Patents by Inventor Kevin Paul

Kevin Paul 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).

  • PHAGE CONSTRUCTS FOR DETECTING BACTERIA IN A FLUID, MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES FOR USE WITH CONSTRUCTS, AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20190324033
    Abstract: Generally, this disclosure relates to expression constructs that encode a reporter enzyme-affinity binding tag fusion protein that is produced after the construct is inserted into bacteriophage and the bacteriophage infects bacteria. In some embodiments, the fusion protein is captured and produces a detectable signal. Signal intensity may correlate with the number of bacterial cells in a fluid sample. Methods of detecting bacteria using the expression constructs, and microfluidic devices for detecting bacteria using the expression constructs are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Luis F. Alonzo, Anne-Laure M. Le Ny, Kevin Paul Flood Nichols, Spencer Garing, Damian Madan, Sam Rasmussen Nugen, Troy Hinkley
  • Methods for assembling a cartridge for an aerosol delivery device, and associated systems and apparatuses
    Patent number: 10405579
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. A system may include assembly cells each including an assembly track and assembly carriages that ride thereon and which engage components of partially-assembled cartridges. A transfer apparatus may transfer partially-assembled cartridges between the assembly cells. In another example system, cartridges may be assembled on platforms on a rotary track. The platforms may include assembly grippers with sequentially-opening clamps configured to receive the components of the partially-assembled cartridges. Related methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: William Robert Collett, Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr., Paul Andrew Brinkley, Jeffrey Edward Allgeyer, Ethan Matthew Bernhardt, Andrew Ross Matthews, Roger Ritter, Stephen Todd Schafer, Mathieu Leboeuf, Martin Lee Maple, Trenton S. Noonan, Kevin Paul Schafer
  • Thermal barrier coating repair compositions and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 10384978
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to repair compositions for thermal barrier coatings and methods of use thereof. The repair compositions include a ceramic composition, a colloidal solution, an aqueous binder, an aqueous dispersant, and an aqueous ammonia solution. The ceramic composition includes a first population of yttria-stabilized zirconia particles having a mean diameter from about 250 nm to about 1000 nm, a second population of yttria-stabilized zirconia particles having a mean diameter from about 2 ?m to about 10 ?m, and a third population of yttria-stabilized zirconia particles having a mean diameter from about 20 ?m to about 250 ?m. One method includes depositing the repair layer onto the damaged region, the repair layer including the repair composition, and heat treating the repair layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kevin Paul McEvoy, James Ruud, Lawrence E. Szala, Susan Corah, Atanu Saha, Hrishikesh Keshavan
  • Processes for producing continuous bulk forms of iron-silicon alloys and bulk forms produced thereby
    Patent number: 10364477
    Abstract: Processes for producing continuous bulk forms of iron-silicon alloys and bulk forms produced thereby. Such a bulk form is continuous in a longitudinal direction thereof and has a continuous cross-sectional form transverse to the longitudinal direction. The bulk form is formed of an Fe—Si alloy and has a crystallographic texture that comprises <111> and {110} fibers that are inclined relative to the longitudinal direction. The bulk form may be produced by a process that includes deforming a solid body formed of an Fe—Si alloy with a cutting tool in a single step to continuously produce a continuous bulk form from material obtained from the solid body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Andrew Benjamin Kustas, Dinakar Sagapuram, Kevin Paul Trumble, Srinivasan Chandrasekar
  • FOLDABLE UMBRELLA WITH DYNAMIC RIB STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20190216188
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed at an umbrella including a canopy having a set of canopy portions; and a frame portion comprising a shaft portion; a sliding collar assembly coupled to the shaft portion and sliding along the shaft portion; and a set of ribs, each of the independent ribs attached to one of the set of canopy portions and to the sliding collar assembly, where each of the set of ribs move independently of each other when a high wind force is experienced by one of the canopy portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin Paul TRUONG, Cahay HO
  • MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM FOR THE CONCENTRATION AND DETECTION OF BACTERIAL POPULATIONS IN LIQUID
    Publication number: 20190217293
    Abstract: A microfluidic device for concentrating and detecting bacteria in liquids, and related methods are described. The device includes a first filter chamber for capturing bacteria and performing incubations of the bacteria with one or more reagents, and a second filter chamber for capturing and concentrating a detectable material, with little or no binding of detectable material by the first filter. In an aspect, bacteria are incubated with growth media and engineered phage that cause the bacteria to produce an enzyme. In an aspect, the enzyme is capture in the second filter chamber and exposed to a substrate to produce a detectable signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Cornell University
