Patents by Inventor James Roberts

James Roberts 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: 12263522
    Abstract: A smart molten metal pump system and method automatically controls the operating speed of the pump rather than requiring an operator to control the speed. The system includes a pump, a controller for controlling the speed of the pump and one or more vibration sensors (such as an accelerometer) to measure vibration. The controller receives input about the vibration of the pump or one or more pump components, and possibly other data, such as the temperature of the molten metal, and/or the depth of the molten metal, ad/or parameters related to the operation of the pump. The controller analyzes the one or more inputs to vary the speed of the pump, turn the pump off, and/or send a communication to an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Inventors: Vince Fontana, James Robert Daniels
  • Patent number: 12265380
    Abstract: A method includes identifying first parameters of a first processing chamber of a semiconductor fabrication facility. The first parameters include first input parameters and first output parameters. The method further includes identifying second parameters of a second processing chamber of the semiconductor fabrication facility. The second parameters include second input parameters and second output parameters. The method further includes generating, by a processing device based on the first parameters and the second parameters, composite parameters comprising composite input parameters and composite output parameters. Semiconductor fabrication is based on the composite parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: James Robert Moyne, Jimmy Iskandar
  • Publication number: 20250104041
    Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating a digital wallet transaction are described herein. A service provider identifies and recommends the most applicable digital wallets for a user based on various factors, such as user location, type and amount of purchase, type of merchant, and/or mood of the user. The service provider may also rank the recommended digital wallets and/or determine how many should be presented to a user. During merchant checkout, the user is presented with the recommended digital wallets, and the user selects one of the digital wallets to fund the purchase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: William Ready, Juan Antonio Benitez, II, James Robert von Behren, Andrew Kortina, Benjamin Eroe Mills
  • Publication number: 20250100999
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and intermediates useful for preparing a compound of formula I: or a co-crystal, solvate, salt or combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin McCormack Allan, Amanda Lynn Vandehey, Gediminas Brizgys, Sachin Dhar, Ian James Doxsee, Alex Goldberg, Lars V. Heumann, Zilin Huang, Nathaniel Thomas Kadunce, Shahrokh Kazerani, Willard Lew, Vinh Xuan Ngo, Brian Michael O'Keefe, Trevor James Rainey, Benjamin James Roberts, Bing Shi, Dietrich P. Steinhuebel, Winston C. Tse, Anna Michelle Wagner, Xianghong Wang, Scott Alan Wolckenhauer, Chloe Yuyi Wong, Jennifer R. Zhang
  • Patent number: 12258200
    Abstract: Systems, kits, and methods for contactless application of mixed concentrates and diluents are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a system comprising a mix and storage container defining an interior and a first opening and a second opening. The first opening, the second opening and the interior are fluidly connected. Further, the system includes a connector that defines a first end, a second end, and a passageway that extends between the first end and the second end. The first end of the connector is attached to the first opening of the mix and storage container. The connector further defines an opener configured to engage and open a sealed portion of the concentrate container for release of a concentrate from within the concentrate container through the passageway and into the interior of the mix and storage container for mixing with a diluent. The system also includes an application tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Scatter, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Lines Brown, Christopher James Cunningham, James Robert Seay, John-Mark Christian Bolton, Karry Chase Harrison, Joshua William Whitelock
  • Patent number: 12258950
    Abstract: A light-weight reciprocating element is disclosed. The reciprocating element may include a body defining a cavity, the body having a closed distal end and an open proximal end opposite the closed distal end, wherein the body is configured to apply a pressure to a working fluid. The cavity extends from the open proximal end towards the closed distal end. The reciprocating element may include an insert disposed in the cavity, the insert is configured to prevent debris from accumulating within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: GD Energy Products, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Bradley Avey, James Robert Yanus
  • Publication number: 20250094829
    Abstract: An electronic device manufacturing system configured identify a machine-learning model trained to generate analytic or predictive data for a first substrate processing domain associated with a type of substrate processing system. The system is further configured to obtain first trace data pertaining to the first domain used to train the machine-learning model. The system is further configured to a transfer model for a second substrate processing domain associated with the type of substrate processing system. The transfer model is generated based on the first trace data pertaining to the first substrate processing domain and second trace data pertaining to the second substrate processing domain. Using the transfer model, at least one of the machine-learning model or current trace data associated with the second substrate processing domain is modified to enable the machine-learning model to generate analytic or predictive data associated with the second substrate processing domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Fei Li, Jimmy Iskandar, James Robert Moyne
