Patents by Inventor Michael Keller

Michael Keller 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: 12123688
    Abstract: The invention relates to a penetrator (1) for a projectile having a tail unit, in particular a subcaliber kinetic energy projectile, comprising a main body (10), the main body (10) having at least one partial region (12, 12?, 12?) with longitudinal recesses (20, 20, 20?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Keller, Konstantin Arzt, Michael Gowin, Martin Berg, Jan-Erik Melskotte
  • Publication number: 20240342082
    Abstract: A composition configured for oral use is provided, the composition including a filler in an amount of at least 20% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, and at least one active ingredient including one or more botanical materials, stimulants, amino acids, vitamins, antioxidants, cannabinoids, pharmaceutical agents, or a combination thereof. The composition further includes a salt and at least one sweetener. The composition has a moisture content of at least about 40% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER KELLER, RONALD K. HUTCHENS, THOMAS H. POOLE, NICOLAS VON COSMOS, ANTHONY RICHARD GERARDI, CHRIS J. GRIMES, STEVEN LEE ALDERMAN, DARRELL EUGENE HOLTON, JR., ROSS JAY ODEN, MATTHEW EVAN LAMPE, MICHAEL ANDREW ZAWADZKI, KRISTEN SPIELBAUER
  • Patent number: 12116570
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for the selection of nucleic acid processing and other enzymes, and more specifically for the selection of DNA polymerases and other enzymes with desired properties employing the directed evolution of enzymes by plasmid tagging in droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Stamatios Kokoris, Michael Kovarik, Marc Prindle, Salka Keller, Robert Busam, Miranda Lahman
  • Publication number: 20240319217
    Abstract: A sample carrier includes a bottom, at least one side wall, and a contact face for receiving a sample. The side wall extends upward relative to the bottom. A circumferential rim is provided on the contact face. The sample carrier can be used in a sample handling system which includes a counterpart support element and a sample storage for receiving the sample carrier. Multiple sample storages are combined to sample storage rails with can be arranged on a sample storage shelf. The sample carrier can be part of a system for performing thermomechanical analysis, including the sample handling system while the samples, arranged in the sample carriers, are stored in the sample storages of the sample storage rails arranged in the sample storage shelves from where they are transported to the sample support with the help of the counterpart support element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Urs Joerimann, Samuel Keller, Jonas Langenegger, Michael Reber, Fabian Schneider, Urs Wuest, Gian Huber
  • Publication number: 20240307996
    Abstract: A method for controlling a laser processing machine includes providing the laser processing machine. The laser processing machine includes a laser source, a process optical unit, and a control device. The method further includes creating redundant data of the laser source and of the process optical unit, transferring the redundant data of the laser source and of the process optical unit to the control device by data streaming, and comparing the redundant data of the laser source and of the process optical unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Rainer Flaig, Juergen Vogel, Michael Kraus, Martin Stambke, Martin Keller, Ralf Bartmuss, Thomas Notheis, Jan-Patrick Hermani
  • Publication number: 20240312654
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor module, comprising a reactor pressure vessel including a removably attached lower reactor vessel head configured to house a reactor core; a lower reactor vessel head removably attached to the reactor pressure vessel and configured to house the reactor core; a containment vessel encapsulating the reactor pressure vessel; and a lower containment head removably attached to the containment vessel and configured to house the lower reactor vessel head, the containment vessel and the reactor pressure vessel being configured to be lifted and transported between a reactor bay and a refueling bay within a nuclear reactor building via a crane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: NuScale Power, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Keller, Ross I. Snuggerud
  • Publication number: 20240296411
    Abstract: Aspects of this technical solution can include receiving an order for food, the order including order data, identifying ingredient data and item data from the order data, displaying at least one of a portion of the ingredient data or a portion of the item data on one or more stations configured for preparing the order, where the portion of the ingredient data and the portion of the item data displayed on each of the one or more stations is based on a task to be performed at a respective one of the one or more stations, monitoring the task at each the one or more stations as the task is performed for compliance with the portion of the ingredient data and the portion of the order data displayed at the respective one of the one or more stations, and executing an action based on the monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Aron Mckenzie Braggans, Nicholas Michael Degnan, Montana Mae Gordon, Jonathan Mark Griebel, Kyle Stephen Keller, Justin K. Kuto
