Patents by Inventor Marc André

Marc André 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: 20240037808
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to system architectures for real-time processing and displaying of medical imaging data with no or reduced latency. An exemplary system for generating a video of a surgery can comprise: a processor configured to execute a plurality of instructions for a machine-learning model stored on a memory and a programmable circuit communicatively coupled with the processor. The programmable circuit is programmed to: receive surgical video data comprising a current frame; provide data related to the current frame to the processor; receive overlay data generated by the machine-learning model based on a previous frame captured before the current frame; generate, by a mixer of the programmable circuit, a composite frame based on the current frame and the overlay data; and output the composite frame for display as a part of the video of the surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Brian FOUTS, Marc ANDRÉ, Christopher Robert MILLER
  • Publication number: 20240034423
    Abstract: A suspended undercarriage assembly connectable to a multi-member frame assembly of a track system includes a beam having a leading portion and a trailing portion, at least one support wheel assembly connectable to the beam, at least one of a leading resilient bushing assembly and a trailing resilient bushing assembly including a bushing having an opening defined therein and being shaped and dimensioned for promoting deformation of the bushing in at least one of a vertical direction and a lateral direction. The bushing is resiliently deformable to permit movement of the beam relative to the multi-member frame assembly in the vertical direction and in the lateral direction, and to resiliently bias the beam towards a rest position with respect to the multi-member frame assembly. A track system having the suspended undercarriage assembly is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Yves SAUVAGEAU, Branislav NANAC, David BARRY, Styve ALLIE, Charles ST-ARNAUD, Michel PELLERIN, Steeve PARE, Marc-Andre PATRY, Gabriel CHANTAL, Maxime RIVARD
  • Patent number: 11884821
    Abstract: A composition and a method for preparing a polymer composite article. The composition comprises (A) a filler in an amount of from 10 to 90 wt. The composition also comprises (B) a polymer in an amount of from 10 to 90 wt. %, wherein the (B) polymer is selected from polyolefins, polyamides, polyesters, or combinations thereof. Further, the composition comprises (C) an organopolysiloxane in an amount of from greater than 0 to 10 wt. %; the (C) organopolysiloxane having at least one silicon-bonded hydroxyl group and a viscosity of from 1,000 to 60,000 mPa·s at 25° C. The ranges for components (A)-(C) are based on the total weight of components (A), (B) and (C) in the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: Dow Silicones Corporation, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Keith Bruce, Igor Chorvath, Marc-Andre Courtemanche, Jon V. Degroot, Jr., Sean Gaal, Craig Gross, James Keenihan, Shawn Mealey, Scott Miller, Tom Parsons, Andrew Schlader, Cristina Serrat, Lauren Tonge
  • Patent number: 11884929
    Abstract: An expression enhancer comprising a CPMV 5?UTR nucleotide sequence consisting of X nucleotides (CMPVX), where X=160, 155, 150, or 114 of SEQ ID NO:1, or consisting of a nucleotide sequence comprising from about 80% to 100% sequence similarity with CMPVX, where X=160, 155, 150, or 114 of SEQ ID NO:1 SEQ ID NO:1 is provided. The expression enhancer may further comprise a stuffer sequence fused to the 3? end of the 5?UTR nucleotide sequence (CMPVX+, where X=160, 155, 150, or 114 of SEQ ID NO:1). The stuffer sequence may comprise one or more plant kozak sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Medicago Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre-Olivier Lavoie, Marc-Andre D'Aoust
  • Patent number: 11888884
    Abstract: A cyber threat intelligence infrastructure allows processing of network data to enrich captured data with data from different sources to identify possible and/or actual cyber threats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BCE Inc.
