Patents by Inventor Joseph Michel
Joseph Michel 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).
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Patent number: 11969951Abstract: A system for applying a fastening material to a substrate is provided. The system may include a first material source including the substrate. The substrate may define a first length extending from a first edge to a second edge and the first material source may feed the substrate in a first direction transverse to the first length. The system may additionally include a second material source including the fastening material. The fastening material may define a second length extending from a third edge to a fourth edge, whereby the second length is substantially equal to the first length and the second material source feeds the fastening material in a second direction transverse to the second length. The system may also include an applicator system that secures the fastening material to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: KELLOGG COMPANYInventor: John Joseph Michels
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Patent number: 11933790Abstract: A method of isotope-labelling a microbiota sample. It involves providing a first microbiota sample that was obtained from a given source; exposing the first microbiota sample to an isotope enriched medium; and culturing the exposed first microbiota sample in the isotope enriched medium to obtain an isotope-labelled microbiota sample, wherein the isotope labelled metaproteome of the isotope-labelled microbiota sample is taxon specific for taxa present in the first microbiota sample when initially obtained from the given source.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWAInventors: Joseph Michel Daniel Figeys, Alain Christophe Stintzi, David R. Mack, Xu Zhang, Zhibin Ning
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Publication number: 20240076076Abstract: A vertical form fill and seal system supports a sheet of material having material segments and a tube sized for drawing edges of the elongated sheet of material together in an overlapping configuration to form the sheet into a substantially tube shape. The VFFS also includes a sealer that seals the edges of the material to one another and a gusseting mechanism sized for forming a gusseted tuck in each of a left panel portion of the material and a right panel portion of the material. A cutting mechanism removes a first portion and a second portion of a first segment of the material segments in order to form a first cut and a second cut in the first segment and a sealing mechanism folds and seals the first segment at the first cut and at the second cut to provide an end wall with a substantially flat, rectangular-shaped footprint.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventor: John Joseph MICHELS
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Patent number: 11915362Abstract: Various embodiments set forth systems and techniques for generating seams for a 3D model. The techniques include generating, based on the 3D model, one or more inputs for one or more trained machine learning models; providing the one or more inputs to the one or more trained machine learning models; receiving, from the one or more trained machine learning models, seam prediction data generated based on the one or more inputs; and placing one or more predicted seams on the 3D model based on the seam prediction data.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Juan Sebastian Casallas Suarez, Sacha Lepretre, Salvatore Giuliano Vivona, Joseph David MacDonald, Bryan Villeneuve, Viral Bankimbhai Thakar, Bruno Roy, Hervé Michel Lange, Fatemeh Teimury
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Patent number: 11753197Abstract: An apparatus includes a product metering device, first and second container preparation systems, and a controller. The product metering device is configured to dispense a product. The first and second container preparation systems are configured to dispense first and second containers, respectively, for receiving the product from the product metering device. The first and second container preparation systems include first and second severed container material transporting devices, respectively, operable to transport the first and second containers, respectively, from the first and second container preparation systems, respectively, to the product metering device. The controller simultaneously controls (i) one of the first container preparation system and the second container preparation system to prepare one of the first container and the second container, and (ii) the product metering device to dispense the product into the other of the first container and the second container.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: KELLOGG COMPANYInventor: John Joseph Michels
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Patent number: 11667415Abstract: A vertical form fill and seal system supports a sheet of material having material segments and a tube sized for drawing edges of the elongated sheet of material together in an overlapping configuration to form the sheet into a substantially tube shape. The VFFS also includes a sealer that seals the edges of the material to one another and a gusseting mechanism sized for forming a gusseted tuck in each of a left panel portion of the material and a right panel portion of the material. A cutting mechanism removes a first portion and a second portion of a first segment of the material segments in order to form a first cut and a second cut in the first segment and a sealing mechanism folds and seals the first segment at the first cut and at the second cut to provide an end wall with a substantially flat, rectangular-shaped footprint.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: KELLOGG COMPANYInventor: John Joseph Michels
