Patents by Inventor James A. Howard

James A. Howard 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: 20250100666
    Abstract: An embodiment of an exhaust collection system for collecting exhaust from a marine vessel includes an exhaust cleaning assembly including a tank. In addition, the exhaust collection system includes a vent hood in fluid communication with the tank of the exhaust cleaning assembly. The vent hood includes a frame including one or more extendable frame members, and an outer covering that covers the frame to define an enclosure with an opening configured to receive an exhaust stack of the marine vessel therethrough, the one or more extendable frame members to extend and retract to adjust a size of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen Daniel Ernst, James A. Tomlinson, William Thomas MacKrell, Mark Howard Nielsen, Rounack Singh Bumrah
  • Patent number: 12261770
    Abstract: A primary internet connection via a gateway or router located at a premises may be used to route internet traffic from devices located at the premises. A change in the primary internet connection, such as a loss or a degradation of the connection, may occur. Based on the change in the primary internet connection, metrics of alternative internet connections, such as cellular or hotspot connections, may be used to select one of the alternative internet connections. Internet traffic may be routed via the selected alternative internet connection until the primary internet connection is reestablished or improves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: James Howard Stephens, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12256678
    Abstract: An automated mushroom harvesting system for mounting to a vertical mushroom rack comprises a robot having a frame mounted to a vertical carriage assembly. A SCARA arm is slidably mounted to the vertical carriage assembly by a vertical stage, operable to move the SCARA arm along a vertical mast. The SCARA arm moves the end effector in a horizontal plane for harvesting mushrooms, above the surface of the mushroom bed and into and out of the confines of the mushroom rack, and the vertical stage moves the SCARA arm in a vertical direction so as to access the mushrooms in a bed and to access mushroom beds on different levels of the vertical mushroom rack. An end effector having a helically reinforced neck and a graduated elasticity modulus, with a lower elasticity modulus in the neck and a higher elasticity in the cup, is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: 4AG Robotics Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Howard Boudreau, Kyran Ashley Lawrence Findlater, James Boyd Gibson, Clark Allan Richardson
  • Publication number: 20250092027
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (1). or tautomer or a solvate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the various substituents are as defined in the claims. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of formula (I), processes for making the compounds and the medical uses of the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Gianni CHESSARI, Steven HOWARD, Ildiko Maria BUCK, Benjamin David CONS, Christopher Norbert JOHNSON, Rhian Sara HOLVEY, David Charles REES, Jeffrey David ST. DENIS, Emiliano TAMANINI, Bernard Thomas GOLDING, Ian Robert HARDCASTLE, Celine Florence CANO, Duncan Charles MILLER, Martin Edward Mäntylä NOBLE, Roger John GRIFFIN, James Daniel OSBORNE, Joanne PEACH, Arwel LEWIS, Kim Louise HIRST, Benjamin Paul WHITTAKER, David Wyn WATSON, Dale Robert MITCHELL
  • Patent number: 12253845
    Abstract: A method for cloud edge network process automation control includes receiving, at a multi-access edge computing device, a factory application defining an automated process; and identifying process modules associated with the factory application. The method further includes determining resources required by the process modules associated with the factory application; and assigning, based on the determining of the resources, the process modules to devices for execution within the automated process. The method further includes providing distributed orchestration information to the devices, where the distributed orchestration information includes a status of the process modules; and controlling networked plant devices for middle latency conditions based upon the distributed orchestration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Allen Edward Dixon, James Beacom Terhorst, Seth Howard, Rachel Jaret, Dmitry Galushko
  • Publication number: 20250084702
    Abstract: A method for preparing a geothermal system involves preparing a wellbore that extends into an underground magma reservoir. Characteristics of the drilling process and the borehole are monitored to detect when the magma reservoir is reached, such that specially configured drilling operations can be performed to drill to a target depth within the magma reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Benjamin Chris Smith, James Michael Browning, Randall Howard Hornbaker, Kevin Martin Stone, Georgios Evangelatos, Shamsul Abedin Al-Tomal, Andrew Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20250074900
