Patents by Inventor Michael Luther
Michael Luther 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).
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Publication number: 20240138723Abstract: A test strip for sampling a bodily fluid may include multiple layers of a substrate material, an adhesive between at least some of the multiple layers, and a microfluidic channel formed between at least some of the multiple layers. The test strip may further include multiple electrodes on one of the multiple layers, positioned and partially exposed within the microfluidic channel, an additional material positioned at or near an entrance to the microfluidic channel, to selectively limit the flow of at least one of bubbles or debris into the microfluidic channel, and at least one exit port in at least one of the multiple layers to allow for release of pressure from the test strip. In some embodiments, the test strip is a saliva analysis test strip. In some embodiments, the test strip includes multiple exit ports to prevent blockage of sample flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Thanh Cong Nguyen, Efstratios Skafidas, Duc Hau Huynh, Michael Erlichster, Duc Phuong Nguyen, Hsien Ming, Gursharan Chana, Ting Ting Lee, Chathurika Darshani Abeyrathne, You Liang, Trevor John Kilpatrick, Michael Luther, Alan Dayvault Luther
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Patent number: 11959730Abstract: An exterior shell for an armored cab having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis is provided. The exterior shell has a right side panel extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, a left side panel extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, and a rear panel extending parallel to the transverse axis. A cab lower surface extends between the right side panel and the left side panel. The cab lower surface has a center tunnel extending along the longitudinal axis with an exterior curvature having a variable radius as the center tunnel extends along the transverse axis of the exterior shell. The center tunnel is configured to act as a pressure vessel in the event of an explosion beneath the armored cab.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: AM GENERAL LLCInventors: Steven D. Grate, Regis Luther, Theodore R. Henson, Michael D. Yan
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Publication number: 20240113999Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for distributing a domain name service (DNS) response cache in a DNS resolving system on a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Michael Feldpusch, Dan Luther
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Patent number: 11939919Abstract: A fluid supply system for a gas turbine engine includes a first component and a second component. A fluid fitting has a fluid junction. The fluid junction includes a first fluid port in fluid communication with and configured to supply a first cooling fluid to the first component. The fluid junction includes a second fluid port in fluid communication with and configured to supply a second cooling fluid to the second component. A primary pipe is fluidly connected to the fluid fitting. A flow meter is arranged upstream from the fluid junction and is configured to receive a cooling supply fluid from a fluid source. Thee flow meter is a wall having an orifice and a surface that is radiused and convex facing into the cooling supply fluid. A secondary pipe is secured to the fluid fitting and is configured to supply the second cooling fluid to the second component. A turbine section includes the first and second components.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: RTX CorporationInventors: John H. Mosley, Michelle Diana Stearns, Michael Luther Comeau, James P. Chasse
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Patent number: 11701036Abstract: A test strip for sampling a bodily fluid may include multiple layers of a substrate material, an adhesive between at least some of the multiple layers, and a microfluidic channel formed between at least some of the multiple layers. The test strip may further include multiple electrodes on one of the multiple layers, positioned and partially exposed within the microfluidic channel, an additional material positioned at or near an entrance to the microfluidic channel, to selectively limit the flow of at least one of bubbles or debris into the microfluidic channel, and at least one exit port in at least one of the multiple layers to allow for release of pressure from the test strip. In some embodiments, the test strip is a saliva analysis test strip. In some embodiments, the test strip includes multiple exit ports to prevent blockage of sample flow.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: MX3 Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Thanh Cong Nguyen, Efstratios Skafidas, Duc Hau Huynh, Michael Erlichster, Duc Phuong Nguyen, Hsien Ming, Gursharan Chana, Ting Ting Lee, Chathurika Darshani Abeyrathne, You Liang, Trevor John Kilpatrick, Michael Luther, Alan Dayvault Luther
