Patents by Inventor Michael Theodore

Michael Theodore 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: 20240139590
    Abstract: A high characteristic time golf club incorporating a shaft connection system socket extending from the bottom portion of the golf club head into the interior of the outer shell toward the top portion of the club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Scott Burnett, Alexander Theodore Berger, Justin Honea
  • Publication number: 20240100717
    Abstract: Inspection robots with removeable interface plates and method for configuring payload interfaces are described. An example robot may include a payload, with at least one sensor, mounted to a housing of the inspection robot. The housing may include a removeable interface plate coupled to the at least one sensor and to an electronic board, the electronic board positioned within the housing. The removeable interface plate may define an electrical coupling interface compatible with the payload, and the electronic board may include an electrical processing configuration compatible with the payload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Edward A. Bryner, Dillon R. Jourde, Edwin H. Cho, Mark Cho, Michael A. Binger, Katherine Virginia Denner, Michael Stephen Auda, Kevin Y. Low, Samuel Theodore Westenberg, Alexander R. Cuti, Ignacio J. Cordova, Francesco H. Trogu
  • Patent number: 11921096
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to breath analysis system. In an embodiment, a gas measurement device is included having a housing defining an interior volume. The housing can include a fluid ingress port, a fluid egress port, a bottom wall, and a circuit board disposed within the interior volume. The circuit board can include a first side and a second side, where the first side of the circuit board faces inward toward the interior volume. The circuit board can include a plurality of gas sensors disposed on the first side of the circuit board and a plurality of conductive pads disposed on the second side of the circuit board, wherein a plurality of electrical contacts contact the conductive pads when the circuit board is seated within the housing. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Gregory J. Sherwood, Justin Theodore Nelson, Raia Colette Finc, Michael J. Lyden, John M. Darst, Michael Mathias Freking
  • Patent number: 11263669
    Abstract: Header bidding systems and methods increase a number of advertisers that can place bids for an advertising impression while maintaining low latency in loading of the webpage. The systems and methods utilize a specialized control wrapper in the header to manage one or more additional wrappers so as to allow for simultaneous bid collection from multiple groups of advertisers, one group per wrapper, without experiencing the traditional increase in latency of page loading as the number of entities bidding on an impression increases. Each wrapper contains information relating to a separate subset of advertisers from which to receive bids for the advertising impression. The control wrapper, as part of the header of the webpage, controls synchronization and timing of the separate bid processes controlled by the various wrappers to ensure that latency issues are avoided while the number of bids received is increased and revenue maximized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: AdMetricsPro IP LLC
    Inventor: George Michael Theodore
  • Publication number: 20210367903
    Abstract: A packet forwarding network may include switches that forward network packets between end hosts. A monitoring network may be coupled to the forwarding network. A controller may control switches in the monitoring network to forward network packets tapped from the forwarding network to network flow information generation circuitry. The controller may provide configuration information such as record description information to the network flow information generation circuitry. Based on the configuration information, the network flow information generation circuitry may dynamically generate instructions that generate network flow information records. A set of network flow information records may be stored in a repository at the network flow information generation circuitry. The repository may include hash values associated with each of the stored network flow information records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Theodore Stolarchuk, Sandip K. Shah
  • Publication number: 20210308161
    Abstract: Proton mopping is a new anti-cancer therapeutic approach that disrupts cancer's immunologic balance. It results in the alteration of the pHi/pHe ratio (intracellular-extracellular) of the cancer cell, leading cancer to either normalcy or apoptosis. This technology deploys a chemical compound that has two parts, a glucose part to guide the molecule to the cancer site and a proton neutralizer to mop up the protons. Proof of the validity of this therapeutic approach came after using an existing chemical compound 2-[2(2-Aminoethoxy)ethoxy]ethyl a-D-mannopyranoside, C12H25NO8, which has the above mentioned properties. This compound is of the class of functionalized PEGylated glycosides, which are ligands for conjugation to biological molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Theodore Lytinas
  • Publication number: 20210312508
    Abstract: Video header bidding systems and methods increase a number of advertisers that can place bids for an advertising impression while maintaining low latency in loading of the video. The systems and methods utilize a specialized control wrapper in the video header to manage one or more additional wrappers so as to allow for simultaneous bid collection from multiple groups of advertisers, one group per wrapper, without experiencing the traditional increase in latency of video ad loading as the number of entities bidding on an impression increases. Each wrapper contains information relating to a separate subset of advertisers from which to receive bids for the advertising impression. The control wrapper, as part of the video header, controls synchronization and timing of the separate bid processes controlled by the various wrappers to ensure that latency issues are avoided while the number of bids received is increased and revenue maximized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: George Michael Theodore
