Patents by Inventor Jay Katz

Jay Katz 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).

  • Publication number: 20230248937
    Abstract: An optical filter may reduce the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles by controlling light exposure to cells in the human eye in certain wavelengths, such as 480 nm and 590 nm, and a visual spectral response of the human eye. The optical filter may disrupt the isomerization of melanopsin in the human eye reducing the availability of the active isoform, whereas the attenuation of light weighted across the action potential spectrum of the active isoform attenuates the phototransduction cascade leading to photophobic responses. Embodiments of an optical filter are described. In one embodiment an optical filter may be configured to transmit less than a first amount of light in certain wavelengths, and to transmit more than a second amount of light weighted across the visual spectral response. Methods of use and methods of manufacturing optical filters are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Patent number: 11672944
    Abstract: An optical filter may reduce the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles by controlling light exposure to cells in the human eye in certain wavelengths, such as 480 nm and 590 nm, and a visual spectral response of the human eye. The optical filter may disrupt the isomerization of melanopsin in the human eye reducing the availability of the active isoform, whereas the attenuation of light weighted across the action potential spectrum of the active isoform attenuates the phototransduction cascade leading to photophobic responses. Embodiments of an optical filter are described. In one embodiment an optical filter may be configured to transmit less than a first amount of light in certain wavelengths, and to transmit more than a second amount of light weighted across the visual spectral response. Methods of use and methods of manufacturing optical filters are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Patent number: 11321915
    Abstract: Non-interpolatable classification of rocks in a region as defined by rock classification maps may be digitized to generate gridded index map. For rock classification maps stored as raster images, image treatment may be applied to generate the gridded index map. The gridded index map may be associated with lithology values using a rock-lithology library, and the lithology values may be used to generate a lithologic representation of the region. Such conversion of rock classification maps for modeling the region may improve input lithologic data accuracy and consistency, while enhancing the efficiency of lithologic modeling (e.g., for basin modeling).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Yushi Zhao, Jianchang Liu, Barry Jay Katz
  • Patent number: 11221432
    Abstract: Changes to interpreted horizons in a subsurface representation are propagated to synthetic horizons in the subsurface representation by maintaining relative distances between the synthetic horizons and interpreted horizons. Distance ratios of synthetic horizons between interpreted horizons are applied to changed interpreted horizons to derive new locations of synthetic horizons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Friedemann Ulrich Maximilian Baur, Gregory Ian Ball, Chao Zhao, Barry Jay Katz, Brian S. Cabote
  • Publication number: 20210389493
    Abstract: Basin-wide modeling is utilized to improve confidence of source rock presence and quality estimation. A 4D basin model incorporates geological model, geochemical models, and resettlement model for a region. Utilizing the 4D basin model provides consistency of internal data, geology-constrained basin-wide calculations, capability to capture local controls to allow basin-specific interpretations, reduction of reliance on empirical relationships, and capability to investigate source rock development through time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Yushi Zhao, Jianchang Liu, Barry Jay Katz
  • Publication number: 20210390773
    Abstract: Non-interpolatable classification of rocks in a region as defined by rock classification maps may be digitized to generate gridded index map. For rock classification maps stored as raster images, image treatment may be applied to generate the gridded index map. The gridded index map may be associated with lithology values using a rock-lithology library, and the lithology values may be used to generate a lithologic representation of the region. Such conversion of rock classification maps for modeling the region may improve input lithologic data accuracy and consistency, while enhancing the efficiency of lithologic modeling (e.g., for basin modeling).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Yushi Zhao, Jianchang Liu, Barry Jay Katz
  • Publication number: 20210373198
    Abstract: Changes to interpreted horizons in a subsurface representation are propagated to synthetic horizons in the subsurface representation by maintaining relative distances between the synthetic horizons and interpreted horizons. Distance ratios of synthetic horizons between interpreted horizons are applied to changed interpreted horizons to derive new locations of synthetic horizons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Friedemann Ulrich Maximilian Baur, Gregory Ian Ball, Chao Zhao, Barry Jay Katz, Brian S. Cabote
  • Publication number: 20210103080
    Abstract: Implementations of the present invention relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for blocking, attenuating, or filtering neuroactive wavelengths of the visible light spectrum and reducing or preventing the symptoms affiliated with exposure to those wavelengths. Nanoparticles of a predetermined composition, size, and structure are dispersed in a host medium to create an optical notch filter, thereby attenuating only a narrow range of the visible spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Pradeep Kasinadhuni, Steve McDaniel, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Patent number: 10914877
    Abstract: Implementations of the present invention relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for blocking, attenuating, or filtering neuroactive wavelengths of the visible light spectrum and reducing or preventing the symptoms affiliated with exposure to those wavelengths. Nanoparticles of a predetermined composition, size, and structure are dispersed in a host medium to create an optical notch filter, thereby attenuating only a narrow range of the visible spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Pradeep Kasinadhuni, Steve McDaniel, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Publication number: 20200192011
    Abstract: An optical filter may reduce the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles by controlling light exposure to cells in the human eye in certain wavelengths, such as 480 nm and 590 nm, and a visual spectral response of the human eye. The optical filter may disrupt the isomerization of melanopsin in the human eye reducing the availability of the active isoform, whereas the attenuation of light weighted across the action potential spectrum of the active isoform attenuates the phototransduction cascade leading to photophobic responses. Embodiments of an optical filter are described. In one embodiment an optical filter may be configured to transmit less than a first amount of light in certain wavelengths, and to transmit more than a second amount of light weighted across the visual spectral response. Methods of use and methods of manufacturing optical filters are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Patent number: 10605970
