Patents by Inventor Mark E. Warner

Mark E. Warner 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: 12168768
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a yeast strain, or strains, secreting a full suite, or any subset of that full suite, of enzymes to hydrolyze corn starch, corn fiber, lignocellulose, (including enzymes that hydrolyze linkages in cellulose, hemicellulose, and between lignin and carbohydrates) and to utilize pentose sugars (xylose and arabinose). The invention is also directed to the set of proteins that are well expressed in yeast for each category of enzymatic activity. The resulting strain, or strains can be used to hydrolyze starch and cellulose simultaneously. The resulting strain, or strains can be also metabolically engineered to produce less glycerol and uptake acetate. The resulting strain, or strains can also be used to produce ethanol from granular starch without liquefaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignees: DANSTAR FERMENT AG, STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Elena Brevnova, John E. McBride, Erin Wiswall, Kevin S. Wenger, Nicky Caiazza, Heidi Hau, Aaron Argyros, Frank Agbogbo, Charles F. Rice, Trisha Barrett, John S. Bardsley, Abigail Foster, Anne K. Warner, Mark Mellon, Ryan Skinner, Indraneel Shikhare, Riaan Den Haan, Chhayal V. Gandhi, Alan Belcher, Vineet B. Rajgarhia, Allan C. Froehlich, Kristen M. Deleault, Emily Stonehouse, Shital A. Tripathi, Jennifer Gosselin, Yin-Ying Chiu, Haowen Xu
  • Patent number: 10492616
    Abstract: Furniture with a heated seat consists of a fixed furniture frame having a seating surface to accommodate one or more cushions. One or more removable cushions are positioned on the seating surface. Each removable cushion includes a foam body. An electric heating pad is supported by the foam body. A cushion cover is provided that overlies the foam body. An umbilical power cord is electrically coupled to the heating pad. The umbilical power cord extends from the foam body through an opening in the cushion cover and connects with an electrical connector of a power transformer module on the furniture frame. Power is supplied by the power transformer module to the heating pad when the activation switch of the power transformer module is in the “on” position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: DODEKA MANUFACTURING LIMITED
    Inventor: Mark E. Warner
  • Publication number: 20180325265
    Abstract: Furniture with a heated seat consists of a fixed furniture frame having a seating surface to accommodate one or more cushions. One or more removable cushions are positioned on the seating surface. Each removable cushion includes a foam body. An electric heating pad is supported by the foam body. A cushion cover is provided that overlies the foam body. An umbilical power cord is electrically coupled to the heating pad. The umbilical power cord extends from the foam body through an opening in the cushion cover and connects with an electrical connector of a power transformer module on the furniture frame. Power is supplied by the power transformer module to the heating pad when the activation switch of the power transformer module is in the “on” position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventor: Mark E. WARNER
  • Patent number: 6377618
    Abstract: Rate detection of a data rate within a sequence of transmitted symbols employs correlation to calculate estimates of the auto-correlation values, or estimated coefficients, of the sequence. When the sequence of transmitted symbols includes repeated symbol values, the auto-correlation values indicate a degree of self-similarity within the sequence. A decision statistic may be formed from the auto-correlation values. The self-similarity of the auto-correlation values may be employed as a decision statistic with associated hypothesis test pair values. Various decision methods may be implemented to compare auto-correlation values to thresholds based on the hypothesis test pair values. Based on the comparison, the data rate of the sequence may be determined. Once the information is determined related to the data rate, the information may be employed by a Viterbi detector to adjust the decoding rate for decoding the symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Agere Systems Guardian Corp.
    Inventors: Mohit K. Prasad, Mark E. Warner
  • Patent number: 4886465
    Abstract: An electrical outlet protective cover 10 is described for mounting to ungrounded or grounded electrical outlet receptacles for preventing a child from inserting a foreign object into the receptacle or from inserting an electrical plug. The cover 10 has a back plate 52 with receptacle apertures 68, 70 for receiving the receptacle. The cover has a front panel 54 substantially forward of the back plate 52 forming shutter cavities 56 therebetween. Shutters 60, 62 are slidably mounted in the cavities 56 for horizontal movement between offset positions and aligned positions. Each of the shutters 60,62 have slots or apertures 88, 90, 92 for receiving corresponding electrical plug progngs. The slots 88 and 90 are of an enlarged size to accommodate ungrounded prongs or grounded prongs. The cover 10 has plug passageways 76 and 78 aligned with the receptacle apertures 68 and 70 respectively for preventing a child from touching the prongs when a plug is being inserted into a receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Inventor: Mark E. Warner
  • Patent number: 4702595
    Abstract: A pattern recognition system is disclosed with working area detection which automatically positions a field in a proper position with respect to an optical scanning means to optimize the pattern recognition and to automatically enable examination of the field in a good working area. The system has particular application to the examination of blood smears on a slide by enabling the positioning of the slide to enable examination of the blood smear in a good working area without operator intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: SmithKline Beckman Corporation
    Inventors: Carl E. Mutschler, Mark E. Warner