Patents by Inventor Joseph Sullivan

Joseph Sullivan 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: 20210394980
    Abstract: A packaging assembly for holding contents is provided. The packaging assembly includes a self-supporting liner having a wall that encloses sides and bottom of an interior of the liner and defines an open top end of the liner, and a rim that projects outwardly from the wall proximal to the open top end. The packaging assembly also includes a lidding assembly including a cover region and a destructible seal region that seals the cover region to the liner extending over and closing the liner open top. The destructible cover region is weaker than the liner and the cover region so that detachment of the cover region from the liner causes the destructible seal region to fail. The lidding assembly includes a first lidding material having a center portion and an outer portion that surrounds the center portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph Sullivan, Maxwell Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11180280
    Abstract: A liner system for use with a carton of pre-packaged products to protect the carton from moisture may include a substantially continuous liner including a bottom panel and side and end wall panels extending upward from the bottom panel and defining an open top and the liner may be adapted for positioning in the carton prior to placement of the pre-packaged products and may include positioning features configured to maintain a position of the pre-packaged products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: CDF Corporation
    Inventors: Robert G. Buchenan, William Harvey, Mark Sinn, Joseph Sullivan, Terry Staed
  • Publication number: 20210260392
    Abstract: A wearable medical monitoring (WMM) system may be worn for a long time. Some embodiments of WMM systems are wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) systems. In such systems, ECG electrodes sense an ECG signal of the patient, and store it over the long-term. The stored ECG signal can be analyzed for helping long-term heart rate monitoring of the patient. The heart rate monitoring can be assisted a) by special filtering techniques that remove short-term variations inherent in patients' short-term heart rate determinations, and b) by indication techniques that indicate when conditions hampered sensing of the ECG signal too much for a reliable heart rate determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Steven Postlewait, Joseph Sullivan, Gregory T. Kavounas
  • Patent number: 11077996
    Abstract: A packaging assembly for holding contents is provided. The packaging assembly includes a self-supporting liner having a wall that encloses sides and bottom of an interior of the liner and defines an open top end of the liner, and a rim that projects outwardly from the wall proximal to the open top end. The packaging assembly also includes a lidding assembly including a cover region and a destructible seal region that seals the cover region to the liner extending over and closing the liner open top. The destructible cover region is weaker than the liner and the cover region so that detachment of the cover region from the liner causes the destructible seal region to fail. The lidding assembly includes a first lidding material having a center portion and an outer portion that surrounds the center portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: CDF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Sullivan, Maxwell Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11000691
    Abstract: A wearable medical monitoring (WMM) system may be worn for a long time. Some embodiments of WMM systems are wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) systems. In such systems, ECG electrodes sense an ECG signal of the patient, and store it over the long-term. The stored ECG signal can be analyzed for helping long-term heart rate monitoring of the patient. The heart rate monitoring can be assisted a) by special filtering techniques that remove short-term variations inherent in patients' short-term heart rate determinations, and b) by indication techniques that indicate when conditions hampered sensing of the ECG signal too much for a reliable heart rate determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: West Affum Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Steven Postlewait, Joseph Sullivan, Gregory T. Kavounas
  • Patent number: 10988298
    Abstract: A container assembly for flowable materials, the container assembly comprising: a reusable outer supporting container; and a disposable inner plastic liner; wherein the reusable outer supporting container comprises an outlet pipe comprising a first outlet pipe section connected to the reusable outer supporting container and a second outlet pipe section releasably connectable to the first outlet pipe section, wherein the second outlet pipe section comprises a valve for selectively closing off the second outlet pipe section, and wherein at least one of the first outlet pipe section and the second outlet pipe section comprises an annular recess; and wherein the disposable inner plastic liner comprises a tubular outlet portion, wherein the tubular outlet portion comprises an outer flange configured to be captured between the first outlet pipe section and the second outlet pipe section, and further wherein the outer flange of the tubular outlet portion comprises an annular protrusion configured to be received in t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: CDF Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Sullivan, James Plunkett
  • Patent number: 10984236
    Abstract: A system and an apparatus are provided, for gaze tracking within a defined operating range. The apparatus includes at least one optical system, which capable of capturing radiation in a wavelength range produced by a composite illumination source. The apparatus also includes at least one set of illumination sources creating the composite illumination source, wherein: at least one of the illumination sources is positioned relative to the optical system such that it ensures a user bright pupil response at the beginning of the apparatus operating range; and the composite illumination source size is such that it creates a Purkinje image on a user's eye capable of being distinguished by the optical system at the end of the apparatus operating range. The apparatus also includes an illumination controller for activating and deactivating the at least one composite illumination source, and a signal processing controller for transmitting generated images from the at least one optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Mirametrix Inc.
