Patents by Inventor Louis A. Silks
Louis A. Silks 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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Publication number: 20240119732Abstract: An operation management system is disclosed. The operation management system may receive a video stream from a wearable device of a user that is performing an operation in a physical environment. The operation management system may process, using an operation performance model, a set of frames of the video stream that indicates a state of a performance of the operation by the user. The operation management system may determine, based on the state of the performance by the user, a next task of the operation. The operation management system may configure display data that is associated with a physical object that is associated with the next task. The display data may be associated with an indicator that identifies the physical object and/or task information associated with performing the next task. The operation management system may provide the display data to the wearable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Matthew Louis Kowalski, Andrew Ehlers, Nathan J. Clevenger, Scott R. Olson, Seth David Silk, Nicole Daphne Tricoukes
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Publication number: 20240104453Abstract: Systems and methods for pairing a device and an individual are provided. The system receives first task data indicative of a first set of tasks to be executed by an individual among one or more individuals, device data indicative of identification information of a device, and data of the one or more individuals. The system selects at least one attribute of the data of the one or more individuals and weights the selected at least one selected attribute. The system determines a profile and a profile value for each of the one or more individuals based on the weighted at least one attribute of the data of the one or more individuals, and pairs the first task data and the device with a first individual from among the one or more individuals based on the determined profile value for each of the one or more individuals.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Matthew Louis Kowalski, Andrew Ehlers, Seth David Silk
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Patent number: 11654424Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to method embodiments for making anhydrous lanthanide halide complexes. At least some embodiments comprise making a lanthanide halide complex by reacting a lanthanide metal oxide with an oxygen scavenger and catalyst in the presence of a donor solvent. The method is selective toward light lanthanide metal oxides and thus further provides a method for separating light lanthanide metal oxides from heavy lanthanide metal oxides, actinide oxides, and non-lanthanide rare earth element oxides.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Triad National Security, LLCInventors: Jaqueline Loetsch Kiplinger, Louis A. Silks, Ross James Beattie
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Patent number: 9751815Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to the conversion of a source material (e.g., a depolymerized oligosaccharide mixture, a monomeric sugar, a hydrolysate, or a mixture of monomeric sugars) to intermediate molecules containing 7 to 26 contiguous carbon atoms. These intermediates may also be converted to saturated hydrocarbons. Such saturated hydrocarbons are useful as, for example, fuels.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: Louis A. Silks, Andrew Sutton, Jin Kyung Kim, John Cameron Gordon, Ruilian Wu, David B. Kimball
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Publication number: 20170022122Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to the conversion of a source material (e.g., a depolymerized oligosaccharide mixture, a monomeric sugar, a hydrolysate, or a mixture of monomeric sugars) to intermediate molecules containing 7 to 26 contiguous carbon atoms. These intermediates may also be converted to saturated hydrocarbons. Such saturated hydrocarbons are useful as, for example, fuels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Louis A. Silks, Andrew Sutton, Jin Kyung Kim, John Cameron Gordon, Ruilian Wu, David B. Kimball
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Patent number: 9469574Abstract: The present invention is directed to the one step selective conversion of starch, cellulose, or glucose to molecules containing 7 to 26 contiguous carbon atoms. The invention is also directed to the conversion of those intermediates to saturated hydrocarbons. Such saturated hydrocarbons are useful as, for example, fuels.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: Louis A. Silks, Andrew Sutton, Jin Kyung Kim, John Cameron Gordon, Ruilian Wu, David B. Kimball
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Patent number: 9422207Abstract: The present invention is directed to the preparation of oxygenated, unsaturated hydrocarbon compounds, such as derivatives of furfural or hydroxymethyl furfural produced by aldol condensation with a ketone or a ketoester, as well as methods of deoxidatively reducing those compounds with hydrogen under acidic conditions to provide saturated hydrocarbons useful as fuels.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignees: Los Alamos National Security, LLC, The Proctor & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Cameron Gordon, Louis A. Silks, Andrew D. Sutton, Ruilian Wu, Marcel Schlaf, Fraser Waldie, Ryan West, Dimitris Ioannis Collias
