Patents by Inventor Mark Stephens

Mark Stephens 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).

  • Publication number: 20190291879
    Abstract: An air data probe includes a probe head having an interior surface defining a cavity, a component positioned within the cavity of the probe head, a plurality of protrusions defining contact between the interior surface of the probe head and a peripheral surface of the component prior to brazing the component to the probe head, and a braze material located between the interior surface of the probe head and the peripheral surface of the component as a result of brazing the component to the probe head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Baker, Matthew Kulhanek, Mark Stephen Lopac, Colin E. Towne
  • Publication number: 20190282405
    Abstract: An open-cavity, reduced-pressure treatment device and system for treating a cavity in a patient's body, such as an abdominal cavity, is presented. In one instance, an open-cavity, reduced-pressure treatment device includes a plurality of encapsulated leg members, each having an interior portion with a leg manifold member and formed with fenestrations operable to allow fluid flow into the interior portion, and a central connection member fluidly coupled to the plurality of encapsulated leg members. The central connection member has a connection manifold member. The open-cavity, reduced-pressure treatment devices, systems, and methods allow for, among other things, removal of fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ian James HARDMAN, David George WHYTE, Christopher Brian LOCKE, Timothy Mark ROBINSON, James Joseph SEALY, Colin John HALL, Mark Stephen James BEARD
  • Patent number: 10406441
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a virtual avatar with migrational ability, and brokering information, are provided. The persistent avatar exists in a plurality of virtual environments and includes attributes generated by an attribute generator, an enabler for enabling virtual environments to access the stored attribute data, and a migrator for allowing the avatar to migrate from one virtual environment to another while the attributes of the persistent avatar remain substantially constant. The enabler utilizes at least one client based on protocol suite. Stored attribute data is modifiable by experiences in any virtual environment. User of the persistent avatar is notified when events occur in any virtual environment, or within real life, by monitoring for events with a monitor, assessing importance of the event with an assessor, and notifying the owner with an informer of the event if it exceeds a threshold of importance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Botanic Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paco Xander Nathan, Cathi Joann Cox, Florian Thomas Leibert, Mark Stephen Meadows, Jan Susan Mallis
  • Publication number: 20190266233
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating tables from print-ready digital source documents. A document is received and one or more text fragments are identified on a rendered page of the document. A wrapping region collection is generated, comprising one or more wrapping regions. A tabular, narrative and label score is generated for each wrapping region. A block type is assigned to each wrapping region based on the scores. A wrapping region group and a block set are generated. One or more tables are generated based on text fragments corresponding to one of the one or more blocks. The text fragments are organized into corresponding fields of the one or more tables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Kyre, Jeffrey Lucas Eldridge, Austin Alexander Spears, Samuel Allen Hudock
  • Patent number: 10394049
    Abstract: An eyeglass assembly with a bridge frame having temple tab thru-holes and lens retention receivers; a nose bridge insert; at least one lens in a single lens configuration with tabs configured to insert into the lens retention receivers of the bridge frame such that the lens tabs, or a portion thereof, protrude through temple tab thru-holes. In some embodiments, the eyeglasses are frameless, having first and second temple lugs with temple tab thru-holes and lens locking features; at least one lens in a single lens configuration having lens tabs, lens retention steps, lug locking notches; and a nose bridge insert. In some embodiments, the eyeglass assembly has a bridge frame with an integral nose bridge, two lenses, each lens having a lens tab, and a lens retention step, further having a lens hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Roka Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Allen Canales, Kurt Robert Spenser, Tobin Rohrbach, James Donald Oman, David S. Ginther, John Brandon Currie, Steven Oldham, Eric Baptiste Suburu, Mark Niiro, Jonathan McCann, Mark Stephens
  • Patent number: 10394997
    Abstract: A method for designing a system on a target device includes generating a solution for the system. A solution for a module of the system identified by a user is preserved. The preserved solution for the module is implemented at a location on the target device identified by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Wheeler, Gordon Raymond Chiu