    Inventors: Simon St-Hilaire, Nicholas Joseph Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20210083310
    Abstract: A redox flow battery includes a redox flow cell, a supply/storage system external of the redox flow cell, and a controller. The supply/storage system includes first and second electrolytes for circulation through the redox flow cell. The first electrolyte is a liquid electrolyte having electrochemically active species with multiple, reversible oxidation states. The electrochemically active species can form a solid precipitate blockage in the redox flow cell. The controller is configured to identify whether there is the solid precipitate blockage in the redox flow cell and, if so, initiate a regeneration mode that reduces the oxidation state of the electrochemically active species in the liquid electrolyte to dissolve, in situ, the solid precipitate blockage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Michael L. Perry, Joseph Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10931621
    Abstract: One or more systems and/or methods for providing a notification of a life event to a user for a contact of the user are provided. A contact database (e.g., an electronic address book, a social media contact list, etc.) associated with the user may be evaluated to identify a contact from a set of contacts of the user. A contact query may be created for the contact. The contact query may be utilized to access data articles within a data store. The data articles may be evaluated to identify life events associated with the contact. In an example, the life event may be at least one of a death event, a birth event, an engagement event, a marriage event, a graduation event, an anniversary event, or the like. A notification may be provided to the user of the life event in response to identifying the life event for the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Condolence Connect, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Charles DeJohn, III, Paul Lienard Rupert, Jonathan Lee Hoyt, Harry Reid Sheppard, Patrick Joseph Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10849635
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for use in tissue repair. The system includes a cannulated guide, an obturator configured for insertion through the guide, a drill configured for insertion through the guide, and an anchor delivery tool configured for insertion through the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Klindt Sorensen, Matthew Edwin Koski, Paul Alexander Torrie, Daniel B. Ellis, Roy Alan Majors, James Joseph Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20200371530
    Abstract: A bio-hybrid odor-localizing autonomous air vehicle includes an airborne robotic platform having a navigation platform, a wireless transmitter communicatively coupled to a management console, and a biological sensor mounted on the airborne robotic platform that reacts to at least one olfactory odor. A controller is communicatively coupled to the airborne robotic platform, the navigation platform, and the biological sensor. The controller monitors the biological sensor. In response to the biological sensor detecting the at least one olfactory odor, the controller directs the airborne platform to three-dimensionally map an olfactory plume of the at least one olfactory odor using an olfactory-driven search pattern. The controller stores the three-dimensional map for later retrieval or transmits the three-dimensional map of the olfactory plume to the management console via the wireless transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Melanie Anderson, Kevin Brink, Thomas Daniel, Sawyer Fuller, Joseph Sullivan, Jennifer Talley
  • Publication number: 20200324569
    Abstract: A stencil and method of using the stencil made of a heat and flame resistant material and which includes an opening or openings defining an artwork image. The stencil is used in conjunction with a heat source such as from a flame of a torch to burn or char the artwork image defined by the stencil onto a substrate, and without degradation of the stencil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Scott Joseph Sullivan, Logan Joseph Sullivan, Jerry Takeo Judkins
  • Patent number: 10796259
    Abstract: A computing system includes a connection detection system that identifies a set of connected deliverables among a plurality of different deliverables in a data store and timeline generator logic that generates a representation of a timeline having nodes connected by edges, each node representing a deliverable and each edge connecting a pair of nodes corresponding to a connection between the deliverables represented by the pair of nodes connected by the edge. The computing system also includes a user interaction system that controls interaction with the plurality of different deliverables, the user interaction system comprising link setting logic that generates a link setting user interface mechanism that is actuatable to modify one or more connections and surfacing logic that controls a display to display the representation of the timeline and the link setting user interface mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Sullivan, Jill Campbell, Ngoc Vu Bui, Nir Michaely, Chenying Yang
