Patents by Inventor Mark A. Wells

Mark A. Wells 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: 12268512
    Abstract: An intracellular monitoring device (IMD) that fits completely inside a living cell, and causes no significant impairment, to a cell's normal biological processes. The IMD monitors a cell for its level of a biological substance (e.g., calcium ion concentration) of interest. If the biological substance reaches or exceeds a threshold, the IMD transmits an electromagnetic signal, received by an antenna outside the cell. Each IMD has its electromagnetic signal encoded with a unique frequency. Detection of the frequency components, in the signals received by an antenna, permits identification of the source IMD's. A high calcium ion concentration is indicative of a strongly-activated cerebral cortex neuron. Brain tissue is relatively transparent to near infrared, making it a good frequency band, for the electromagnetic signals from neuron-monitoring IMD's. The near infrared of each IMD can be produced by quantum dots, powered by bioelectric catalysis triggered by high calcium ion concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: Galiana Technology, Inc., National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Bruce T Hope, Mark A Wells, Gregory D Sutton
  • Patent number: 11900119
    Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for automatically controlling operating state of one or more applications in a distributed operating system are disclosed. A processor creates a filesystem that contains a script configured for interacting with a distributed operating system application programming interface (API); and integrates the filesystem with a scheduler module to be run on a predefined schedule. The processor also creates a container, in response to the predefined schedule, in the distributed operating system, the container having the script installed therein; calls the distributed operating system API to obtain a list of applications in the distributed operating system based on the script; automatically controls the operating state of the corresponding one or more applications in the distributed operating system in response to the predefined schedule and the script; and destroys the container after controlling the operating state of the corresponding one or more applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Kumar Rao Krishnagi, Matthew J Porter, Laxman Dongisharapu, Vijay Kumar Perla, Nalini S Boda, Mark A Wells, Christopher Mathews, Kenneth S Brooks
  • Publication number: 20230404465
    Abstract: An intracellular monitoring device (IMD) that fits completely inside a living cell, and causes no significant impairment, to a cell's normal biological processes. The IMD monitors a cell for its level of a biological substance (e.g., calcium ion concentration) of interest. If the biological substance reaches or exceeds a threshold, the IMD transmits an electromagnetic signal, received by an antenna outside the cell. Each IMD has its electromagnetic signal encoded with a unique frequency. Detection of the frequency components, in the signals received by an antenna, permits identification of the source IMD's. A high calcium ion concentration is indicative of a strongly-activated cerebral cortex neuron. Brain tissue is relatively transparent to near infrared, making it a good frequency band, for the electromagnetic signals from neuron-monitoring IMD's. The near infrared of each IMD can be produced by quantum dots, powered by bioelectric catalysis triggered by high calcium ion concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Bruce T Hope, Mark A Wells, Gregory D Sutton
  • Patent number: 11627907
    Abstract: An intracellular monitoring device (IMD) that fits completely inside a living cell, and causes no significant impairment, to a cell's normal biological processes. The IMD monitors a cell for its level of a biological substance (e.g., calcium ion concentration) of interest. If the biological substance reaches or exceeds a threshold, the IMD transmits an electromagnetic signal, received by an antenna outside the cell. Each IMD has its electromagnetic signal encoded with a unique frequency. Detection of the frequency components, in the signals received by an antenna, permits identification of the source IMD's. A high calcium ion concentration is indicative of a strongly-activated cerebral cortex neuron. Brain tissue is relatively transparent to near infrared, making it a good frequency band, for the electromagnetic signals from neuron-monitoring IMD's. The near infrared of each IMD can be produced by quantum dots, powered by bioelectric catalysis triggered by high calcium ion concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer, Galiana Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce T Hope, Mark A Wells, Gregory D Sutton
  • Patent number: 11482057
    Abstract: A method and system for battery management for a mobile geofence apparatus. Location information for a vehicle, temperature information for the vehicle and battery information for the internal battery on the mobile geofence apparatus is automatically, continuously and periodically collected and sent during a connection interval in real-time to an external network server network device via a communications network for tracking the vehicle in real-time. The battery information is displayed on the mobile geofence apparatus for a viewer and is also sent to an external server network device for display to a viewer. Internal battery usage is automatically managed internally on the mobile geofence apparatus using the collected location, battery and temperature information. The internal battery on the mobile geofence apparatus is also automatically managed externally via the external server network device using the collected location, battery and temperature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SVR Tracking, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Wells, Ezra T. Peachey, Jorma A. Seppanen
  • Patent number: 11423417
    Abstract: A method and system for auditing and verifying vehicle identification numbers (VINs) on transport devices (e.g., trucks, trains, ships etc.) with multilevel fraud detection. Digital photographs of vehicle VINs on transport devices are collected with camera components on the transport devices (e.g., trucks, trains, etc.) and verified with multilevel fraud detection, crowdsourcing and other information collected about the vehicles on the transport device. The method and system is used to detect fraud associated with VIN audits of vehicles and unique identifier of non-vehicle entities on transport devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Positioning Universal, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Wells
  • Publication number: 20210183174
    Abstract: A method and system for battery management for a mobile geofence apparatus. Location information for a vehicle, temperature information for the vehicle and battery information for the internal battery on the mobile geofence apparatus is automatically, continuously and periodically collected and sent during a connection interval in real-time to an external network server network device via communications network for tracking the vehicle in real-time. The battery information is displayed on the mobile geofence apparatus for a viewer and is also sent to an external server network device for display to a viewer. Internal battery usage is automatically managed internally on the mobile geofence apparatus using the collected location, battery and temperature information. The internal battery on the mobile geofence apparatus can also be automatically managed externally via the external server network device using the collected location, battery and temperature information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Mark A. Wells, Ezra T. Peachey, Jorma A. Seppanen
  • Patent number: 11037378
    Abstract: A method and system for creating driver telematic signatures. The driver telematic signatures include device-independent and vehicle-independent, artificial intelligence (AI) analyzed and dynamic Big Data set (e.g., 100,000?1 Million+ data values) calibrated, driver safety scoring system. The driver telematics signatures are created and used in real-time from a cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) on a cloud server network device and a cloud communications network that communicates with a driver's vehicle when it is on and moving. The driver telematics signatures provide current driver performance data, driver habit data and allow determination in real-time of drivers performing risky driver maneuvers. The driver telematics signature are also used to determine a cost of insurance for vehicles as the result of reducing rating errors by establishing a baseline for the driver's behavior while driving a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: IGEN Networks Corp.
