Patents by Inventor Mark James

Mark James 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: 11882762
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel formulations comprising an organic semiconductor (OSC) and one or more organic solvents. The formulation comprises a viscosity at 25° C. of less than 15 mPas and the boiling point of the solvent is at most 400° C. Furthermore, the present invention describes the use of these formulations as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and OLED devices, to methods for preparing OE devices using the novel formulations, and to OE devices, OLED devices and OPV cells prepared from such methods and formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: FLEXENABLE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Philip Edward May, Mark James, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Stephen Bain, Paul Craig Brookes, Edgar Kluge, Li Wei Tan, David Sparrowe, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz
  • Publication number: 20240020467
    Abstract: Systems, storage media and methods for providing information for user prioritization of tasks associated with collaboratively developed content are described. Some examples may include: receiving a conversation thread associated with collaboratively developed content, the conversation thread including a plurality of comments authored by multiple different authors, generating a predicted measure of completion for the received conversation thread, the predicted measure of completion being at least one of a predicted number of remaining actions until the received conversation thread is resolved or a predicted number of total actions for the conversation thread to be resolved and providing, for display at a user interface, the predicted measure of completion for the received conversation thread, the predicted measure of completion being associated with the conversation thread at the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael GAMON, Sujay Kumar JAUHAR, Bahareh SARRAFZADEH, Mark James ENCARNACION, Liye FU
  • Publication number: 20240022533
    Abstract: One or more computer processors receive a message, with a message device, from a server, wherein the message device and at least one other nearby message device belong to a shared chat group. The one or more computer processors, responsive to determining that the at least one other nearby message device has received and emitted a notification associated with the message, suppress the notification associated with the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Mark James Lawrence, Christopher John Swales, Aaron James Collins
  • Publication number: 20240019286
    Abstract: A meter electronics (20) for using a Reynolds number to correct a mass flow rate measurement of a fluid is provided. The meter electronics (20) comprises an interface (401) configured to communicatively couple to a sensor assembly (10) containing the fluid and receive sensor signals from the sensor assembly (10) and a processing system (402) communicatively coupled to the interface (401). The processing system (402) is configured to store a Reynolds number-correction relationship, wherein the Reynolds number-correction relationship relates Reynolds number values with Reynolds number-based correction values, calculate a Reynolds number of the fluid using a measured mass flow rate value of the fluid, and determine a Reynolds number-based correction value using the Reynolds number and the Reynolds number-correction relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Timothy PATTEN, Aart R. PRUYSEN, Salvatore PITTI, Mark James BELL, Joel WEINSTEIN, Anthony William PANKRATZ
  • Publication number: 20240017206
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wet scrubber for gas abatement, comprising a scrubbing vessel defining a chamber, a gas inlet for supplying a gas to be scrubbed, and a gas outlet for allowing the egress of a scrubbed gas; the inlet and outlet being in fluid communication with one another; one or more scrubbing fluid supply ports; the wet scrubber comprising at least one distribution element connected to a scrubbing fluid supply port for distributing a scrubbing fluid inside the chamber; wherein at least one said distribution element is a distribution plate comprising a cavity and a plurality of apertures arranged to allow scrubbing fluid to flow from the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Anna Victoria Howbrook, Gareth David Stanton, Mark James Attwood
  • Patent number: 11873098
    Abstract: An ice protection system for an aircraft component includes a plurality of heaters. The aircraft component has at least two section and a junction area. At least one of the heaters is an H-shape carbon allotrope heater designed to apply heat to the junction area and prevent ice accumulation in the junction area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Casey Slane, Jin Hu, Nathaniel Ching, Galdemir Cezar Botura, James A. Mullen, Mark James Didyk
  • Patent number: 11874250
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to FET arrays for monitoring chemical and/or biological reactions such as nucleic acid sequencing-by-synthesis reactions. Some methods provided herein relate to improving signal (and also signal to noise ratio) from released hydrogen ions during nucleic acid sequencing reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Rothberg, Wolfgang Hinz, John F. Davidson, Antoine M. van Oijen, John Leamon, Martin Huber, Mark James Milgrew, James Bustillo
  • Publication number: 20240013599