  • Patent number: 11115346
    Abstract: A packet forwarding network may include switches that forward network packets between end hosts. A monitoring network may be coupled to the forwarding network. A controller may control switches in the monitoring network to forward network packets tapped from the forwarding network to network flow information generation circuitry. The controller may provide configuration information such as record description information to the network flow information generation circuitry. Based on the configuration information, the network flow information generation circuitry may dynamically generate instructions that generate network flow information records. A set of network flow information records may be stored in a repository at the network flow information generation circuitry. The repository may include hash values associated with each of the stored network flow information records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Big Switch Networks LLC
    Inventors: Michael Theodore Stolarchuk, Sandip K. Shah
  • Patent number: 10970933
    Abstract: A system for embedding or attaching to one or more attributes to a graphical object may is disclosed. The system includes a user device configured to obtain a graphical object. The graphical object includes at least one of an image or a geolocation. The system also includes a server communicatively coupled to the user device. The server includes a marker subsystem configured to create at least one marker on the graphical object. The server also includes an embedding subsystem configured to embed one or more attributes in the graphical object. The one or more attributes includes a video, an augmented reality video, a 3-dimensional content, a hyperlink or a text. The server further includes a queue manager configured to process and upload the embedded graphical object. The server further includes an alert subsystem configured to generate a notification upon uploading of the embedded graphical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Rene Rodriguez, George Michael Theodore, Rodrigo Moya
  • Patent number: 10943258
    Abstract: Header bidding systems and methods increase a number of advertisers that can place bids for an advertising impression while maintaining low latency in loading of the webpage, while still permitting control for reporting and review of inappropriate advertising content. Even though advertising content may be received from a plurality of disparate advertising sources, information identifying the source of each advertisement is maintained such that when an advertisement is reported as inappropriate, information regarding the advertisement and the source of the advertisement is gathered and delivered to a review system, such that when advertisements are in fact deemed inappropriate, the correct advertiser can be notified and future display of the inappropriate advertisement blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: AdMetricsPro IP LLC
    Inventor: George Michael Theodore
  • Patent number: 10927691
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a seal strip assembly for a sealing strip slot to reduce air leakage between gas turbine nozzle segments. The seal strip assembly includes a bimetal element and a backing plate. The bimetal element includes a first layer with a first thermal coefficient of thermal expansion and a second layer with a second coefficient of thermal expansion. The second coefficient of thermal expansion is lower than the first coefficient of thermal expansion allowing the bimetal element to expand with an increase in surrounding temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott L. Stafford, Michael Theodore Austin, Matthew Novaresi, James Maleski, John Francis Lorentzen, Manuel Iribe-Moreno, Garrett Prins, Keith Levon Harrell
  • Patent number: 10929893
    Abstract: Website publishers maximize revenue by refreshing advertisements displayed on webpages from time to time, while ensuring that only advertisements that are sufficiently visible to the consumer are refreshed. Advertisers are guaranteed that their advertisements are sufficiently visible, and are more willing to bid for placement of refreshed advertisements. A webpage is provided with an advertisement. Time that has passed since the webpage was provided is measured, but before the time that has passed since the webpage was provided has equaled or exceeded a time period at which to refresh the advertisement, it is detected that the advertisement is either not visible or is insufficiently visible on a browser providing the webpage. Accordingly, measurement of the time that has passed since the webpage was provided is suspended, such that the advertisement is not refreshed while the advertisement is either not visible or is insufficiently visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: AdMetricsPro IP LLC
    Inventor: George Michael Theodore
  • Publication number: 20210039856
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for vacuum forming a beverage carrier yoke are described. The yoke comprises a number (e.g., four or six) collars interconnected by a web, and each collar exhibits dimensions—including a nominal diameter and a substantially uniform thickness—selected to improve strength and increase comfort. The yoke is produced using a slurry comprising a moisture barrier and a fiber base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yoke Dou Chung, Brandon Michael Moore, Yiyun Zhang, Michael Theodore Lembeck
  • Publication number: 20200375270
