Patents by Inventor Jeffrey A. Richards

Jeffrey A. Richards 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: 12293001
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for the utilization of personally identifiable information (PII) to identify an individual while de-identifying the associated data through tokenization. A method includes receiving, at a main tokenizer and from a first trading partner, a first data set comprising a first subset of a plurality of PII fields corresponding to an individual, receiving, at the main tokenizer and from a second trading partner, a second data set comprising a second subset of the plurality of PII fields corresponding to the individual, resolving, a the main tokenizer, the individual, linking a unique patient-centric token (PCT) to the individual based on the resolving, and outputting the PCT for generating a non-PII token linked to the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL In.
    Inventors: Jay Sultan, Jeffrey M. Diamond, Jill Luber, Victor E. Tavernini, Emily Mortimer, Raghunandan Valluri, Theresa Roseanne Wu, Charles Edwards Morton, Brian Richard Mullin
  • Patent number: 12286080
    Abstract: A storage system, comprising: a frame, the frame comprising two opposing frame side walls, a frame rear wall, a frame top wall and a frame base, which collectively define a drawer receiving space; the frame having a front opening; a drawer receivable in the drawer receiving space through the front opening; the drawer comprising first and second opposing drawer side walls, a drawer base, a drawer front wall and a drawer rear wall, which collectively define a drawer storage space, the drawer having a top opening for receiving contents into the drawer storage space; a drawer position retainer for releasably retaining the drawer in any one of at least two drawer positions relative to the frame, the at least two drawer positions comprising: a closed position, wherein the drawer is at least substantially received within the frame; and a partially open position, wherein the drawer is partially received within the frame; and an actuator mounted to or adjacent the drawer front wall for manually actuating the drawer po
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: IMPACT IMPORT GROUP PTY LTD
    Inventors: Giles Frederick Matthews, Antony Angelo Stolfo, Yi Yuan, Jeffrey West, David Richard Chapman, Blake Jordan Fuller, Louis David Mills
  • Publication number: 20250131781
    Abstract: Merchandise security systems and methods are provided. In one example, a merchandise security system includes a plurality of locks configured to protect one or more items from theft, each of the plurality of locks configured to wirelessly communicate with one or more mobile computing devices. Each of the plurality of locks is configured to establish communication with one or more of the mobile computing devices using a first communication protocol. Each of the plurality of locks is configured to subsequently communicate with one or more of the mobile computing devices using a second communication protocol, different than the first communication protocol, for identifying one or more of the plurality of locks to be unlocked. The one or more of the plurality of locks identified by the one or more mobile computing devices is configured to be unlocked in response to subsequently communicating with the one or more of the plurality of locks using the first communication protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher Richard Helman, Jeffrey A. Grant, Wesley J. Blanchard, Steven R. Bohon
  • Patent number: 12277546
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method of providing contactless payments at a point of sale terminal includes: causing a point-of-sale terminal processing a transaction to display a machine-readable code, the machine-readable code encoding a web address; receiving a request from a device that scanned the machine-readable code, the request received at the web address; in response to receiving the request, causing the device that scanned the machine-readable code to output an interface that includes a prompt for input required to complete the transaction; receiving a response to the prompt; and sending an indication of the response to the prompt to the point-of-sale terminal to allow for completion of the transaction based on the response at the point-of-sale terminal through use of a physical token at the point-of-sale terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Milos Dunjic, David Samuel Tax, Vipul Kishore Lalka, Bryan Michael Gleeson, Jeffrey Aaron Ecker, Derek Richard Castell, Anthony Haituyen Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20250118180
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems, devices, and methods for displaying and securing articles of merchandise. In one example, a merchandise security system includes a plurality of articles of merchandise on display in a retail store and at least one machine learning camera configured to capture images of one or more of the articles of merchandise for detecting information regarding the articles of merchandise, making predictions based on such information, and providing notifications based on such information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Grant, Christopher J. Fawcett, Laura Abbott Lynch, Gary A. Taylor, David N. Bergland, James Richard Terrell, II
  • Publication number: 20250102109
    Abstract: A clamp apparatus is disclosed that includes a body, first and second actuators, first, second, third and fourth gear sets, first and second movable grippers, and at least one leaf spring. The first gear set is coupled to the first actuator and the second gear set is coupled to the second actuator. The first gear set engages the second gear set. The first and second movable grippers are each operatively coupled to the body. The third gear set is coupled to the first movable gripper and the fourth gear set is coupled to the second movable gripper. The third gear set operatively engages the fourth gear set. The leaf spring engages with the third gear set and the fourth gear set to urge the first movable gripper and the second movable gripper toward a clamped position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Janway, Larry B. Gray, Matthew Richard Gill, Richard J. Lanigan, Thomas A. Friedrich, Stephen L. Fichera, John M. Kerwin, Erik N. Sabin, Dean Kamen