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle locker comprises a controller including a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions. The instructions are configured to cause the controller to associate an autonomous vehicle locker with a guest at a first location, receive an indication that guest items are within a storage compartment, secure the storage compartment based on the indication, instruct the autonomous vehicle locker to travel to a second location, identify the guest from a plurality of guests at the second location, and instruct the autonomous vehicle locker to unlock the storage compartment in response to identifying the guest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Eric To Chan, Robert Michael Jordan, Howard Bruce Mall, JR., Mark James Traynor, Anthony Melo
  • Publication number: 20240000856
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions comprising a honey, a cannabinoid, and an emulsifier, and compositions comprising methylglyoxal, a cannabinoid and an emulsifier. The emulsifier is preferably cyclodextrin. The composition is stabilised such that the rate of degradation of the active components in honey, including methylglyoxal and dihydroxyacetone, is reduced. The composition is also physically stabilised such that the rate of separation of the cannabinoid is reduced and the homogeneity of the composition is maintained over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Mark James Dye, William Douglas, Owen John Catchpole, Teresa Moreno Rueda, Stephen John Tallon
  • Publication number: 20230419726
    Abstract: An interactive portrait system includes a camera configured to capture imagery of an environment and a controller. The controller is configured to analyze the imagery to identify a guest in the environment, instruct an output device to provide an initial output to attempt to interact with the guest, and analyze the imagery to identify a behavior of the guest during the initial output, after the initial output, or both. The controller is also configured to evaluate the behavior of the guest using one or more artificial intelligence algorithms to determine whether the guest responded to the initial output. The controller is further configured to, in response to determining that the guest responded to the initial output, instruct the output device to provide an additional output to continue to attempt to interact with the guest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Michael Jordan, Anthony Melo, Angelo Pagliuca, Brandon David Burmette, John Adams, Jacob David Allinson, Eric To Chan, Mark James Traynor
  • Patent number: 11850181
    Abstract: A method for promoting contraception by placing a contraceptive device within a uterus without blocking fallopian tubes may involve advancing a distal end of a delivery device through a cervix, advancing the contraceptive device comprising an elongate shape memory member out of the distal end of the delivery device and into the uterus, and limiting inferior migration of the contraceptive device within the uterus. Inferior migration may be limited by allowing the contraceptive device to assume a shape, when subjected to pressure that tends to cause a downward migration of the device within the uterus, in which an expandable middle portion of the device is expanded to contact the inner wall of the uterus and thus limit the downward migration of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SEBELA VLC LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Tal, Bob Katz, Mark James Debisschop, Peter Wilson, Oleg Shikhman
  • Publication number: 20230412629
    Abstract: In one set of embodiments, a computer system can determine that one or more attacks have been or are in the process of being perpetrated against an anomaly detection system, where the anomaly detection system comprises a set of machine learning (ML) models trained to detect anomalous application programming interface (API) call behavior in a microservice-based application based on API call traces collected from the application. In response to this determination, the computer system can initiate one or more actions for securing the anomaly detection system against the one or more attacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Beveridge, Dennis Ramdass, Mark James Voll, Christopher Kruegel, Yujing Chen, Amit Garg
  • Publication number: 20230408820
    Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) headset, system, and method of fabrication are disclosed. The VR headset includes a frame, a transparent display that includes an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and a darkening layer having a controllable opacity, and a processor controlling the display and darkening layer. A proximity sensor detects a potential collision, and the opacity is changed from opaque to transparent in response to detection of the potential collision. The opacity is changed in response to activation of a virtual user input or predetermined eye movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Mark James Holmes, Johannes Willem Herman Sillevis Smitt
  • Publication number: 20230409412
    Abstract: In one set of embodiments, a computer system can receive one or more application programming interface (API) call traces comprising metadata of API calls made by a microservice-based application and can evaluate the one or more API call traces against a baseline of normal API call behavior for the application. The computer system can then generate, based on the evaluation, a prediction for each of the one or more API call traces indicating whether the API call corresponding to the API call trace is normal or anomalous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Kruegel, Dennis Ramdass, Amit Garg, Mark James Voll, Yujing Chen
  • Publication number: 20230409714
