Patents by Inventor James A. Hoffman

James A. Hoffman 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: 11974572
    Abstract: A fungicidal composition comprising a mixture of components (A) and (B), wherein components (A) and (B) are as defined in claim 1, and use of the compositions in agriculture or horticulture for controlling or preventing infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms, preferably fungi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SYGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Thomas James Hoffman, Daniel Stierli, Renaud Beaudegnies, Martin Pouliot, Ulrich Johannes Haas
  • Publication number: 20240130960
    Abstract: The systems and methods of the disclosure provide, inter alia, consumer products, e.g., finished consumer products that may be considered to be “biome-friendly” or “biome-compatible.” The systems and methods of the disclosure may provide for use of consumer products, e.g., finished consumer products, that may be used in combination with bacteria, e.g., non-pathogenic bacteria, e.g., ammonia oxidizing bacteria, which may be used in the form of a preparation or composition to be applied to a surface and/or to be used by a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Lauren Nicole Ambrogio, James Hoffman, Larry Weiss
  • Publication number: 20240123170
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a circumferential light guide that distributes light transmitted by a light source, and controller circuitry that variably illuminates the circumferential light guide of the electronic cigarette based on a user's draw strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ramon ALARCON, Adam HOFFMAN, Christopher MYLES, James R. CONREY
  • Patent number: 11958512
    Abstract: A vehicle monitoring device includes a camera or other optical sensor configured to be disposed at a trailing end of a first vehicle system. The camera or other optical sensor is configured to output one or more images or video of a field of view behind the first vehicle system. The monitoring device also includes a controller configured to receive output from one or more sensors and to activate the camera or other optical sensor to output the one or more images or video based on the output from the one or more sensors. The output from the one or more sensors indicates one or more of a change in movement of the first vehicle system, a temperature, an acoustic sound, or movement of a second vehicle system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carl L. Haas, Padam D. Swar, Danial Rice, Christopher Claussen, Joseph W. Gorman, James A. Oswald, Ann K. Grimm, Kevin Angel, James Trainor, Phillip A. Burgart, Kendrick W. Gawne, Robert Hoffman, Tim Gibson, Brian Kurz
  • Publication number: 20240120074
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an intelligent network to onboard patients to specialty medications are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Naresh Aggarwal, Nasir Ali, Matthew Hoffman, James C. Rowe, III, Karen Jeanne Tirozzi
  • Publication number: 20240120054
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an intelligent network to onboard patients to specialty medications are described herein. A server system for managing communication is configured to receive from a user at a healthcare practice, an electronic request to obtain a medical prior authorization (medPA) for a specialty drug to administer for a patient of the healthcare practice; select, using a rules service, a communication pathway to submit the medPA to a healthcare payer from a plurality of communication pathways; and initiate a connection with the healthcare payer using the selected communication pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Naresh Aggarwal, Mohd Nasir Ali, Matthew Hoffman, James C. Rowe, III, Karen Jeanne Tirozzi
  • Patent number: 11949752
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile event streaming system that receives customer application lifecycle and user events including a message, event source and a destination then processes data for consumption by one or more customers, generating a secure data stream and sending the processed data over the generated data stream. An example system for receiving, processing, and delivering customer application lifecycle and user engagement data includes a server system having at least one processor, memory and a network interface where the memory stores program instructions for receiving, storing, processing and transmitting messages via the network interface. The mobile event streaming system may be a distributed content delivery service wherein the content delivered via the service is processed. Processing the data comprises the addition of metadata, one or more identifiers such as user, and event identifiers including predictions of future user engagement to enable real-time data consumption by customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Airship Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael James Herrick, Adam C. Lowry, Cory David Hoffman Kolbeck, Michael Shane Robert McHugh
  • Publication number: 20240100732
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a power tool including a motor housing and an electric motor situated within the motor housing. The electric motor is configured to provide rotational energy to rotate an output device of the power tool about an output axis. The power tool also includes a cover configured to cover at least a portion of a surface of the motor housing that faces the output device. The power tool further includes a first lighting device located within the cover and a second lighting device located within the cover. The first lighting device and the second lighting device are located around the output axis and are separated from each other by at least 130 degrees about the output axis. The power tool also includes first power wires configured to provide power to the first lighting device from a power source of the power tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Roloff, James C. Sitter, Leonard F. Mikat-Stevens, Eric K. Farrington, Jack Glennon, Daniel J. Tomcheck, Caleb M. Schober, David Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20240104356
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for quantized machine learning. A quantized input matrix is accessed at a layer of a neural network, and a first interim value is generated in an accumulator by performing matrix multiplication, using the accumulator, of the quantized input matrix and a quantized weight matrix associated with the layer of the neural network. The first interim value is normalized based at least in part on one or more leading sign bits of the first interim value, and the normalized first interim value is dequantized. A second interim value is generated by applying a rounded right-shift operation to the dequantized normalized first interim value, and activation data is generated by applying an activation function to the second interim value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Srijesh SUDARSANAN, Deepak MATHEW, Marc HOFFMAN, Sundar Rajan BALASUBRAMANIAN, Gerald SWEENEY, Mansi JAIN, James LEE, Ankita NAYAK
  • Patent number: 11933683
    Abstract: A strain gauge includes a resistor formed of a doped silicon material, a conductive shield, and an isolation element disposed between the resistor and the conductive shield. The isolation element electrically isolates the resistor from the conductive shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH, TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP KOREA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: David Eric Wagner, James Hoffman, Kim Young-Deok
