Patents by Inventor Michael Marks

Michael Marks 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: 20240216124
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes an optic including an optic axis and a closed-loop haptic structure coupled to the optic via a frame surrounding the optic, the closed-loop haptic structure including a closed loop extending from first and second attachment points to the frame. The closed loop includes a first hinge and a second hinge. The first hinge has a first section having a first component extending in a first angular direction, a second section having a second component extending in a second angular direction opposite to the first angular direction, and a first connecting section between the first section and the second section. The second hinge has a third section having a third component extending in the second angular direction, a fourth section having a fourth component extending in the first angular direction, the fourth section being connected to the second section to form the closed loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: SUNG KYU LEE, STEPHEN JOHN COLLINS, IAN MICHAEL MARKS, JONATHAN DAVID MCCANN, JIAN LIU, DOUGLAS BRENT WENSRICH, STEPHEN J. VAN NOY
  • Patent number: 12023639
    Abstract: A method for producing a flowable active material-encapsulated core-shell microcapsule composition by mechanically removing solvent from a microcapsule suspension to produce a wet cake, and subsequently charging the wet cake with a dry flow aid, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRANGRANCES INC.
    Inventors: Franklin Albert Pringgosusanto, Francis Michael Marks, III, Christopher Lavallee, Lewis Michael Popplewell
  • Patent number: 11957570
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes an optic including an optic axis and a closed-loop haptic structure coupled to the optic via a frame surrounding the optic, the closed-loop haptic structure including a closed loop extending from first and second attachment points to the frame. The closed loop includes a first hinge and a second hinge. The first hinge has a first section having a first component extending in a first angular direction, a second section having a second component extending in a second angular direction opposite to the first angular direction, and a first connecting section between the first section and the second section. The second hinge has a third section having a third component extending in the second angular direction, a fourth section having a fourth component extending in the first angular direction, the fourth section being connected to the second section to form the closed loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Kyu Lee, Stephen John Collins, Ian Michael Marks, Jonathan David Mccann, Jian Liu, Douglas Brent Wensrich, Stephen J. Van Noy
  • Publication number: 20230412715
    Abstract: A compact accessory is selectively fitted to a smart phone or similar device to attach, mount, hold or position the phone to or upon many objects of a common use environment. The device may include a clip, a hook, and a resilient web structure that is easily attached or removed from a further swivel and pivot structure that is semi permanently attached to the phone. The clip may also be fixed to a working base object. The functions of the novel structures include kickstand, tripod, clamp, handle, and others limited only by the user's creative discoveries. An air vent fin mounting structure is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Joel MARKS, Michael MARKS
  • Patent number: 11841077
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a control element for selecting a vehicle operating mode from a plurality of defined vehicle operating modes. Furthermore, the motor vehicle has at least one drive motor and an electronically controllable, automated transmission, which is operable in at least one automatic program and in at least one manual program. The motor vehicle also has an electric control arrangement and at least one button for triggering a changeover from an automatic program to a manual program. The electronic control arrangement is configured such that, upon activation of the button for triggering a manual program for a predefined minimum duration by the driver, an operating mode, which is not selectable via the control element based on dynamics, independent of the activation of the control element, is automatically activatable and displayable on the display instead of a selectable operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joerg Bartels, Johannes Elflein, Stefan Erschen, Fabian Herbst, Michael Marks, Christian Molitor, Jens Adrian Roeth
  • Publication number: 20220322839
    Abstract: A system for adjusting the incline of a bed is provided. The bed inclining system includes a base frame mountable to an end of an existing bed or bed frame, wherein the base frame can support a mid-section of the bed in an inclined configuration to prevent a non-planar sleeping surface. A lifting assembly extends from the base frame and can raise and lower a bed support, such that the bed is moveable between a level configuration and a raised configuration. In the level configuration, the bed is in a horizontal position and in the raised configuration, the end of the bed is raised from a floor surface, whereas an opposite end of the bed remains on the floor surface. The bed support extends from the base frame and can support the end of the bed in both the level configuration and the inclined configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Slope Sleep, LLC
    Inventors: James Bond, Michael Marks
  • Publication number: 20220316585
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a control element for selecting a vehicle operating mode from a plurality of defined vehicle operating modes. Furthermore, the motor vehicle has at least one drive motor and an electronically controllable, automated transmission, which is operable in at least one automatic program and in at least one manual program. The motor vehicle also has an electric control arrangement and at least one button for triggering a changeover from an automatic program to a manual program. The electronic control arrangement is configured such that, upon activation of the button for triggering a manual program for a predefined minimum duration by the driver, an operating mode, which is not selectable via the control element based on dynamics, independent of the activation of the control element, is automatically activatable and displayable on the display instead of a selectable operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Joerg BARTELS, Johannes ELFLEIN, Stefan ERSCHEN, Fabian HERBST, Michael MARKS, Christian MOLITOR, Jens Adrian ROETH
