Patents by Inventor Heather An

Heather An 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: 11076884
    Abstract: An example introducer is disclosed. An example introducer sheath includes a tubular member including an inner surface, an outer surface and a wall extending therebetween. The introducer further includes a plurality of spine members. The plurality of spine members are positioned radially inward of the outer surface of the tubular member. Further, each of the plurality of the spine members are positioned radially outward of the inner surface of the tubular member. Additionally, the tubular member is designed to shift from a first configuration to a second configuration and the wall has a first thickness in the first position and a second thickness in the second position, the second thickness smaller than the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Anderson, Adam David Grovender, Brian R. Reynolds, Ross A. Olson, Heather Hetteen, Uchenna Junior Agu
  • Patent number: 11080803
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying one or more submissions are described. One such exemplar method includes: (i) accepting, from a client device associated with a reviewer, a representation of the reviewer's presence at a represented location; (ii) receiving location coordinates of a location-enabled device when the reviewer represents being present at the represented location and the location-enabled device is proximate and/or in possession of the reviewer; (iii) deeming the reviewer as an authorized reviewer of the represented location if the location coordinates of the location-enabled device are within a predefined threshold area around the represented location when the reviewer represents being present at the represented location; and (v) causing to be displayed, on one or more of the client devices, one or more submissions relating to the represented location received from the authorized reviewer of the represented location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Relola Inc.
    Inventors: Heather Lynn Sittig, Kristen Emily Anne Policy, Graham Alan Golder
  • Publication number: 20210230055
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the disclosure pertain to an article including a film disposed on a glass substrate, which may be strengthened, where the interface between the film and the glass substrate is modified, such that the article has an improved average flexural strength, and the film retains key functional properties for its application. Some key functional properties of the film include optical, electrical and/or mechanical properties. The bridging of a crack from one of the film or the glass substrate into the other of the film or the glass substrate can be suppressed by inserting a nanoporous crack mitigating layer between the glass substrate and the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Heather Bossard Decker, Shandon Dee Hart, Guangli Hu, James Joseph Price, Paul Arthur Sachenik
  • Publication number: 20210233189
    Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-mode communication management are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method comprises presenting real estate listings regarding properties to buyers. Accounts may be created for buyers and real estate agents. Communications from different communication types between one or more buyers and one or more real estate agents regarding any of the real estate listings may be captured. Metadata corresponding to each of the communications may be captured. The communications and the metadata may be stored. A request including identification of a particular real estate agent, a particular buyer, and a particular property may be received. Particular communications may be retrieved in response to the request, the particular communications corresponding to the particular real estate agent, the particular buyer, and the particular property. The particular communications may be provided to the particular real estate agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Relola Inc.
    Inventors: Heather Sittig Jackson, Kristen Policy, Graham Golder
  • Publication number: 20210230267
    Abstract: Antigen binding proteins that bind to human IL-23 protein are provided. Nucleic acids encoding the antigen binding protein, vectors, and cells encoding the same as well as use of IL-23 antigen binding proteins for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Jennifer E. Towne, Janet D. Cheng, Jason C. O'Neill, Yu Zhang, Yu Sun, Heather Cerne, Derek E. Piper, Randal R. Ketchem
  • Publication number: 20210233344
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for managing a wagering system. In one exemplary embodiment, state information of a live event such as a sports game may be received in real time. During the event, a plurality of possible future states of the event and their associated probabilities (and odds) may be determined based on the state information, historical information, and current in-game information. A betting market is created for betting on the possible future states at determined odds. The betting market is closed, and winning and losing bets are resolved based on updated state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Lee Amaitis, Andrew Garrood, Mike Colbert, Heather Parks, Anthony Storm, Foster Barton, Thomas D. Bradshaw
  • Patent number: 11072559
    Abstract: An article includes a glass, glass-ceramic or ceramic substrate including a primary surface. A functional coating is disposed over the primary surface of the substrate. The coating includes a first portion disposed over the primary surface. One or more interrupting layers are disposed over the first portion. A second portion is disposed over the one or more interrupting layers. The one or more interrupting layers includes a microstructure different than one of the first and second portions and the coating has an average optical transmittance greater than about 10% over the visible wavelength range from about 450 nm to about 650 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Heather Bossard Decker, Shandon Dee Hart, Karl William Koch, III, Charles Andrew Paulson
  • Patent number: 11073891
    Abstract: A distributed power management system is configured determine a node power consumption of a node during a first time interval. The system can determine a node power cap. The system can determine a proportional component power budget for a component of the node based, at least in part, on the node power consumption and a component power consumption. The system can determine a power budget for the component for a second time interval based, at least in part on the proportional component power budget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Drake, Guillermo J. Silva, Timothy G. Hallett, Heather L. Hanson, Jordan Keuseman, Charles R. Lefurgy, Karthick Rajamani, Todd J. Rosedahl, Malcolm S. Allen-Ware
  • Patent number: 11072071
