Patents by Inventor Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence 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: 11359155
    Abstract: Use of a wax anti-settling agent (WASA), in an automotive fuel composition, for the purpose of improving the acceleration performance of an internal combustion engine into which the fuel composition is or is intended to be introduced or of a vehicle powered by such an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SHELL USA, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Brewer, Nicholas James Rounthwaite, Michael Alan Parkes, Tushar Bera
  • Publication number: 20220100205
    Abstract: A method and system of operating a vehicle in a descent profile, the method comprising obtaining, at a controller module, a mathematical model of performance characteristics for an aircraft, generating an optimal guidance trajectory, and operating the aircraft in accordance with the optimal guidance trajectory prior to operating in a position-based guidance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Darnell, Russell Allen Ramaker, Reza Ghaemi
  • Publication number: 20220057312
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process and mass liquid flow (MLF) meter for measuring water cut, the MLF meter including a variable speed pump, a blind mixing T, a Coriolis meter, a differential pressure sensor, and a backpressure valve, and the process including maintaining a velocity of an emulsion through a Coriolis meter within a predetermined threshold from a predetermined velocity by controlling the variable speed pump, maintaining a pressure within the MLF meter to above a minimum pressure by controlling the backpressure valve, measuring a differential pressure across the Coriolis meter utilizing the differential pressure sensor, measuring a mass flow in the MLF meter utilizing the Coriolis meter, determining a viscosity based on the measured differential pressure and mass flow, and determining water cut of the emulsion based on the determined viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventor: Mark Lawrence FLYNN
  • Patent number: 11254885
    Abstract: A fuel composition for powering a combustion engine, the composition comprising a liquid base fuel; and a (co)polymer obtainable by (co)polymerizing at least the following monomers: one or more bicyclic (meth)acrylate esters (a); up to 15 wt % of styrene (b); optionally other ethylenically unsaturated monomers that are not monomer (a) or (b); up to a total of 100 wt %, wherein the weight percentages of the monomer are based on the total weight of all of the monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Brewer, John Socrates Thomaides, John M Morales, Qiwei He, Damien Christian Vadillo, Michael Timothy Philbin, Joern Karl, Nicholas James Rounthwaite
  • Patent number: 11250978
    Abstract: A system and method for perturbing a permanent magnet asymmetric field to move a body includes a rotating body configured to rotate about a rotation axis, a permanent magnet arrangement arranged on the rotating body containing two or more permanent magnets, and a perturbation element. The permanent magnet arrangement is configured such that an asymmetric magnetic field is generated by the permanent magnets about a perturbation point. Actuation of the perturbation element at or near the perturbation point causes a tangential magnetic force on the rotating body and/or the permanent magnet arrangement, thereby causing the rotating body to rotate about the rotation axis. The disclosure may also be used for linear motion of a body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: GREEN WAVE POWER SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Clymer, Brenda Lee McConnell
  • Patent number: 11234897
    Abstract: Multi-dose packaged over-the-counter antitussive syrups comprise a bottle containing about 75 ml or less of a liquid formulation of dextromethorphan hydrobromide. The liquid formulation provides at least two doses of dextromethorphan hydrobromide. Multi-dose packaged over-the-counter liquid formulations comprise a bottle having a capacity of about 100 ml or less, at least two doses of the liquid formulation carried within the bottle, a cap, a dosage cup releasably carried on the cap and a shrink wrap substantially enveloping the bottle and the dosage cup. Antitussive syrups comprise water, dextromethorphan hydrobromide in amounts from about 6 to about 25 mg/ml, and sweetener in amounts from about 200 to about 800 mg/ml.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: DXM Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Thuesen, Steve Shane Sanders, Steve J. Bannister
  • Patent number: 11234039
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a microphone of a voice-controlled device, a speech input from a user and determining, by the voice-controlled device, that a power state of an AV display device that is coupled to the voice-controlled device is an ON or OFF state. Based on the user intent determined from the speech input and the power state of the AV display, the voice-controlled device sends data to the AV display device to switch the AV display device ON or OFF. The method can further include receiving, by the voice-controlled device, content from a content source location and sending the content to the AV display device via an AV port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence, Balsa Laban, Anna Chen Santos, Joseph Pedro Tavares, Miroslav Ristic, Valere Joseph Vanderschaegen, Trausti Thor Kristjansson, Srivatsan Kandadai, Donald L. Cantrell, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11219678