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Publication number: 20230053321Abstract: 2-substituted benzimidazoles and methods of preparing the same are disclosed. The compositions may include a compound or salt thereof, a strong acid, and a carboxylic acid. The compositions may exclude a polar aprotic solvent. The compositions may be used to inhibit corrosion of a metal surface in contact with an aqueous system, and provide enhanced protection against corrosion of metals in the aqueous system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Pradeep CHERUKU, Patricia GILLENWATER, Nicolas LEFLEMME, Alexander MANTIS, James Joseph MICHELS, Suresh R. SRIRAM
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Patent number: 11572628Abstract: This disclosure relates to compositions and methods of reducing corrosion using benzimidazoles. The method may include adding a benzimidazole and a halogen to an aqueous system that is in contact with a metal surface. The halogen may be bromine, iodine, or any combination thereof. In some cases, adding the halogen may be optional depending on the substituents on the benzimidazole ring. Compositions are also disclosed that include a benzimidazole, optionally a halogen depending on the substituents on the benzimidazole ring, and optionally a halogen stabilizer.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Yanjiao Xie, Jothibasu Seetharaman, James Joseph Michels, Frederick Swiecinski, Donald A. Johnson, Pradeep Cheruku
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Publication number: 20230031245Abstract: Examples of methods are described. In some examples, a method includes evaluating, by an electronic device, resource state information based on a policy. In some examples, the method includes determining, by the electronic device, to change from a second encoder to a first encoder based on the evaluation. In some examples, the first encoder is to encode a desktop display image sequence. In some examples, the method includes communicating, by the electronic device, the encoded desktop display image sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Peter William Longhurst, Joseph Michel Kenneth Savage
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Publication number: 20220339887Abstract: A system for applying a fastening material to a substrate is provided. The system may include a first material source including the substrate. The substrate may define a first length extending from a first edge to a second edge and the first material source may feed the substrate in a first direction transverse to the first length. The system may additionally include a second material source including the fastening material. The fastening material may define a second length extending from a third edge to a fourth edge, whereby the second length is substantially equal to the first length and the second material source feeds the fastening material in a second direction transverse to the second length. The system may also include an applicator system that secures the fastening material to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventor: John Joseph MICHELS
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Patent number: 11305496Abstract: A system for applying a fastening material to a substrate is provided. The system may include a first material source including the substrate. The substrate may define a first length extending from a first edge to a second edge and the first material source may feed the substrate in a first direction transverse to the first length. The system may additionally include a second material source including the fastening material. The fastening material may define a second length extending from a third edge to a fourth edge, whereby the second length is substantially equal to the first length and the second material source feeds the fastening material in a second direction transverse to the second length. The system may also include an applicator system that secures the fastening material to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Kellogg CompanyInventor: John Joseph Michels
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Patent number: 11175294Abstract: A method of isotope-labelling a microbiota sample. It involves providing a first microbiota sample that was obtained from a given source; exposing the first microbiota sample to an isotope enriched medium; and culturing the exposed first microbiota sample in the isotope enriched medium to obtain an isotope-labelled microbiota sample, wherein the isotope labelled metaproteome of the isotope-labelled microbiota sample is taxon specific for taxa present in the first microbiota sample when initially obtained from the given source.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: University Of OttawaInventors: Joseph Michel Daniel Figeys, Alain Christophe Stintzi, David R. Mack, Xu Zhang, Zhibin Ning
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Patent number: 11104965Abstract: There is provided methods and compositions to diagnose, classify and treat inflammatory bowel disease including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease by measuring the levels of certain bacterial taxa and proteins collected from the gut.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Inventors: Alain Stintzi, David R. Mack, Joseph Michel Daniel Figeys, Walid Abdelfattah Elsayed Mottawea, Turki Saleh A. Abujamel, Cheng-kang Chiang
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Publication number: 20210255197Abstract: A method of isotope-labelling a microbiota sample. It involves providing a first microbiota sample that was obtained from a given source; exposing the first microbiota sample to an isotope enriched medium; and culturing the exposed first microbiota sample in the isotope enriched medium to obtain an isotope-labelled microbiota sample, wherein the isotope labelled metaproteome of the isotope-labelled microbiota sample is taxon specific for taxa present in the first microbiota sample when initially obtained from the given source.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Joseph Michel Daniel FIGEYS, Alain Christophe STINTZI, David R. MACK, Xu ZHANG, Zhibin NING
