Patents by Inventor Francis Pinto
Francis Pinto 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: 20230417675Abstract: Light detection devices and related methods are provided. The devices may comprise a reaction structure for containing a reaction solution with a relatively high or low pH and a plurality of reaction sites that generate light emissions. The devices may comprise a device base comprising a plurality of light sensors, device circuitry coupled to the light sensors, and a plurality of light guides that block excitation light but permit the light emissions to pass to a light sensor. The device base may also include a shield layer extending about each light guide between each light guide and the device circuitry, and a protection layer that is chemically inert with respect to the reaction solution extending about each light guide between each light guide and the shield layer. The protection layer prevents reaction solution that passes through the reaction structure and the light guide from interacting with the device circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Xiuyu CAI, Joseph Francis PINTO, Thomas A. BAKER, Tracy Helen FUNG
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Patent number: 11781985Abstract: Light detection devices and related methods are provided. The devices may comprise a reaction structure for containing a reaction solution with a relatively high or low pH and a plurality of reaction sites that generate light emissions. The devices may comprise a device base comprising a plurality of light sensors, device circuitry coupled to the light sensors, and a plurality of light guides that block excitation light but permit the light emissions to pass to a light sensor. The device base may also include a shield layer extending about each light guide between each light guide and the device circuitry, and a protection layer that is chemically inert with respect to the reaction solution extending about each light guide between each light guide and the shield layer. The protection layer prevents reaction solution that passes through the reaction structure and the light guide from interacting with the device circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Xiuyu Cai, Joseph Francis Pinto, Thomas A. Baker, Tracy Helen Fung
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Publication number: 20230125640Abstract: Light detection devices and related methods are provided. The devices may comprise a reaction structure for containing a reaction solution with a relatively high or low pH and a plurality of reaction sites that generate light emissions. The devices may comprise a device base comprising a plurality of light sensors, device circuitry coupled to the light sensors, and a plurality of light guides that block excitation light but permit the light emissions to pass to a light sensor. The device base may also include a shield layer extending about each light guide between each light guide and the device circuitry, and a protection layer that is chemically inert with respect to the reaction solution extending about each light guide between each light guide and the shield layer. The protection layer prevents reaction solution that passes through the reaction structure and the light guide from interacting with the device circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Xiuyu CAI, Joseph Francis PINTO, Thomas A. BAKER, Tracy Helen FUNG
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Patent number: 11543352Abstract: Light detection devices and related methods are provided. The devices may comprise a reaction structure for containing a reaction solution with a relatively high or low pH and a plurality of reaction sites that generate light emissions. The devices may comprise a device base comprising a plurality of light sensors, device circuitry coupled to the light sensors, and a plurality of light guides that block excitation light but permit the light emissions to pass to a light sensor. The device base may also include a shield layer extending about each light guide between each light guide and the device circuitry, and a protection layer that is chemically inert with respect to the reaction solution extending about each light guide between each light guide and the shield layer. The protection layer prevents reaction solution that passes through the reaction structure and the light guide from interacting with the device circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.Inventors: Xiuyu Cai, Joseph Francis Pinto, Thomas A. Baker, Tracy Helen Fung
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Patent number: 11442017Abstract: An inspection apparatus is provided that comprises an optical target including a solid host material and a fluorescing material embedded in the solid host material. The solid host material has a predetermined phonon energy HOSTPE. The fluorescing material exhibits a select ground energy level and a target excitation (TE) energy level separated from the ground energy level by a first energy gap corresponding to a fluorescence emission wavelength of interest. The fluorescing material has a next lower lying (NLL) energy level relative to the TE energy level. The NLL energy level is spaced a second energy gap FMEG2 below the TE energy level, wherein a ratio of the FMEG2/HOSTPE is three or more.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.Inventors: John Gerhardt Earney, Joseph Francis Pinto, M. Shane Bowen, Michael S. Graige, Arthur Pitera, Bala Murali K. Venkatesan, Dajun Yuan
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Publication number: 20210259818Abstract: A personal care implement comprises a head and a handle, the head being repeatedly attachable to and detachable from the handle. The personal care implement exhibits a sound when the head gets attached to or detached from the handle, thereby providing a signal of secure attachment or detachment. The sound is characterized by a tonal component of about 4000 Hz to about 6000 Hz, preferably over a time length of about 0.1 s to about 0.3 s, on a tonality frequency vs. time analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Uwe JUNGNICKEL, Francis PINTO
