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).

  • Espresso machine with dosing mechanism
    Patent number: 11627831
    Abstract: An espresso machine is provided that utilizes a mechanical valve in addition to a flow meter. This results in a low-cost espresso machine while delivering a measured volume of water for the espresso pour. The mechanical valve facilitates a machine with both selectable espresso pour and steam and/or hot water outlets. In this embodiment, the espresso machine utilizes a shared pump and water heater (e.g., a thermoblock, boiler or similar) for multiple functions and/or through different outlets. For example, water from the reservoir may be sent through the flow meter to the pump, then to the water heater, and eventually to either the grouphead or steam wand, or to a pressure release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Edward Gulliver, Maxim K. Guyatt, Mark James Whitcombe
  • ROBUST POWER TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20230112358
    Abstract: A heating element and conductive element system may include a heater conductive element and a heating element. The heater conductive element and the heating element may be integral components. The heater conductive element and the heating element may be discrete components. The heater conductive element may be configured for enhanced mechanical fatigue compared to typical conductive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam George, Mark James Didyk
  • DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LEAKAGE CURRENT FOR TRACTION POWER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230084963
    Abstract: A method, device, and system for detecting a current leak in a traction power rail. Magnetic or electrical properties of the rail are measured. The measurements are performed using a rail instrument that senses the properties around the rail at various times while the instrument is being moved down the rail, such as using a cart or train. The rail instrument may be a flux concentrator or open Rogowski coil. The locations of the rail, about which the readings are taken by the rail instrument, may be determined and correlated with the measurements themselves. The method may comprise measuring the magnetic field of the rail along a length of the rail, and identifying a leak based on differences between the magnetic field measurements. The system may comprise a cart comprising the rail instrument and a location instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Gorczyca, Mark James Mitchell, Patrick Henry McGinn, Michael Morgan Campbell, Matthew Douglas Brown
  • Selecting digital health technology to achieve data collection compliance in clinical trials
    Patent number: 11605038
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for technology assessment and selection. In some implementations, study data indicating parameters of a research study or an objective of a research study is received. Types of data to be collected during the research study are identified. Technology options that each represent one or more technology items that can provide the data to be collected are identified. A suitability score for each of the technology options is determined. A selection is made from among the technology options based on the suitability scores. Output data that indicates the selected technology options for the research study is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: VigNet Incorporated
    Inventors: Praduman Jain, Josh Schilling, Dave Klein, Mark James Begale
  • Interactive display with special effects assembly
    Patent number: 11590432
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display system includes a first display and a second display spaced apart from the first display having one or more light sources configured to emit light and to illuminate the first display, where the first display is at least partially transparent such that the second display is visible through the first display. The three-dimensional display system includes a special effect system disposed at least in part between the first display and the second display and is configured to be activated to cause a special effect to be visible through the first display. The three-dimensional display system includes a controller communicatively coupled to the first display, the second display, and the special effect system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Kaitlyn Marie Duffy, Mark James Traynor, Anthony Melo, Howard Bruce Mall, Yu Jen Lin, Nicholas Anthony Puglisi, Carin Harkins, Caitlin Berner, Samuel J. Knox, Shawn Wright, Suzanne Harris
  • CD206 Modulators Their Use and Methods for Preparation
    Publication number: 20230056497
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, Formula II, and Formula III and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed. The variables X, a, b, c, d, R1-4, R10-15 and R17-22 are disclosed herein. The compounds are useful for treating cancer disorders, especially those involving M2 phenotype of macrophages. Pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula I or Formula II or Formula III and methods of treatment comprising administering compounds of Formula I and Formula II and Formula III are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Raul Rolando Calvo, Bolormaa Baljinnyam, Andres Eduardo Dulcey, Udo Rudloff, Mark James Henderson, Juan Jose Marugan, Xin Hu, Noel Terrence Southall, Rushikesh Vilas Sable
