Patents by Inventor Michael C. To

Michael C. To 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).

  • SYSTEM FOR THE CONTROLLED DISTRIBUTION OF AQUATIC CAPPING MATERIAL AND THE CAPTURE OF DUST AND PARTICULATES
    Publication number: 20250041917
    Abstract: A system for the controlled distribution of capping material and the capture of dust and particulates includes an enclosure having a top wall and a continuous perimetrical side wall with an open bottom end. A cyclone inside the enclosure separates the air, dust, and particulates from solid materials. The air, dust, and particulates are exhausted from the enclosure to a filtering system. The solid capping material passes from the cyclone to a hopper and then to a spreader for the controlled distribution of the capping material through the open bottom end of the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Michael C. Elia, Steven C. Shaw, Wayne Arthur Kostuk
  • DRAIN CLEANING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20250041916
    Abstract: A drain cleaning machine includes a housing, a snake inlet tube supported by the housing, the snake inlet tube defining a snake axis; a snake outlet tube supported by the housing, the snake outlet tube coaxial with the snake inlet tube; a motor switchable between a deactivated state and an activated state in which the motor is configured to rotate one of the snake inlet tube or snake outlet tube about the snake axis; an actuating lever moveable between a use position and a carry position, in which the actuating lever may be used to transport the drain cleaning machine; and a locking member coupled to the housing, the locking member moveable between an unlocked position, in which the actuating lever is allowed to move between the use and carry position, and a locked position, in which the actuating lever is maintained in the carry position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Michael C. Reed, Joshua P. Heimann
  • CHECKOUT TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20250046161
    Abstract: A checkout terminal is provided. The checkout terminal comprises a camera array, a display device, a weight scale, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to identify, based at least on images captured by the camera array, product identifiers associated with a plurality of different items placed in a placement area and on the weight scale, determine a combined weight of the plurality of different items based on product weight information stored in a product database, retrieve a weight measurement measured by the weight scale, detect for unaccounted items based on comparing the combined weight the plurality of different items and the weight measurement, and in the event that an unaccounted item is detected, display, via the display device, instructions to move one or more items to identify the unaccounted item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Darrell Whitelaw, Andrew J. Grignon, Kristine L. Pachuta, Michael C. Cervantes, Jae Y. Lew, Stephen S. Hadinger, Brittany N. Leek, William J. Yergin, Wei-Meng Chee, John C. Crecelius, Jr.
  • NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING IL-13 RECEPTOR ALPHA 2 (IL13RA2) CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR FOR TUMOR SPECIFIC T CELL IMMUNOTHERAPY
    Publication number: 20250043013
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the methods and compositions provided herein relate to chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that specifically bind to human extracellular domains of the IL-13 alpha 2 (IL13Ra2) receptor, cells containing such CARs, and methods of cell-based immunotherapy targeting cancer cells, such as cells of solid tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Seattle Children’s Hospital d/b/a Seattle Children’s Research Institute
    Inventors: Giacomo Tampella, Michael C. Jensen
  • AIRCRAFT HEALTH STATUS PARAMETER DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20250042572
    Abstract: Provided is a health management system (HMS) for providing health status information about an aircraft to a user. The HMS includes an aircraft health management unit (AHMU) on-board the aircraft configured for (i) monitoring the health status information when the aircraft is airborne or stationary and (ii) recording data representative of the monitored health status information and a ground-based data delivery system (DDS) configured for (i) establishing an Internet access portal for the AHMU to access webservice applications and (ii) facilitating communication between the DDS and AHMU in accordance with protocols of the webservice applications. One of the webservice applications controls one session of the communication and another one of the webservice application controls another session of the communication and the recorded data is delivered to the DDS during one of the sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael C. SCHOLTEN, Richard J. Reiffer, Mark E. CRAFT, Omar HWAIL, Aram PENA MARTINEZ
  • Treatment of cancer using humanized anti-BCMA chimeric antigen receptor
    Patent number: 12214037
