Patents by Inventor Michael Keith

Michael Keith 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: 20180285848
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, and data structures for product identifier not-on-file imaging system and processing. Some such embodiments include solutions that automate capturing and communicating images of imaged items for which an item identifier (e.g., UPC DIGIMARC) cannot be located to facilitate correction and updating of product lookup databases to remove inefficiencies and sub-optimal experiences and realization at checkout. One such embodiment in the form of a method includes delivering, to a product pricing update location, an image of an item presented to a product scanner for scanning upon an occurrence of an item-not-on-file event indicating an unsuccessful price lookup database query performed with regard to an item identifier read by the product scanner from the presented item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: John Crooks, Michael Keith Reed
  • Publication number: 20180263452
    Abstract: A supply unit for a cleaning machine which can be connected via at least one flexible hose, has a heating device for heating water, a water pump for conveying water into or out of the heating device, a hot water and/or steam connector which is connected to the outlet of the heating device, a dirty water tank, a suction device, which preferably includes a suction turbine, for sucking dirty water from a dirty water connector into the dirty water tank. In a preferred embodiment the unit has at least one, preferably precisely one central, drive unit for driving at least one, preferably a plurality of or all components to be driven of the supply unit and/or of a cleaning machine to be connected to it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: HELMUT BARBISCH, MICHAEL KEITH CHING
  • Patent number: 10036211
    Abstract: A work string assembly for an oil or gas well has a first and second tubulars, and a torque limiting device connected in the work string. The torque limiting device has a body with an axial bore and two interconnected members that can disconnect to be relatively rotatable. The interconnected members can be repeatedly re-engageable when the torque levels drop below a torque threshold value, or can be connected by a frangible member that is broken when the interconnected members disconnect. A selectively actuable circulation port provided in the string adjacent to and above the torque limiting device allows the annulus between the work string and the casing to be flushed with fluid from the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Keith Sullivan, Shane Paul Hart, Mark Christopher Glaser, Ruairidh Cooper
  • Patent number: 10024728
    Abstract: A method and a circuit take a measurement of a sensor having first, second and third lead wires by: (a) providing first, second and third terminals for voltage measurements; (b) connecting a current sensing device (e.g., a reference resistor) to provide a signal at the third terminal that is indicative of the current in the third lead wire of the sensor; (c) connecting a first protective device between the first lead wire of the sensor and the first terminal; (d) connecting a second protective device between the second lead wire of the sensor and the second terminal; (e) connecting a first current source to the first lead wire of the sensor; (f) connecting a second current source to the second lead wire of the sensor; and (g) measuring a first voltage across the first and second terminals and a second voltage across the third terminal and the voltage reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Linear Technology LLC
    Inventors: Todd Stuart Kaplan, David Edward Bliss, Michael Keith Mayes
  • Patent number: 9973079
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes (a) an analog-to-digital converter operated according to a first clock signal; and (b) a charge pump circuit providing a negative power supply voltage to the integrated circuit, the charge pump circuit being operated according to a second clock signal having a frequency that is different from a frequency of the first clock signal, such that a noise level introduced by the charge pump into the analog-to-digital converter is less than the average noise level over a predetermined range of frequencies for the second clock signal. The integrated circuit may further include a clock divider circuit (e.g., a programmable clock divider) that generates both the first clock signal and the second clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Linear Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Keith Mayes, Todd Stuart Kaplan, David Edward Bliss
  • Patent number: 9950968
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of ethene by vapor phase chemical dehydration of a feed comprising ethanol, said process comprising contacting the feed with a supported heteropolyacid catalyst in a reactor, wherein the feed temperature is at least 250° C. and the pressure inside the reactor is at least 0.80 MPa but less than 1.80 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Technip E&C Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Roy Partington, Nigel Stewart Brown, Michael Keith Lee, Mark Julian Howard
  • Patent number: 9935959
    Abstract: Techniques are described for implementing a cloud computer system to provide access to a custom execution environment for execution of custom executable instructions. Users may be able to configure one or more different types of template execution environments, e.g., a virtual machine environment, each of which can be used to establish a type of custom execution environment. Users may configure the template execution environment with regard to settings, states, resources, permissions, or other criterion related to an execution environment. Upon request, a custom execution environment (e.g., a child execution environment) may be established for running one instance of a custom executable instruction. The custom execution environment may be based on the template execution environment. The custom execution environment may provide a secure, isolated environment for execution of a custom executable instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Keith, William Bruce Kilgore, Kaj van de Loo
  • Patent number: 9887087
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing p-n junction in semiconductor material such that small dimensions of such junctions are maintained, and associated lattice dislocations of such junctions may be preferentially maintained, and devices with such patterned semiconductor material, is disclosed. Typically, a neutron moderator is used to slow fast neutrons to thermal energies. A mask made from thermal neutron absorbing material, such as cadmium, is placed in close proximity to such neutron moderator. Thermal neutron focusing optics, such as compound refractive lenses, are used to collect and focus thermal neutrons emitted from the mask such that the pattern or portion of the pattern is transferred to the silicon body, with neutrons transmitted from the window areas in the mask and through the neutron optic so as to form the donor dopant concentration for the n-type regions by transmutation of silicon atoms into phosphorus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Keith Fuller
