Patents by Inventor Frank Smith

Frank Smith 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: 20240121231
    Abstract: Techniques are described for controlling data and resource access. For example, methods and systems can facilitate controlled token distribution across systems and token processing in a manner so as to limit access to and to protect data that includes access codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Volini, John Raymond Werneke, Carl Schumaier, Michael Smith, Frank Giannantonio, Vito Iaia, Sean Moriarty
  • Publication number: 20240090086
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cartridge for an aerosol delivery device such as a smoking article. The cartridge may include a base, a reservoir substrate, and an atomizer. The reservoir substrate may define a cavity therethrough. The atomizer may comprise a liquid transport element and a heating element extending at least partially about the liquid transport element. The atomizer may extend through the cavity through the reservoir substrate such that the heating element is positioned proximate an end of the reservoir substrate. Ends of the liquid transport element may extend to an opposing end of the reservoir substrate. A related method for assembling a cartridge for a smoking article is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: John DePiano, David Smith, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Frank S. Silveira, Steven Lee Alderman, Grady Lance Dooly, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Timothy Brian Nestor, Quentin Paul Guenther, JR., Stephen Benson Sears, John William Wolber, Michael Laine
  • Patent number: 10004163
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for integrated control of environmental conditions in an equipment enclosure. For example, a novel airflow inlet structure can be installed into a primary airflow path of the equipment enclosure. The airflow inlet structure can include an integrated electrostatic filter sub-structure and an integrated electromagnetic radiation (EMR) control sub-structure. During operation of equipment within the enclosure, air drawn through the equipment enclosure can flow through the primary airflow path in such a way as to flow through the electrostatic filter sub-structure; and the EMR control sub-structure can control EMR emitted by the equipment, such that EMR leaving the enclosure is attenuated to below a threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: ORACLE AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Frank Smith
  • Patent number: 9833676
    Abstract: A pitching training aid is provided. The pitching training aid includes an elongated poll having a first end, a second end, and a common axis running from the first end to the second end. The present invention further includes a ball having a slot running from a first side to a second side opposite the first side along a center of the ball. The slot is sized to fit around the elongated poll so that the ball slidably engages the elongated poll along the common center axis. A first stopper is secured to the first end of the elongated poll and a second stopper is secured to the second end of the elongated poll. The first stopper and the second stopper have a diameter greater than a diameter of the elongated poll, thereby preventing the ball from sliding off of the elongated poll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Frank Smith, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20170347496
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for integrated control of environmental conditions in an equipment enclosure. For example, a novel airflow inlet structure can be installed into a primary airflow path of the equipment enclosure. The airflow inlet structure can include an integrated electrostatic filter sub-structure and an integrated electromagnetic radiation (EMR) control sub-structure. During operation of equipment within the enclosure, air drawn through the equipment enclosure can flow through the primary airflow path in such a way as to flow through the electrostatic filter sub-structure; and the EMR control sub-structure can control EMR emitted by the equipment, such that EMR leaving the enclosure is attenuated to below a threshold level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventor: FRANK SMITH
  • Patent number: 9715895
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for distribution of power and communications to robotic assemblies in data storage libraries, including enabling instruction signal communications during robot motion on conductive rails of the data storage library. For example, each robot can include at least two distinct sets of brushes, one set (e.g., pair) of power brushes and one set of signal brushes. The power brushes can be optimized for transferring power from the rails to the robot, and the signal brushes can be optimized for communicating instruction signals from the rails to the robot during robot motion. The power brushes can be coupled with power processing circuitry, and the signal brushes can be coupled with signal processing circuitry. Certain embodiments isolate the power and signal circuitry to improve power and/or signal distribution properties. Such techniques can appreciably increase the cartridge exchange rate and/or otherwise improve performance of the data storage library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Frank Smith
  • Publication number: 20170154816
    Abstract: A method of fabricating amorphous metal interconnections includes forming an amorphous metal layer over a base insulating layer on a semiconductor device using an amorphous metal having a non-crystalline structure. A portion of the amorphous metal layer is selectively removed to form a three dimensional pattern within a remaining portion of the amorphous metal layer. A fill insulating layer is disposed over the remaining portion of the amorphous metal layer and base insulating layer to fill the three dimensional pattern to form amorphous metal interconnects between semiconductor devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Sean X. LIN, Ming HE, Frank SMITH, Xunyuan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20160206942
    Abstract: A pitching training aid is provided. The pitching training aid includes an elongated poll having a first end, a second end, and a common axis running from the first end to the second end. The present invention further includes a ball having a slot running from a first side to a second side opposite the first side along a center of the ball. The slot is sized to fit around the elongated poll so that the ball slidably engages the elongated poll along the common center axis. A first stopper is secured to the first end of the elongated poll and a second stopper is secured to the second end of the elongated poll. The first stopper and the second stopper have a diameter greater than a diameter of the elongated poll, thereby preventing the ball from sliding off of the elongated poll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventor: Robert Frank Smith, JR.