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with expression of BCMA. The invention also relates to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) specific to BCMA vectors encoding the same, and recombinant T cells comprising the BCMA CAR. The invention also includes methods of administering a genetically modified T cell expressing a CAR that comprises a BCMA binding domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: Novartis AG, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Jennifer Brogdon, Eugene Choi, Hilmar Erhard Ebersbach, David Jonathan Glass, Heather Huet, Carl H. June, Joan Mannick, Michael C. Milone, Leon Murphy, Gabriela Plesa, Celeste Richardson, Marco Ruella, Reshma Singh, Yongqiang Wang, Qilong Wu
  • System and method of determining topics of a communication
    Patent number: 12219093
    Abstract: Systems and methods include using a clustering engine to determine topics in a communication. An example system includes a user interface module that receives user input relating to a criteria to define a set of communications, wherein the criteria is at least one of a category, a score, a sentiment, an agent, an agent grouping, a speaker, a location, an event attribute, a call center, a time of communication, or a date of communication, an acoustic analysis module that analyzes the set of communications to determine one or more acoustic characteristics of one or more communications in the set of communications, and a clustering engine that analyzes words and phrases in the set of communications and the one or more acoustic characteristics, and to determine a topic of the set of communications based on at least one commonality in words, phrases, or the one or more acoustic characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: CallMiner, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael C. Dwyer, Erik A. Strand, Scott R. Wolf, Frank Salinas, Jeffrey A. Gallino, Scott A. Kendrick, Shaoyu Xue
  • Wet look coating compositions, articles, and methods
    Patent number: 12215244
    Abstract: Aqueous wet look coating compositions, articles having a coating formed from such compositions (e.g., coated cementitious substrates), and methods, wherein the coating compositions are low VOC compositions and include a multistage latex emulsion polymerized polymer including interpolymerized monomers including DAAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Andersson, Ashley Rodgers, Chris Lefever, Karl Booth, Christopher Savittieri, Robert Sandoval, Michael C. Wildman, Patrick C. Swearingen, Thao Mee Xiong
  • Storage resource resynchronization using pending IO requests
    Patent number: 12216548
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for storage resource resynchronization using pending IO requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Vasudevan Subramanian, Nagapraveen Veeravenkata Seela, Michael C. Brundage, Alan L. Taylor
  • MODULAR FIREARM LOWER RECEIVER ASSEMBLY FOR RAPID CONVERSION OF AR-15 TYPE FIREARMS TO A BULLPUP CONFIGURATION AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF
    Publication number: 20250035394
    Abstract: The present invention is a modular firearm lower receiver assembly for rapid conversion of conventionally configured modular firearms to a bullpup configuration and the method of assembly thereof. The preferred embodiment of the present invention is intended for designed use with modular firearms in the family AR-15 Type Firearms and enables a rapid conversion of a wide array of conventionally configured AR-15 Type Firearm to and a bullpup configuration. Such rapid conversion, which can generally be performed in a matter of seconds without any tools, is accomplished by decoupling and detaching the two captured receiver pins on the lower receiver of the conventionally configured AR-15 Type Firearm, removing the upper receiver assembly therefrom, and recoupling such upper receiver assembly to the present invention using two identically located receiver pins on the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventor: MICHAEL C. HAMERSLEY
  • TURBINE ENGINE CORE AND BYPASS FLOWS
    Publication number: 20250035037
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine (10) for an aircraft comprises an engine core (11) comprising a turbine (19), a compressor (14), a core shaft (26), and a core exhaust nozzle (20), the core exhaust nozzle (20) having a core exhaust nozzle pressure ratio calculated using total pressure at the core nozzle exit (56); a fan (23) comprising a plurality of fan blades; and a nacelle (21) surrounding the fan (23) and the engine core (11) and defining a bypass duct (22), the bypass duct (22) comprising a bypass exhaust nozzle (18), the bypass exhaust nozzle (18) having a bypass exhaust nozzle pressure ratio calculated using total pressure at the bypass nozzle exit; wherein a bypass to core ratio of: bypass ? exhaust ? nozzle ? pressure ? ratio core ? exhaust ? nozzle ? pressure ? ratio is configured to be in the range from 1.1 to 2.0 under aircraft cruise conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Richard G. Stretton, Michael C. Willmot, Nicholas Grech
  • EVENT-BASED CURRENCY
    Publication number: 20250032930
    Abstract: An approach to facilitating event-based currency is provided. A first virtual currency usable by users of a game space to purchase in-space benefits may be managed. An event in the game space that is conducted during an event time period may be managed such that, during the event time period, an event virtual currency may be distributed to one or more of the users as a reward for certain operations and/or achievements performed in the game space during the event time period. Exchanges of in-space benefits associated with the event virtual currency may be effectuated for one or more of the users. In some implementations, the event virtual currency may not available to the users after the event time period, while the first virtual currency may be available to the users during and after the event time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Stephanie K. Schultz, Michael C. Caldarone