  • Patent number: 12255292
    Abstract: An example outdoor mounted device includes a first battery configured to operate at a low temperature range that at least includes negative 20 Celsius; a second battery configured to operate at a high temperature range; a temperature sensor; and processing circuitry configured to: determine, based on data received from the temperature sensors, a current temperature; responsive to determining that the current temperature is within the low temperature range, cause one or more components of the computing device to operate using electrical energy sourced from the first battery; and responsive to determining that the current temperature is within the high temperature range, cause the one or more components of the computing device to operate using electrical energy sourced from the second battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Robert Lim, Wei Li, Brian Conner, Brett Wilson
  • Patent number: 12251761
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of mechanical milling and grinding of various materials at temperatures ranging from sub-ambient conditions to well-below their ductile-brittle transition temperature (DBTT) are presented. In one embodiment the present invention entails the design of a cryogenic milling chamber compatible with horizontal high-energy mills. The new design and configuration of the milling vessel provides robust and efficient cryomilling of various materials with no contact between the cryogen and the powders. Some embodiments of the invention improve the heat removal rate from the non-uniform heat load generated by the impact energy deposited into the chamber wall by the milling media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: MATSYS INC.
    Inventors: Steven L. Peebles, Pascal Dube, Anthony James Roberts, Kristopher Allen Darling
  • Patent number: 12252513
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel thermostable phycobiliproteins. These proteins may be stabilized by the introduction of disulfide bonds which stabilize the protein. Modified cells expressing these thermostable phycobiliproteins and methods of making them are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Lumen Bioscience, Inc.
    Inventors: James Roberts, Ryo Takeuchi, Nhi Khuong, Barry L Stoddard, Rolf Kuestner
  • Patent number: 12253573
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are batteries, battery packs, systems, and methods for calculating and/or determining, and then compensating for, the voltage loss due to interconnect resistance (IR) between cells of a battery pack. A program may calculate and/or determine the cell IR between each of the cells in a battery pack, which is referred to herein as the “calibration value,” and may be determined during the initial battery pack design phase. A program may then multiply the cell IR or “calibration value” by the measured pack current to compensate for the measured cell voltage. The cell IR or “calibration value” may be used during manufacture of the battery pack to compensate for the interconnect resistance (IR) between cells. This compensation for voltage loss due to IR between cells will increase accuracy of the BMS and improve overall battery pack performance, without increasing material costs or size of the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Green Cubes Technology, LLC
    Inventors: James Robert Pressgrove, Raghuram Devanur Chandrashekharaiah
  • Publication number: 20250086922
    Abstract: Apparatuses, system, and techniques use one or more neural networks to generate a modified bounding box based, at least in part, on one or more second bounding boxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: David Jesus Acuna Marrero, Rafid Mahmood, James Robert Lucas, Yuan-Hong Liao, Sanja Fidler
  • Patent number: 12248499
    Abstract: A content management system may instantiate, from the same super class defined in a database schema, principal objects representing users and groups and content objects representing documents and folders. The principal objects and the content objects share the same social interaction functions. When a content object is modified, the system can create a message in which the content object identifies itself as a first person, update a message table such that any follower of the content object is notified of the message, and update a profile or feed associated with the content object. At least because content objects can “socialize” like principal objects, the system can generate a social graph containing content objects as nodes, map relationships among principal objects and content objects, and make recommendations to perhaps change/enhance such relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: OPEN TEXT SA ULC
    Inventors: Geoffrey Michael Obbard, Quinton James Roberts
  • Patent number: 12247157
    Abstract: Methods for cementing. An example method provides a cement composition comprising an aqueous fluid, a cement, and a cement retarder; wherein the cement retarder is a waste residue from a manufacturing process of a sweetener and comprises a sugar concentration of at least 40%, a Brix value of at least 60, a nitrogen-free extract concentration of at least 50%, a total solids concentration of at least 60%, a crude protein concentration less than 10%, a fat concentration less than 5%, a fiber concentration less than 5%, and an ash concentration less than 10%. The method also introduces the cement composition into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation and pumps the cement composition to a location within the wellbore, and allows the cement composition to set in the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James Robert Benkley, Ronnie G. Morgan, Thomas Jason Pisklak
