Patents by Inventor John A. Thoma

John A. Thoma 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: 11913247
    Abstract: A modular, electrically chargeable protective barrier that is structured to be coupled to a temporary fence panel is disclosed. The barrier includes a frame comprising multiple side vertical conductive support members and multiple horizontal conductive support members. The frame is electrically chargeable. The barrier includes multiple exposed conductive wires spanning a distance between the side vertical conductive support members. The exposed conductive wires are electrically chargeable, and a charge passes from the wires to the frame. The barrier includes a conductive bracket and a non-conductive bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ZAP PANEL LLC
    Inventors: John Thomas Hollberg, Alissa Wood Hollberg, Brigham Andrew Wilcox, Emit Benjamin Meyer
  • Patent number: 11911102
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus is provided, which is capable of more securely supporting left and right cheekbone portions of a subject in accordance with the size and shape of the subject's face allowing the subject to respond orally where the positions of the subject's eyes are fixed. The ophthalmologic apparatus includes a forehead contact portion coming into contact with the forehead of the subject, and a cheek contact portion coming into contact with the cheeks of the subject. The cheek contact portion includes a first cheek-contact body that supports one of the cheeks of the subject, a second cheek-contact body that supports the other one of the cheeks of the subject, and an opening/closing mechanism portion that opens and closes in a horizontal direction the first cheek-contact body and the second cheek-contact body in a direction of coming close to each other and a direction of separating from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: John Thomas Trefethen, Thomas Nuzzo, Akira Mizuno, Shigeru Okikawa, Yuta Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11911405
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of feeding animals by providing feed additives that modulate the gut microbiome to improve the health, nutrition, and growth performance. The present disclosure further relates to methods of modulating the microbial species present in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal. Such modulation includes, for example, modulating the level or function of microbial species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Stephane Duval, John Michael Geremia, Lisa Ann Laprade, April Waguespack-Levy, Estefania Perez Calvo, Ghislain Schyns, Viviane Verlhac, Joshua Thomas Claypool
  • Publication number: 20240058296
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions of modified binding agents and modified carrier proteins, as well as nanoparticle complexes comprising modified binding agents and modified carrier proteins with optionally at least one therapeutic agent, and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Svetomir N. Markovic, Wendy K. Nevala, John Thomas Butterfield, Daniel Joseph Knauer
  • Patent number: 11904805
    Abstract: A tamper-resistant actuator includes a valid input, configured to deliver an input electrical current through a circuit. A high-pass filter is positioned within the circuit that degrades components of the input electrical current that are outside of a predefined current range. Components that are within the predefined current range define an output current. A transistor activates a switch when the output current from the high-pass filter is received by the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GHSP, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Cosimo Hunt, John Thomas Bagley
  • Publication number: 20240051489
    Abstract: A component for a vehicle interior may comprise a composite structure comprising a fiber panel and a cover. The fiber panel may comprise a conductor. The conductor may provide a functional circuit for the composite structure. The conductor may comprise a pattern of electrically conductive threads. Conductive thread may be within the fiber panel. Conductive thread may be stitched into/onto the fiber panel. The conductor may comprise a stitch pattern comprising conductive thread comprising the functional circuit. The functional circuit may comprise a user interface, an input device, an output device, and/or a circuit element. The composite structure may comprise a resin structure for the fiber panel adjacent to the functional circuit. The component may comprise a trim panel, instrument panel, door panel, overhead panel, console, overhead console, floor console, interior trim component, pillar trim, operator control, steering control/wheel, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Stroebe, Michael Robert Catlin, Jason Denbow, Michael Edward Phillips, Jason Mathew Hipshier, Michael Gerard Zimmer, Scott Allen Hansen, Michael John Thomas
  • Patent number: 11900519
    Abstract: Systems and methods for image processing are described. Embodiments of the present disclosure encode features of a source image to obtain a source appearance encoding that represents inherent attributes of a face in the source image; encode features of a target image to obtain a target non-appearance encoding that represents contextual attributes of the target image; combine the source appearance encoding and the target non-appearance encoding to obtain combined image features; and generate a modified target image based on the combined image features, wherein the modified target image includes the inherent attributes of the face in the source image together with the contextual attributes of the target image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Duarte, Wei-An Lin, Ratheesh Kalarot, Shabnam Ghadar, Jingwan Lu, Elya Shechtman, John Thomas Nack
