Patents by Inventor Michael Rhodes

Michael Rhodes 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: 20210043750
    Abstract: A transistor includes a III-N channel layer; a III-N barrier layer on the III-N channel layer; a source contact and a drain contact, the source and drain contacts electrically coupled to the III-N channel layer; an insulator layer on the III-N barrier layer; a gate insulator partially on the insulator layer and partially on the III-N channel layer, the gate insulator including an amorphous Al1-xSixO layer with 0.2<x<0.8; and a gate electrode over the gate insulator, the gate electrode being positioned between the source and drain contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Carl Joseph Neufeld, Mo Wu, Toshihide Kikkawa, Umesh Mishra, Xiang Liu, David Michael Rhodes, John Kirk Gritters, Rakesh K. Lal
  • Publication number: 20210011808
    Abstract: One example method includes identifying a group of microservices that form respective portions of an application, capturing any relations among microservices in the group of microservices, generating one or more restore policies for the application, based on identified relations among the microservices in the group of microservices, and configuring one of the restore policies so that such restore policy specifies restoring, together, a microservice that was identified as a partial cause of a problem, and any other microservices that are dependent on that microservice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Luay Al-Alem, Antony Bett, Assaf Natanzon, Michael Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20200392571
    Abstract: Methods and systems for ordering assays which detect SNPs or gene expression are provided. The methods use PCR and RT-PCR procedures. Collections of stock assays are assembled using pre- and post-manufacturing quality control procedures and made available to consumers via the Internet. In addition, custom assays are prepared upon order from the consumer and these assays are also prepared using pre- and post-manufacturing quality control procedures. The assays are then delivered to the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan T. KOEHLER, Kenneth J. LIVAK, Junko STEVENS, Francisco M. DE LA VEGA, Michael RHODES, Laurent R. BELLON, Dawn MADDEN, Dennis A. GILBERT, Yu N. WANG, Eugene G. SPIER, Xiaoqing YOU, Lily XU, Jeremy HEIL, Emily S. WINN-DEEN, Ivy McMULLEN, Susan EDDINS, Leila G. SMITH
  • Patent number: 10853196
    Abstract: Systems and methods for discovering applications. An application may be discovered by determining a topology of the application in a containerized platform. Discovering the topology may include determining the components of the application and then determining relationships between the components. The relationships may include whether a component (e.g., a microservice) is user facing and may be based on traffic patterns between the components. The components or microservices may be prioritized or ranked based on the topology. The topology can be used when performing a data protection operation such as a restore operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Assaf Natanzon, Luay Al-Alem, Antony Bett, Michael Rhodes
  • Patent number: 10853180
    Abstract: One example method includes receiving an indication that an application has experienced a problem, where the application comprises a plurality of microservices, discovering that one of the microservices is a partial cause of the problem, identifying one or more connections among the microservices, where one or more of the connections indicates a dependency, or lack of dependency, among two or more microservices, and restoring the microservice that is a partial cause of the problem, and also restoring any other microservices that are dependent on that microservice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Luay Al-Alem, Antony Bett, Assaf Natanzon, Michael Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20200348991
    Abstract: Utilizing quick actions includes receiving user input via a user input module of an agent workspace, wherein the user input comprises an action input comprising an action command, and in response to receiving the user input, determining a secondary menu for the action command, wherein the secondary menu comprises a plurality of selectable parameters for the action command, and presenting the secondary menu in association with the user input module. Utilizing quick actions also includes detecting a selection of a parameter from the selectable parameters, and triggering an action based on the action command and the selected parameter, wherein the action is associated with a process for the agent workspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Scott Michael Rhodes, Srikanth Mallikarjuna, Andrew Thomas Roberts, Daniel Li-Shuan Wu
  • Patent number: 10689692
    Abstract: Methods and systems for ordering assays which detect SNPs or gene expression are provided. The methods use PCR and RT-PCR procedures. Collections of stock assays are assembled using pre- and post-manufacturing quality control procedures and made available to consumers via the Internet. In addition, custom assays are prepared upon order from the consumer and these assays are also prepared using pre- and post-manufacturing quality control procedures. The assays are then delivered to the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan T. Koehler, Kenneth J. Livak, Junko Stevens, Francisco M. De La Vega, Michael Rhodes, Laurent R. Bellon, Dawn Madden, Dennis A. Gilbert, Yu N. Wang, Eugene G. Spier, Xiaoqing You, Lily Xu, Jeremy Heil, Emily S. Winn-Deen, Ivy McMullen, Susan Eddins, Leila G. Smith