    Inventors: Hakem Habib, Kushwant Singh Gidda, Corey Still, Maciej Broda, Amir-Hossein Razavi, Matthew Kitching, Marc-Andre Hervieux, James Skinner, Mahamudul Chowdhury, Shaffiq Dhanji
  • Publication number: 20240026158
    Abstract: A polydiorganosiloxane is useful in a composition and a method for preparing a wood plastic composite article. The wood plastic composite article is useful as a building material. The polydiorganosiloxane may be added to the composition in liquid form or may form part of a solid carrier component used to make the wood plastic composite article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jodi Mecca, James Keenihan, Marc-Andre Courtemanche, Keith Bruce, Igor Chorvath, Sean Gaal
  • Publication number: 20240026620
    Abstract: A barrier for a roadway (e.g., a highway, bridge, or other road), which can be used to manage vehicular traffic, such as to establish lanes, protect motorists and other people (e.g., pedestrians, constructions workers, etc.) against crashes or other impacts, and/or other purposes, and which may be configured to enhance its use and performance, such as by better protecting the motorists and others when impacted by vehicles (e.g., reducing deflection by deflecting less or substantially not deflecting; mitigating risks of “catapulting” or “vaulting” of vehicles; and/or otherwise improving protection provided by the barrier), facilitating transportation, installation and/or transfer of the barrier at the roadway, and/or enhancing other aspects of the barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Marc-Andre Seguin, Jean-Philippe Gauvin
  • Patent number: 11880911
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for transitioning between imagery and sounds of two different environments, such as a virtual environment and a real environment. A view of a first environment and audio associated with the first environment are provided. In response to detecting a transition event, a view of the first environment combined with a second environment is provided. The combined view includes imagery of the first environment at a first visibility value and imagery of the second environment at a second visibility value. In addition, in response to detecting a transition event, the first environment audio is mixed with audio associated with the second environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bertrand Nepveu, Sandy J. Carter, Vincent Chapdelaine-Couture, Marc-Andre Chenier, Yan Cote, Simon Fortin-Deschênes, Anthony Ghannoum, Tomlinson Holman, Marc-Olivier Lepage, Yves Millette
  • Patent number: 11880547
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for navigating a hierarchical electronic questionnaire (12) includes at least one electronic processor (20) programmed to: provide (102) a user interface (UI) (27) via which: at least a portion of the hierarchical electronic questionnaire is presented on a display device (24) represented as a tree-based questionnaire map (30) with a plurality of nodes (32) connected by a plurality of branches (34), the nodes of the plurality of nodes corresponding to questions; a user input is received, via at least one user input device (22), indicative of a selection of at least one of the nodes; and the question corresponding to the selected node is displayed and a user input indicative of an answer to the question corresponding to the selected node is received via the at least one user input device; and populate (104) one or more nodes other than the selected node based on the selected node and/or the answer to the question corresponding to the selected node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Henricus Maria Korst, Mauro Barbieri, Serverius Petrus Paulus Pronk, Marc André Peters, Qi Gao
  • Publication number: 20240016127
    Abstract: The system classifies aspects of beehive phenomenon by fusing sensor data from inside a beehive and human collected data from the same beehive using machine learning algorithms. The human collected data labels the sensor data indicating various aspects of beehive states. By collecting observation data from people looking into the beehives equipped with sensors, the sensor data is augmented with information. The resulting sensor and labelled dataset are used to train machine learning algorithms to classify beehive health states using sensor data alone. This system is used for remote monitoring of honeybee hives using in-hive sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Marc-Andre Roberge, Evan Henry, Bastien Laurent, Ugo Pellerin, Xavier de Briey, Jean-Samuel Chenard
  • Publication number: 20240013904
    Abstract: An earpiece, with two ambient sound microphones and an ear canal microphone detects whether the user is speaking and if so then detects an event, saving audio to memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Staton Techiya LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Goldstein, John Usher, Marc Andre Boillot
  • Publication number: 20240014683
    Abstract: A battery charger capable of receiving AC power and delivering both AC and DC power to an electric power storage battery in accordance to different embodiments disclosed herein using a rectifier circuit supplying the DC load and absorbing power as a five-level active rectifier with low harmonics on the AC input. In one aspect, the battery charger may have a bidirectional rectifier/inverter converter providing power conversion between a DC source and AC enabling the user to not only charge an electrical vehicle (“EV”) but also convert the energy charged in the EV/battery or solar panel to AC for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hani Vahedi, Marc-André Forget, Peter Ibrahim
  • Patent number: 11866128
    Abstract: A barrier accessory device for a watercraft includes: an accessory connection base configured for having at least one accessory removably connected thereto; a first rail connector connected to the accessory connection base at a first end portion thereof, the first rail connector having a slot-engaging member configured to be inserted into a slot defined in one of an upper rail and a lower rail of a barrier structure of the watercraft; and a second rail connector connected to the accessory connection base at a second end portion thereof opposite the first end portion, the second rail connector having a locking assembly configured to be selectively locked onto an other one of the upper rail and the lower rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Marc-Andre L'Heureux, Patrick Grondin, Karl Dery St-Cyr, Abdelkarim Meskine
