Patents by Inventor James Stephen

James Stephen 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: 11118213
    Abstract: A method of analyzing a tumor sample comprising: (a) acquiring a library comprising a plurality of tumor members from a tumor sample; (b) contacting the library with a bait set to provide selected members; (c) acquiring a read for a subgenomic interval from a tumor member from said library; (d) aligning said read; and (e) assigning a nucleotide value (e.g., calling a mutation) from said read for the preselected nucleotide position, thereby analyzing said tumor sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Foundation Medicine, Inc.
    Inventors: Doron Lipson, Geoffrey Alan Otto, Alexander N. Parker, Philip James Stephens, Sean R. Downing, Mirna Jarosz, Mikhail G. Shapiro, Roman Yelensky
  • Publication number: 20210275190
    Abstract: Described embodiments provide systems and methods for an attachment mechanism for attaching a strap around a body extremity. The attachment mechanism includes a hook, a first channel, and a second channel. The hook includes a first longitudinal axis and coupled to the strap at a first region of the hook. The first channel allowing the attachment mechanism to receive the strap. The second channel extending from the first channel and having an opening allowing the attachment mechanism to secure the strap, the opening extending along a second longitudinal axis, the second longitudinal axis forming an angle of less than ninety degrees with the first longitudinal axis. The strap is coupled to a harness. The strap includes a first portion, an attachment portion attached to the first portion, a main portion attached to the attachment portion; and an elastic portion attached to the main portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: ARMR Systems LLC
    Inventors: Andrew James Stephens, Chibueze Joseph Ihenacho
  • Publication number: 20210270729
    Abstract: A system and method for encapsulating commercially significant attributes of a hydrocarbon product into a single digital signature are presented. The digital signature may be generated from a physical product sample using optical techniques such as NIR spectroscopy. Digital signatures may be expressed in the form of composition, principle components derived from the spectra, or other properties derived from the original spectra which characterize, and help visualize, the variation present within the signals. Other physical property measurements and contaminant measurements may also be included in the digital signature and may be derived from the same measurement device or separate measurement devices whose output is integrated into a single digital signature. Embodiments of the invention may be used to confirm the identity of a hydrocarbon product, or to verify the composition of a hydrocarbon product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: JP3 Measurement, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Little, III, Matthew Thomas, Gregg Williams, James Stephen Dixson, III
  • Patent number: 11073915
    Abstract: Techniques for modifying a garment based on gestures are presented herein. An access module can access a first set of sensor data from a first sensor, and a second set of sensor data from a second sensor. A garment simulation module can generate a three-dimensional (3D) garment model of a garment available for sale draped on an avatar based on the first set of sensor data and the second set of sensor data. A display module can cause a presentation, on a display of a device, of the 3D garment model draped on the avatar. Additionally, the garment simulation module can determine a modification gesture associated with the 3D garment model draped on the avatar based on the first set of sensor data and the second set of sensor data. Furthermore, the garment simulation module can modify the 3D garment model based on the determined modification gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Smith Rose, Pooja Sapra, Vivienne Melody Blue, Chuck Barnum, Giridhar Singam, Chris Miller, Rachel Maxine Minenno, James Stephen Perrine
  • Patent number: 11058687
    Abstract: Methods of treating a head and neck cancer are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: FOUNDATION MEDICINE, INC., UCL BUSINESS LTD
    Inventors: Chris Hendrik Boshoff, Timothy Robert Fenton, Matthias Alexander Lechner, Philip James Stephens, Matthew J. Hawryluk, Garrett Michael Frampton, Roman Yelensky
  • Publication number: 20210212132
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for wireless communication of analyte data. In this regard, in embodiments, a mobile includes a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The mobile device includes circuitry operatively coupled to the transceiver. The mobile device also includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium operatively coupled to the circuitry and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the mobile device to perform a number of operations. One such operation is to obtain a derivative of a first signal received via a first link. Another such operation is to obtain a derivative of a second signal received via a second link; and. Yet another such operation is to generate a selection for connection to an analyte sensor system, based on a comparison of the derivative of the first signal and the derivative of the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Aditya Mandapaka, Douglas William Burnette, Hari Hampapuram, Francis William Pascual, James Stephen Amidei, Darin Edward Chum Dew, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Nathanael Paul, William A. Pender, Michael A. Ploof
  • Patent number: 11044537