  • Patent number: 9394282
    Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of formula I which are JAK inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, COPD and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jason Brubaker, Joshua Close, Tony Siu, Graham Frank Smith, Luis E. Torres, Hyun Chong Woo, Jonathan R. Young, Zhongyong Wei, Feng Shi
  • Patent number: 9378483
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for improving electromagnetic compatibility of a data storage library to meet electromagnetic interference (EMI) requirements. Embodiments can operate in context of a data storage library having one or more robots to ferry storage media between media cells and media drives. The robot(s) can communicate with a controller system via a communications link using respective drivers, thereby employing coordinated-spread-spectrum, frequency-shifted keying (FSK) signals. For example, a transmitting driver can modulate instruction data into an FSK signal and transmit the FSK signal over a predefined spread-spectrum carrier signal; and a receiving driver can receive the FSK signal on the predefined spread-spectrum carrier signal and demodulating the FSK signal to recover the instruction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Frank Smith
  • Patent number: 9328099
    Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of formula I which are JAK inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, COPD and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jason Brubaker, Matthew Lloyd Childers, Matthew Christopher, Joshua T. Close, Jason David Katz, Joon Jung, Scott Peterson, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Tony Siu, Graham Frank Smith, Luis E. Torres, Hyun Chong Woo, Jonathan R. Young, Hongjun Zhang
  • Patent number: 9216173
    Abstract: The invention provides certain 2-pyridyl carboxamide-containing compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A and B are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using the compounds for treating diseases or conditions mediated by Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (Syk) kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Corey E. Bienstock, John W. Butcher, Kaleen Konrad Childers, Maria Emilia Di Francesco, Anthony Donofrio, John Michael Ellis, Christian Fischer, Andrew M. Haidle, James P. Jewell, Sandra Lee Knowles, Alan B. Northrup, Ryan D. Otte, Scott L. Peterson, Graham Frank Smith
  • Publication number: 20140243336
    Abstract: The invention provides certain 2-pyridyl carboxamide-containing compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A and B are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using the compounds for treating diseases or conditions mediated by Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (Syk) kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Corey E. Bienstock, John W. Butcher, Kaleen Konrad Childers, Maria Emilia Di Francesco, Anthony Donofrio, John Michael Ellis, Christian Fischer, Andrew M. Haidle, James P. Jewell, Sandra Lee Knowles, Alan B. Northrup, Ryan D. Otte, Scott L. Peterson, Graham Frank Smith
  • Publication number: 20140235641
    Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of formula I which are JAK inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, COPD and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Jason Brubaker, Joshua Close, Tony Siu, Graham Frank Smith, Luis E. Torres, Hyun Chong Woo, Jonathan R. Young, Zhongyong Wei, Feng Shi
  • Publication number: 20140228348
    Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of formula I which are JAK inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, COPD and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Jason Brubaker, Matthew Lloyd Childers, Matthew Christopher, Joshua T. Close, Jason David Katz, Joon Jung, Scott Peterson, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Tony Siu, Graham Frank Smith, Luis E. Torres, Hyun Chong Woo, Jonathan R. Young, Hongjun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130163634
    Abstract: A method of controlling the temperature of a probe in materials testing apparatus, and apparatus operating by that method are disclosed. The apparatus includes heating elements that can by supplied with energy to apply heat to the probe. The method has a heating phase. In the heating phase, closed-loop temperature control is used to supply energy to the heating elements to heat the probe to a target temperature. When the probe has reached the target temperature, the average power that is being supplied to the heating elements is determined. Then, in a temperature maintenance phase, a continuous constant source of energy at a power that is substantially equal to the determined average power is supplied to the heating elements to maintain the probe at the target temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: MICRO MATERIALS LTD
    Inventors: James Frank Smith, Nicholas Pickford
  • Patent number: 8273687
    Abstract: Provided are methods, kits and compositions for killing, controlling or suppressing a plant by administering to surfaces of the plant a herbicide composition comprising a herbicidally effective limonene component and an emulsifying agent in an aqueous emulsion, wherein the composition has a pH greater than 5. Also provided are methods, kits and compositions for killing, controlling or suppressing a plant, comprising administering to surfaces of the plant a herbicide composition comprising a herbicidally effective limonene component and an emulsifying agent in an aqueous emulsion, wherein the composition includes a wetting agent. Also provided are methods, kits and compositions for killing, controlling or suppressing a plant, comprising administering to surfaces of the plant a herbicide composition comprising a herbicidally effective limonene component and an emulsifying agent in an aqueous emulsion, wherein the composition has a pH greater than 5 and includes a wetting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Cutting Edge Formulations, Inc.
    Inventors: Olav Messerschmidt, Joseph Jankauskas, Frank Smith
  • Patent number: D690939
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas R. Lintz, Ellen Y. Lintz, D. Frank Smith
  • Patent number: D704935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas R. Lintz, Ellen Y. Lintz, D. Frank Smith
  • Patent number: D1021941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Coinbase, Inc.
    Inventors: Siddharth Coelho-Prabhu, Adam Moore, Jeffrey Smith, Frank Taehyun Yoo