Patents by Inventor James Bates

James Bates 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: 12200946
    Abstract: There is described a two-terminal multi-level memristor element synthesised from binary memristors, which is configured to implement a variable resistance based on unary or binary code words. There is further described a circuit such as a synapse circuit implemented using a multi-level memristor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: John Paul Lesso, Gordon James Bates
  • Publication number: 20240412809
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining a predicted structure of a protein that is specified by an amino acid sequence. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining a multiple sequence alignment for the protein; determining, from the multiple sequence alignment and for each pair of amino acids in the amino acid sequence of the protein, a respective initial embedding of the pair of amino acids; processing the initial embeddings of the pairs of amino acids using a pair embedding neural network comprising a plurality of self-attention neural network layers to generate a final embedding of each pair of amino acids; and determining the predicted structure of the protein based on the final embedding of each pair of amino acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: John Jumper, Andrew W. Senior, Richard Andrew Evans, Russell James Bates, Mikhail Figurnov, Alexander Pritzel, Timothy Frederick Goldie Green
  • Patent number: 12100477
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining a predicted structure of a protein that is specified by an amino acid sequence. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining a multiple sequence alignment for the protein; determining, from the multiple sequence alignment and for each pair of amino acids in the amino acid sequence of the protein, a respective initial embedding of the pair of amino acids; processing the initial embeddings of the pairs of amino acids using a pair embedding neural network comprising a plurality of self-attention neural network layers to generate a final embedding of each pair of amino acids; and determining the predicted structure of the protein based on the final embedding of each pair of amino acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: DeepMind Technologies Limited
    Inventors: John Jumper, Andrew W. Senior, Richard Andrew Evans, Russell James Bates, Mikhail Figurnov, Alexander Pritzel, Timothy Frederick Goldie Green
  • Publication number: 20240153577
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for predicting a structure of a protein that comprises a plurality of amino acid chains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Andrew Evans, Alexander Pritzel, Russell James Bates, John Jumper
  • Publication number: 20240120022
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing protein design. In one aspect, a method comprises: processing an input characterizing a target protein structure of a target protein using an embedding neural network having a plurality of embedding neural network parameters to generate an embedding of the target protein structure of the target protein; determining a predicted amino acid sequence of the target protein based on the embedding of the target protein structure, comprising: conditioning a generative neural network having a plurality of generative neural network parameters on the embedding of the target protein structure; and generating, by the generative neural network conditioned on the embedding of the target protein structure, a representation of the predicted amino acid sequence of the target protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew W. Senior, Simon Kohl, Jason Yim, Russell James Bates, Catalin-Dumitru Ionescu, Charlie Thomas Curtis Nash, Ali Razavi-Nematollahi, Alexander Pritzel, John Jumper
  • Publication number: 20230389334
    Abstract: There is described a two-terminal multi-level memristor element synthesised from binary memristors, which is configured to implement a variable resistance based on unary or binary code words. There is further described a circuit such as a synapse circuit implemented using a multi-level memristor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: John Paul LESSO, Gordon James BATES
  • Patent number: 11783171
    Abstract: This application relates to computing circuitry (200, 500, 600) for analogue computing. A plurality of current generators (201) are each configured to generate a defined current (ID1, ID2, . . . IDj) based on a respective input data value (D1, D2, . . . Dj). A memory array (202), having at least one set (204) of programmable-resistance memory cells (203), is arranged to receive the defined currents from each of the current generators at a respective signal line (206). Each set (204) of programmable-resistance memory cells (203) includes a memory cell associated with each signal line that, in use, can be connected between the relevant signal line and a reference voltage so as to generate a voltage on the signal line. An adder module (207) is coupled to each of the signal lines to generate a voltage at an output node (210) based on the sum of the voltages on each of the signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Ido, David Paul Singleton, Gordon James Bates, John Anthony Breslin
  • Publication number: 20230298687
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for predicting a structure of a protein comprising one or more chains. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining an initial multiple sequence alignment (MSA) representation; obtaining a respective initial pair embedding for each pair of amino acids in the protein; processing an input comprising the initial MSA representation and the initial pair embeddings using an embedding neural network to generate an output that comprises a final MSA representation and a respective final pair embedding for each pair of amino acids in the protein; and determining a predicted structure of the protein using the final MSA representation, the final pair embeddings, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Mikhail Figurnov, Alexander Pritzel, Richard Andrew Evans, Russell James Bates, Olaf Ronneberger, Simon Kohl, John Jumper
  • Patent number: 11755894
    Abstract: This application relates to methods and apparatus for computing, especially to circuitry for performing computing, at least partly, in the analogue domain. The circuitry (200) comprises a plurality of memory cells (201), each memory cell having first and second paths between an electrode (202) for receiving an input current and respective positive and negative electrodes (203) for outputting a differential-current output. Memristors (101) are located in the first and second paths. The memory cells are configured into sets (205) of memory cells, the memory cells of each said set being connected so as to provide a differential current set output that corresponds to a combination of the cell outputs of all of the memory cells of that set. For each set, at least some of the memory cells of that set are configured to receive a different input current to other memory cells of that set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon James Bates, Toru Ido