  • Patent number: 12042318
    Abstract: Techniques for patient positioning quality assurance prior to mammographic image acquisition are described. A system may include an x-ray source configured to expose human tissue to radiation. An x-ray detector module may be configured to detect the radiation and generate a pre-diagnostic image of the human tissue. A position analysis module may be configured to receive the pre-diagnostic image and determine whether the human tissue is positioned correctly based upon one or more predefined positioning criteria. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be configured to store the results of the positional analysis module determination. A display may be configured to display the determination of the position analysis module within a user interface. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Michael Keller, Zhenxue Jing
  • Publication number: 20240240161
    Abstract: Recombinant DPO4-type DNA polymerase variants with amino acid substitutions that confer modified properties upon the polymerase for improved single molecule sequencing applications are provided. Such properties may include enhanced binding and incorporation of bulky nucleotide analog substrates into daughter strands and the like. Also provided are compositions comprising such DPO4 variants and nucleotide analogs, as well as nucleic acids which encode the polymerases with the aforementioned phenotypes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Stamatios Kokoris, Marc Prindle, Jack Chase, Robert Busam, Michael Kovarik, Salka Keller, Megan Murt, Greg Thiessen
  • Publication number: 20240216507
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for preventing or treating SARS-CoV-2 infection by administering SARS-CoV-2 specific T cells which recognize particular peptide epitopes in SARS-CoV-2 spike (S), nucleocapsid (N), membrane, and envelope proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventors: Catherine BOLLARD, Michael KELLER, Chris LAZARSKI, Allistair ABRAHAM, Patrick HANLEY, Conrad Russell Y. CRUZ
  • Publication number: 20240201209
    Abstract: A method for classifying a specific pipetting procedure of a laboratory automation device comprises: determining a plurality of pressure curves of a plurality of pipetting procedures, which are equivalent to the specific pipetting procedure; determining a median curve from the plurality of pressure curves, wherein for each time point of the median curve, a median value of the values of the plurality of pressure curves at this time point is calculated; determining a median curve range containing the median curve; controlling the laboratory automation device to perform the specific pipetting procedure and measuring a specific pressure curve during the specific pipetting procedure; determining a deviation value of the specific pressure curve with respect to the median curve range, wherein the deviation value is indicative of the specific pressure curve leaving the median range; and classifying the specific pipetting procedure as erroneous, when the deviation value is greater than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Keller, Christina Bauer, Guido Schuster, Simon Walser
  • Publication number: 20240201208
    Abstract: A method for determining physical parameters of an unknown liquid to be aspirated and/or dispensed by a laboratory automation device comprises: determining physical parameters of a pipette, the physical parameters including geometric parameters of the pipette, which at least include a tip radius of an orifice of the pipette; aspirating and/or dispensing the unknown liquid with a pipette of the laboratory automation device and measuring a measured pressure curve in the pipette during aspirating and/or dispensing; determining the physical parameters of the unknown liquid by minimizing an objective function depending on a difference between a simulated pressure curve and the measured pressure curve, wherein the simulated pressure curve simulates a pressure in the pipette during aspirating and/or dispensing and is calculated based on a physical model of the laboratory automation device including the physical parameters of the pipette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Keller, Thomas Geiges, Volfgang Vilaj
  • Publication number: 20240201219
    Abstract: A method for determining physical parameters of a liquid to be aspirated and/or dispensed by a laboratory automation device comprises: picking up of a pipette with the laboratory automation device; lowering the pipette into a sample container with the laboratory automation device, the sample container containing the liquid; aspirating and dispensing air and liquid with the laboratory automation device in such a way, that a liquid level in the pipette solely rises in a first step and solely lowers in a second step, such that an interior surface of the pipette is wetted with liquid solely one time; and during aspirating and dispensing air and liquid, measuring a pressure curve in the pipette and determining the physical parameters from the pressure curve, the physical parameters comprising at least one of a surface tension, a wetting angle and a viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Keller, Thomas Geiges, Volfgang Vilaj
  • Patent number: 11999967
    Abstract: Safe, rapid and efficient methods for producing antigen-specific T cells recognizing human papilloma virus or HPV antigens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventors: Catherine M. Bollard, Conrad Russell Cruz, Patrick J. Hanley, Michael Keller