    Inventors: Mark A. Wells, Neil G. Chan, Travis R. Brooks
  • Patent number: 10896429
    Abstract: A method and system for auditing and verifying vehicle identification numbers (VINs) with crowdsourcing. Digital photographs of vehicle VINs are collected and verified with independent crowdsourcing techniques including crowd voting techniques used in CAPTCHAs, etc. The crowdsourcing techniques are also used to detect fraud associated with VIN audits of vehicle lots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Talon Systems Software, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Wells
  • Patent number: 10796317
    Abstract: A method and system for auditing and verifying vehicle identification numbers (VINs) with fraud detection. Digital photographs of vehicle VINs are collected and verified with crowdsourcing and Global Positioning System (GPS) information of the vehicles, GPS information and motion information of a mobile network device used to collect the digital photographs of the vehicle VINs and a number of manually entered VINs. The method and system is used to detect fraud associated with VIN audits of vehicle lots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Talon Systems Software, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Wells
  • Publication number: 20200146610
    Abstract: An intracellular monitoring device (IMD) that fits completely inside a living cell, and causes no significant impairment, to a cell's normal biological processes. The IMD monitors a cell for its level of a biological substance (e.g., calcium ion concentration) of interest. If the biological substance reaches or exceeds a threshold, the IMD transmits an electromagnetic signal, received by an antenna outside the cell. Each IMD has its electromagnetic signal encoded with a unique frequency. Detection of the frequency components, in the signals received by an antenna, permits identification of the source IMD's. A high calcium ion concentration is indicative of a strongly-activated cerebral cortex neuron. Brain tissue is relatively transparent to near infrared, making it a good frequency band, for the electromagnetic signals from neuron-monitoring IMD's. The near infrared of each IMD can be produced by quantum dots, powered by bioelectric catalysis triggered by high calcium ion concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce T Hope, Mark A Wells, Gregory D Sutton
  • Patent number: 10510193
    Abstract: A method and system for geofencing of vehicle impound yards. One or more geofences around impound yards are selected. The one or more geofences are associated with one or more vehicles. When a vehicle enters the geofenced area, a user (e.g., an individual, car dealer, finance company, etc.) is immediately notified to prevent excessive impound financial charges. If a vehicle is left in a geofence area, a cumulative time duration and a cumulative finance charge are accurately recorded to reduce or prevent financial fraud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: SVR Tracking, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Wells, Ezra T. Peachey
  • Patent number: 10466165
    Abstract: An improved optical flow cell adapted for use in a flow cytometer for differentiating formed bodies (e.g., blood cells) in liquid suspensions. Preferably manufactured by assembling, aligning, and optically joining at least two elements made from transparent material, the improved flow cell has a seamless internal flow channel of preferably non-circular cross-section in a cylindrical first element through which prepared samples can be metered and an independent second element having an external envelope suited to acquisition of optical parameters from formed bodies in such suspensions, the second element being conforming and alignable to the first element so that non-axisymmetric refractive effects on optical characterizing parameters of formed bodies passing through the flow channel in the first element may be minimized before the two elements are optically joined and fixed in working spatial relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventors: Marshall Donnie Graham, William Gerry Graham, James P. Clarkin, Mark A. Wells, Jose M. Cano, Carlos Alberto Arboleda, Armando J. Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20180188154
    Abstract: An improved optical flow cell adapted for use in a flow cytometer for differentiating formed bodies (e.g., blood cells) in liquid suspensions. Preferably manufactured by assembling, aligning, and optically joining at least two elements made from transparent material, the improved flow cell has a seamless internal flow channel of preferably non-circular cross-section in a cylindrical first element through which prepared samples can be metered and an independent second element having an external envelope suited to acquisition of optical parameters from formed bodies in such suspensions, the second element being conforming and alignable to the first element so that non-axisymmetric refractive effects on optical characterizing parameters of formed bodies passing through the flow channel in the first element may be minimized before the two elements are optically joined and fixed in working spatial relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventors: Marshall Donnie Graham, William Gerry Graham, James P. Clarkin, Mark A. Wells, Jose M. Cano, Carlos Alberto Arboleda, Armando J. Sanchez
  • Patent number: 9772274
