Patents by Inventor Mark Allen

Mark Allen 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: 20210278270
    Abstract: A medication dispensing device may include a plurality of trays, each tray optionally including a load cell configured to measure a mass/weight of a medication contained in the respective tray. Each tray is placeable in a medication accessible position and a medication inaccessible position. The medication dispensing device includes a user interface configured to provide instructions and/or other information with regard to access for each medication. A processor provides instructions to selectively place each tray in the medication accessible position, and to determine, based on any change in the mass of the medication placed in the medication accessible position, whether the appropriate amount of the medication is removed from the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Allen Pilkington, Benjamin Eli Stormer, Daniel Lee Michael, Jason R. Ertel, Vikki Nowak
  • Publication number: 20210255357
    Abstract: The present invention includes systems and methods for a continuous-wave (CW) radar system for detecting, geolocating, identifying, discriminating between, and mapping ferrous and non-ferrous metals in brackish and saltwater environments. The CW radar system generates multiple extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic waves simultaneously and uses said waves to detect, locate, and classify objects of interest. These objects include all types of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, as well as changing material boundary layers (e.g., soil to water, sand to mud, rock to organic materials, water to air, etc.). The CW radar system is operable to detect objects of interest in near real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: HG Partners, LLC
    Inventors: Carlos Alberto Fonts, Carlos Ernesto Fonts, Mark Allen O'Hair, John Richard O'Hair, Richard Dolan Randall
  • Patent number: 11091435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to, inter alia, a novel crystalline free-plate habit or morphology, processes for preparing the crystalline free-plate habit, and uses of the crystalline free-plate habit of the L-arginine salt of (R)-2-(7-(4-cyclopentyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzyloxy)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocyclo-penta[b]indol-3-yl)acetic acid (Compound 1) in the treatment of S1P1 receptor-associated disorders, for example, diseases and disorders mediated by lymphocytes, transplant rejection, autoimmune diseases and disorders, inflammatory diseases and disorders (e.g., acute and chronic inflammatory conditions), cancer, and conditions characterized by an underlying defect in the vascular integrity or that are associated with angiogenesis such as may be pathologic (e.g., as may occur in inflammation, tumor development, and atherosclerosis).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony C. Blackburn, Ryan O. Castro, Mark Allen Hadd, You-An Ma, Antonio Garrido Montalban, Jaimie Karyn Rueter, Lee Alani Selvey, Sagar Raj Shakya, Marlon Carlos
  • Patent number: 11085282
    Abstract: A method for hydraulically fracturing a subterranean formation includes sending a first command from a controller to a pump to achieve a first target flow rate for a fracturing fluid being injected into a subterranean formation during a fracturing operation. Monitoring an injection property of the fracturing operation. Determining a rate of change of the pressure over a first time period. Determining, by the controller, a second target flow rate based, at least in part, on the rate of change of the pressure. Sending a second command from the controller to the pump to achieve the second target flow rate for the fracturing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mehdi Sebdani Mazrooee, Michael Linley Fripp, Matthew Lewis Lahman, Mark Allen Adams
  • Patent number: 11087018
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program wherein the apparatus comprises:a plurality of quantum dot-graphene field effect transistors; circuitry configured to provide an individual drain-source bias voltage to each of a plurality of quantum dot-graphene field effect transistors, wherein different individual drain-source bias voltages have different parameters, to enable the plurality of quantum dot-graphene field effect transistors to detect light from a user of an apparatus; and circuitry configured to obtain output signals from each of a plurality of quantum dot-graphene field effect transistors where the output signal is dependent upon both the light detected by the quantum dot-graphene field effect transistor and the parameters of the drain-source bias voltage to enable the obtained output signals to be used as a scrambled identification signal of the user of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Mark Allen, Troels Ronnow, David Bitauld, Alexander Bessonov
  • Patent number: 11084353
    Abstract: A vehicle ventilating/cooling system may include at least one sun-load sensor arranged within the vehicle, and a controller configured to receive a sun-load signal indicating a sun-load level from the sensor and programmed to instruct at least one cooling component to conduct a purge of vehicle cabin air in response to the sun-load level exceeding a sun-load threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Allen Dearth, Paul Bryan Hoke, Lawrence C. Karas, Eric Gerd Schaefer, Timothy James Hallifax, Rainer Vogt, Volker Scheer, Timothy John Wallington
  • Patent number: 11085812
