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: 11658804
    Abstract: Techniques for updating blockchains using a proof of work determined serially include receiving a block of data for inclusion in a new block of a blockchain; deterministically determining an initial nonce, hashing a combination of the block of data and the initial nonce to create a hashed value; iteratively deterministically determining an updated nonce based on a combination of the hashed value and updating the hashed value by hashing the updated nonce until the updated hashed value satisfies a proof of work criteria; creating the new block based on the block of data, the initial nonce, and the updated hashed value that satisfies the proof of work criteria; and having the new block stored in the blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MYDREAM INTERACTIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Jonathan Leker, Matthew Drew Birder, Allison Phuong Huynh, Mark Thomas Wallace
  • Publication number: 20230154597
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a medical imaging system (100), the method carried out by use of a data processing unit (120), the method comprising: obtaining (SI), by a computational prediction model, time-invariant patient information, generating (S2), by the computational prediction model, a patient profile parametrized based on at least the obtained time-invariant patient information, obtaining (S3), by the computational prediction model, at least one current clinical workflow parameter, providing (S4), by the computational prediction model, a prediction comprising at least a patient-specific operation workflow based on at least correlating the generated patient profile with the obtained current clinical workflow parameter, wherein the patient-specific operation workflow comprises a specific one of a selection of operational modes of the medical imaging system, and operating the medical imaging system (100) based on the specific one of the selection of operational modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Günter Helle, Thomas Erik Amthor, Sunil Kumar Vuppala, Steffen Weiss, Rajendra Singh Sisodia, Mark Thomas Johnson, Gereon Vogtmeier
  • Publication number: 20230145447
    Abstract: The invention provides a mouthpiece for dental cleaning system and the dental cleaning system itself. The mouthpiece has a base and inner and outer arches. An actuator is for applying motion to the inner arch and/or the outer arch, relative to the base. A coupling arrangement converts motion of one of the inner and outer arches in one direction relative to the base to motion in an opposite direction relative to the base of the other of the inner and outer arches. By forming the mouthpiece as a central stationary base enveloped by two contour-following and moving arches, an anti-phase brushing motion at opposite tooth sites along the tooth arch is enabled, giving increased reach toward the molars as well as a reduction in device vibration in the mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Ravindra BHAT, Mart Kornelis-Jan TE VELDE, Lutz Christian GERHARDT, Mark Thomas JOHNSON, Edward Theodorus Maria BERBEN, Bart GOTTENBOS
  • Publication number: 20230127655
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara Sabina HADIDA RUAH, Peter Diederik Jan GROOTENHUIS, Fredrick F. VAN GOOR, Jinglan ZHOU, Brian Richard BEAR, Mark Thomas MILLER, Jason McCARTNEY, Mehdi Michel Djamel NUMA
  • Publication number: 20230123012
    Abstract: Disclosed are curable adhesive compositions comprising hydroxyl functional polymers and silane functionalized resins. Such adhesive compositions are capable of providing unexpected properties for various uses and end products. The adhesive may be used for woodworking, automotive, textile, appliances, electronics, bookbinding, and packaging. Suitable substrates can be metal, polymer film, plastics, wood, glass, ceramic, paper, and concrete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Thauming Kuo, Michaela Hofbauer, Liu Deng, Mark Thomas Arigo, Timothy Harold Blayney, Terri Roxanne Carvagno, Stephen Franklin Hatfield, Mark William Ingratta, Rui Xie
  • Patent number: 11629860
    Abstract: A method and system to treat emissions (e.g., smoke, particulate, odor, grease) employs a nanosecond high voltage pulse generator, a transient pulsed plasma reactor, and a DC voltage source that supplies a DC bias voltage, preferably a negative DC bias voltage to a conductor of the transient pulsed plasma reactor. The system is used in a scheme that substantially reduces at least particulate matter in emissions streams, for example emissions streams produced during cooking, for instance in commercial charbroiling processes (e.g., cooking of hamburger meat), or from operation of internal combustion engines. Both a reduction in the size distribution and total particulate mass is achieved using the method and system described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSIENT PLASMA SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Cronin, William P. Schroeder, Jason M. Sanders, Daniel Singleton, Mark Thomas, Patrick Ford, Martin Adolph Gundersen
  • Publication number: 20230114977
