Patents by Inventor Evan Foster
Evan Foster 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: 11930267Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with control circuitry, wireless transceiver circuitry, and a display. The electronic device may be used to provide information to a user in response to being pointed at a particular object. The control circuitry may determine when the electronic device is pointed at a particular object using wireless control circuitry and/or motion sensor circuitry. In response to determining that the electronic device is pointed at a particular object, the control circuitry may take suitable action. This may include, for example, displaying information about an object when the electronic device is pointed at the object, displaying control icons for electronic equipment when the electronic device is pointed at the electronic equipment, and/or displaying a virtual object when the electronic device is pointed at real world object.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Adam S. Meyer, Peter C. Tsoi, Duncan Robert Kerr, Martha Evans Hankey, John B. Morrell, James H. Foster
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Publication number: 20230394339Abstract: An experiment design is determined for a plurality of physical experiment entities, based on a training loss that is dependent on a critic function and an action parameter individually associated with each physical experiment entity, with the aim of increasing (e.g., optimizing) information gain with respect to a plurality of test entities. The training loss encodes a predicted information gain between a predicted experiment outcome and a predicted test quantity. The predicted experiment outcome associated therewith is sampled from a joint probability distribution based on an entity context. A numerical output is computed using the critic function applied to the predicted experiment outcome and the predicted test quantity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Adam Evan FOSTER, Cheng ZHANG, Desislava Rosenova IVANOVA, Joel Nicholas JENNINGS
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Publication number: 20230229906Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising: accessing a machine learning, ML, model that is operable to sample a causal graph from a graph distribution describing different possible graphs, wherein nodes represent the different variables of said set and edges represent causation, and the graph distribution comprises a matrix of probabilities of existence and causal direction of potential edges between pairs of nodes, and wherein the ML model is trained to be able to generate a respective simulated value of a selected variable from among said set based on the sampled causal graph. The method further comprises using the ML model to estimate a treatment effect from one or more intervened-on variables on another, target variable from among the variables of said set.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Cheng ZHANG, Javier ANTORAN, Adam Evan FOSTER, Maria DEFANTE, Steve THOMAS, Tomas GEFFNER, Miltiadis ALLAMANIS, Karen FASSIO, Daniel TRUAX
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Publication number: 20230201839Abstract: A system for performing biological reactions is provided. The system includes a chip including a substrate and a plurality of reaction sites. The plurality of reaction sites are each configured to include a liquid sample of at most one nanoliter. Further, the system includes a control system configured to initiate biological reactions within the liquid samples. The system further includes a detection system configured to detect biological reactions on the chip. According to various embodiments, the chip includes at least 20000 reaction sites. In other embodiments, the chip includes at least 30000 reaction sites.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Michael C. Pallas, James C. Nurse, Gary Lim, Theodore E. Straub, Eliodor Ghenciu, Evan Foster, Jorge Fonseca, Kevin Maher
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Patent number: 11660056Abstract: A radiation shield assembly is described, configured to block radiation emanating from a radiation source from reaching a user. Two shields are supported by a support arm, and are configured to rotate relative to one another. This allows the shield to be easily configured and reconfigured as necessary to safely visualize various parts of a patient's body via radiography.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Rampart IC, LLCInventors: Robert Evans Foster, Lloyd Guyton Bowers Cooper, William Thomas Livingston, Foster D. Phillips
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Patent number: 11590506Abstract: A system for performing biological reactions is provided. The system includes a chip including a substrate and a plurality of reaction sites. The plurality of reaction sites are each configured to include a liquid sample of at most one nanoliter. Further, the system includes a control system configured to initiate biological reactions within the liquid samples. The system further includes a detection system configured to detect biological reactions on the chip. According to various embodiments, the chip includes at least 20000 reaction sites. In other embodiments, the chip includes at least 30000 reaction sites.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael C. Pallas, James C. Nurse, Gary Lim, Theodore E. Straub, Eliodor Ghenciu, Evan Foster, Jorge Fonseca, Kevin Maher