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Publication number: 20150251969Abstract: The present invention is directed to the one step selective conversion of starch, cellulose, or glucose to molecules containing 7 to 26 contiguous carbon atoms. The invention is also directed to the conversion of those intermediates to saturated hydrocarbons. Such saturated hydrocarbons are useful as, for example, fuels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Louis A. Silks, Andrew Sutton, Jin Kyung Kim, John Cameron Gordon, Ruilian Wu, David B. Kimball
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Publication number: 20150232394Abstract: The present invention is directed to the preparation of oxygenated, unsaturated hydrocarbon compounds, such as derivatives of furfural or hydroxymethyl furfural produced by aldol condensation with a ketone or a ketoester, as well as methods of deoxidatively reducing those compounds with hydrogen under acidic conditions to provide saturated hydrocarbons useful as fuels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicants: Los Alamos National Security, LLC, The Procter & Gamble PlazaInventors: John Cameron Gordon, Louis A. Silks, Andrew D. Sutton, Ruilian Wu, Marcel Schlaf, Fraser Waldie, Ryan West, Dimitris Ioannis Collias
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Patent number: 8519132Abstract: The invention concerns processes for oxidizing an alcohol to produce a carbonyl compound. The processes comprise contacting the alcohol with (i) a gaseous mixture comprising oxygen; and (ii) an amine compound in the presence of a catalyst, having the formula: where each of R1-R12 are independently H, alkyl, aryl, CF3, halogen, OR13, SO3R14, C(O)R15, CONR16R17 or CO2R18; each of R13-R18 is independently alkyl or aryl; and Z is alkl or aryl.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: Susan Kloek Hanson, Louis A. Silks, Ruilian Wu
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Patent number: 8507700Abstract: Method of producing C8-C15 hydrocarbons comprising providing a ketone starting material; providing an aldol starting material comprising hydroxymethylfurfural; mixing the ketone starting material and the aldol starting material in a reaction in the presence of a proline-containing catalyst selected from the group consisting of Zn(Pro)2, Yb(Pro)2, and combinations thereof, or a catalyst having one of the structures (I), (II) or (III), and in the presence of a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises water and is substantially free of organic solvents, where (I), (II) and (III) respectively are: where R1 is a C1-C6 alkyl moiety, X=(OH) and n=2. In (III), X may be CH2, sulfur or selenium, M may be Zn, Mg, or a lanthanide, and R1 and R2 each independently may be a methyl, ethyl, phenyl moiety.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: Louis A. Silks, John C. Gordon, Ruilan Wu, Susan Kloek Hanson
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Patent number: 8497386Abstract: Method of producing C8-C15 hydrocarbons. comprising providing a ketone starting material; providing an aldol starting material comprising chloromethylfurfural; mixing the ketone starting material and the aldol starting material in a reaction in the presence of a proline-containing catalyst selected from the group consisting of Zn(Pro)2, Yb(Pro)3, and combinations thereof, or a catalyst having one of the structures (I), (II) or (III), and in the presence of a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises water and is substantially free of organic solvents, where (I), (II) and (III) respectively are: where R1 is a C1-C6 alkyl moiety, X=(OH) and n=2. In (III), X may be CH2, sulfur or selenium, M may be Zn, Mg, or a lanthanide, and R1 and R2 each independently may be a methyl, ethyl, phenyl moiety.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: Louis A. Silks, John C. Gordon, Ruilan Wu, Susan Kloek Hanson
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Patent number: 8350061Abstract: Bacterial quorum-sensing molecule analogs having the following structures: and methods of reducing bacterial pathogenicity, comprising providing a biological system comprising pathogenic bacteria which produce natural quorum-sensing molecule; providing a synthetic bacterial quorum-sensing molecule having the above structures and introducing the synthetic quorum-sensing molecule into the biological system comprising pathogenic bacteria. Further is provided a method of targeted delivery of an antibiotic, comprising providing a synthetic quorum-sensing molecule; chemically linking the synthetic quorum-sensing molecule to an antibiotic to produce a quorum-sensing molecule-antibiotic conjugate; and introducing the conjugate into a biological system comprising pathogenic bacteria susceptible to the antibiotic.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: Rashi S. Iyer, Kumkum Ganguly, Louis A. Silks
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Publication number: 20120289720Abstract: Method of producing C8-C15 hydrocarbons. comprising providing a ketone starting material; providing an aldol starting material comprising chloromethylfurfural; mixing the ketone starting material and the aldol starting material in a reaction in the presence of a proline-containing catalyst selected from the group consisting of Zn(Pro)2, Yb(Pro)3, and combinations thereof, or a catalyst having one of the structures (I), (II) or (III), and in the presence of a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises water and is substantially free of organic solvents, where (I), (II) and (III) respectively are: where R1 is a C1-C6 alkyl moiety, X?(OH) and n=2. In (III), X may be CH2, sulfur or selenium, M may be Zn, Mg, or a lanthanide, and R1 and R2 each independently may be a methyl, ethyl, phenyl moiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Louis A. Silks, John C. Gordon, Ruilan Wu, Susan Kloek Hanson
