Patents by Inventor Michael Crowell

Michael Crowell 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: 10627253
    Abstract: Systems and methods for environmental monitoring of high activity facilities, generally comprising low profile devices having sensing elements for various environmental uses, designed to provide the wireless communications network as a basis for performing a wide variety of tasks. The devices may be installed on an existing electrical system and may measure, among other things, electrical current on various circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ivani, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Wootton, Justin McKinney, Michael Crowell-Ingram, Evan Dorsky, Saarth Mehrotra, Erin Pierce, Victoria Preston, Jonathan Clark, Zhen Wei
  • Publication number: 20190003855
    Abstract: Systems and methods for environmental monitoring of high activity facilities, generally comprising low profile devices having sensing elements for various environmental uses, designed to provide the wireless communications network as a basis for performing a wide variety of tasks. The devices may be installed on an existing electrical system and may measure, among other things, electrical current on various circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Wootton, Justin McKinney, Michael Crowell-Ingram, Evan Dorsky, Saarth Mehrotra, Erin Pierce, Victoria Preston, Jonathan Clark, Zhen Wei
  • Patent number: 10072942
    Abstract: Systems and methods for environmental monitoring of high activity facilities, generally comprising low profile devices having sensing elements for various environmental uses, designed to provide the wireless communications network as a basis for performing a wide variety of tasks. The devices may be installed on an existing electrical system and may measure, among other things, electrical current on various circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Ivani, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Wootton, Justin McKinney, Michael Crowell-Ingram, Evan Dorsky, Saarth Mehrotra, Erin Pierce, Victoria Preston, Jonathan Clark, Zhen Wei
  • Publication number: 20170322049
    Abstract: Systems and methods for environmental monitoring of high activity facilities, generally comprising low profile devices having sensing elements for various environmental uses, designed to provide the wireless communications network as a basis for performing a wide variety of tasks. The devices may be installed on an existing electrical system and may measure, among other things, electrical current on various circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Wootton, Justin McKinney, Michael Crowell-Ingram, Evan Dorsky, Saarth Mehrotra, Erin Pierce, Victoria Preston, Jonathan Clark, Zhen Wei
  • Patent number: 9549955
    Abstract: The present invention provides for microbial compositions and methods for reducing the concentration of short-chain fatty acids in the gut as a way to reduce energy uptake and manage obesity. More specifically, the invention provides for decreasing short-chain fatty acids available for absorption in the human gut, such as acetate, using one or more of: a probiotic including a homo-acetogenic, acetate oxidizing bacterium that converts acetate to H2; a probiotic including an acetoclastic methanogen; a microbial electrolysis cell comprising a homo-acetogenic bacterium and/or an acetoclastic methanogen; a prebiotic that enhances the growth or function of acetate-scavenging microbiota; or a highly selective antibiotic that targets H2-oxidizing methanogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Bruce Edward Rittmann, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Husen Zhang, John Dibaise, Michael Crowell
  • Publication number: 20140193372
    Abstract: The present invention provides for microbial compositions and methods for reducing the concentration of short-chain fatty acids in the gut as a way to reduce energy uptake and manage obesity. More specifically, the invention provides for decreasing short-chain fatty acids available for absorption in the human gut, such as acetate, using one or more of: a probiotic including a homo-acetogenic, acetate oxidizing bacterium that converts acetate to H2; a probiotic including an acetoclastic methanogen; a microbial electrolysis cell comprising a homo-acetogenic bacterium and/or an acetoclastic methanogen; a prebiotic that enhances the growth or function of acetate-scavenging microbiota; or a highly selective antibiotic that targets H2-oxidizing methanogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Bruce Rittman, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Husen Zhang, John Dibaise, Michael Crowell
  • Publication number: 20130230498
    Abstract: The present invention provides for microbial compositions and methods for reducing the concentration of short-chain fatty acids in the gut as a way to reduce energy uptake and manage obesity. More specifically, the invention provides for decreasing short-chain fatty acids available for absorption in the human gut, such as acetate, using one or more of: a probiotic including a homo-acetogenic, acetate oxidizing bacterium that converts acetate to H2; a probiotic including an acetoclastic methanogen; a microbial electrolysis cell comprising a homo-acetogenic bacterium and/or an acetoclastic methanogen; a prebiotic that enhances the growth or function of acetate-scavenging microbiota; or a highly selective antibiotic that targets H2-oxidizing methanogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bruce Rittmann, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Husen Zhang, John Dibaise, Michael Crowell