  • Systems and methods for a smart virtual queue
    Patent number: 11568333
    Abstract: A system includes a virtual queue controller configured to receive an indication of a reduced capacity event from an amusement park attraction, determine a reduction in capacity of the attraction, identify each guest having a return time in a virtual queue of the attraction that is affected by the reduced capacity event, remove guests having affected return times from the virtual queue, and generate a reaccommodation time slot for the guests removed from the virtual queue, select two or more updated return times within the reaccommodation time slot for each of the guests removed from the virtual queue, provide a notification to each guest removed from the virtual queue requesting guest input to select a single updated return time from the two or more updated return times, and return each guest to the virtual queue upon receiving a corresponding selection of the single updated return time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Linguanti, Casey Barreto, William Austin Kelly, Kyle P. Hanley, Mark James Traynor
  • Robust power transmission
    Patent number: 11548648
    Abstract: A heating element and conductive element system may include a heater conductive element and a heating element. The heater conductive element and the heating element may be integral components. The heater conductive element and the heating element may be discrete components. The heater conductive element may be configured for enhanced mechanical fatigue compared to typical conductive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Adam George, Mark James Didyk
  • Electrodes for electronic devices comprising an organic semiconducting layer
    Patent number: 11552266
    Abstract: The present application relates to an organic electronic device, said electronic device comprising a multi-layer electrode as well as an organic semiconducting layer, as well as to a method for producing such organic electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: FLEXENABLE LIMITED
    Inventors: David Sparrowe, Pawel Miskiewicz, Mark James
  • ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH WAIST GASKETING ELEMENT AND LEG CUFFS
    Publication number: 20230000695
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system and a waist gasketing element. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. When tested by the Blowout Method Test as described herein, the disposable absorbent article has a Blowout Percent Leakage of less than about 9.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Abhishek Prakash Surushe, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Zachary Aaron Freije, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Donald Carroll Roe, Christopher E. Kiger, Wolfgang E. Huhn, Mark James Kline
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-BANDWIDTH MINIMALLY INVASIVE BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES
    Publication number: 20230000564
    Abstract: Systems and methods for high-bandwidth, minimally invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are disclosed. The BCIs are configured for deployment and operation in conjunction with a comprehensive interventional electrophysiology procedural suite. Three primary methods of minimally invasive electrode array delivery are disclosed: (1) cortical surface delivery, (2) ventricular delivery, and (3) endovascular delivery. Additionally, systems and methods for interacting with such high-bandwidth electrode arrays are discussed, including real-time imaging, signal processing, and neural decoding. Systems and methods for architectures for accelerating the underlying computational processes (such as graphics processing units or tensor processing units) are also discussed. Multiple applications of BCIs are discussed, with emphasis on restoration, rehabilitation, and augmentation of neurologic function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: PRECISION NEUROSCIENCE, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Isaac RAPOPORT, Demetrios Philip PAPAGEORGIOU, Mark James HETTICK
  • Cases for electronic devices
    Patent number: 11528973
    Abstract: A case for an electronic device. The case includes a lower housing having a cavity to receive the electronic device, and an electrical connector configured to couple to the electronic device. A lid is attached to the lower housing with a pivotable joint allowing the lid to rotate between a closed position where the lid is aligned over the cavity and an open position where the lid is angularly displaced allowing the electronic device to be removed from the cavity. The case also includes a hinge that provides the pivotable joint. The hinge is configured such that, when the lid is in the closed position, it is biased to remain closed via a detent, and, such that the lid has one or more stable positions between the fully open and fully closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Dallas Robert Tharrett, Donna Marie Sullivan, Mark James Joseph McCauley, Christopher Glenn Donaldson
  • Adaptive trailer oscillation detection and stability control