  • Patent number: 11900072
    Abstract: Offered is a system that presents on a display screen a translation of a sentence together with an untranslated version of the sentence, and that can cause both of the displayed sentences to break apart into component parts in response to a simple user action, e.g., double-tapping on one of them. When the user selects (e.g., taps on) any portion of either version of the sentence, the system can identify a corresponding portion of the other version (in the other language). In some implementations, a user device can include both a microphone and a display screen, and an automatic speech recognition (ASR) engine can be used to transcribe the user's speech in one language (e.g., English) into text. The system can translate the resulting text into another language (e.g., Spanish) and display the translated text on the display screen along with the untranslated text. When a user selects a portion of a sentence, the system can also present information about the selected portion (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Michael Bossio, Kartik Suchindra Babu, John Thomas Beck
  • Patent number: 11900778
    Abstract: A method for improving safety and property protection in schools comprising fixed and mobile safety and security devices, networked together. A software App provides real-time communication among various devices. The network integrates disparate security devices into a unified system to expand coordination and communication among public safety personnel. The system automatically triggers alarms, cell phone notifications, and warnings, as well as defensive measures, when its sensors or safety devices detect or report threats to public safety and property. Each device in the system is pre-programmed to respond independently while simultaneously sharing its findings with all other devices and security personnel in the network. Deployment of these disparate devices gives security personnel heightened awareness, real-time status of secured and unsecured building entrances, around-the-clock visualization, and faster response times in both indoor and outdoor emergencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: John Thomas Scully, Jr., Lee Bryan, Mark Robert Schneider, Patricia Lynn Scott, Vladimir Kogan
  • Patent number: 11899806
    Abstract: Features are disclosed for managing multiple heterogeneously owned data stores (e.g., data sets, data lakes) and provisioning a framework for data consumers and data publishers. A computing device can obtain a plurality of data catalogs associated with the data stores. For example, the computing device may update a hybrid data catalog with information from the plurality of data catalogs. The computing device can further provide a portion of the plurality of data catalogs to a data consumer. The computing device may provide the portion of the plurality of data catalogs based on permissions provided by the data publisher. In response, the computing device can receive a request to access a data store associated with the plurality of data catalogs. The computing device can transmit the request to a corresponding data publisher and, based on a response by the data publisher, may modify the distinct access controls for the data store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Thomas Winters, Guanxu Yu, Xuefeng Zhai, Vamshi Krishna Surabhi, Dinesh Thangaraju, Nitin Kishore Gupta
  • Publication number: 20240042701
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a first print module includes a first stage configured to hold a first component and a first radiant energy device. The resin support is configured to be positioned between the first stage and the first radiant energy device. A second print module includes a second stage configured to hold a second component and a second radiant energy device. The resin support is configured to be positioned between the second stage and the second radiant energy device. A control system is configured to translate the resin support based on a condition of the first print module and the second print module through the first print module and the second print module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher David Barnhill, Robert Edgar Estes, William Joseph Steele, Trent William Muhlenkamp, Zhen Liu, John Thomas Sterle, Victor Wayne Fulton
  • Publication number: 20240044321
    Abstract: An air compressor system includes a compressor having an intake end and a discharge end, the compressor operable to draw in atmospheric air at the intake end and to discharge a flow of compressed air from the discharge end, the flow of compressed air including a flow of entrained water vapor and oil, a separator operable to remove a portion of the entrained water vapor and oil from the flow of compressed air, the separator discharging a flow of dry compressed air and a flow of effluent, the effluent including at least the separated water vapor and the oil, and an electric heater configured to receive the effluent from the separator and to vaporize the effluent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: John Thomas Gunn, Richard Louis Kouzel
  • Publication number: 20240041464
    Abstract: An implantable device configured to withstand forces imparted thereto by anatomical structure at a deployment site. The implantable device includes an outer portion and inner portion. The outer portion is positioned between the inner portion and the walls of the anatomical deployment site. The outer portion may enclose the inner portion. The outer portion may be a compliant balloon compressible in response to radially-inwardly directed anatomical forces exerted thereon. The inner portion may include one or more portions configured to retain the implantable device at the deployment site and to resist migration of the implantable device. The inner portion may be movable with respect to the outer portion. The inner portion may include more than one portions, such portions being movable with respect to each other. A shaft may extend through the device, such as to facilitate inflation of the outer portion and/or positioning of the inner portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Sean P. Fleury, John Thomas Favreau, Bryan Bannon