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for wireless communication of analyte data. In this regard, in embodiments, a mobile includes a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The mobile device includes circuitry operatively coupled to the transceiver. The mobile device also includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium operatively coupled to the circuitry and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the mobile device to perform a number of operations. One such operation is to obtain a derivative of a first signal received via a first link. Another such operation is to obtain a derivative of a second signal received via a second link; and. Yet another such operation is to generate a selection for connection to an analyte sensor system, based on a comparison of the derivative of the first signal and the derivative of the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Aditya Mandapaka, Douglas William Burnette, Hari Hampapuram, Francis William Pascual, James Stephen Amidei, Darin Edward Chum Dew, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Nathanael Paul, William A. Pender, Michael A. Ploof
  • Patent number: 11032855
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for wireless communication of analyte data. In this regard, in embodiments, a mobile includes a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The mobile device includes circuitry operatively coupled to the transceiver. The mobile device also includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium operatively coupled to the circuitry and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the mobile device to perform a number of operations. One such operation is to obtain a derivative of a first signal received via a first link. Another such operation is to obtain a derivative of a second signal received via a second link; and. Yet another such operation is to generate a selection for connection to an analyte sensor system, based on a comparison of the derivative of the first signal and the derivative of the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Aditya Mandapaka, Douglas William Burnette, Hari Hampapuram, Francis William Pascual, James Stephen Amidei, Darin Edward Chum Dew, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Nathanael Paul, William A. Pender, Michael A. Ploof
  • Publication number: 20210155304
    Abstract: A system for removing, storing and precisely re-installing removable automobile doors. This system includes a mobile base for positioning near the vehicle and moving stored doors to their storage location. The base of this system provides mounting positions for 2 or more lifting/storing/re-installation devices, accommodating full service (removal, storage and re-installation) of up to 4 doors at once. The lifting/storage/re-installation devices contain full 3 axis precise adjustment and rigid coupling to each of the vehicle's doors. Without this precision, the weight and non-balance of removing/re-installing the doors can cause the door to tilt into or away from the vehicle, possibly crushing a human body part (finger, hand) and/or damaging the vehicle or door. By rigidly coupling the door to the precisely adjusted device, precise vertical lifting and lowering may be used to remove and re-install the doors, including accommodating surface variations encountered from removal to re-installation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: James Stephen Brown
  • Patent number: 11019411
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for wireless communication of analyte data. In this regard, in embodiments, a mobile includes a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The mobile device includes circuitry operatively coupled to the transceiver. The mobile device also includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium operatively coupled to the circuitry and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the mobile device to perform a number of operations. One such operation is to obtain a derivative of a first signal received via a first link. Another such operation is to obtain a derivative of a second signal received via a second link; and. Yet another such operation is to generate a selection for connection to an analyte sensor system, based on a comparison of the derivative of the first signal and the derivative of the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Aditya Mandapaka, Douglas William Burnette, Hari Hampapuram, Francis William Pascual, James Stephen Amidei, Darin Edward Chum Dew, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Nathanael Paul, William A. Pender, Michael A. Ploof
  • Publication number: 20210142912
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed provide ways for Health Care Professionals (HCPs) to be involved in initial patient system set up so that the data received is truly transformative, such that the patient not just understands what all the various numbers mean but also how the data can be used. For example, in one implementation, a CGM device is configured for use by a HCP, and includes a housing and a circuit configured to receive a signal from a transmitter coupled to an indwelling glucose sensor. A calibration module converts the received signal into clinical units. A user interface is provided that is configured to display a measured glucose concentration in the clinical units. The user interface is further configured to receive input data about a patient level, where the input data about the patient level causes the device to operate in a mode appropriate to the patient level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Scott M. Belliveau, Naresh C. Bhavaraju, Darin Edward Chum Dew, Eric Cohen, Anna Leigh Davis, Mark Dervaes, Laura J. Dunn, Minda McDorman Grucela, Hari Hampapuram, Matthew Lawrence Johnson, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Steven David King, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Aditya Sagar Mandapaka, Zebediah L. McDaniel, Sumitaka Mikami, Subrai Girish Pai, Philip Mansiel Pellouchoud, Stephen Alan Reichert, Eli Reihman, Peter C. Simpson, Brian Christopher Smith, Stephen J. Vanslyke, Robert Patrick Van Tassel, Matthew D. Wightlin, Richard C. Yang, James Stephen Amidei, David Derenzy, Benjamin Elrod West, Vincent Crabtree, Michael Levozier Moore, Douglas William Burnette, Alexandra Elena Constantin, Nicholas Polytaridis, Dana Charles Cambra, Abhishek Sharma, Kho Braun, Patrick Wile McBride
  • Patent number: 10980804
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating cholangiocarcinoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: FOUNDATION MEDICINE, INC.