  • Publication number: 20190251856
    Abstract: An answer evaluation system has an answer tablet, having a plurality of holes forming a grid, wherein a colored translucent bead is insertable into hole. The answer tablet is received by an enclosure. The enclosure is adapted to direct light from a light sourced positioned below the answer tablet to the camera of a device. Further, the answer evaluation system processes images of the answer tablet to evaluate and score a corresponding test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Mark Stephen Merry
  • Publication number: 20190250160
    Abstract: A method of determining whether an individual is infected with a mycobacterial disease, the method comprising: (a) providing a system which comprises an antigen; (b) contacting the system with a sample obtained from the individual; and (c) detecting the presence or absence of binding of a biomarker in the sample with the antigen; wherein the antigen is a mycolic acid wax ester derived antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Baird, Christopher David Gwenin, Juma'a Raheem Najeem Al Dulayymi, Salam Ghafour Taher
  • Publication number: 20190247744
    Abstract: A system configured to be coupled with a participant of an activity. The system comprises: a participant activity monitoring unit configured for monitoring a performance of the activity by the participant; an activity information module configured for storing performance information corresponding to the activity; and a participant performance correlator configured for delivering comparative performance data based on the monitored performance of the activity by the participant and the stored performance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario GALASSO, Wesley E. ALLINGER, David M. HAUGEN, Robert David KASWEN, Mark Stephen FITZSIMMONS
  • Patent number: 10369628
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for providing stator bar shape tooling. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for shaping an element. The method can include providing at least one constraining surface, wherein the at least one constraining surface is fabricated at least in part by selective laser sintering, and deforming an element with the at least one constraining surface to define at least an external shape of a formed element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Caleb James Munholand, Mark Stephen Clough, Mark Kent Shoemaker, David John Wardell
  • Patent number: 10350114
    Abstract: An open-cavity, reduced-pressure treatment device and system for treating a cavity in a patient's body, such as an abdominal cavity, is presented. In one instance, an open-cavity, reduced-pressure treatment device includes a plurality of encapsulated leg members, each having an interior portion with a leg manifold member and formed with fenestrations operable to allow fluid flow into the interior portion, and a central connection member fluidly coupled to the plurality of encapsulated leg members. The central connection member has a connection manifold member. The open-cavity, reduced-pressure treatment devices, systems, and methods allow for, among other things, removal of fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian James Hardman, David George Whyte, Christopher Brian Locke, Timothy Mark Robinson, James Joseph Sealy, Colin John Hall, Mark Stephen James Beard
  • Patent number: 10353503
    Abstract: An integrated force sensing element includes a piezoelectric sensor formed in an integrated circuit (IC) chip and a strain gauge at least partially overlying the piezoelectric sensor, where the piezoelectric sensor is able to flex. A human-machine interface using the integrated force sensing element may include a conditioning circuit, temperature gauge, FRAM and a processor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Wei-Yan Shih, Steve Kummerl, Mark Stephen Toth, Alok Lohia, Terry Lee Sculley, Seung Bae Lee, Scott Robert Summerfelt
  • Patent number: 10321012
    Abstract: A method for identifying and marking malfunctioning RFID tags on a RFID media sheet using an imaging device having a printer system and a RFID reader programmer. The method detects an unprogrammed RFID tag on the RFID media sheet, performs a write test on the detected RFID tag; determines whether the write test is successful; when the write test is unsuccessful, sends the RFID media sheet to the print engine and prints a bad tag identifier on one of the RFID media sheet and the detected RFID tag; when the write test has been successful, performs a read test on the detected RFID tag and determines whether the read test is successful, when the read test is unsuccessful, sends the RFID media sheet to the print engine and prints the bad tag identifier on one of the RFID media sheet and the detected RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Delbert Lester Eiiliott, Donnie Eugene Proffitt, Mark Stephen Underwood
  • Publication number: 20190165576