  • Publication number: 20200307887
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in one embodiment, relates to a packaging assembly for holding liquids, viscous material, or particulate material. The packaging assembly includes a carton having side and bottom walls and an open top. A self-supporting plastic liner fits inside of the carton and is for containing liquids, viscous material, or particulate material. The liner has a side wall, a closed bottom end, and an open top end having an outwardly-projecting rim. The rim has a radially-extending flange portion, and a dependent skirt portion. When the self-supporting plastic liner is inside of the carton, the dependent skirt portion of the rim hangs over the side walls of the carton. A lidding material is removeably affixed to the rim of the plastic liner. A carton lid closes off the open top of the carton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: CDF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Sullivan, JR., Joe Wanner, Robert Buchenan, Steve Gosling
  • Patent number: 10768598
    Abstract: A graphical display configuration system of a process control system provides features within the configuration environment so that the runtime appearance and/or runtime behavior of graphical elements and/or graphical display views (or portions thereof) are able to be validated and/or verified in-line with their configuration workflows wholly within the configuration environment, without having to publish, compile, and/or download draft graphical configurations into the operating environment of a process plant supported by the process control system, and/or without requiring specialized scripts to be implemented within the operating environment of the process plant. The validation may be based on data provided from one or more sources external to the draft display view configuration, e.g., from the configuration and/or the operating environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Strinden, Julian K. Naidoo, Robert B. Havekost, Stephen G. Hammack, Matthew Joseph Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10729372
    Abstract: The invention provides a sensor assembly embeddable within an oral appliance comprising a sensing means; and a data processing means coupled to the sensing means for processing data obtained by the sensing means; wherein the sensing means and the data processing means are sealed within a deformable layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars & The Other Members of Board, of the College of the Holy & Undiv. Trinity of Queen Elizabeth, Near Dublin
    Inventors: Padraig Martin McAuliffe, James Joseph Doyle, Ramesh Babu Padamati, Dermot Joseph Sullivan, Paul Phillips, Brian Christopher O'Connell
  • Patent number: 10717581
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in one embodiment, relates to a packaging assembly for holding liquids, viscous material, or particulate material. The packaging assembly includes a carton having side and bottom walls and an open top. A self-supporting plastic liner fits inside of the carton and is for containing liquids, viscous material, or particulate material. The liner has a side wall, a closed bottom end, and an open top end having an outwardly-projecting rim. The rim has a radially-extending flange portion, and a dependent skirt portion. When the self-supporting plastic liner is inside of the carton, the dependent skirt portion of the rim hangs over the side walls of the carton. A lidding material is removeably affixed to the rim of the plastic liner. A carton lid closes off the open top of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: CDF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Sullivan, Jr., Joe Wanner, Robert Buchenan, Steve Gosling
  • Patent number: 10676257
    Abstract: Container systems that include a squeeze-and-turn closure. Closure systems that include a squeeze-and-turn closure. Methods related to such systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Michael Girardot, Nicole Lynn Briggs, Brian Joseph Sullivan, Christopher Robert Kopulos
  • Patent number: 10681139
    Abstract: Distant semi-autonomous systems containing their own processors and are capable of thinking for themselves, and to some extent, controlling lower functions is provided herein. These semi-autonomous systems may be referred to as “nodes”. The network is not dependent on actual protocol or network topology. The brain, one or more central multiprocessors, is only tasked with issuing simpler, higher-level commands such as “faster” or “slower”, or “execute a grabbing motion”. These commands are then interpreted and executed by the nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Nova Dynamics, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Sullivan, Gabriel Maria
  • Patent number: D893304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nicole Lynn Briggs, Richard Michael Girardot, Christopher Robert Kopulos, Brian Joseph Sullivan