Patents by Inventor Michael Benjamin

Michael Benjamin 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: 9753490
    Abstract: An enclosure having an indicium (e.g., logo) and a method for securing an indicium to an enclosure is disclosed. The enclosure includes an aperture extending through an interior portion and an exterior portion of the enclosure. The aperture may include concentric portions. For example, the aperture may include a first opening formed on an interior portion and a second opening smaller than the first opening formed on the exterior portion. The indicium may include a flange member such that the indicium may extend through the first opening but not the second opening. Also, in some embodiments, a plate is adhesively secured to the indicium and the enclosure; however, the indicium is not directly adhesively secured to the enclosure. This may prevent adhesives from protruding from an interface region between the indicium and the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Hill, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Sawyer I. Cohen, Benjamin Shane Bustle, Duy P. Le
  • Publication number: 20170238821
    Abstract: A system and method are presented for detecting and measuring pressure within a region of a body lumen or vessel. The pressure sensing system includes a light source for transmitting light through a pathway of polarization maintaining fiber optic wire. A distal portion of the polarization maintaining fiber optic wire is engaged to and extends along a guidewire. The distal portion of the fiber optic wire includes pressure sensing station(s) made up of fiber Bragg gratings (FBG). The light transmitted to and reflected from the FBGs on the two polarization modes of the polarization maintaining fiber optic wire can be analyzed to provide one or more pressure values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Lake Region Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: John Hayes, Matheus Maria van Leest, Michael Benjamin Haverdings
  • Patent number: 9731447
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a solid state non-proportional, adjustable, tapered drawing die and an oriented polymer article formed therefrom. More specifically, embodiments relate to a non-proportional draw die used to produce oriented, dimensionally accurate, symmetric or asymmetric polymer composite profiles having simple profiles or complicated profiles with multiple edges. Moreover, the draw die of the disclosure prevents natural flattening of the edges of the final profile during the solid state die drawing process of the oriented polymer composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: James Hardie Technology Limited
    Inventors: Michael Benjamin, Hung Jee
  • Publication number: 20170220590
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a text query inputted by a first user, identifying objects associated with the online social network, each identified object having a name string matching at least in part a portion of the text query, determining a probability score for each identified object that the identified object corresponds to a respective portion of the text query, selecting one or more of the identified objects based on the probability score of the identified object, identifying one or more grammars of a grammar model, each identified grammar having query tokens corresponding to at least one of the selected objects, and sending instructions for presenting suggested queries to the first user, each suggested query comprising the text string, a query token corresponding to one of the selected objects, and one or more additional query tokens of the identified grammar corresponding to the respective selected object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Yofay Kari Lee, Michael Benjamin Cohen, Maxime Boucher, Alisson Gusatti Azzolini, Xiao Li, Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen, Kathryn Hymes, Amy Campbell
  • Publication number: 20170205977
    Abstract: Methods for displaying an e-book using a combination of colors for text and background that have a reduced myopiagenic effect compared to black text on white background, include: presenting a user with one or more combinations of colors for the text and background identified as having a reduced myopiagenic effect, wherein none of the presented combinations comprise either black or white text or either black or white background, and, when viewed by the user's retina, an image composed of text and background rendered in any of the presented color combinations provides reduced center-surround contrast on the user's retina compared to the image viewed as black text on white background; receiving a selection of one of the color combinations from the user; and displaying the e-book file using the combination of colors for the text and background selected by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Benjamin Selkowe Fertik, Thomas W. Chalberg, JR.
