Patents by Inventor James A. Smith

James A. Smith 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: 20250043649
    Abstract: A casing running rotary insert can include a base having a first aperture that traverses therethrough. The casing running rotary insert can also include a rotary table engagement feature that extends from a bottom surface of the base, where the rotary table engagement feature is configured to engage a complementary feature of a rotary table to fix a position of the base relative to the rotary table, and where the aperture in the base is configured to align with a second aperture in the rotary table when the rotary table engagement feature is engaged with the complementary feature of the rotary table. The casing running rotary insert can further include a casing bowl engagement feature that extends from a top surface of the base, where the casing bowl engagement feature is configured to engage a casing bowl to fix a position of the casing bowl relative to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Joseph LaChance, Colburn Bernard Summers, Andrew James Wilson, Tyler Chance Vanderslice, Jonathan Michael Moore, Clint Edward Concord, Jacqueline Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 12216105
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for receiving, by a ground control station (GCS) having a processor with addressable memory, a plurality of point source gas concentration measurements; receiving, by the GCS, a meteorological data corresponding to each point source concentration gas measurement; determining, by the GCS, if each point source gas concentration measurement is an elevated ambient gas concentration; generating, by the GCS, a back trajectory for each elevated ambient gas concentration; storing, by the GCS, the position of each generated back trajectory in a grid; determining, by the GCS, a probability of a gas source location corresponding to the stored positions in the grid; and generating, by the GCS, an overlay showing the probability of the gas source location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SeekOps Inc.
    Inventors: Anders Andelman Nottrott, Brendan James Smith, Andrew David Aubrey
  • Publication number: 20250035257
    Abstract: A multi-legged equipment support, components thereof, and associated methods. The equipment support comprises a stand and an equipment holder. The stand includes a hub and multiple legs pivotable with respect to the hub. The legs are pivotable outward from stowed positions to preset operational pivoted positions. The user can select a preset operational pivoted position in which outward pivoting of a leg will stop based on moving an actuator between preset locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: AOB Products Company
    Inventors: Brian Steere, Michael Cottrell, Timothy S. Kinney, James Tayon, Jason Nickerson, Justin Burke, Anthony Vesich, Dennis W. Cauley, JR., Mark Dalton, Kyle Smith
  • Patent number: 12211517
    Abstract: A speech-processing system may determine potential endpoints in a user's speech. Such endpoint prediction may include determining a potential endpoint in a stream of audio data, and may additionally including determining an endpoint score representing a likelihood that the potential endpoint represents an end of speech representing a complete user input. When the potential endpoint has been determined, the system may publish a transcript of speech that preceded the potential endpoint, and send it to downstream components. The system may continue to transcribe audio data and determine additional potential endpoints while the downstream components process the transcript. The downstream components may determine whether the transcript is complete; e.g., represents the entirety of the user input. Final endpoint determinations may be made based on the results of the downstream processing including automatic speech recognition, natural language understanding, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Maximilian Rolf Maas, Bjorn Hoffmeister, Ariya Rastrow, James Garnet Droppo, Veerdhawal Pande, Maarten Van Segbroeck, Gautam Tiwari, Andrew Smith, Eli Joshua Fidler
  • Patent number: 12207640
    Abstract: An arthropod trapping device comprising a housing and an insert. The housing comprises a base and a shade coupled to the base, where the base comprises a light source (e.g., LED) and where the shade is configured to receive an insert that comprises a light source-facing surface with an adhesive disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Lawrence Smith, Benjamin Patrick Hale, Adam James Burt, Erik John Hasenoehrl, Danilo Rossi, Andrea Pedrotti, Walter Sordo, Alessio Giovanelli, Brian Lee Floyd, Hirotaka Uchiyama, Thomas Bernard Walker, III, Anthony Xavier Jean-Yves Clerc
  • Patent number: 12209290
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising analyte testing on one or more types of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Labrador Diagnostics LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Holmes, Timothy Smith, Samartha Anekal, James R. Wasson, Daniel L. Young, Chinmay Pangarkar
  • Patent number: 12209841
    Abstract: A firearm accessory and associated components and methods. In one embodiment, a firearm accessory is configured to mount to a shotgun. The firearm accessory is configured to emit light to illuminate a target. The firearm accessory includes an accessory body that is removable from the shotgun and permits convenient battery replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Crimson Trace Corporation
    Inventors: Shane Ball, William Garland, William A. Planck, Tim Meissen, Michael Cottrell, James Tayon, Ryan Donahue, John Oller, Curtis Smith
  • Publication number: 20250025656