  • Patent number: 11738150
    Abstract: A drug delivery device (100) for administering a low dose of a medicament includes a housing (111) and a drug reservoir (101) disposed in the housing (111). A needle (135) is connected to the drug reservoir (101). A pressure applying member (113) is movably connected to the housing (111) and is movable between first and second positions. The pressure applying member (113) does not apply pressure to the drug reservoir (101) in the first position and applies pressure to the drug reservoir (101) in the second position to dispense medicament stored in the drug reservoir (101). A method of administering a low dose of insulin to simulate a first-phase insulin response of a pancreas is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Margaret Taylor, James Bates, Roman Tunkel, Jay Butterbrodt, Gary Searle, Joshua Horvath, Keith Knapp, II, Edward Gillen
  • Patent number: 11696452
    Abstract: There is described a two-terminal multi-level memristor element synthesised from binary memristors, which is configured to implement a variable resistance based on unary or binary code words. There is further described a circuit such as a synapse circuit implemented using a multi-level memristor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: John Paul Lesso, Gordon James Bates
  • Publication number: 20230110209
    Abstract: A beverage brewing device includes a brew chamber and a plunger. The brew chamber includes at least one water permeable portion and an openable base. The plunger includes a plunger face corresponding to an internal shape of the brew chamber. The openable base is openable by action of the plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Simon Lewis BILTON, Nathan James BATES, Benedict William Flynn TAYLOR, Richard James THOMAS
  • Patent number: 11577485
    Abstract: The invention relates to a microarray structure that may include a substrate material layer, a continuous three-dimensional (3D) surface layer on the substrate material layer that is capable of functionalisation for use as an array, and an inert material. The structure may include accurately defined and functionalisable isolated areas which are millimeter to nanometer in size. The functionalisable areas may be part of the continuous 3D surface layer and may be isolated by the inert material but interconnected within the structure by the continuous 3D surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Digital Sensing Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Haynes, David James Bates, Ashton Cyril Partridge, Karthik Kannappan
  • Patent number: 11513010
    Abstract: This application relates to methods and apparatus for temperature monitoring for integrated circuits, and in particular to temperature monitoring using a locked-loop circuits, e.g. FLLs, PLLs or DLLs. According to embodiments a locked-loop circuit includes a controlled signal timing module, wherein the timing properties of an output signal (SOUT, SFB) are dependent on a value of a control signal and on temperature. A controller compares a feedback signal (SFB) output from the timing module to a reference signal (SREF) and generates a control signal (SC) to maintain a desired timing relationship. A temperature monitor monitors temperature based on the value of the control signal. For FLLs and PLLs the signal timing module may be a controlled oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: John Paul Lesso, Gordon James Bates
  • Patent number: 11422131
    Abstract: A sensor for the detection of an analyte in a fluid includes an electrode having a detection surface, a polydopamine layer adhered to the electrode detection surface; and optionally a receptor chemically functionalized to the polydopamine of the detection surface of the electrode. The receptor selectively binds to the analyte of interest and the analyte once bound is detectable by measuring the change of capacitance of the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: James M. Seckler, Neil A. Goldsmith, Stephen J. Lewis, Corey Smith, James Bates, Nicole Meyers, Spencer T. Burton
  • Patent number: 11383025
    Abstract: A high pressure delivery system for delivering a medicament, comprising a first chamber for storing a supply of the medicament, a gear pump assembly in fluid communication with the first chamber, said gear pump assembly having a dose inlet and a dose discharge, said dose inlet having a larger diameter than said dose discharge to provide a high pressure discharge, and a fluid connection path in fluid communication with the gear pump assembly for delivering the medicament to a high pressure area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: James Bates, Robert Banik, Barry Ginsberg
  • Patent number: 11376371
    Abstract: A disposable pen needle, comprising a hub having a needle situated thereon having a patient end and a non-patient end, a removable patient end cap attached at the distal end of the hub, a removable non-patient end cap attached at the proximal end of the hub, wherein greater force is required to detach the patient end cap than is required to detach the non-patient end cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Embecta Corp.
    Inventors: Amit Limaye, Yvonne Yan Wang, Joshua Herr, Abhijitsinh S. Raj, James Bates, Robert Banik
  • Patent number: 11246996
    Abstract: A pen needle, comprising a reusable adapter configured for attachment to a distal end of a medication pen, the adapter having a proximal needle for accessing the interior of the pen injector and a fitting on the distal side for mating with a patient end needle assembly, and a disposable patient-end needle assembly having a base configured for mating with the fitting on the distal side of the adapter and a patient-end needle extending from a distal end of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: James Bates, Robert Banik, Abhijitsinh S. Raj, Joshua Herr, Joseph Brizzolara, Amit Limaye
  • Patent number: 11103116
    Abstract: A handheld vacuum cleaner includes a pistol grip which is positioned generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the vacuum cleaner that runs from a front end to a rear end thereof. It also includes an air inlet positioned forward of the pistol grip, and a vacuum motor configured to draw dirty air into a dirt separator of the vacuum cleaner through the air inlet and exhaust clean air from the vacuum cleaner through an air outlet. The handheld vacuum cleaner further includes an electronic visual display which faces generally rearwards. The handheld vacuum cleaner may be part of a stick vacuum cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Nathan Lawson McLean, Kristian Richard Thomas King, Leanne Joyce Garner, Adam James Bates, Thomas Douglas Ridley, David Alan Millington, David Nicholas Boyce
  • Patent number: D979863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Mark Stamford Vanderstegen-Drake, Peter David Gammack, Jonathan George Marsh, Adam James Bates