  • Patent number: 11992833
    Abstract: A pipette tip extension attachable to a pipette tip having a proximal end, a distal end, and an exterior wall extending between the proximal end and the distal end is disclosed. The exterior wall has an outer side and an inner side and forms at the proximal end a reception aperture for inserting a pipette tip, and at the distal end a dispense aperture. The pipette tip extension further has an inner cavity, a distance element connected to the inner side of the exterior wall, and a constriction element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TECAN TRADING AG
    Inventors: Adrian Sager, Philipp Ott, Patrick Kinney, Hagen Reinhardt, Michael Keller, Sujata Iyer
  • Patent number: 11984231
    Abstract: An in-core instrumentation system for a reactor module includes a plurality of in-core instruments connected to a containment vessel and a reactor pressure vessel at least partially located within the containment vessel. A reactor core is housed within a lower head that is removably attached to the reactor pressure vessel, and lower ends of the in-core instruments are located within the reactor core. The in-core instruments are configured such that the lower ends are concurrently removed from the reactor core as a result of removing the lower head from the reactor pressure vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NuScale Power, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Keller, Ross I. Snuggerud
  • Publication number: 20240083539
    Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame assembly having a front end and a rear end extending along a longitudinally-extending centerline, a front ground-engaging member operably coupled to the front end of the frame assembly at a front rotational axis, and a rear ground-engaging member operably coupled to the rear end of the frame assembly at a rear rotational axis. The vehicle further includes an engine supported by the frame assembly and operably coupled to the front and rear ground-engaging members, and the engine includes a throttle body assembly. Additionally, the vehicle includes an air intake assembly fluidly coupled to the engine and including an airbox and a mounting plate having a first channel and a second channel. The first and second channels are configured to align with the throttle body assembly. The mounting plate is configured to couple the airbox to the throttle body assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Martin Pelz, Matthias Botta, Scott M. Schwintek, Michael Keller, Jason A. Warns, Severin Hefti
  • Publication number: 20240069630
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes detecting that a user has donned a headset, capturing eye-tracking data of the user's eyes using sensors, using the eye-tracking data to estimate six degrees-of-freedom offsets between the headset as donned and a predefined optimal donning position, using facial landmarks in images of a lower portion of the user's face obtained by cameras to estimate a pitch offset between the headset as donned and the predefined optimal donning position, and generating, based on the six degrees-of-freedom offsets and pitch offset, instructions to guide the user to adjust the headset to be closer to the predefined optimal donning position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Dmitri Model, Jacob Dean Popham, Blaze Michael Keller
  • Patent number: 11873054
    Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame assembly having a front end and a rear end extending along a longitudinally-extending centerline, a front ground-engaging member operably coupled to the front end of the frame assembly at a front rotational axis, and a rear ground-engaging member operably coupled to the rear end of the frame assembly at a rear rotational axis. The vehicle further includes an engine supported by the frame assembly and operably coupled to the front and rear ground-engaging members, and the engine includes a throttle body assembly. Additionally, the vehicle includes an air intake assembly fluidly coupled to the engine and including an airbox and a mounting plate having a first channel and a second channel. The first and second channels are configured to align with the throttle body assembly. The mounting plate is configured to couple the airbox to the throttle body assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Indian Motorcycle International, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Pelz, Matthias Botta, Scott M. Schwintek, Michael Keller, Jason A. Warns, Severin Hefti
  • Publication number: 20240010919
    Abstract: A system and method of producing synthesis gas and bio-oil from biomass. The method comprises producing, in a gasification unit, synthesis gas from a carbonaceous feedstock, optionally cooling the synthesis gas discharged from the gasification unit, channeling the synthesis gas towards a hydrothermal processing unit, wherein the hydrothermal processing unit is configured to process a biomass feedstock contained in a pressurized water stream, transferring, in the hydrothermal processing unit, heat from the synthesis gas to the biomass feedstock, and producing a hydrothermal product from the biomass feedstock in the pressurized water stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Arnold Keller, Michael Keller