Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Francis

Joseph A. Francis 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).

  • SOLID INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20210055224
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus is provided that comprises an optical target including a solid host material and a fluorescing material embedded in the solid host material. The solid host material has a predetermined phonon energy HOSTPE. The fluorescing material exhibits a select ground energy level and a target excitation (TE) energy level separated from the ground energy level by a first energy gap corresponding to a fluorescence emission wavelength of interest. The fluorescing material has a next lower lying (NLL) energy level relative to the TE energy level. The NLL energy level is spaced a second energy gap FMEG2 below the TE energy level, wherein a ratio of the FMEG2/HOSTPE is three or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: John Gerhardt Earney, Joseph Francis Pinto, M. Shane Bowen, Michael S. Graige, Arthur Pitera, Bala Murali K. Venkatesan, Dajun Yuan
  • Visual scripting for multi-dimensional elements
    Patent number: 10909754
    Abstract: Multi-dimensional models are supported for game creation via two-dimensional (2D) visual scripting systems. Visual scripting can utilize 2D nodes on a grid, where the nodes can interact through the use of input and output ports, and can be wired together to create gameplay behavior. A 2D rendering of a three-dimensional (3D) object (e.g., a mesh) can be added to the node grid for a gaming application. A scripting interface allows rules and ports to be created for specific aspects of the mesh, such as may relate to features, skeletons, or bounding boxes. Multiple scripting nodes can be associated with the same mesh such that the mesh is not duplicated in the visual scripting view port. The functionality for the 3D object can then be incorporated into the game based at least in part upon the associated nodes without manual coding or compilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Hardiman, Christian R. Lange, Luis René Sempé Sosa, Adam Smith, Joseph Francis Stankowicz
  • System and method for multi-modal dosing device
    Patent number: 10888665
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for multi-modal dosing of a product. The system provides a control base for coupling to one of a plurality of different cartridges containing product, at least two cartridges having different modalities of delivery—the coupled control base and selected cartridge providing a dosing device. Each cartridge has at least a unique identifier, which may be read by the control base and correlated through a database to confirm that the user is authorized to use the cartridge, and use of the cartridge for a dose of product will not conflict with other products received by the user and known to the system. Cartridges that are not coupled to the control base are non-functional and cannot dispense product as intended with the system. An associated method of use is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: GoFire, Inc.
    Inventors: John Jesse Woodbine, Joseph Francis Keenan, Peter William Calfee
  • System and method for multi-modal dosing device
    Patent number: 10888666
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for multi-modal dosing of a product. The system provides a control base for coupling to one of a plurality of different cartridges containing product, at least two cartridges having different modalities of delivery—the coupled control base and selected cartridge providing a dosing device. Each cartridge has at least a unique identifier, which may be read by the control base and correlated through a database to confirm that the user is authorized to use the cartridge, and use of the cartridge for a dose of product will not conflict with other products received by the user and known to the system. Cartridges that are not coupled to the control base are non-functional and cannot dispense product as intended with the system. An associated method of use is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: GoFire, Inc.
    Inventors: John Jesse Woodbine, Joseph Francis Keenan, Peter William Calfee
  • Tannin-containing gastrointestinal formulations and methods of use
    Patent number: 10881635
    Abstract: Tannin-containing compositions and methods of using same to enhance or maintain immune function during simplified nutrition feeding. Pharmaceutical compositions, including enteral nutrition compositions, are provided. The compositions comprise such tannins as proanthocyanidins and/or hydrolysable tannins. Administering the tannins to the gastrointestinal tract of a subject receiving simplified nutrition, such as with enteral nutrition therapy or parenteral nutrition therapy, attenuates or prevents deleterious effects on the gastrointestinal immune system that would otherwise occur with the simplified nutrition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jess Dreher Reed, Dhanansayan Shanmuganayagam, Christian Gerald Krueger, Kenneth Allan Kudsk, Joseph Francis Pierre, Aaron F. Heneghan, Rodrigo P. Feliciano
  • INTEGRAL 5G ANTENNA STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20200412019
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an antenna device. The antenna device includes a glass sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface. The first major surface and the second major surface define a thickness of the glass sheet. The antenna device also includes at least one patch antenna. Each of the at least one patch antenna includes a first metallic layer that is located within the thickness of the glass sheet at or below the first major surface. Additionally, the antenna device includes a ground plane comprising a second metallic layer that is located within the thickness of the glass sheet at or below the second major surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Allegra Josephine Dawes, Joseph Francis Schroeder, III, Dean Michael Thelen
  • COMPOSITIONS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR BEAD FORMATION USING IMPROVED POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20200392564
