Patents by Inventor George Leonard

George Leonard 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).

  • Patent number: 11929828
    Abstract: Systems and methods for differentiated application of an Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) to enhance link performance in satellite communication systems are disclosed. A system may include a processor and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to dynamically compute bandwidth capacity of a terminal from a plurality of terminals. Based on the computed bandwidth capacity of the terminal, the processor may automatically determine a ModCod to be applied for transmission to or from the terminal to optimize bit error rate (BER) performance. The to processor may determine the ModCod using an ACM technique. For the plurality of terminals, the processor may dynamically determine aggregate bandwidth availability and congestion within the ACM technique to optimize sharing of available bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
    Inventors: George Joseph Choquette, John Leonard Border
  • Publication number: 20230366110
    Abstract: A platform technology that uses a novel membrane electrode assembly, including a cathode layer, an anode layer, a membrane layer arranged between the cathode layer and the anode layer, the membrane conductively connecting the cathode layer and the anode layer, in a COx reduction reactor has been developed. The reactor can be used to synthesize a broad range of carbon-based compounds from carbon dioxide and other gases containing carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kendra P. Kuhl, Etosha R. Cave, George Leonard
  • Publication number: 20230265568
    Abstract: Provided herein are membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for COx reduction and carbon dioxide reduction reactors (CRRs) that include MEAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Kendra P. Kuhl, Etosha R. Cave, George Leonard, Ziyang Huo, Lihui Wang, Kenneth S. Hua, Sichao Ma, Edward Izett, Sara Hunegnaw, Ajay R. Kashi, Maxwell Goldman, Angelica L. Reyes, Kathryn L. Corp
  • Publication number: 20230265572
    Abstract: A system preferably including a carbon dioxide reactor. A method for carbon dioxide reactor control, preferably including selecting carbon dioxide reactor aspects based on a desired output composition, running a carbon dioxide reactor under controlled process conditions to produce a desired output composition, and/or altering the process conditions to alter the output composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Kendra Kuhl, Etosha Cave, Nicholas Flanders, Sichao Ma, Qun Zeng, George Leonard
  • Patent number: 11680327
    Abstract: A platform technology that uses a novel membrane electrode assembly, including a cathode layer, an anode layer, a membrane layer arranged between the cathode layer and the anode layer, the membrane conductively connecting the cathode layer and the anode layer, in a COx reduction reactor has been developed. The reactor can be used to synthesize a broad range of carbon-based compounds from carbon dioxide and other gases containing carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Twelve Benefit Corporation
    Inventors: Kendra P. Kuhl, Etosha R. Cave, George Leonard
  • Publication number: 20230136397
    Abstract: Disclosed are membrane electrode assemblies having a cathode layer comprising a carbon oxide reduction catalyst that promotes reduction of a carbon oxide; an anode layer comprising a catalyst that promotes oxidation of a water; a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) layer disposed between, and in contact with, the cathode layer and the anode layer; and a salt having a concentration of at least about 10 uM in at least a portion of the MEA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Etosha R. Cave, Sichao Ma, Qun Zeng, Sara Hunegnaw, Kendra P. Kuhl, George Leonard, Ashley D. Mishra, Ajay R. Kashi
  • Patent number: 11578415
    Abstract: Disclosed are membrane electrode assemblies having a cathode layer comprising a carbon oxide reduction catalyst that promotes reduction of a carbon oxide; an anode layer comprising a catalyst that promotes oxidation of a water; a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) layer disposed between, and in contact with, the cathode layer and the anode layer; and a salt having a concentration of at least about 10 uM in at least a portion of the MEA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Twelve Benefit Corporation
    Inventors: Etosha R. Cave, Sichao Ma, Qun Zeng, Sara Hunegnaw, Kendra P. Kuhl, George Leonard, Ashley D. Mishra, Ajay R. Kashi
  • Patent number: 11512403
    Abstract: A system preferably including a carbon dioxide reactor. A method for carbon dioxide reactor control, preferably including selecting carbon dioxide reactor aspects based on a desired output composition, running a carbon dioxide reactor under controlled process conditions to produce a desired output composition, and/or altering the process conditions to alter the output composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Twelve Benefit Corporation
    Inventors: Kendra Kuhl, Etosha Cave, Nicholas Flanders, Sichao Ma, Qun Zeng, George Leonard
  • Publication number: 20220010437
    Abstract: A platform technology that uses a novel membrane electrode assembly including a cathode layer comprising a reduction catalyst and a first anion-and-cation-conducting polymer, an anode layer comprising an oxidation catalyst and a cation-conducting polymer, a membrane layer comprising a cation-conducting polymer, the membrane layer arranged between the cathode layer and the anode layer and conductively connecting the cathode layer and the anode layer, in a COx reduction reactor has been developed. The reactor can be used to synthesize a broad range of carbon-based compounds from carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kendra P. Kuhl, Etosha R. Cave, George Leonard
  • Publication number: 20210395908
    Abstract: Provided herein are membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for COx reduction and carbon dioxide reduction reactors (CRRs) that include MEAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kendra P. Kuhl, Etosha R. Cave, George Leonard, Ziyang Huo, Lihui Wang, Kenneth S. Hua, Sichao Ma, Edward Izett, Sara Hunegnaw, Ajay R. Kashi, Maxwell Goldman, Angelica L. Reyes, Kathryn L. Corp
  • Patent number: 11124886
    Abstract: A platform technology that uses a novel membrane electrode assembly including a cathode layer comprising a reduction catalyst and a first anion-and-cation-conducting polymer, an anode layer comprising an oxidation catalyst and a cation-conducting polymer, a membrane layer comprising a cation-conducting polymer, the membrane layer arranged between the cathode layer and the anode layer and conductively connecting the cathode layer and the anode layer, in a COx reduction reactor has been developed. The reactor can be used to synthesize a broad range of carbon-based compounds from carbon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Opus 12 Incorporated