    Abstract: Disclosed are silane functionalized rosins having multiple functionalities. Such silane functionalized rosins are curable and thus capable of providing unexpected properties for various uses and end products. Also disclosed are synthetic routes to prepare silane functionalized rosins, which are formulated with hydroxyl functional polymers to provide curable adhesive compositions. The adhesives may be used for woodworking, automotive, textile, appliances, electronics, bookbinding, and packaging. Suitable substrates can be metal, polymer film, plastics, wood, glass, ceramic, paper, and concrete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Terri Roxanne Carvagno, Liu Deng, Mark Thomas Arigo, Mark William Ingratta, Michaela Hofbauer, Rui Xie, Stephen Franklin Hatfield, Timothy Harold Blayney, Thauming Kuo
  • Patent number: 11623069
    Abstract: The proposed device comprises a plurality of electroactive material actuator units arranged as a set. Control data for driving individual units is transferred over three shared power lines. The electroactive material actuator of each unit is driven depending on control data received from the power lines via a demodulator, a controller, and a driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Achim Hilgers, Mark Thomas Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230097795
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article comprising a front elastic belt region, a back elastic belt region, each of the front and back elastic belt region comprises a laminate comprising an inner sheet, an outer sheet, and a plurality of elastic members running in the transverse direction, the longitudinal dimension between adjacent elastic members forming an elastic spacing; wherein the laminate is bonded by heat at the side edges to form side seams, the side seams existing no distant than about 20 mm from the side edges, and the remainder of the laminate is substantially free of heat bonds, wherein the article has a Belt Elastic Bonding Percentage of less than about 25%, and an Individual Elastic Bonding Percentage of from about 10% to about 75%, according to the measurements herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Chunmin CHENG, Koichi MORIMOTO, Mark Thomas STILLWAGON, Qilei YIN, Claus Peter STOELZEL
  • Publication number: 20230100634
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara Sabina HADIDA RUAH, Peter Diederik Jan GROOTENHUIS, Fredrick F. VAN GOOR, Jinglan ZHOU, Brian Richard BEAR, Mark Thomas MILLER, Jason McCARTNEY, Mehdi Michel Djamel NUMA
  • Publication number: 20230099745
    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: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    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
  • Publication number: 20230097257
    Abstract: Method for generating haptic feedback responses starts with processor causing communication interface for communication session to be displayed on first user interface and on a second user interface. Processor detects first touch input on first user interface and second touch input on second user interface. Processor monitors location of the first touch input on the first user interface and location of the second touch input on the second user interface. Processor determines distance between location of first touch input on first user interface and location on first user interface corresponding to location of second touch input on second user interface. Processor causes the first user interface and the second user interface to generate a haptic feedback response based on the distance. The haptic feedback response increases in intensity or speed as the distance decreases and decreases in intensity or speed as the distance increases. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander P. Powell, Mark Thomas
  • Publication number: 20230089520
    Abstract: An oral cleaning and/or treatment device includes electrodes for emitting RF energy for providing an oral cleaning and/or treatment function. The device includes a cleaning unit for receipt in an oral cavity which includes at least a first and second protruding member, which protrude in a same general direction away from abase or support structure. Each member comprises one or more electrodes or conductive elements for emitting RF energy. The device generates an RF field in a space between and around the electrodes by driving the electrodes with an RF signal generator. The device includes means, either mechanical or electrical, for varying a generated RF field pattern (e.g. spatial intensity distribution) between different settings. The device is in particular configurable in at least two modes or settings, each associated with a different respective field pattern or spatial intensity distribution. This is valuable for adapting the cleaning functionality to different required purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jyothir Ganeshwar Reddy UMMADI, Mark Thomas JOHNSON, Bart GOTTENBOS, Lutz Christian GERHARDT, Priscilla BRANDAO SILVA
  • Patent number: 11609292
