Patents by Inventor Michael Phillips

Michael Phillips 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).

  • PHOTORECEPTOR SCAFFOLD FOR IN VITRO MODELING AND TRANSPLANTATION THERAPY
    Publication number: 20170226459
    Abstract: Photoreceptor scaffolds and scaffold systems including the photoreceptor scaffolds are described herein. The scaffolds and scaffold systems can be used for transplantation of organized photoreceptor tissue, with or without RPE, which may improve grafted cell survival, integration, and functional visual rescue. Particularly, the photoreceptor scaffold is structured from a biocompatible film, patterned with an array of unique through-holes having a curvilinear cell receiver and at least one cell guide channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Zhenqiang Ma, Yei Hwan Jung, Michael Phillips, David Gamm, Shaoqin Gong
  • Carrier with adjustable heat removal elements
    Patent number: 9720461
    Abstract: A system for removing heat from a computing device includes a carrier and one or more heat removal elements. The carrier includes a carrier surface having a carrier surface pattern. The carrier surface pattern includes coupling portions. The coupling portions of the carrier surface pattern selectively couple, at different locations on the pattern, the heat removal elements to the carrier. The heat removal elements conduct heat from heat producing components of the computing device to the carrier. The carrier conducts heat away from the heat removal elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Phillip Czamara, Osvaldo P. Morales
  • Maize inbred PH2F0J
    Patent number: 9706733
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH2F0J and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2F0J with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2F0J through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2F0J or a locus conversion of PH2F0J with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Phillip Jines, Leah Viesselmann Stirling
  • Bulkhead assemblies for air conditioner units
    Patent number: 9702570
    Abstract: Air conditioner units and bulkhead assemblies for air conditioner units are provided. A bulkhead assembly includes a bulkhead which includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall spaced apart from the first sidewall along a lateral direction, and a rear wall extending laterally between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The rear wall includes an indoor facing surface and an opposing outdoor facing surface. The bulkhead assembly further includes a vent aperture defined in the rear wall, and a vent unit. The vent unit includes a frame, a door, and a hinge rotatably connecting the door to the frame. The frame is positioned on one of the indoor facing surface or the outdoor facing surface and defines a frame aperture generally aligned with the vent aperture. The door is rotatable between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Michael Phillips, Wilbur Carl Bewley, Jr.
  • Maize hybrid X13F360
    Patent number: 9699994
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13F360 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13F360 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13F360 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13F360, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13F360. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13F360.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer Ann Tarter, Charles Thomas Cunnyngham, Randall Newton Holley, Nicholas Adam Crowley, Daniel Joseph Pohl, Michael Phillip Jines, Terry R Colbert, Joseph D Anderson
  • Sliding - Locking Below Liquid Manway Door
    Publication number: 20170190507
    Abstract: A manway gate assembly couples to a tank and provides a liquid tight seal. The manway gate assembly includes a gate selectively slideable in a first linear direction between an open position, a closed position, and/or an intermediate position between the open position and the closed position. The manway gate assembly includes one or more locking members arranged adjacent to the gate and moveable between a locked position and an un-locked position. When in the locked position, the one or more locking members apply a biasing force to the gate in a second linear direction perpendicular to the first linear direction to seal the gate to the tank and provide a liquid tight seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Nathan Hayes Owen, Michael Phillip Blessing, Thomas Raymond Rodgers
  • ULTRA-CLEAN BAG OR BALLOON FOR COLLECTION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN BREATH OR AIR
    Publication number: 20170188887
    Abstract: A device and method is described for the collection of breath or air samples into a chemically clean bag or balloon, to facilitate analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in low concentrations in the collected samples. A reservoir of activated charcoal is introduced into the bag or balloon for initial removal of VOCs and it is then replaced with a similar reservoir of activated charcoal until the bag or balloon is employed to collect a sample. The device fulfills a long-felt need for collection of breath and air samples with a high VOC signal-to-noise ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventor: Michael PHILLIPS
  • Maize hybrid X08H743
    Patent number: 9693523
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08H743 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08H743 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08H743 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08H743, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08H743. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08H743.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Mario Rosario Carlone, Jr., Russell Fox, Elliot Lee Heffner, Gary Edward Henke, Michael Phillip Jines, Sara Jane Lira, Wade Eugene Odland, Luis A Verde Chifflet
  • Maize hybrid X18F970
    Patent number: 9661812
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X18F970 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X18F970 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18F970 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X18F970, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18F970. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18F970.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer Ann Tarter, Charles Thomas Cunnyngham, Randall Newton Holley, Nicholas Adam Crowley, Daniel Joseph Pohl, Michael Phillip Jines, Terry R Colbert, Daniel Preston Gorman, Joseph D Anderson
  • FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING TARGETING MODELS
    Publication number: 20170140416
    Abstract: An online system predicts, using a first targeting model, a first group of users as candidates to be in a targeting cluster, and predicts, using a second targeting model, a second group of users as candidates to be in the targeting cluster. The online system determines a first set of users that are not part of the first group of users, and a second set of users that are not part of the second group of users, and provides surveys to the first and second set of users. The online system determines a first subgroup of the first group of users and a second subgroup of the second group of users, and provides an ad preferences tool to the first subgroup and the second subgroup. The online system scores the first and second targeting models based in part on responses to the surveys and/or the ad preferences tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Xingyao Ye, David Townsend Martin, Michael Phillip Salem, Yi Wu, Jie Xiong, Mark Teng Xia
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF BIOMARKERS IN BREATH AND METHODS OF USNG SAME FOR PREDICTION OF LUNG CANCER
