-specified query. The device may apply the query tree to the document as a whole as well as to positions within the document to determine the final normalized score for the document.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Paul Edward Nelson, Mark David
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Publication number: 20210388039Abstract: The disclosure relates to Bt toxin resistance management. One embodiment relates to the isolation and characterization of polynucleotides and polypeptides corresponding to novel Bt toxin receptors. The polynucleotides and polypeptides are useful in identifying or designing novel Bt toxin receptor ligands including novel insecticidal toxins.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: JAMES E. BECKER, CATHERINE J. CLARK, JOHN P. MATHIS, MARK EDWARD NELSON
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Patent number: D936353Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Inventor: Craig Edward Nelson
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Patent number: D1026956Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: IMPROVED RACING PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Richard Michael Ihns, Casey Allen Fitzgerald, Jarott Edward Nelson
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Patent number: D1043755Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: IMPROVED RACING PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Richard Michael Ihns, Casey A. Fitzgerald, Jarott Edward Nelson