Patents by Inventor Mark Thomas

Mark Thomas 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: 12357079
    Abstract: Provided is a brush head for an oral cleaning device for cleaning teeth with a combination of brushing and emitting of a cleaning agent. The brush head comprises a bristle set for brushing the teeth and a nozzle for emitting the cleaning agent. When actuating the bristle set from a first configuration, which is optimized for brushing, to a second configuration, which is optimized for emitting of a cleaning agent, at least a part of the bristle 5 set is moved away from the nozzle and/or away from a path of the cleaning agent when being emitted from an orifice of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Bart Gottenbos, Quintin Oliver Williams, Mark Thomas Johnson, Lutz Christian Gerhardt
  • Publication number: 20250218089
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for retargeting character animation from a given actor model to a given avatar model. The technique includes receiving a set of correspondence relationships between one or more reference points in the actor model and one or more reference points in the avatar model, determining a misaligned reference point in the avatar model relative to the actor model, and identifying, based on the set of correspondence relationships, a reference point in the actor model corresponding to the misaligned reference point in the avatar model. The technique further includes calculating a distance vector between the identified reference point in the actor model and another reference point in the actor model and adjusting the location of the misaligned reference point in the avatar model based on the distance vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Andriy BANADYHA, Alain BAUR, Yves BOUDREAULT, Mark Thomas DAVIS, Hans David KELLNER, Hilmar A. KOCH
  • Patent number: 12343226
    Abstract: There is provided a controller for use with an oral care device; wherein the controller is configured to estimate the location of the oral care device relative to an interdental space in a mouth using predetermined data and current use data, the current use data relating to at least one of: actions of the user during use of the oral care device, operations of the oral care device; and generate a control signal based on the outcome of the estimation. There is also provided an oral care system and a kit of parts, and a computer implemented method for an oral care device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Lutz Christian Gerhardt, Mart Kornelis-Jan Te Velde, Bart Gottenbos, Felipe Maia Masculo, Mark Thomas Johnson
  • Publication number: 20250205232
    Abstract: The present invention features a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where R1, R2, R3, W, X, Y, Z, n, o, p, and q are defined herein, for the treatment of CFTR mediated diseases, such as cystic fibrosis. The present invention also features pharmaceutical compositions, method of treating, and kits thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Miller, Corey Anderson, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam, Brian Richard Bear, Hayley Marie Binch, Jeremy J. Clemens, Thomas Cleveland, Erica Conroy, Timothy Richard Coon, Bryan A. Frieman, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Raymond Stanley Gross, Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Haripada Khatuya, Pramod Virupax Joshi, Paul John Krenitsky, Chun-Chieh Lin, Gulin Erdogan Marelius, Vito Melillo, Jason McCartney, Georgia McGaughey Nicholls, Fabrice Jean Denis Pierre, Alina Silina, Andreas P. Termin, Johnny Uy, Jinglan Zhou
  • Patent number: 12324802
    Abstract: This disclosure provides modulators of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR), pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one such modulator, methods of treatment of cystic fibrosis using such modulators and pharmaceutical compositions, and processes for making such modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeremy J. Clemens, William Schulz Bechara, Brett C. Bookser, Thomas Cleveland, Timothy R. Coon, Michel Gallant, Peter Grootenhuis, Sara Sabina Hadida Ruah, Julie Laterreur, Mark Thomas Miller, Prasuna Paraselli, Yeeman K. Ramtohul, Thumkunta Jagadeeswar Reddy, Claudio Sturino, Lino Valdez, Jinglan Zhou, Minson Baek
  • Patent number: 12319693
    Abstract: Crystalline forms of Compound I: pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and solvates and hydrates thereof are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, methods of treating cystic fibrosis using the same, and methods for making the same are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi Shi, Kevin J. Gagnon, Jicong Li, Jennifer Lu, Ales Medek, Muna Shrestha, Michael Waldo, Beili Zhang, Carl L Zwicker, Corey Don Anderson, Jeremy J. Clemens, Thomas Cleveland, Timothy Richard Coon, Bryan Frieman, Peter Grootenhuis, Sara Sabina Hadida Ruah, Jason McCartney, Mark Thomas Miller, Prasuna Paraselli, Fabrice Pierre, Sara E. Swift, Jinglan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20250171469
