Patents by Inventor Mark A. Roberts

Mark A. Roberts 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).

  • Patent number: 11493318
    Abstract: A calibration device comprising: a plurality of magnetic sensors positioned at the calibration device, the plurality of magnetic sensors defining a space; a controller configured to be positioned in the space defined by the plurality of magnetic sensors, wherein the controller includes a magnetic transmitter; and one or more processors configured to: cause the magnetic transmitter to generate magnetic fields; receive signals from the plurality of magnetic sensors that are based on characteristics of the magnetic fields received at the plurality of magnetic sensors; calculate, based on the signals received from the plurality of magnetic sensors, positions and orientations of the plurality of magnetic sensors relative to a position and orientation of the magnetic transmitter; and determine whether the calculated positions and orientations of the plurality of magnetic sensors are within one or more threshold limits of known positions and orientations of the plurality of magnetic sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Northern Digital, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Robert Schneider, Charles Robertson, Joseph Bruce Durfee
  • Publication number: 20220348641
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for the manufacture of recombinant antibody molecules comprising culturing a host cell sample transformed with an expression vector encoding a recombinant antibody molecule; adding an extraction buffer to the sample; and subjecting the sample to a heat treatment step; wherein the pH of the sample is detected after addition of the extraction buffer, and optionally adjusted, to ensure that the pH of the sample is 6 to 9 prior to the heat treatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: JEAN-PASCAL PIERRE BILGISCHER, PHILIP JONATHAN BASSETT, MARK ROBERT PEARCE-HIGGINS, ANDREW JOHN KENNY
  • Publication number: 20220342861
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for improving anomaly detection in timeseries datasets. Different machine learning models may be trained to process specific types of timeseries data efficiently and accurately. Thus, selecting a proper machine learning model for identifying anomalies in a specific set of timeseries data may greatly improve accuracy and efficiency of anomaly detection. Another way to improve anomaly detection is to process a multitude of timeseries datasets for a time period (e.g., 90 days) to detect anomalies from those timeseries datasets and then correlate those detected anomalies by generating an anomaly timeseries dataset and identifying anomalies within the anomaly timeseries dataset. Yet another way to improve anomaly detection is to divide a dataset into multiple datasets based on a type of anomaly detection requested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Vannia Gonzalez Macias, Talha Koc, Mark Davis, Prarthana Bhattarai, Mark Roberts, Alan Rozet, Mengfei Shao
  • Publication number: 20220341267
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to protecting a control line as it passes through a junction in a downhole environment. An ETJ deployment tool (ETJDT) comprises a tool body comprising a central bore; at least one first component and at least one second component, each component operable to extend and retract laterally from the tool body, wherein the at least one second component is disposed at an axial distance from the at least one first component along the tool body; a member disposed within the central bore and operable to move forward upon receiving fluid; and a spring disposed axially between a portion of the member and the at least one second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David Joe Steele, Justin Mark Roberts
  • Publication number: 20220333462
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to protecting a control line as it passes through a junction in a downhole environment. A retractable transition joint (RTJ) comprises at least two members. A first member is operable to retract into a second member. A tubular extends through the first and second members. The tubular comprises a distal end that is removably attached to a distal end of the second member. The first and second members are operable to receive the control line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Eulalio De Jesus Rosas Fermin, Justin Mark Roberts, David Joe Steele
  • Publication number: 20220323309
    Abstract: Described are effervescent dissolvable solid structures having fibers formed from a composition comprising surfactant and water soluble polymeric structurant, having a total dissolvable solid structure density of from about 0.100 g/cm3to about 0.380 g/cm3, having a surfactant dose of from about 0.5 to about 2.0 g, and a surfactant density of from about 0.1 g/cm3 to about 0.3 g/cm3. Also described are processes for manufacturing the Dissolvable Solid Structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Sean Pratt, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Pamela Ann Keune, Alessandra Massa, Melanie Anne Kay, Mark William Hamersky, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Publication number: 20220327178
    Abstract: Methods and systems of displaying additional information on a physical item having a Quick Response (QR) code are shown and disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes displaying a stream of first images of the item, and scanning the QR code of the item. The method additionally includes extracting data from the scanned QR code. The data is associated with the item. The method further includes overlaying the extracted data on the displayed stream of first images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventor: Mark ROBERTS
  • Publication number: 20220303433
    Abstract: The techniques of this disclosure relate to determining an optical characteristic of a camera. The device includes a housing that receives a test fixture retaining a camera. The housing includes a first segment and a second segment creating a chamber surrounding the camera. The first segment is attached to the test fixture and defines a first orifice located in a side of the first segment. The first orifice directs a flow of a gas out of the chamber. The second segment defines a second orifice located in a first side of the second segment to direct the flow of the gas into the chamber. An aperture is located in a second side of the second segment and positioned opposite the test fixture to define a field of view that includes a camera target. The aperture receives a lens barrel of the camera and enables the determination of the optical characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Brian Baker, Mark Robert Vincen, Dennis C. Nohns
  • Patent number: 11449640
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for real-time feature level software security are described herein. A request may be received from a computing device for data from the feature of the software application. The request for data may include authorization information of a user of the computing device. It may be identified that the feature of the software application contains code containing a reference to a security configuration service. A security configuration may be determined for the feature of the software application by comparing a resource identifier and a feature identifier of the feature of the software application to a set of security configurations of the security configuration service. The security configuration may provide access rules for the feature of the software application. A response may be sent to the computing device based on a comparison of the received authorization information of the user of the computing device to the determined security configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Adam Sanders, David L. Frost, Mark Robert Fichtner
