Patents by Inventor Kevin Wilkinson

Kevin Wilkinson 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: 20190209683
    Abstract: The present document describes methods of using compositions for inhibiting biofilm formation, or disrupting existing or developing biofilms in a subject, which composition comprises at least one chromophore and a pharmacologically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Remigio PIERGALLINI, Nikolaos LOUPIS, David OHAYON, Kevin WILKINSON, Giovanni SCAPAGNINI
  • Patent number: 10296621
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to a database and a data stream query. For example, a computing device may include a processor. The processor may receive a query associated with at least one of a database and a buffer storing streamed data from a data stream, where the database stores database data previously stored in the buffer. The processor may identify at least one postponed command relevant to the query, the at least one postponed command being associated with at least one of the database data and the streamed data. The processor may generate a modified query based on the query and the at least one postponed command, the modified query being a modification of the query to account for the at least one postponed command. The processor may process the modified query and provide a query result of the query based on the modified query being processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Olga Poppe, Alkiviadis Simitsis, William Kevin Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20190021958
    Abstract: A dental device is improved in its ability to produce hydroxyl apatite by having a layer of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) deposited thereon. A tile of MTA is prepared, heat treated and sintered to produce a micronized tile of MTA that can then be deposited by physical vapor depositions, hot isostatic pressing, molding or other conventional technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Wilkinson, Geoffrey Ndungu
  • Patent number: 10130451
    Abstract: A tip assembly for use with a dental tool, the tip assembly comprising a housing for attaching to the dental tool, at least one aspiration needle having a passageway extending at least partially through the aspiration needle, a substantial length of the aspiration needle, or at least from one end to the other end of the aspiration needle, the passageway providing a single continuous path to aspirate the irrigant and/or debris from the root canal cavity of the tooth, and at least one irrigation needle having a passageway extending at least partially through the irrigation needle, a substantial length of the irrigation needle, or at least from one end to the other end of the irrigation needle, the passageway provides a continuous flow path for delivering fluid/irrigant from a reservoir in communication with a proximal end of the irrigation needle to the distal end of the irrigation needle and into a root canal/coronal opening of a tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Randall Maxwell, Kevin Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20180322179
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium can store machine readable instructions that when accessed and executed by a processing resource cause a computing device to perform operations. The operations can include establishing a connection between data stores (such as a relational data store and a graph engine), wherein the connection includes a shared memory buffer storing data in a data format according to internal structures of the graph engine. The connection between the data stores is bi-directional. The connection enables data that is stored in the shared memory to be processed by either of the graph engine and the relational database. Upon receiving a query, the graph engine or the relational database can be selected to process the data based on a query. The data can be processed by the selected one of the graph engine or the relational database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander Kalinin, Alkis Simitsis, Kevin Wilkinson, Mahashweta Das
  • Patent number: 10117809
    Abstract: An adhesion promoter for endodontic sealant compositions for filling and sealing a root canal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Berger, Kevin Wilkinson, Adam Baratz, Dan Ammon
  • Patent number: 10004666
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a dental composition, and specifically to an improved composition for endodontic instruments useful for filling root canals or sealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Berger, Kevin Wilkinson, Adam Barantz, Dan Ammon, Xiaoming Jin, Bernard Koltisko
  • Publication number: 20180036105
    Abstract: A tip assembly for use with a dental tool, the tip assembly comprising a housing for attaching to the dental tool, at least one aspiration needle having a passageway extending at least partially through the aspiration needle, a substantial length of the aspiration needle, or at least from one end to the other end of the aspiration needle, the passageway providing a single continuous path to aspirate the irrigant and/or debris from the root canal cavity of the tooth, and at least one irrigation needle having a passageway extending at least partially through the irrigation needle, a substantial length of the irrigation needle, or at least from one end to the other end of the irrigation needle, the passageway provides a continuous flow path for delivering fluid/irrigant from a reservoir in communication with a proximal end of the irrigation needle to the distal end of the irrigation needle and into a root canal/coronal opening of a tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Randall MAXWELL, Kevin WILKINSON
  • Patent number: 9846573
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques for processing analytic flows. A physical flow can be parsed into multiple elements. A logical representation can be generated based on the physical flow using a dictionary. An engine-specific logical representation or second physical flow can then be generated based on the logical representation using the dictionary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Alkiviadis Simitsis, Kevin Wilkinson, Petar Jovanovic
