Patents by Inventor John Miller

John Miller 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: 20240085118
    Abstract: An oscillating heat pipe (OHP) device that comprise a body having a top face, a bottom face and at least one side face, a plurality of hollow OHP channels formed internally within the body, and an oscillating heat pipe (OHP) flushing duct system. The flushing duct system is formed in at least one of a body top face, a bottom face and at least one side face of an OHP device. The flushing duct system fluidly connects one or more of a plurality of OHP channels formed internally within the OHP device to an ambient environment of the device. The flushing duct system comprising at least one welding receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick Margavio, Scott Hayden, John Henry Utley, Alexander Miller
  • Publication number: 20240084246
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for the production of Type 1 human milk oligosaccharides are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kelly A. Miller, John M. McCoy
  • Publication number: 20240086502
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of operating a device is provided. The method comprises operating a sensor to capture a data input, individuating an element of the data input, tagging an individuated element with metadata, matching the metadata with an associated permission set, and applying a restricting function defined in the associated permission set to the individuated element during a process flow to produce augmented reality output data restricted as required by the associated permission set. A device is also provided, comprising a sensor, an individuating component to individuate an element of sensor data from the sensor, a tagging component to tag the individuated element, a matching component to match a tag of the individuated element with a permission of a permission set, and a restricting function component to restrict an application's interaction with the individuated element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Michael BARTLING, Derek Del MILLER, Mark Richard NUTTER, Hugo John Martin VINCENT
  • Patent number: 11929168
    Abstract: An at-home medical diagnostic test kit container including a plurality of at-home medical diagnostic test kits is provided herein. In particular, the medical diagnostic test kit container may include a machine-readable code (e.g., QR code) configured to facilitate an augmented reality experience associated with the at-home medical diagnostic test kit container. In some embodiments, a testing and diagnostic platform may facilitate tracking of inventory within the at-home medical diagnostic test kit container and/or may facilitate coordination of prescription medication order fulfillment and delivery upon indication of a medical condition that could benefit from taking prescription medication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: EMED LABS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael W. Ferro, Jr., Colman Thomas Bryant, Sam Miller, Zachary Carl Nienstedt, Marco Magistri, John Ray Permenter
  • Patent number: 11927769
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods including polarization sorting metasurface microlens array devices. In certain embodiments, a polarization imaging device is provided. The polarization imaging device includes: a source of image light; a metasurface lenslet array comprising a plurality of repeating metasurface lenslets, where the plurality of repeating metasurface lenslets comprise a plurality of first metasurface lenslets configured to diffract the image light into a first polarization light in a first direction and a second polarization light in a second direction; an image sensor positioned in the optical path of the first polarization light and the second polarization light, and where the image sensor includes a plurality of image sensing units including a first image sensing unit positioned to sense the first polarization light and a second image sensing unit positioned to sense the second polarization light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Metalenz, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Devlin, Pawel Latawiec, John W. Graff, Anne Janet Milliez, Seyedali Forouzmand, Dalia P. Ornelas Huerta, Hao Zhou, Harris Miller
  • Patent number: 11918466
    Abstract: A medical device delivery system can include a dilator including a tip having a taper in a distal direction, a coupler, and a flap that radially protrudes from the tip. The flap can be configured to bend against a body lumen to cover at least a portion of the delivery system when the dilator is tracked through the body lumen. A medical device delivery system can include a dilator including a tip having a lumen and a coupler having a lumen. The coupler can be configured to securely connect to the tip such that the lumen of the tip is aligned with the lumen of the coupler to allow a guide wire to pass therethrough. Methods for loading a medical device into a delivery catheter are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Niall Duffy, John Gallagher, Gerry McCaffrey, Noam Miller, Glenn Stante
  • Patent number: 11924183
    Abstract: Data protection in a storage system that includes a plurality of Non-Volatile Memory Express (‘NVMe’) Solid State Drives (‘SSDs’), including: retrieving, from a plurality of NVMe SSDs (‘Non-Volatile Memory Express Solid State Drives’) of a storage system, one or more unencrypted shares of a master secret; reconstructing the master secret using the shares of the master secret; decrypting one or more encrypted device keys using the master secret; and using the decrypted device keys to perform a plurality of accesses to one or more of the NVMe SSDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Bernat, Timothy Brennan, Ethan Miller, John Colgrove
  • Patent number: 11918389
    Abstract: Methods, devices, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for performing mammography, such as utilizing tomosynthesis in combination with breast biopsy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Defreitas, John Laviola, Loren Thomas Niklason, Tao Wu, Joseph Mark, Michael Miller, Jay Stein, Andrew Smith
  • Publication number: 20240067614
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and related aspects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NRG Therapeutics Ltd.
