Patents by Inventor Matthew Mitchell
Matthew Mitchell 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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Patent number: 9310354Abstract: The present invention relates to the fields of agriculture, plant breeding or genetic engineering for plants with increased yield, crop forecasting and crop management. In particular, the methods herein describe novel methods of predicting a plant's yield through the measurement of specific metabolites either individually or in combination with one another in a specific plant reproductive tissue. The plant predictive methods described herein may be used to predict yield of plant populations as well as allow for more efficient crop management practices (e.g. amount and timing of chemical applications or amount of irrigation water applied to a field).Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Kateri Duncan, Jonathan Cohn, Lining Guo, Nalini Desai, Matthew Mitchell, Jacob Wulff
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Publication number: 20150245968Abstract: A cradle for facial support of a prone patient's head, the patient's head having a glabellar acupressure point between his or her eyes, the cradle including an “E” cushion having upper and lower ends, and having left, right, and medial arms, each arm among the left, right, and medial arms having proximal and distal ends; the “E” cushion's medial arm being adapted for, upon the facial support of the patient's head, impinging against his or her glabellar acupressure point; the cradle further incorporating a rigid base fixedly attached to the “E” cushion's lower end and “velcro” pads for releasably mounting the “E” cushion upon the support bracket arms of an examination table.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventor: Matthew Mitchell
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Publication number: 20150206288Abstract: A first gate data representing a first plurality of time gates for a first medical imaging modality (e.g., PET or CT) is provided. The first plurality of time gates are based on a plurality of cycles of an acquired physiological signal of a person. A gate width is determined for a second medical imaging modality (e.g., CT or PET). A second gate data is generated, representing a second plurality of time gates for the second medical imaging modality. Each time gate in the second plurality of time gates has the determined gate width and is generated dependent on a respective time gate in the first plurality of time gates.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Shiv Shanker Verma, Tobias Wenig, Matthew Mitchell
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Publication number: 20150119703Abstract: Anatomic range planning is provided in positron emission tomography (PET). The user indicates one or more ranges on an image of a patient based on anatomy. Rather than planning by bed position, the planning is based on the anatomy of the patient without reference to the length of the PET detector. The user interface for PET examination avoids overlapping boxes and other confusion based on bed position. Different anatomical ranges may be assigned different PET parameters, such as reconstruction parameters. A processor may automatically alter the examination (e.g., by extending the detection range beyond the region of interest or by increasing duration at an end position) to account for the sensitivity profile since the anatomical region of interest is known. Anatomical region specific directions may be included as part of planning, aiding in performing different protocols for different anatomical ranges.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Mitchell, Shiv Shanker Verma, Collin Schaeffer
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Patent number: 8935840Abstract: An elevating and clewing continuous log turner includes a mainframe having a movable frame adapted for vertical or horizontal translation relative to the mainframe. A rotating group is mounted in the movable frame. The rotating group has a passageway therethrough. Roller arms are pivotally mounted around a perimeter of the rotating group. The roller arms concentrically clamp the log relative to the rotating group to thereby rotate the log about its longitudinal axis simultaneously with selective rotation of the rotating group. At least one actuator horizontally and vertically translates the movable frame relative to the mainframe.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Optimil Machinery Inc.Inventors: Rory Matthew Mitchell, Eddie Ying Ho Fong, Desmond James Price, Darrin Scott Stanley, Brian Nels Soderberg, Philip David Harrison
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Patent number: 8904339Abstract: A method (and system) of modeling runtime behavior for a software application includes limiting a portion of a run to be analyzed using criteria that define an analysis scenario, structuring events of the analysis scenario as a flow of logical content through a plurality of transformations, applying labels to elements of the flow, and generating a behavior signature for the analysis scenario based on the labels.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2006Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nicholas Matthew Mitchell, Gary S. Sevitsky, Harini Srinivasan