  • Publication number: 20210307896
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes an optic including an optic axis and a closed-loop haptic structure coupled to the optic via a frame surrounding the optic, the closed-loop haptic structure including a closed loop extending from first and second attachment points to the frame. The closed loop includes a first hinge and a second hinge. The first hinge has a first section having a first component extending in a first angular direction, a second section having a second component extending in a second angular direction opposite to the first angular direction, and a first connecting section between the first section and the second section. The second hinge has a third section having a third component extending in the second angular direction, a fourth section having a fourth component extending in the first angular direction, the fourth section being connected to the second section to form the closed loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: SUNG KYU LEE, STEPHEN JOHN COLLINS, IAN MICHAEL MARKS, JONATHAN DAVID MCCANN, JIAN LIU, DOUGLAS BRENT WENSRICH, STEPHEN J. VAN NOY
  • Patent number: 11065108
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes an optic including an optic axis and a closed-loop haptic structure coupled to the optic via a frame surrounding the optic, the closed-loop haptic structure including a closed loop extending from first and second attachment points to the frame. The closed loop includes a first hinge and a second hinge. The first hinge has a first section having a first component extending in a first angular direction, a second section having a second component extending in a second angular direction opposite to the first angular direction, and a first connecting section between the first section and the second section. The second hinge has a third section having a third component extending in the second angular direction, a fourth section having a fourth component extending in the first angular direction, the fourth section being connected to the second section to form the closed loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Kyu Lee, Stephen John Collins, Ian Michael Marks, Jonathan David McCann, Jian Liu, Douglas Brent Wensrich, Stephen J. Van Noy
  • Publication number: 20210060511
    Abstract: A method for producing a flowable active material-encapsulated core-shell microcapsule composition by mechanically removing solvent from a microcapsule suspension to produce a wet cake, and subsequently charging the wet cake with a dry flow aid, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Franklin Albert PRINGGOSUSANTO, Francis Michael MARKS, III, Christopher LAVALLEE, Lewis Michael POPPLEWELL
  • Publication number: 20190125522
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes an optic including an optic axis and a closed-loop haptic structure coupled to the optic via a frame surrounding the optic, the closed-loop haptic structure including a closed loop extending from first and second attachment points to the frame. The closed loop includes a first hinge and a second hinge. The first hinge has a first section having a first component extending in a first angular direction, a second section having a second component extending in a second angular direction opposite to the first angular direction, and a first connecting section between the first section and the second section. The second hinge has a third section having a third component extending in the second angular direction, a fourth section having a fourth component extending in the first angular direction, the fourth section being connected to the second section to form the closed loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: SUNG KYU LEE, STEPHEN JOHN COLLINS, IAN MICHAEL MARKS, JONATHAN DAVID MCCANN, JIAN LIU, DOUGLAS BRENT WENSRICH, STEPHEN J. VAN NOY
  • Patent number: 9836768
    Abstract: According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for associating vendor data with keywords in a wireless mobile communication device are provided. The method comprises: receiving an auction request comprising a keyword identifying a required offering and one or more parameters associated with the keyword, each parameter defining a required attribute of the offering; retrieving a plurality of vendor bids, each bid comprising one or more vendor parameters associated with the keyword, each vendor parameter defining an attribute of a vendor offering corresponding to the required offering; determining whether each of the vendor bids satisfies the required attributes defined by the parameters; and when the determination is affirmative for at least one vendor bid, transmitting vendor data for a vendor associated with the at least one vendor bid to the mobile electronic device for storage at the mobile electronic device in association with the keyword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Salvatore Ierullo, Bradley Michael Marks
  • Publication number: 20150324065
    Abstract: Methods are provided for providing a user with real-time access to supplemental information about named entities that appear within a conversation in a messaging application on a user terminal. Named entities, conversational topics, and sentiments are recognized as the user enters messages into the application. These are provided to a semantic search engine in a server system, that classifies the named entities into one of a variety of domains. Each domain has an associated tool for retrieving detailed supplemental information about the named entity. The server system transmits, to the user terminal, indicia that allow the user terminal to retrieve the supplemental information. Advertising related to a named entity having favorable sentiment also may be transmitted to the user terminal for display. These functions occur without the need for a separate search interface in the messaging application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Bhavuk Kaul, Aleksandar Zivkovic, Bradley Michael Marks, Marvin Igelman
