Patents by Inventor John Marks

John Marks 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: 12060355
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof for use in the treatment or prevention of fascioliasis. Some of these compounds are novel per se and also have activity as inhibitors of Schistosoma growth. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such novel compounds, salts or solvates and to the use of such novel compounds as medicaments, in particular in the treatment or prevention of schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: John Mark Francis Gardner, Andrew Simon Bell
  • Publication number: 20240251837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of infant nutrition. Particularly, the present invention relates to infant formula comprising human milk oligosaccharides wherein the infant formula is specific for infants aged 0-36 months at different lactation stages. The invention also relates to lactation stage specific systems and methods of providing nutrition to an infant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: N.V. Nutricia
    Inventors: Marko Mank, Bernd Stahl, Jon GENUNEIT, Linda Precious Siziba, Dietrich ROTHENBACHER, John Mark Anthony GONSALVES, Bernadet BLIJENBERG
  • Publication number: 20240246920
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein R1, R2, Q1, Q2, L1 and n are as defined herein. The compounds have antifungal properties and are useful in the treatment of fungal infections, including infections that are resistant to conventions anti-fungal agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicants: King's College London, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
    Inventors: Khondaker Mirazur Rahman, Yiyuan Chen, John Mark Sutton, Charlotte Hind
  • Publication number: 20240228488
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and compositions thereof which are useful as inhibitors of plasma kallikrein and which exhibit desirable characteristics for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Nikolaos PAPAIOANNOU, Jeremy Mark TRAVINS, Sarah Jocelyn FINK, John Mark ELLARD, Alastair RAE, Jonathan Andrew SPENCER, Stuart Shane RANKIN, Robert Staurt Laurie CHAPMAN
  • Publication number: 20240226106
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and compositions thereof which are useful as inhibitors of plasma kallikrein and which exhibit desirable characteristics for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Nikolaos PAPAIOANNOU, Jeremy Mark TRAVINS, Sarah Jocelyn FINK, John Mark ELLARD, Alastair RAE
  • Patent number: 12034057
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a memory array having a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and wordline levels. Channel material extends vertically along the stack. The wordline levels include conductive regions which have a first metal-containing material and a second metal-containing material. The first metal-containing material at least partially surrounds the second metal-containing material. The first metal-containing material has a different crystallinity than the second metal-containing material. In some embodiments the first metal-containing material is substantially amorphous, and the second metal-containing material has a mean grain size within a range of from greater than or equal to about 5 nm to less than or equal to about 200 nm. Charge-storage regions are adjacent the wordline levels. Charge-blocking regions are between the charge-storage regions and the conductive regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan D. Greenlee, Rita J. Klein, Everett A. McTeer, John Mark Meldrim
  • Publication number: 20240214351
    Abstract: A protection system, method, and a security device can protect an operational technology (OT) system having connected hardware equipment, including at least an interface that can receive a control communication and an industrial control device (ICD) for controlling at least one industrial device. They feature tasks/steps that receive control communication from the communication interface, determine whether the received control communication contains an undesirable control command, and either pass or block the received control communication to the ICD depending on whether the received control communication contains an undesirable control command. The security device can be disposed between a source of communication in an OT network and the ICD for protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel D. PARK, John Mark BAGGETT, Edward C. SUHLER, Rick A. JONES, Gary W. HUBAND, Paul D. ROBERTSON, Austin C. SUHLER, Casey SILVER
  • Patent number: 12021329
    Abstract: An implantable blood pump system is disclosed herein. The implantable blood pump system includes an implantable blood pump, a controller coupled to the blood pump, a connector receptacle, and a connector insert. The connector receptacle can include a plurality of contacts, and a following surface. The connector insert can be received within the connector receptacle to couple a plurality of insert contacts with the plurality of contacts of the connector receptacle. The connector insert can include walls defining a follower receptacle that can receive a portion of the following surface when the connector insert is in a desired alignment with respect to the connector receptacle, and a cam surface that can engage with the following surface to bias the connector insert to the desired alignment with respect to the connector receptacle when the connector insert is inserted into the connector receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: John Mark Di Paola, Michael McCoy, John Duc Nguyen, Jaime Romero, Dustin Roelle, Andrew Wong, Dmitry Protsenko, Michael Sahines
  • Publication number: 20240199613
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and compositions thereof which are useful as inhibitors of plasma kallikrein and which exhibit desirable characteristics for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Nikolaos PAPAIOANNOU, Jeremy Mark TRAVINS, Sarah Jocelyn FINK, John Mark ELLARD, Alastair RAE, Stuart Shane RANKIN, Robert Staurt Laurie CHAPMAN
  • Publication number: 20240199612
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and compositions thereof which are useful as inhibitors of plasma kallikrein and which exhibit desirable characteristics for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Nikolaos PAPAIOANNOU, Jeremy Mark TRAVINS, Sarah Jocelyn FINK, John Mark ELLARD, Alastair RAE
  • Patent number: 12009283
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for thermal management of an electronic device includes a liquid delivery layer thermally coupled to the electronic device and configured to receive a liquid from a source. The heat exchanger also includes an evaporation layer comprising hollow pillars configured to receive a continuous flow of the liquid from the liquid delivery layer and evaporate the continuous flow of the liquid from droplets maintained on the hollow pillars. Each hollow pillar has an evaporation surface and a pore configured to channel the continuous flow of the liquid through the hollow pillar to the evaporation surface. The evaporation surface being configured to maintain a droplet on the respective hollow pillar within a contact line. The evaporation surface has a wetting efficiency of at least about 95% and the contact line has a length of less than about 0.0314 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Washington University