    Inventors: Luis F. Alonzo, Spencer Garing, Anne-Laure M. Le Ny, Kevin Paul Flood Nichols, Sam Rasmussen Nugen, John R. Williford
  • Pericardial Space Imaging for Cardiac Support Device Implantation
    Publication number: 20190217005
    Abstract: A method for implanting a cardiac support device (CSD) on a patient's heart. An amount of contrast agent sufficient to cause structures on the heart to be visible upon fluoroscopic or other imaging is introduced into the pericardial space surrounding the heart. The heart and contrast agent are imaged to provide a visual indication of the location of the structures of the heart. The CSD is placed on the heart using the visual indications provided by the imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Mardil, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Cohn, Aaron J. Hjelle, Robert G. Walsh, Kevin Paul Bassett
  • Content delivery network with deep caching infrastructure
    Patent number: 10356201
    Abstract: Embodiments herein include methods and systems for use in delivering resources to a client device over a local network. An exemplary system comprises a plurality of caching devices operable to cache resources on behalf of a plurality of content providers, and a local caching device communicatively situated between an access network and the client device, wherein the access network is communicably situated between the plurality of caching devices and the local caching device. The local caching device is operable to retrieve a requested resource from at least one of the plurality of caching devices, deliver the requested resource to the client device over the local network, and store the requested resource for future requests by other client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: James Q. Crowe, John F. Waters, Jr., Andrew Dugan, Christopher Newton, Laurence Lipstone, Kenneth Brookman, Joseph Lawrence, Andrew Swart, David Fullagar, Kevin Paul
  • Method and system for controlling engine performance
    Patent number: 10343757
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a vehicle including an engine comprising a turbocharger including a compressor and a turbine. The engine further includes a bypass path configured to selectively route gas from downstream of the compressor to upstream of the turbine. In one embodiment, the method comprises selectively increasing gas flow to the engine by adjusting gas flow through the bypass path from downstream of the compressor to upstream of the turbine. In this manner, the performance of the engine may be adjusted for various operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Paul Bailey, John Dowell, Frederick Thwaites, Jonathan Nagurney
  • Method and systems for draining fluid from an engine
    Patent number: 10323607
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a drain system for an EGR system of an engine system. In one example, the drain system includes a connector fluidly coupled to each of an intake system, an exhaust system, and a fluid collector, where the connector is positioned vertically below an intake manifold of the intake system and an exhaust passage of the exhaust system and vertically above the fluid collector with respect to a surface on which an engine sits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Paul Bailey, Daniel Edward Loringer, Kent Jeffries, Eric David Peters, David Marshall Wright, Christopher Joseph Homison
  • ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A TWO-STAGE CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR AND ASSOCIATED MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20190074117
    Abstract: An assembly comprising has a two-stage cryogenic refrigerator and an associated mounting arrangement, and comprising a sock having first and second stages corresponding to first and second stages of the refrigerator, wherein with the first stage of the refrigerator being in thermal contact with the first stage of the sock and the second stage of the refrigerator being in thermal contact with the second stage of the sock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens PLC
    Inventors: Michael Simpkins, Neil Charles Tigwell, Kevin Paul Wastie
  • ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A TWO-STAGE CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR AND ASSOCIATED MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20190074116
    Abstract: An assembly comprising has a two-stage cryogenic refrigerator and an associated mounting arrangement, and comprising a sock having first and second stages corresponding to first and second stages of the refrigerator, wherein with the first stage of the refrigerator being in thermal contact with the first stage of the sock and the second stage of the refrigerator being in thermal contact with the second stage of the sock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens PLC
    Inventors: Michael Simpkins, Neil Charles Tigwell, Kevin Paul Wastie
  • USE OF CIRCULATING MICROPARTICLES TO STRATIFY RISK OF SPONTANEOUS PRETERM BIRTH
    Publication number: 20190041391
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to proteomic biomarkers of spontaneous preterm birth, proteomic biomarkers of term birth, and methods of use thereof. In particular, the present disclosure provides tools for determining whether a pregnant subject is at an increased risk for premature delivery, as well as tools for decreasing a pregnant subject's risk for premature delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Brian D. BROHMAN, Zhen ZHANG, Kevin S. GOUDY, Robert C. DOSS, Alan M. EZRIN, Kevin Paul ROSENBLATT
  • Continuous microwave-assisted segmented flow reactor for high-quality nanocrystal synthesis