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Patent number: 11690566Abstract: A method for using saliva to measure at least one substance or physiological parameter of a human or animal subject may involve inserting a first end of a sensor into a handheld saliva testing device. The method may also involve receiving saliva from the subject on a second end of the sensor, moving the saliva from the second end of the sensor to the first end, and processing the saliva with the handheld saliva testing device to provide initial saliva data related to the at least one substance or physiological parameter of the subject. In some embodiments, the sensor remains inserted in the handheld device while the subject deposits saliva on the opposite, free end of the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: MX3 Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Efstratios Skafidas, Chathurika Darshani Abeyrathne, Gursharan Chana, Duc Hau Huynh, Trevor John Kilpatrick, Alan D. Luther, Michael Luther, Phuong Duc Nguyen, Thanh Cong Nguyen
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Publication number: 20230076820Abstract: Disclosed are compounds useful, for example, in methods of treating hyperproliferative disorders such as cancer, methods of arresting the cell cycle in cancer cells, methods of inhibiting glutathione synthesis in cancer cells, and associated compounds for use and uses in medicaments. In certain embodiments, the methods, uses and compounds are provided with reference to compounds of the structural formulae and in which R1, L1, L2, Q, L3, R3, L4, R4, L5, and R5 are as described herein. In certain embodiments, compounds disclosed herein are especially active against cancers having a mutant KRAS gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: M. Arshad Siddiqui, Stephane Ciblat, Martin Dery, Lea Constantineau-Forget, Chantal Grand-Maitre, Nicolas Bruneau-Latour, Gerald W. Shipps, Alan B. Cooper, Vibha Oza, Matthew J. Kostura, Michael Luther, Jedd Levine
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Patent number: 11325903Abstract: Disclosed are compounds useful, for example, in methods of treating hyperproliferative disorders such as cancer, methods of arresting the cell cycle in cancer cells, methods of inhibiting glutathione synthesis in cancer cells, and associated compounds for use and uses in medicaments. In certain embodiments, the methods, uses and compounds are provided with reference to compounds of the structural formulae (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), (Id) and (Ie), in which R1, L1, L2, Q, L3, R3, L4, R4, L5, and R5 are as described herein. In certain embodiments, compounds disclosed herein are especially active against cancers having a mutant KRAS gene.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Bantam Pharmaceutical, LLCInventors: M. Arshad Siddiqui, Stephane Ciblat, Martin Dery, Lea Constantineau-Forget, Chantal Grand-Maitre, Nicolas Bruneau-Latour, Gerald W. Shipps, Alan B. Cooper, Vibha Oza, Matthew J. Kostura, Michael Luther, Jedd Levine
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Patent number: 11192887Abstract: Disclosed are compounds useful, for example, in methods of treating hyperproliferative disorders such as cancer, methods of arresting the cell cycle in cancer cells, methods of inhibiting glutathione synthesis in cancer cells, and associated compounds for use and uses in medicaments. In certain embodiments, the methods, uses and compounds are provided with reference to compounds of the structural formulae (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), (Id) and (Ie), in which R1, L1, L2, Q, L3, R3, L4, R4, L5, and R5 are as described herein. In certain embodiments, compounds disclosed herein are especially active against cancers having a mutant KRAS gene.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Bantam Pharmaceutical, LLCInventors: M. Arshad Siddiqui, Stephane Ciblat, Martin Dery, Lea Constantineau-Forget, Chantal Grand-Maitre, Nicolas Bruneau-Latour, Gerald W. Shipps, Alan B. Cooper, Vibha Oza, Matthew J. Kostura, Michael Luther, Jedd Levine
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Publication number: 20210278408Abstract: Provided are methods of treatment of cancer with substituted pyrrole and pyrazole compounds and diagnoses of cancers susceptible to treatment with substituted pyrrole and pyrazole compounds, based on certain biomarkers identified herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Matthew Kostura, Michael Luther
