Patents by Inventor M. Nelson

M. Nelson 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: 20230404544
    Abstract: A collection device is disclosed having a tubular housing detachably receiving a valved bulb reservoir at a first end thereof, the housing having a second end for dispensing fluids. The valved bulb reservoir has a sample capillary tube attached at one end thereof. The bore of the capillary is fluidically coupled to the valved bulb reservoir. The capillary is removed from the tubular housing to collect a sample in its bore, and is then replaced into the tubular housing. The contents of the valved tubular reservoir, which can be a buffer solution, a reagent, or other analytic fluid, or a gas, are then passed through the capillary bore to expel the sample and mix therewith in the housing. The sample product can then be dispensed from the tubular housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Tetracore, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Nelson, David R. Almassian, Tracy Calvin Fecteau, Colin Kuserk
  • Patent number: 11845885
    Abstract: Provided are methods and associated compositions directed to a structural bonding adhesive. The structural bonding adhesive is made by mixing a curable composition comprising a mixture of a first curable resin and a second curable resin to provide an uncured adhesive. The uncured adhesive is irradiated by a first actinic light source to polymerize the first curable resin without polymerizing the second curable resin to provide a partially cured adhesive. The partially cured adhesive is a pressure-sensitive adhesive that displays cold flow creep recovery under ambient conditions and is capable of being fully cured by irradiating the partially cured adhesive using a second actinic light source that is different from the first actinic light source to polymerize the second curable resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew J. Schmid, Cyrus A. Anderson, Kathleen S. Shafer, Xiao Gao, James M. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20230393348
    Abstract: An optical ferrule assembly includes a hybrid optical ferrule having a glass portion assembled to a polymeric portion. The polymeric portion includes a groove for receiving and supporting an optical fiber having opposing open front and back ends. A light redirecting member includes an input surface for receiving light from the optical fiber and a light redirecting side. The open back end of the groove and the input surface define a recessed region therebetween. The glass portion includes an optically transparent glass insert disposed in the recessed region conforming in shape to an internal shape of the recessed region. An optical fiber is received and supported in the groove. The optical fiber includes a fiber end laser welded to the glass insert so that a central light ray from the optical fiber propagates through the glass insert before being received and redirected by the light redirecting side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Changbao Ma, James M. Nelson, Michael A. Haase
  • Publication number: 20230321442
    Abstract: A system to provide flexible stimulation pattern definition, delivery, and control to dynamically adjust a therapy regimen for electrical stimulation therapy based on patient needs. Firmware in an electrical stimulation delivery device that executes the therapy regimen may be implemented as a “player” of a series of instructions for the received stimulation patterns. The system may include a wearable device or an implantable device. An external computing device configured to program the electrical stimulation delivery device may include a stimulation pattern construct collection from which a clinician can select, assemble, and modify waveforms, bursts, pattern, sensing or other event triggers etc. to create a therapy regimen. The external computing device may transmit software that defines the selected regimen to the electrical stimulation delivery device memory, where the device “plays” the instructions to deliver electrical stimulation according to the therapy regimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Isaacson, Brett M. Nelson, Duane L. Bourget, Nicholas D. Buse, Laura A. Skarie, David E. Linde
  • Patent number: 11779315
    Abstract: A collection device is disclosed having a tubular housing detachably receiving a valved bulb reservoir at a first end thereof, the housing having a second end for dispensing fluids. The valved bulb reservoir has a sample capillary tube attached at one end thereof. The bore of the capillary is fluidically coupled to the valved bulb reservoir. The capillary is removed from the tubular housing to collect a sample in its bore, and is then replaced into the tubular housing. The contents of the valved tubular reservoir, which can be a buffer solution, a reagent, or other analytic fluid, or a gas, are then passed through the capillary bore to expel the sample and mix therewith in the housing. The sample product can then be dispensed from the tubular housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Tetracore, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Nelson, David R. Almassian, Tracy Calvin Fecteau, Colin Kuserk
  • Publication number: 20230313715
    Abstract: An apparatus facilitates multiple paths or circuits through an engine and remote housing for an oil filter. The apparatus includes a first oil filter chamber housing a first oil filter, a second oil filter chamber housing a second oil filter, a first output of the remote housing configured to provide a path from the first oil filter chamber housing to bearings of an engine, a second output of the remote housing configured to provide a path from the second oil filter chamber housing to a sump of the engine, and an input of the remote housing configured to provide a path from an oil pump of the engine to the first oil filter chamber housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan T. BYKOWSKI, Terrence M. ROTTER, William O. KOENIGS, Sean A. RUSCH, David M. TORRES, Dean M. NELSON, Alexander A. YOSICK, Nicholas C. BILLE, Timothy A. NIGHBOR, Joseph A. MCMULLEN
  • Patent number: 11726266
