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).

  • Patent number: 9456302
    Abstract: A convenient, easy to use ubiquitous governance system to help manage and maintain the plurality of semi-autonomous devices that will be loosely coupled to and communicate via the Internet or other network, more commonly referred to as the network of things.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: TeMeDa LLC
    Inventors: Stewart A. Skomra, Emil Sturniolo, Robert N. Cichielo, Andrzej Pienczykowski, Mark Allen, Julian A. Durand
  • Publication number: 20160272470
    Abstract: According to at least one exemplary embodiment, a scalable jacking machine system may be provided. The system may include at least one jacking machine, which may include at least one controller, at least one monitoring device, and at least one electronically controlled valve. The at least one controller may be configured to communicate over a wired or wireless network with a controller of at least one other jacking machine, allowing the jacking machines to operate in unison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Allen BUCKINGHAM, Jamin Ray BUCKINGHAM
  • Publication number: 20160272551
    Abstract: An IBTL system having a low GHG footprint for converting biomass to liquid fuels in which a biomass feed is converted to liquids by direct liquefaction and the liquids are upgraded to produce premium fuels. Biomass residues from the direct liquefaction, and optionally additional biomass is pyrolyzed using microwave pyrolysis to produce structured biochar, hydrogen for the liquefaction and upgrading, and CO2 for conversion to algae, including blue green algae (cyanobacteria) in a photobioreactor (PBR). Produced algae and diazotrophic microorganisms are used to produce a biofertilizer that also contains structured biochar. The structured biochar acts as a nucleation agent for the algae in the PBR, as a absorption agent to absorb inorganics from the biomass feed to direct liquefaction or from the liquids produced thereby, and as a water retention agent in the biofertilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Rocco A Fiato, Yuhan Sun, Mark Allen, Quanyu Zhao
  • Patent number: 9448896
    Abstract: Torn write mitigation circuitry determines if a write operation to memory is in progress at or about a time of power loss. In response to the write operation being in progress at or about the time of the power loss, the torn write mitigation circuitry causes torn write data and metadata to be stored to a non-volatile cache. The torn write data comprise data left in a degraded or uncorrectable state as a result of the loss of power. The metadata describe the torn write data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Mark Allen Gaertner, Jon Trantham, Vidya Krishnamurthy, Steve Faulhaber, Yong Yang
  • Publication number: 20160267466
    Abstract: A device stores multiple identifiers meant for specific uses. For example, multiple transaction tokens can reside on different parts of a user device. Each transaction token can be compatible for use with a transaction channel (e.g., contact, contactless, and card-not-present, telephone-order, mail-order, in-app, etc.). A transaction can be terminated based on a transaction token being utilized in an inappropriate transaction channel, which limits the chances that a compromised transaction token can be successfully utilized for fraud. In some cases, the user device may be a transaction card or a mobile phone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Phillip Kumnick, Mark Allen Nelsen, John F. Sheets
  • Publication number: 20160262831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, device, and system for improved mapping and/or ablation of a tissue. The device may generally include an elongate body and a distal assembly affixed to the elongate body that includes a treatment electrode having a conductive mapping region and a selectively conductive ablation region that is conductive of high-frequency current and substantially non-conductive of low-frequency current. Alternatively, the device may generally include a treatment electrode having a conductive mapping or ablation region and a region that is coated with an electrically insulated but thermally conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Mark T. STEWART, Mark Allen BENSCOTER, Jon Virgil EVANS, Timothy G. LASKE, Gonzalo MARTINEZ
  • Patent number: 9441386
    Abstract: A jacking pole apparatus is disclosed. A jacking pole may include two tubular members, slidably engaged with one another in such a manner that they may extend or expand. A jacking pole may engage two surfaces or objects and extend therebetween in order to provide support. Further, a jacking pole may vertically displace an object or surface. A jacking pole utilizes locking mechanisms to remain in certain positions and provide continuous support for surface and objects. The locking mechanisms may also be utilized during vertical displacement in order to facilitate such motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Allen Buckingham, Jamin Ray Buckingham
  • Patent number: 9438492
    Abstract: An appliance network connectivity apparatus includes a voltage sensor that generates a signal at an output that is proportional to a voltage provided to the appliance. A current sensor generates a signal at an output that is proportional to a current flowing through the appliance. A processor determines the electrical characteristics of power consumed by the appliance and executes web server software for communicating data through a network. A relay controls power from the power source to the appliance. A memory stores the electrical characteristics. A network interface provides the electrical characteristics to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Tenrehte Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Allen Indovina, Jennifer Marie Indovina, Russell Dean Priebe, Carlos Antonio Barrios, Steven Lee Boggs
  • Patent number: 9424946
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for managing data in a memory. In accordance with some embodiments, input write data having a selected logical address are stored in a rewriteable non-volatile (NV) buffer. A copy of the input write data is transferred to an NV main memory using a sloppy write process. A verify operation is subsequently performed to verify successful transfer of the copy of the input write data to the NV main memory using a hash value generated responsive to the input write data in the NV buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Arthur Gomez, Michael Joseph Steiner, Mark Allen Gaertner, Ryan James Goss