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Publication number: 20140189903Abstract: The present invention relates to the fields of agriculture, plant breeding or genetic engineering for plants with increased yield, crop forecasting and crop management. In particular, the methods herein describe novel methods of predicting a plant's yield through the measurement of specific metabolites either individually or in combination with one another in a specific plant reproductive tissue. The plant predictive methods described herein may be used to predict yield of plant populations as well as allow for more efficient crop management practices (e.g. amount and timing of chemical applications or amount of irrigation water applied to a field).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Kateri Duncan, Jonathan Cohn, Lining Guo, Nalini Desai, Matthew Mitchell, Jacob Wulff
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Publication number: 20130339974Abstract: A method for automatically gauging a benefit of a tuning action. The method including collecting a plurality of observations of a running state of a plurality of threads in a computer system, as executed by a processing in a computer system. Identifying a plurality of resources the computer system and a capacity of each resource of the plurality of resources. Mapping an observation of the running state of each thread of the plurality of threads to a resource that the observation of each thread uses, respectively. Applying the tuning action to a first resource of the plurality of resources to determine an impact on the performance of the computer system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nicholas Matthew Mitchell, Peter F Sweeney
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Publication number: 20130339973Abstract: A computer program product for automatically gauging a benefit of a tuning action. The computer program product including a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith. The computer readable program code including computer readable program code configured to collect a plurality of observations of a running state of a plurality of threads in a computer system. Computer readable program code configured to identify a plurality of resources of the computer system and a capacity of each resource of the plurality of resources. Computer readable program code configured to map an observation of the running state of each thread of the plurality of threads to a resource that the observation of each thread uses, respectively, and computer readable program code configured to apply the tuning action to a first resource of the plurality of resources to determine an impact on the performance of the computer system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nicholas Matthew Mitchell, Peter F. Sweeney
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Publication number: 20120130837Abstract: A service, system or component is provided that controls publication of media content on a publisher site to a visitor of the publisher site. Media content on the publisher site can be blocked for to such visitors for purpose of revenue collection.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventors: Jeffrey TINSLEY, Matthew Mitchell
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Publication number: 20110226385Abstract: An elevating and clewing continuous log turner includes a mainframe having a movable frame adapted for vertical or horizontal translation relative to the mainframe. A rotating group is mounted in the movable frame. The rotating group has a passageway therethrough. Roller arms are pivotally mounted around a perimeter of the rotating group. The roller arms concentrically clamp the log relative to the rotating group to thereby rotate the log about its longitudinal axis simultaneously with selective rotation of the rotating group. At least one actuator horizontally and vertically translates the movable frame relative to the mainframe.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Inventors: Rory Matthew Mitchell, Eddie Ying Ho Fong, Desmond James Price, Darrin Scott Stanley, Brian Nels Soderberg, Philip David Harrison
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Patent number: 7776624Abstract: A semiconductor fabrication method. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes a semiconductor material. Next, a top portion of the semiconductor substrate is removed. Next, a first semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown on the semiconductor substrate, wherein a first atomic percent of a first semiconductor material in the first semiconductor layer is equal to a substrate atomic percent of the substrate semiconductor material in the semiconductor substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2008Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ashima B. Chakravarti, Judson Robert Holt, Jeremy John Kempisty, Suk Hoon Ku, Woo-Hyeong Lee, Amlan Majumdar, Ryan Matthew Mitchell, Renee Tong Mo, Zhibin Ren, Dinkar Singh
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Publication number: 20100009524Abstract: A semiconductor fabrication method. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes a semiconductor material. Next, a top portion of the semiconductor substrate is removed. Next, a first semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown on the semiconductor substrate, wherein a first atom percent of the semiconductor material in the first semiconductor layer is equal to a certain atom percent of the semiconductor material in the semiconductor substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINESInventors: Ashima B. Chakravarti, Judson Robert Holt, Jeremy John Kempisty, Suk Hoon Ku, Woo-Hyeong Lee, Amlan Majumdar, Ryan Matthew Mitchell, Renee Tong Mo, Zhibin Ren, Dinkar Singh
