Patents by Inventor James Lee

James Lee 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).

  • ENZYMES AND REGULATORY PROTEINS IN TRYPTAMINE METABOLISM
    Publication number: 20230242919
    Abstract: Provided are non-naturally occurring nucleic acids comprising a sequence encoding an enzyme or regulatory protein in tryptamine metabolism. Also provided are a recombinant microorganisms expressing the enzyme or regulatory protein. Methods of expressing the enzyme or regulatory protein are additionally provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: CB Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Flatauer Peiffer, Jacob Michael Vogan, James Lee Wade, Tyrone Jacob Yacoub, Kirsten Tang, Rachel Nadine Burnett
  • AUTOMATIC STOVETOP CONTROL KNOB AND METHOD OF OPERATING A STOVETOP USING THERMAL IMAGING
    Publication number: 20230228427
    Abstract: An automatic control system for a cooking appliance monitors and adjusts a cooking operation on the cooking appliance. The automatic control system includes at least one control knob assembly, an image capturing device, and a controller operably coupled to the at least one control knob assembly and the image capturing device. The controller is configured to perform a series of operations, including receiving a desired temperature of a food item; capturing a first image of the food item; analyzing, by one or more computing devices using a machine learning image recognition model, the first image to determine one or more features of the food item; generating an input state of the food item based on the first image analysis; and determining an output action via a reinforcement learning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Juan Manuel Huerta, Srikanth Raavi Venkata, Abdel Hamad, James Lee Armstrong, Steven Michael Recio
  • Disaggregation of Gas Load to Determine Gas Appliance Performance
    Publication number: 20230224367
    Abstract: Techniques determine if an appliance having a fixed-rate of gas-consumption is degrading over time. In one example, a flowrate of gas at a service site is obtained. The flowrate of gas is disaggregated to obtain a flowrate of gas corresponding to an appliance having a generally fixed-rate of gas-consumption. The flowrate of gas of the appliance is compared to historical gas consumption by the appliance. Based at least in part on the comparing, it may be determined that performance of the appliance has changed over time. For example, the gas consumption of a hot water tank may increase due to mineral build-up in the bottom of the tank. Responsive to the determined degradation of the appliance, warnings may be sent, repairs may be made, and/or appliance(s) may be replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Mark K. Cornwall, James Lee Kann, Peter Clevenger
  • Inverted LED filament and LED bulb having same
    Publication number: 20230213154
    Abstract: An inverted LED filament includes a circuit board, a plurality of inverted LED light-emitting parts, and pad groups. The inverted LED light-emitting parts are arranged on strip-shaped portions of the circuit board and the pad group is located on the same side end of the strip-shaped portions, when the pad group is connected to a connecting base of an external LED bulb through connection with external pins. The pins can be prevented from blocking light generated by the inverted LED light-emitting parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventor: James Lee
  • DOUGH PROOFING COMPARTMENT IN A REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20230210118
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance is provided including a cabinet defining a chilled chamber and a climate control assembly for regulating a chamber temperature within the chilled chamber. A controller receives a command to perform a dough proofing cycle and a dough removal time, determines a temperature schedule to facilitate the dough proofing cycle, the temperature schedule ending at the dough removal time, and operates the climate control assembly to regulate a chamber temperature of the chilled chamber in accordance with the temperature schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Sabrina Marie Hannah, James Lee Armstrong, Kyle Andrew Kozinski
  • POWDER-FREE INTRAORAL SCANNING AND IMAGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230210642
    Abstract: An intraoral scanning system is described herein. The intraoral scanning system includes a scanning device and a processing device. The scanning device is configured to illuminate an object of interest with a burst light pattern at one or more intervals and receive a set of reflected images reflected off the object of interest. The processing device is configured to receive the set of reflected images from the scanning device and convert the set of reflected images into a three-dimensional model of the object of interest. The burst light pattern comprises a first image and a second image in succession. One of the first image and the second image is a structured light image and the other of the first image and the second image is an unstructured light image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: MEDIT CORP.