  • Publication number: 20160240392
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method for forming a dual sided embedded die system. The method begins with starting material including a top surface and a bottom surface, a plurality of vias, a plurality of plated metal posts, die pads, and stiffeners. The surface are planarized to expose the included metal which is than selectively etching from die attach pad DAP areas to form cavities. Create a stiffener by using photo resist patterning and plating. Apply tacky tape. Attach a die. Laminate and grind. Remove tacky tape. Form redistribution layers RDLs and a solder mask. Mounting Surface Mount Devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Anindya Poddar, Mark Allen Gerber, Mutsumi Masumoto, Masamitsu Matsuura, Kengo Aoya, Takeshi Onogami
  • Patent number: 9418688
    Abstract: A heat-assisted magnetic recording head is configured to write data to and read data from a magnetic recording medium. The head comprises a reader and a writer including a near-field transducer (NFT). The reader comprises a center which is laterally offset relative to a center of the writer to define a reader-writer offset (RWO) therebetween. A controller is configured to control the writer to write data to data tracks of the medium, detect a shift in the RWO, and in response to the detected shift in the RWO, control the writer to write data to a plurality of tracks defining a reserved band during an open period of the reserved band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Tim Rausch, Tong Shirh Stone, Mark Allen Gaertner
  • Publication number: 20160230515
    Abstract: A system is configured to fracture a formation surrounding a subterranean wellbore. In one example, the system includes a tool string configured to be deployed in the wellbore, and an acoustic pulse generator connected to the tool string and configured to transmit acoustic pressure pulses into the formation. The acoustic pulse generator is configured to generate acoustic pressure pulses with a magnitude of at least 1000 pounds per square inch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy Holiman Hunter, Travis Wayne Cavender, Mark Allen Parker
  • Patent number: 9411717
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for managing a memory, such as but not limited to a flash memory. In accordance with some embodiments, user data and associated metadata are stored in a memory. The metadata are arranged as a first sequence of snapshots of the metadata at different points in time during the operation of the memory, and a second sequence of intervening journals which reflect updates to the metadata from one snapshot to the next. Requested portions of the metadata are recovered from the memory using a selected snapshot in the first sequence and first and second journals in the second sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Ryan James Goss, David Scott Seekins, Mark Allen Gaertner
  • Patent number: 9410668
    Abstract: A light string includes a plurality of jacketed light emitting diode assemblies and drive wires configured to electrically connect the jacketed light emitting diode assemblies to a power source. The light emitting diode assemblies include a light emitting diode having a contact set and a lens body, an electrical wire sit, and an integrally molded plastic jacket molded directly onto the contact set, the lens body, and electrical connections between the contacts of the contact set and the electrical wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: FIBER OPTIC DESIGNS, INC.
    Inventors: David Allen, Mark Allen
  • Patent number: 9413358
    Abstract: A forward counter block may include at least one of a plurality of local counter storage elements for counting events. The forward counter block may also include an update engine, the update engine configured to update an external memory by forwarding a value stored in any of said at lease one of a plurality of local counter storage elements and return a zero value to that local counter storage element, when the value stored in that local counter storage element reaches or surpasses a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: Steven Glen Jorgensen, Mark Allen Gravel
  • Publication number: 20160223558
    Abstract: Embodiments of compounds for selectively detecting an analyte are disclosed, along with methods and kits for detecting analytes with the compounds. The compounds are bridged viologen conjugates including at least one fluorophore according to the general structure At least one of R1/R2, R2/R3, R3/R4, R5/R6, R6/R7, and/or R7/R8 together form a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl or aryl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Portland State University
    Inventors: Robert Michael Strongin, Martha Sibrian-Vazquez, Jorge Omar Escobedo-Cordova, Mark Allen Lowry
  • Patent number: 9404072
    Abstract: An optical sampling apparatus for disposable flexible bioprocessing vessels includes features for optical interrogation of the vessel contents by means of transmission or transflection spectroscopy. This optical interrogation allows for the determination of quantities and parameters of substances in fluids contained within the vessels during bioprocesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: ASL Analytical, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin John Koerperick, Jonathon Todd Olesberg, Christine Esther Evans, Mark Allen Arnold, Gary Wray Small
  • Patent number: 9399968
    Abstract: A method for an engine, comprising: during a first condition comprising a high engine temperature, injecting a first quantity of liquid petroleum gas into a first engine cylinder at a first timing during an intake stroke; and injecting a second quantity of liquid petroleum gas into the first engine cylinder at a second timing during a compression stroke following the intake stroke. In this way, combustion knock and cylinder pre-ignition may be mitigated without retarding spark ignition and/or limiting engine load, thereby allowing for maximum engine performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Paul Glugla, Eric Warren Curtis, Gopichandra Surnilla, John Hedges, Mark Allen Dearth
  • Patent number: D763195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Allen Murphy, George Wnukoski, Jeffrey John Wolff, Lindsay Short
  • Patent number: D764059
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory V. Browne, Adam Looker, Ryan D. Lee, Sarah A. Smith, Corey J. Centen, Maegan P. Wilkinson, Richard C. Nova, Cathlene Durand Buchanan, Chad Alan Follmar, David Mark VandeRiet, Seth Paul Lynch, Mark Allen Catron, Chad Clayton Walters