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Patent number: 7512522Abstract: Techniques for assessing the utilization efficiency of a portion of memory are provided. One or more images of a portion of memory are obtained. The one or more memory elements found within each image are categorized into one or more application-neutral categories, wherein the one or more categories distinguish between data and structural overhead. At least one analysis is performed on the one or more categorized memory elements of the one or more images using a measure representative of the efficiency of utilization of the portion of memory. The one or more results of the analysis step are outputted.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2007Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nedumaran Palani Kumanan, Nicholas Matthew Mitchell, Edith Gail Schonberg, Gary Seth Sevitsky
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Publication number: 20080208530Abstract: Techniques for assessing the utilization efficiency of a portion of memory are provided. One or more images of a portion of memory are obtained. The one or more memory elements found within each image are categorized into one or more application-neutral categories, wherein the one or more categories distinguish between data and structural overhead. At least one analysis is performed on the one or more categorized memory elements of the one or more images using a measure representative of the efficiency of utilization of the portion of memory. The one or more results of the analysis step are outputted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventors: Nedumaran Palani Kumanan, Nicholas Matthew Mitchell, Edith Gail Schonberg, Gary Seth Sevitsky
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Publication number: 20080127046Abstract: A method (and system) of modeling runtime behavior for a software application includes limiting a portion of a run to be analyzed using criteria that define an analysis scenario, structuring events of the analysis scenario as a flow of logical content through a plurality of transformations, applying labels to elements of the flow, and generating a behavior signature for the analysis scenario based on the labels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2006Publication date: May 29, 2008Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nicholas Matthew Mitchell, Gary S. Sevitsky, Harini Srinivasan
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Publication number: 20080063407Abstract: A digital optical network (DON) is a new approach to low-cost, more compact optical transmitter modules and optical receiver modules for deployment in optical transport networks (OTNs). One important aspect of a digital optical network is the incorporation in these modules of transmitter photonic integrated circuit (TxPIC) chips and receiver photonic integrated circuit (TxPIC) chips in lieu of discrete modulated sources and detector sources with discrete multiplexers or demultiplexers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2007Publication date: March 13, 2008Applicant: INFINERA CORPORATIONInventors: Jagdeep Singh, Drew Perkins, David Welch, Mark Yin, Fred Kish, Stephen Grubb, Robert Taylor, Vincent Dominic, Matthew Mitchell
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Publication number: 20080031626Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip comprising an array of modulated sources, each providing a modulated signal output at a channel wavelength different from the channel wavelength of other modulated sources and a wavelength selective combiner having an input optically coupled to received all the signal outputs from the modulated sources and provide a combined output signal on an output waveguide from the chip. The modulated sources, combiner and output waveguide are all integrated on the same chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2007Publication date: February 7, 2008Applicant: INFINERA CORPORATIONInventors: David Welch, Vincent Dominic, Fred Kish, Mark Missey, Radhakrishnan Nagarajan, Atul Mathur, Frank Peters, Robert Taylor, Matthew Mitchell, Alan Nilsson, Stephen Grubb, Richard Schneider, Charles Joyner, Jonas Webjorn, Ting-Kuang Chiang, Robert Grencavich, Vinh Nguyen, Donald Pavinski, Marco Sosa
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Publication number: 20080013881Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip comprising an array of modulated sources, each providing a modulated signal output at a channel wavelength different from the channel wavelength of other modulated sources and a wavelength selective combiner having an input optically coupled to received all the signal outputs from the modulated sources and provide a combined output signal on an output waveguide from the chip. The modulated sources, combiner and output waveguide are all integrated on the same chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2007Publication date: January 17, 2008Applicant: INFINERA CORPORATIONInventors: David Welch, Vincent Dominic, Fred Kish, Mark Missey, Radhakrishnan Nagarajan, Atul Mathur, Frank Peters, Robert Taylor, Matthew Mitchell, Alan Nilsson, Stephen Grubb, Richard Schneider, Charles Joyner, Jonas Webjorn, Drew Perkins
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Publication number: 20070298998Abstract: The present invention provides various biomarkers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The present invention also provides various methods of using the biomarkers, including methods for diagnosis of ALS, methods of determining predisposition to ALS, methods of monitoring progression/regression of ALS, methods of assessing efficacy of compositions for treating ALS, methods of screening compositions for activity in modulating biomarkers of ALS, methods of treating ALS, as well as other methods based on biomarkers of ALS.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2007Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: Metabolon, Inc.Inventors: Lisa Paige, Matthew Mitchell, Anne Evans, Don Harvan, Kay Lawton, Robert Brown, Merit Cudkowicz