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS TO PREVENT PLANT PESTS AND PATHOGENS
    Publication number: 20250031697
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to compositions and methods of use for plant protection against pests and pathogens comprising applying an effective amount of a jasmonate, or a composition comprising at least one jasmonate. In some instances, the protection is prophylactic, and inhibits, prevents and/or repels insects and other pests from contacting plants and/or feeding on plants, thereby deterring plant damage and transmission of plant pathogens. In some embodiments, the methods and compositions are a treatment for a pest infestation. In some embodiments, the methods and compositions prevent or treat a pathogen. In some embodiments, the jasmonate or composition comprising at least one jasmonate is applied in conjunction with a soil inoculate of beneficial root microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Michael C. KEY, Lindsey R. ADLER, Michael J. DILEGGE
  • SYSTEMS USING (3D) MAPS OF AT LEAST A PART OF A BODY OF A USER
    Publication number: 20250038481
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided to receive a three-dimensional (3D) map of at least a part of a body of a user. A tunable VCSEL laser has one or more active regions having quantum wells and barriers, the active regions surrounded by one or more p-n junctions, the one or more active regions can include a selected shape structure, as well as one or more tunnel junctions (TJ), one or more apertures are provided with the selected shape structure, one or more buried tunnel junctions (BTJ) or oxide confine apertured, additional TJ's, planar structures and or additional BTJ's created during a regrowth process that is independent of a first growth process with a VCSEL output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Carlos Fernando Rondina Mateus, Christopher Chase, Michael C. Y. Huang, Murat Serbay, Stefano Prandoni, Philip Worland
  • Vision system for classifying persons based on visual appearance and dwell locations
    Patent number: 12211280
    Abstract: Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of computer vision configured for person classification, comprising receiving, during a first period of time, a plurality of image frames of an environment, identifying images of persons from each frame of the plurality of image frames, and determining a respective vector representation of each of the images. The implementations include generating a probability distribution indicative of a likelihood of a particular vector representation appearing in the plurality of image frames and identifying an associate vector representation by sampling the probability distribution using a probability model. The implementations include determining an input vector representation of an input image identified in an image frame depicting a person and received during a second period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Stewart, Karthik Jayaraman
  • Vessel treatment systems, methods, and kits
    Patent number: 12207648
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a method for preparing a vein graft. The method includes: applying a tissue passivation agent to a resected anatomical vessel; placing the resected anatomical vessel in a chamber; and allowing the tissue passivation agent to cross-link while the resected anatomical vessel is in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: William G. Austen, Jr., Michael C. McCormack, Robert W. Redmond, Irene E. Kochevar
  • Systems and methods for integrated shielding in a current sensor
    Patent number: 12210040
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein are directed towards integrating a shield layer into a current sensor to shield a magnetic field sensing element and associated circuitry in the current sensor from electrical, voltage, or electrical transient noise. In an embodiment, a shield layer may be disposed along at least one surface of a die supporting a magnetic field sensing element. The shield layer may be disposed in various arrangements to shunt noise caused by a parasitic coupling between the magnetic field sensing element and the current carrying conductor away from the magnetic field sensing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Shaun D. Milano, Bryan Cadugan, Michael C. Doogue, Alexander Latham, William P. Taylor, Harianto Wong, Sundar Chetlur
  • Pad painter
    Patent number: D1059042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Nicholas Gurreri, Jennifer S. Kitchen, Michael C. Lambertson, Jr., Connie M. McKinney
  • Pad painter
    Patent number: D1059852
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Nicholas Gurreri, Jennifer S. Kitchens, Michael C. Lambertson, Jr., Connie M. Mckinney
  • Pad painter
    Patent number: D1059853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Nicholas Gurreri, Jennifer S. Kitchen, Michael C. Lambertson, Jr., Connie M. Mckinney