Patents by Inventor Mark Roberts

Mark Roberts 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).

  • Home automation system including encrypted device connection based upon publicly accessible connection file and related methods
    Patent number: 10630649
    Abstract: A home automation (HA) system may include addressable HA devices that are not publicly accessible via the Internet and a remote user device configured to generate a connection request to communicate with a given addressable HA device. The HA system may also include a cloud server configured to cooperate with the remote user device to generate a connection file based upon the connection request, and store the connection file so that the connection file is publicly accessible via the Internet. The connection file may include instructions for establishing an encrypted connection to the given addressable HA device. The given addressable HA device may be configured to retrieve the connection file and establish the encrypted connection with the remote user device via the cloud server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: K4CONNECT INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Andrew Gould, Mark Robert Adams
  • TRIMMABLE SILICON-BASED THERMISTOR WITH REDUCED STRESS DEPENDENCE
    Publication number: 20200119132
    Abstract: Various examples provide an electronic device that includes first and second resistor segments. Each of the resistor segments has a respective doped resistive region formed in a semiconductor substrate. The resistor segments are connected between first and second terminals. The first resistor segment is configured to conduct a current in a first direction, and the second resistor segment is configured to conduct the current in a second different direction. The directions may be orthogonal crystallographic directions of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Dok Won Lee, Erika Lynn Mazotti, Mark Robert Visokay, William David French, Ricky Alan Jackson, Wai Lee
  • Pouches Comprising Water-Soluble Fibrous Wall Materials and Methods for Making Same
    Publication number: 20200102524
    Abstract: Pouches, for example pouches that contain one or more active agents, such as a fabric care active agent or dishwashing active agent and/or detergent compositions, and more particularly pouches employing a water-soluble fibrous wall material, pouches employing a fibrous wall material that ruptures during use, and methods for making same, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas Josef DREHER, Mark Robert SIVIK, Gregory Charles GORDON, Hailing BAO, Paul Dennis TROKHAN, Paul Thomas WEISMAN
  • Fibrous Structures Including an Active Agent and Having a Graphic Printed Thereon
    Publication number: 20200095733
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fibrous structures including active agents and having a graphic printed thereon. In some embodiments, a nonwoven web may include a fibrous structure comprising filaments. In turn, the filaments may include filament forming material, and an active agent releasable from the filaments when exposed to conditions of intended use. In addition, a graphic may be printed directly onto the fibrous structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Hui Yang, Alrick Vincent Warner, Andreas Josef Dreher, Mark Robert Sivik
  • NOVEL WHITENING AGENTS FOR CELLULOSIC SUBSTRATES
    Publication number: 20200080030
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel whitening agents for cellulosic substrates. The whitening agents are comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. The whitening agents are further characterized by having a dispersion component value of the Hansen Solubility Parameter of less than or equal to about 17 MPa0.5. This invention also relates to laundry care compositions including but not limited to liquid and/or powder laundry detergent formulations and rinse added fabric softening (RAFS) compositions that comprise such whitening agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Eugene Steven SADLOWSKI, Mark Robert SIVIK, Michael David CUMMINGS, Donna D'Angelo MORRALL, Kevin Lee KOTT, Keith Homer BAKER, Brian Joseph LOUGHNANE, Michael A. VALENTI, Laurent D. KEIKEN, Xiayong Michael HONG, Eduardo TORRES, Dominick J. VALENTI, Patrick D. MOORE, Leonard J. STARKS
  • PROCESS FOR OBTAINING ANTIBODIES
    Publication number: 20200071387
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for the manufacture of recombinant antibody molecules comprising culturing a host cell sample transformed with an expression vector encoding a recombinant antibody molecule; adding an extraction buffer to the sample; and subjecting the sample to a heat treatment step; wherein the pH of the sample is detected after addition of the extraction buffer, and optionally adjusted, to ensure that the pH of the sample is 6 to 9 prior to the heat treatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: JEAN-PASCAL PIERRE BILGISCHER, PHILIP JONATHAN BASSETT, MARK ROBERT PEARCE-HIGGINS, ANDREW JOHN KENNY
  • ROBOTIC AQUACULTURE SYSTEM AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200068858
    Abstract: Techniques and systems for robotic aquaculture are described. In one embodiment, for example, a mariculture system may include an aquatic animal containment system operative to hold a population of aquatic animals, the aquatic animal containment system comprising an enclosed hull having a receptacle configured to receive a mechanical core, the mechanical core configured to store at least one sub-system to implement at least one function of mariculture system, and a position management system operative to maintain the enclosed hull at a depth below a surface of a body of water. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph Ayers, Mark Robert Patterson, Jerome F. Hajjar, Milica Stojanovic, Amy Mueller, Marc H. Meyer, Scott Sagalow
  • FIBROUS STRUCTURES COMPRISING PARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200071644
    Abstract: Described herein is a household care composition, which delivers active agents onto fabric or hard surfaces, in the form of a water-soluble unit dose article comprising a water-soluble fibrous structure and one or more particles, as well as methods for making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Frank William DENOME, Paul R. MORT, III
  • Server-embedded distributed storage system
    Patent number: 10572188
    Abstract: A server-embedded distributed storage system and methods are disclosed. An exemplary method may include presenting at least one virtual disk to a client computing device. The at least one virtual disk includes storage cells from direct attached storage (DAS) devices of a plurality of separate servers for high availability access to data stored on the at least one virtual disk. The method may also include continuing to provide access to the data stored on the at least one virtual disk even in the event an internal storage controller for at least one of the plurality of servers is unavailable for managing its DAS device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Harold Woods, Mark Robert Watkins
  • THERMALLY PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTS WITH HIGHLY-UNIFORM ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY FIELDS
    Publication number: 20200054046