    Publication number: 20170127976
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for identifying biomarkers and generating an output indicative of disease. The method for identifying biomarkers comprises the steps of collecting a breath sample from subjects known to have a disease and subjects known to be free of the disease; analyzing the collected breath samples to determine all mass ions in each of the collected breath samples using at least one time-resolved separation technique and at least one mass-resolved separation technique; identifying a subset of the determined mass ions in a processor as the biomarkers for detecting the disease, the subset of the determined mass ions are statistically significant for detecting the disease; and combining the subset of the determined mass ions in a multivariate algorithm in the processor to generate a value of a discriminant function indicating the likelihood that the subject has the disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Michael PHILLIPS
  • Sliding-locking below liquid manway door
    Patent number: 9637307
    Abstract: A manway gate assembly couples to a tank and provides a liquid tight seal. The manway gate assembly includes a gate selectively slideable in a first linear direction between an open position, a closed position, and/or an intermediate position between the open position and the closed position. The manway gate assembly includes one or more locking members arranged adjacent to the gate and moveable between a locked position and an un-locked position. When in the locked position, the one or more locking members apply a biasing force to the gate in a second linear direction perpendicular to the first linear direction to seal the gate to the tank and provide a liquid tight seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Spokane Industries
    Inventors: Nathan Hayes Owen, Michael Phillip Blessing, Thomas Raymond Rodgers
  • Generating and Using Estimated Asset Monetary Values and Estimated Macroeconomic Measure Data Values
    Publication number: 20170103433
    Abstract: Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for estimating the value of a macroeconomic measure, e.g., by: (a) generating a mapping from a first set of data values for macroeconomic variables to monetary values for a second set of assets based on historical data values for the macroeconomic variables and historical monetary values of the assets; generating estimates of the monetary values of the assets by inputting data values for macroeconomic variables into the mapping; and generating an estimate of a data value for at least one of the macroeconomic variables using the mapping and known monetary values for the assets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: C4CAST.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Gordon Michael Phillips, James Tzeh-min Chong, Demosthenes A. Halcoussis, William Palmer Jennings
  • SASH GARNISH PRESS SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20170088207
    Abstract: A sash garnish press for affixing a door garnish that includes an adhesive to a vertical sash of a vehicle door is disclosed. The sash garnish press includes a press head and a support head that are positioned on opposite sides of a vertical sash and door garnish of a vehicle door. The press head includes at least one compression actuator that applies compression to the door garnish, thereby compressing the adhesive between the door garnish and the vertical sash, resulting in the attachment of the door garnish to the vertical sash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Jack D. Lay, Ian William Meathrel, Michael Phillip Schnee
  • COOLING SYSTEM WITH DESICCANT DEHUMIDIFICATION
    Publication number: 20170094841
    Abstract: A system for removing heat from electrical systems includes a dehumidification device including a desiccant, an evaporative cooling device, air moving devices, and an air flow control devices. The air moving device moves air through the dehumidification device, the evaporative cooling device, and the electrical systems. The air flow control device controls a rate of flow through the dehumidification device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Chadwick Towner, John William Eichelberg, Michael Phillip Czamara, Osvaldo P. Morales
  • PACKAGED TERMINAL AIR CONDITIONER UNIT
    Publication number: 20170082303
    Abstract: A packaged terminal air conditioner unit includes a bulkhead positioned between an interior coil and an exterior coil within a casing. A vent assembly of the packaged terminal air conditioner unit includes a base received within an opening of the bulkhead. The bulkhead is positioned between a plurality of projections and a frame of the vent assembly. A door of the vent assembly is pivotally mounted to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Michael Phillips, Wilbur Carl Bewley, JR.
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A CLINICAL PRESENTATION RELATED TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DIVERSION
    Publication number: 20170083681
    Abstract: Methods and systems of predicting abuse or diversion of one or more controlled substances are described. In an embodiment, a method may include identifying a potential abuser or diverter. The method may also include accessing one or more databases containing abuser or diverter data. Additionally, the method may include comparing said abuser or diverter data with data of abuse or diverter indicators. Further, the method may include assigning an abuse or diversion likelihood score to the potential abuser or diverter. Also, the method may include generating a graphical representation of the data obtained from the data source to provide information necessary to effectively evaluate a need for further prescriptions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Phillip Sprintz, Ian M. Williamson
  • LOW SULFUR BIODIESEL COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MAKING
    Publication number: 20170066984
    Abstract: The invention provides fatty acid methyl ester fuel compositions and methods of making same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Phillip Doyle, Roxby Hartley, Leland Doyle, William L. Selden, JR., Andrew Meissner
  • Outdoor cooker with a heat management plate
    Patent number: 9585518
    Abstract: A cooker includes a cooking chamber having a first end and a second opposite end. A firepot is located at the bottom of the cooking chamber near the first end. The firepot receives and burns fuel to heat the cooking chamber. An exhaust stack is mounted near the second end of the cooking chamber. A heat management plate divides the cooking chamber into a lower fire pit portion and an upper cooking portion. The heat plate has an array of hot gas convection openings that extend between a first location which is spaced away from the firewall and a second location that is adjacent to the stack wall. The open area presented by the openings increases between the first location and the second location. An optional adjustable gate may also be present in the heat management plate between the firewall and the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: YODER SMOKERS, INC.
    Inventor: Joseph Michael Phillips
  • Energy capture from electrical power distribution lines
    Patent number: 9562519
    Abstract: An energy capture system includes a transducer element and an energy storage device. The transducer element moves in response to current in one or more conductors in a set of electrical power lines. The energy storage device accumulates mechanical energy from movement of the transducer element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brock Robert Gardner, Michael Phillip Czamara