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Publication number: 20210186039Abstract: A meat smoker/cooker device is provided and includes a fuel chamber having a fuel chamber structure which includes a fuel chamber sidewall that defines a fuel chamber cavity, wherein the fuel chamber sidewall includes a first mounting hole, a second mounting hole and a sidewall slot communicated with the chamber cavity. Additionally, the meat smoker device also includes a fuel container having a container rim and being located within the chamber cavity proximate the slot bottom and an ignition article having an ignition article handle, an ignition article mounting structure and a heating element, wherein the ignition article handle includes a handle portion movably located within the sidewall slot and wherein the ignition article mounting structure is configured to mountingly engage with the first and second mounting hole, such that the ignition article is configurable between a first and second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Robert Luther, Michael Luther, Arnold Tang
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Patent number: 11022041Abstract: A snubber block for a manifold assembly of a gas turbine engine includes a body with at least one passage with a respective flow restrictive orifice, the body operable to receive a sensor and a male section that extends from the body, the male section receivable within a fuel manifold.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2016Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Robert F. Sheil, Michael Luther Comeau, Joo Sub Rhee
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Publication number: 20210007646Abstract: A test strip for sampling a bodily fluid may include multiple layers of a substrate material, an adhesive between at least some of the multiple layers, and a microfluidic channel formed between at least some of the multiple layers. The test strip may further include multiple electrodes on one of the multiple layers, positioned and partially exposed within the microfluidic channel, an additional material positioned at or near an entrance to the microfluidic channel, to selectively limit the flow of at least one of bubbles or debris into the microfluidic channel, and at least one exit port in at least one of the multiple layers to allow for release of pressure from the test strip. In some embodiments, the test strip is a saliva analysis test strip. In some embodiments, the test strip includes multiple exit ports to prevent blockage of sample flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Thanh Cong Nguyen, Efstratios Skafidas, Duc Hau Huynh, Michael Erlichster, Duc Phuong Nguyen, Hsien Ming, Gursharan Chana, Ting Ting Lee, Chathurika Darshani Abeyrathne, You Liang, Trevor John Kilpatrick, Michael Luther, Alan Dayvault Luther
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Publication number: 20210005322Abstract: A method of measuring an analyte in a bodily fluid sample and combining measurement data from multiple users may involve initiating a wireless connection between a handheld analyzer and a smart computing device on which an analyte analysis application has been downloaded and inserting a test strip into the handheld analyzer. The method may further involve collecting a sample of a bodily fluid on the test strip, measuring, with the handheld analyzer, a concentration of at least one analyte in the sample, wirelessly communicating the measured concentration from the handheld analyzer to the smart computing device, and displaying the measured concentration on the smart computing device. Finally, the method may involve transmitting the measured concentration to a database and organizing data including the measured concentration and at least one additional measured analyte concentration from at least one additional user on the database.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Duc Hau Huynh, Michael Erlichster, Thanh Cong Nguyen, Duc Phuong Nguyen, Efstratios Skafidas, Hsien Ming, Gursharan Chana, Ting Ting Lee, Chathurika Darshani Abeyrathne, You Liang, Trevor John Kilpatrick, Michael Luther, Alan Dayvault Luther
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Patent number: 10842161Abstract: A meat smoker/cooker device is provided and includes a fuel chamber having a fuel chamber structure which includes a fuel chamber sidewall that defines a fuel chamber cavity, wherein the fuel chamber sidewall includes a first mounting hole, a second mounting hole and a sidewall slot communicated with the chamber cavity. Additionally, the meat smoker device also includes a fuel container having a container rim and being located within the chamber cavity proximate the slot bottom and an ignition article having an ignition article handle, an ignition article mounting structure and a heating element, wherein the ignition article handle includes a handle portion movably located within the sidewall slot and wherein the ignition article mounting structure is configured to mountingly engage with the first and second mounting hole, such that the ignition article is configurable between a first and second configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Inventors: Robert Luther, Michael Luther, Arnold Tang
