Patents by Inventor Mark A. Smith

Mark A. Smith 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: 20250144942
    Abstract: An inkjet printer has a print assembly and a print material feed system comprising a first circulation circuit and a second circulation circuit, the first circulation circuit fluidly coupled between the second circulation circuit and the print assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Kateeva, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Dennis Taff, Alexander Sou-Kang Ko, Stephen Mark Smith, Geoffrey Kenneth Love
  • Patent number: 12290538
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the delivery of microbial therapeutics useful for the treatment of disorders related to intestinal dysbiosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Finch Therapeutics Holdings LLC, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Smith, Anh-Thu Elaine Vo, Rotem Sadovsky, John Henske, Ylaine Gerardin, Sonia Timberlake, Cosmas Giallourakis, Ewan Taylor
  • Publication number: 20250123125
    Abstract: An inductive sensor device includes at least one die mounted in or on a substrate, a redistribution layer (RDL) region formed over the at least one die and including multiple RDL metal layers, and at least one inductive coil formed in the RDL region and including at least one conductive coil element formed in at least one RDL metal layer of the multiple RDL metal layers, wherein the at least one die includes sensor circuitry connected to the at least one inductive coil to perform sensor measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Anu Ramamurthy, Kevin Mark Smith, Bomy Chen
  • Patent number: 12266893
    Abstract: A connection assembly including a receptacle connector having a first and a second end, including: a shell, including a first outer surface and a second outer surface; a shield surrounding the shell, the shield including: a first portion including a first cam flange, the first portion rotatable about a first spring hinge; a second portion including a second cam flange, the second portion rotatable about a second spring hinge; a mating connector removable coupleable to the receptacle connector, including: an adjustment member, wherein, when a positioning of the adjustment member is adjusted to decrease a distance between the adjustment member and the second end of the receptacle connector, the adjustment member adjusts a distance between the first cam flange and the second cam flange to rotate the first portion of the shield about the first spring hinge and rotate the second portion of the shield about the second spring hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Bhyrav M. Mutnury, Mark A. Smith, Sandor Farkas
  • Patent number: 12246552
    Abstract: A bound collection of leaves having a spine and a method of its manufacture are disclosed. Each leaf of a first plurality of leaves of the bound collection includes a first pattern of tabs by which that leaf is bound. The tabs of the first pattern are distributed along a binding axis of that leaf that is parallel to a spine axis of the spine. Each leaf of a second plurality of leaves of the bound collection includes a second pattern of tabs different than the first pattern by which that leaf is bound. The tabs of the second pattern are distributed along a binding axis of that leaf that is parallel to the spine axis. Each tab of the first pattern and second pattern of tabs extends in a direction orthogonal to the binding axis from within an unbound region to a binding-side edge of that leaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventor: Mark Smith
  • Publication number: 20250069076
    Abstract: Systems and computer-implemented methods of generating recipient-facilitated blockchain transactions. A recipient device transmits a recipient outpoint to a sender device. The sender device returns a partially-complete transaction containing the recipient outpoint as a recipient input to the partially-complete transaction and containing at least one sender input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jack Owen DAVIES, Jad WAHAB, Wei ZHANG, Mark SMITH
  • Publication number: 20250067764
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computing device (100) for classification of an aspirating/dispensing operation in an automated analyzer (50). The computing device (100) comprises a memory (22) storing a neural network model (24). The neural network model 24 sequentially comprises a plurality of convolution blocks (202-1, 202-2 . . . 202-N). The computing device (100) further comprises a processor (20) communicably coupled to the memory (22) and at least one measurement sensor (106) associated with a pipetting probe (104) of a pipetting device (102). The processor (20) is capable of executing the neural network model (24). The processor (20) is further capable of executing instructions (26) to classify the aspirating/dispensing operation into at least one correct class or at least one incorrect class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew Weaver, Amit Sawhney, Mark A. Smith, Marie N. Willette, Ernesto F. Arita, Marcus Eidahl, Christopher A. Murray
  • Publication number: 20250059218
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for the inhibition of ENPP1. Aspects of the subject methods include contacting a sample with an ENPP1 inhibitor compound to inhibit the cGAMP hydrolysis activity of ENPP1. In some cases, the ENPP1 inhibitor compound is cell impermeable. ENPP1 inhibitor compounds can act extracellularly to block the degradation of cGAMP. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating cancer. Aspects of the methods include administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an ENPP1 inhibitor to treat the subject for cancer. In certain cases, the cancer is a solid tumor cancer. Also provided are methods of administering radiation therapy to a subject in conjunction with administering an ENPP1 inhibitor to the subject. The radiation therapy can be administered in the subject methods at a dosage and/or frequency effective to reduce radiation damage to the subject, but still instigate an immune response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Lingyin Li, Mark Smith, Jacqueline Ann Carozza, Volker Boehnert
  • Patent number: 12227732
    Abstract: The present set of embodiments relate to a bioproduction system, method, and apparatus for creating a scalable bioreactor system. Specifically, the present set of embodiments enable the determination of bioreaction performance characteristics of a commercial scale by matching operational parameters between a small test scale bioreaction to that of a commercial scale bioreaction. The system and methods do not rely on simply making bioreactor apparatuses across scales the same dimensionally which would not account for differences in fluid dynamic properties between very small to very large volumes, but requires tuning of a variety of systems (mixing assembly, sparger system, and headspace airflow system) in conjunction with one another to achieve predictive outcomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Brau, Nephi Jones, Mark Smith
  • Patent number: 12220926
    Abstract: An inkjet printer has a print assembly and a print material feed system comprising a first circulation circuit and a second circulation circuit, the first circulation circuit fluidly coupled between the second circulation circuit and the print assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Kateeva, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Dennis Taff, Alexander Sou-Kang Ko, Stephen Mark Smith, Geoffrey Kenneth Love
