Patents by Inventor James Stern

James Stern 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: 11944279
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a swab device, system, and method are provided for measuring and assessing saliva flow in the mouth of a person. In one embodiment, a system includes a swab device and a measuring device. The swab device includes a handle portion and a swab portion, the handle portion being elongated to extend between a proximal end and a distal end. The swab portion is coupled to a distal portion of the handle portion and is sized and configured to collect saliva from the mouth. The measuring device is sized and configured to measure an amount of the saliva collected with the swab portion, the measuring device including a nesting portion integrated therewith. Such nesting portion of the measuring device is sized and configured to receive the proximal end of the handle portion of the swab device to measure the saliva collected therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: BOKA SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Grant J. Donovan, Jeffrey A. Stern, Ryan C. Patterson, James A. Malmstrom, Kent F. Beck, Scott D. Miles
  • Patent number: 11746219
    Abstract: A recycled resin composition with significantly improved stress crack resistance and impact properties with minimal loss of stiffness. The recycled resin composition is a blend of at least one recycled resin (PCR and/or PIR), at least one virgin high density polyethylene and at least one virgin metallocene catalyzed linear low density polyethylene. The recycled resin composition can have a flex modulus @0.05 in/min of 110,000 psi to 180,000 psi, as measured by ASTM D790, Proc. A 1% Secant Modulus; and/or an ESCR, as measured by 100% Igepal Cond B, ASTM D1693, of about 10 hr to about 75 hr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Canright, James A. Stern, Kelsey L. Terrill
  • Publication number: 20220365934
    Abstract: The disclosed system links an individual dataset to a database. The system receives a target individual dataset associated with a target individual and identifies candidate individual datasets that are potentially related to the target individual dataset. The system identifies a related individual dataset that has data bits that match some data bits in the target individual dataset. The system then identifies a parent node that is a common parent node to both the target individual dataset and the related individual dataset. The system retrieves a data tree that the parent node belongs to with the data tree containing information describing inter-relationships among datasets in the data tree. A node in the data tree is identified to assign the target individual dataset based on strings of matched data bits and number of the matched strings between the target individual dataset and the datasets in the data tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shiya Song, Jingwen Pei, Brett Frederick Jorgensen, Aaron James Stern, Ross E. Curtis
  • Patent number: 11429615
    Abstract: The disclosed system links an individual dataset to a database. The system receives a target individual dataset associated with a target individual and identifies candidate individual datasets that are potentially related to the target individual dataset. The system identifies a related individual dataset that has data bits that match some data bits in the target individual dataset. The system then identifies a parent node that is a common parent node to both the target individual dataset and the related individual dataset. The system retrieves a data tree that the parent node belongs to with the data tree containing information describing inter-relationships among datasets in the data tree. A node in the data tree is identified to assign the target individual dataset based on strings of matched data bits and number of the matched strings between the target individual dataset and the datasets in the data tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Ancestry.com DNA, LLC
    Inventors: Shiya Song, Jingwen Pei, Brett Frederick Jorgensen, Aaron James Stern, Ross E. Curtis
  • Publication number: 20220259417
    Abstract: A recycled resin composition with significantly improved stress crack resistance and impact properties with minimal loss of stiffness. The recycled resin composition is a blend of at least one recycled resin (PCR and/or PIR), at least one virgin high density polyethylene and at least one virgin metallocene catalyzed linear low density polyethylene. The recycled resin composition can have a flex modulus @0.05 in/min of 110,000 psi to 180,000 psi, as measured by ASTM D790, Proc. A 1% Secant Modulus; and/or an ESCR, as measured by 100% Igepal Cond B, ASTM D1693, of about 10 hr to about 75 hr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Robert M. CANRIGHT, James A. STERN, Kelsey L. TERRILL
  • Publication number: 20210216556
    Abstract: The disclosed system links an individual dataset to a database. The system receives a target individual dataset associated with a target individual and identifies candidate individual datasets that are potentially related to the target individual dataset. The system identifies a related individual dataset that has data bits that match some data bits in the target individual dataset. The system then identifies a parent node that is a common parent node to both the target individual dataset and the related individual dataset. The system retrieves a data tree that the parent node belongs to with the data tree containing information describing inter-relationships among datasets in the data tree. A node in the data tree is identified to assign the target individual dataset based on strings of matched data bits and number of the matched strings between the target individual dataset and the datasets in the data tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Shiya Song, Jingwen Pei, Brett Frederick Jorgensen, Aaron James Stern, Ross E. Curtis
  • Patent number: 10919993
    Abstract: Injection molded article for healthcare applications based on propylene homopolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Klaus Bernreitner, Martina Sandholzer, James Stern, Joanne Belshaw
  • Publication number: 20190112401
    Abstract: Injection molded article for healthcare applications based on propylene homopolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Klaus Bernreitner, Martina Sandholzer, James Stern, Joanne Belshaw
  • Patent number: 10138335
    Abstract: Injection molded article for healthcare applications based on propylene homopolymer having a melt flow rate in the range of 40 to 120 g/10 min, a pentad isotacticity of more than 92.5%, and meso sequence length of 91.0 to 160.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Klaus Bernreitner, Martina Sandholzer, James Stern, Joanne Belshaw
  • Publication number: 20170313829
    Abstract: Injection molded article for healthcare applications based on propylene homopolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus Bernreitner, Martina Sandholzer, James Stern, Joanne Belshaw
  • Patent number: 9000095
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polyethylene molding composition which has a multimodal molecular mass distribution and comprises a low molecular weight ethylene homopolymer A, a high molecular weight ethylene copolymer B and an ultrahigh molecular weight ethylene copolymer C. The molding composition has a density at a temperature of 23° C. in the range from 0.940 to 0.957 g/cm3, an MFR (190° C./2.16 kg) in the range from 0.5 to 4 dg/min and a viscosity number VN3 of the mixture of ethylene homopolymer A, copolymer B and ethylene copolymer C, measured in accordance with ISO/R 1191 in decalin at a temperature of 135° C., in the range from 150 to 300 cm3/g. The invention further relates to the use of such a molding composition for producing injection-molded finished parts, and to finished parts produced by injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Berthold, Heinz Vogt, James Stern, Albert Weber
  • Publication number: 20100010163
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polyethylene molding composition which has a multimodal molecular mass distribution and comprises a low molecular weight ethylene homopolymer A, a high molecular weight ethylene copolymer B and an ultrahigh molecular weight ethylene copolymer C. The molding composition has a density at a temperature of 23° C. in the range from 0.940 to 0.957 g/cm3, an MFR (190° C./2.16 kg) in the range from 0.5 to 4 dg/min and a viscosity number VN3 of the mixture of ethylene homopolymer A, copolymer B and ethylene copolymer C, measured in accordance with ISO/R 1191 in decalin at a temperature of 135° C., in the range from 150 to 300 cm3/g. The invention further relates to the use of such a molding composition for producing injection-molded finished parts, and to finished parts produced by injection molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Berthold, Heinz Vogt, James Stern, Albert Weber
  • Publication number: 20050051003
    Abstract: A cable fitting wrench, including a hinged 2-piece socket, that would allow individuals and technicians to easily locate, grip, and tighten or loosen the cable fitting on the back of a television or VCR. The cable fitting wrench would simply open in half around the cable fitting, then close and grip the fitting, and permitting the fitting to be easily inserted and tightened or loosened and removed from it's port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventor: James Stern