    Abstract: This disclosure provides modulators of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR), pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one such modulator, methods of treatment of cystic fibrosis using such modulators and pharmaceutical compositions, and processes for making such modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander Russell ABELA, Jeremy J. CLEMENS, Peter Diederik Jan GROOTENHUIS, Sara Sabina HADIDA RUAH, Yoshihiro ISHIHARA, Haripada KHATUYA, Jason McCARTNEY, Mark Thomas MILLER, Fabrice Jean Denis PIERRE, Joe Anh TRAN, Jinglan ZHOU
  • Patent number: 12310720
    Abstract: A sweat sensing system comprises a mesh for location over a sweat surface on which sweat is formed or collected, and a vibration system for vibrating the mesh to nebulize sweat droplets. The nebulized sweat droplets are condensed on a sensing surface, and a sweat sensor performs biomarker sensing of the sweat at the sensing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Kiran Hamilton J. Dellimore, Eduard Gerard Marie Pelssers, Mark Thomas Johnson, Lutz Christian Gerhardt, Ron Martinus Laurentius Van Lieshout
  • Publication number: 20250168266
    Abstract: An example disclosed accessory for a mobile computing device includes a pivot assembly, a hand strap assembly, and a kickstand assembly. The hand strap assembly connected to the pivot assembly and configured to rotate about a first axis between a vertical orientation and a horizontal orientation. The kickstand assembly connected to the pivot assembly and configured to pivot about a second axis, the second axis orthogonal to the first axis, between a support position and a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Josh Gregory, Mark Thomas Fountain
  • Publication number: 20250152896
    Abstract: Medical breathing tubes have a tubular body that defines a lumen extending between open terminal ends of the tubular body. An internal form is enclosed within the lumen and supportive of the tubular body. The internal form may be a coated encapsulated internal form where the coating secures the internal form to the tubular body. The internal form may provide for a series of alternative crests and troughs of the tubular body. A patient interface and/or a securement system may be attached to the tubular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Mark Thomas O'CONNOR, Jimmy Edward EATON-EVANS, Neil Gray DUTHIE, Brent Ian LAING, Steven Charles KORNER, Laurence GULLIVER, Puqing ZHANG, Andrew Grant NICCOL, Charles William Douglas IRVING, Craig Karl WHITE, Caroline Geraldine HOPKINS, Michael Paul RONAYNE, Callum James Thomas SPENCE
  • Publication number: 20250152895
    Abstract: Medical breathing tubes have a tubular body that defines a lumen extending between open terminal ends of the tubular body. An internal form is enclosed within the lumen and supportive of the tubular body. The internal form may be a coated encapsulated internal form where the coating secures the internal form to the tubular body. The internal form may provide for a series of alternative crests and troughs of the tubular body. A patient interface and/or a securement system may be attached to the tubular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Mark Thomas O'CONNOR, Jimmy Edward EATON-EVANS, Neil Gray DUTHIE, Brent Ian LAING, Steven Charles KORNER, Laurence GULLIVER, Puqing ZHANG, Andrew Grant NICCOL, Charles William Douglas IRVING, Craig Karl WHITE, Caroline Geraldine HOPKINS, Michael Paul RONAYNE, Callum James Thomas SPENCE
  • Patent number: 12299843
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to various embodiments, includes receiving images such as photographs and videos from one or more portable computing devices associated with one or more individuals (e.g., construction workers or landscapers) while the portable computing devices are in a particular position within a particular location at a particular time. The method further includes determining a virtual position within a representation of the particular location that generally corresponds to the particular position and combining the images with the representation to generate an enhanced representation of the particular location. This may allow, for example, owners of a particular property to track and quickly understand construction and landscaping work that has been done on their property and to easily contact those individuals regarding that work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: EchoSense, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Thomas
  • Publication number: 20250145309
    Abstract: A system includes a transmitting horn coupled to a first robotic arm and positionable in immediate non-contacting proximity to a transparency, and configured to emit an emitted signal comprising a focused energy beam for impingement on the transparency. The system further includes a receiving horn coupled to a second robotic arm and positionable relative to the transmitting horn in immediate proximity to the transparency, and configured to receive a received signal comprising at least a portion of the emitted signal after transmission through or reflection off of the transparency. The system also includes a processor configured to move the first robotic arm and the second robotic arm in a coordinated manner along a preprogrammed measurement path, and determine at least one transparency characteristic based on an analysis of the received signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: James W. Brown, JR., John Joseph Haake, Xue Liu, Anthony Carl Roberts, Nathaniel Philip Roman, Matthew Mark Thomas, Lucian Woods