    Patent number: 10189003
    Abstract: Systems and methods for synthesizing nanocrystals using continuous, microwave-assisted, segmented flow reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ki-Joong Kim, Eric Bradley Hostetler, Gregory Scott Herman, Daniel Alan Peterson, Chih-hung Chang, Brendan Thomas Flynn, Brian Kevin Paul, Richard Paul Oleksak, Padmavathi Chandran, Bob C. Fitzmorris, Gustavo Henrique Albuquerque
  • Assembly comprising a two-stage cryogenic refrigerator and associated mounting arrangement
    Patent number: 10181372
    Abstract: An assembly has a two-stage cryogenic refrigerator and an associated mounting arrangement, and a sock having first and second stages corresponding to first and second stages of the refrigerator, with the first stage of the refrigerator being in thermal contact with the first stage of the sock and the second stage of the refrigerator being in thermal contact with the second stage of the sock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Michael Simpkins, Neil Charles Tigwell, Kevin Paul Wastie
  • Method and system for dynamic cellular networking activation for virtual SIM service
    Patent number: 10178238
    Abstract: A method at a user equipment to facilitate activation and splitting of data billing between at least two parties, the method including starting, at the user equipment, a virtual subscriber identity module platform (‘VSP’) service on the user equipment; verifying VSP configuration information with a network server; upon verification, starting a data networking access point name (‘APN’) based on the configuration information on the user equipment; and setting a status indicator on the user equipment to indicate the VSP service is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, 2236008 Ontario Limited
    Inventors: Peter Steven Pieda, Sivakumar Nagarajan, Mark De Abreu, Barry Fraser Yerxa, Pierre Pierre Blais, Thomas Leonard Trevor Plestid, Kevin Paul Fernandes
  • Pericardial space imaging for cardiac support device implantation
    Patent number: 10159781
    Abstract: A method for implanting a cardiac support device (CSD) on a patient's heart. An amount of contrast agent sufficient to cause structures on the heart to be visible upon fluoroscopic or other imaging is introduced into the pericardial space surrounding the heart. The heart and contrast agent are imaged to provide a visual indication of the location of the structures of the heart. The CSD is placed on the heart using the visual indications provided by the imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Mardil, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Cohn, Aaron J. Hjelle, Robert G. Walsh, Kevin Paul Bassett
  • Measurement of porous film
    Patent number: 10161863
    Abstract: A method of calculating a first parameter of a first sample of a material is provided. The method includes determining a first and second wavelengths at which the material exhibits substantially no absorption; measuring a transmission of the first sample at the first wavelength; measuring a transmission of the first sample at the second wavelength; and calculating the first parameter of the first sample using a first multivariate regression model including first regression coefficients. The first parameter is a parameter which affects a total amount of radiation scattered by the first sample at the first and second wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: NDC Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Paul Humphrey, Robert Peter Hammond
  • SATELLITE LOOP INTERACTIVE DATA EXPLORER IN REAL-TIME
    Publication number: 20180367641
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, and computer program products for obtaining and displaying a large image file over a network. In one embodiment, a user utilizes a computing device to obtain a large image file over a network, such as the Internet. The large image file may be stored in and available from a network device, such as an application server or database. To obtain the image file, a user interface executed on the user's computing device determines which portions of the overall image file are to be displayed in the interface. The interface may utilize one or more image variables to create or generate one or more network addresses at which the image tiles are stored or otherwise available. To retrieve the image tiles, the computing device uses the generated network addresses of the identified image tiles to request and obtain the image tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventor: Kevin Paul Micke
  • SEROLOGY ASSAY FOR RECENT MALARIA INFECTION
    Publication number: 20180348218
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an immunoassay device for detection of recent malaria infection includes: a sample pad positioned adjacent to a first end of a conjugate pad, wherein either the sample pad or the first end of the conjugate pad include a detection complex able to bind anti-ETRAMP5 antibodies; wherein a second end of the conjugate pad includes one or more areas impregnated with a construct protein including ETRAMP5 protein fragments. In some embodiments, the detection complex for anti-ETRAMP5 antibodies includes a capture particle complexed with anti-IgG antibodies. In some embodiments, the detection complex for anti-ETRAMP5 antibodies includes a detection particle complexed with a complex molecule including ETRAMP5 protein fragments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: David Michael Cate, Christopher John Drakeley, Bryan Ross Greenhouse, Kevin Paul Flood Nichols, Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer, Kevin Kweku Adjei Tetteh, Bernhard Hans Weigl