    Abstract: A live attenuated Edwardsiella ictaluri bacterium lacking a viable gene encoding a functional evpB protein and a method of using the same to protect fish against infection from virulent Edwardsiella ictaluri. The methods and compositions for protecting fish against infection from virulent Edwardsiella ictaluri comprising administering to a fish a therapeutically effective amount of an attenuated Edwardsiella ictaluri bacterium lacking a viable gene encoding a functional protein selected from the group consisting of evpB, fur and hfq. The bacterium may include an insertion and/or deletion mutation in the gene. The fish include catfish, preferably catfish fingerling or a catfish fry. The composition may be delivered via immersion delivery, an injection delivery, an oral delivery, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Mississippi State University
    Inventors: Attila Karsi, Mark Lawrence, Hossam Abdelhamed
  • Patent number: 11208902
    Abstract: A tip rail cooling insert for attaching into a tip rail pocket in a tip rail of a turbine blade is disclosed. The insert includes a first inner layer defining at least one first insert cooling channel therein, the first inner layer including a pair of spaced legs defining a first coolant collection plenum with at least the tip rail pocket for directing coolant from at least one internal cooling cavity in the turbine blade to the at least one first insert cooling channel. Each of the pair of spaced legs has an angled outer end configured to accommodate rounded inner corners of the tip rail pocket. A first outer layer is on a first side of the first inner layer, and a second outer layer is on a second side of the first inner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Steven Honkomp, Mark Lawrence Hunt, Frederick Whitfield Dantzler, Yan Cui, Ethan Conrad Schaeffer
  • Patent number: 11174034
    Abstract: An aircraft control system and method to optimize aircraft control based on noise abatement volumes. A noise abatement component computes optimal flight and engine control based on a line-of-sight distance to minimize direct operating cost (DOC) while complying with community noise regulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Darnell, David M Lax, Brandon James Rhone
  • Publication number: 20210335528
    Abstract: A system and method for perturbing a permanent magnet asymmetric field to move a body includes a rotating body configured to rotate about a rotation axis, a permanent magnet arrangement arranged on the rotating body containing two or more permanent magnets, and a perturbation element. The permanent magnet arrangement is configured such that an asymmetric magnetic field is generated by the permanent magnets about a perturbation point. Actuation of the perturbation element at or near the perturbation point causes a tangential magnetic force on the rotating body and/or the permanent magnet arrangement, thereby causing the rotating body to rotate about the rotation axis. The disclosure may also be used for linear motion of a body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Clymer, Brenda Lee McConnell
  • Patent number: 11104857
    Abstract: A fuel composition for powering a combustion engine, the composition comprising: a liquid base fuel; and a (co)polymer obtainable by (co)polymerizing at least the following monomers: •at least one bicyclic (meth)acrylate ester •optionally at least one lower-alkyl (meth)acrylate, •optionally at least one aromatic vinyl monomer, and •optionally other ethylenically unsaturated monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Brewer, John Socrates Thomaides, John M. Morales, Qiwei He, Philip Nigel Threlfall-Holmes, Damien Christian Vadillo, Nicholas James Rounthwaite, Michael Timothy Philbin, Roger Francis Cracknell, Andrea Schuetze
  • Patent number: 11087401
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product provide crowd bootstrapping between a first user and a second user. The method includes securing authentication information, including user authentication information and payment authentication information for the first user and the second user. The securing of the authentication information includes using a public key in the process to encrypt the authentication information and then decomposing the authentication information into subcomponents that are distributed randomly across a plurality of member computers. The method further includes recovering the authentication information by recombining the authentication information from its subcomponents then using a private key in the process to decrypt the authentication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventor: Mark Lawrence