  • Patent number: 12240899
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides binding agents, such as antibodies, that specifically bind LAIR-1, including human LAIR-1, as well as compositions comprising the binding agents, and methods of their use. The disclosure also provides related polynucleotides and vectors encoding the binding agents and cells comprising the binding agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Suzanne Christine Crawley, Bin Fan, Betty Chan Li, Lee Benjamin Rivera, James Robert Sissons, Jonathan Sitrin, Yan Wang, Xuan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20250064200
    Abstract: A cleaning implement includes an implement body that receives a bar of solid hygiene product in a cavity extending through the implement body. The hygiene product is selectively movable downward to protrude through an opening among bristles or in a sponge. The implement allows for replacement of the solid hygiene product within the implement. The product may be advanced within the implement by means of a threaded rod or a helical cylinder and an abutment member. A resilient sleeve seals against water ingress while also retaining the product as it is consumed or dissolves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: James Roberts, Todd Hansen
  • Patent number: 12230875
    Abstract: A protective structure, to protect an antenna from damage, is provided. The protective structure includes a body. The body defines one or more prong-receiving apertures in a first surface of the body, wherein through each aperture of the one or more prong-receiving apertures, the body is configured to receive a prong of one or more prongs of the antenna. The body defines a radio frequency (RF) connection aperture extending from the first surface of the body to a second surface of the body, wherein the body is configured to receive a cable through the RF connection aperture to couple a cable connector of the cable to an RF connector of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: James Robert Hunter, Kevin L. Martin
  • Patent number: 12228944
    Abstract: A management server system may obtain sensor data generated by a plurality of sensors from a plurality of gateway devices. The sensor data may be associated with a plurality of physical assets. The management server system may generate a user interface for display by a user computing device based on the sensor data. The user interface may include visualizations of the plurality of physical assets and filters. The management server system can obtain a selection of a filter from the user computing device. Based on the selection of the filter, the management server system may filter the sensor data to identify a portion of sensor data. The management server system can filter the plurality of physical assets to identify a portion of the physical assets associated with the portion of sensor data. The management server system may generate a user interface including visualizations of the portion of physical assets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Hannah Dubin, Kevin Omwega, Jennifer Nguyen, James Robert Saunders, Evan Meagher
  • Patent number: 12226618
    Abstract: A drive train for a wind-up injection device, comprises a torsional energy storage adapted to be loaded or unloaded by a rotatable element, a rotatable user handle coupled with a button, a rotationally drivable expelling mechanism, and a clutch element coupled with the torsional energy storage via the rotatable element and comprising a ratchet for maintaining the rotatable element at one of a number of discrete angular positions, wherein via the rotatable element, the clutch element is adapted to transmit a torque from the user handle to the torsional energy storage or from the torsional energy storage to the expelling mechanism, and wherein the ratchet is switchable from one position to an adjacent position by a torque transmitted from the user handle to the torsional energy storage, and wherein the drive train is adapted to dampen torque peaks by a flexible impact portion in the area of the clutch element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SANOFI
    Inventors: Michael Jugl, Matthew Meredith Jones, Axel Teucher, Stefan Blancke, Ralph Donald Quentin Collings, James Robert Coop, James Anthony West, Stephen Francis Gilmore, Daniel David Higgins, Mark Digby Teucher
  • Patent number: 12231542
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating min-increment counting bloom filters to determine count and frequency of device identifiers and attributes in a networking environment are disclosed. The system can maintain a set of data records including device identifiers and attributes associated with device in a network. The system can generate a vector comprising coordinates corresponding to counter registers. The system can identify hash functions to update a counting bloom filter. The system can hash the data records to extract index values pointing to a set of counter registers. The system can increment the positions in the min-increment counting bloom filter corresponding to the minimum values of the counter registers. The system can obtain an aggregated public key comprising a public key. The system can encrypt the counter registers using the aggregated shared key to generate an encrypted vector. The system can transmit the encrypted vector to a networked worker computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Craig Wright, Laura Grace Book, Sheng Ma, Jiayu Peng, Xichen Huang, Benjamin R. Kreuter, Evgeny Skvortsov, Arthur Asuncion, James Robert Koehler