    Inventors: Siraj Mahamed Ali, Matthew J. Hawryluk, Jie He, Doron Lipson, Vincent A. Miller, Jeffrey S. Ross, Philip James Stephens
  • Patent number: 10970747
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling use of an autonomous vehicle includes an interior occupant sensing system to obtain data of occupants from a video camera. An occupant sensing controller is configured to receive the video and detect a number of faces of occupants disposed in the vehicle. Further, the occupant sensing controller determines demographic information from the video data of each of the detected faces and then stores the vehicle location, the number of faces, and the demographic information for occupants as data in the vehicle. The occupant sensing controller determines from the demographic information an age of occupants in the autonomous vehicle, and when the demographic information indicates that all occupants in the autonomous vehicle are less than a certain age, limits travel to a destination or operation of the autonomous vehicle in response to age.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: James Stephen Miller, Patrick Graf, Frank Riggi
  • Publication number: 20210061353
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining an angle of a movement path of a trailer (205). The system (200) for determining an angle of a movement path of a trailer (205) comprises a camera (250); and an electronic controller (260) communicatively coupled to the camera (250) and configured to receive first data from the camera (250), determine an absolute angle of the trailer (205) based on matching one portion of an image received in the first data to a template, receive second data from the camera (250), estimate a change in the angle of the trailer (205) based on tracking one or more points on the trailer (205) received in the second data, and determine the angle of the movement path of the trailer (205) based upon the trailer angle and the change in the angle of the trailer (205).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: James Stephen Miller, Greg Sypitkowski
  • Patent number: 10936445
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of connecting, by a transaction manager node, to a blockchain configured to store transaction data, receiving, by the transaction manager node, a transaction from a user node, the transaction includes a transactional operation, performing, by the transaction manager node, the transactional operation on an at least one two-phase commit capable resource, writing, by the transaction manager node, the transaction data into a recovery log, committing, by the transaction manager node, the transaction to the blockchain, and in response to an unknown outcome of the commit of the transaction, executing a recovery operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan J. Rauh, Alex Motley, Andrew Gordon Guibert, James Stephens, Mark Swatosh
  • Patent number: 10914627
    Abstract: A photodiode current comparison circuit has a first current source coupled to a circuit node configurable to operate in a first mode, a second current source coupled to the circuit node configurable to operate in a second mode opposite the first mode, and a third current source switchable to route a current to the circuit node in response to a data signal using a transistor coupled between the circuit node and the third current source. A photodiode is coupled to the circuit node. In a first configuration, an anode of the photodiode is coupled to the circuit node and a cathode of the photodiode is coupled to a power supply terminal. In a second configuration, a cathode of the photodiode is coupled to the circuit node and an anode of the photodiode is coupled to a power supply terminal. An amplifier provides an error signal of the photodiode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Semtech Corporation
    Inventors: Jonah Edward Nuttgens, James Stephen Mason
  • Publication number: 20210033545
    Abstract: The invention discloses a scanning method and apparatus suitable for scanning a pipeline or process vessel in which a beam of gamma radiation from a source is emitted through the vessel to be detected by an array of detectors which are each collimated to detect radiation over a narrow angle relative to the width of the emitted radiation beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Bowdon, Paul David Featonby, James Stephen Howstan, Peter Jackson, Kenneth James, Emanuele Ronchi
  • Patent number: 10888708
    Abstract: A phototherapy device for promoting wound healing and treating pain associated with soft-tissue and musculo-skeletal injuries is presented. The phototherapy device may deliver therapeutic light outputs that are variable, in real time, based in part on morphologic data of the patient measured by the device in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: QC, LLC
    Inventor: Bryan James Stephens
  • Publication number: 20200408944
    Abstract: A marine survey system and method for ultrahigh resolution (UHR) mapping of a marine bottom (B) below a body of water (W) by means of a frame (20) towed as a whole by one or more towing cables (12) at a distance (Xf) behind a marine vessel (10) moving over the water (W) in a movement direction (V). The frame (20) comprises a rigid framework (23) and a plurality of independent acoustic sources (21), wherein each acoustic source (21) is independently controlled to emit a separate acoustic wave (A) propagating through the water (W) and reflecting off bottom regions of the marine bottom (B) for the mapping thereof. The acoustic sources (21) are kept fixated by the rigid framework (23) at a source-to-source distance (Ys) less than four meters in a transverse direction (Y) perpendicular to the movement direction (V) of the vessel (10) to distinguish the bottom regions with an ultrahigh resolution (Ry) of less than two meters at least in the transverse direction (Y).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Fugro Technology B.V.
    Inventor: Angus James Stephen OGILVIE
  • Publication number: 20200375455
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and devices, for the wireless communication of analyte data are provided. In some embodiments, a method and calibration station for calibrating a continuous analyte sensor system is provided. Methods and testing systems for testing a continuous analyte sensor system is provided. Continuous analyte sensor systems, display devices and peripheral devices configured for wireless communication of analyte, connection, alarm and/or alert data and associated methods are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Patrick Van Tassel, John Francis Loughlin, Sean S. Nihalani, James Stephen Amidei, Stephen Alan Reichert, Sebastian Bohm, Krishna Prashant Daita, Brian Christopher Smith, Michael A. Ploof, Benjamin Elrod West, Mark S. Dervaes, Vincent P. Crabtree, William A. Pender, Douglas William Burnette