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to systems and methods for thermally processing packaged food products with highly-uniform electromagnetic energy fields. In an embodiment, a method of thermally processing a packaged food product is included herein. The method can include placing the packaged food product in a heating chamber, the packaged food product comprising a hermetically sealed package and a food material disposed within the package. The method can further include applying electromagnetic energy to the packaged food product from a first electromagnetic energy source from a first direction. The electromagnetic energy can be sufficient to raise the temperature of the food material by at least 50 degrees Fahrenheit with a spatial temperature variation of less than 25 degrees Fahrenheit in less than 120 seconds. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Scott Wayne Keller, Jungang Wang, Mark Robert Watts, Mark Firary, Rasheed Mohammed
  • Collapsible storage container
    Patent number: 10561214
    Abstract: A collapsible storage container that is insertable into a handbag and which may be used to retain a camera and one or more camera accessories so as to protect the camera, accessories, or any other such items. The collapsible storage container includes a bottom, a front, a back side and dividers disposed between the front side and the back side. The bottom side piece and the divider pieces have a unidirectional grooved channel disposed along the length of the pieces so that the pieces are folded in half in one direction to permit the storage container to collapse flat, with the dividers being sandwiched between the front and back sides. Optionally, the collapsible storage container may have one or more pockets for other items, and may have a flap-top cover extensible over the top of the collapsible storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Robert Soued, Debra Ann Fong
  • Oxidation catalyst for a diesel engine exhaust
    Patent number: 10561985
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst is described for treating an exhaust gas produced by a diesel engine comprising a catalytic region and a substrate, wherein the catalytic region comprises a catalytic material comprising: a copper (Cu) component; a platinum group metal (PGM) selected from the group consisting of (i) platinum (Pt), (ii) palladium (Pd) and (iii) platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd); and a support material, which is a refractory oxide comprising alumina; wherein the platinum group metal (PGM) and the copper (Cu) component is each supported on the support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Mark Robert Feaviour
  • AUTOMATED INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM USING PIVOTABLE DIVIDER
    Publication number: 20200041535
    Abstract: An inventory management system for automatically generating a restocking order or prompting generation of a restocking order includes a storage space, a divider pivotable on the storage space between an upright position in which the divider separates the storage space into a front storage section and a rear storage section and a recumbent position that facilitates access to the rear storage section; and a motion detector module attached to the divider, the motion detector module including a sensor for detecting pivoting of the divider and a radio frequency transmitter in communication with the accelerometer and configured to emit radio frequency signals when the divider is rotated from the upright position to the recumbent position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: LogiQuip LLC
    Inventors: Aaron J. Willit, Mark Roberts
  • PROCESS OF LAUNDERING FABRICS USING A WATER-SOLUBLE UNIT DOSE ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20200032179
    Abstract: Described herein is a process of laundering fabrics using a household care composition, which delivers active agents onto fabric or hard surfaces while modifying the pH of the wash liquor to greater than 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Frank William Denome, Philip Frank Souter
  • WATER-SOLUBLE UNIT DOSE ARTICLES COMPRISING WATER-SOLUBLE FIBROUS STRUCTURES AND PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20200032178
    Abstract: Described herein is a household care composition, which delivers active agents onto fabric or hard surfaces, in the form of a water-soluble unit dose article comprising a water-soluble fibrous structure and one or more particles, as well as methods for making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Frank William Denome, Mark Robert Sivik, Philip Frank Souter
  • Treatment compositions
    Patent number: 10538719
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Travis Kyle Hodgdon, Alessandro Corona, III, Robert Richard Dykstra, Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Nicholas David Vetter, Tessa Xuan
  • Whitening agents for cellulosic substrates
    Patent number: 10526566
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel whitening agents for cellulosic substrates. The whitening agents are comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. The whitening agents are further characterized by having a dispersion component value of the Hansen Solubility Parameter of less than or equal to about 17 MPa0.5. This invention also relates to laundry care compositions including but not limited to liquid and/or powder laundry detergent formulations and rinse added fabric softening (RAFS) compositions that comprise such whitening agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Eugene Steven Sadlowski, Mark Robert Sivik, Michael David Cummings, Donna D'Angelo Morrall, Kevin Lee Kott, Keith Homer Baker, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Michael A. Valenti, Laurent D. Keiken, Xiayong Michael Hong, Eduardo Torres, Dominick J. Valenti, Patrick D. Moore, Leonard J. Starks
  • Pouches comprising water-soluble fibrous wall materials and methods for making same
    Patent number: 10526570
    Abstract: Pouches, for example pouches that contain one or more active agents, such as a fabric care active agent or dishwashing active agent and/or detergent compositions, and more particularly pouches employing a water-soluble fibrous wall material, pouches employing a fibrous wall material that ruptures during use, and methods for making same, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andreas Josef Dreher, Mark Robert Sivik, Gregory Charles Gordon, Hailing Bao, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Computerized vehicle control system for fleet routing
    Patent number: 10528062
    Abstract: A computerized vehicle control system for fleet routing includes a fleet of vehicles where each vehicle in the fleet of vehicles is configured to travel over streets and including an engine and wheels. Each vehicle further includes an in-vehicle electronic device comprising digital logic circuitry and a port configured to couple with a vehicle computer installed in the vehicle and in communication with a plurality of sensors disposed about the vehicle. The in-vehicle electronic device further comprises a display. The computerized vehicle control system further includes a vehicle management system comprising memory and computer hardware and configured to communicate over a network with each in-vehicle electronic device in the fleet of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: William George Looman, Jefferson Ray Tan Hidayat, Katherine Winnie Kok, Mark Robert Dunlop
  • Container
    Patent number: D873129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sun-Jan Alan Huang, Mark Robert Sivik, Frank William Denome, Christopher Lee Haun