    Abstract: An improved optical flow cell adapted for use in a flow cytometer for differentiating formed bodies (e.g., blood cells) in liquid suspensions. Preferably manufactured by assembling, aligning, and optically joining at least two elements made from transparent material, the improved flow cell has a seamless internal flow channel of preferably non-circular cross-section in a cylindrical first element through which prepared samples can be metered and an independent second element having an external envelope suited to acquisition of optical parameters from formed bodies in such suspensions, the second element being conforming and alignable to the first element so that non-axisymmetric refractive effects on optical characterizing parameters of formed bodies passing through the flow channel in the first element may be minimized before the two elements are optically joined and fixed in working spatial relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventors: Marshall Donnie Graham, William Gerry Graham, James P. Clarkin, Mark A. Wells, Jose M. Cano, Carlos Alberto Arboleda, Armando J. Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20160073946
    Abstract: An intracellular monitoring device (IMD) that fits completely inside a living cell, and causes no significant impairment, to a cell's normal biological processes. The IMD monitors a cell for its level of a biological substance (e.g., calcium ion concentration) of interest. If the biological substance reaches or exceeds a threshold, the IMD transmits an electromagnetic signal, received by an antenna outside the cell. Each IMD has its electromagnetic signal encoded with a unique frequency. Detection of the frequency components, in the signals received by an antenna, permits identification of the source IMD's. A high calcium ion concentration is indicative of a strongly-activated cerebral cortex neuron. Brain tissue is relatively transparent to near infrared, making it a good frequency band, for the electromagnetic signals from neuron-monitoring IMD's. The near infrared of each IMD can be produced by quantum dots, powered by bioelectric catalysis triggered by high calcium ion concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Bruce T Hope, Mark A Wells, Gregory D. Sutton
  • Patent number: 8339585
    Abstract: Transducer modules for use in a blood analysis instrument and methods for analyzing a blood sample. The transducer modules presented generally include a light source, a focus-alignment system, a flow cell, and a light scatter detection system. Electrodes within the flow cell allow for the measurement of the DC impedance and RF conductivity of cells passing through a cell-interrogation zone in the flow cell. Light scatter from the cells passing through the cell-interrogation zone is measured by the light scatter detection system. The light scatter detection system measures the light scatter parameters of upper median light scatter, lower median angle light scatter, low angle light scatter, and axial light loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Wells, Carlos A. Perez, Jose M. Cano
  • Patent number: 8189187
    Abstract: An improved optical flow cell adapted for use in a flow cytometer for differentiating formed bodies (e.g., blood cells). Manufactured from a monolithic transparent material, the improved flow cell has an internal flow channel of polygonal transverse cross-section through which prepared samples can be metered and an external envelope suited to acquisition of optical parameters from formed bodies in such samples. Preferably, such flow cell is formed by a glass-drawing process in which a relatively large glass preform having a rectilinear internal channel of a desired polygonal cross-sectional shape is heated and drawn to achieve a desired cross-sectional area of reduced size. Also disclosed are preferred methods for differentiating formed bodies using the flow cell of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventors: Marshall Donnie Graham, William Gerry Graham, James P. Clarkin, Mark A. Wells, Jose M. Cano, Carlos Alberto Arboleda, Armando Jose Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20120075630
    Abstract: Transducer modules for use in a blood analysis instrument and methods for analyzing a blood sample. The transducer modules presented generally include a light source, a focus-alignment system, a flow cell, and a light scatter detection system. Electrodes within the flow cell allow for the measurement of the DC impedance and RF conductivity of cells passing through a cell-interrogation zone in the flow cell. Light scatter from the cells passing through the cell-interrogation zone is measured by the light scatter detection system. The light scatter detection system measures the light scatter parameters of upper median light scatter, lower median angle light scatter, low angle light scatter, and axial light loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Wells, Carlos A. Perez, Jose M. Cano
  • Patent number: 8094299
    Abstract: Transducer modules for use in a blood analysis instrument and methods for analyzing a blood sample. The transducer modules presented generally include a light source, a focus-alignment system, a flow cell, and a light scatter detection system. Electrodes within the flow cell allow for the measurement of the DC impedance and RF conductivity of cells passing through a cell-interrogation zone in the flow cell. Light scatter from the cells passing through the cell-interrogation zone is measured by the light scatter detection system. The light scatter detection system measures the light scatter parameters of upper median light scatter, lower median angle light scatter, low angle light scatter, and axial light loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Wells, Carlos A. Perez, Jose M. Cano