Patents by Inventor Mark Lyon
Mark Lyon 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).
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Publication number: 20240138612Abstract: A beverage apparatus, the beverage apparatus being hand-holdable by a user of the beverage apparatus to be portable, can include a beverage chamber housing that includes a chamber for storing a consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include a dispensing assembly that includes a receptacle. The receptacle can retain a vessel. The vessel can include an electronic tag and can contain an additive. The dispensing assembly can be operatively controllable by a controller to output the additive from the vessel into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include one or more sensors, devices, or assemblies that can be used to detect a volume of liquid in the chamber or a liquid level in the chamber. The beverage apparatus can include an apparatus processing portion (ACP) and an apparatus database portion. The beverage apparatus of the disclosure can include various additional features.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Cirkul, Inc.Inventors: Mark Lyons, Abraham Maclean
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Patent number: 11972457Abstract: A financial institution computing system includes an account database with a plurality of transaction parameters with respect to a financial account of a customer, a receptiveness metrics circuit structured to extract the plurality of transaction parameters from the account database, the transaction parameters including at least one financial transaction record, and indicative of a mode of the customer, and determine one or more receptiveness metrics attributed to the customer based on the mode of the customer, the one or more receptiveness metrics indicating likelihoods of the customer converting an interaction from the financial institution, wherein the interaction includes an avatar that is an aged version of the customer, and an interaction generation circuit structured to transmit the interaction to the customer at an optimal time based on the one or more receptiveness metrics.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Wayne Barakat, Michael Fitzpatrick, Mark A. Frank, Yvette M. Hatton, Pey-Ning Huang, Michael Lyon, Kimberly D. Peck, Melissa Schroder Viscomi
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Publication number: 20240124288Abstract: A portable, self-contained beverage apparatus includes a container assembly having a known storage capacity for storing a consumable liquid, and a dispensing assembly disposed within the container assembly that dispenses variable, non-zero quantities of additives into the consumable liquid. The dispensing assembly includes multiple apertures structured and arranged to retain vessels containing the additives to be dispensed into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus also includes a level sensor disposed within the container assembly that determines a consumable liquid level of the consumable liquid stored in the container assembly. In certain embodiments, one or more positive displacement pumping mechanisms are configured to pump additive liquid from additive containers into a beverage chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Cirkul, Inc.Inventors: Mark Lyons, Jonathon Perrelli, Robert Lawson-Shanks, Abraham Maclean, Connor Bacon, James Christopher Small, Jesse John Horne, Simon Lewis Bilton, Matthew James Edwards, Andrew Gordon Wallace, Maxim D. Wheatley, David J. Wheatley, Todd Metlen
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Patent number: 11919763Abstract: A beverage apparatus, the beverage apparatus being hand-holdable by a user of the beverage apparatus to be portable, can include a beverage chamber housing that includes a chamber for storing a consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include a dispensing assembly that includes a receptacle. The receptacle can retain a vessel. The vessel can include an electronic tag and can contain an additive. The dispensing assembly can be operatively controllable by a controller to output the additive from the vessel into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include one or more sensors, devices, or assemblies that can be used to detect a volume of liquid in the chamber or a liquid level in the chamber. The beverage apparatus can include an apparatus computer processor portion (ACP) and an apparatus database portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Cirkul, Inc.Inventors: Mark Lyons, Robert Lawson-Shanks, Abraham Maclean, Justin Toelle, Filipe Aguiar, Aleksander Drozdetski
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Patent number: 11903516Abstract: Bottle apparatuses, storage containers used in bottle apparatuses, beverage dispensing apparatuses, and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. A bottle apparatus can include a vessel defining a chamber, and a neck portion attached to an upper end of the vessel; a base portion attached to a lower end of the vessel; a pouch support attached to the neck portion; a pod mounted within and supported by the pouch support, the pod including a pouch top having an inlet and a pouch mounted onto the pouch top, and the pouch support and the pouch top collectively forming a well such that liquid can be deposited into the well and flow into the pouch through the inlet; a pump controlled by a controller for pumping air in and out of the chamber; and a pressure sensor in communication with the controller for measuring pressure in the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Cirkul, Inc.Inventors: Mark Lyons, Robert Lawson-Shanks, Abraham Maclean, Nolan McCann, Jeffrey Whalley, Alexander Mathov
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Publication number: 20240024454Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for inactivating a Zika virus which can be used in vaccines and immunogenic compositions. The present disclosure also relates to a method for determining the completeness of inactivation of an arbovirus preparation and to a method for determining the residual formaldehyde content in a pharmaceutical composition comprising an inactivated virus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Jill A. LIVENGOOD, Holli Giebler, Hansi Dean, Tatsuki Satou, Raman Rao, Jackie Marks, Mark Lyons, Asae Shintani, James Gifford, Nao Ogasawara, Masafumi Misaki, Satoshi Adachi, Sushma Kommareddy