    Abstract: A robot system models the behavior of a user when the user occupies an operating zone associated with a robot. The robot system predicts future behaviors of the user, and then determines whether those predicted behaviors interfere with anticipated behaviors of the robot. When such interference may occur, the robot system generates dynamics adjustments that can be implemented by the robot to avoid such interference. The robot system may also generate dynamics adjustments that can be implemented by the user to avoid such interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Evan Atherton, David Thomasson, Heather Kerrick, Hui Li
  • Publication number: 20210225482
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to health-related user interfaces. In some embodiments, user interfaces for managing health-related data are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces for viewing health data are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces related to sharing health data are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew W. CROWLEY, Pablo F. CARO, Dmitri CAVANDER, Heather E. DANIEL, Paul W. SALZMAN, Pratik SOLANKI, Siji Rachel TOM
  • Publication number: 20210221733
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the disclosure pertain to an article including a film disposed on a glass substrate, which may be strengthened, where the interface between the film and the glass substrate is modified, such that the article retains its average flexural strength, and the film retains key functional properties for its application. Some key functional properties of the film include optical, electrical and/or mechanical properties. The bridging of a crack from one of the film or the glass substrate into the other of the film or the glass substrate can be prevented by inserting a crack mitigating layer between the glass substrate and the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Heather Bossard Decker, Shandon Dee Hart, Guangli Hu, Fei Li, James Joseph Price, Chandan Kumar Saha
  • Publication number: 20210221016
    Abstract: A rotating blade slicer is provided. The slicer includes a housing, a carriage assembly that is slidably movable along the housing with respect to the knife. A gauge plate is provided to set cutting depth. The carriage assembly movably supports a weighted plate that is slidably mounted upon the carriage assembly and is configured to be disposed upon an upper surface of a food product intended to be sliced by the knife. The weighted plate supported by an arm that is slidably mounted to the carriage assembly, wherein the weighted plate is removably attached to the arm such that the weighted plate can be removed from and connected to the arm without any external tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Globe Food Equipment Co.
    Inventors: Heather Brianna Dwire, Bethany Nicole Farrier
  • Patent number: 11070623
    Abstract: The system and methods disclosed herein include a runtime architecture that takes a nonspecific set of systems of differential equations, distributes them across the network, and iteratively integrates them through time with a possibility to output the results on every iteration. Embodiments of the disclosed system may be used for neural computation or any other suitable application. Embodiments can be used as a standalone engine or as part of another computational system for massively parallel numerical integration of a data-driven dynamical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Neurala, Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoly Gorshechnikov, Massimiliano Versace, Heather Ames Versace, Gennady Livitz
  • Patent number: 11066314
    Abstract: An aerator assembly for wastewater treatment includes a draft tube and an air supply assembly. The draft tube includes a sidewall and presents open top and bottom tube ends. The air supply assembly includes an air supply conduit and a diffuser body. The diffuser body has an inlet aperture and a bubble generator connected to the inlet. The inlet aperture is connected to the air supply conduit such that the bubble generator receives air from a source of air, to which the air supply conduit is connected. The bubble generator has a plurality of air openings for generating fine air bubbles. The diffuser body is sealingly engaged to the sidewall adjacent the bottom tube end so as restrict upward flow of wastewater through the draft tube past the diffuser body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: BioMicrobics, Inc.
    Inventors: Reza Shamskhorzani, Heather Renee Anderson
  • Publication number: 20210216865
    Abstract: An artificial neural network (ANN) that learns at the Edge (e.g., on a smart phone) can be faster and use less network bandwidth than an ANN trained on a server and distributed to the Edge. Learning at the compute edge can be accomplished by executing Lifelong Deep Neural Network (L-DNN) technology at the compute edge. L-DNN technology uses a representation-rich, DNN-based subsystem with a fast-learning subsystem to learn new features quickly without forgetting previously learned features. Compared to a conventional DNN, L-DNN uses much less data to build robust networks, has dramatically shorter training time, and learns on-device instead of on servers without re-training or storing data. An edge device with L-DNN can learn continuously after deployment, eliminating costs in data collection and annotation, memory, and compute power. This fast, local, on-device learning can be used in unsupervised mode to make personal assistants more intelligent and enhance frequently used apps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Massimiliano Versace, Daniel Glasser, Vesa TORMANEN, Anatoli Gorchechnikov, Heather Ames Versace, Jeremy Wurbs
  • Patent number: 11062392
    Abstract: A system for personalized inflation modeling and mitigation includes a network interface, a database, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is structured to receive user data comprising spending information, a current investment portfolio of a user, and information obtained from an activity sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Joseph C. Curatola, Heather Henke, Peter Speidel
  • Patent number: 11058625
    Abstract: Compositions including at least one dendritic silicone acrylate copolymer and at least one silicone elastomer resin, as well as methods of making such compositions and methods of applying such compositions to keratinous material are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Jody Ebanks, Mariko Hasebe, Heather Yoonsoo Lee, Hy Si Bui
  • Patent number: D925557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaonan Wang, Eric Knudtson, Nathan Bailey, Bobby Bray, Meghan Cartlidge, Heather Daggett, Michael D. Dulin, Dawn Ressel
  • Patent number: D926250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Donald Ariel, Vincent Dappio, Daniel Ortiz, Jeremiah Driscoll, Heather Mullins, Christopher Strickland
  • Patent number: D926792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: KING.COM LTD.
    Inventors: Marcus Edstrom, Erik Buchholz, Elin Andersson, Robin Brook, Kerstin Edin, Heather McGrath, Caspar Swahn, Johannes Barte