Patents by Inventor Michael Mitchell

Michael Mitchell 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: 20220145391
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods and compositions for assessing amount(s) of total cell-free DNA in a subject. Such amount(s) can be used to determine risk in a subject, which subjects are non-transplant subjects, such as surgical subjects, in some preferred embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
    Inventors: Aoy Tomita Mitchell, Michael Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20220141683
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using automated mobile computing device testing to ensure that a given targeted message is actually appearing in an intended manner for various types of intended recipients. The intended content or format of a target message to be presented by each of a plurality of mobile computing devices may be based on characteristics of each device. The targeted message may be sent to each device, and an indication of the actual content and/or format of the targeted message as presented by each device may be received and compared to the intended content or format of the targeted message for each device. Errors associated with the targeted message may be detected based on any discrepancies between the intended content and/or format of the targeted message for each device and the actual content or format of the targeted message as presented by each device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Mitchell, Peter Myron, Evan Fitzpatrick, Sarvesh Kaushal, Rohit Iyer
  • Patent number: 11290907
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for testing features of a mobile device application based on their likely use by various user classes or personas. Each of a plurality of mobile computing devices may be associated with respective user classes that each have a respective set of characteristics. A particular mobile computing device application may be installed on each of the plurality of mobile computing devices, and each of the mobile computing devices may attempt to execute the same feature of the application. When any of the mobile computing devices fails to execute the feature, an indication of the failure may be logged, along with an indication of the user class associated with the mobile computing device that failed to execute the feature, and an error associated with the feature for one or more user classes may be detected based on the logged indication(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Mitchell, Peter Myron
  • Publication number: 20220082187
    Abstract: Woven irrigation tubing comprising a woven, extrusion coated & laminated tube formed of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) outer layer, a low density polyethylene (LDPE) middle layer and a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) inner layer. The finished tubing is treated for ultraviolet resistance. The tubing is tied off at a distal end with a proximal end connected to a pressurized irrigation source. Watering holes are created in the tubing at spaced intervals and the resulting water streams are directed into parallel plowed furrows. The tubing is completely recyclable. The tubing is formed by manufacturing tape for the woven outer tubing cover, stretching the tape along its length to strengthen it, weaving the outer layer from the tape, flattening the woven outer layer, extrusion coating each surface of the outer layer with LDPE, laminating the LLDPE inner layer to the LDPE, reversing and winding the tubing for storage and distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Delta Plastics of the South
    Inventor: Michael Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20220080685
    Abstract: Woven irrigation tubing comprising a woven, extrusion coated & laminated tube formed of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) outer layer, a low density polyethylene (LDPE) middle layer and a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) inner layer. The finished tubing is treated for ultraviolet resistance. The tubing is tied off at a distal end with a proximal end connected to a pressurized irrigation source. Watering holes are created in the tubing at spaced intervals and the resulting water streams are directed into parallel plowed furrows. The tubing is completely recyclable. The tubing is formed by manufacturing tape for the woven outer tubing cover, stretching the tape along its length to strengthen it, weaving the outer layer from the tape, flattening the woven outer layer, extrusion coating each surface of the outer layer with LDPE, laminating the LLDPE inner layer to the LDPE, reversing and winding the tubing for storage and distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Delta Plastics of the South
    Inventor: Michael Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20220065704
    Abstract: A smart-home device may include a housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) inside the housing, an environmental sensor mounted to the PCB inside the housing, and a gasket that encloses the environmental sensor inside the housing to isolate the environmental sensor from an atmosphere inside of the housing while allowing an atmosphere outside of the housing to enter the gasket such that the environmental sensor can measure an aspect of the atmosphere outside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Michael Mitchell, Arun Raghupathy, William Dong, Adrian Shanov
  • Publication number: 20220066484
    Abstract: A smart-home device may include a temperature sensor, energy-consuming subsystems, and processors programmed to receive a temperature measurement from the temperature sensor for an ambient environment surrounding the temperature sensor; receive inputs from the energy-consuming subsystems that indicate power-consuming activities of the energy-consuming subsystems; providing the inputs from the energy-consuming subsystems to a model that is trained to calculate an effect of the power-consuming activity of the energy-consuming subsystems on the temperature measurement from the temperature sensor; and calculating an estimate of the temperature of the ambient environment by compensating the temperature measurement from the temperature sensor with using the effect of the power-consuming activity of the energy-consuming subsystems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Adam Warren, Michael Mitchell, Gwendolyn van der Linden, Ford Rylander, Brian Silverstein, Arun Raghupathy
