Patents by Inventor Matthew Spencer

Matthew Spencer 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: 20240102288
    Abstract: A method may include placing a bottom facer on a conveyor, placing a core layer on the bottom facer placing a top facer on the core layer, and pressing the bottom facer, the core layer, and the top facer in a hot press to form a panel, wherein the hot press causes the bottom facer to shrink relative to the top facer, introducing a warp into the panel such that, when installed, the warp compensates for an installation warp and the panel is flat upon installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Jack G. Winterowd, Matthew Spencer, Marko Suput
  • Publication number: 20240088905
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for clock signal phase measurement and control are described. In one example, a clock signal phase measurement system includes a reference clock signal line to provide a reference clock signal, a delay line to provide an output clock signal, and a wild clock. The clock signal phase measurement system includes a phase sensor configured to randomly and simultaneously sample the reference clock signal and the output clock signal utilizing the wild clock to obtain a phase data. The phase sensor is further configured to measure from the phase data a phase difference between the reference clock signal and the output clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Blue Cheetah Analog Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Everhardt, Wade Berglund, Matthew Spencer, Peter Hermansen, Michael Scott, Elad Alon, Eric Naviasky
  • Patent number: 11919200
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a roof cover board and a method of manufacturing an improved cover board product. The method includes receiving waste materials or first use materials, the waste materials or first use materials containing a mixture of cellulose, plastic and other materials; separating the cellulose and the plastic from the mixture; shredding the separated cellulose using a first shredder into a stream of cellulose and shredding the separated plastic using a second shredder into a stream of plastic; selecting a cellulose to plastic ratio from a plurality of cellulose to plastic ratios; metering shredded cellulose from the stream of cellulose and shredded plastic from the stream of plastic according to the selected cellulose to plastic ratio; mixing the metered shredded cellulose and plastic; forming said mixture into a mat; and consolidating the mat into a finished good using heat and pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Kasey Fisher, Marko Suput, Matthew Spencer, Jack G. Winterowd
  • Publication number: 20240066175
    Abstract: The invention describes a method and a walk through apparatus to treat surfaces with hydroxyl ions to reduce the viability and/or kill pathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Edward Turner, Brian Whitney Williams, Gregory A. Cox, James Spencer Alonso, Matthew M. Cox
  • Publication number: 20240068333
    Abstract: A system and method for turning a well over to production. The method may include drilling a wellbore using a drillstring, casing the wellbore, fracturing a reservoir, drilling the wellbore to a plug back total depth using the drillstring to clean out the wellbore, and converting the drillstring from a drilling mode to a production mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew L. White, Jeffrey Spencer, Brian B. Hope, Christopher J. Heikkinen
  • Patent number: 11854028
    Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to optimizing survey parameters using machine learning. A network system monitors user activity of a plurality of users with respect to an application and provides a notification to users of the plurality of users that satisfy a trigger condition for providing the notification. The network system obtains feedback corresponding to the notification, whereby the feedback indicates whether each of the users accepted, rejected, or ignored the notification. A machine learning model is then trained using input data obtained from the feedback to optimize on one or more parameters used by the network system in providing a future notification. Based on the machine learning model, the future notification is presented to a further set of users using the one or more optimized parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Spencer Donald Kerr, Shaker Asif Khaleque, Kelly John Forsmann, Tatiana Shubin, Dipti A. Patil
  • Patent number: 11834566
    Abstract: Provided herein are composite materials comprising at least 70 wt. % thermally consolidated recovered paper and plastic fragments and less than 5,000 ng water-soluble endotoxin per gram of composite materials, as well as methods of preparing said composite materials and methods of sanitizing recovered waste materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Jack G. Winterowd, Matthew Spencer, Henry Scheller, Vincent Pastore
  • Patent number: 11814503
    Abstract: Provided herein are composite materials comprising at least 70 wt. % thermally consolidated recovered paper and plastic fragments and less than 5,000 ng water-soluble endotoxin per gram of composite materials, as well as methods of preparing said composite materials and methods of sanitizing recovered waste materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Jack G. Winterowd, Matthew Spencer, Henry Scheller, Vincent Pastore
  • Publication number: 20230356441
    Abstract: In accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure, a method producing a composite board comprising plastic and cellulose is described. The method includes transmitting a first signal to a pair of opposing hot-platens, receipt of the first signal causing the pair of opposing hot-platens to compress and heat a composite mat; transmitting a second signal to the pair of opposing hot-platens, receipt of the second signal causing the pair of opposing hot-platens to heat and compress the composite mat at substantially a first pressure for a first time period; transmitting a third signal to the pair of opposing hot-platens, receipt of the third signal causing the pair of opposing hot-platens to release the composite mat from the first pressure; and transmitting a fourth signal to a pair of opposing cold-platens, receipt of the fourth signal causing the pair of opposing cold-platens to compress and cool the composite mat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Jack G. Winterowd, Matthew Spencer, Marko Suput
  • Publication number: 20230332410
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved cover board product with a panel comprising a top surface layer comprised of paper or a fiberglass web; a bottom surface layer comprised of paper, a fiberglass web, nylon film, polyester film, polypropene film, or textiles; and a core layer comprised of paper and thermoplastic fragments connected by a thermoplastic bonding resin. The thermoplastic bonding resin is in a random pattern to less than 100% of the paper and thermoplastic fragment surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Spencer, Marko Suput, Marc Lower, Jack G. Winterowd
  • Patent number: 11738486