    Inventors: Saradwata SARKAR, Mark GREENWOOD, Mark Chang-Ming HSIEH, James Lee ONSLOW
  • Facilitating user input by predicting target storage locations
    Patent number: 11693526
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for modifying a user interface. Attributes of a source object identified by a user in connection with a user input for storing the source object are determined. Attributes of one or more target storage locations are determined. A target storage location for storing the source object is predicted, along with a confidence value associated with the prediction. The prediction is made using a machine learning model that predicts the predicted target storage location and associated confidence value based on the determined attributes of the source object. A plurality of target storage location usage patterns are determined. The user interface is modified based on the predicted target storage location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J Lavery, James Lee Lentz, Shunguo Yan
  • MIXED REFRIGERANTS IN LNG CASCADE
    Publication number: 20230204284
    Abstract: Methods and systems for liquefying natural gas using environmentally-friendly low combustibility refrigerants are provided. Methods of liquefaction include cooling a fluid in an LNG facility via indirect heat exchange with an environmentally-friendly low combustibility refrigerants that are propane, ethane and methane mixed with small amounts of fluorinated olefin, but still within close proximity to the boiling points of the pure refrigerants such that the mixed refrigerants can still be used in an optimized cascade process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul DAVIES, James Lee HARRIS, JR., Emery Jay THOMAS, Gregg SAPP
  • Transparent lamp strip and flame lamp thereof
    Publication number: 20230204170
    Abstract: A transparent lamp strip and a flame lamp of the transparent lamp strip are provided. A substrate is made of a transparent FPC material. A printed circuit is printed on the surface of the transparent FPC material. SMDLED lamp beads are fixedly arranged on the surface of the substrate and are electrically connected to a main control unit via the printed circuit. A light strip realizes the visual effect of simulating the flame and can realize 360° C. light emission, which makes the visual effect smoother.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: James Lee
  • USE OF TAPINAROF FOR THE TREATMENT OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS
    Publication number: 20230190673
    Abstract: Topical compositions and methods for using topical compositions comprising tapinarof to treat mild to moderate atopic dermatitis or plaque psoriasis are described herein. Also described are clinical endpoints for treatment of subjects diagnosed with mild to moderate atopic dermatitis, wherein about 5% to about 35% of body surface area was affected, and Investigator Global Assessment (IGA) score was greater than or equal to 3. Also described are clinical endpoints for treatment of subjects diagnosed with chronic mild to moderate plaque psoriasis for greater than or equal to 6 months, wherein about 3% to about 20% of body surface area was affected, and Physician Global Assessment (PGA) score was greater than or equal to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Dermavant Sciences GmbH
    Inventors: John E. KRAUS, James LEE
  • Method for producing therapeutic exosomes from nanoelectroporation and other non-endocytic cell transfection
    Patent number: 11674130
    Abstract: Therapeutic extracellular vesicles (EVs) containing high copies of functional nucleic acids and other biomolecules are produced in large quantities by laying donor cells on a surface of a chip, adding various plasmids, other transfection vectors and their combinations to a buffer on the chip, applying a pulsulatic electric field across the cells laid on top of the chip surface and plasmids/vectors buffer solution below the chip surface, and collecting the EVs secreted by the transfected cells. The chip surface has a three-dimensional (3D) nanochannel electroporation (NEP) biochip formed on it, capable of handling large quantities of the donor cells. The buffer is adapted for receiving plasmids and other transfection vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Ly James Lee, Junfeng Shi, Zhaogang Yang
  • Open Audio Device
    Publication number: 20230179906
    Abstract: An open audio device includes an acoustic module and a body that supports the acoustic module. The acoustic module is configured to be located at least in part on the outer ear and defines a first sound-emitting opening that is configured to be proximate but spaced from the user's ear canal. The body includes a housing and a bridge that couples the acoustic module to the housing. The housing is configured to be located behind an outer ear of a user and in contact with at least one of the outer ear and the head proximate the intersection of the head and the outer ear. The bridge is constructed to have bending compliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Vincent James Lee
  • ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL-BASED BRAKE ACTUATION WITH REDUNDANCY
    Publication number: 20230174033