    Abstract: An optical filter may reduce the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles by controlling light exposure to cells in the human eye in certain wavelengths, such as 480 nm and 590 nm, and a visual spectral response of the human eye. The optical filter may disrupt the isomerization of melanopsin in the human eye reducing the availability of the active isoform, whereas the attenuation of light weighted across the action potential spectrum of the active isoform attenuates the phototransduction cascade leading to photophobic responses. Embodiments of an optical filter are described. In one embodiment an optical filter may be configured to transmit less than a first amount of light in certain wavelengths, and to transmit more than a second amount of light weighted across the visual spectral response. Methods of use and methods of manufacturing optical filters are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Publication number: 20190310405
    Abstract: An optical filter may reduce the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles by controlling light exposure to cells in the human eye in certain wavelengths, such as 480 nm and 590 nm, and a visual spectral response of the human eye. The optical filter may disrupt the isomerization of melanopsin in the human eye reducing the availability of the active isoform, whereas the attenuation of light weighted across the action potential spectrum of the active isoform attenuates the phototransduction cascade leading to photophobic responses. Embodiments of an optical filter are described. In one embodiment an optical filter may be configured to transmit less than a first amount of light in certain wavelengths, and to transmit more than a second amount of light weighted across the visual spectral response. Methods of use and methods of manufacturing optical filters are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Patent number: 10359552
    Abstract: An optical filter may reduce the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles by controlling light exposure to cells in the human eye in certain wavelengths, such as 480 nm and 590 nm, and a visual spectral response of the human eye. The optical filter may disrupt the isomerization of melanopsin in the human eye reducing the availability of the active isoform, whereas the attenuation of light weighted across the action potential spectrum of the active isoform attenuates the phototransduction cascade leading to photophobic responses. Embodiments of an optical filter are described. In one embodiment an optical filter may be configured to transmit less than a first amount of light in certain wavelengths, and to transmit more than a second amount of light weighted across the visual spectral response. Methods of use and methods of manufacturing optical filters are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Publication number: 20190154894
    Abstract: Implementations of the present invention relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for blocking, attenuating, or filtering neuroactive wavelengths of the visible light spectrum and reducing or preventing the symptoms affiliated with exposure to those wavelengths. Nanoparticles of a predetermined composition, size, and structure are dispersed in a host medium to create an optical notch filter, thereby attenuating only a narrow range of the visible spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Pradeep Kasinadhuni, Steve McDaniel, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Patent number: 10281627
    Abstract: Implementations of the present invention relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for blocking, attenuating, or filtering neuroactive wavelengths of the visible light spectrum and reducing or preventing the symptoms affiliated with exposure to those wavelengths. Nanoparticles of a predetermined composition, size, and structure are dispersed in a host medium to create an optical notch filter, thereby attenuating only a narrow range of the visible spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Pradeep Kasinadhuni, Steve McDaniel, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Patent number: 10234608
    Abstract: Implementations of the present invention relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for blocking, attenuating, or filtering neuroactive wavelengths of the visible light spectrum and reducing or preventing the symptoms affiliated with exposure to those wavelengths. Nanoparticles of a predetermined composition, size, and structure are dispersed in a host medium to create an optical notch filter, thereby attenuating only a narrow range of the visible spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Pradeep Kasinadhuni, Steve McDaniel, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Publication number: 20170336545
    Abstract: An optical filter may reduce the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles by controlling light exposure to cells in the human eye in certain wavelengths, such as 480 nm and 590 nm, and a visual spectral response of the human eye. The optical filter may disrupt the isomerization of melanopsin in the human eye reducing the availability of the active isoform, whereas the attenuation of light weighted across the action potential spectrum of the active isoform attenuates the phototransduction cascade leading to photophobic responses. Embodiments of an optical filter are described. In one embodiment an optical filter may be configured to transmit less than a first amount of light in certain wavelengths, and to transmit more than a second amount of light weighted across the visual spectral response. Methods of use and methods of manufacturing optical filters are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Patent number: 9764157
    Abstract: An optical filter may reduce the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles by controlling light exposure to cells in the human eye in certain wavelengths, such as 480 nm and 590 nm, and a visual spectral response of the human eye. The optical filter may disrupt the isomerization of melanopsin in the human eye reducing the availability of the active isoform, whereas the attenuation of light weighted across the action potential spectrum of the active isoform attenuates the phototransduction cascade leading to photophobic responses. Embodiments of an optical filter are described. In one embodiment an optical filter may be configured to transmit less than a first amount of light in certain wavelengths, and to transmit more than a second amount of light weighted across the visual spectral response. Methods of use and methods of manufacturing optical filters are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Patent number: 9759848
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for reducing the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles by controlling light exposure to cells in the human eye in certain wavelengths, such as 480 nm and 620 nm, and a visual spectral response of the human eye. Embodiments of an optical filter are described. In one embodiment an optical filter may be configured to transmit less than a first amount of light in certain wavelengths, and to transmit more than a second amount of light weighted across the visual spectral response. Methods of use and methods of manufacturing optical filters are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Patent number: 9606277
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for reducing the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles by controlling light exposure to melanopsin ganglion cells in a retina over the action potential spectrum of the melanopsin cells of the human eye and a visual spectral response of the human eye. Embodiments of an optical filter are described. In one embodiment an optical filter may be configured to transmit less than a first amount of light weighted across the action potential spectrum of the melanopsin cells and to transmit more than a second amount of light weighted across the visual spectral response. Methods of manufacturing optical filters are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Bradley Jay Katz