Patents by Inventor Joyce To

Joyce To 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).

  • Polymer-based sustained release device
    Patent number: 9238076
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions for the sustained release of biologically active polypeptides, and methods of forming and using said compositions, for the sustained release of biologically active polypeptides. The sustained release compositions of this invention comprise a biocompatible polymer having dispersed therein, a biologically active polypeptide and a sugar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignees: Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Steven G. Wright, Troy Christensen, Thean Yeoh, Michael E. Rickey, Joyce M. Hotz, Rajesh Kumar, Mark Fineman, Christine Smith, John Ong, David M. Lokensgard, Henry R. Costantino
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF A WORKPIECE HEATING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160014850
    Abstract: A heating system includes a heating head assembly configured to move relative to a workpiece. The heating system may also include a temperature sensor assembly configured to detect a temperature of the workpiece and/or a travel sensor assembly configured to detect a position, movement, or direction of movement of the heating head assembly relative to the workpiece, and to transmit feedback signals to a controller configured to adjust the power provided to the heating head assembly by a power source based at least in part on the feedback signals. In addition, certain control techniques that take into account certain parameters, such as physical parameters of the workpiece being heated, the heating process parameters, and so forth, may be implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Paul David Verhagen, Richard Charles Joyce, Kevin John Mlnarik
  • Method and System for Packaging Respiring Produce
    Publication number: 20160009428
    Abstract: A method of packaging a batch of respiring produce (B) is provided, comprising the steps of: providing a batch of the produce, determining a respiration characteristic (Ri, Rj) of at least a portion of the batch for at least a first and a second substance (i, j), determining a ratio (H(i/j)) between the determined respiration characteristics for the first and second substances, and determining a desired transmission rate (TR) for a package (Pa) of a packaging material containing an amount of produce from the batch (A) and having a package atmosphere within the package. The desired transmission rate is the transmission rate for the first or the second substance and is determined based on said ratio to control a concentration of one of the first and second substances in the package atmosphere. A system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: PERFO TEC B.V.
    Inventors: Bastiaan Rinke Antony Groeneweg, Joyce Hendrika Schroot, Martijn Willem De Bruin
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELEVATOR SYSTEM ACCESS
    Publication number: 20160009525
    Abstract: An exemplary elevator system includes at least one elevator car. An access controller is configured to provide an access credential to a portable wireless communication device responsive to a request from that device indicating a desire for at least access to the elevator system. The access credential at least temporarily indicates that the desired access should be granted. A credential receiver is configured to obtain the provided access credential from the portable wireless communication device. An entry device allows the desired access responsive to the credential receiver obtaining the access credential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Peter DePaola, Matthew Joyce
  • VEHICLE PARKING SYSTEM FAILURE MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20160009257
    Abstract: A system includes an autonomous sub-system that includes first and second braking modules. Each of the modules includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor for detecting a fault. The system further includes a brake sub-system programmed to actuate a brake mechanism in response to a signal from the second braking module. The autonomous sub-system is further programmed to select one of the braking modules to provide a signal to the brake mechanism depending on whether a fault is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: John P. Joyce, Scott J. Lauffer
  • FAILURE TOLERANT VEHICLE SPEED
    Publication number: 20160009259
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle control sub-system includes first and second brake control modules that are communicatively and electrically connected to one another and a plurality of wheel-speed sensors communicatively connected to the first brake control module. The first module is programmed to receive wheel-speed data from the wheel-speed sensors. The second module is programmed to process the wheel-speed data in the event of a failure in the first module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: John P. Joyce, Scott J. Lauffer, Peter Francis Worrel
  • Method and Apparatus for Controlling Light Levels to Save Energy
    Publication number: 20160014872
    Abstract: An occupancy sensor with integral light level sensors is configured to turn off or disable peripheral circuits and go into a periodic deep sleep mode to reduce phantom loading. Peripheral circuits include occupancy sensor circuits and relay drive circuits, but may include other circuits such as communication circuits. The sensor may be configured to periodically wake itself up, check ambient light conditions to see if lighting is below the set threshold. If it is not, the sensor goes back to sleep. If it is, then the sensor can power up the occupancy sensor circuit to see if the space is occupied; if not, it can go back to sleep. If the space is occupied, it can turn on other peripheral circuits necessary to control the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: The Watt Stopper, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Joyce, Thomas L. Grey
  • FAILURE MANAGEMENT IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160009235
    Abstract: A system includes first and second failsafe devices. Each of the failsafe devices includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor for performing at least one of detecting a fault and providing a communication concerning a fault. The system further includes an arbitration bus connecting the first and second failsafe devices. The communication concerning the fault may be provided from a first one of the first and second failsafe devices to a second one of the first and second failsafe devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: John P. Joyce, Scott J. Lauffer
  • Integrated aerial photogrammetry surveys
    Patent number: 9235763
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques for generating survey data about a survey site. Aerial photography of at least part of the survey site can be analyzed using photogrammetric techniques. In some cases, an unmanned aerial system can be used to collect site imagery. The use of a UAS can reduce the fiscal and chronological cost of a survey, compared to the use of other types aerial imagery and/or conventional terrestrial surveying techniques used alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Joyce, Troy L. Brown
