Patents by Inventor Michael A. Robinson

Michael A. Robinson 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).

  • Particulate matter sensor with engineered particle size cut-point
    Patent number: 10641154
    Abstract: An aftertreatment system comprises a particulate filter configured to filter PM possessing a predetermined, least effective size range included in an exhaust gas flowing through the aftertreatment system. A PM sensor assembly is positioned downstream of the particulate filter and includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet, a sidewall and defines an internal volume. A PM sensor is positioned within the internal volume. The housing is configured to redirect a flow of exhaust gas entering the PM sensor assembly around the PM sensor so that small particles included in the exhaust gas flow having a first size within or smaller than the predetermined size range are directed around the particulate matter sensor. Large particles having a second size larger than the predetermined size range impact the PM sensor. A controller is communicatively coupled to the PM sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Cremeens, Aleksey Yezerets, Reshma Prattipati, Michael A. Robinson
  • Virtual network health checker
    Patent number: 10601642
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for managing status of state machines in a computing network. Various embodiments of the present technology can be used to track and maintain an active log associated with each state machine in a computing network. The active log of a state machine can be periodically analyzed at a predetermined time interval to determine an anticipated state of the state machine and a current state of the state machine. In response to determining that the state machine is in an inconsistent state (i.e., the anticipated state does not match the current state of the state machine), a suitable action can be taken to switch the current state of the state machine from the inconsistent state to a suitable new state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joji Thomas Mekkattuparamban, Michael Robinson
  • Efficient in-situ catalyst sulfiding methods and systems
    Patent number: 10569265
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for efficiently sulfiding metal catalyst resident in a reactor vessel comprises a sulfiding module and a hydrogen sulfide detection module and a remote computer all arranged and configured to communicate wirelessly and to allow remote control and monitoring of the modules and sulfiding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventors: James Maxie Robinson, James Michael Robinson
  • WIRELESS OUTDOOR CONTROL PANEL
    Publication number: 20200052924
    Abstract: A complete backyard control solution accessible from anywhere in the world via the Internet or other network. Control and set schedules for a multitude of relays, varying voltages control 12, 24, 110 and 220 volt devices from the palm of your hand. Webpage access does not require any special apps. Open your web browser, login to your account and have access to any and all of your available features. Install a wide array of sensors and set programming options to depend on the values of the sensors. Install a remote sensor and never have to worry about manual missteps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: SIMPLIFI'D OUTDOOR SOLUTIONS, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Eduardo Daniel Gimeno, Kristopher Michael Robinson
  • Recommending Data Enrichments
    Publication number: 20200042517
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a request to provide recommendations of data enrichments for a database is received at a recommendation engine. The recommendation engine may perform static and dynamic analysis of data associated with the database and may further refine recommendations based on policies. The recommendation engine may then provide the recommendations, if any, of data enrichments to allow a software developer, for example, to indicate whether the data enrichments are to be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Anthony Nino BICE, David Michael ROBINSON, Hariharan SIVARAMAKRISHNAN
  • COTTON VARIETY ST 5122GLT
    Publication number: 20200029521
    Abstract: The cotton variety ST 5122GLT is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety ST 5122GLT with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of ST 5122GLT and to plants of ST 5122GLT reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from ST 5122GLT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Michael ROBINSON
  • Recommending data enrichments
    Patent number: 10540349
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a request to provide recommendations of data enrichments for a database is received at a recommendation engine. The recommendation engine may perform static and dynamic analysis of data associated with the database and may further refine recommendations based on policies. The recommendation engine may then provide the recommendations, if any, of data enrichments to allow a software developer, for example, to indicate whether the data enrichments are to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Nino Bice, David Michael Robinson, Hariharan Sivaramakrishnan
  • COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE EXPOSURE AND IMPACT OF AN ENTITY WITHIN VIRTUAL NETWORKING PLATFORMS
    Publication number: 20200019912
    Abstract: A system for analyzing and quantifying an impact of an entity's presence within a virtual networking environment to provide an impact scorecard of the entity to a 3rd party is provided. A server has an API data feed to at least one virtual networking platform. A plurality of factors are extracted from the feed with a plurality of calculators, including a commitment score calculator, a performance score calculator, and a reach score calculator. At least one display dashboard is accessible on the server from a computing device of the 3rd party. The at least one display dashboard visually displays a marketability assessment of the entity on the virtual networking platform based on the factors from the data feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: SCOTT TILTON, ROBERT J. KRAUS, MICHAEL ROBINSON
  • SOLAR THERMAL UNIT
    Publication number: 20190372520
    Abstract: Solar thermal units and methods of operating solar thermal units for the conversion of solar insolation to thermal energy are provided. In some examples, solar thermal units have an inlet, and a split flow of heat absorbing fluid to either side of the solar thermal unit, along a first fluid flow path and a second fluid flow path. Optionally, one or more photovoltaic panels can be provided as part of the solar thermal unit, which may convert solar insolation to electric power that may be used by a system connected to the solar thermal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Cody Friesen, Michael Robinson, Grant Friesen, Heath Lorzel, Justin Zachary Bessant
  • Cotton variety ST 5471GLTP
    Patent number: 10470428
    Abstract: The cotton variety ST 5471GLTP is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety ST 5471GLTP with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of ST 5471GLTP and to plants of ST 5471GLTP reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from ST 5471GLTP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS SEED, US LLC, COTTON SEED INTERNATIONAL PROPRIETARY LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Robinson, Michael Swindle
  • Solar thermal unit
    Patent number: 10469028
    Abstract: Solar thermal units and methods of operating solar thermal units for the conversion of solar insolation to thermal energy are provided. In some examples, solar thermal units have an inlet, and a split flow of heat absorbing fluid to either side of the solar thermal unit, along a first fluid flow path and a second fluid flow path. Optionally, one or more photovoltaic panels can be provided as part of the solar thermal unit, which may convert solar insolation to electric power that may be used by a system connected to the solar thermal unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Zero Mass Water, Inc.