    Abstract: Aspects of the present technology comprise a positioning and stabilising structure to hold a seal-forming structure in a therapeutically effective position on a head of a patient. The seal-forming structure may be constructed and arranged to form a seal with a region of the patient's face surrounding an entrance to the patient's airways for sealed delivery of a flow of air at a therapeutic pressure of at least 4 cmH2O with respect to ambient air pressure throughout the patient's respiratory cycle in use. The positioning and stabilising structure may comprise at least one gas delivery tube to deliver the flow of air to the entrance of a patient's airways via the seal-forming structure. The positioning and stabilising structure may comprise an adjustment mechanism for adjustment of a length of the at least one gas delivery tube to enable the positioning and stabilising structure to fit different size heads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Michiel KOOIJ, Alexander Joel BENTLEY, Igor BESIC, Robert Thomas BURNHAM, Aaron Samuel DAVIDSON, Priyanshu GUPTA, Kirrily Michele HASKARD, Ryan Michael KIRKPATRICK, Luke Emmanuel KLINKENBERG, Dimitri Marco MAURER, Joseph Samuel ORMROD, Gerard Michael RUMMERY, Rupert Christian SCHEINER, Bishavjot SINGH, Christopher James SMITH, Lochlan VON MOGER, Paul Derrick WATSON, Daniel Marc WEISS, Hadley WHITE
  • Publication number: 20250028890
    Abstract: Aspects relate to monitoring timing. In one example an apparatus includes a first sensor array formed in an integrated circuit, sensors of the first sensor array having paths through the integrated circuit and sensors of the first sensor array configured to generate one or more first level indications of a condition of the integrated circuit. A second sensor array is formed in the integrated circuit. Sensors of the second sensor array have paths through the integrated circuit and sensors of the second sensor array are configured to generate one or more second level indications of the condition of the integrated circuit. A monitor controller is coupled to the first sensor array and to the second sensor array and configured to receive the one or more first level indications and to actuate the second sensor array in response to the one or more first level indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Anatoly GELMAN, Michael James SMITH, James Cheng-Huan WU, Olivier ALAVOINE, Amit ANEJA
  • Publication number: 20250027996
    Abstract: Aspects relate to monitoring timing margin of logic paths and its degradation through an integrated circuit. In one example an apparatus includes an integrated circuit having a logic path formed in the integrated circuit and a monitor circuit formed in the integrated circuit. The monitor circuit is configured to monitor a condition of the logic path and to generate a diagnostic code sequence to indicate the condition of the logic path over time. A monitor controller is configured to receive diagnostic codes of the diagnostic code sequence, to store the diagnostic codes in a log with a corresponding time stamp and to determine a condition of the integrated circuit based on the diagnostic code sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Anatoly GELMAN, Michael James SMITH, James Cheng-Huan WU, Olivier ALAVOINE, Amit ANEJA
  • Publication number: 20250028377
    Abstract: Aspects relate to monitoring timing margin of logic paths and its degradation through an integrated circuit. In one example an integrated circuit has a logic path formed in the integrated circuit. A monitor circuit is formed in the integrated circuit near the logic path and configured to monitor a condition of the logic path and to generate a diagnostic code sequence to indicate the condition of the logic path over time. A monitor controller is configured to receive diagnostic codes of the diagnostic code sequence, to determine a condition of the integrated circuit based on the diagnostic code sequence, and to initiate a remedial action in response to the condition of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Anatoly GELMAN, Michael James SMITH, James Cheng-Huan WU, Olivier ALAVOINE, Amit ANEJA
  • Patent number: 12201776
    Abstract: An apparatus or kit for a respiratory support system for delivering humidified gas to a user or patient. The apparatus comprising a humidifier chamber in pneumatic communication with a gases source, an inspiratory conduit in pneumatic communication with the humidifier chamber downstream of the humidifier chamber, a filter that is in pneumatic communication with the inspiratory conduit downstream of the inspiratory conduit, and a patient interface for delivering humidified gas to a user or patient, wherein the patient interface is in pneumatic communication with the filter downstream of the filter, or is configured to be placed in pneumatic communication with the filter downstream of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Bruce Gordon Holyoake, Samantha Dale Oldfield, Alicia Jerram Hunter Evans, Callum James Thomas Spence, Craig Karl White, Dexter Chi Lun Cheung, Matthew Jon Payton, Michael Robert Barraclough, Daniel John Smith, Kevin Blake Powell
  • Patent number: 12204023
    Abstract: Systems and methods for network-based ultrasound imaging are provided, which can include a number of features. In some embodiments, an ultrasound imaging system images an object with three-dimensional unfocused pings and obtains digital sample sets from a plurality of receiver elements. A sub-set of the digital sample sets can be electronically transferred to a remote server, where the sub-set can be beamformed to produce a series of two-dimensional image frames. A video stream made up of the series of two-dimensional images frames can then be transferred from the remote server to a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Maui Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Josef R. Call, Henry A. Davis, David M. Smith, David J. Specht, Viet Nam Le, Lang J. McHardy, Joseph James Digiovanni, II, Nathan W. Osborn, Bruce R. Ritzi
  • Patent number: 12207086