    Inventors: Damena Agonafer, Binjian Ma, Li Shan, Patricia Weisensee, John Mark Meacham
  • Patent number: 11990698
    Abstract: A conductive terminal for a flat flexible cable comprises a first contact surface, and a second contact surface opposing the first contact surface. The first and second contact surfaces define a space therebetween for receiving a flat flexible cable along a longitudinal direction of the terminal. A structure of protruding elements is defined on the first contact surface and includes a plurality of protruding elements extending from the first contact surface in a direction of the second contact surface. The structure of protruding elements includes at least one protruding element having a first height, and at least one protruding element having a second height, distinct from the first height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Ryan David Hetrick, John Mark Myer, Marjorie Kay Myers
  • Patent number: 11990528
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a memory array having a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and control gate levels. Channel material extends vertically along the stack. The control gate levels comprising conductive regions. The conductive regions include at least three different materials. Charge-storage regions are adjacent the control gate levels. Charge-blocking regions are between the charge-storage regions and the conductive regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventors: David Ross Economy, Rita J. Klein, Jordan D. Greenlee, John Mark Meldrim, Brenda D. Kraus, Everett A. McTeer
  • Publication number: 20240111968
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for translation of text in an image, and presentation of a version of the image in which the translated text is displayed a manner consistent with the original image. Text segments are automatically translated from their original source language to a target language. In order to provide presentation of the translated text in a manner that closely matches the source text, various display attributes of the source text are detected (e.g., font size, font color, font style, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sujith Gunjur Umapathy, Nikhil Garg, John Mark Hubenthal, Jose Luis Baez, Pushpendu Ghosh
  • Patent number: 11944964
    Abstract: A micro-bioelectrochemical cell (?-BEC) device is disclosed that includes from 4 to 96 microfluidically connected of chambers, in which each chamber encloses a volume of about 1 ?L to 2 ?L. A working electrode, reference electrode, and counting electrode contacts each volume. The ?-BEC device includes a support layer coated with a working electrode layer, a microfluidics layer containing a plurality of wells, and an electrical layer containing the reference and counter electrodes. Methods of using the ?-BEC device to perform bioelectrochemical measurements of cells are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Washington University
    Inventors: John Mark Meacham, Arpita Bose, Michael M. Binkley
  • Patent number: 11942809
    Abstract: A charger system comprising a charging station including a plurality of nests for chargers is described. Each of the plurality of nests is designed to partially eject the charger when instructed to do so, and further comprises a nest lock to lock in the charger into the nest when not ejecting. The charger system interacting with a user account, enabling a user to request the charger, wherein the charger is ejected from the nest for a valid request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Juize, Inc.
    Inventors: Mukhabbatov Nasim Khokimovich, Alex Freed, John Mark Sutton, Øivind Alexander Slaatto
  • Publication number: 20240067298
    Abstract: A mid-control system for a motor vehicle having a transmission and a primary cover opposite said transmission, said mid-control system with a first mid-control device connected to the transmission, the first mid-control device including a first footrest engaged with a first actuator pedal, said first actuator pedal connected to at least one fluid reservoir containing a fluid and a second mid-control device connected to the primary cover, the second mid-control device including a pivot shaft, a second footrest engaged with a second actuator pedal and a cover plate;
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: John Mark Thompson
  • Patent number: 11914989
    Abstract: Techniques for specifying and implementing a software application targeted for execution on a multiprocessor array (MPA). The MPA may include a plurality of processing elements, supporting memory, and a high bandwidth interconnection network (IN), communicatively coupling the plurality of processing elements and supporting memory. In some embodiments, software code may specify one or more cell definitions that include: program instructions executable to perform a function and one or more language constructs. The software code may further instantiate first, second, and third cell instances, each of which is an instantiation of one of the one or more cell definitions, where the instantiation includes configuration of the one or more language constructs such that: the first and second cell instances communicate via respective communication ports and the first and second cell instances are included in the third cell instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Coherent Logix, Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen E. Lim, Viet N. Ngo, Jeffrey M. Nicholson, John Mark Beardslee, Teng-I Wang, Zhong Qing Shang, Michael Lyle Purnell
  • Patent number: 11900124
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed of a multiprocessor system with processing elements optimized for high performance and low power dissipation and an associated method of programming the processing elements. Each processing element may comprise a fetch unit and a plurality of address generator units and a plurality of pipelined datapaths. The fetch unit may be configured to receive a multi-part instruction, wherein the multi-part instruction includes a plurality of fields. First and second address generator units may generate, based on different fields of the multi-part instruction, addresses from which to retrieve first and second data for use by an execution unit for the multi-part instruction or a subsequent multi-part instruction. The execution units may perform operations using a single pipeline or multiple pipelines based on third and fourth fields of the multi-part instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Coherent Logix, Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael B Doerr, Carl S. Dobbs, Michael B. Solka, Michael R. Trocino, Kenneth R. Faulkner, Keith M. Bindloss, Sumeer Arya, John Mark Beardslee, David A. Gibson
  • Patent number: D1029510
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Mark McKenna, Brett Willink, Chris Pottinger, John Mark Allen, Stephanie Weir, Jacquelyn Geda, Nathan McCaughan, Cyril Joseph Mayne, Ramsey Carter, Colton Grant, Ian Ferguson