Patents by Inventor Mark A. Lee

Mark A. Lee 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).

  • Millable, recyclable, waterproofing, paving fabric interlayer system and method of use
    Patent number: 11479924
    Abstract: A millable, recyclable, paving fabric interlayer system for the construction and repair of roadways and other load-bearing surfaces and method of using such a fabric is disclosed. The paving fabric includes thermoplastic materials and is combined with asphalt cement to provide a flexible, stress relieving, waterproofing layer for roadways. Because of the thickness and asphalt cement absorption of the fabric, the system provides a stress absorbing interlayer to resist fatigue and reflective cracking in pavements. The system also acts as an effective moisture barrier due to the enhanced capability to retain sufficient asphalt cement when paved onto a roadway. Such a system has the required strength and elongation to be installed on smooth or milled surfaces yet is easily milled and recycled owing to the uniquely engineered tensile and tear strengths of the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: PROPEX OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Lee Marienfeld, Noah John Nichols, Gregory Harding Rader
  • METHODS FOR CONTROLLING CONTACT RESISTANCE IN COBALT-TITANIUM STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20220336227
    Abstract: Methods for producing a reduced contact resistance for cobalt-titanium structures. In some embodiments, a method comprises depositing a titanium layer using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process, depositing a first cobalt layer on the titanium nitride layer using a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process, and depositing a second cobalt layer on the first cobalt layer using a CVD process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: TAKASHI KURATOMI, AVGERINOS GELATOS, TAE HONG HA, XUESONG LU, SZUHENG HO, WEI LEI, MARK LEE, RAYMOND HUNG, XIANMIN TANG
  • FIXTURE CONNECTION ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20220316691
    Abstract: A light fixture connection assembly includes an internally threaded stem and two connectors that couple with a top surface and a bottom surface of a light fixture shade. Bores throughout the stem and connectors define a passageway for electrical wiring connected to a light sourced within the light fixture shade. The connection assembly reduces water-leakage into the hollow passage, and prevents electrical hazards and premature termination of the useable life of the light fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Barn Light Electric Company, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Lee Leathlean
  • Removable divider
    Patent number: 11452350
    Abstract: A divider assembly including a divider having a divider wall, a first divider attachment structure coupled to a first end of the divider wall, and a second divider attachment structure coupled to a second, opposite end of the divider wall. Each of the first and second divider attachment structures has one of a protrusion configured to be slidably received in a correspondingly-shaped channel, or a channel configured to slidably receive therein a correspondingly-shaped protrusion, to thereby retain the divider in place. The first and second divider attachment structures each have a pair of parallel flanges that closely receive the divider wall therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: BIG TIME PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Jarrod Thomas Streng, Christopher Matthew Weed, Mark Lee Butts, Ryan Lee-Nowland Kubica, James Blake Fievet, Jing Li
  • GOODS TO OPERATOR WORKSTATION
    Publication number: 20220289484
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a goods to operator workstation is provided. The goods to operator workstation include an upper level. The upper level includes an upper level conveyor and one or more upper level container bays configured to receive and present one of the one or more upper level containers. The goods to operator workstation also includes at least one connector panel extending from the upper level. The goods to operator workstation further includes a lower level coupled to the at least one connector panel. The lower level is configured to receive one or more lower level containers. A gap is defined between the upper level and lower level that is sized to allow the one or more lower containers to be placed on the lower level. A method of operating the goods to operator workstation is also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Lee OBERPRILLER, Anthony James TURCO, Jarl Nicholas SEBASTIAN, Michael James WELLS, Richard GRAFF
  • Methods and apparatus for controlling contact resistance in cobalt-titanium structures
    Patent number: 11424132
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for producing a reduced contact resistance for cobalt-titanium structures. In some embodiments, a method comprises depositing a titanium layer using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process, depositing a titanium nitride layer on the titanium layer using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process, depositing a first cobalt layer on the titanium nitride layer using a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process, and depositing a second cobalt layer on the first cobalt layer using a CVD process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Kuratomi, Avgerinos Gelatos, Tae Hong Ha, Xuesong Lu, Szuheng Ho, Wei Lei, Mark Lee, Raymond Hung, Xianmin Tang