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Publication number: 20220304636Abstract: A radiation shield assembly is described, configured to block radiation emanating from a radiation source from reaching a user. Two shields are supported by a support arm, and are configured to rotate relative to one another. This allows the shield to be easily configured and reconfigured as necessary to safely visualize various parts of a patient's body via radiography.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Robert Evans FOSTER, Lloyd Guyton Bowers Cooper, William Thomas Livngston, Foster D. Phillips
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Publication number: 20220243864Abstract: A radiation shield assembly is described, configured to block radiation emanating from a radiation source from reaching a user. Two shields are supported by a support arm, and are configured to rotate and translate relative to one another about the support arm's longitudinal axis. This allows the shield to be easily configured and reconfigured as necessary to visualize various parts of a patient's body via radiography. The assembly is articulated to overcome difficulties in maneuvering it around an operating room. Such articulation may come in the form of a dual-sleeve configuration for jointing the shield, in the form of adjustable wheels on the floor sand, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Robert Evans FOSTER, Lloyd Guyton Bowers COOPER, William Thomas LIVINGSTON, Fosster D PHILLIPS
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Publication number: 20220218295Abstract: A radiation shield assembly is described, configured to block radiation emanating from a radiation source from reaching a user. Two shields are supported by a support arm, and are configured to rotate and translate relative to one another about the support arm's longitudinal axis. This allows the shield to be easily configured and reconfigured as necessary to visualize various parts of a patient's body via radiography. Sterile coverings are provided to ensure asepsis during a surgical procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Robert Evans FOSTER, Lloyd Guyton Bowers COOPER, William Thomas LIVINGSTON, Foster D PHILLIPS
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Publication number: 20220071576Abstract: A radiation shield assembly is described, configured to block radiation emanating from a radiation source from reaching a user. Two shields are supported by a support arm, and are configured to rotate and translate relative to one another about the support arm's longitudinal axis. This allows the shield to be easily configured and reconfigured as necessary to visualize various parts of a patient's body via radiography.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Robert Evans FOSTER, Lloyd Guyton Bowers Cooper, William Thomas Livingston, Foster D. Phillips
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Patent number: 11207039Abstract: A radiation shield assembly is described, configured to block radiation emanating from a radiation source from reaching a user. Two shields are supported by a support arm, and are configured to rotate and translate relative to one another about the support arm's longitudinal axis. This allows the shield to be easily configured and reconfigured as necessary to visualize various parts of a patients body via radiography.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Intervention for Life, LLCInventors: Robert Evans Foster, Lloyd Guyton Bowers Cooper, William Thomas Livingston, Foster D Phillips
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Patent number: 10994275Abstract: A system for processing a plurality of biological samples contains a support and a temperature controller. The suppose is configured to hold a case that includes an inner chamber and a substrate located within the inner chamber, the substrate containing a plurality of isolated reaction sites containing one or more biological samples. The temperature controller is configured to maintain or control a temperature of at least one of the support, the case, or the one or more biological samples during an assay or reaction on the one or more biological samples. The support is also configured to maintain at least one of the surfaces of substrate at a positive angle relative to a horizontal plane during the assay or reaction.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Pallas, Evan Foster, Jorge Fonseca, James Nurse, Theodore Straub
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Publication number: 20200352528Abstract: A radiation shield assembly is described, configured to block radiation emanating from a radiation source from reaching a user. Two shields are supported by a support arm, and are configured to rotate and translate relative to one another about the support arm's longitudinal axis. This allows the shield to be easily configured and reconfigured as necessary to visualize various parts of a patients body via radiography.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2018Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: Intervention for Life, LLCInventors: Robert Evans FOSTER, Lloyd Guyton Bowers COOPER, William Thomas LIVINGSTPN, Foster D PHILLIPS
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Publication number: 20190381502Abstract: A system for performing biological reactions is provided. The system includes a chip including a substrate and a plurality of reaction sites. The plurality of reaction sites are each configured to include a liquid sample of at most one nanoliter. Further, the system includes a control system configured to initiate biological reactions within the liquid samples. The system further includes a detection system configured to detect biological reactions on the chip. According to various embodiments, the chip includes at least 20000 reaction sites. In other embodiments, the chip includes at least 30000 reaction sites.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Michael C. Pallas, James C. Nurse, Gary Lim, Theodore E. Straub, Eliodor Ghenciu, Evan Foster, Jorge Fonseca, Kevin Maher