  • Patent number: 9820834
    Abstract: A tip assembly for use with a dental tool, the tip assembly comprising a housing for attaching to the dental tool, at least one aspiration needle having a passageway extending at least partially through the aspiration needle, a substantial length of the aspiration needle, or at least from one end to the other end of the aspiration needle, the passageway providing a single continuous path to aspirate the irrigant and/or debris from the root canal cavity of the tooth, and at least one irrigation needle having a passageway extending at least partially through the irrigation needle, a substantial length of the irrigation needle, or at least from one end to the other end of the irrigation needle, the passageway provides a continuous flow path for delivering fluid/irrigant from a reservoir in communication with a proximal end of the irrigation needle to the distal end of the irrigation needle and into a root canal/coronal opening of a tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Randall Maxwell, Kevin Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20170270166
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to a database and a data stream query. For example, a computing device may include a processor. The processor may receive a query associated with at least one of a database and a buffer storing streamed data from a data stream, where the database stores database data previously stored in the buffer. The processor may identify at least one postponed command relevant to the query, the at least one postponed command being associated with at least one of the database data and the streamed data. The processor may generate a modified query based on the query and the at least one postponed command, the modified query being a modification of the query to account for the at least one postponed command. The processor may process the modified query and provide a query result of the query based on the modified query being processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Olga Poppe, Alkiviadis Simitsis, William Kevin Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20170235779
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to processing a query of a database and a data stream. For example, a computing device may include a processor. The processor may receive a query associated with at least one of a database and a buffer storing streamed data from a data stream. The database may store database data previously stored in the buffer. The processor may identify a range associated with the query and generate a set of sub-queries including at least one of a buffer sub-query if the range is associated with the streamed data in the buffer and a database sub-query if the range is associated with the database data in the database. The processor may process the set of sub-queries and provide a query result of the query, where the query result is a combination of sub-query results of the set of sub-queries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Alkiviadis Simitsis, William Kevin Wilkinson, Olga Poppe
  • Publication number: 20170189276
    Abstract: A dental device is improved in its ability to produce hydroxyl apatite by having a layer of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) deposited thereon. A tile of MTA is prepared, heat treated and sintered to produce a micronized tile of MTA that can then be deposited by physical vapor depositions, hot isostatic pressing, molding or other conventional technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Wilkinson, Geoffrey Ndungu
  • Publication number: 20170135785
    Abstract: A hollow endodontic instrument having: a file axis; a proximal end; a tip; and a shaft portion between the proximal end and the tip; wherein the shaft portion defines a hollow void at least partially bounded by a plurality of fingers and a plurality of longitudinal spacings, each finger extends from the proximal end and includes an outer surface and an inner surface extending between longitudinal opposing walls; and wherein a portion of at least one of the longitudinal opposing walls includes a cutting edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Randall MAXWELL, Vincent SHOTTON, KEVIN WILKINSON, Yong GAO
  • Patent number: 9619495
    Abstract: A method for surrogate key generation performed by a physical computing system includes creating a lookup record for a production key of an input record, a key of the lookup record including the production key and a value of the lookup record including both a record identifier for the input record and a unique identifier of the production key within the input record. The method further includes sending the lookup record to a first node of a distributed computing system, the first node determined by hashing the production key with a first hash function, and with the first node, determining a surrogate key for the production key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: William Kevin Wilkinson, Alkiviadis Simitsis
  • Patent number: 9539063
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hollow instrument comprising the steps of: providing a hollow tube having a longitudinal tube axis; forming at least one opening along a shaft portion of the hollow tube following a predetermined pattern thereby defining a plurality of fingers; and deforming at least a portion of the hollow tube into a desired shape; and optionally joining at least two fingers along a portion of the opening to secure the hollow tube in the desired shape thereby forming the hollow instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventors: Randall Maxwell, Vincent Shotton, Kevin Wilkinson, Yong Gao
  • Patent number: D798451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Shotton, Kevin Wilkinson
  • Patent number: D810937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Dentsply Sirona Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Wilkinson
  • Patent number: D812753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Wilkinson
  • Patent number: D846125
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Wilkinson