  • WORK GLOVE
    Publication number: 20220240610
    Abstract: A glove includes a body portion defining a space to receive a body portion of a hand, and a plurality of digit portions extending from the body portion, including a set of finger portions and a thumb portion, wherein each digit portion defines an elongated digit receiving space. A first finger portion of the set of finger portions includes a knitted back side segment, a grip side segment and a first knitted fourchette segment extending from the knitted back side segment to the grip side segment. The first knitted fourchette segment and the knitted back side segment are of a continuous knit. The first knitted fourchette segment has a thickness that is less than a thickness of the knitted back side segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Matthew WEED, Mark Lee BUTTS, James Blake FIEVET, Jing LI, Jarrod Thomas STRENG
  • METHOD OF PREPARING AN ELECTRODE FOR USE IN FORMING A HONEYCOMB EXTRUSION DIE
    Publication number: 20220234108
    Abstract: Methods for forming an electrode for use in forming a honeycomb extrusion die. The method includes forming, by means of an additive manufacturing process, an electrode includes a base having a web extending from the base. The web defines a matrix of cellular openings. The method further includes forming a secondary electrode having a plurality of pins. The plurality of pins are shaped and arranged so as to mate with the matrix of cellular openings defined by the web of the electrode. The method further includes machining the electrode using the secondary electrode to smooth surfaces of the electrode formed by the additive manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Eugene Antesberger, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Dana Eugene Coots, Seyed Amir Farzadfar, Dominick John Forenz, Ryan Joseph Grohsmeyer, Mark Lee Humphrey, Zakariya Radwan Khayat, Kenneth Richard Miller, Richard Curwood Peterson, John Charles Rector
  • WORK GLOVE
    Publication number: 20220218059
    Abstract: A glove includes a body portion defining a space to receive a body portion of a hand, and a plurality of digit portions extending from the body portion, including a set of finger portions and a thumb portion, wherein each digit portion defines an elongated digit receiving space. For each finger portion, the plurality of annular ribs is located along a rib section of the finger portion, wherein the rib section of the finger portion has a rib section length that is no more than thirty-three percent of the full length of the finger portion. An end section of each finger portion lacks any annular ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Matthew WEED, Mark Lee BUTTS, James Blake FIEVET, Jing LI, Jarrod Thomas STRENG
  • Systems and methods for content delivery
    Patent number: 11388245
    Abstract: A system includes at least one hardware processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the at least one hardware processor to perform operations including receiving consumption data associated with a user consuming content on one or more user computing devices, determining a preference associated with content consumption of the user based on the received consumption data, the preference including one or more of a delivery time, a computing device of the one or more user computing devices, and a venue, receiving a new content item, determining one or more of a target delivery time, a target computing device of the one or more user computing devices, and a target venue based on the determined preference, and transmitting the new content item to the target computing device for presentation to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Daniel Gracey, Scott Welz, Tyua Larsen Fraser, Matthew J. Kaufman, Gwendoria M. Salley, Mark Lee Tabor, Jefferson Crew, John C. Brenner
  • Counterfactual measure for medical diagnosis
    Patent number: 11379747
    Abstract: A method for providing a computer-implemented medical diagnosis includes receiving an input from a user comprising at least one symptom of the user. The method also includes providing the at least one symptom as an input to a medical model, the medical model being retrieved from memory. The medical model includes a probabilistic graphical model comprising probability distributions and relationships between symptoms and diseases. The method also includes performing inference on the probabilistic graphical model to obtain a prediction of the probability that the user has that disease. The method also includes outputting an indication that the user has a disease from the Bayesian inference, wherein the inference is performed using a counterfactual measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: BABYLON PARTNERS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jonathan George Richens, Ciarán Mark Lee, Saurabh Johri
  • Applications of diffusion hardening techniques
    Patent number: 11351031
    Abstract: A device, for example a medical implant, and a method of making the same, the device having a metal or metal alloy substrate, for example cobalt chrome, and a diffusion hardened metallic surface, for example a plasma carburized surface, contacting a non-diffusion hardened surface or a diffusion hardened surface having a diffusion hardening species different from that of the opposing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy John Band, Hamish Forster, Gordon Bruce Hunter, Shilesh C. Jani, Mark Lee Morrison, Vivek Devidas Pawar, Abraham Biglari Salehi, Jeffrey Joel Shea