    Abstract: A medication dispensing device may include a plurality of trays, each tray optionally including a load cell configured to measure a mass/weight of a medication contained in the respective tray. Each tray is placeable in a medication accessible position and a medication inaccessible position. The medication dispensing device includes a user interface configured to provide instructions and/or other information with regard to access for each medication. A processor provides instructions to selectively place each tray in the medication accessible position, and to determine, based on any change in the mass of the medication placed in the medication accessible position, whether the appropriate amount of the medication is removed from the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: CARDINAL HEALTH COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Allen Pilkington, Benjamin Eli Stormer, Daniel Lee Michael, Jason R Ertel, Vikki Nowak
  • Patent number: 11075390
    Abstract: An apparatus including a proton battery and a casing for the proton battery, the proton battery including first and second electrodes configured to form an electrode junction configured to generate protons in the presence of water to produce a potential difference, the proton battery further including respective charge collectors in contact with the first and second electrodes; the casing configured to inhibit exposure of the electrode junction to water from the surrounding environment when the proton battery is contained within the casing, the casing including a pair of electrical terminals electrically connected to the respective charge collectors of the proton battery, wherein the proton battery is formed as a continuous strip of material, and wherein the casing includes an opening configured to enable a length of the continuous strip to be extracted from the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Mark Allen
  • Patent number: 11074071
    Abstract: An embodiment includes storing original environment data in a memory of a computing device, then sourcing a script in a child command shell that includes an environment variable set-up command for setting an environmental characteristic of a new computing environment associated with the child command shell. The new environment data is also stored in the memory of the computing device that defines the new computing environment associated with the child command shell. The original computing environment is then restored by terminating the child command shell and returning to the target command shell. The original environment data is compared to the new environment data to determine the differences between the two environments, and the original computing environment is then modified to match the new computing environment created by the sourced script.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott Miller, Mark Allen, Austen William Lauria, William P. LePera
  • Publication number: 20210219540
    Abstract: A tree stand apparatus includes a rail, a plurality of steps, a plurality of cleats for engagement with a tree, and a platform that is pivotable about an axis relative to the rail between an extended position and a retracted position. The axis is at approximately the midpoint of the length of the rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: MH SYNDICATE LLC
    Inventors: Mark Allen Schmidt, Nicholas Alan Hribek
  • Publication number: 20210221429
    Abstract: According to at least one exemplary embodiment, a system and method for synchronizing and controlling at least one dolly may be provided. The system may include at least one dolly, a power unit, and a control device, all communicatively coupled via at least one network. Dolly coordinates and steer points for a load may be recorded. Adjustments to the dolly may be made based on desired changes to the orientation of the steer points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Allen BUCKINGHAM, Jamin Ray BUCKINGHAM
  • Publication number: 20210224927
    Abstract: A crop prediction system performs various machine learning operations to predict crop production and to identify a set of farming operations that, if performed, optimize crop production. The crop prediction system uses crop prediction models trained using various machine learning operations based on geographic and agronomic information. Responsive to receiving a request from a grower, the crop prediction system can access information representation of a portion of land corresponding to the request, such as the location of the land and corresponding weather conditions and soil composition. The crop prediction system applies one or more crop prediction models to the access information to predict a crop production and identify an optimized set of farming operations for the grower to perform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: David Patrick Perry, Geoffrey Albert von Maltzahn, Robert Berendes, Eric Michael Jeck, Barry Loyd Knight, Rachel Ariel Raymond, Ponsi Trivisvavet, Justin Y. H. Wong, Neal Hitesh Rajdev, Marc-Cedric Joseph Meunier, Casey James Leist, Pranav Ram Tadi, Andrea Lee Flaherty, Charles David Brummitt, Naveen Neil Sinha, Jordan Lambert, Jonathan Hennek, Carlos Becco, Mark Allen, Daniel Bachner, Fernando Derossi, Ewan Lamont, Rob Lowenthal, Dan Creagh, Steve Abramson, Ben Allen, Jyoti Shankar, Chris Moscardini, Jeremy Crane, David Weisman, Gerard Keating, Lauren Moores, William Pate
  • Patent number: 11069929
    Abstract: An apparatus for optically monitoring a fluid level of a container comprises a light emitter(s), a plurality of optical detectors, and a control system. The light emitter(s) is configured to emit light toward a target surface when positioned, at a fluid threshold level, on the outside of the container. Upper and lower optical detectors are configured to receive light reflected from the target surface when positioned on the outside of the container above and below the fluid threshold level. The control system detects, based on measured reflectance received by the upper and lower optical detector, whether the upper optical detector is above the fluid level and whether at least a portion of the lower optical detector is above the fluid level, and determines, based on these detections, whether the level of fluid within the container has dropped below the fluid threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: NDSL, Inc.