    Abstract: Active fabrics can be created by combining active and passive materials. Active materials with shape memory or other actuation characteristics can generate compression or dynamic fit, and the level of compression and/or change in fit can be determined by setting a knit index, wire diameter, and garment ease, or fit in relation to the body. Maximum compression can be set not only by varying physical properties of the knit structure but by built-in circuit breaking technologies, or by segmentation and control of the garment by a controller. In some embodiments, additive manufacturing can be combined with traditional textile equipment (e.g., circular knitting machine). Uniquely functional or active textiles can be made from additively manufactured, heterogeneous filaments. Yarn-like filament with varying properties (such as elasticity, stiffness, conductivity, activation, or surface properties) can be additively manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Bradley Thomas HOLSCHUH, Lucy Elizabeth DUNNE, Rachael GRANBERRY, Kevin ESCHEN, Julianna ABEL, Nicole CIAVARELLA, Robert Michael Theodore PETTYS-BAKER, Nicholas Edward SCHLEIF, Mary Ellen Margaret BERGLUND, Joonwoo Walter LEE, Sophia Victoria VANDYCKE
  • Publication number: 20200300110
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a seal strip assembly for a sealing strip slot to reduce air leakage between gas turbine nozzle segments. The seal strip assembly includes a bimetal element and a backing plate. The bimetal element includes a first layer with a first thermal coefficient of thermal expansion and a second layer with a second coefficient of thermal expansion. The second coefficient of thermal expansion is lower than the first coefficient of thermal expansion allowing the bimetal element to expand with an increase in surrounding temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott L. Stafford, Michael Theodore Austin, Matthew Novaresi, James Maleski, John Francis Lorentzen, Manuel Iribe-Moreno, Garrett Prins, Keith Levon Harrell
  • Patent number: 10683611
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for fabricating a molded fiber part are described. A system for forming a molded fiber container includes a first plate configured to receive a molded fiber part having a moisture content, and a second plate configured to compress the part against the first plate, wherein at least one of the first and second plates includes a die cutting blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Footprint International, LLC
    Inventors: Yoke Dou Chung, Michael Theodore Lembeck
  • Publication number: 20200099630
    Abstract: A packet forwarding network may include switches that forward network packets between end hosts. A monitoring network may be coupled to the forwarding network. A controller may control switches in the monitoring network to forward network packets tapped from the forwarding network to network flow information generation circuitry. The controller may provide configuration information such as record description information to the network flow information generation circuitry. Based on the configuration information, the network flow information generation circuitry may dynamically generate instructions that generate network flow information records. A set of network flow information records may be stored in a repository at the network flow information generation circuitry. The repository may include hash values associated with each of the stored network flow information records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Theodore Stolarchuk, Sandip K. Shah
  • Publication number: 20200092974
    Abstract: A wireless lighting control system includes a remote server system connected to a wide area network and having software for configuring, monitoring, and controlling lighting fixtures at an installation site. The site includes wireless devices in communication with a gateway via a local wireless network and at least some of the wireless devices are configured for scheduled automation associations, for example, to control one or more lighting fixtures depending on the state of one or more wireless devices having sensors or user interface elements. The associations can activate specific lighting effects, such as power, dimming, and scene control and also are dependent on selected scheduling events such as one or more of a time of day, day of week, and time delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Theodore Case-Hayes, Jason Lawrence Oliver
  • Publication number: 20200074731
    Abstract: A system for embedding or attaching to one or more attributes to a graphical object may is disclosed. The system includes a user device configured to obtain a graphical object. The graphical object includes at least one of an image or a geolocation. The system also includes a server communicatively coupled to the user device. The server includes a marker subsystem configured to create at least one marker on the graphical object. The server also includes an embedding subsystem configured to embed one or more attributes in the graphical object. The one or more attributes includes a video, an augmented reality video, a 3-dimensional content, a hyperlink or a text. The server further includes a queue manager configured to process and upload the embedded graphical object. The server further includes an alert subsystem configured to generate a notification upon uploading of the embedded graphical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Rene Rodriguez, George Michael Theodore, Rodrigo Moya
  • Publication number: 20200026869
    Abstract: A system for identification of attributes in a graphical object is disclosed. The system includes a scanning module configured to enable a user to scan an object to generate a graphical object. The system further includes an identification module configured to identify one or more attributes hidden in the graphical object. The one or more attributes includes a face or a quick response (QR) code. The identification module is also configured to search a database to find one or more attributes identical to one or more attributes visible in the graphical object. The system further includes a processing module configured to center the graphical object in the view of the user when a marker is identified or center the graphical object in the view of the user and send a query to a server when the one or more attributes are identified in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Rene Rodriguez, George Michael Theodore, Rodrigo Moya