    Inventors: Cody Friesen, Michael Robinson, Grant Friesen, Heath Lorzel, Justin Zachary Bessant
  • DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS MODELING
    Publication number: 20190311268
    Abstract: A promotion value model uses deep neural networks to learn to calculate the promotion value of a commercial brand. The model determines and reports the promotion value of a plurality of electronic media files each containing at least one commercial brand indicator. The learned model identifies the electronic media files and determines at least one context for each of the at least one commercial brand indicators. Promotion value is modeled with a deep neural network that maps the context for each of the commercial brand indicators to feature vectors mapped to an input layer of the neural network. Network parameters are learned to indicate relative weighted values between transitions of the layers of the neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: SCOTT TILTON, ROBERT J. KRAUS, ADAM SMITH, MICHAEL ROBINSON, ESTHER WALKER, GARRISON HESS
  • Biometric Authenticated Content
    Publication number: 20190286802
    Abstract: A method for biometric authentication has the steps of sending a confidential communication to an intended recipient through the system, the intended recipient providing one or more biometric identifiers to view the communication, wherein the one or more biometric identifiers are unique to the intended recipient, the system verifying the one or more biometric identifiers against one or more stored biometric identifiers, the system accepting the one or more biometric identifiers further has the steps of the system displaying the confidential communication on the mobile device, and the user continues to provide the one or more biometric identifiers, the system continuously verifying the one or more biometric identifiers while the communication is displayed wherein when the verification is uninterrupted of fails the communication is hidden.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Robinson, David Andrew Elston
  • COTTON VARIETY ST 5471GLTP
    Publication number: 20190274269
    Abstract: The cotton variety ST 5471GLTP is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety ST 5471GLTP with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of ST 5471GLTP and to plants of ST 5471GLTP reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from ST 5471GLTP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Robinson, Michael Swindle
  • COTTON VARIETY ST 5122GLT
    Publication number: 20190274268
    Abstract: The cotton variety ST 5122GLT is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety ST 5122GLT with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of ST 5122GLT and to plants of ST 5122GLT reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from ST 5122GLT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Robinson
  • RNA interference mediated inhibition of hepatitis B Virus (HBV) gene expression using short interfering nucleic acid (siNA)
    Patent number: 10407682
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of HBV gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a HBV gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against HBV gene expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sirna Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Bartz, Duncan Brown, Michael Robinson
  • Copy protection system
    Patent number: 10375442
    Abstract: A method of modifying the output of an output device is provided. A first code, associated with a first recipient party, is received and used to generate, within the output device, a second code, the second code containing encoded data identifying the first recipient party and instructions for activating an additional functionality of the output device. The additional functionality is activated in accordance with the instructions contained in the second code. The output of the output device is modified according to data encoded in the second code, to encode a third code in the output of the output device, the third code including an ID code associated with the first recipient party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SMARDTV SA
    Inventors: David John Michael Robinson, John Paul Robinson
  • Biometric authenticated content
    Patent number: 10360358
    Abstract: A method for biometric authentication has the steps of sending a confidential communication to an intended recipient through the system, the intended recipient providing one or more biometric identifiers to view the communication, wherein the one or more biometric identifiers are unique to the intended recipient, the system verifying the one or more biometric identifiers against one or more stored biometric identifiers, the system accepting the one or more biometric identifiers further has the steps of the system displaying the confidential communication on the mobile device, and the user continues to provide the one or more biometric identifiers, the system continuously verifying the one or more biometric identifiers while the communication is displayed wherein when the verification is uninterrupted of fails the communication is hidden.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Robinson, David Andrew Elston, Jr.
  • COTTON VARIETY ST 5818GLT
    Publication number: 20190200565
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a new cotton variety ST 5818GLT. The disclosure relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety ST 5818GLT with other plants. The disclosure also relates to plants of variety ST 5818GLT reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from cotton variety ST 5818GLT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Michael ROBINSON
  • Cotton Variety ST 5020GLT
    Publication number: 20190141936
    Abstract: The cotton variety ST 5020GLT is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety ST 5020GLT with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of ST 5020GLT and to plants of ST 5020GLT reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from ST 5020GLT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Michael ROBINSON