  • Publication number: 20250038756
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for implementing a file system format for persistent memory. A node, comprising persistent memory, receives an operation comprising a file identifier and file system instance information. A list of file system info objects are evaluated to identify a file system info object matching the file system instance information. An inofile, identified by the file system info object as being associated with inodes of files within an instance of the file system targeted by the operation, is traversed to identify an inode matching the file identifier. If the inode comprises an indicator that the file is tiered into the persistent memory, then the inode it utilized to facilitate execution of the operation upon the persistent memory. Otherwise, the operation is routed to a storage file system tier for execution by a storage file system upon storage associated with the node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Ram Kesavan, Matthew Fontaine Curtis-Maury, Abdul Basit, Vinay Devadas, Ananthan Subramanian, Mark Smith
  • Publication number: 20250032451
    Abstract: Microsphere formulations comprising asenapine are provided. Methods for making and using the microsphere formulations are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Emma Murphy, Brad Minrovic, Matthew Cornell, Eli McCarty, Tracy Richey, Mark Smith, Nick DeLucia
  • Patent number: 12213252
    Abstract: A CPU includes a processor die and a substrate. The processor die includes first signal contacts, power contacts, and ground contacts. The processor die is affixed and electrically coupled to the substrate on a first surface of the substrate. The substrate routes the first signal contacts to associated second signal contacts on a second surface of the substrate. The substrate further routes a subset of the power contacts to a power pad on the first surface of the substrate, and routes a subset of the ground contacts to a ground pad on the first surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Sandor Farkas, Mark Smith, Bhyrav Mutnury
  • Patent number: 12210422
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for implementing a persistent memory storage tier to manage persistent memory of a node. The persistent memory is managed by the persistent memory storage tier at a higher level within a storage operating system storage stack than a level at which a storage file system of the node is managed. The persistent memory storage tier intercepts an operation targeting the storage file system. The persistent memory storage tier retargets the operation from targeting the storage file system to targeting the persistent memory. The operation is transmitted to the persistent memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Ananthan Subramanian, Ram Kesavan, Matthew Fontaine Curtis-Maury, Mark Smith
  • Patent number: 12195432
    Abstract: A genus of compounds encompassed by formula (III) and their use is disclosed: The compounds activate Ppargc1a and, as a consequence, are useful for treating a variety of neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, frontotemporal degeneration, dementia with Lewy bodies, motor neuron diseases, and a demyelinating disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Samuel D. Banister, Edgar Engleman, Khoa D. Nguyen, Mark Smith
  • Publication number: 20250013992
    Abstract: A method for communicating information related to a diagnostic analyzer includes receiving user identification information from a portable computer. A user associated with the user identification information operates the diagnostic analyzer. First diagnostic analyzer information is retrieved from at least one database that relates analyzer information to the user of the diagnostic analyzer. The first diagnostic analyzer information is related to the diagnostic analyzer. The first diagnostic analyzer information is communicated to the portable computer. Second diagnostic analyzer information from the diagnostic analyzer is retrieved. The second diagnostic analyzer information is generated by the diagnostic analyzer. The first and the second diagnostic analyzer information is communicated to the portable computer. The portable computer is configured to display the first and the second diagnostic analyzer related information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Judy Bosko, Mark Dahlberg, Chris Carrier, Mark Smith, Steve Postma, Masunao Nakahira, Tomomi Sugiyama, Mao Inoue
  • Patent number: 12186558
    Abstract: Presented herein are techniques to control the spread of current beyond, in an apical direction, a predetermined location/point in the cochlea. As a result, the techniques presented herein create a protected apical zone at an apical side of the predetermined location for undisturbed acoustic temporal coding (i.e., an apical region of the cochlea in which the voltage fields from delivered current signals are nulled, minimized, or otherwise controlled in order to eliminate, reduce, or otherwise limit electro-acoustic interactions that could negatively affect remaining low-frequency hair cells).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Zachary Mark Smith, Bastiaan Van Dijk
  • Patent number: 12184131
    Abstract: An interlocking tool for a for forming stator end turns includes a first member including a first base having a first surface. A first ring extends from the first surface and a second ring extends from the first surface radially outwardly of the first ring. The second ring is spaced from the first ring by a first gap. A second member includes a second base having a first surface portion. A first ring element extends from the first surface portion and a second ring element extends from the first surface portion radially inwardly of the first ring element. The second ring element is spaced from the first ring element by a second gap. The second ring is positioned in the second gap, and the second ring element is positioned in the first gap. The first member is rotatable relative to the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Smith, Ante Tony Lausic, John S. Agapiou
  • Publication number: 20240414836
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a PCB, a CPU, a power distribution hat, and a heat sink. The PCB includes a first power contact on a first surface of the PCB and a first ground contact on a second surface of the PCB. The CPU includes a substrate and is affixed and electrically coupled to the first surface of the PCB by a first surface of the substrate. A second surface of the substrate includes a second power contact and a second ground contact. The power distribution hat couples the first power contact with the second power contact. The heat sink couples the first ground contact with the second ground contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Sandor Farkas, Mark Smith, Bhyrav Mutnury
  • Patent number: PP36552
    Abstract: A new garden type Chrysanthemum plant named ‘CIFZ0109’ particularly distinguished by its medium to large size plant with round plant habit, a medium to small size semi-decorative flower with purple flower color, and a natural season response in mid September.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Mark A. Smith