  • Publication number: 20220066485
    Abstract: A smart-home device may include an energy-storage element that stores energy harvested from an environmental system; a power wire connector and a return wire connector; and switching elements configured to operate in a first state where the switching elements create a connection between the power and the return; and a second state where the switching elements interrupt the connection between the power and return. The smart-home device may also include a circuit that controls the switching elements, where the circuit is configured to detect a zero-crossing of a current received through the power wire connector; wait for a first time interval after the zero-crossing is detected; after an expiration of the first time interval, enable active power stealing for a second time interval; and after an expiration of the second time interval, disable active power stealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Adam Warren, Michael Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20220065906
    Abstract: A smart-home device may include a main power rail that provides power to components of the smart-home device; an integrator coupled to the main power rail that stores energy on an energy-storage device, where the energy stored on the energy-storage device is representative of an amount an amount of power provided to the smart-home device through the main power rail during an integration cycle of the integrator; and a counter that stores a number of integration cycles performed by the integrator during a time interval, where a total amount of power provided to the smart-home device through the main power rail during the time interval is represented by: (1) the number of integration cycles performed by the integrator during the time interval; and (2) the energy stored on the energy-storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Adam Warren, Michael Mitchell, Gwendolyn van der Linden, Ford Rylander, Brian Silverstein, Arun Raghupathy
  • Publication number: 20220065477
    Abstract: A smart-home device may include a plurality of wire connectors configured to receive a plurality of signals from an environmental system; a plurality of diodes configured to receive the plurality of signals from the plurality of wire connectors, wherein at least two of the plurality of diodes have different voltage drops; and a power-stealing circuit that is configured to receive outputs of the plurality of diodes and to steal power through one of the plurality of wire connectors that is determined at least in part by the different voltage drops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Adam Warren, Michael Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20220010593
    Abstract: A sliding door system includes a stationary door frame, a sliding door panel installed in the stationary door frame and movable between closed and open positions, and a handle assembly coupled to the sliding door panel. The handle assembly includes a handle spindle extending into a vertical stile of the sliding door panel, a cam coupled to the handle spindle within the vertical stile and movable between stowed and extended positions, and a handle coupled to the handle spindle and rotatable about a pivot axis extending through the handle spindle between first and second positions. Rotating the handle from the first position to the second position causes the cam to move from the stowed position to the extended position and into engagement with the stationary door frame, whereby the sliding door frame is forced away from the stationary door frame from the closed position to the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Arconic Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kyle A. McDaniel, Andrew C. Agliata, Scott J. Bowden, Katherine C. Freeseman, David C. Johnston, John Michael Mitchell, Clare K. Specht
  • Publication number: 20210357873
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program for verifying benefit information for an employer-provided benefit plan. A computer system verifies employee enrollments in the benefit plan. Verifying employee enrollments includes receiving an employee identifier in a first panel of a graphical user interface, identifying an employee associated with the employee identifier, identifying employee enrollments of the employee, and displaying the employee enrollments in the first panel. The computer system verifies plan benefits for the benefit plan. Verifying plan benefits includes receiving a plan identifier in a second panel of the graphical user interface, identifying the plan benefits based on the plan identifier, and displaying the plan benefits in the second panel. The computer system verifies plan membership.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11156195
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for adjustable fuel pressure module. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for regulating fuel pressure comprises a body configured to mate to a fuel filter housing, a spring seat assembly configured to seal an opening in the fuel filter housing according to a force applied by a pressure regulating spring acting on the spring seat assembly, and a pressure regulating spring adjusting assembly mounted to the body, configured to constrain an adjustable length of the pressure regulating spring, wherein the spring is constrained between the spring seat assembly and the pressure regulating spring adjusting assembly. A force exerted upon the spring seat assembly by the pressure regulating spring corresponds to a desirable fuel pressure. The spring seat assembly is configured to unseal the opening in the fuel filter housing responsive to a fuel pressure greater than the desirable fuel pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sinister Mfg. Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian George, Michael Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20210298962