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Patent number: 11053203Abstract: 2-substituted benzimidazoles and methods of preparing the same are disclosed. The compositions may include a compound or salt thereof, an acid, and a polar aprotic solvent. The compositions may be used to inhibit corrosion of a metal surface in contact with an aqueous system, and provide enhanced protection against corrosion of metals in the aqueous system.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Pradeep Cheruku, Suresh R. Sriram, James Joseph Michels
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Publication number: 20200369418Abstract: An apparatus includes a product metering device, first and second container preparation systems, and a controller. The product metering device is configured to dispense a product. The first and second container preparation systems are configured to dispense first and second containers, respectively, for receiving the product from the product metering device. The first and second container preparation systems include first and second severed container material transporting devices, respectively, operable to transport the first and second containers, respectively, from the first and second container preparation systems, respectively, to the product metering device. The controller simultaneously controls (i) one of the first container preparation system and the second container preparation system to prepare one of the first container and the second container, and (ii) the product metering device to dispense the product into the other of the first container and the second container.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventor: John Joseph Michels
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Publication number: 20200361157Abstract: A system for applying a fastening material to a substrate is provided. The system may include a first material source including the substrate. The substrate may define a first length extending from a first edge to a second edge and the first material source may feed the substrate in a first direction transverse to the first length. The system may additionally include a second material source including the fastening material. The fastening material may define a second length extending from a third edge to a fourth edge, whereby the second length is substantially equal to the first length and the second material source feeds the fastening material in a second direction transverse to the second length. The system may also include an applicator system that secures the fastening material to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventor: John Joseph Michels
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Patent number: 10773845Abstract: An apparatus includes a product metering device, first and second container preparation systems, and a controller. The product metering device is configured to dispense a product. The first and second container preparation systems are configured to dispense first and second containers, respectively, for receiving the product from the product metering device. The first and second container preparation systems include first and second severed container material transporting devices, respectively, operable to transport the first and second containers, respectively, from the first and second container preparation systems, respectively, to the product metering device. The controller simultaneously controls (i) one of the first container preparation system and the second container preparation system to prepare one of the first container and the second container, and (ii) the product metering device to dispense the product into the other of the first container and the second container.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: KELLOGG COMPANYInventor: John Joseph Michels
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Patent number: 10766205Abstract: A system for applying a fastening material to a substrate is provided. The system may include a first material source including the substrate. The substrate may define a first length extending from a first edge to a second edge and the first material source may feed the substrate in a first direction transverse to the first length. The system may additionally include a second material source including the fastening material. The fastening material may define a second length extending from a third edge to a fourth edge, whereby the second length is substantially equal to the first length and the second material source feeds the fastening material in a second direction transverse to the second length. The system may also include an applicator system that secures the fastening material to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: KELLOGG COMPANYInventor: John Joseph Michels
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Publication number: 20200191803Abstract: A method for determining a presence of inflammatory bowel disease in a subject. The method involves providing a gut sample obtained from a subject; measuring a level in said gut sample of one or more proteins, wherein said one or more proteins comprises at least one of: leukotriene A-4 hydrolase, catalase, transketolase, thioredoxin domain containing protein 17, vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein and thymosin beta-10; and comparing said measured level of each of said one or more proteins to a corresponding protein level for a normal subject. A method for determining a presence of pancolitis in a subject with ulcerative colitis is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Joseph Michel Daniel FIGEYS, Alain Christophe STINTZI, David R. MACK, Amanda Elizabeth Starr, Shelley A. Deeke