Patents by Inventor Gregory J. Roberts

Gregory J. Roberts 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).

  • SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE MONITORING AND BENEFITS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210366609
    Abstract: A method of treatment of a type 2 diabetic patient includes selecting a type 2 diabetic patient having a predetermined comorbidity for treatment, initiating a continuous glucose monitor regimen for the selected type 2 diabetic patient, wherein after six months of initiation of the continuous glucose monitor regimen, a rate of hospitalization for a predetermined diagnostic category of the selected patient having the predetermined comorbidity is reduced by at least 12% relative to an average rate of hospitalization for the predetermined diagnostic category of selected patients having the predetermined comorbidity without the continuous glucose monitor regimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Yelena NABUTOVSKY, Matthew S.D. KERR, Gregory J. ROBERTS, Jennifer M. JOSEPH
  • System for analyzing a filter element associated with a smoking article, and associated method
    Patent number: 8186359
    Abstract: A system and associated method for analyzing a filter element of at least one of a filter rod and a smoking article is provided. At least one sensor element is adapted to interact with the filter element so as to determine an object insertion status with respect thereto and to generate an output signal in response. The object insertion status includes at least one of an object presence within the filter element, an object absence from the filter element, a proper insertion of an object into the filter element, a defective insertion of an object into the filter element, a proper object within the filter element, and a defective object within the filter element. An analysis unit is in communication with the at least one sensor element and responsive to the output signal therefrom to generate an indicia corresponding to the object insertion status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Balager Ademe, Vernon Brent Barnes, Travis Eugene Howard, Robert William Benford, Franklin Forrest Brantley, Brent Walker Carter, William Robert Collett, Darrell Thomas Dixon, Larry Dean McCann, John Larkin Nelson, Gregory J. Roberts, Timothy Frederick Thomas, Calvin Wayne Henderson
  • SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING A FILTER ELEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH A SMOKING ARTICLE, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20090194118
    Abstract: A system and associated method for analyzing a filter element of at least one of a filter rod and a smoking article is provided. At least one sensor element is adapted to interact with the filter element so as to determine an object insertion status with respect thereto and to generate an output signal in response. The object insertion status includes at least one of an object presence within the filter element, an object absence from the filter element, a proper insertion of an object into the filter element, a defective insertion of an object into the filter element, a proper object within the filter element, and a defective object within the filter element. An analysis unit is in communication with the at least one sensor element and responsive to the output signal therefrom to generate an indicia corresponding to the object insertion status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Balager Ademe, Vernon Brent Barnes, Travis Eugene Howard, Robert William Benford, Franklim Forrest Brantley, Brent Walker Carter, William Robert Collett, Darrell Thomas Dixon, Larry Dean McCann, John Larkin Nelson, Gregory J. Roberts, Timothy Frederick Thomas, Calvin Wayne Henderson