    Abstract: In one set of embodiments, a computer system can receive one or more application programming interface (API) call traces comprising metadata of API calls made by an application and can extract features from the one or more API call traces, the extracting resulting in one or more feature vectors. The computer system can then provide the one or more feature vectors as input to one or more machine learning (ML) models, where the one or more ML models are configured to generate a prediction for each of the one or more API call traces indicating whether the API call corresponding to the API call trace is normal or anomalous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yujing Chen, Amit Garg, Christopher Kruegel, Dennis Ramdass, Mark James Voll
  • Publication number: 20230409986
    Abstract: The virtual queue system includes a virtual queue controller comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the processor and is configured to receive a request, the request being associated with an individual guest, for a position in a virtual queue of an attraction, assign the individual guest to the position in the virtual queue in response to the request, receive ride schedule data for the attraction comprising information about a change in status of individual rides of the attraction, and determine a wait time for the individual guest for the attraction based at least on the position of the individual guest in the virtual queue, the ride schedule data, and historical guest throughput at the attraction. The virtual queue system is further configured to output a signal to a guest-associated device indicating the wait time for the attraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jeff Polk, Dave Derda, Thomas Martin Geraghty, Justin Michael Schwartz, Mark James Traynor
  • Patent number: 11844467
    Abstract: The handle includes first and second spaced sets of prongs. Each of the prong sets has a first prong and a second prong spaced from the first prong a distance sufficient to receive the cookware rim therebetween. The prongs in each of the prong sets diverge as the prongs progress away from the cookware body. A locking mechanism is situated between the prong sets for engaging the cookware rim to removably secure the handle to the cookware. The locking mechanism includes a spring-loaded pin adapted to be received in an opening in the cookware rim. The pin is situated on the unattached end of a leaf spring prong extending from the body of the handle. The pin has an inclined surface which facilitates the insertion of the pin into the opening in the cookware rim to lock the handle to the cookware. The handle is formed of a single piece of material and may be sold in combination with the cookware or separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: HENRY JOHNSON PTY LTD AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HENRY JOHNSON FAMILY TRUST
    Inventor: Mark James Henry
  • Publication number: 20230399136
    Abstract: An item packing system (100) configured to sort and/or pack vine fruit such as bunches of grapes into containers is disclosed herein. The system comprises a first robotic arm (110) comprising at least one first end effector (120) for cutting vine fruit, a second robotic arm (114) comprising at least one second end effector (122) for holding and manipulating a vine fruit for packing into a container, at least one camera (155) for providing image data of the vine fruit, and a controller configured to receive the image data of the vine fruit and to make a determination of the weight of the vine fruit based on the received image data. The controller is configured to control the at least one first end effector of the first robotic arm to cut the vine fruit based on the determined weight of the vine fruit, and the controller is configured to control the at least one second end effector of the second robotic arm to hold and manipulate the cut vine fruit into a container (142).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Joel Maafo BUDU, Raviteja BURUGU, Jesse Kwabena OPOKU, Mark James BECKWITH, Atif SYED, Adnan KHADER SYED, Thierry Joseph Valery GARCIA
  • Patent number: 11841787
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for monitoring technology usage and performance. In some implementations, use of a technology item by one or more individuals assigned to use the technology item is monitored. Based on the monitoring, usage data that indicates usage of the technology item is generated. One or more criteria for evaluating the usage of the technology item by the one or more individuals is identified. It is determined whether usage data satisfies the one or more criteria. A system provides, for display on a user interface, output data indicating whether the usage data satisfies the one or more criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: VigNet Incorporated
    Inventors: Praduman Jain, Josh Schilling, Dave Klein, Mark James Begale
  • Publication number: 20230389856
    Abstract: Methods and systems implement a variety of sensors, including in embodiments various combinations of EEG sensors, biochemical sensors, photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors, microphones, and accelerometers, to detect, predict, and/or classify various physiological events and/or conditions related to epilepsy, sleep apnea, and/or vestibular disorders. The events can include neuroelectrical events, cardiac events, and/or pulmonary events, among others. In some cases, the method and systems implement trained artificial intelligence (AI) models to detect, classify, and/or predict. The methods and systems are also capable of optimizing a treatment window, suggesting treatments that may improve the overall well-being of the patient (including improving pre- or post-event symptoms and effects), and/or interacting with various care providers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: John Michael Heasman, Mark James Cook, Robert John Klupacs, Rohan J. Hoare