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Patent number: 11871865Abstract: A beverage apparatus, the beverage apparatus being hand-holdable by a user of the beverage apparatus to be portable, can include a beverage chamber housing that includes a chamber for storing a consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include a dispensing assembly that includes a receptacle. The receptacle can retain a vessel. The vessel can include an electronic tag and can contain an additive. The dispensing assembly can be operatively controllable by a controller to output the additive from the vessel into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include one or more sensors, devices, or assemblies that can be used to detect a volume of liquid in the chamber or a liquid level in the chamber. The beverage apparatus can include an apparatus processing portion (ACP) and an apparatus database portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Cirkul, Inc.Inventors: Mark Lyons, Abraham Maclean
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Patent number: 11866314Abstract: A portable, self-contained beverage apparatus includes a container assembly having a known storage capacity for storing a consumable liquid, and a dispensing assembly disposed within the container assembly that dispenses variable, non-zero quantities of additives into the consumable liquid. The dispensing assembly includes multiple apertures structured and arranged to retain vessels containing the additives to be dispensed into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus also includes a level sensor disposed within the container assembly that determines a consumable liquid level of the consumable liquid stored in the container assembly. In certain embodiments, one or more positive displacement pumping mechanisms are configured to pump additive liquid from additive containers into a beverage chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Cirkul, Inc.Inventors: Mark Lyons, Jonathon Perrelli, Robert Lawson-Shanks, Abraham Maclean, Connor Bacon, James Christopher Small, Jesse John Horne, Simon Lewis Bilton, Matthew James Edwards, Andrew Gordon Wallace, Maxim D. Wheatley, David J. Wheatley, Todd Metlen
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Publication number: 20230404305Abstract: A portable, self-contained beverage apparatus includes a container assembly having a known storage capacity for storing a consumable liquid, and a dispensing assembly disposed within the container assembly that dispenses variable, non-zero quantities of additives into the consumable liquid. The dispensing assembly includes multiple apertures structured and arranged to retain vessels containing the additives to be dispensed into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus also includes a level sensor disposed within the container assembly that determines a consumable liquid level of the consumable liquid stored in the container assembly. In certain embodiments, one or more positive displacement pumping mechanisms are configured to pump additive liquid from additive containers into a beverage chamber. Other features relate to audio engagement processing. Other features relate to situational processing. Other features relate to group engagement processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Cirkul, Inc.Inventors: Jonathon PERRELLI, Robert LAWSON-SHANKS, Elizabeth HUBLER, Mark LYONS
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Publication number: 20230398199Abstract: The present disclosure relates to Zika virus vaccines and immunogenic compositions having one or more antigens from a Zika virus (e.g., a Zika virus clonal isolate, a non-human cell adapted Zika virus, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Jill A. LIVENGOOD, Hansi DEAN, Htay Htay HAN, Raman RAO, Jackie MARKS, Gary DUBIN, Laurence DE MOERLOOZE, Hetal PATEL, Asae SHINTANI, Holli GIEBLER, James GIFFORD, Mark LYONS, Sushma KOMMAREDDY, Tatsuki SATOU
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Publication number: 20230309739Abstract: The systems and methods provide a container assembly comprising: a container having a known storage capacity for storing a liquid; an additive dispensing assembly, the additive dispensing assembly dispensing variable, non-zero quantities of one or more additives into the liquid stored in the container; one or more vessels that each contain one of the additives, of the one or more additives, to be dispensed into the liquid; and a gas dispensing assembly, the gas dispensing assembly releasing a gas into the liquid stored in the container, and the gas dispensing assembly including: an onboard gas tank; a valve assembly; and a gas outlet, and the valve assembly controlling flow of gas from the onboard gas tank, through the valve assembly, and to the gas outlet so as to output the gas into the liquid; and wherein the valve assembly, to perform the controlling the flow of gas, is movable between: an open position, in which flow of gas is allowed to flow from the onboard gas tank to the gas outlet; and a closed posiType: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Cirkul, Inc.Inventors: Jonathon PERRELLI, Robert LAWSON-SHANKS, Mark LYONS
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Publication number: 20230204567Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining the potency of an antigen sample such as a vaccine antigen sample. The present disclosure is also related to a method for monitoring the potency of a vaccine antigen during the production process including purifying, inactivating and formulating the vaccine antigen and to a method for producing a virus vaccine. Further, the present disclosure relates to vaccines obtainable by the methods disclosed. In certain embodiments of the present invention the antigen sample is a zika virus antigen sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Takeda Vaccines, Inc.Inventors: Jill LIVENGOOD, Michael JOHNSON, James GIFFORD, Tawnya NEAD, Mark LYONS, Jackie MARKS
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Publication number: 20230145065Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for inactivating a Zika virus which can be used in vaccines and immunogenic compositions. The present disclosure also relates to a method for determining the completeness of inactivation of an arbovirus preparation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: TAKEDA VACCINES, INC.Inventors: Jill A. LIVENGOOD, Holli Giebler, Hansi Dean, Tatsuki Satou, Raman Rao, Jackie Marks, Mark Lyons, Asae Shintani, James Gifford, Sushma Kommareddy