  • Publication number: 20240002535
    Abstract: Arginase 1 binders that inhibit activity of hArg1, which comprise humanized anti-human Arginase 1 (hArg1) antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof obtained from mouse monoclonal antibodies comprising mouse VH and VL, are described. These Arginase 1 binders present an alternative mechanism for inhibiting hArg1 activity and highlight the ability to utilize binders as probes in the discovery and development of peptide and small molecule inhibitors for enzymes in general.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
    Inventors: Marc Andre Bailly, Kalyan Chakravarthy, Ghassan Najib Fayad, Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Veronica Juan, Esther Kofman, Masahisa Handa, Jennifer E. O'Neil, Rachel Lynn Palte, Giovanna Scapin, Shahriar Shane Taremi
  • Publication number: 20240002155
    Abstract: A dolly has a frame; a plurality of rolling elements mounted on the frame for rotation about respective rotational axes generally parallel to the ground surface and defining a contact footprint of the dolly on the ground surface. The axes extend in a plane between a load contacting surface of the dolly and the ground surface at a distance between 30% and 50% of a height defined between the load contacting surface of the dolly and the ground surface. A swivel platform defines the load contacting surface extending at an elevation above the frame and mounted on the frame for rotation about a platform axis located within the contact footprint. An actuator unit is drivingly engaged to at least two rolling elements of the plurality of rolling elements, the at least two rolling elements disposed on opposite sides of the swivel platform. An on-board controller unit is operable to actuate the actuator unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Charles-Éric RAYMOND, Benoît SERRANO-PARENT, Alexandre CHARBONNEAU, Mathieu LABELLE, Francis BOUTHILLETTE, Brayaan DIAZ, Tommy FORTIER, David PETITCLERC, Laurier TREMBLAY, Pascal BEAULIEU, Anne-Marie COUPAL, Hugo SOUCY, Louis MASSICOTTE-MORISSETTE, Marc-André TETRAULT, Francis ROY, Olivier JULIEN
  • Publication number: 20240002533
    Abstract: Arginase 1 binders comprising human antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that inhibit the activity of human Arginase 1 (hArg1) are described. These Arginase 1 binders present an alternative mechanism for inhibiting hArg1 activity and highlight the ability to utilize binders as probes in the discovery and development of peptide and small molecule inhibitors for enzymes in general.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
    Inventors: Marc Andre Bailly, Kalyan Chakravarthy, Ghassan Najib Fayad, Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Veronica Juan, Esther Kofman, Heping Lin, Jennifer E. O'Neil, Rachel Lynn Palte, Giovanna Scapin, Hussam Hisham Shaheen, Tao Wang
  • Publication number: 20240002534
    Abstract: Arginase 1 binders that inhibit the activity of human Arginase 1 (hArg1) and comprise human antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof comprising human VH and VL are described. These Arginase 1 binders present an alternative mechanism for inhibiting hArg1 activity and highlight the ability to utilize binders as probes in the discovery and development of peptide and small molecule inhibitors for enzymes in general.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
    Inventors: Marc Andre Bailly, Kalyan Chakravarthy, Ghassan Najib Fayad, Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Esther Kofman, Masahisa Handa, Jennifer E. O'Neil, Rachel Lynn Palte, Giovanna Scapin, Shahriar Shane Taremi
  • Patent number: 11859054
    Abstract: A method of preparing an alkoxy-functional organosilicon compound is provided. The method comprises reacting (A) an initial organosilicon compound and (B) an alcohol component in the presence of (C) a catalyst, thereby preparing the alkoxy-functional organosilicon compound. The initial organosilicon compound (A) comprises at least one alkoxysilyl group. The alcohol component (B) comprises an organic alcohol. The catalyst (C) comprises (C1) an ammonium carboxylate compound or (C2) a titanate compound. A reaction product comprising an alkoxy-functional organosilicon compound prepared in accordance with the method, and a composition comprising the reaction product, are also provided. The alkoxy-functional organosilicon compound, and the reaction product and composition comprising the same, are prepared in increased purity under functional group-tolerant conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Dow Silicones Corporation
    Inventors: Marc-André Courtemanche, Michael Salvatore Ferritto, Nisaraporn Suthiwangcharoen
  • Patent number: 11859086
    Abstract: A polydiorganosiloxane is useful in a composition and a method for preparing a wood plastic composite article. The wood plastic composite article is useful as a building material. The polydiorganosiloxane may be added to the composition in liquid form or may form part of a solid carrier component used to make the wood plastic composite article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DOW SILICONES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jodi Mecca, James R. Keenihan, Marc-Andre Courtemanche, Keith Bruce, Igor Chorvath, Sean Gaal
  • Publication number: 20230418721
    Abstract: A method (100) of automated identification of one or more malfunction areas of a set (S) of malfunction areas for a service case in which a medical device (12) is serviced includes: generating an output probability vector (40) of probabilities for the set of malfunction areas of the medical device by operations including applying at least one classifier (42, 46) to at least one of (1) text descriptions of parts ordered for the service case and/or (2) a text description of the service case; and displaying a list (56) of one or more most probable malfunction areas for the service case wherein the one or more most probable malfunction areas are the one or more most malfunction areas of the set of malfunction areas having highest probability in the output probability vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Milosh STOLIKJ, Qi GAO, Bart Albertus Gerardus VAN DER VELDEN, Jurgen Jan RUSCH, Eugene Alekseyevich IVANOV, Mauro BARBIERI, Johannes Henricus Maria KORST, Marc André PETERS