    Abstract: A structured surface reduces optical reflectance at a predetermined wavelength in a first wavelength range extending from 600 nm to 1700 nm. The structured surface includes a plurality of parallel linear structures arranged along a first direction and extending along an orthogonal second direction. Each linear structure includes opposing nonlinear facets meeting at a peak extending along the second direction. An average spacing between the peaks of adjacent linear structures is less than the predetermined wavelength, such that for light having the predetermined wavelength and incident on the structured surface in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions, the structured surface has a reflectance Rx<0.5% for light polarized along the first direction and a reflectance Ry<0.5% for light polarized along the second direction, where an absolute value of Rx?Ry is less than 0.3%. An optical ferrule may have an exit surface that includes the structured surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Bing Hao, James M. Nelson
  • Patent number: 11713489
    Abstract: Embodiments of present disclosure are directed to methods for amplifying nucleic acid, comprising two steps: a first step of preparing a reaction mixture comprising the target nucleic acid and a second step of processing the reaction mixture in a thermocycler. During a first phase of the processing step, the thermocycler may be configured to heat the reaction mixture to a first temperature and cool the reaction mixture to a second temperature repeatedly for a first plurality of cycles. During the first phase, fluorescence probes do not anneal to template strands and do not emit fluorescence signals. During a second phase of the processing step, the thermocycler may heat the reaction mixture to a third temperature and cool the reaction mixture to a fourth temperature repeatedly for a second plurality of cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Tetracore, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Nelson, Kyle Armantrout, Tracy Calvin Fecteau
  • Patent number: 11713699
    Abstract: An apparatus facilitates multiple paths or circuits through an engine and remote housing for an oil filter. The apparatus includes a first oil filter chamber housing a first oil filter, a second oil filter chamber housing a second oil filter, a first output of the remote housing configured to provide a path from the first oil filter chamber housing to bearings of an engine, a second output of the remote housing configured to provide a path from the second oil filter chamber housing to a sump of the engine, and an input of the remote housing configured to provide a path from an oil pump of the engine to the first oil filter chamber housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Bykowski, Terence M. Rotter, William D. Koenigs, Sean A. Rusch, David M. Torres, Dean M. Nelson, Alexander A. Yosick, Nicholas C. Bille, Timothy A. Nighbor, Joseph A. McMullen
  • Publication number: 20230225515
    Abstract: A seat panel for assembly into a rear surface of a seat assembly includes a light assembly which generates task lighting directed to a task area and of sufficient brightness to be useful in performing a task within the task area. The light assembly is selectively actuable to emit light through an aperture defined by the seat panel in a defined light pattern to illuminate a recessed space in the seat panel. The seat assembly when configured as a forward seat assembly of a vehicle provides task lighting for a passenger seated rearward of the forward seat assembly, to illuminate a task area which can include one or more of the exterior surface of the seat panel, a leg space between the forward seat assembly and the passenger's seat assembly, and/or a seat space generally including a portion of the upper leg and/or lap area of the passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Century Plastics, LLC d/b/a CIE USA
    Inventor: Jeffery M. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20230184996
    Abstract: An optical metasurface film includes a flexible polymeric film having a first major surface, a patterned polymer layer having a first surface proximate to the first major surface of the flexible polymeric film and having a second nanostructured surface opposite the first surface, and a refractive index contrast layer including a refractive index contrast material adjacent to the nanostructured surface of the patterned polymer layer forming a nanostructured bilayer with a nano structured interface. The nanostructured bilayer comprising a plurality of nanostructures disposed on the flexible polymeric film. The nanostructured bilayer imparts a light phase shift that varies as a function of position of the nano structured bilayer on the flexible polymeric film. The light phase shift of the nanostructured bilayer defines a predetermined operative phase profile of the optical metasurface film. A light reflecting layer is in optical communication with the nano structured bilayer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Martin B. WOLK, Robert L. BROTT, Karl K. STENSVAD, Vadim N. SAVVATEEV, James M. NELSON, Lin ZHAO, Caitlin RACE, Adam D. HAAG
  • Publication number: 20230167243
    Abstract: Branched amorphous polyamide (co)polymers having a backbone formed by reacting a reaction mixture including at least 25 mol % of a di-amine selected from a secondary di-amine, a branched di-amine, or a combination thereof; and an aliphatic acid blend including a branched aliphatic dimer acid and a branched aliphatic trimer acid. The molar equivalent ratio of the di¬ amine to the aliphatic acid blend is 0.9-1.1. Preferably, the branched amorphous polyamide (co)polymer is not telechelic. The branched amorphous polyamide (co)polymer preferably exhibits one or more of a shear modulus of from 10,000 to 500,000 Pa at 70° C., a complex viscosity of greater than 1,000,000 mPa*s at 70° C., a glass transition temperature of less than 25° C., or a number average molecular weight of greater than 10,000 Da. Biodegradable and/or compostable adhesive articles including the branched amorphous polyamide (co)polymer also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Rajdeep S. Kalgutkar, David T. Amos, Ignatius A. Kadoma, Joseph A. Severance, Jilliann M. Nelson, Annabelle Watts, Jonathan J. Anderson, Kimberly C.M. Schultz
  • Publication number: 20230144668