    Abstract: Authenticating a mobile user device with a mobile network operator in advance of an MNO authentication request from the mobile user device can be done by a satellite network sending an authentication request to the MNO system, obtaining a set of authentication vectors related to the mobile user device, storing them into a proxy home location register, receiving the MNO authentication request from the mobile user device, generating an authentication request response based on the authentication vectors, sending the authentication request response to the mobile user device, receiving an authentication response including a received signed response, comparing the received signed response with the stored signed response, and if the received signed response and stored signed response match, deem that to be a successful authentication, add an MNO location update message to a request queue and forward the MNO location update message to the MNO system over the channel when available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Lynk Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyghe Robert Speidel, Clint Smith, John Meyer, Purnima Surampudi, James Liu
  • Patent number: 12203728
    Abstract: Weapon accessory mount assembly, components thereof, and associated methods. A weapon accessory mount assembly mounts on first and second rails having respective first and second slots of different sizes. The assembly includes an accessory mount for attaching to an accessory and a rail mount for attaching to the first and second rails. The assembly also includes a rail slot key having a first key portion to be inserted into the first slot and a second key portion to be inserted into the second slot to inhibit longitudinal movement of the assembly along the respective first and second rails when mounted thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: AOB Products Company
    Inventors: Michael Lindsay, James Tayon, Michael Cottrell, Justin Burke, Paul Coryell, Jarrod Grove, Curtis Smith
  • Patent number: 12197233
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including a processor having addressable memory, where the processor is configured to: determine one or more flight paths for an aerial vehicle, where the determined flight path creates a continuous surface about one or more potential gas sources of a survey site receive a trace gas data from one or more trace gas sensors of the aerial vehicle of the continuous surface as the aerial vehicle flies the determined one or more flight paths; and determine based on the received trace gas data whether a gas leak is present in the received survey site and a rate of the gas leak if present in the survey site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SeekOps Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Alexander Miller, II, Brendan James Smith, Stuart Buckingham
  • Patent number: 12188847
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including an aerial vehicle having a global positioning system (GPS) and at least one trace-gas sensor configured to generate gas data; and a processor having addressable memory, the processor configured to: determine a flight envelope based on a received spatial location, a received spatial location of the one or more potential gas sources, a received desired level of confidence, and a received wind data; determine a flight path for the aerial vehicle, where the flight path covers a portion of the determined flight envelope; and determine based on a received gas data whether a gas leak is present in the received spatial location to the received desired level of confidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SeekOps Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Alexander Miller, II, Stuart Buckingham, Brendan James Smith, Michael Price McGuire
  • Patent number: 12190498
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting defects on a reticle are provided. One system is configured for generating different stacked difference images for multiple instances of first patterned areas in different rows on a wafer based on images generated for the first patterned areas in the different rows. The system is also configured for performing double detection based on the different stacked difference images. The system then identifies defects on the reticle based on the defects detected by the double detection. As described further herein, the systems and methods detect defects from multiple reticle rows printed on a wafer, which can reduce noise and enable detection of substantially small repeater defects. The embodiments are particularly useful for high sensitivity repeater defect detection for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) reticles and multi-die reticles (MDR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: KLA Corp.
    Inventors: Nurmohammed Patwary, James A. Smith, Heonju Shin, Jusang Maeng, Kenong Wu, Xiaochun Li, Hucheng Lee
  • Patent number: 12188912
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); a trace gas sensor disposed on the UAV, where the gas sensor is configured to measure a gas point concentration; a wind sensor, where the wind sensor is configured to determine a discrete wind vector corresponding to the gas point concentration measurement; and where the discrete wind vector and gas point concentration measurement are acquired substantially concurrently and co-locally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SeekOps Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Buckingham, Brendan James Smith, Victor Alexander Miller, II
  • Publication number: 20250006322
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus are provided that include: receiving an electronic record including health information that is associated with an individual and receiving historical data about the health information including changes in the health information recorded over time. The method, system, and apparatus further include determining, based on the historical data and the changes in the health information recorded over time received, that a change to at least one of a structured diet plan, a lifestyle behavior, and a prescribed drug is available for the individual, and updating the electronic record to store the change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Richard J. Wood, Sara Gregory-Dunne, Cameron James Smith