  • Publication number: 20240041459
    Abstract: An implantable medical device with at least a portion of a wall thereof being coated to prevent fluid flow therethrough, and having one or more uncoated anti-migration features promoting tissue ingrowth therearound. The anti-migration features may be partially-closed or fully closed shapes forming a retention portion transverse to the direction along which migration forces typically impact the implantable medical device at the anatomical site at which the implantable medical device is to be deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Fionn Stapleton, John Thomas Favreau, Ryan Desmond Lynch, Sandra Burke, Michael Walsh, Francis Power, Sean P. Fleury
  • Publication number: 20240040378
    Abstract: This invention is a system and method for verifying a sender of messages on a mobile network. Software on a cloud messaging service generates a public/private key pair. The private key is securely retained in a cloud wallet service and is accessible to a messaging cloud service (the trusted sender). The public key is shared with a subscriber device that receives messages from the messaging cloud service. The cloud messaging service receives an inbound message for the subscriber device from a trusted enterprise application via a secure connection. The cloud messaging service signs a special header to the message with its private key. When the message is received by the subscriber device, the public key resident on the device verifies the message header signed with the public key of the cloud messaging service thereby verifying the sender.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Rajan John Thomas, Chris Wright
  • Patent number: 11883323
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for controlling a patient's body temperature by endovascular heat exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ZOLL Circulation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Thomas Dabrowiak, Jessica Megan Clayton, John Thomas Buckley, Christo P. Pamichev, Craig Wendell Pendry, Paul Eric Peterson, Richard Allen Smith, Sean W. Yip
  • Patent number: 11887482
    Abstract: A server device can obtain historical location data, concerning a vehicle, captured by a global positioning system (GPS) device of the vehicle and historical engine control unit (ECU) data concerning the vehicle captured by an ECU of the vehicle. The server device can process the historical location data and the historical ECU data to train a machine learning model to determine a relationship between the historical location data and the historical ECU data. The server device can receive location data and ECU data concerning the vehicle and update the machine learning model based on the location data and the ECU data. The server device can receive real-time location data concerning the vehicle and derive an equivalent real-time ECU speed using the machine learning model. The server device can generate a message regarding the equivalent real-time ECU speed of the vehicle and send the message to a remote device for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Paul Wright, John Thomas Morris, Paul Casey
  • Patent number: 11883799
    Abstract: A catalyst obtainable by exsolving particles of Ni, Co and/or a mixture of Ni and Co from a perovskite metal oxide of formula (I) (M1aM2b)(COxNiyM3z)O3, wherein M1 and M2 are each independently an alkali earth metal or a rare earth metal, M3 is Ti or Cr, 0?a?1, 0?b?1, 0<a+b?1, 0?x<1, 0?y<1, 0?z<1, x+y+z=1 and where at least one of x and y>0. The invention includes methods of converting this catalyst into one or more catalytically active forms. The catalysts and the activated forms of same are useful in the catalysing CO oxidation and/or NO oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: THE UNIVERISTY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
    Inventors: John Thomas Sirr Irvine, Dragos Neagu, Ian Metcalfe, Evangelos I. Papaioannou
  • Patent number: 11888848
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a method for provisioning and implementing two-factor authentication (2FA) for enterprise services. The system securely establishes a trusted identity for a subscriber device using an immutable hardware key and public/private key sets. The device's identity is verified by an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) cloud service. The method includes generating unique transaction nonces for each 2FA request, securing private keys within a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), and employing a cloud wallet service to store keys. The subscriber device interacts with the system, decrypting and re-encrypting transaction nonces using corresponding keys. This process enables secure transaction from enterprise applications. The system also integrates user consent into the 2FA process, displaying a prompt to approve or deny authentication. This technology enhances security in enterprise services, prioritizing user consent and secure data transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Syniverse Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Wright, Rajan John Thomas
  • Patent number: D1013603
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Moochout LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Fleck, John Thomas Calhoun