    Patent number: 11524663
    Abstract: A trailer oscillation and stability control device including an accelerometer and an angular rate sensor. An oscillation detection discriminator detects oscillatory lateral trailer motion in response to trailer displacement data derived from inputs from the angular rate sensor and acceleration signals received from the accelerometer, and then generates corresponding oscillatory event data. A brake controller generates a braking control signal in response to oscillatory event data received from the oscillation detection discriminator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: LIPPERT COMPONENTS INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Herman Prohaszka, David James Cattermole, John Peter Manfreda, Matthew Allen Collin, Mark James Woloszyk, Paul Michael McCoy
  • METHODS OF TREATING CANCER
    Publication number: 20220387468
    Abstract: Methods of treating cancer with a combination of a WEE1 inhibitor and a DNA-damaging agent in patients having SLFN11-deficient cancer cells are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Elisabetta LEO, Claudia WINKLER, Mark James O'CONNOR, Gemma Nicole JONES, Andrew James PIERCE
  • COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION TRIAGE ASSISTANCE
    Publication number: 20220382971
    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: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael GAMON, Sujay Kumar JAUHAR, Bahareh SARRAFZADEH, Mark James ENCARNACION, Liye FU
  • Multi-stage high pressure flanged pump assembly
    Patent number: 11506190
    Abstract: A pump assembly for use within a high pressure pumping system includes housing, a head and a base. The housing contains at least one centrifugal pump stage. The head and base are attached to the housing with corresponding internal threaded connections. The head and base are further retained to the housing with corresponding external flanged connections. The external flanged connections provide redundant connections that reduce the risk of separation between the housing and the head and base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Baker Hughes ESP, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Allen Schoelen, Chengbao Wang, Colby Lane Loveless, Vishal Gahlot, Mark James
  • Minimizing a crest in a multi-tone drive signal in a vibratory meter
    Patent number: 11493374
    Abstract: A system (800) for minimizing a crest in a multi-tone drive signal in a vibratory meter (5) is provided. The system (800) includes a drive signal generator (810) configured to generate the multi-tone drive signal for the vibratory meter (5) and a drive signal detector (820). The drive signal detector (820) is configured to receive the multi-tone drive signal, determine a first maximum amplitude of the multi-tone drive signal having a component at a first phase, determine a second maximum amplitude of the multi-tone drive signal having the component at a second phase, and compare the first maximum amplitude and the second maximum amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Cunningham, Matthew Joseph Rensing, Mark James Bell
  • Vibratory flow meter with multichannel flow tube
    Patent number: 11486750
    Abstract: Vibratory meters (5), and methods for their use measuring a fluid are provided. Each vibratory meter includes a multichannel flow tube (300) comprising two or more fluid channels (302), a pickoff (170), a driver (180), and meter electronics (20) configured to apply a drive signal to the driver at a drive frequency ?, and measure a deflection of the multichannel flow tube with the pickoff. In examples, at least one fluid channel has an effective diameter that is related to velocity of sound and drive velocity. In further examples, the driver may apply a drive signal to the driver having a drive frequency proportional to the velocity of sound and effective diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark James Bell, Joel Weinstein, Mitalee Nayan Desai, Clinton R. Griffin
  • Antenna Array Element by Element Power Tracking
    Publication number: 20220344977
    Abstract: Methods and devices addressing power tracking of transmission systems using antenna arrays are disclosed. The disclosed teachings may be implemented on a channel element to channel element basis, are adaptive and can be implemented on short time durations such as time slots. Power efficiency can be improved when applying the described methods to the design of systems with antenna arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Donald Felt Kimball, Mark James O'Leary
  • Absorbent article with waist gasketing element and leg cuffs
    Patent number: 11478385
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system and a waist gasketing element. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. The leg gasketing system may also include a pocket. When tested by the Blowout Method Test as described herein, the disposable absorbent article has a Blowout Percent Leakage of less than about 9.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Abhishek P. Surushe, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Zachary Aaron Freije, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Donald Carroll Roe, Christopher E. Kiger, Wolfgang E. Huhn, Mark James Kline