  • Publication number: 20210179957
    Abstract: A fuel composition for powering a combustion engine, the composition comprising a liquid base fuel; and a (co)polymer obtainable by (co)polymerizing at least the following monomers: one or more bicyclic (meth)acrylate esters (a); up to 15 wt % of styrene (b); optionally other ethylenically unsaturated monomers that are not monomer (a) or (b); up to a total of 100 wt %, wherein the weight percentages of the monomer are based on the total weight of all of the monomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence BREWER, John Socrates THOMAIDES, John M MORALES, Qiwei HE, Damien Christian VADILLO, Michael Timothy PHILBIN, Joern KARL, Nicholas James ROUNTHWAITE
  • Patent number: 11017927
    Abstract: A system and method for perturbing a permanent magnet asymmetric field to move a body includes a rotating body configured to rotate about a rotation axis, a permanent magnet arrangement arranged on the rotating body containing two or more permanent magnets, and a perturbation element. The permanent magnet arrangement is configured such that an asymmetric magnetic field is generated by the permanent magnets about a perturbation point. Actuation of the perturbation element at or near the perturbation point causes a tangential magnetic force on the rotating body and/or the permanent magnet arrangement, thereby causing the rotating body to rotate about the rotation axis. The disclosure may also be used for linear motion of a body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: GREEN WAVE POWER SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Clymer, Brenda Lee McConnell
  • Patent number: 11001775
    Abstract: A fuel composition for powering a combustion engine the composition comprising: a liquid base fuel; and a copolymer obtainable by copolymerizing at least the following monomers: —at least one bicyclic (meth)acrylate ester; —at least one fatty-alkyl (meth)acrylate; —optionally, and preferably, at least one aromatic vinyl monomer; and —optionally other ethylenically unsaturated monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Brewer, John Socrates Thomaides, John M. Morales, Qiwei He, Philip Nigel Threlfall-Holmes, Damien Christian Vadillo, Nicholas James Rounthwaite, Michael Timothy Philbin, Roger Francis Cracknell, Andrea Schuetze
  • Publication number: 20210132255
    Abstract: High quality factor electromagnetic metasurfaces are provided. The metasurface is configured to have in plane guided-mode resonances (e.g., corresponding to waveguide modes or the like). Coupling features are included in the metasurface that are configured to couple free-space radiation to the guided mode resonances. The resulting structures have a high-Q response to free-space radiation and can be used for various applications, such as beam splitting, beam steering, and beam focusing or defocusing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: David Russell Barton, III, Mark Lawrence, Jennifer A. Dionne, Jefferson Dixon
  • Publication number: 20210125764
    Abstract: A system and method for perturbing a permanent magnet asymmetric field to move a body includes a rotating body configured to rotate about a rotation axis, a permanent magnet arrangement arranged on the rotating body containing two or more permanent magnets, and a perturbation element. The permanent magnet arrangement is configured such that an asymmetric magnetic field is generated by the permanent magnets about a perturbation point. Actuation of the perturbation element at or near the perturbation point causes a tangential magnetic force on the rotating body and/or the permanent magnet arrangement, thereby causing the rotating body to rotate about the rotation axis. The disclosure may also be used for linear motion of a body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Clymer, Brenda Lee McConnell
  • Publication number: 20210088819
    Abstract: A metasurface optical device composed of three stacked dielectric layers which form an anti-reflective structure for wavelengths in a predetermined operational wavelength range within the visible spectrum. The anti-reflective structure contains a rectangular lattice of rhombohedral perturbations that produce guided-mode resonances within the predetermined operational wavelength range. The guided-mode-resonant dielectric metasurface device is capable of detecting by colorimetric readout the presence and orientation of a linearly birefringent anisotropic medium, such as a fibrous tissue, positioned above the stacked dielectric layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Dionne, Lisa V. Poulikakos, Mark Lawrence, David Russell Barton, III
  • Publication number: 20210069127
    Abstract: Liquid formulations or syrup comprise an over-the-counter API ingredient or a dietary supplement ingredient. The ingredients are present in concentrated amounts. Multiple doses of the syrups may be packaged in relatively small bottles, such as bottles with a capacity of 100 ml or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: DXM Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Thuesen, Steve Shane Sanders, Steve J. Bannister