  • Patent number: 10670763
    Abstract: A sensor for determining soil properties is disclosed herein. The sensor includes a ground engaging structure adapted for coupling to an agricultural implement and to penetrate soil at a predetermined depth. An electrode assembly is disposed on a sensing surface of the ground engaging structure that includes a plurality of electrode sensing units. The plurality of electrode sensing units are configured to selectively generate a series of electric fields that project outwardly into the surrounding soil in response to receipt of an excitation signal and sense changes in the electric field corresponding to a change in a measured electrical output signal that is used to determine one or more soil properties during movement of the agricultural implement in a field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Rhodes, Kartheek Karna, Nikolai Tevs, Jeffrey S. Puhalla, Elijah B. Garner
  • Publication number: 20200151649
    Abstract: A computational instance may contain queues configured to hold work items. The work items may be representations of user submissions requesting actions from a plurality of agents. The computational instance may also contain computing devices configured to: (a) obtain a set of assignment rules that specify mappings between (i) respective selection criteria for the assignment rules, and (ii) one or more candidate agents from the plurality of agents that can be assigned to address the work items with content that match the respective selection criteria, (b) read, from the queues, a work item corresponding to a user submission, (c) iterate through the assignment rules according to an ordering until a particular assignment rule with associated selection criteria that matches content of the work item is found, and (d) assign the work item to a particular agent from the one or more candidate agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Ruoyu Wang, Scott Michael Rhodes, Tian Ye, Harish Kumar Balachandra Bellamane, Yong Liang, Prithvi Yoganand, Surabhi Seetharam
  • Publication number: 20200151650
    Abstract: An example system for advanced routing and assignment of work items includes a computing device within a computational instance disposed within a remote network management platform. The computing device obtains a set of work items. The set of work items includes work items generated from submissions received within a first predefined period or work items that have remained unaddressed for at least a second predefined period. The computing device identifies a first work item based on queue priority rules that organize the work items according to a quantity of time that each work item has remained unaddressed. For the first work item, the computing device identifies available agents capable of addressing work items within a first channel that includes the first work item and assigns the first work item to a particular agent who has not previously rejected the first work item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Scott Michael Rhodes, Andrew Thomas Roberts, Yong Liang, Prithvi Yoganand
  • Publication number: 20200133789
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing data protection operations in a containerized application. A sidecar application is associated with or attached to a main application. The sidecar application has access to the resources of the main application. Backup requests are handled by the sidecar so that the application, which may be stateful, can be placed in a consistent state prior to performing the backup operation. The backup operation is then performed on the consistent application or on the data that is quiesced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Assaf Natanzon, Luay Al-Alem, Antony Bett, Michael Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20200133795
    Abstract: One example method includes discovering an application topology, discovering relationships between microservices that are elements of the application topology, ranking the microservices, identifying one or more of the microservices as a persistency microservice, selecting one or more persistency microservices for backup, and defining a backup policy based on the microservice relationships, the microservice rankings, and the selected persistent microservices. A backup operation is then performed that includes backing up persistent data and/or persistent metadata generated and/or modified by one or more of the persistency microservices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Rhodes, Assaf Natanzon, Luay Al-Alem, Antony Bett
  • Publication number: 20200110667
    Abstract: One example method includes receiving an indication that an application has experienced a problem, where the application comprises a plurality of microservices, discovering that one of the microservices is a partial cause of the problem, identifying one or more connections among the microservices, where one or more of the connections indicates a dependency, or lack of dependency, among two or more microservices, and restoring the microservice that is a partial cause of the problem, and also restoring any other microservices that are dependent on that microservice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Luay Al-Alem, Antony Bett, Assaf Natanzon, Michael Rhodes
  • Patent number: 10604101