    Inventors: Neil MILLER, Richard RUTTER, Jan KULAGOWSKI, Richard MORPHY, Tammy LADDUWAHETTY, John MACLEAN, Mustafa MOROGLU, Eric TALBOT, Michael ROWLEY
  • Patent number: 11915918
    Abstract: A physical vapor deposition processing chamber is described. The processing chamber includes a target backing plate in a top portion of the processing chamber, a substrate support in a bottom portion of the processing chamber, a deposition ring positioned at an outer periphery of the substrate support and a shield. The substrate support has a support surface spaced a distance from the target backing plate to form a process cavity. The shield forms an outer bound of the process cavity. In-chamber cleaning methods are also described. In an embodiment, the method includes closing a bottom gas flow path of a processing chamber to a process cavity, flowing an inert gas from the bottom gas flow path, flowing a reactant into the process cavity through an opening in the shield, and evacuating the reaction gas from the process cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jothilingam Ramalingam, Yong Cao, Ilya Lavitsky, Keith A. Miller, Tza-Jing Gung, Xianmin Tang, Shane Lavan, Randy D. Schmieding, John C. Forster, Kirankumar Neelasandra Savandaiah
  • Publication number: 20240060583
    Abstract: A reusable flexible seal is made from a plurality of bonded layers of a fiber base impregnated with an elastomeric material. The flexible seal is sized and shaped to be compressed in a shaped groove created between two pipeline elements to be connected together. At least one layer of fabric may be disposed in a preferred embodiment on the surface of the flexible seal to help prevent extrusion of the elastomer of the flexible seal the joint between the connected pipeline elements during connection. A plastic or steel band may be disposed in the outward radial direction of the groove to improve the prevention of seepage or leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Utex Industries,Inc.
    Inventors: John Miller, Zachery Kokel
  • Publication number: 20240041421
    Abstract: A deformable image registration phantom having a housing, an outer cylinder, a parallel eccentric inner cylinder, a ball and socket mount, and a target. The inner cylinder is rotatably mounted within the outer cylinder and the target is rotatably mounted, directly or indirectly, within the inner cylinder. Indexing detents are positioned on at least one of the housing, the outer cylinder, the inner cylinder, and the ball and socket mount and one or more detent pins positioned on another. The indexing detents are arranged about at least one rotational or translational axis of the phantom and the detent pins are configured to releasably engage with the indexing detents as the components of the phantom rotate or translate relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: DAVID JOHN MILLER, MICHAEL JAMES COLE, GRANT RICHARD KOENIG, ROCCO FLORES
  • Publication number: 20240016633
    Abstract: Methods and a system for performing a medical procedure at a treatment site of an occlusion in a dural venous sinus of a brain of a patient including advancing a catheter and a flexible inner member retrograde to a target location distal to a sigmoid sinus relative to an access point of entry, positioning the catheter at the treatment site in the dural venous sinus, removing the inner member from the patient; and treating the occlusion through the catheter to restore outflow of blood from the brain through the dural venous sinus. Related devices, systems, and methods are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Michi E. Garrison, Craig Bonsignore, Warren T. Kim, Tony M. Chou, John Miller, Joey English
  • Patent number: 11877124
    Abstract: An audio system for user hearing assessment includes one or more audio capture devices, and processing circuitry. The one or more audio capture devices are configured to capture audio of a conversation of a user and convert the audio to audio signals. The processing circuitry is configured to use the audio signals to identify multiple conditions associated with user hearing difficulty. The conditions include any of words, phrases, frequencies, or phonemes, and environmental audio conditions that are followed by an indication of user hearing difficulty. The processing circuitry is configured to generate a hearing profile for the user based on the identified conditions associated with user hearing difficulty. The processing circuitry is configured to adjust an operation of an audio output device using the hearing profile to reduce a frequency of user hearing difficulty if the user requires audio enhancement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Haytham Mohamed Fayek Abdallah Abdelrehim Abokela, Antonio John Miller
  • Patent number: 11877157