  • Patent number: 11447729
    Abstract: A bioreactor vessel incudes a first compartment configured to receive a suspension comprising cells and a cell culture medium, for use in a cell processing operation, a second compartment for receiving an overflow of the cell culture medium from the first compartment, and an overflow separating the first compartment from the second compartment, the overflow being configured to maintain a level of the cell culture medium in the first compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC
    Inventor: Mark Robert Timmins
  • Publication number: 20220288016
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions comprising cannabidiol (CBD) and a volatile anaesthetic, particularly isoflurane, useful for treating or preventing traumatic brain injury (TBI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Sudhanshu Agarwal, Joel Bradley Latham, Mark Robert Bleackley
  • Publication number: 20220289832
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the purification of an antibody fragment from a periplasmic cell extract comprising a first cation exchange chromatography step and a second anion exchange chromatography step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: MARIANGELA SPITALI, JONATHAN SYMMONS, RICHARD WHITCOMBE, MARK ROBERT PEARCE-HIGGINS
  • Patent number: 11434586
    Abstract: Filaments that contain a filament-forming material and an additive, nonwoven webs, and methods for making such filaments are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Charles Gordon, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Mark Robert Sivik, Mark Ryan Richards, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Michael David James, Geoffrey William Reynolds, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Paul Thomas Weisman, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour, Frank William Denome, Stephen Joseph Hodson
  • Publication number: 20220271680
    Abstract: A hybrid bidirectional DC to DC converter allows a direct boost ratio in the high voltage to low voltage direction, but not in the low to high direction. Switches are used to tie the commons of the transformers to ground and power rail to allow the formation of a full-bridge with remaining phases to alter the boost ratio so that transformers do not need to be connected in series in the high voltage to low voltage direction. The switches are on a connection shared by the transformers and are configured to allow a dynamic changeover of the secondary windings in a multi-phase delta-wye configuration from a series nature into a parallel nature such that a 2× boost of winding ratio is reduced to a 1× boost of winding ratio depending on whether the input voltage is above or below a threshold input voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Robert Wyman, Fan Liu, John Anthony Vogel
  • Patent number: 11422149
    Abstract: An inventory management system for automatically generating a restocking order or prompting generation of a restocking order includes a storage space, a divider pivotable on the storage space between an upright position in which the divider separates the storage space into a front storage section and a rear storage section and a recumbent position that facilitates access to the rear storage section; and a motion detector module attached to the divider, the motion detector module including a sensor for detecting pivoting of the divider and a radio frequency transmitter in communication with the accelerometer and configured to emit radio frequency signals when the divider is rotated from the upright position to the recumbent position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: LogiQuip LLC
    Inventors: Aaron J. Willit, Mark Roberts
  • Patent number: 11395789
    Abstract: Described are effervescent dissolvable solid structures having fibers formed from a composition comprising surfactant and water soluble polymeric structurant, having a total dissolvable solid structure density of from about 0.100 g/cm3 to about 0.380 g/cm3, having a surfactant dose of from about 0.5 to about 2.0 g, and a surfactant density of from about 0.1 g/cm3 to about 0.3 g/cm3. Also described are processes for manufacturing the Dissolvable Solid Structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Pratt, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Pamela Ann Keune, Alessandra Massa, Melanie Anne Kay, Mark William Hamersky, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 11393018
    Abstract: A method for managing computing resources involves obtaining, by an electronic auction agent, a request to auction access to one or more computing resources, and auctioning, by the electronic auction agent, access to the computing resource(s) based on the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: ORACLE AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Robert Henry Gray, Alexander G. Vul
  • Patent number: 11394301
    Abstract: For inductor-based DC-DC converters, a current shunt switch can provide an alternate path for the inductor current to flow that does not include the output capacitor. An amplifier circuit can be included and coupled with a control node of the current shunt switch to adjust a voltage on the control node to control an amount of inductor current diverted away from the output node. A fast linear loop can be included to ensure smooth transitions when engaging or disengaging the current shunt switch. These techniques can minimize the amount and duration of the subsequent negative output voltage excursion, which can be dependent on the specific ESL and ESR values of the output voltage capacitor, for the cases when the final value of the step-down load-transient is not zero. These techniques can improve a positive output voltage response caused by an output load transient in the negative direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Eko Lisuwandi, Jinhuang Lu, Mark Robert Vitunic
  • Publication number: 20220222419
    Abstract: Dynamic web content personalization may be used to alter a web page such that two different people who view that web page do not see the exact same content on that page. The present disclosure includes techniques that allow a web page to be structured, via underlying source code, so that content can be dynamically generated based on a user transaction history. Further, dynamic content customization can effectively change the layout and functionality of a web page in ways not previously contemplated. For example, different control elements may become accessible based on a particular contextual user profile assigned to a user based on a transaction history. Modular content modules may also have a different appearance for different users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Justin Scott Lowery, Mark Robert Shulman, Adam Dustan, Keith Burns, Carla Lee Capps, Francisco Ulises Garcia Martinez, Sriram Ramakrishnan, Frank Anthony Nuzzi
  • Patent number: 11384136
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for the manufacture of recombinant antibody molecules comprising culturing a host cell sample transformed with an expression vector encoding a recombinant antibody molecule; adding an extraction buffer to the sample; and subjecting the sample to a heat treatment step; wherein the pH of the sample is detected after addition of the extraction buffer, and optionally adjusted, to ensure that the pH of the sample is 6 to 9 prior to the heat treatment step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
    Inventors: Jean-Pascal Pierre Bilgischer, Philip Jonathan Bassett, Mark Robert Pearce-Higgins, Andrew John Kenny