  • Patent number: 9679080
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph that includes a plurality of nodes and edges, receiving an unstructured text query, identifying nodes and edges that correspond to n-grams of the text query, accessing a context-free grammar model, identifying grammars having query tokens that correspond to the identified nodes and edges, determining a score for each identified grammar, and then generating structured queries based on the identified grammars based on strings generated by the grammars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Yofay Kari Lee, Michael Benjamin Cohen, Maxime Boucher, Alisson Gusatti Azzolini, Xiao Li, Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen, Kathryn Hymes, Amy Campbell
  • Publication number: 20170161388
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine one or more social networking system anniversary events associated with a first user, the anniversary event having a month and a day that is identical to the current month and day. The one or more anniversary events are filtered using filtering criteria. An indication, such as a notification or a promotion, relating to the one or more anniversary events is generated based on satisfaction of the filtering criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Omid Aziz, Yuankai Ge, Bradley Wu, Stefanie Lynn Ostrowski, John Jarman Rogers, Jr., Michael Benjamin Nowak, Jonathan B. Gheller, Evan Gabriel Brooks, Brady R. Lauback, Matthew Ethan Warshauer
  • Patent number: 9646103
    Abstract: A method in a client web browser for constructing a nested Document Object Model (DOM) module for a website. The module includes a module template, which includes tags to be replaced with data, and a module Driver, which includes functional code for creating a nested data structure. A client-side templating engine retrieves data from a data source that includes data for populating the tags and data for creating a plurality of data blocks for the nested data structure. The templating engine populates the tags in the module template with the data for the tags, and the module Driver sequentially creates the data blocks using the data for creating the data blocks. Upon completion of each data block, the module Driver appends the completed data block to the module template to create the nested data structure. The completed module includes the template with populated tags and the nested data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: MyMojo Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Benjamin
  • Patent number: 9630176
    Abstract: Digital microfluidics system manipulates samples in liquid droplets within a gap of at least one disposable cartridge. It is also provides additional space for collecting and/or storing waste fluids in this digital microfluidics system. It includes at least one waste hollow which is fluidly connected with a gap of a disposable cartridge that includes a bottom layer with a first hydrophobic surface and a top layer with a second hydrophobic surface. The waste hollow is located next to at least one individual waste electrode that is positioned next to at least one individual electrode of an electrode array. Each individual waste electrode is operatively connected to a central control unit and covers in each case a waste electrode area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: TECAN TRADING AG
    Inventors: Tiffany Lay, Thomas D. Perroud, Michael Benjamin Franklin, Anne R. Kopf-Sill
  • Patent number: 9619544
    Abstract: A sequence of configuration-delta messages from a configuration manager of a replication graph established for replicating state information of an application is received at a particular node of the graph. Representations of the messages are stored in a local configuration change repository. Using the repository, the node identifies neighbor source nodes and destination nodes of the graph. Subsequent to receiving a particular configuration-delta message indicating that a neighbor source node has been removed from the graph, a different source node is identified by the particular node, and a request is sent to the different source node to transmit a set of state transition messages pertaining to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Henry Vermeulen, Chi Hai Ho, Michael Benjamin Deardeuff
  • Patent number: 9591110
    Abstract: An enclosure and a method for forming an enclosure are disclosed. The enclosure may be formed from metal, such as aluminum, and further include a non-metal portion allowing for transmission and receipt of electromagnetic waves. The non-metal portion may be interlocked to the enclosure and in particular, to a region within the enclosure including a first material having a relatively high strength and stiffness compared to the non-metal portion. Interlocking means may include forming dovetail cuts into the enclosure to receive the non-metal portion, a hole or cavity drilled into the enclosure which includes internal threads, and a rod inserted into the first material to provide a tension to the non-metal portion. Methods of assembling internal components using anodization are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Hill, Derek C. Krass, Benjamin Shane Bustle, Lucy Elizabeth Browning, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, James B. Smith, Ashutosh Y. Shukla, Scott A. Myers
  • Patent number: 9553951