    Abstract: Digital antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) systems and methods generate recommendations for a healthcare setting for treating a plurality of patients with a plurality of antibiotics, the recommendations based on medical data of the patients, antiobiogram information that indicate resistance of pathogens to the plurality of antibiotics within the healthcare setting, and a plurality of guidelines related to treatment of certain diseases using the plurality of antibiotics. The recommendation may include prescribing a dosage of an antibiotic or ordering a diagnostic test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nishit S. Doshi, Jean M. Nelson, Brian P. Lee, Subita Sudershana
  • Publication number: 20230144989
    Abstract: A unitary optical ferrule is molded to include one or more elements for receiving and securing one or more optical waveguides one or more elements for affecting one or more characteristics of light from the optical waveguide while propagating the light within the ferrule. The optical ferrule also includes one or more first alignment features and one or more second alignment features that, when the ferrule is mated with a mating ferrule, each controls alignment of the ferrule with the mating ferrule along three mechanical degrees of freedom. The surface of the optical ferrule can be divided along the thickness axis into a first section and an opposing second section, wherein the first section of the surface includes the receiving and securing elements, the light affecting elements, and the first alignment features and the second section of the surface includes the second alignment features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Michael A. Haase, Alexander R. Mathews, Terry L. Smith, James M. Nelson
  • Patent number: 11635926
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to capturing an identifying characteristic of a printer, displaying a plurality of documents suitable for printing on the printer, receiving a selection of at least one document of the plurality of documents suitable for printing on the printer, and causing the selected at least one document to be delivered to the printer according to the identifying characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Yaze Wang, Derek M Nelson
  • Publication number: 20230117943
    Abstract: A system for minimizing misalignment notifications for a TETS having an implantable blood pump, an external controller having a power source and a processing circuitry, a transmission coil in communication with the external controller, a receiving coil configured for transcutaneous inductive communication with the transmission coil, and an implantable controller in communication with the receiving coil and the implantable blood pump. The implantable controller having a power source configured to receive power from the receiving coil. The processing circuitry may be configured to: operate in a first mode where an alert is generated when a power efficiency transfer between the transmission coil and the receiving coil is below a first predetermined threshold; and operate in a second mode where the alert is only generated when the power remaining in the power source for the implantable controller is below a first predetermined power source threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Eric A. Schilling, Brian D. Kuhnley, Erin N. Reisfeld, Stephen M. Nelson, Nathanael O. Mason
  • Patent number: 11607049
    Abstract: A seat panel for assembly into a rear surface of a seat assembly includes a light assembly which generates task lighting directed to a task area and of sufficient brightness to be useful in performing a task within the task area. The light assembly is selectively actuable to emit light through an aperture defined by the seat panel in a defined light pattern to illuminate a recessed space in the seat panel. The seat assembly when configured as a forward seat assembly of a vehicle provides task lighting for a passenger seated rearward of the forward seat assembly, to illuminate a task area which can include one or more of the exterior surface of the seat panel, a leg space between the forward seat assembly and the passenger's seat assembly, and/or a seat space generally including a portion of the upper leg and/or lap area of the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Century Plastics, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffery M. Nelson
  • Patent number: 11590433
    Abstract: A method and system for solid phase extraction of a compound of interest from a sample matrix using a syringe having a barrel and a plunger, a sorbent for use with the syringe, and a desalting purification column having an end configured to receive liquid from the syringe body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Tetracore, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Nelson, Kyle Armantrout, David R. Almassian, Aymeric Randanne de Vazeille, Tracy Calvin Fecteau, Colin Kuserk
  • Publication number: 20230057900
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of collecting electron diffraction patterns from nanocrystals to obtain a three-dimensional structural model of a compound, as well as methods of identifying compounds and methods of determining polymorphic forms. In addition, the present disclosure provides methods of characterizing a first compound from a sample, as well as methods of screening compounds from a sample. The present disclosure also provides systems for characterizing a compound from a sample, which systems include modules for high-performance liquid chromatography, dispensing, and electron microscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hosea M. Nelson, Jose A. Rodriguez, Brian M. Stoltz
  • Patent number: 11579375
    Abstract: A unitary optical ferrule is molded to include one or more elements for receiving and securing one or more optical waveguides one or more elements for affecting one or more characteristics of light from the optical waveguide while propagating the light within the ferrule. The optical ferrule also includes one or more first alignment features and one or more second alignment features that, when the ferrule is mated with a mating ferrule, each controls alignment of the ferrule with the mating ferrule along three mechanical degrees of freedom. The surface of the optical ferrule can be divided along the thickness axis into a first section and an opposing second section, wherein the first section of the surface includes the receiving and securing elements, the light affecting elements, and the first alignment features and the second section of the surface includes the second alignment features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael A. Haase, Alexander R. Mathews, Terry L. Smith, James M. Nelson