    Abstract: Described herein is a feminine hygiene absorbent article, including: (A) an upper liquid-pervious layer, (B) a lower liquid-impervious layer, (C) a fluid-absorbent core between the layer (A) and the layer (B), including 5% to 50% by weight of water-absorbent polymer particles G and not more than 95% by weight of fibrous material, based on the sum of water-absorbent polymer particles G and fibrous material; (D) an optional acquisition-distribution layer between (A) and (C), (E) an optional tissue layer disposed immediately above and/or below (C); and (F) other optional components, where the water-absorbent polymer particles G are obtainable by agglomerating a blend of non-surface post-crosslinked fine water-absorbent polymer particles and surface post-crosslinked fine water-absorbent polymer particles, and drying, grinding, sieving and classifying the agglomerated water-absorbent polymer particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Hui Ge, Norbert Herfert, Mark Elliott, Michael Mitchell, Le LI, Gao Min Sun
  • Publication number: 20210290453
    Abstract: Described herein is a fluid-absorbent core including at least two layers, an upper layer and a lower layer, each layer including from 0 to 10% by weight fibrous material and from 90 to 100% by weight water-absorbent polymer particles, based on the sum of water-absorbent polymer particles and fibrous material, where within the upper layer (91) is a water absorbent mixture including at least 10% by weight of a first type of water-absorbent polymer particles, water-absorbent polymer particles G, with a vortex of less than 30 s and at least 50% by weight of a second type of water-absorbent polymer particles, water-absorbent polymer particles H, with a CRC of at least 25 g/g. Also described herein is a fluid-absorbent article including the fluid-absorbent core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Hui Ge, Norbert Herfert, Mark Elliott, Michael Mitchell, Li Guo Duan
  • Patent number: 11129026
    Abstract: The techniques provide a wireless communication carrier with the ability to efficiently add a device that is currently provisioned for a different carrier. Identification information is received for a mobile device to be switched from a first mobile network operator to a second mobile network operator. From a user interface executing on the mobile device, authorization is received to switch the mobile device. A token is generated that is usable to access unique identification data for an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) installed on the mobile device. Based in part on the tokens, subscription credentials are generated for accessing a mobile communications network operated by the second mobile network operator. Using the subscription credentials, the mobile device is provisioned to communicate on the mobile communications network operated by the second mobile network operator without further user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanakrai Chauhan, Kirby Thornton, Abigail Franco, Sarvesh Kaushal, Rohit Iyer, Michael Mitchell, Hamza Syed, Sheetal Guttigoli
  • Publication number: 20210269879
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods and compositions for assessing the suitability of a graft for transplantation or implantation by measuring total and/or specific cell-free nucleic acids (such as cf-DNA) and/or cell lysis. Specifically, the method comprising obtaining an amount of total cf DNA and/or graft-specific cfDNA released from a potential graft (e.g., ex vivo), e.g., prior to contacting of the potential graft with blood cells of a potential recipient, and/or subsequent to contacting of the potential graft or cells thereof with blood cells from a potential recipient, assessing the amount(s) to determine the suitability of the potential graft for transplantation or implantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: TAI Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Aoy Tomita Mitchell, Michael Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11085229
    Abstract: An assembly that is configured to form a seal with a bottom of a closed door panel includes a holder, a threshold cap, and a biasing member. The holder defines a pivot axis and is configured to releasably couple to a substrate of a threshold. The threshold cap includes a sealing wall and a joint portion. The sealing wall is configured to form a seal with the bottom of the closed door. The joint portion is engaged with the holder to pivotally support the threshold cap about the pivot axis. The biasing member biases the sealing wall away from the holder towards a raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Endura Products, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Mitchell, Tomasz Jaskiewicz
  • Patent number: 11075946
    Abstract: A Honeypot Adaptive Security (HAS) system is described that determines whether a pre-loaded partner or third-party (PP-TP) application executed on a client device has gained over-privileged access to confidential client or network (CCN) data, or over-privileged use of client account features or information provided by a telecommunications service provider. The HAS system is configured to retrieve client data associated with a PP-TP application executed on the client device, retrieve policy rules associated with the PP-TP application, generate a PP-TP application data model to determine a probability of the PP-TP application gaining over-privileged access to CCN data or over-privileged use of client account features on a client device. Responsive to the determined probability, the HAS system is configured to deploy a solution data package to the client device that resolves the instance of over-privileged access or over-privileged use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Myron, Samson Kwong, Michael Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20210139988
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods and compositions for assessing an amount of donor-specific fraction of cell-free DNA, such as from a subject. The methods and compositions provided herein can be used to determine risk of a condition, such as transplant organ injury (e.g., cellular injury), cellular rejection grade, antibody-mediated rejection, cardiac allograft vasculopathy, and/or cardiac arrest in a transplant subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
    Inventors: Aoy Tomita Mitchell, Michael Mitchell