    Abstract: A system to provide variable voltage self-organizing direct current (DC). The system includes a variable voltage electric grid having one or more DC loads and one or more DC power sources electrically connected to the variable voltage DC electric grid. At least one node includes at least one DC to DC converter electrically connecting the one or more DC loads with the one or more DC power sources of the variable voltage DC electric grid. The at least one node manages and monitors its electric connection to the variable voltage DC electric grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Mark Stephen Dudzinski
  • Publication number: 20190151516
    Abstract: A system and method for performing tissue therapy may include applying a reduced pressure to a tissue site, sensing a fluid parameter being applied to the tissue site, generating a fluid sensor signal in response to sensing the fluid parameter, and altering the fluid sensor signal in response to sensing that the fluid parameter changes. A fluid leak location mode may be entered. In response to the fluid leak location mode being entered, a graphical user interface that provides for fluid leak location functionality may be displayed. In one embodiment, the fluid leak location mode may be automatically entered in response to the sensor signal crossing a threshold value. Additionally, an alarm signal may be generated in response to determining that the fluid sensor signal crosses the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Brian LOCKE, Mark Stephen James BEARD, David Robson BLANDFORD, Timothy Mark ROBINSON
  • Publication number: 20190158136
    Abstract: A wireless case for use with a mobile electronic device can include a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a right side wall, a left side wall. The case can include a wireless receiver configured to receive wireless signals. The case can further include a device interface that can be electrically coupled to the wireless receiver. The device interface can move between an engaged position and a disengaged position. In the engaged position, the device interface can be configured to engage a corresponding interface on the mobile electronic device to deliver the electrical signals from the wireless receiver to the mobile electronic device. In the disengaged position the device interface can be configured to disengage from the corresponding interface on the mobile electronic device to facilitate insertion of the mobile electronic device into the case or removal of the mobile electronic device from the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Mark Stephen DiLella
  • Patent number: 10289670
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating tables from print-ready digital source documents. A document is received and one or more text fragments are identified on a rendered page of the document. A wrapping region collection is generated, comprising one or more wrapping regions. A tabular, narrative and label score is generated for each wrapping region. A block type is assigned to each wrapping region based on the scores. A wrapping region group and a block set are generated. One or more tables are generated based on text fragments corresponding to one of the one or more blocks. The text fragments are organized into corresponding fields of the one or more tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Datawatch Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Kyre, Jeffrey Lucas Eldridge, Austin Alexander Spears, Samuel Allen Hudock
  • Publication number: 20190141210
    Abstract: A method for identifying and marking malfunctioning RFID tags on a RFID media sheet using an imaging device having a printer system and a RFID reader programmer. The method detects an unprogrammed RFID tag on the RFID media sheet, performs a write test on the detected RFID tag; determines whether the write test is successful; when the write test is unsuccessful, sends the RFID media sheet to the print engine and prints a bad tag identifier on one of the RFID media sheet and the detected RFID tag; when the write test has been successful, performs a read test on the detected RFID tag and determines whether the read test is successful, when the read test is unsuccessful, sends the RFID media sheet to the print engine and prints the bad tag identifier on one of the RFID media sheet and the detected RFID tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: DELBERT LESTER EIILIOTT, DONNIE EUGENE PROFFITT, MARK STEPHEN UNDERWOOD
  • Patent number: D849823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Roka Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Allen Canales, Kurt Robert Spenser, Tobin Rohrbach, James Donald Oman, David S. Ginther, John Brandon Currie, Steven Oldham, Eric Baptiste Suburu, Mark Niiro, Jonathan McCann, Mark Stephens, James Alan Lareau
  • Patent number: D849825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Roka Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Allen Canales, Jonathan McCann, Mark Stephens, James Alan Laraeu, Kurt Robert Spenser, Tobin Rohrbach, James Donald Oman, David S. Ginther, John Brandon Currie, Steven Oldham, Eric Baptiste Suburu, Mark Niiro