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Publication number: 20190201891Abstract: A system for processing a plurality of biological samples contains a support and a temperature controller. The suppose is configured to hold a case that includes an inner chamber and a substrate located within the inner chamber, the substrate containing a plurality of isolated reaction sites containing one or more biological samples. The temperature controller is configured to maintain or control a temperature of at least one of the support, the case, or the one or more biological samples during an assay or reaction on the one or more biological samples. The support is also configured to maintain at least one of the surfaces of substrate at a positive angle relative to a horizontal plane during the assay or reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael PALLAS, Evan FOSTER, Jorge FONSECA, James NURSE, Theodore STRAUB
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Patent number: 10252272Abstract: A system for processing a plurality of biological samples contains a support and a temperature controller. The support is configured to hold a case that includes an inner chamber and a substrate located within the inner chamber, the substrate containing a plurality of isolated reaction sites containing one or more biological samples. The temperature controller is configured to maintain or control a temperature of at least one of the support, the case, or the one or more biological samples during an assay or reaction on the one or more biological samples. The support is also configured to maintain at least one of the surfaces of substrate at a positive angle relative to a horizontal plane during the assay or reaction.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Pallas, Evan Foster, Jorge Fonseca, James Nurse, Theodore Straub
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Publication number: 20160096175Abstract: A system for processing a plurality of biological samples contains a support and a temperature controller. The support is configured to hold a case that includes an inner chamber and a substrate located within the inner chamber, the substrate containing a plurality of isolated reaction sites containing one or more biological samples. The temperature controller is configured to maintain or control a temperature of at least one of the support, the case, or the one or more biological samples during an assay or reaction on the one or more biological samples. The support is also configured to maintain at least one of the surfaces of substrate at a positive angle relative to a horizontal plane during the assay or reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2014Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Michael PALLAS, Evan FOSTER, Jorge FONSECA, James NURSE, Theodore STRAUB
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Patent number: 9193697Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain Oxazole derivatives which are useful as modulators of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) and as FAAH imaging agents. The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical formulations comprising these compounds as active ingredients and the use of the compounds and their formulations in the treatment of certain disorders, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, skeletomuscular pain, and fibromyalgia, as well as acute pain, migraine, sleep disorder, Alzheimer Disease, and Parkinson's Disease.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.Inventors: ZhiQiang Yang, Philippe G. Nantermet, Constantine Kreatsoulas, Keith P. Moore, Evan Foster Shalen
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Publication number: 20150044686Abstract: An article for holding a plurality of biological samples includes a substrate a substrate comprising a first surface and an opposing second surface and a plurality of reaction sites in the substrate. Each of the reaction sites extends from an opening in the first surface to an opening in the second surface. The reaction sites comprise a hexagonal shape and are configured to provide sufficient surface tension by capillary action to hold respective biological samples. The reaction sites have a density over at least a portion of the surfaces that is at least 170 holes per square millimeter. At least one of the surfaces may have a surface roughness characterized by an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) that is less than or equal to 5 nanometers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Michael Pallas, James C. Nurse, Kevin Maher, Jorge Fonseca, Eliodor Ghenciu, Evan Foster
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Publication number: 20130018048Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain Oxazole derivatives which are useful as modulators of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) and as FAAH imaging agents. The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical formulations comprising these compounds as active ingredients and the use of the compounds and their formulations in the treatment of certain disorders, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, skeletomuscular pain, and fibromyalgia, as well as acute pain, migraine, sleep disorder, Alzheimer Disease, and Parkinson's Disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: ZhiQiang Yang, Philippe G. Nantermet, Constantine Kreatsoulas, Keith P. Moore, Evan Foster Shalen