    Abstract: A brake system comprises an electronic stability control (ESC) module defining a first interconnect passage, and a pressure supply unit (PSU) module defining a second interconnect passage in fluid communication with the first interconnect passage. The ESC module includes a first pump configured to transfer brake fluid from the PSU module and to a plurality of wheel brakes, and a prime valve configured to selectively control fluid communication between the first interconnect passage and an inlet of the first pump. The PSU module includes a second pump configured to transfer the brake fluid from a fluid reservoir to the first interconnect passage, and a bypass fluid passage from the fluid reservoir to the ESC module with an inline check valve allowing fluid flow through the bypass fluid passage from the fluid reservoir and to the ESC module while blocking fluid flow in an opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Alan James LEE, David Fredrick REUTER, Daniel Norbert BORGEMENKE
  • Audio request interaction system
    Patent number: 11656841
    Abstract: A person can use a portable electronic device to electronically purchase or otherwise request a product, service or other deliverable related to audio programming to which the person is listening at the time they initiate the request. The request is fulfilled by a service that analyzes the audio content to identify the deliverable the person desires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Cain Finley, Michael Dudgeon, Lehman Zellosis Smith, IV, John Wade, David Griffin, David Edward McCaw, Jr., James Lee Fortuna
  • Method and system for generating interactive media content
    Patent number: 11653072
    Abstract: A method for generating interactive media content on a portable electronic user device is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Zuma Beach IP Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Barry John Palmer, Stuart Paul Berwick, Nathaniel Garbutt, James Lee
  • Compounds for use in organic electronic devices
    Patent number: 11634420
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): (Formula (I)) wherein Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 independently in each occurrence is a C6-20 aryl group or a 5-20 membered heteroaryl group which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents; X1, X2 and X3 in each occurrence is independently a direct bond or a group of formula —C(R1)2— wherein R1 in each occurrence is independently H or a substituent. The compound of formula (I) may be used to form an n-dopant for doping an organic semiconductor. A film formed by such n-doping may be used in an organic electronic device, for example an electron injection layer of an organic light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: William Tarran, James Lee, Nazrul Islam
  • AUTO SEQUENCING COOKING EVENTS IN AN OVEN APPLIANCE INCLUDING MULTIPLE COOKING CHAMBERS
    Publication number: 20230119147
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a two or more cooking chambers positioned within a cabinet and a heating assembly for independently and selectively heating those chambers. A controller is configured to obtain a cooking time for each cooking chamber, determine preheat statuses for each chamber, and generate adjusted cooking times for each chamber based at least in part on their respective preheat statuses. The heating assembly then heats each cooking chamber for its adjusted cooking time such that the heating processes in all cooking chambers end simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Bryan Cadima, James Lee Armstrong
  • Apparatus for Housing Electric Fly Swatters
    Publication number: 20230124869
    Abstract: An electric fly swatter housing comprising a front plate, a back plate, and interior vertical bars sized to house a fly swatter head and to align the fly swatter head to avoid snag. The housing may include thin brushes along a housing mouth to brush away any bug residue on the fly swatter. The housing may include a removable chamber at the bottom of the housing to dispose of any bug residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: James Lee
  • Foldable stringed instrument
    Patent number: 11631386
    Abstract: A foldable stringed instrument having a neck and/or body that may assume a reduced profile by folding an upper neck portion away from the playing position through the use of a translating bridge assembly and a translating truss assembly, wherein the foldable stringed instrument is capable of housing or otherwise being coupled to any of a variety of electronics or electrical components (e.g. a smart phone or tablet computer) having one or more applications (apps) for driving the operation, functionality and/or effects associated with the foldable stringed instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ciari Guitars, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Spangler, James Lee, Philip Simpson
  • ANALYTE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20230115785
    Abstract: A carrier molecule for the detection of a target analyte comprises a molecular frame which defines a central void, and a binding moiety which is specific for the target analyte. The binding moiety is bound to the frame and positioned such that the target analyte, when bound to the binding moiety, is located in the central void. The carrier molecule finds use in the detection and/or quantification of target analytes in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Mukhil Raveendran, Paolo Actis, Christopher Paul Walti, Andrew James Lee