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Publication number: 20120289719Abstract: Method of producing C8-C15 hydrocarbons comprising providing a ketone starting material; providing an aldol starting material comprising hydroxymethylfurfural; mixing the ketone starting material and the aldol starting material in a reaction in the presence of a proline-containing catalyst selected from the group consisting of Zn(Pro)2, Yb(Pro)2, and combinations thereof, or a catalyst having one of the structures (I), (II) or (III), and in the presence of a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises water and is substantially free of organic solvents, where (I), (II) and (III) respectively are: where R1 is a C1-C6 alkyl moiety, X=(OH) and n=2. In (III), X may be CH2, sulfur or selenium, M may be Zn, Mg, or a lanthanide, and R1 and R2 each independently may be a methyl, ethyl, phenyl moiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Louis A. Silks, John C. Gordon, Ruilan Wu, Susan Kloek Hanson
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Publication number: 20120232279Abstract: The invention concerns processes for oxidizing an alcohol to produce a carbonyl compound. The processes comprise contacting the alcohol with (i) a gaseous mixture comprising oxygen; and (ii) an amine compound in the presence of a catalyst, having the formula: where each of R1-R12 are independently H, alkyl, aryl, CF3, halogen, OR13, SO3R14, C(O)R15, CONR16R17 or CO2R18; each of R13-R18 is independently alkyl or aryl; and Z is alkl or aryl.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLCInventors: Susan Kloek Hanson, Louis A. Silks, Ruilian Wu
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Publication number: 20120071430Abstract: Bacterial quorum-sensing molecule analogs having the following structures: and methods of reducing bacterial pathogenicity, comprising providing a biological system comprising pathogenic bacteria which produce natural quorum-sensing molecule; providing a synthetic bacterial quorum-sensing molecule having the above structures and introducing the synthetic quorum-sensing molecule into the biological system comprising pathogenic bacteria. Further is provided a method of targeted delivery of an antibiotic, comprising providing a synthetic quorum-sensing molecule; chemically linking the synthetic quorum-sensing molecule to an antibiotic to produce a quorum-sensing molecule-antibiotic conjugate; and introducing the conjugate into a biological system comprising pathogenic bacteria susceptible to the antibiotic.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: Los Alamos National LaboratoryInventors: Rashi Iyer, Kumkum Ganguly, Louis A. Silks
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Patent number: 8071790Abstract: Bacterial quorum-sensing molecule analogs having the following structures: and methods of reducing bacterial pathogenicity, comprising providing a biological system comprising pathogenic bacteria which produce natural quorum-sensing molecule; providing a synthetic bacterial quorum-sensing molecule having the above structures and introducing the synthetic quorum-sensing molecule into the biological system comprising pathogenic bacteria. Further is provided a method of targeted delivery of an antibiotic, comprising providing a synthetic quorum-sensing molecule; chemically linking the synthetic quorum-sensing molecule to an antibiotic to produce a quorum-sensing molecule-antibiotic conjugate; and introducing the conjugate into a biological system comprising pathogenic bacteria susceptible to the antibiotic.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: Rashi Iyer, Kumkum Ganguly, Louis A. Silks
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Publication number: 20110053890Abstract: Bacterial quorum-sensing molecule analogs having the following structures: and methods of reducing bacterial pathogenicity, comprising providing a biological system comprising pathogenic bacteria which produce natural quorum-sensing molecule; providing a synthetic bacterial quorum-sensing molecule having the above structures and introducing the synthetic quorum-sensing molecule into the biological system comprising pathogenic bacteria. Further is provided a method of targeted delivery of an antibiotic, comprising providing a synthetic quorum-sensing molecule; chemically linking the synthetic quorum-sensing molecule to an antibiotic to produce a quorum-sensing molecule-antibiotic conjugate; and introducing the conjugate into a biological system comprising pathogenic bacteria susceptible to the antibiotic.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: Los Alamos National Security, LLC.Inventors: Rashi Iyer, Kumkum Ganguly, Louis A. Silks
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Publication number: 20110040109Abstract: Method of producing C8-C15 hydrocarbons. comprising providing a ketone starting material; providing an aldol starting material comprising chloromethylfurfural; mixing the ketone starting material and the aldol starting material in a reaction in the presence of a proline-containing catalyst selected from the group consisting of Zn(Pro)2, Yb(Pro)3, and combinations thereof, or a catalyst having one of the structures (I), (II) or (III), and in the presence of a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises water and is substantially free of organic solvents, where (I), (II) and (III) respectively are where R1 is a C1-C6 alkyl moiety, X=(OH) and n=2. In (III), X may be CH2, sulfur or selenium, M may be Zn, Mg, or a lanthanide, and R1 and R2 each independently may be a methyl, ethyl, phenyl moiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2009Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLCInventors: Louis A. Silks, John C. Gordon, Ruilan Wu, Susan Kloek Hanson