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a method to increase the efficiency of security checkpoint operations. A security checkpoint kiosk serves as a Relying Party System (RPS). The RPS establishes a secure local connection between the RPS and a User Mobile-Identification-Credential Device (UMD). The RPS sends a user information request to the UMD, via the secure local connection, seeking release of user information associated with a Mobile Identification Credential (MIC). The RPS obtains authentication of the user information received in response to the user information request. The RPS retrieves user travel information based on the user information. The RPS determines that the user travel information matches the user information. When the user travel information matches the user information, the RPS approves the user to proceed past the security checkpoint kiosk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haya Iris Villanueva Gaviola, Gianpaolo Fasoli, Vinay Ganesh, Irene M. Graff, Martijn Theo Haring, Ahmer A. Khan, Franck Farian Rakotomalala, Gordon Y. Scott, Ho Cheung Chung, Antonio Allen, Mayura Dhananjaya Deshpande, Thomas John Miller, Christopher Sharp, David W. Silver, Policarpo B. Wood, Ka Yang
  • Publication number: 20240011540
    Abstract: A dual deflection ring system includes a pair of components that rotate relative to one another about an axis of rotation. One or more deflection rings are disposed between the components. The deflection ring(s) include two sets of pockets configured to provide two levels of compressibility in-series between the components. The two sets of pockets project radially relative to the axis of rotation and are compressible between the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sen Jiang Zhou, John Miller, Craig David Reynolds
  • Patent number: 11869475
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include applying, via a sound reproduction system, sound cancellation that reduces an amplitude of various sound signals. The method further includes identifying, among the sound signals, an external sound whose amplitude is to be reduced by the sound cancellation. The method then includes analyzing the identified external sound to determine whether the identified external sound is to be made audible to a user and, upon determining that the external sound is to be made audible to the user, the method includes modifying the sound cancellation so that the identified external sound is made audible to the user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Lovitt, Antonio John Miller, Philip Robinson, Scott Phillip Selfon
  • Patent number: 11868461
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to displaying a user interface for sharing an account associated with a first user identity with a second user identity. The user interface includes a first sharing option and a second sharing option. One or more inputs corresponding to a request to share the account are detected. If the one or more inputs include a selection of the first sharing option, a request to invite the second user identity to become a joint owner of the account is transmitted. If the one or more inputs include a selection of the second sharing option, a request to invite the second user identity to become a participant of the account without becoming a joint owner of the account is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mischa McLachlan, Steven Eastcott, Brian Jett, Katie McIndoe, Thomas John Miller, Ashish Chandrakant Nagre, Rachel Reddy, Marcel Van Os, Vinay Venkatesh, Haya Iris Villanueva Gaviola, Nicole Marie Weaver, Jennifer Bailey, Corey Fugman, Richard Heard, Akila Suresh
  • Patent number: 11858922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and prodrugs thereof: wherein Q is selected from O, S and Se; J is S or Se; W1 and W2, when present, are independently selected from N and C; R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C12 alkyl, C2-C12 alkenyl, C2-C12 alkynyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, amino, amido, alkylthio, acyl, arylalkyl and acylamido, all of which may be optionally substituted; and wherein at least one of W1 and W2 is present and is a nitrogen atom and when R1 or R2 are cyclic then the respective W1 or W2 may form part of the ring structure. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, to methods of treatment using such compounds, in particular in relation to NLRP3 inflammasome mediated disorders, and to associated diagnostic uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN
    Inventors: Luke O'Neill, Rebecca Coll, Matthew Cooper, Avril Robertson, Kate Schroder, Angus Murray Macleod, David John Miller
  • Patent number: 11853535
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a computer system displaying user interfaces for accessing passes and transfer accounts. In some examples, passes are added to the computer system. In some examples, passes are accessed. In some examples, transfers relating to the passes and transfer accounts are displayed, such as in search user interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas John Miller, Russell Fenenga, Morgan Grainger