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Publication number: 20210208072Abstract: Light detection devices and related methods are provided. The devices may comprise a reaction structure for containing a reaction solution with a relatively high or low pH and a plurality of reaction sites that generate light emissions. The devices may comprise a device base comprising a plurality of light sensors, device circuitry coupled to the light sensors, and a plurality of light guides that block excitation light but permit the light emissions to pass to a light sensor. The device base may also include a shield layer extending about each light guide between each light guide and the device circuitry, and a protection layer that is chemically inert with respect to the reaction solution extending about each light guide between each light guide and the shield layer. The protection layer prevents reaction solution that passes through the reaction structure and the light guide from interacting with the device circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Xiuyu CAI, Joseph Francis PINTO, Thomas A. BAKER, Tracy Helen FUNG
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Patent number: 10955343Abstract: Light detection devices and related methods are provided. The devices may comprise a reaction structure for containing a reaction solution with a relatively high or low pH and a plurality of reaction sites that generate light emissions. The devices may comprise a device base comprising a plurality of light sensors, device circuitry coupled to the light sensors, and a plurality of light guides that block excitation light but permit the light emissions to pass to a light sensor. The device base may also include a shield layer extending about each light guide between each light guide and the device circuitry, and a protection layer that is chemically inert with respect to the reaction solution extending about each light guide between each light guide and the shield layer. The protection layer prevents reaction solution that passes through the reaction structure and the light guide from interacting with the device circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Xiuyu Cai, Joseph Francis Pinto, Thomas A. Baker, Tracy Helen Fung
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Publication number: 20210055224Abstract: An inspection apparatus is provided that comprises an optical target including a solid host material and a fluorescing material embedded in the solid host material. The solid host material has a predetermined phonon energy HOSTPE. The fluorescing material exhibits a select ground energy level and a target excitation (TE) energy level separated from the ground energy level by a first energy gap corresponding to a fluorescence emission wavelength of interest. The fluorescing material has a next lower lying (NLL) energy level relative to the TE energy level. The NLL energy level is spaced a second energy gap FMEG2 below the TE energy level, wherein a ratio of the FMEG2/HOSTPE is three or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: John Gerhardt Earney, Joseph Francis Pinto, M. Shane Bowen, Michael S. Graige, Arthur Pitera, Bala Murali K. Venkatesan, Dajun Yuan
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Patent number: 10830700Abstract: An inspection apparatus is provided that comprises an optical target including a solid host material and a fluorescing material embedded in the solid host material. The solid host material has a predetermined phonon energy HOSTPE. The fluorescing material exhibits a select ground energy level and a target excitation (TE) energy level separated from the ground energy level by a first energy gap corresponding to a fluorescence emission wavelength of interest. The fluorescing material has a next lower lying (NLL) energy level relative to the TE energy level. The NLL energy level is spaced a second energy gap FMEG2 below the TE energy level, wherein a ratio of the FMEG2/HOSTPE is three or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.Inventors: John Gerhardt Earney, Joseph Francis Pinto, M. Shane Bowen, Michael S. Graige, Arthur Pitera, Bala Murali K. Venkatesan, Dajun Yuan
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Publication number: 20190195797Abstract: Light detection devices and related methods are provided. The devices may comprise a reaction structure for containing a reaction solution with a relatively high or low pH and a plurality of reaction sites that generate light emissions. The devices may comprise a device base comprising a plurality of light sensors, device circuitry coupled to the light sensors, and a plurality of light guides that block excitation light but permit the light emissions to pass to a light sensor. The device base may also include a shield layer extending about each light guide between each light guide and the device circuitry, and a protection layer that is chemically inert with respect to the reaction solution extending about each light guide between each light guide and the shield layer. The protection layer prevents reaction solution that passes through the reaction structure and the light guide from interacting with the device circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Xiuyu CAI, Joseph Francis PINTO, Thomas A. BAKER, Tracy Helen FUNG
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Publication number: 20190195799Abstract: An inspection apparatus is provided that comprises an optical target including a solid host material and a fluorescing material embedded in the solid host material. The solid host material has a predetermined phonon energy HOSTPE. The fluorescing material exhibits a select ground energy level and a target excitation (TE) energy level separated from the ground energy level by a first energy gap corresponding to a fluorescence emission wavelength of interest. The fluorescing material has a next lower lying (NLL) energy level relative to the TE energy level. The NLL energy level is spaced a second energy gap FMEG2 below the TE energy level, wherein a ratio of the FMEG2/HOSTPE is three or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: John Gerhardt Earney, Joseph Francis Pinto, M. Shane Bowen, Michael S. Graige, Arthur Pitera, Bala Murali K. Venkatesan, Dajun Yuan