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for preparing isoindolin-1-one derivatives, and in particular processes for preparing (2S,3S)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-[(1R)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-fluoro-5-[(1S)-1-hydroxy-1-(oxan-4-yl)propyl]-1-methoxy-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl]-2-methylpropanoic acid. The invention also relates to crystalline forms of the compound (2S,3S)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-[(1R)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-fluoro-5-[(1S)-1-hydroxy-1-(oxan-4-yl)propyl]-1-methoxy-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl]-2-methylpropanoic acid and its salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Steven HOWARD, Benjamin David CONS, Jeffrey David ST. DENIS, Charlotte Mary GRIFFITHS-JONES, Steven Douglas HISCOCK, Rhian Sara HOLVEY, Alan Richard BURNS, David COUSIN, Hannah Louise DEXTER, Guillaume François PARRA, John Paul WATTS, Robert JEWELL, Jennifer Ann STOCKWELL, Kim Louise HIRST, Isabelle Anne LEMASSON, David John NASH, James Daniel OSBORNE, Jonas Calleja PRIEDE, Nicholas Paul RICHARDS, Aaron Michael DUMAS, Brian Christopher BISHOP, David PARRY-JONES, Jeremy Peter SCOTT, Meenakshi Sundaram SHANMUGHAM, Peter Richard MULLENS, David Charles LATHBURY, Darren James DIXON, Matthew James GAUNT
  • Publication number: 20250066386
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are macrocyclic compounds that inhibit the binding of KRas. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the KRas inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, leukemia, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, and other diseases or conditions dependent on KRas interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Thorsten A. Kirschberg, Solomon B. Ungashe, Thu Phan, Yongli Su, Xiaodong Wang, James T. Palmer, Thomas Butler, Ravindra B. Upasani, Nan-Horng Lin, David Sperandio, Neil Howard Squires, Amna Trinity-Turjuman Adam
  • Patent number: 12238098
    Abstract: A system for cross-domain identity management (SCIM) proxy service is described. A first SCIM endpoint receives, from a first SCIM client, a first message that includes a SCIM resource. The first SCIM endpoint is associated with a customer of the SCIM proxy service. The SCIM proxy service is configured as a first SCIM service provider for the first SCIM client. The first message is validated. The first SCIM proxy service determines that a third-party application is in scope for the SCIM resource, where the SCIM proxy service is configured as a second SCIM client for the third-party application. The SCIM proxy service transforms the SCIM resource to create a transformed SCIM resource that is applicable for the third-party application. The SCIM proxy service transmits a second message to a second SCIM endpoint of the third-party application, the second message including the transformed SCIM resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.
    Inventors: Kenny Johnson, Gabriel Andrew Bauman, Kyle Hiller, Alexander Jay Holland, Russell Louis Kerns, Jesse Li, James Howard Royal, Akemi Leigh Davisson
  • Patent number: 12227092
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for coordinating and executing bidirectional energy transfer events between electrified vehicles and one or more participating electrified recreational vehicles. Energy may be transferred from an electrified vehicle to one or more electrified recreational vehicles, from the one or more electrified recreational vehicles to the electrified vehicle, or both during bidirectional energy transfer events. The proposed systems and methods may further be configured to provide various charging configurations between the electrified vehicle and the one or more electrified recreational vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, James Baumbick, Annette Lynn Huebner, Peter Phung, Ryan O'Gorman, David Brian Glickman, Katherine Howard-Cone
  • Patent number: 12210610
    Abstract: A method for determining authenticity of a security device of a component in an imaging device includes receiving, by the security device, an authentication challenge including one or more commands and executing, by the security device, the one or more commands in response to receiving the authentication challenge. A magnetic field profile is generated based on current drawn by the security device from a power source while the security device is executing the one or more commands, the generated magnetic field profile indicating an authentication response of the security device to the authentication challenge for use in determining authenticity of the security device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: James Howard Ellis, Jr., Timothy John Rademacher
  • Patent number: 12202828
    Abstract: The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocycle compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and to the use of the compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Gianni Chessari, Christopher Norbert Johnson, Steven Howard, James Edward Harvey Day, Ildiko Maria Buck, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Gordon Saxty, Emiliano Tamanini, Nicola Elizabeth Wilsher
  • Patent number: 12201885
    Abstract: An alignment aid for a golf club includes a centerline marker for marking a centerline of a shaft of a golf club, one or more alignment angle markers and an angle indicator configured to couple to the centerline marker at a first end and one of the one or more alignment angle markers at a second opposite end, wherein the angle indicator indicates a preselected club angle for a user. The centerline marker, the one or more alignment angle markers and the angle indicator can comprise one or more stickable decals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventor: James Howard Carroll