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a semaphore mechanism in a distributed computing environment are disclosed. A state manager coordinating accesses to objects from distributed clients implements programmatic interfaces for semaphore operations. A client process submits a permit record directed to a semaphore instance protecting a shared resource. The client process receives a representation of permit records associated with the resource. The permit records provide an indication of an order in which permit requests for the resource were processed. The client process uses the permit records to determine whether it has been granted a permit, and if it determines that the permit has been granted, performs operations on the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Long Xuan Nguyen, Michael Benjamin Deardeuff
  • Publication number: 20170003575
    Abstract: An electronic device having a securing member for a camera module is disclosed. The securing member may include several flexible spring elements extending around the camera module to maintain the position of the camera module during an assembly process of the electronic device. The securing member and the housing may be made from an electrically conductive material or materials. In this manner, the securing member may further provide the camera module with an electrical ground to prevent excessive electric charge within the camera module. In some embodiments, an alignment member is positioned on the housing and aligns the camera module and/or securing member with an aperture of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Marwan RAMMAH, Eric N. NYLAND, Matthew D. HILL, Sawyer I. COHEN, Scott A. MYERS, David A. PAKULA, Michael Benjamin WITTENBERG, Ashutosh Y. SHUKLA
  • Publication number: 20160378825
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a method includes receiving, from a client device associated with a first user of an online social network, an unstructured text query, parsing the text query to identify one or more n-grams, determining a score for each n-gram, wherein the score for each n-gram is a probability that the n-gram corresponds to a particular data object of a plurality of data objects associated with the online social network, identifying one or more data objects based on the scores of their corresponding n-grams, each identified data object corresponding to at least one of the n-grams, and generating one or more structured queries that each comprise references to one or more of the identified data objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yofay Kari Lee, Michael Benjamin Cohen, Maxime Boucher, Alisson Gusatti Azzolini, Xiao Li, Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 9515465
    Abstract: A device that can be removable secured inside a metal stud at a construction site is described. The device can include a securement device such as a hook that can hang/support tools at the job site such as electrical cords. Installing the inexpensive hanging device at a desired elevation in a few seconds can improve safety at a construction site and can protect tools from damage due to placement on the floor or on an unstable perch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Godwin Gear
    Inventor: Michael Benjamin Godwin
  • Publication number: 20160340415
    Abstract: The invention provides for an antibody comprising at least one binding site that specifically binds to a LukGH complex, which antibody comprises at least an antibody heavy chain variable region (VH), which comprises any of the CDR1 to CDR3 sequences as listed in Table 1, or functionally active CDR variants thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Eszter NAGY, Adriana BADARAU, Harald ROUHA, Irina MIRKINA, Michael Benjamin BATTLES, Laura M. WALKER, Nels NIELSON, S. Jain TUSHAR
  • Patent number: 9494845
    Abstract: An electronic device having a securing member for a camera module is disclosed. The securing member may include several flexible spring elements extending around the camera module to maintain the position of the camera module during an assembly process of the electronic device. The securing member and the housing may be made from an electrically conductive material or materials. In this manner, the securing member may further provide the camera module with an electrical ground to prevent excessive electric charge within the camera module. In some embodiments, an alignment member is positioned on the housing and aligns the camera module and/or securing member with an aperture of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marwan Rammah, Eric N. Nyland, Matthew D. Hill, Sawyer I. Cohen, Scott A. Myers, David A. Pakula, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
  • Patent number: D778912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Brad G. Boozer, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Colin Ely, M. Evans Hankey, Phillip M. Hobson, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Marc A. Newson, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Fletcher Rothkopf, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D790517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Brad G. Boozer, Makiko Kawamura Brzezinski, Tyler Scott Bushnell, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Colin Ely, M. Evans Hankey, Phillip M. Hobson, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Eric Steven Jol, Benjamin Jordan Kallman, Duncan Robert Kerr, David Nazzaro, Trevor Jordan Ness, Marc A. Newson, David Pelletier, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Fletcher Rothkopf, Peter Russell-Clarke, Jason Christopher Sauers, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Samuel Bruce Weiss, Christopher M. Werner, Eugene Antony Whang, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Stephen Paul Zadesky, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D791139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Matthew David Hill, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Scott A. Myers, David A. Pakula, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Rico Zörkendörfer