    Inventors: David Battle, Frederick LaBach, Mark Allen Wille
  • Patent number: 11069826
    Abstract: A photosensitive transistor or voltage-mode device which comprises a gate electrode, a layer of ambipolar two-dimensional material such as graphene and a layer of photoactive semiconducting material forms a junction with the ambipolar two-dimensional material. The photoactive semiconducting material and the ambipolar two-dimensional material are configured so that there is a non-screening gate voltage interval where an interface voltage at the junction between the photoactive semiconducting layer and the ambipolar two-dimensional material can be changed by applying to the gate electrode a gate voltage which falls within the non-screening gate voltage interval. The non-screening gate voltage interval comprises a flat-band gate voltage at which the interface voltage is zero. An electrical shutter can be operated at this gate voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: EMBERION OY
    Inventors: Alexander Bessonov, Alan Colli, Mark Allen
  • Publication number: 20210217745
    Abstract: An apparatus including an array of field-effect transistors, each field-effect transistor including a channel, source and drain electrodes, and a gate electrode configured to enable the flow of electrical current to be varied, the gate electrode separated from the channel by a dielectric material configured to inhibit a flow of electrical current between the channel and gate electrode, wherein the gate electrode of each field-effect transistor is connected in parallel to the gate electrodes of the other field-effect transistors in the array, and wherein a respective two-terminal current-limiting component is coupled to each gate electrode such that, in the event that a defect in the dielectric material of a particular field-effect transistor allows a leakage current to flow between the channel and gate electrode of that field-effect transistor, the respective two-terminal current-limiting component limits the magnitude of the leakage current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Mark ALLEN, Martti VOUTILAINEN, Sami KALLIOINEN
  • Publication number: 20210216310
    Abstract: An embodiment includes storing original environment data in a memory of a computing device, then sourcing a script in a child command shell that includes an environment variable set-up command for setting an environmental characteristic of a new computing environment associated with the child command shell. The new environment data is also stored in the memory of the computing device that defines the new computing environment associated with the child command shell. The original computing environment is then restored by terminating the child command shell and returning to the target command shell. The original environment data is compared to the new environment data to determine the differences between the two environments, and the original computing environment is then modified to match the new computing environment created by the sourced script.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Miller, Mark Allen, Austen William Lauria, William P. LePera
  • Patent number: 11055486
    Abstract: Methods for calculating nutrient content information. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: receiving a recipe having a list of ingredients and quantities, for each of the ingredients a corresponding record is found within a database of known records, the records are associated to quantities and nutritional values. The units of measurement of the recipe ingredients and the identified record are compared. When the units are the same, no conversion is performed. When the units are different, the units of the known record are converted using a conversion factor derived from a relationship between the differing units of measurement. In one variant, the conversion factor may be identified from a table of conversion factors relating various units of measurement to one another. Finally, the converted or the known nutritional values are multiplied by a ratio of the quantity of the ingredient in the recipe to the quantity of the known record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MyFitnessPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Radcliffe, Karlo Berket, Chul Lee, Jiang Xu, Bryan Levine, Karthik Subramaniam, Mark Allen
  • Publication number: 20210203084
    Abstract: A dual band antenna that allows the independent optimization of each frequency band by adjusting the sizes of the antenna elements. For example, an antenna may have two different drivers, one for the high-frequency and one for the low frequency. By using elements orthogonally connected to the low frequency driver, the low frequency driver can function as both a reflector to the high frequency drivers and the low frequency driver without affecting the antenna's performance in the high frequency. The antenna may also have parasitic elements. For example, parasitic directors parallel to the high frequency band driver can be configured to improve performance in the high frequency band. Pairs of additional parasitic directors can be orthogonally connected these directors. These pairs can be adjusted in size to improve performance in the low frequency band with minimal impact on performance in the high frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventor: Mark Allen Kenkel
  • Publication number: 20210200893
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program wherein the apparatus comprises: a plurality of quantum dot-graphene field effect transistors; circuitry configured to provide an individual drain-source bias voltage to each of a plurality of quantum dot-graphene field effect transistors, wherein different individual drain-source bias voltages have different parameters, to enable the plurality of quantum dot-graphene field effect transistors to detect light from a user of an apparatus; and circuitry configured to obtain output signals from each of a plurality of quantum dot-graphene field effect transistors where the output signal is dependent upon both the light detected by the quantum dot-graphene field effect transistor and the parameters of the drain-source bias voltage to enable the obtained output signals to be used as a scrambled identification signal of the user of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Mark ALLEN, Troels RONNOW, David BITAULD, Alexander BESSONOV
  • Publication number: 20210200559
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that comprises a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a network interface, and hardware description code, wherein the hardware description code is compilable into a plurality of bit configuration files for loading onto the FPGA, wherein each bit configuration file defines a pipelined processing operation for a hardware template. The FPGA comprises configurable hardware logic, and the FPGA can be accessible over a network via the network interface for commanding the FPGA to load a bit configuration file from among the bit configuration files onto the FPGA to thereby configure hardware logic on the FPGA to perform the pipelined processing operation defined by the loaded bit configuration file, and wherein the FPGA is configured to (1) receive streaming data and (2) process the streaming data through the configured hardware logic to perform the pipelined processing operation defined by the loaded bit configuration file on the streaming data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Roger D. Chamberlain, Mark Allen Franklin, Ronald S. Indeck, Ron K. Cytron, Sharath R. Cholleti