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus includes an inflator, which generates inflation gas, and an airbag, which is supplied with the inflation gas from the inflator. The airbag is arranged in the seat back of a front seat. The airbag includes a lower inflation portion and an upper inflation portion. The lower inflation portion is inflated by the inflation gas only inside the lower part of the seat back. The upper inflation portion is arranged inside the seat back and above the lower inflation portion. The upper inflation portion is inflated above the lower inflation portion by the inflation gas, breaks the covering, which constitutes the outer shell of the seat back, and is inflated outside the seat back through the broken part of the covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ning Zhang, Shiro Ohara, Aviral Shrivatri, Atsushi Kashio, Michael Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20200074363
    Abstract: An example system for dynamic agent management involving multiple queues is presented. The system may include a remote network management platform that manages a network by way of a computational instance. A first group and a second group of agents may be assigned to address work items in a first queue in the computational instance. The second group may also be assigned to address and prioritize work items in a second queue in the computational instance. A computing device within the computational instance may assign a work item originating from a client device in the managed network into the first queue according to routing rules. The assignment may cause a timer to record a duration that the work item is in the first queue. The computing device may assign one of the second group of agents to address the work item based on the duration exceeding a pre-determined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Victor Chung-Wai Chan, Scott Michael Rhodes, Prithvi Yoganand
  • Publication number: 20200042632
    Abstract: A containerized environment and application that are configured for component specific continuous replication and granular application level application. A key value store, which stores key values related to configuration data of the containerized application, is replicated continuously to a replicated key value store at a replica site. Persistent volumes may also be replicated to a replica site. The replication can be performed to multiple replica sites in an application specific manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Assaf Natanzon, Luay Al-Alem, Antony Bett, Michael Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20200042406
    Abstract: Systems and methods for discovering applications. An application may be discovered by determining a topology of the application in a containerized platform. Discovering the topology may include determining the components of the application and then determining relationships between the components. The relationships may include whether a component (e.g., a microservice) is user facing and may be based on traffic patterns between the components. The components or microservices may be prioritized or ranked based on the topology. The topology can be used when performing a data protection operation such as a restore operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Assaf Natanzon, Luay Al-Alem, Antony Bett, Michael Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20200019471
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing data protection operation on an application in a manner that is integrated with the environment of the application being protected. A dynamic policy is associated with the data protection application so that a data protection operation can be performed whenever the policy is triggered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Assaf Natanzon, Michael Rhodes, Antony Bett, Luay Al-Alem
  • Publication number: 20190376920
    Abstract: A sensing system for obtaining a gradient of soil properties in real-time as a function of soil depth is disclosed herein. The sensing system includes a support structure coupled to an agricultural implement and which is rotatable about a rotational axis relative to a frame of the agricultural implement. A sensor is arranged on a surface of the support structure and configured to generate an output signal indicative of the measured soil property based on a sensed a capacitance change corresponding to a change in a dielectric property of a measured soil sample with which the sensor interacts. A measuring unit is coupled to the at least one sensor and processes the output signal generated by the at least one sensor to generate a gradient profile of the soil properties in real-time as a function of one or more depths for display on a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Puhalla, Michael Rhodes, Nikolai Tevs, Kartheek Karna, Noel W. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20190351858
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus includes an inflator, which generates inflation gas, and an airbag, which is supplied with the inflation gas from the inflator. The airbag is arranged in the seat back of a front seat. The airbag includes a lower inflation portion and an upper inflation portion. The lower inflation portion is inflated by the inflation gas only inside the lower part of the seat back. The upper inflation portion is arranged inside the seat back and above the lower inflation portion. The upper inflation portion is inflated above the lower inflation portion by the inflation gas, breaks the covering, which constitutes the outer shell of the seat back, and is inflated outside the seat back through the broken part of the covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Ning ZHANG, Shiro OHARA, Aviral SHRIVATRI, Atsushi KASHIO, Michael RHODES