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for making a hydrogel comprising a cell, cell nucleus, or one or more components derived from a cell or cell nucleus. A method for making a hydrogel may comprise providing a cell or cell nucleus, a first polymer, wherein the first polymer comprises a plurality of first crosslink precursors, each of the plurality of first crosslink precursors comprising an azide group; providing a second polymer, wherein the second polymer comprises a plurality of second crosslink precursors, each of the plurality of second crosslink precursors comprising an alkyne group; and crosslinking the first polymer and the second polymer via a reaction between a first section of the first crosslink precursors and a second section of the second crosslink precursors, thereby providing the hydrogel comprising the cell or cell nucleus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: 10X Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua DELANEY, Shalini GOHIL, Christopher HINDSON, Adam LOWE, Andrew D. PRICE, Joseph Francis SHUGA
  • Wafer-level lenses for fiber optic connectors and methods for making the same
    Patent number: 10866367
    Abstract: A method for forming lenses for a fiber optic connector includes forming a mask on a photosensitive glass, the mask defining a plurality of covered portions of the photosensitive glass and a plurality of open portions of the photosensitive glass that are positioned between the plurality of covered portions, exposing the photosensitive glass and the mask to electromagnetic energy, removing the mask from the photosensitive glass, forming wafer-level lenses at the plurality of covered portions of the photosensitive glass by exposing the photosensitive glass to thermal energy, and applying an anti-reflective coating to an upper surface of the photosensitive glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Andrey Kobyakov, Joseph Francis Schroeder, III, Mark Owen Weller
  • Compositions, methods, and systems for bead formation using improved polymers
    Patent number: 10837047
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for making a hydrogel comprising a cell, cell nucleus, or one or more components derived from a cell or cell nucleus. A method for making a hydrogel may comprise providing a cell or cell nucleus, a first polymer, wherein the first polymer comprises a plurality of first crosslink precursors, each of the plurality of first crosslink precursors comprising an azide group; providing a second polymer, wherein the second polymer comprises a plurality of second crosslink precursors, each of the plurality of second crosslink precursors comprising an alkyne group; and crosslinking the first polymer and the second polymer via a reaction between a first section of the first crosslink precursors and a second section of the second crosslink precursors, thereby providing the hydrogel comprising the cell or cell nucleus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: 10X Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Delaney, Shalini Gohil, Christopher Hindson, Adam Lowe, Andrew D. Price, Joseph Francis Shuga
  • Solid inspection apparatus and method of use
    Patent number: 10830700
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus is provided that comprises an optical target including a solid host material and a fluorescing material embedded in the solid host material. The solid host material has a predetermined phonon energy HOSTPE. The fluorescing material exhibits a select ground energy level and a target excitation (TE) energy level separated from the ground energy level by a first energy gap corresponding to a fluorescence emission wavelength of interest. The fluorescing material has a next lower lying (NLL) energy level relative to the TE energy level. The NLL energy level is spaced a second energy gap FMEG2 below the TE energy level, wherein a ratio of the FMEG2/HOSTPE is three or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.
    Inventors: John Gerhardt Earney, Joseph Francis Pinto, M. Shane Bowen, Michael S. Graige, Arthur Pitera, Bala Murali K. Venkatesan, Dajun Yuan
  • FLEXIBLE LOGIC UNIT ADAPTED FOR REAL-TIME TASK SWITCHING
    Publication number: 20200334081
    Abstract: The invention applies to the context of an electric machine system where the digital control is handled with a FPCU component. This applies to application domains like but not limited to the automotive domain. The invention enables fast and safe time sliced context switching for application tasks mapped in FLU e FPGA matrix, similar as for the task context switching in a microprocessor, with the goal to maximize the usage of all computation resources of the FLU over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Loïc Jean Dominique Vezier, Bruno Bernard Jacques Sallé, Anselme Joseph Francis Lebrun
  • CABLE PREPARATION MACHINE HAVING ARCING CONTOUR BLADES
    Publication number: 20200303910
    Abstract: A cable preparation machine includes a frame forming a cable cutting zone, the frame having a cable opening along a cable axis at the cable cutting zone receiving an end of a cable. The cable preparation machine includes a pulley assembly rotatably coupled to the frame about the cable axis and a drive assembly operably coupled to the pulley assembly to rotate the pulley assembly about the cable axis. The cable preparation machine includes a blade assembly operably coupled to the pulley assembly and rotated with the pulley assembly about the cable axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Steven Houser, Michael Morris, Christopher John Gavlak, Joseph Francis Stachura, Gary Lee Deck
  • Compositions, methods, and systems for bead formation using improved polymers
    Patent number: 10774369
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for making a hydrogel comprising a cell, cell nucleus, or one or more components derived from a cell or cell nucleus. A method for making a hydrogel may comprise providing a cell or cell nucleus, a first polymer, wherein the first polymer comprises a plurality of first crosslink precursors, each of the plurality of first crosslink precursors comprising an azide group; providing a second polymer, wherein the second polymer comprises a plurality of second crosslink precursors, each of the plurality of second crosslink precursors comprising an alkyne group; and crosslinking the first polymer and the second polymer via a reaction between a first section of the first crosslink precursors and a second section of the second crosslink precursors, thereby providing the hydrogel comprising the cell or cell nucleus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: 10X Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Delaney, Shalini Gohil, Christopher Hindson, Adam Lowe, Andrew D. Price, Joseph Francis Shuga