    Abstract: A device for NMR spectroscopy includes a magnet arrangement, configured to produce a magnetic probe field within a magnet field of view external to the magnet arrangement. In a embodiment, the device includes a coil arrangement, configured to generate an electromagnetic excitation field within a coil field of view and a controller, configured to control the coil arrangement. The device includes a magnet adjustment arrangement, configured and arranged to modify at least one parameter of the magnet arrangement to change a spatial position of the magnet field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Andre De Oliveira, Andreas Greiser, Peter Speier, Adrian Mark Thomas
  • Patent number: 11610022
    Abstract: A user device comprises an app that stores and maintains exclusive control of user data, and causes one or more processors to send a request for services according to a trial period to a distributed ledger associated with service providers and anonymously interact with the service providers according to a set of rules maintained in the distributed ledger by passing along a token uniquely associated with the user during for the respective interaction with each service provider without the user data being shared with the service providers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Hennessy, Murtaza Bulut, Mark Thomas Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230071702
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to communicate, by a server, with a vehicle over a second communication path, where the vehicle is configured to communicate with a user device over a first communication path. The server may associate a user device with an authenticated user profile that is associated with the vehicle. The server may identify a public-private key pair associated with the user device and a public-private key pair associated with the vehicle. Processing circuitry may generate a shared key based on the public-private key pair associated with the user device and the public-private key pair associated with the vehicle, and the processing circuitry may establish a communication channel between the user device and the vehicle over the first communication path using the shared key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Abene, David A. Fung, Akash Sridhara Acharya, Leonid Kokhnovych
  • Patent number: 11600767
    Abstract: An actuator device has a temperature sensing means and a controller adapted to apply a high frequency AC signal to stimulate internal self-heating to thereby maintain a temperature of an actuator member of the device at a certain fixed temperature, this temperature being elevated with respect to an initial temperature of the actuator member. This ensures that thermal drift may be mitigated or eliminated by compensating for any changes in environmental temperature through raising or lowering the level of the heating signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Achim Hilgers, Daan Anton Van Den Ende, Cornelis Petrus Hendriks, Ronald Antonie Hovenkamp, Mark Thomas Johnson, Eduard Gerard Marie Pelssers, Franciscus Johannes Gerardus Hakkens
  • Publication number: 20230065987
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods directed to improving the functions of a vehicle. Systems and methods are provided that provide a custom tool that autogenerates a set of software agents that allows a system to separate processing, transmission and receiving of messages to achieve better synchronization. The disclosure herein also provides a simplified method of key provisioning by designating one client as a server and assigning a symmetric key to every other client permanently provisioned between that client and the server. Systems and method are further provided that predict faults in a vehicle. Systems and methods are also provided that preserve data in the event of a system crash. Systems and methods are also provided in which an operating system of a vehicle detects the presence of a new peripheral and pulls the related interface file for that new peripheral. Further, a data synchronization solution is provided herein which provides optimized levels of synchronization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Shayan Mukhtar, Mark Thomas Abene, Kinjal Kumar Patel, Yusuf Kurniawan
  • Patent number: 11591350
    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: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 11591977
    Abstract: A standby generator includes an internal combustion engine, an alternator, and a controller. The internal combustion engine includes an engine housing, an engine block, and a crankshaft. The engine housing at least partially covers the engine block. The engine block includes a cylinder. The crankshaft is configured to rotate about a vertical crankshaft axis in response to movement by the cylinder. The alternator includes a stator, as well as a rotor that is configured to rotate with the rotation of the crankshaft to produce electrical power. The controller includes an inverter that is configured to receive electrical power from the alternator and output alternating current electrical power. The controller extends at least partially above the engine housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Thurnbauer Cirillo, Sie Teong Lim, Philip Helwig, Kenny Jalmas Stair, Svetlana Byaliy, Mark Thomas Molinski