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Patent number: 10261018Abstract: An inspection apparatus is provided that comprises an optical target including a solid host material and a fluorescing material embedded in the solid host material. The solid host material has a predetermined phonon energy HOSTPE. The fluorescing material exhibits a select ground energy level and a target excitation (TE) energy level separated from the ground energy level by a first energy gap corresponding to a fluorescence emission wavelength of interest. The fluorescing material has a next lower lying (NLL) energy level relative to the TE energy level. The NLL energy level is spaced a second energy gap FMEG2 below the TE energy level, wherein a ratio of the FMEG2/HOSTPE is three or more.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.Inventors: John Gerhardt Earney, Joseph Francis Pinto, M. Shane Bowen, Michael S. Graige, Arthur Pitera, Bala Murali K. Venkatesan, Dajun A. Yuan
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Publication number: 20180195961Abstract: An inspection apparatus is provided that comprises an optical target including a solid host material and a fluorescing material embedded in the solid host material. The solid host material has a predetermined phonon energy HOSTPE. The fluorescing material exhibits a select ground energy level and a target excitation (TE) energy level separated from the ground energy level by a first energy gap corresponding to a fluorescence emission wavelength of interest. The fluorescing material has a next lower lying (NLL) energy level relative to the TE energy level. The NLL energy level is spaced a second energy gap FMEG2 below the TE energy level, wherein a ratio of the FMEG2/HOSTPE is three or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: John Gerhardt Earney, Joseph Francis Pinto, M. Shane Bowen, Michael S. Graige, Arthur Pitera, Bala Murali K. Venkatesan, Dajun A. Yuan
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Patent number: 9204495Abstract: The present invention concerns: A heating element comprising a heating unit, a heat transfer unit and a temperature sensor unit, the heating, unit comprising a first composition, the first composition comprising an epoxy-based or glass-based composition or a composition comprising a sol-gel solution in which up to about 90% of said solution is a conductive powder in a uniform stable dispersion and said solution conductive powder is a member selected from the group consisting of metals, ceramics, interceramics and semi-conductors and the temperature sensor comprising a second composition, the second composition comprising an epoxy-based or glass-based composition or a composition comprising a composition comprising a sol-gel solution in which up to about 90% of said solution is a conductive powder in a uniform stable dispersion and said solution conductive powder is a member selected from the group consisting of metals, ceramics, interceramics and semi-conductors, the heating unit and the temperature sensor unType: GrantFiled: September 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Olaf Soerensen, Juergen Seng, Christoph Schmitz, Francis Pinto
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Patent number: 8707969Abstract: A hair treatment device and a corresponding method for treating hair are disclosed. The hair treatment device is suitable for heating hair and has a heating element that is heated to a starting temperature and whose temperature is regulated by a temperature control. The hair treatment device has a sensor that measures data from which a parameter based on the condition of the hair can be generated, wherein the parameter influences the temperature control.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Juergen Seng, Olaf Soerensen, Christoph Schmitz, Francis Pinto, Markus Schuessler
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Publication number: 20120055501Abstract: A hair treatment device and a corresponding method for treating hair are disclosed. The hair treatment device is suitable for heating hair and has a heating element that is heated to a starting temperature and whose temperature is regulated by a temperature control. The hair treatment device has a sensor that measures data from which a parameter based on the condition of the hair can be generated, wherein the parameter influences the temperature control.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Inventors: Juergen SENG, Olaf SOERENSEN, Christoph SCHMITZ, Francis PINTO, Markus SCHUESSLER
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Publication number: 20110011847Abstract: The present invention concerns: A heating element comprising a heating unit, a heat transfer unit and a temperature sensor unit, the heating, unit comprising a first composition, the first composition comprising an epoxy-based or glass-based composition or a composition comprising a sol-gel solution in which up to about 90% of said solution is a conductive powder in a uniform stable dispersion and said solution conductive powder is a member selected from the group consisting of metals, ceramics, interceramics and semi-conductors and the temperature sensor comprising a second composition, the second composition comprising an epoxy-based or glass-based composition or a composition comprising a composition comprising a sol-gel solution in which up to about 90% of said solution is a conductive powder in a uniform stable dispersion and said solution conductive powder is a member selected from the group consisting of metals, ceramics, interceramics and semi-conductors, the heating unit and the temperature sensor unType: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Inventors: Olaf Soerensen, Juergen Seng, Christoph Schmitz, Francis Pinto