  • Waveguide system comprising a hollow glass waveguide attached to glass connectors and the glass waveguide including an embedded metal layer
    Patent number: 10756405
    Abstract: A hollow glass waveguide and related method are provided. The microwave waveguide includes a glass body including a first end, a second end, an outer glass surface extending between the first end and the second end, an inner glass surface defining a hollow channel that extends from the first end to the second end and a glass material between the outer surface and the inner surface. The microwave waveguide includes a layer of metal embedded in the glass body. The layer of metal surrounds the hollow channel when viewed in cross-section and extends between the first end and the second end of the glass body. The layer of metal is electrically conductive and the hollow channel is dimensioned such that microwaves introduced into the hollow channel are conducted along the hollow channel between the first end and the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, David John McEnroe, Joseph Francis Schroeder, III, Dean Michael Thelen, William Richard Trutna
  • PHOTOSENSITIVE GLASSES AND GLASS CERAMICS AND COMPOSITE GLASS MATERIALS MADE THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20200247714
    Abstract: Photosensitive lithium zinc aluminosilicate glasses that can be selectively irradiated and cerammed to provide patterned regions of glass and lithium-based glass ceramic, and composite glass articles made from such glasses and glass ceramics are provided. Compressive and tensile stress at the interface of the lithium-based glass-ceramic and lithium zinc aluminosilicate glass may be used to frustrate crack propagation in such a composite glass/glass ceramic article. Methods of making composite glass articles comprising such lithium-based glass ceramics and lithium zinc aluminosilicate glasses are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Joseph Francis Schroeder, III, Thomas Philip Seward, III
  • Bisphenol alternative derived from renewable substituted phenolics and their industrial application
    Patent number: 10723684
    Abstract: A compound is provided according to structure 4, (4) wherein n has a value from 0 to 48 and Z is hydroxyl or a benzene ring bearing substituents R11-R15, wherein R1-R15 are each individually selected from the group consisting of H, allyl, alkyl, alkoxy, phenyl, phenoxy, halide, hydroxyl, glycidyl, (meth)acryloyl, 3-(meth)acryloyl-2-hydroxy-1-propoxy, 2,3-epoxypropyl, maleate, and structure (a) wherein at least one of R1-R5, at least one of R6-R10, and at least one of R11-R15 is hydroxyl or an ether or ester derived from it and one of the R6-R10 groups is replaced by a direct bond to the CXY group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, ROWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kaleigh Havery Reno, Joseph Francis Stanzione, III, Richard Patrick Wool, Joshua M. Sadler, John Joseph Lascala, Eric David Hernandez
  • Photosensitive glasses and glass ceramics and composite glass materials made therefrom
    Patent number: 10703671
    Abstract: Photosensitive lithium zinc aluminosilicate glasses that can be selectively irradiated and cerammed to provide patterned regions of glass and lithium-based glass ceramic, and composite glass articles made from such glasses and glass ceramics are provided. Compressive and tensile stress at the interface of the lithium-based glass-ceramic and lithium zinc aluminosilicate glass may be used to frustrate crack propagation in such a composite glass/glass ceramic article. Methods of making composite glass articles comprising such lithium-based glass ceramics and lithium zinc aluminosilicate glasses are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Joseph Francis Schroeder, III, Thomas Philip Seward, III
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-MODAL DOSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200206430
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for multi-modal dosing of a product. The system provides a control base for coupling to one of a plurality of different cartridges containing product, at least two cartridges having different modalities of delivery—the coupled control base and selected cartridge providing a dosing device. Each cartridge has at least a unique identifier, which may be read by the control base and correlated through a database to confirm that the user is authorized to use the cartridge, and use of the cartridge for a dose of product will not conflict with other products received by the user and known to the system. Cartridges that are not coupled to the control base are non-functional and cannot dispense product as intended with the system. An associated method of use is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: GoFire, Inc.
    Inventors: John Jesse Woodbine, Joseph Francis Keenan, Peter William Calfee
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-MODAL DOSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200206415
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for multi-modal dosing of a product. The system provides a control base for coupling to one of a plurality of different cartridges containing product, at least two cartridges having different modalities of delivery—the coupled control base and selected cartridge providing a dosing device. Each cartridge has at least a unique identifier, which may be read by the control base and correlated through a database to confirm that the user is authorized to use the cartridge, and use of the cartridge for a dose of product will not conflict with other products received by the user and known to the system. Cartridges that are not coupled to the control base are non-functional and cannot dispense product as intended with the system. An associated method of use is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: GoFire, Inc.
    Inventors: John Jesse Woodbine, Joseph Francis Keenan, Peter William Calfee
  • DEGRADABLE CLOSTRIDIAL TOXINS
    Publication number: 20200190496
    Abstract: The specification discloses Clostridial toxins or Clostridial toxin chimeras comprising an inactivation cleavage site, polynucleotide molecules encoding such toxins or chimeras, compositions comprising such toxins or chimeras, and method of producing such toxins or chimeras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Lance E. Steward, Sanjiv Ghanshani, Ester Fernandez-Salas, Marcella A. Gilmore, Joseph Francis, Kei Roger Aoki