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Publication number: 20200069656Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating hyperproliferative disorders such as cancer, methods of arresting the cell cycle in cancer cells, methods of inhibiting glutathione synthesis in cancer cells, and associated compounds for use and uses in medicaments. In certain embodiments, the methods, uses and compounds are provided with reference to compounds of the structural formula (I), in which X1, X2, Z1, Z2, the ring system denoted by “a”, R1, L1, L2, Q, L3, R3, L4, R4, L5, and R5 are as described herein. In certain embodiments, compounds disclosed herein are especially active against cancers having a mutant KRAS gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Arshad M. Siddiqui, Stephane Ciblat, Lea Constantineau-Forget, Chantal Grand-Maitre, Xiangyu Guo, Jr., Sanjay Srivastava, Gerald W. Shipps, Alan B. Cooper, Vibha Oza, Matthew W. Kostura, Michael Luther, Jedd Levine
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Publication number: 20200032711Abstract: A fluid supply system for a gas turbine engine includes a first component and a second component. A fluid fitting has a fluid junction. The fluid junction includes a first fluid port in fluid communication with and configured to supply a first cooling fluid to the first component. The fluid junction includes a second fluid port in fluid communication with and configured to supply a second cooling fluid to the second component. A primary pipe is fluidly connected to the fluid fitting. A flow meter is arranged upstream from the fluid junction and is configured to receive a cooling supply fluid from a fluid source. Thee flow meter is a wall having an orifice and a surface that is radiused and convex facing into the cooling supply fluid. A secondary pipe is secured to the fluid fitting and is configured to supply the second cooling fluid to the second component. A turbine section includes the first and second components.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: John H. Mosley, Michelle Diana Stearns, Michael Luther Comeau, James P. Chasse
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Publication number: 20190345152Abstract: Disclosed are compounds useful, for example, in methods of treating hyperproliferative disorders such as cancer, methods of arresting the cell cycle in cancer cells, methods of inhibiting glutathione synthesis in cancer cells, and associated compounds for use and uses in medicaments. In certain embodiments, the methods, uses and compounds are provided with reference to compounds of the structural formulae (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), (Id) and (Ie), in which R1, L1, L2, Q, L3, R3, L4, R4, L5, and R5 are as described herein. In certain embodiments, compounds disclosed herein are especially active against cancers having a mutant KRAS gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Arshad M. Siddiqui, Stephane Ciblat, Martin Dery, Lea Constantineau-Forget, Chantal Grand-Maitre, Nicolas Bruneau-Latour, Gerald W. Shipps, Alan B. Cooper, Vibha Oza, Matthew W. Kostura, Michael Luther, Jedd Levine
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Patent number: 10443498Abstract: A cooling fluid system for a gas turbine engine includes a fluid source. A turbine section includes first and second components. A fluid supply system has a primary pipe that is configured to provide a cooling supply fluid from the fluid source to a fluid fitting having a fluid junction. The fluid junction is in fluid communication with and is configured to supply a first cooling fluid to the first component. The fluid junction is in fluid communication with and is configured to supply a second cooling fluid to the second component. A flow meter is upstream from the fluid junction and is configured to receive the cooling supply fluid.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: John H. Mosley, Michelle Diana Stearns, Michael Luther Comeau, James P. Chasse
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Publication number: 20190150836Abstract: A method for using saliva to measure at least one substance or physiological parameter of a human or animal subject may involve inserting a first end of a sensor into a handheld saliva testing device. The method may also involve receiving saliva from the subject on a second end of the sensor, moving the saliva from the second end of the sensor to the first end, and processing the saliva with the handheld saliva testing device to provide initial saliva data related to the at least one substance or physiological parameter of the subject. In some embodiments, the sensor remains inserted in the handheld device while the subject deposits saliva on the opposite, free end of the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2018Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Efstratios SKAFIDAS, Chathurika Darshani ABEYRATHNE, Gursharan CHANA, Duc Hau HUYNH, Trevor John KILPATRICK, Alan D. LUTHER, Michael LUTHER, Phuong Duc NGUYEN, Thanh Cong NGUYEN