  • Publication number: 20250095462
    Abstract: Merchandise security systems and methods are provided. In one example, a merchandise security system includes a plurality of security devices arranged in a wireless network, wherein the plurality of security devices are arranged in a planogram and each configured to protect one or more items from theft, each of the plurality of security devices configured to wirelessly communicate data with a remote device. The system also includes a plurality of electronic keys arranged in the wireless network and configured to wirelessly communicate data with the plurality of security devices and/or the remote device. Each of the plurality of electronic keys is configured to operate the plurality of security devices. The system also includes a gateway configured to receive the data from the plurality of security devices and electronic keys via wireless communication, wherein the gateway is configured to communicate the data to the remote computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Kyle Baker, Gary A. Taylor, Steven R. Bohon, Jeffrey A. Grant, Christopher J. Fawcett, James Richard Terrell, II
  • Publication number: 20250091673
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes collecting data from at least one component of a micromobility vehicle. The method includes analyzing the data to determine whether a condition of the micromobility vehicle corresponds to an unsafe condition. The method includes determining, based on analysis, that the condition of the micromobility vehicle corresponds to the unsafe condition. The method includes activating an immobilization lock on the micromobility vehicle to immobilize a wheel of the micromobility vehicle responsive to determining that the condition of the micromobility vehicle corresponds to the unsafe condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Erik Keith Askin, Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Alex Dixon, Garrett Korda Drayna, Merric-Andrew Jaranowski French, Daniel Lami Goldstein, Rochus Emanuel Jacob, Jared Mitchell Kole, Chen-Yu Lin, Oliver Maximilian Mueller, James Jeng-Yeu Peng, Andrew Michael Reimer, Neil Richard Anthony Saldanha, Gary Shambat, Jennifer Uang
  • Publication number: 20250074900
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for preparing isoindolin-1-one derivatives, and in particular processes for preparing (2S,3S)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-[(1R)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-fluoro-5-[(1S)-1-hydroxy-1-(oxan-4-yl)propyl]-1-methoxy-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl]-2-methylpropanoic acid. The invention also relates to crystalline forms of the compound (2S,3S)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-[(1R)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-fluoro-5-[(1S)-1-hydroxy-1-(oxan-4-yl)propyl]-1-methoxy-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl]-2-methylpropanoic acid and its salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Steven HOWARD, Benjamin David CONS, Jeffrey David ST. DENIS, Charlotte Mary GRIFFITHS-JONES, Steven Douglas HISCOCK, Rhian Sara HOLVEY, Alan Richard BURNS, David COUSIN, Hannah Louise DEXTER, Guillaume François PARRA, John Paul WATTS, Robert JEWELL, Jennifer Ann STOCKWELL, Kim Louise HIRST, Isabelle Anne LEMASSON, David John NASH, James Daniel OSBORNE, Jonas Calleja PRIEDE, Nicholas Paul RICHARDS, Aaron Michael DUMAS, Brian Christopher BISHOP, David PARRY-JONES, Jeremy Peter SCOTT, Meenakshi Sundaram SHANMUGHAM, Peter Richard MULLENS, David Charles LATHBURY, Darren James DIXON, Matthew James GAUNT
  • Publication number: 20250075660
    Abstract: A heat exchanger positioned within an annular duct of a gas turbine engine is provided. The heat exchanger extends substantially continuously along the circumferential direction and defining a heat exchanger height equal to at least 10% of a duct height. An effective transmission loss (ETL) for the heat exchanger positioned within the annular duct is between 5 decibels and 1 decibels for an operating condition of the gas turbine engine. The heat exchanger includes a heat transfer section defining an acoustic length (Li), and wherein an Operational Acoustic Reduction Ratio (OARR) is greater than or equal to 0.75 to achieve the ETL at the operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Scott Alan Schimmels, Jeffrey Douglas Rambo, Timothy Richard DePuy, Steven B. Morris
  • Publication number: 20250081423
    Abstract: An underground utility locator is provided. The underground utility locator includes a wand, a GNSS module, a power module, a smoothing circuit, and a multi-layer enclosure. The wand has a top end and a bottom end and includes at least one antenna configured to output a field strength signal in response to an electromagnetic field. The GNSS module is coupled to the top end of the wand. The power module is coupled to the wand. The multi-layer enclosure at least partially surrounds the GNSS module and includes an outer shell layer and an inner shell layer. The outer shell layer and the inner shell layer are partially separated by an air gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen James Goodwin, Elias Papadogeorgos, Jeffrey Richard Thompson, Richard Frederick George Ward
  • Publication number: 20250075674
    Abstract: A heat exchanger positioned within an annular duct of a gas turbine engine is provided. The heat exchanger extends substantially continuously along the circumferential direction and defining a heat exchanger height equal to at least 10% of a duct height. An effective transmission loss (ETL) for the heat exchanger positioned within the annular duct is between 5 decibels and 1 decibels for an operating condition of the gas turbine engine. The heat exchanger includes a heat transfer section defining an acoustic length (Li), and wherein an Operational Acoustic Reduction Ratio (OARR) is greater than or equal to 0.75 to achieve the ETL at the operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Scott Alan Schimmels, Jeffrey Douglas Rambo, Timothy Richard DePuy, Steven B. Morris, Arthur William Sibbach