    Abstract: In accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure, a method producing a composite board comprising plastic and cellulose is described. The method includes transmitting a first signal to a pair of opposing hot-platens, receipt of the first signal causing the pair of opposing hot-platens to compress and heat a composite mat; transmitting a second signal to the pair of opposing hot-platens, receipt of the second signal causing the pair of opposing hot-platens to heat and compress the composite mat at substantially a first pressure for a first time period; transmitting a third signal to the pair of opposing hot-platens, receipt of the third signal causing the pair of opposing hot-platens to release the composite mat from the first pressure; and transmitting a fourth signal to a pair of opposing cold-platens, receipt of the fourth signal causing the pair of opposing cold-platens to compress and cool the composite mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Jack G. Winterowd, Matthew Spencer, Marko Suput
  • Patent number: 11718995
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing an improved cover board product with a panel. In some embodiments, the method includes preparing fragments into an assembly; mixing the fragments and an adhesive into a blended core furnish; applying the adhesive to a top side of a bottom layer fabric in the assembly; forming a core mat of the blended core furnish on top of the adhesive; applying the adhesive to a top side of the core mat; applying a surface layer fabric on the top side of the adhesive; pressing the assembly; and cutting and trimming the assembly to form panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Jan Rayman, Jr., Matthew Spencer, Marko Suput, Dean DeRaad, Marc Lower, Jack G. Winterowd
  • Publication number: 20230173713
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a roof cover board and a method of manufacturing an improved cover board product. The method includes receiving waste materials or first use materials, the waste materials or first use materials containing a mixture of cellulose, plastic and other materials; separating the cellulose and the plastic from the mixture; shredding the separated cellulose using a first shredder into a stream of cellulose and shredding the separated plastic using a second shredder into a stream of plastic; selecting a cellulose to plastic ratio from a plurality of cellulose to plastic ratios; metering shredded cellulose from the stream of cellulose and shredded plastic from the stream of plastic according to the selected cellulose to plastic ratio; mixing the metered shredded cellulose and plastic; forming said mixture into a mat; and consolidating the mat into a finished good using heat and pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Kasey Fisher, Marko Suput, Matthew Spencer, Jack G. Winterowd
  • Publication number: 20230137708
    Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to optimizing survey parameters using machine learning. A network system monitors user activity of a plurality of users with respect to an application and provides a notification to users of the plurality of users that satisfy a trigger condition for providing the notification. The network system obtains feedback corresponding to the notification, whereby the feedback indicates whether each of the users accepted, rejected, or ignored the notification. A machine learning model is then trained using input data obtained from the feedback to optimize on one or more parameters used by the network system in providing a future notification. Based on the machine learning model, the future notification is presented to a further set of users using the one or more optimized parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Spencer Donald Kerr, Shaker Asif Khaleque, Kelly John Forsmann, Tatiana Shubin, Dipti A. Patil
  • Publication number: 20230094324
    Abstract: Provided herein are composite materials comprising at least 70 wt. % thermally consolidated recovered paper and plastic fragments and less than 5,000 ng water-soluble endotoxin per gram of composite materials, as well as methods of preparing said composite materials and methods of sanitizing recovered waste materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Jack G. Winterowd, Matthew Spencer, Henry Scheller, Vincent Pastore
  • Publication number: 20230097848
    Abstract: Provided herein are composite materials comprising at least 70 wt. % thermally consolidated recovered paper and plastic fragments and less than 5,000 ng water-soluble endotoxin per gram of composite materials, as well as methods of preparing said composite materials and methods of sanitizing recovered waste materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Jack G. Winterowd, Matthew Spencer, Henry Scheller, Vincent Pastore
  • Patent number: 11514408
    Abstract: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is a method including receiving, by a waste diversion system and from a source, waste materials, inserting, by the waste diversion system and into the waste materials, one or more markers, generating, by the waste diversion system, finished goods including a portion of the waste materials, and detecting, by the waste diversion system, a portion of the one or more markers corresponding to the portion of the waste materials in the finished goods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Cochrane, Marc Lower, Colin Litow, Matthew Spencer, Carl V. Rush, Jr., Randal Whitaker, William Shepard, Richard Toberman
  • Publication number: 20220356674
    Abstract: A power machine can be configured to automatically travel along a planned path based on pursuit of a target point. A location of the target point along the planned path can be determined based one or more of local curvature of the planned path or travel speed of the power machine. In some cases, a circular buffer can be used to store mapping data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Caleb Norfleet, Omar Aleman, Erik Meike, Anneka Noe, Varun Singh, Caitlin Huang, Tejus Rao, Matthew Spencer
  • Publication number: 20220316206
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a wall assembly for mounting a wall in a residential or commercial building space. The wall assembly has a wall body having an upper region configured to be laterally supported at one or more upper surfaces thereof to maintain the wall body in a substantially upright position, and a lower region configured to be laterally supported at one or more lower surfaces thereof to maintain the wall body in a substantially upright position. The wall assembly further has at least one lateral support comprising an engagement portion configured to engage the one or more upper surfaces of the upper region or one or more lower surfaces of the lower region of the wall body. The wall body has a unitary body having a molded material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Sam MARSHALL, Matthew SPENCER
  • Patent number: 11434644
    Abstract: A cladding element, for use in a building envelope, comprising a first face, a second face and a plurality of edges. One or more of the plurality of edges includes a mating feature configured to resist moisture passage between cladding elements when the cladding elements are installed on a wall or other structure. The cladding element can include one or more joint features to improve mating between the cladding elements, reduce labor costs, and facilitate moisture drainage from the cladding elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: James Hardie Technology Limited
    Inventors: Robert Elliot Everhart, II, Hui Li, Darren Southwell, Matthew Spencer