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: 11828159
    Abstract: Methods of wellbore cementing are provided. A method of cementing may comprise calculating a lime to silica correlation for two or more cementitious components of a cement composition; and adjusting a concentration of at least one of the cementitious components such that the lime to silica correlation meets or exceeds a target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, James Robert Benkley, John P. Singh
  • Publication number: 20230376849
    Abstract: In various examples, estimating optimal training data set sizes for machine learning model systems and applications. Systems and methods are disclosed that estimate an amount of data to include in a training data set, where the training data set is then used to train one or more machine learning models to reach a target validation performance. To estimate the amount of training data, subsets of an initial training data set may be used to train the machine learning model(s) in order to determine estimates for the minimum amount of training data needed to train the machine learning model(s) to reach the target validation performance. The estimates may then be used to generate one or more functions, such as a cumulative density function and/or a probability density function, wherein the function(s) is then used to estimate the amount of training data needed to train the machine learning model(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Rafid Reza Mahmood, Marc Law, James Robert Lucas, Zhiding Yu, Jose Manuel Alvarez Lopez, Sanja Fidler
  • Publication number: 20230376020
    Abstract: A method includes identifying trace data including a plurality of data points, the trace data being associated with production, via a substrate processing system, of substrates that have property values that meet threshold values. The method further includes determining, based on the trace data, a dynamic acceptable area outside of guardband limits. The method further includes causing, based on the dynamic acceptable area outside of the guardband limits, performance of a corrective action associated with the substrate processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jimmy Iskandar, Fei Li, James Robert Moyne
  • Publication number: 20230376374
    Abstract: A method includes identifying trace data including a plurality of data points, the trace data being associated with production, via a substrate processing system, of substrates having property values that meet threshold values. The method further includes determining, based on a guardband, guardband violation data points of the plurality of data points of the trace data. The method further includes determining, based on the guardband violation data points, guardband violation shape characterization. Classification of additional guardband violation data points of additional trace data is to be based on the guardband violation shape characterization. Performance of a corrective action associated with the substrate processing system is based on the classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jimmy Iskandar, Fei Li, James Robert Moyne
  • Publication number: 20230376373
    Abstract: A method includes identifying trace data including a plurality of data points, the trace data being associated with production, via a substrate processing system, of substrates having property values that meet threshold values. The method further includes generating, based on the trace data and a plurality of allowable types of variance, a guardband including an upper limit and a lower limit for fault detection. The method further includes causing, based on the guardband, performance of a corrective action associated with the substrate processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Fei Li, Jimmy Iskandar, James Robert Moyne
  • Patent number: 11820775
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are arylpyridinone compounds and compositions useful in the treatment of ITK mediated diseases, such as inflammation, having the structures of Formulas (I)-(IV): wherein the R groups, m, n, and X are as defined in the detailed description. Methods of inhibition of ITK activity in a human or animal subject are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Jon Jacobsen, David Randolph Anderson, James Robert Blinn, Susan Landis Hockerman, Richard Heier, Paramita Mukherjee
  • Patent number: 11824984
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include loading an image of a virtual server onto a boot partition of a trusted execution environment (TEE), wherein a first key is embedded in the image. A second key is received from an end customer of an application. Data is received from an independent software vendor (ISV) of the application, wherein the data includes a third key. The second key and the third key are combined inside the TEE to create a fourth key. An available memory space in an independent memory device is encrypted using the fourth key to create a secure data volume. Encrypted data is stored in the secure data volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Angel Nunez Mencias, Nicolas Maeding, Peter Morjan, Dirk Herrendoerfer, James Robert Magowan, Anbazhagan Mani
  • Publication number: 20230369754
    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: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: James Robert Hunter, Kevin L Martin
  • Patent number: 11817623
    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: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: James Robert Hunter, Kevin L Martin
  • Patent number: 11814345
    Abstract: Described is an extraction device for extracting compounds from plant material and a method for using such an extraction device. The extraction device comprises an extraction tank receiving plant material and dissolving soluble compounds inside the plant material into a solvent to form a micelle. A series of fluidly connected separation chambers separate purified compounds from the micelle, resulting in purified compounds in each of the separation chambers and solvent. A heat exchanger and a chilled reservoir are used for cooling and storing the solvent. A pump is used for pumping and circulating the solvent into the extraction device. Finally, a control system automatically controls temperature and flow in the extraction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: APPLIED EXTRACTS INC.