  • Publication number: 20170322200
    Abstract: Methods of identifying potential skin moisturizing actives for the treatment of dry skin and method of formulating a moisturizing skin care composition using actives identified by the method. Moisturizing agents can be identified by comparing the transcriptional profile of a skin tissue sample contacted by a test agent to a negative or positive control to determine if the regulation of certain genes corresponds to the appropriate direction of regulation indicated by the control. Agents identified as skin moisturizing agents can then be incorporated into a skin moisturizing composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Qing NMN STELLA, Michael Keith ROBINSON, Kevin John MILLS
  • Patent number: 9766213
    Abstract: Methods, articles of manufacture, and kits for calibrating fluid delivery systems are provided. A fluid delivery system connected to N input streams, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, mixes together fluid from the N input streams to form an output stream. The methods involve obtaining N test solutions, each containing a dye, providing optical absorbances of the test solutions at appropriate wavelengths, injecting the test solutions into the input streams, mixing the test solutions, and measuring the absorbance of the output stream at the same wavelengths. The methods also involve comparing the absorbances of the test solutions with the absorbances of the output stream, which can include calculating ratios and comparing the ratios with target values. The methods can further involve adjusting operation of the fluid delivery system based upon the absorbances. In some embodiments, the dyes have largely non-overlapping absorbance spectra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom R. Berkelman, Adriana Jeanne Harbers, Jovencio Hilario, Michael Keith Urban
  • Publication number: 20170261398
    Abstract: The apparatus is used for testing heat exchangers having mutually separate first and second flow paths. The apparatus provides a high pressure fluid source (10) to connect with a first pressure-sealed flow path of the heat exchanger under test. A volumetric sensor (VS) is connected to a selected pressure-sealed flow path, having a sensing chamber arranged to receive fluid from the selected flow path. The sensing chamber is connected to a further fluid source such as a compressed air reservoir (16) which provides a high pressure gas supply. Movement of a magnetic float within the sensing chamber is detected by an array of Hall effect sensors, enabling a CPU to calculate the rate of leakage between the two flow paths which may be signaled to a local display and/or alarm or remotely via an internet connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: PROCTIVE ANALYTICS LIMITED
    Inventor: MICHAEL KEITH BOWLING
  • Publication number: 20170198080
    Abstract: This invention relates to chemical polymer compositions, methods of synthesis, and fabrication methods for devices regarding polymers capable of displaying shape memory behavior (SMPs) and which can first be polymerized to a linear or branched polymeric structure, having thermoplastic properties, subsequently processed into a device through processes typical of polymer melts, solutions, and dispersions and then crossed linked to a shape memory thermoset polymer retaining the processed shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas S. Wilson, Michael Keith Hearon, Jane P. Bearinger
  • Publication number: 20170121238
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of ethene by vapour phase chemical dehydration of a feed comprising ethanol, said process comprising contacting the feed with a supported heteropolyacid catalyst in a reactor, wherein the feed temperature is at least 250° C. and the pressure inside the reactor is at least 0.80 MPa but less than 1.80 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Roy Partington, Nigel Stewart Brown, Michael Keith Lee, Mark Julian Howard
  • Publication number: 20170102272
    Abstract: A method and a circuit take a measurement of a sensor having first, second and third lead wires by: (a) providing first, second and third terminals for voltage measurements; (b) connecting a current sensing device (e.g., a reference resistor) to provide a signal at the third terminal that is indicative of the current in the third lead wire of the sensor; (c) connecting a first protective device between the first lead wire of the sensor and the first terminal; (d) connecting a second protective device between the second lead wire of the sensor and the second terminal; (e) connecting a first current source to the first lead wire of the sensor; (f) connecting a second current source to the second lead wire of the sensor; and (g) measuring a first voltage across the first and second terminals and a second voltage across the third terminal and the voltage reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Todd Stuart Kaplan, David Edward Bliss, Michael Keith Mayes
  • Patent number: 9619045
    Abstract: Certain embodiments herein relate to determining a type of input device from which user input is received. Input devices, such as keyboards, scanners, card readers, other keypad devices, etc., may send information to a computing device. The information may include one or more characters or signals, each of which may be received by the computing device after a delay. Such a delay may be analyzed to determine a source or type of user input device. A threshold time may be established such that an identification and number of characters received before the threshold time is reached may be used to determine the source or type of an input device. In example embodiments, a distinction between a bar code scanner and a keyboard, among other types of input devices used in a product shipping application, may be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Henry Chi-Chung Yan, Michael Keith Lemmon
  • Publication number: 20170083676
    Abstract: A distributed dental system for assisting with the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from dental health issues. The system includes a number of emergency dental kiosks, each of which is located at or near an urgent care center, emergency room, or other medical facility; a central command station that receives information from and transmits information to the kiosks; and a number of computing devices operated by dentists or other dental professionals who have agreed to provide dental advice to patients who use the kiosks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: MICHAEL KEITH SIGLER, MARIA ANN KUNSTADTER
  • Patent number: D820291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Scott Russell, Michael Keith Lemmon, Fransisca Vina Zerlina, Wesley Scott Lauka
  • Patent number: D827430
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lisa June Hood, Sarah Patricia Kunce, Christopher Michael Keith, Timothy Alan Burkett
  • Patent number: D829237
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberly Anne Lewis, Elliot Dickison, Dan Griffin Dilworth, Michael Keith Lemmon, Carson Scott Reid
  • Patent number: D831690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberly Anne Lewis, Elliot Dickison, Dan Griffin Dilworth, Michael Keith Lemmon, Carson Scott Reid