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Publication number: 20230014808Abstract: A remote patient monitoring system having a main patient monitor and a remote patient monitor. The main patient monitor is configured to receive and collect one or more patient physiological parameters and to provide an alarm in response to an alarm trigger. The alarm trigger includes a determination that at least one of the collected patient physiological parameters has reached a predetermined value. The remote patient monitor has an alarm reset and is configured to be carried by a caregiver. It is also configured to receive a signal from the main patient monitor in response to the alarm and to transmit an indication about the alarm trigger. The indication includes one or more of a notification that the patient is being attended to, a request by the caregiver for additional help, or a message about resolution of the alarm trigger.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Richard Mark Lyon, Robert G. Walker, Jeffery S. Edwards, Niklas Andersson, Bethany Joyce Johnson
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Publication number: 20220379216Abstract: A computer-readable recording medium including a program which is executed by a computer apparatus to provide a video game comprising a virtual game world presented to a player of the video game, and a plurality of characters in the virtual game world including a first character, and a second character controlled by the player, the program causing the computer apparatus to function as: a state indicator generating unit configured to generate a state indication, wherein the state indication is an indication of an emotional or physical state of the first character; and a coupling indicator generating unit configured to generate a coupling indication, wherein the coupling indication is an indication of a coupling occurring between the emotional or physical state of the first character and an emotional or physical state of the second character.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Zak GARRISS, Mark LYONS, Jonathan ZIMMERMAN, Andy WEATHERL, Todd BOLINGER, Zachary SHORE, Philip LAWRENCE
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Patent number: 11478541Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for inactivating a Zika virus which can be used in vaccines and immunogenic compositions. The present disclosure also relates to a method for determining the completeness of inactivation of an arbovirus preparation.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Takeda Vaccines, Inc.Inventors: Jill A. Livengood, Holli Giebler, Hansi Dean, Tatsuki Satou, Raman Rao, Jackie Marks, Mark Lyons, Asae Shintani, James Gifford
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Patent number: 11457808Abstract: A remote patient monitoring system having a main patient monitor and a remote patient monitor. The main patient monitor is configured to receive and collect one or more patient physiological parameters and to provide an alarm in response to an alarm trigger. The alarm trigger includes a determination that at least one of the collected patient physiological parameters has reached a predetermined value. The remote patient monitor has an alarm reset and is configured to be carried by a caregiver. It is also configured to receive a signal from the main patient monitor in response to the alarm and to transmit an indication about the alarm trigger. The indication includes one or more of a notification that the patient is being attended to, a request by the caregiver for additional help, or a message about resolution of the alarm trigger.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Lyon, Robert G. Walker, Jeffery S. Edwards, Niklas Andersson, Bethany Joyce Johnson
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Patent number: 11337533Abstract: A portable, self-contained beverage apparatus includes a container assembly having a known storage capacity for storing a consumable liquid, and a dispensing assembly disposed within the container assembly that dispenses variable, non-zero quantities of additives into the consumable liquid. The dispensing assembly includes multiple apertures structured and arranged to retain vessels containing the additives to be dispensed into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus also includes a level sensor disposed within the container assembly that determines a consumable liquid level of the consumable liquid stored in the container assembly. In certain embodiments, one or more positive displacement pumping mechanisms are configured to pump additive liquid from additive containers into a beverage chamber. Other features relate to audio engagement processing. Other features relate to situational processing. Other features relate to group engagement processing.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Infuze, L.L.C.Inventors: Jonathon Perrelli, Robert Lawson-Shanks, Elizabeth Hubler, Mark Lyons
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Publication number: 20220039586Abstract: A beverage apparatus, the beverage apparatus being hand-holdable by a user of the beverage apparatus to be portable, can include a beverage chamber housing that includes a chamber for storing a consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include a dispensing assembly that includes a receptacle. The receptacle can retain a vessel. The vessel can include an electronic tag and can contain an additive. The dispensing assembly can be operatively controllable by a controller to output the additive from the vessel into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include one or more sensors, devices, or assemblies that can be used to detect a volume of liquid in the chamber or a liquid level in the chamber. The beverage apparatus can include an apparatus processing portion (ACP) and an apparatus database portion. The beverage apparatus of the disclosure can include various additional features.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Mark LYONS, Abraham MACLEAN
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Publication number: 20210403879Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for inactivating a Zika virus which can be used in vaccines and immunogenic compositions. The present disclosure also relates to a method for determining the completeness of inactivation of an arbovirus preparation and to a method for determining the residual formaldehyde content in a pharmaceutical composition comprising an inactivated virus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Jill A LIVENGOOD, Holli GIEBLER, Hansi DEAN, Tatsuki SATOU, Raman RAO, Jackie MARKS, Mark LYONS, Asae SHINTANI, James GIFFORD, Nao OGASAWARA, Masafumi MISAKI, Satoshi ADACHI