    Inventors: Kendra P. Kuhl, Etosha R. Cave, George Leonard
  • Publication number: 20210164116
    Abstract: A platform technology that uses a novel membrane electrode assembly, including a cathode layer, an anode layer, a membrane layer arranged between the cathode layer and the anode layer, the membrane conductively connecting the cathode layer and the anode layer, in a COx reduction reactor has been developed. The reactor can be used to synthesize a broad range of carbon-based compounds from carbon dioxide and other gases containing carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Kendra P. Kuhl, Etosha R. Cave, George Leonard
  • Publication number: 20200354843
    Abstract: A platform technology that uses a novel membrane electrode assembly including a cathode layer comprising a reduction catalyst and a first anion-and-cation-conducting polymer, an anode layer comprising an oxidation catalyst and a cation-conducting polymer, a membrane layer comprising a cation-conducting polymer, the membrane layer arranged between the cathode layer and the anode layer and conductively connecting the cathode layer and the anode layer, in a COx reduction reactor has been developed. The reactor can be used to synthesize a broad range of carbon-based compounds from carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Kendra P. Kuhl, Etosha R. Cave, George Leonard
  • Patent number: 10822709
    Abstract: A platform technology that uses a novel membrane electrode assembly, including a cathode layer, an anode layer, a membrane layer arranged between the cathode layer and the anode layer, the membrane conductively connecting the cathode layer and the anode layer, in a COx reduction reactor has been developed. The reactor can be used to synthesize a broad range of carbon-based compounds from carbon dioxide and other gases containing carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Opus 12 Incorporated
    Inventors: Kendra P. Kuhl, Etosha R. Cave, George Leonard
  • Publication number: 20200240023
    Abstract: Disclosed are membrane electrode assemblies having a cathode layer comprising a carbon oxide reduction catalyst that promotes reduction of a carbon oxide; an anode layer comprising a catalyst that promotes oxidation of a water; a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) layer disposed between, and in contact with, the cathode layer and the anode layer; and a salt having a concentration of at least about 10 uM in at least a portion of the MEA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Etosha R. Cave, Sichao Ma, Qun Zeng, Sara Hunegnaw, Kendra P. Kuhl, George Leonard, Ashley D. Mishra, Ajay R. Kashi
  • Patent number: 10648091
    Abstract: A platform technology that uses a novel membrane electrode assembly including a cathode layer comprising a reduction catalyst and a first anion-and-cation-conducting polymer, an anode layer comprising an oxidation catalyst and a cation-conducting polymer, a membrane layer comprising a cation-conducting polymer, the membrane layer arranged between the cathode layer and the anode layer and conductively connecting the cathode layer and the anode layer, in a COx reduction reactor has been developed. The reactor can be used to synthesize a broad range of carbon-based compounds from carbon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: Opus 12 Inc., The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Kendra P. Kuhl, Etosha R. Cave, George Leonard
  • Publication number: 20190226103
    Abstract: A system preferably including a carbon dioxide reactor. A method for carbon dioxide reactor control, preferably including selecting carbon dioxide reactor aspects based on a desired output composition, running a carbon dioxide reactor under controlled process conditions to produce a desired output composition, and/or altering the process conditions to alter the output composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kendra Kuhl, Etosha Cave, Nicholas Flanders, Sichao Ma, Qun Zeng, George Leonard
  • Publication number: 20170321333
    Abstract: A platform technology that uses a novel membrane electrode assembly including a cathode layer comprising a reduction catalyst and a first anion-and-cation-conducting polymer, an anode layer comprising an oxidation catalyst and a cation-conducting polymer, a membrane layer comprising a cation-conducting polymer, the membrane layer arranged between the cathode layer and the anode layer and conductively connecting the cathode layer and the anode layer, in a COx reduction reactor has been developed. The reactor can be used to synthesize a broad range of carbon-based compounds from carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kendra P. Kuhl, Etosha R. Cave, George Leonard
  • Publication number: 20170321334
    Abstract: A platform technology that uses a novel membrane electrode assembly, including a cathode layer, an anode layer, a membrane layer arranged between the cathode layer and the anode layer, the membrane conductively connecting the cathode layer and the anode layer, in a COx reduction reactor has been developed. The reactor can be used to synthesize a broad range of carbon-based compounds from carbon dioxide and other gases containing carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kendra P. Kuhl, Etosha R. Cave, George Leonard
  • Patent number: 9697392
    Abstract: A reader (112) for reading data, the data being associated with a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tag (16) and carried by a data signal originating from the RFID tag, the reader (112) comprising processing means (118) and storage means, the storage means having instructions stored thereon, whereby the processing means (118) is operable, under control of the instructions, to periodically switch the reader (112) from a first state to a second state; wherein, when the reader (112) is in the second state, the reader (112) is operable to determine an occurrence of a tag present event corresponding to the presence of an RFID tag within a field generated to activate an RFID tag to transmit a respective data signal carrying data associated with the RFID tag, and one or more other events; following determination of the one or more other events, return the reader to the first state; and following determination of the tag present event, receive and store in the storage means a representation of the data signal o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: MALPURE PTY LTD
    Inventor: George Leonard Powell