  • Patent number: 9038982
    Abstract: A device is provided for hanging a frame member against a wall includes a crossbar and first and second vertical arms oriented perpendicular to the crossbar. The crossbar has a longitudinal track and a leveling bubble. The first and second vertical arms each have a linear track that extends along the length, and a marker on the rearward surface thereof. The vertical arms are retained to the crossbar by knuckles having a guide for slideably engaging the linear track of the vertical arms and the first vertical arms are retained perpendicular to the crossbar and are longitudinally moveable perpendicular to the linear edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventor: Michael Marks
  • Patent number: 8989782
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products determine, for a number of individuals having a common interest, locations relevant to that common interest. Each individual possesses a user terminal that has a location and executes a messaging application. During the course of a messaging conversation, the application transmits search parameters to a central server. The search parameters may be entered manually or determined automatically by analyzing the conversation. The server identifies clusters of locations that satisfy the search parameters in addition to satisfying geographic proximity to the participants in the conversation. The server scores the clusters, and transmits to the user terminal data relating thereto, for integrated display in the messaging application. Relevant advertising may be identified and transmitted for contemporaneous display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sprylogics International Corp.
    Inventors: Bhavuk Kaul, Aleksandar Zivkovic, Bradley Michael Marks, Marvin Igelman
  • Patent number: 8881057
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to display mobile device contexts are disclosed. An example method includes displaying a first context in a user interface of a mobile device based on first device platform information, the first context including a first arrangement of information, graphics, and application icons that are associated with the first device platform information, determining that second device platform information received after the first device platform information corresponds to a second context, the second context being different from the first context and including a second arrangement of information, graphics, and applications that are associated with the second device platform information, and displaying the second context in the user interface replacing the first context without prompting a user of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Robert Mori, Curtis Jyun Sasaki, Bradley Michael Marks, Siamak Sartipi, Bhavuk Kaul, Nedim Fresko, Carol C. Wu
  • Patent number: 8806185
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the automatic configuration of portal composite applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dieter Buehler, Walter Haenel, Izidor Jager, Michael Marks
  • Patent number: 8798445
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing and displaying enhanced banners and other objects on a communication device. The banner file may comprise ancillary data, such as calendar appointment details, other event details, or contact details, embedded within the file itself, or comprised in an envelope wrapping the banner file. When the banner is displayed on the communication device, the user may invoke a context menu to create an event, such as a calendar event, on the device using the embedded ancillary data. In other embodiments, the communication device uses geolocation services to determine whether the user is likely to be in attendance at an event, and if not, to issue alerts or initiate a further action, such as initiating recording of a television program the user is about to miss, over the network. In other embodiments, the banner file's ancillary data includes recommendation data, identifying a banner as being recommended by a contact of the user's.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Bradley Michael Marks
  • Publication number: 20130337945
    Abstract: A variable gravity training device allows a user to train skills in controlling a sports device. The training device has a stationary base, a movable support bar, and a sports device, for example, a ball, a badminton birdie, or a volley ball affixed to the end of the bar. The support bar is weighted, so that the amount of force required to move the sports device is reduced. The weighted bar also reduces the speed with which the sports device returns to its home position. The force adjustment means is adjustable, so that, with training, weights may be removed, so that the conditions governing the sports device correspond to real playing conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Variable Gravity Patents, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Marks, Steven Leen
  • Publication number: 20130273942
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products determine, for a number of individuals having a common interest, locations relevant to that common interest. Each individual possesses a user terminal that has a location and executes a messaging application. During the course of a messaging conversation, the application transmits search parameters to a central server. The search parameters may be entered manually or determined automatically by analyzing the conversation. The server identifies clusters of locations that satisfy the search parameters in addition to satisfying geographic proximity to the participants in the conversation. The server scores the clusters, and transmits to the user terminal data relating thereto, for integrated display in the messaging application. Relevant advertising may be identified and transmitted for contemporaneous display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Sprylogics International Corp.
    Inventors: Bhavuk Kaul, Aleksandar Zivkovic, Bradley Michael Marks, Marvin Igelman