  • Publication number: 20250011162
    Abstract: A resonator and/or MEMS device is provided with a flexible suspension mount to reduce mechanical stress and/or interference arising from other electrical components. In one illustrative embodiment, the flexible suspension mount can be configured as one or more metallic springs that provide for electrical connection as well as for specific spring and dampening coefficients. In another illustrative material, techniques can be use which change spring and/or dampening coefficients at a particular point in the manufacturing/assembly/distribution process, optionally before device characterization and/or programming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Nicholas MILLER, James Howard Thomas RANSLEY, Paul M. HAGELIN, Markus LUTZ
  • Publication number: 20250000607
    Abstract: A marker delivery assembly for a biopsy device includes an integration module and a marker delivery module. The integration module includes a connector defining a cavity and a neck that extends outwardly from the cavity in a longitudinal direction. A transmission cover having a shaft is disposed about the neck, and further includes a spindle gear and a drum gear. A bevel drum is rotatably coupled to the drum gear and a pushrod is engaged to the bevel drum. The marker delivery module includes a marker housing releasably coupled to the integration module. A marker delivery cartridge engages the marker housing, and is rotatable between an initial position and a delivery position. The pushrod extends through the marker delivery cartridge and forces at least one marker into the biopsy device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Cavanagh, Jamie Collins, Koltin Glaspie, Dwayne Griffin, James Howard, Robert Meehan, Andrew Sharpe, Marvin Clyde C. Vergara
  • Publication number: 20240411060
    Abstract: A liquid lens includes a substrate, a transparent elastic membrane forming a cavity with the substrate, and a transparent fluid filling the cavity between the substrate and the membrane. The membrane has a pre-distorted, rotationally asymmetric shape in absence of the fluid in the cavity. When the cavity is filled with the fluid and the substrate is disposed vertically w.r.t. gravity at a pre-defined clocking angle, the membrane adopts a substantially rotationally symmetric shape due to elasticity of the membrane counteracting gravity exerting a downward force on the fluid in the cavity, reducing the effect of the gravity sag on optical performance of the liquid lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew John Ouderkirk, Nagi Hosni Elabbasi, Spencer Allan Wells, Christopher Stipe, Kenneth Alexander Diest, Christopher Yuan Ting Liao, Liliana Ruiz Diaz, Laura Cressman, Taha Masood, James Howard Thomas Ransley
  • Patent number: 12153710
    Abstract: Techniques for generating synthetic data are described. An exemplary approach includes receiving one or more requests to generate synthetic data based on a first dataset; generating the synthetic dataset is generated according to the request by choosing a set of synthetic datapoints between pairs of datapoints of the first dataset along a line connecting them while sampling a likely value of a local probability distribution; and providing the synthetic dataset as configured by the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tamas Madl, Matthew James Howard
  • Patent number: 12092844
    Abstract: A liquid lens includes a substrate, a transparent elastic membrane forming a cavity with the substrate, and a transparent fluid filling the cavity between the substrate and the membrane. The membrane has a pre-distorted, rotationally asymmetric shape in absence of the fluid in the cavity. When the cavity is filled with the fluid and the substrate is disposed vertically w.r.t. gravity at a pre-defined clocking angle, the membrane adopts a substantially rotationally symmetric shape due to elasticity of the membrane counteracting gravity exerting a downward force on the fluid in the cavity, reducing the effect of the gravity sag on optical performance of the liquid lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Ouderkirk, Nagi Hosni Elabbasi, Spencer Allan Wells, Christopher Stipe, Kenneth Alexander Diest, Christopher Yuan Ting Liao, Liliana Ruiz Diaz, Laura Cressman, Taha Masood, James Howard Thomas Ransley
  • Patent number: 12083869
    Abstract: A window assembly for attachment to a frame of a vehicle includes a window having a top, a bottom, sides, an outer surface, and an inner surface. A height of the window extends from the top to the bottom of the window. A width of the window extends between the sides of the window. A thickness of the window extends between the outer and inner surfaces. The window defines a plurality of slots. A clamp is securable to the frame of the vehicle for mounting the window assembly to the vehicle. A bolt is extendable through the clamp and window to couple the window to the clamp and frame. A fastener is engageable with the bolt to secure the window assembly to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Optic Armor, LLC
    Inventor: James Howard
  • Patent number: D1067658
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Inventor: Curtis James Howard