  • Reinforcing member for a bag
    Patent number: 11324296
    Abstract: A bag including a first panel having an outer edge and a second panel having an outer edge. The second panel is coupled to the first panel by a first coupling mechanism that is spaced away from the outer edges. The bag further includes a reinforcing member extending along and at least partially covering at least one of the outer edge of the first panel, the outer edge of the second panel, or the first coupling mechanism. The reinforcing member is coupled to at least one of the first panel, the second panel or the first coupling mechanism by a second coupling mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: BIG TIME PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Jarrod Thomas Streng, Christopher Matthew Weed, Mark Lee Butts, Ryan Lee-Nowland Kubica, James Blake Fievet, Jing Li
  • MODULAR LEAK REPAIR
    Publication number: 20220099231
    Abstract: A modular enclosure system and method for repair of one or more leaks in a pipe. The modular enclosure system including a first enclosure portion configured to be disposed in a mated configuration to create a first enclosure around the pipe. Each enclosure includes a first void section configured to enclose a pipe section of the pipe. Sealant grooves extend along enclosure faces of each enclosure to seal the modular enclosure system. Each enclosure includes a sealant control system having a plurality of blocking members and configured to selectively block sealant injected in the sealant grooves. Each of the blocking members are positionable between a blocking position configured to block sealant flow in at least one of the sealant grooves and a non-blocking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Adrian GARCIA, Adam THISTLETHWAITE, Matthew GUEST, Andrew CAMPBELL, Daniel CHALUPSKY, Mark Lee SWAIN, Matthew YASENSKY
  • Systems and methods for optimizing information collaboration
    Patent number: 11240316
    Abstract: A system includes at least one hardware processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the at least one hardware processor to perform operations including receiving an initiation message associated with a collaboration event between a first user and a second user, the collaboration event is initiated by the first user, determining a target device from a pool of computing devices associated with the second user based on usage history of each computing device in the pool of computing devices, initiating a collaboration session with the second user via the target device, and presenting collaborative content to the second user via the target device during the collaboration session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Daniel Gracey, Scott Welz, Tyua Larsen Fraser, Matthew J. Kaufman, Gwendoria M. Salley, Mark Lee Tabor, Jefferson Crew, John C. Brenner
  • Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer with mass correction
    Patent number: 11239068
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling mass filtering of polyatomic ions in an ion beam passing through an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS). Polyatomic ion mass data representative of the exact mass of a polyatomic ion having a target isotope is determined. A control signal is generated based on the determined polyatomic ion mass data and output to an ICP-MS to filter based on mass the polyatomic ions in the ion beam traveling through the ICP-MS to an ion detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki Sugiyama, Amir Liba, Mark Lee Kelinske, Glenn David Woods
  • DISPLACEMENT INDUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL SANITIZING CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220011013
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a displacement induction environmental sanitizing control system for controlling the environment in a room is provided. The system includes a housing having a supply air intake configured to receive a supply of pressurized outside air, a room air intake configured to receive air into the housing from the room, and a conditioned air outlet configured to output conditioned sanitized air into the room from the housing. The housing has an airflow path from the room air intake and the supply air intake to the conditioned air outlet. A conditioning element is configured to adjust temperature of air in the airflow path. A sanitation element is configured to sanitize air in the airflow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Carson, Bret Riemenschneider, Mark Lee Muhlstein
  • Divider wall coupling assembly
    Patent number: D941668
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: BIG TIME PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Lee-Nowland Kubica, Mark Lee Butts, Jing Li, Christopher Matthew Weed, James Blake Fievet, Jarrod Thomas Streng
  • Drill stir stick holder and multi-tool accessory
    Patent number: D946991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventor: Mark Lee Damron
  • Reinforcing seam for a bag or the like
    Patent number: D955752
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: BIG TIME PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Lee Butts, Jing Li, Christopher Matthew Weed, James Blake Fievet, Jarrod Thomas Streng