    Inventor: James Robert White
  • Patent number: 11810038
    Abstract: A risk management method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include a data analyzing circuit configured to analyze user data, site data, and equipment data to map prior behavior types to an event on a site, a relationship determining circuit configured to determine a relationship between the mapped data and the event based on behaviors exhibited by the user and an impact on a performance factor and a risk factor, and a reinforcement learning circuit configured to use reinforcement learning to learn the performance factor to the risk factor ratio to optimize an overall site productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Robert Kozloski, Timothy Michael Lynar, Suraj Pandey, John Michael Wagner
  • Patent number: 11810159
    Abstract: A queue management system including a user data retrieving circuit configured to retrieve a user property of the user and a queue managing circuit configured to model the plurality of users as a non-Newtonian fluid, to analyze the user properties to assign each user an anisometric polarity parameter, and to solve an objective function for a queue property to cause the plurality of users to collectively act as the non-Newtonian fluid in the queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Jeremy Adam Greenberger, James Robert Kozloski
  • Patent number: 11808394
    Abstract: This invention relates to a seal system for sealing between an elongate element such as a cable and a surface or substrate around an aperture in the surface through which the elongate element passes. The seal system comprises a seal body to surround the aperture and seal against the surface or substrate around the aperture. The seal body comprises at least one passage for penetration of the elongate element through the seal body at a side of the seal body. The at least one passage providing for a seal to the elongate element. Also provided is a fixing component adapted to be attached over at least part of the seal body and/or through the seal body to seal with the surface or substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lake Products Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Leo Haynes, Christopher Charles Morrow, James Robert Winton, Gabriel Ioan Giurgiu
  • Publication number: 20230349498
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fluid introducer for a piping system that includes first and second piping sections. The fluid introducer provides a direct connection to the first piping section through a separator body configured to be positioned in an expansion gap between the first piping section and the second piping section such that a first end face of the separator body faces the first piping section and a second end face of the separator body faces the second piping section. The fluid introducer is configured to direct fluid from the fluid source through fluid introduction passaging into the first piping section and block the fluid from flowing into the second piping section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: James Robert Balman
  • Publication number: 20230344099
    Abstract: The present document describes techniques associated with a blind battery connector. The blind battery connector described herein enables a user to blindly engage, safely and securely, a battery connector with a system-side connector. In aspects, the blind battery connector includes polarity-oriented magnets at both the battery connector and the system-side connector to automatically align and engage the battery connector with the system-side connector with correct orientation. The magnets may be embedded or removably assembled to the battery connector and the system-side connector. The blind battery connector controls initial alignment of the battery connector for coupling with the system-side connector and provides additional mechanical strength to the coupling against drop, vibration, and shock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Robert Lim, Pinci Liao, Chih-Min Chien, Chien-Yueh Tung
  • Publication number: 20230338674
    Abstract: A device for delivering gas into a surgical cavity comprising a patient interface having an inlet, fluidly connected with a gas source, and an outlet, the patient interface being configured to deliver a conditioned flow of gas into the surgical cavity. The conditioned flow of gas may have the properties of having a reduced outlet velocity relative to the velocity of the inlet gas, or having a diffuse flow, or being heated, or being substantially laminar or non-turbulent, or a combination thereof. The invention may also comprise an attachment mechanism to attach to or anchor the patient interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jesus Antonio AMADOR NORIEGA, Zane Paul GELL, Eu-Lee TEH, Bernard Tsz Lun IP, Rory Alexander MONRO, James Robert Jarmey GREENFIELD, Donald Roy KURIGER, Ali Ghalib Abdul Rahman GHALIB, Jemma Tamsin SOMERVILLE, Scott Hamish FREEBAIRN, Zach Jonathan WARNER, Benjamin Elliot Hardinge PEGMAN
  • Publication number: 20230339792
    Abstract: A rotating biological contactor apparatus includes: a biozone tank containing a liquid being treated; a drive shaft driven to rotate; and at least one media disk. The media disk includes: a substrate having a disk shape defining a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the substrate configured to be attached to the drive shaft and to rotate therewith; and a plurality of fins protruding from at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the substrate and extending for a length in a radial direction to generate a turbulent flow as the plurality of fins pass through a surface of the liquid being treated as the media disk rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: James Robert Kiner
  • Publication number: 20230340910
    Abstract: Methods and systems of operating a gas turbine engine in a low-power condition are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes supplying fuel to a combustor by supplying fuel to a first fuel manifold and a second fuel manifold of the gas turbine engine. The method also includes, while supplying fuel to the combustor by supplying fuel to the first fuel manifold: stopping supplying fuel to the second fuel manifold; and supplying pressurized air to the second fuel manifold to flush fuel in the second fuel manifold into the combustor and hinder coking in the second fuel manifold and associated fuel nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: James Robert JARVO, Cedric SAINTIGNAN, Joseph Daniel Maxim CIRTWILL, Kian MCCALDON, Marc-Andre TREMBLAY, David WADDLETON
  • Publication number: 20230335824
    Abstract: This application is directed to a battery having a heating element. A connector of the battery includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a heater terminal. One or more rechargeable battery cells are electrically coupled to the first and second terminals of the connector. The heating element is in contact with a subset of the battery cells, and includes a resistive heater path that is electrically coupled to the first and heater terminals of the connector and generates heat to warm the battery when a heater voltage is applied to the heater terminal. A waterproof material is wrapped around an exterior of the heating element and battery cells and prevents ambient water from contacting the heater element and battery cells. The waterproof material includes an opening to allow at least the first and second terminals of the connector to be electrically coupled to a logic board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: David Wang, Pak Heng Lau, Lauren Francine Chanen, James Robert Lim
  • Publication number: 20230329984
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for preparing a personal care composition comprising sulfur, wherein the method comprises a) Providing a composition comprising a surfactant, a stabilizing agent(s) and water, wherein the composition comprises at least about 3.0% surfactant and a stabilizing agent(s) sufficient to build a yield stress of at least 0.06 Pa; b) Mixing the composition in Step (a) wherein an agitation mechanism tip speed (as calculated by {agitator outer circumference [m/revolution]}*{agitator revolution rate [revolutions/s]}) is between about 1.5 m/s and about 2.7 m/s; with a recirculation turnover rate (as calculated by {recirculation pump rate [L/hour]}/{full turnover volume [L/turnover]}) of greater than 1.8 turnovers/hour; c) Adding sulfur to the composition of Step (b)—wherein the conditions of Step (b) are maintained while adding sulfur and until the personal care composition is prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: James Robert-Paul Skallerup, Brandon Scott Lane, Marco Caggioni, Eric Scott Johnson, Geoffrey Marc Wise