Patents by Inventor Michael Groß

Michael Groß 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: 20220259093
    Abstract: Glass-based articles that include a compressive stress layer extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of compression are formed by exposing glass-based substrates to water vapor containing environments. The glass-based substrates have compositions selected to avoid the formation of haze during the treatment process. The methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments selected to avoid the formation of haze during the treatment process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Publication number: 20220261924
    Abstract: A computing device for analyzing data from a property sharing platform may be provided. The computing device may include a processor in communication with a memory device and the property sharing platform. The processor may be programmed to (i) receive a plurality of property data associated with commercial transactions of a plurality of properties, (ii) organize the received property data in a plurality of data records by date, (iii) identify patterns in the subset of property data for a selected property for a predetermined period of time, the patterns indicating when the selected property was used for commercial purposes during the predetermined period of time, and (iv) transmit content to a client device including the identified patterns and a percentage of time the selected property was used for commercial purposes during the predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph Robert Brannan, Ryan Michael Gross, Brian N. Harvey, Aaron Williams, J Lynn Wilson
  • Publication number: 20220250967
    Abstract: A glass substrate includes about 45 mol % to about 70 mol % SiO2, about 15 mol % to about 30 mol % Al2O3, about 7 mol % to about 20 mol % of Y2O3, and optionally 0 mol % to about 9 mol % of La2O3. The glass substrate has high modulus and fracture toughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11407675
    Abstract: Glass articles that are resistant to coloration when exposed to ultraviolet light or plasma cleaning processes. The glass articles comprise or consist of an alkali aluminosilicate glass containing from about 0.1 mol % to about 1 mol % of at least one of ZrO2, Sb2O3, and Nb2O5; and less than about 400 ppm each of oxides of titanium, iron, germanium, cerium, nickel, cobalt, and europium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo
  • Publication number: 20220240517
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to antimicrobial glass compositions, glasses and articles. The articles include a glass, which may include a glass phase and a cuprite phase. In other embodiments, the glasses include as plurality of Cu1+ ions, a degradable phase including B2O3, P2O5 and K2O and a durable phase including SiO2. Other embodiments include glasses having a plurality of Cu1+ ions disposed on the surface of the glass and in the glass network and/or the glass matrix. The article may also include a polymer. The glasses and articles disclosed herein exhibit a 2 log reduction or greater in a concentration of at least one of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomomas aeruginosa bacteria, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and E. coli, under the EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy as a Sanitizer testing condition and under Modified JIS Z 2801 for Bacteria testing conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Gary Stephen Calabrese, Timothy Michael Gross, Dayue Jiang, Jianguo Wang
  • Publication number: 20220242777
    Abstract: Glass-based articles that include a compressive stress layer extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of compression are formed by exposing glass-based substrates to water vapor containing environments. The glass-based substrates have compositions selected to be fusion formable, to be steam strengthen able, and to avoid the formation of platinum defects during the forming process. The methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Patent number: 11377386
    Abstract: Glass-based articles that include a hydrogen-containing layer extending from the surface of the article to a depth of layer. The hydrogen-containing layer includes a hydrogen concentration that decreases from a maximum hydrogen concentration to the depth of layer. The glass-based articles exhibit a high Vickers indentation cracking threshold. Glass compositions that are selected to promote the formation of the hydrogen-containing layer and methods of forming the glass-based article are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Georgiy M Guryanov
  • Publication number: 20220204386
    Abstract: Glass-based articles that include a reduced Youngs modulus layer extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of layer and an optional compressive stress layer extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of compression are formed by exposing glass-based substrates to water vapor containing environments. The methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments. The glass-based articles may be utilized in foldable or flexible electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Adam Robert Sarafian, Jingshi Wu, Zheming Zheng
  • Patent number: 11370696
    Abstract: Glass-based articles that include a compressive stress layer extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of compression are formed by exposing glass-based substrates to water vapor containing environments. The glass-based substrates have compositions selected to avoid the formation of haze during the treatment process. The methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments selected to avoid the formation of haze during the treatment process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Publication number: 20220184926
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a borosilicate glass composition as may be useful for windshield and other applications in particular due to unique fracture behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Patent number: 11358372