  • Publication number: 20240082317
    Abstract: Methods of facilitating the administration of ammonia oxidizing microorganisms (AOM) to the surface of a subject are disclosed. The methods include providing a container comprising an AOM preparation suitable to administration of the subject. Containers comprising an AOM preparation suitable for administration to the subject are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Lauren Nicole Ambrogio, James Hoffman, Todd Krueger
  • Patent number: 11925381
    Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a tissue extraction device may include a bag having an interior and a plurality of cutters elements extending along an interior surface of the bag. The cutters can be offset to facilitate collapsing of the bag prior to introducing the bag into a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Freyja Healthcare, LLC
    Inventors: James Bleck, John Aho, Thomas Eagan, Jonathan Towle, Mark Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20240016857
    Abstract: Methods of treating an environmental surface by depositing a preparation including nonpathogenic bacteria on the environmental surface are disclosed. Methods of treating an environmental surface by depositing a preparation including ammonia oxidizing microorganisms on the environmental surface are disclosed. Methods of introducing nonpathogenic bacteria into a built environment are disclosed. Methods of introducing ammonia oxidizing microorganisms into a built environment are disclosed. Methods of modulating a microbiome associated with a built environment or maintaining a microbiome associated with a built environment are disclosed. Methods of treating a subject by introducing ammonia oxidizing microorganisms into the built environment are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Lauren Nicole Ambrogio, James Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11811374
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to electrical circuits. More specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides a variable impedance module with a first capacitor coupled to a first input terminal and the second capacitor coupled to a second input terminal. A diode bridge is connected between the input capacitors. The anodes of the top diodes are connected to a supply through a resistor, and the cathodes of the lower diodes are connected to a high-impedance current source. A third capacitor is connected between these two nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD
    Inventors: James Hoffman, Florin Pera
  • Patent number: 11771402
    Abstract: Intraluminal medical devices, systems and methods are provided. In one embodiment, an intraluminal medical system includes a handheld interface device in communication with an intraluminal device to be positioned within a body lumen of a patient. The intraluminal device includes a sensor configured to obtain physiology data associated with the body lumen. The handheld interface device includes a housing sized and shaped for handheld use, a controller core disposed within the housing and configured to control a plurality of sensor types respectively associated with a plurality of intraluminal devices, a computing core disposed within the housing, and a first display integrated in the housing. The controller core is operable to identify the sensor of the intraluminal device, and control the sensor to obtain the physiology data associated with the body lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph James Hoffman, Cesar Perez
  • Publication number: 20230270796
    Abstract: Methods of facilitating the administration of ammonia oxidizing microorganisms (AOM) to the surface of a subject are disclosed. The methods include providing a container comprising an AOM preparation suitable to administration of the subject. Containers comprising an AOM preparation suitable for administration to the subject are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Lauren Nicole Ambrogio, James Hoffman, Todd Krueger
  • Publication number: 20230263507
    Abstract: A wireless intraluminal imaging device and an associated system are provided. In one embodiment, the wireless intraluminal imaging device includes a flexible elongate member including a proximal portion and a distal portion; an ultrasound imaging component coupled to the distal portion of the flexible elongate member; a cable coupled to the ultrasound imaging component and extending along the flexible elongate member; and a wireless communication component coupled to the proximal portion of the flexible elongate member, the wireless communication component in communication with the ultrasound imaging component via the cable. The wireless communication component wirelessly transmits ultrasound echo signals collected by the ultrasound imaging component to an image processing system via a wireless link for image generation at the image processing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Alfons Wouter GROENLAND, Arjen VAN DER HORST, Derk REEFMAN, David Holt BURKETT, Cesar PEREZ, Joseph James HOFFMAN, Gerald LITZZA
  • Publication number: 20230248784
    Abstract: Methods of treating an environmental surface by depositing a preparation including nonpathogenic bacteria on the environmental surface are disclosed. Methods of treating an environmental surface by depositing a preparation including ammonia oxidizing microorganisms on the environmental surface are disclosed. Methods of introducing nonpathogenic bacteria into a built environment are disclosed. Methods of introducing ammonia oxidizing microorganisms into a built environment are disclosed. Methods of modulating a microbiome associated with a built environment or maintaining a microbiome associated with a built environment are disclosed. Methods of treating a subject by introducing ammonia oxidizing microorganisms into the built environment are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: AOBIOME LLC
    Inventors: Lauren Nicole Ambrogio, James Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11638576
    Abstract: A wireless intraluminal imaging device and an associated system are provided. In one embodiment, the wireless intraluminal imaging device includes a flexible elongate member including a proximal portion and a distal portion; an ultrasound imaging component coupled to the distal portion of the flexible elongate member; a cable coupled to the ultrasound imaging component and extending along the flexible elongate member; and a wireless communication component coupled to the proximal portion of the flexible elongate member, the wireless communication component in communication with the ultrasound imaging component via the cable. The wireless communication component wirelessly transmits ultrasound echo signals collected by the ultrasound imaging component to an image processing system via a wireless link for image generation at the image processing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alfons Wouter Groenland, Arjen van der Horst, Derk Reefman, David Holt Burkett, Cesar Perez, Joseph James Hoffman, Gerald Litzza
  • Publication number: 20230131427
    Abstract: A fungicidal composition comprising a mixture of components (A) and (B), wherein components (A) and (B) are as defined in claim 1, and use of the compositions in agriculture or horticulture for controlling or preventing infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms, preferably fungi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Johannes HAAS, David BEATTIE, Thomas James HOFFMAN