  • Patent number: 12293503
    Abstract: A method is provided for measuring and quantifying optical distortion of a transparent object using a single image. Embodiments provided herein include a method including: receiving an image of an object and a transparent object, where the object is visible through the transparent object, where a portion of the image of the object is visible through the transparent object is an inside region of interest (iROI), where a portion of the image of the object not viewed through the transparent object is an outside region of interest (oROI); determining measured pixel locations for a plurality of identified pixels in the image, the plurality of identified pixels corresponding to the distinct points in the image; calculating virtual locations in the image representing the distinct points within the iROI; determining, for respective distinct points within the iROI, differences between the virtual location and the measured pixel location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Xue Liu, David J. Sundquist, Matthew Mark Thomas, Steven M. Volz, Hui Lin Yang
  • Publication number: 20250134579
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method, apparatus, and system for precise dissection of soft tissue, and more particularly, to the use of a hand-worn device to facilitate dissection while providing tactile feedback to a wearer. Methods include receiving an indication of resistance between at least two leads; establishing a mode of operation based on the indication of resistance; receiving an indication of activation; and providing a current at a voltage and duty cycle based on the mode of operation established to at least one of the at least two leads for electrosurgery. The at least two leads of some embodiments include two electrosurgical devices, where receiving an indication of resistance between the two electrosurgical devices includes receiving an indication of infinite resistance between the two electrosurgical devices, and where the mode of operation is established as bipolar dissection between the two electrosurgical devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Eugene S. Jang, Mark Thomas Scarborough, C. Parker Gibbs, Andre Spiguel
  • Publication number: 20250131541
    Abstract: Proposed are schemes, solutions, concepts, designs, methods and systems pertaining to aiding and/or improving image acquisition from a vibratory personal care device having a camera. Embodiments propose identifying image data captured during a target part (e.g. low velocity/motion part) of the vibration cycle based on an edge quality value of the image data. Using the identified image data, an image of improved quality may then be constructed. Thus, through adaptation of image data acquisition according to edge quality of image data, improved images (e.g. images exhibiting less blur and/or distortion) may be constructed/generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Andreas Marinus Arnoldus Maria VAN DEN DUNGEN, Mark Thomas JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20250133292
    Abstract: Proposed are schemes, solutions, concepts, designs, methods and systems pertaining to aiding and/or improving image acquisition from a vibratory personal care device having an image capture device. Embodiments propose identifying a target part (e.g. low velocity/motion part) of the vibration cycle based on a sensed operating parameter of the personal care device, and then controlling the image capture device based on the identified target part of the vibration cycle. Through control of the image capture device according to a target part of the vibration cycle, improved images (e.g. images exhibiting less blur and/or distortion) may be obtained. In this way, improved images may be obtained from a vibratory personal care device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Andreas Marinus Arnoldus Maria VAN DEN DUNGEN, Mark Thomas JOHNSON, Gerben KOOIJMAN
  • Publication number: 20250122218
    Abstract: This disclosure provides modulators of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR), pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one such modulator, methods of treatment of cystic fibrosis using such modulators and pharmaceutical compositions, and processes for making such modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Jeremy J. CLEMENS, Alexander R. ABELA, Brett C. BOOKSER, Thomas CLEVELAND, Timothy R. COON, Michel GALLANT, Sara Sabina HADIDA RUAH, Peter GROOTENHUIS, Yoshihiro ISHIHARA, Julie LATERREUR, Jason MCCARTNEY, Mark Thomas MILLER, Prasuna PARASELLI, Yeeman K. RAMTOHUL, Thumkunta Jagadeeswar REDDY, William SCHULZ BECHARA, Claudio STURINO, Joe A. TRAN, Lino VALDEZ, Jinglan ZHOU, Ramkrishna DE
  • Patent number: D1073919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Jason Allan Klenner, Brent Ian Laing, Kevin Blake Powell, Mark Thomas O'Connor
  • Patent number: D1077715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Fountain, Jiwei Huang, Zichun Song, David William Reber