  • Publication number: 20250043720
    Abstract: A heat exchanger positioned within an annular duct of a gas turbine engine is provided. The heat exchanger extends substantially continuously along the circumferential direction and defining a heat exchanger height equal to at least 10% of a duct height. An effective transmission loss (ETL) for the heat exchanger positioned within the annular duct is between 5 decibels and 1 decibels for an operating condition of the gas turbine engine. The heat exchanger includes a heat transfer section defining an acoustic length (Li), and wherein an Operational Acoustic Reduction Ratio (OARR) is greater than or equal to 0.75 to achieve the ETL at the operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Scott Alan Schimmels, Jeffrey Douglas Rambo, Timothy Richard DePuy, Steven B. Morris, Eric Barre, Brandon Wayne Miller, Leonardo Aguilar Willys, Victor Moreno Patan
  • Publication number: 20250035038
    Abstract: A heat exchanger positioned within an annular duct of a gas turbine engine is provided. The heat exchanger extends substantially continuously along the circumferential direction and defining a heat exchanger height equal to at least 10% of a duct height. An effective transmission loss (ETL) for the heat exchanger positioned within the annular duct is between 5 decibels and 1 decibels for an operating condition of the gas turbine engine. The heat exchanger includes a heat transfer section defining an acoustic length (Li), and wherein an Operational Acoustic Reduction Ratio (OARR) is greater than or equal to 0.75 to achieve the ETL at the operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Scott Alan Schimmels, Jeffrey Douglas Rambo, Timothy Richard DePuy, Steven B. Morris
  • Patent number: 12210532
    Abstract: A data analytics system is disclosed that is configured to perform operations including receiving input data at a first storage location and configuring a flow service to execute a flow. The flow execution can include creating a pipeline using the flow and metadata associated with the flow, the pipeline configured to perform a data transformation specified in the flow. The flow execution can further include determining a tenancy associated with the input data using the flow. The flow execution can also include generating, using the pipeline, output data from the input data and storing, using the pipeline, the output data in a second storage location associated with the tenancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Fidelity Information Services, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron David Colcord, Kevin Richard Mellott, David Vincente Favela, Jeffrey Chee-Keong Neong
  • Publication number: 20250027448
    Abstract: A heat exchanger positioned within an annular duct of a gas turbine engine is provided. The heat exchanger extends substantially continuously along the circumferential direction and defining a heat exchanger height equal to at least 10% of a duct height. An effective transmission loss (ETL) for the heat exchanger positioned within the annular duct is between 5 decibels and 1 decibels for an operating condition of the gas turbine engine. The heat exchanger includes a heat transfer section defining an acoustic length (Li), and wherein an Operational Acoustic Reduction Ratio (OARR) is greater than or equal to 0.75 to achieve the ETL at the operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Scott Alan Schimmels, Jeffrey Douglas Rambo, Timothy Richard DePuy, Steven B. Morris
  • Patent number: 12203424
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system includes a first set of cylinders, a second set of cylinders, exhaust manifolds, and exhaust gas sensors. The first set of cylinders has first and second subsets of cylinders. The second set of cylinders has third and fourth subsets of cylinders. The exhaust manifolds have primary conduits, secondary conduits branching from the primary conduits, and tertiary conduits branching from the secondary conduits. The tertiary conduits associated with each of the secondary conduits are connected to one of the first, second, third, or fourth subsets of cylinders. The exhaust gas sensors are disposed within each of the secondary conduits and are each configured to measure air-to-fuel ratios of one of the first, second, third, or fourth subsets of cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Host, Scott Richard Hughes, Rani Kiwan, Jeffrey J. Lock, Christopher Paul Glugla
  • Publication number: 20250024523
    Abstract: The disclosure describes techniques for configuring wireless routers of a wireless mesh network with one or more secondary wireless access points (WAPs) such that client devices connected to the mesh network may remain online in the event that a primary WAP goes offline or otherwise becomes unavailable. For instance, a user of the wireless mesh network may specify a device, such as a mobile electronic device connected to a cellular network, to operate as a secondary WAP in the event that a primary WAP becomes unavailable. Thereafter, upon a wireless router of the mesh network detecting that the primary WAP is unavailable, the wireless router may perform a network scan to identify SSID(s) that are available within the environment. The wireless router may also instruct the other routers of the mesh network to perform a network scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Denny Drivas Delp, Casey Eric Edwards, Hsuan-Man Hung, Wei-Chun Wang, Matthew James Richards, Benjamin Jeffrey Lowe
  • Patent number: D1054879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Richard Holley, Jiong Hui Li, Kelvin Nguyen, Richard Kevin Sennett
  • Patent number: D1055703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Richard Holley, Andrew Thomas Claus, Richard Kevin Sennett