    Abstract: A glass element having a thickness from 25 ?m to 125 ?m, a first primary surface, a second primary surface, and a compressive stress region extending from the first primary surface to a first depth, the region defined by a compressive stress GI of at least about 100 MPa at the first primary surface. Further, the glass element has a stress profile such that it does not fail when it is subject to 200,000 cycles of bending to a target bend radius of from 1 mm to 20 mm, by the parallel plate method. Still further, the glass element has a puncture resistance of greater than about 1.5 kgf when the first primary surface of the glass element is loaded with a tungsten carbide ball having a diameter of 1.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Theresa Chang, Polly Wanda Chu, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Adam James Ellison, Timothy Michael Gross, Guangli Hu, Nicholas James Smith, Butchi Reddy Vaddi, Natesan Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 11352289
    Abstract: Ion exchangeable glasses containing SiO2, Al2O3, Na2O, MgO, B2O3, and P2O5 are provided. The compressive stresses of these ion exchanged glasses are greater than 900 megapascals (MPa) at a depth of 45 or 50 microns (?m) with some glasses exhibiting a compressive stress of at least 1 gigaPascals (GPa). The ion exchange rates of these glasses are much faster than those of other alkali aluminosilicate glasses and the ion exchanged glass is resistant damage to impact damage. A method of ion exchanging the glass is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Sinue Gomez, Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo
  • Patent number: 11339088
    Abstract: Glass-based articles comprise stress profiles providing improved fracture resistance. The glass-based articles herein provide high fracture resistance after multiple drops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Jason Thomas Harris, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell, Pascale Oram, Kevin Barry Reiman, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Ljerka Ukrainczyk
  • Patent number: 11339084
    Abstract: Glass-based articles that include a compressive stress layer extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of compression are formed by exposing glass-based substrates to water vapor containing environments. The glass-based substrates have compositions selected to be fusion formable, to be steam strengthen able, and to avoid the formation of platinum defects during the forming process. The methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Publication number: 20220144681
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing glass articles having a target effective coefficient of thermal expansion CTETeff averaged over a temperature range comprise selecting a glass core composition having an average core glass coefficient of thermal expansion CTEcore that is greater than the target effective CTETeff and a glass clad composition having an average clad glass coefficient of thermal expansion CTEclad that is less than the target effective CTETeff; and manufacturing a glass laminate comprising a glass core layer formed from the glass core composition and two or more glass cladding layers fused to the glass core layer, each of the two or more glass cladding layers formed from the glass clad composition such that a ratio of a thickness of the glass core layer to a total thickness of the two or more glass cladding layers is selected to produce the glass laminate having an effective coefficient of thermal expansion CTEeff that is within ±0.5 ppm/° C. of the target effective CTETeff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Heather Debra Boek, Timothy Michael Gross, Jin Su Kim, Jesse Kohl, Hung Cheng Lu, Yu Xiao, Liying Zhang, Lu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220150587
    Abstract: Systems and methods are herein disclosed for displaying a smart preview of video content. A first claimed embodiment includes receiving video content. A system can then detect an event taking place during the video content having an event time. The system can then receive a request to display a preview of the video content. The system can then display the preview of the video content beginning at the event time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Gross
  • Publication number: 20220144686
    Abstract: Glass-based articles that include a compressive stress layer extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of compression are formed by exposing glass-based substrates to water vapor containing environments. The glass-based substrates have compositions selected to avoid the formation of haze during the treatment process. The methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments selected to avoid the formation of haze during the treatment process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Patent number: 11328363
    Abstract: A property sharing insurance management (“PSIM”) computing device for analyzing data from a property sharing platform to adjust insurance premiums for an offerer of a property may be provided. The PSIM computing device may include at least one processor programmed to (i) receive, from a data source, a plurality of property data, (ii) store the property data in a plurality of data records in a database, wherein each data record is associated with one property and stores the plurality of property data for that property, (iii) analyze the property data for the property, (iv) determine a percentage of time that the property is used for commercial purposes in an insurance billing cycle, and (v) process one or more adjusted insurance premiums for the offerer based upon the determined percentage of time that the property is used for commercial purposes in the insurance billing cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Joseph Robert Brannan, Ryan Michael Gross, Brian N. Harvey, Aaron Williams, J Lynn Wilson
  • Patent number: 11319239
    Abstract: Phosphate glasses and glass-ceramics exhibit a positive percent kill as measured by United States EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy Surfaces as a Sanitizer and/or have a CIELAB L* value below 35, CIELAB a* and b* values within 5 of zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20220108561
    Abstract: A system and a method for capturing a movement pattern of a person. The method comprises capturing a plurality of images of the person executing a movement pattern by means of a non-contact sensor, the plurality of images representing the movements of the body elements of the person, generating at least one skeleton model having limb positions for at least some of the plurality of images, and calculating the movement pattern from the movements of the body elements of the person by comparing changes in the limb positions in the at least one skeleton model generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Horst-Michael Groß, Andrea Scheidig, Thanh Quang Trinh, Benjamin Schütz, Alexander Vorndran, Andreas Bley, Anke Mayfarth, Robert Arenknecht, Johannes Trabert, Christian Martin, Christian Sternitzke