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PURIFYING VIRALLY INFECTED BLOOD
    Publication number: 20160000987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for using lectins that bind to pathogens having surface glycoproteins or fragments thereof which contain glycoproteins, to remove them from infected blood or plasma or other fluids in an extracorporeal setting. Accordingly, the present invention provides a methods and devices for reducing viral load or plaque forming units in blood or plasma from one or more infected individuals. A preferred embodiment of the method comprises passing the blood or plasma through a porous hollow fiber membrane wherein lectin molecules are disposed proximate to the membrane, collecting pass-through blood or plasma and optionally reinfusing the pass-through blood or plasma into the individual. Additionally, the present invention provides a methods and devices for the reduction of plaque forming units, cleared more rapidly and more efficiently than overall viral load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Richard H. Tullis, Harold H. Handley, James A. Joyce, Paul Duffin
  • Local storage of information pedigrees
    Patent number: 9229936
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for dynamically assembling and utilizing a pedigree of a resource. A pedigree of a resource is a set of statements that describe a provenance of the resource. As described herein, a document may include local pedigree fragments and optionally one or more pointers to remote pedigree fragments not locally stored in the document. A pedigree fragment, generally, is a data structure that specifies a direct relationship between a first resource, e.g., a primary resource, and a second resource from which an asserted fact of the first resource is derived. Because a pedigree fragment specifies such direct relationships, a set of pedigree fragments may be used to assemble the complete pedigree of resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Architecture Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Thurber, Robert A. Joyce, Julia A. Baker
  • Information exchange engine providing a critical infrastructure layer and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 9229962
    Abstract: A virtual record manager and a data exchange engine are provided for dynamically defining data records in a database and for dynamically allocating instances of defined data records. These components are capable of mediating between the database and application and client interface layers to facilitate exchange of information over a network. Embodiments are configured to allow complex data records having a plurality of related fields, and to allow management and exchange of information at both the data field level and data record level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Inventors: Ajit S. Shah, Madhukar Thakur, David Hu, Joyce Thom
  • Device and method for ion generation
    Patent number: 9230772
    Abstract: Illustrative embodiments of the present invention are directed to devices and methods for ion generation. One such device includes a substrate. The substrate is disposed within a housing that is configured to contain a gas. The substrate includes an interior surface that at least partially defines an interior volume. The substrate also includes a number of channels with walls. Nano-tips are disposed on the walls of the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Zilu Zhou, Joyce Wong
  • ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR APPLYING SURFACE FINISHES TO LARGE OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20150375390
    Abstract: A robotic system for performing surface finishing processes on a large object, is provided, the system includes at least one platform having a connected robot, the robot performing a surface finishing process on the large object. Also included is an automatic guided vehicle (AGV) separable of the platform movable independent of the platform for moving under the platform, lifting up the platform and moving the platform multiple locations along or around the large object to extend a useful working envelope of the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Steven Becroft, Jeffrey R. Joyce, Arthur P. Scafe, Michael E. Reich, Sean P. Parke, Kevin M. Wichers
  • LAYERED CAPACITOR DEVICE WITH CHARGE BLOCKING LAYERS
    Publication number: 20150380163
    Abstract: A multi-layered capacitor device is provided in which the multi-layered capacitor device includes a metal or metal-oxide ground electrode, a capacitor dielectric layer, a metal or metal-oxide top electrode, a hole blocking layer and an electron blocking layer . The hole blocking layer is located at the interface of the metal or metal-oxide ground electrode and the capacitor dielectric layer to increases the effective barrier height at the interface. The electron blocking layer is located at the interface of the metal or metal-oxide top electrode and the capacitor dielectric layer to increases the effective barrier height at the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: James Gerard Grote, Donna Marie Joyce, Fahima Ouchen
  • Gap Joint for Closed Section Load Transfer
    Publication number: 20150375794
    Abstract: A hydro-formed body side rail is assembled by a bracket to a front header. The front header is an extruded cross-car structural support that is joined to the body side rail by a framed joint. A gap is defined between the body side outer panel and the hydro-formed side rail relative to a lateral end of a front header. Side impact test loads are applied initially to the body side rail and compress the bracket. Compression of the bracket closes the gap and the impact loads are applied to the cross-car structural support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher John May, Duncan Whipps, Darrin Neil Wagner, Fubang Wu, John Joyce
  • Methods and compositions for the treatment of proliferative vascular disorders
    Patent number: 9220716
    Abstract: The technology described herein is directed to methods and compositions for the treatment of proliferative vascular disorders, e.g. hemangioma. In some aspects, the methods and compositions described herein related to a mTOR inhibitor or nifedipine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Joyce Bischoff, Shoshana Greenberger
  • Polymorphic forms of naltrexone
    Patent number: 9221830
    Abstract: This invention relates to the discovery of novel polymorphic forms of naltrexone, including solvates, hydrates, anhydrous and other crystalline forms and combinations thereof. These novel forms of naltrexone impart advantages in pharmaceutical formulations incorporating them, including sustained release, or long acting, formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Harry G. Brittain, David A. Dickason, Joyce M. Hotz, Shawn L. Lyons, J. Michael Ramstack, Steven G. Wright
  • Fan
    Patent number: D747453
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Neil Andrew Stewart, Joseph Eric Hodgetts, Leanne Joyce Garner, Peter David Gammack, Alexander Mackenzie Burn
  • Fan
    Patent number: D747454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Neil Andrew Stewart, Joseph Eric Hodgetts, Leanne Joyce Garner, Peter David Gammack