Patents by Inventor Michel Alvarez

Michel Alvarez 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: 20250098887
    Abstract: The present utility model relates to a mailbox with an integrated QR code and applies to letterboxes, complaint and suggestion boxes, mail systems, complaint and suggestion systems, and continuous improvement systems The combination of two elements, a traditional mailbox and a QR code, creates a new generation of mailboxes that, while not capable of receiving physical paper, enable people to link to digital platforms by creating specific communication links and to use the options provided by technology and mobile devices to effectively and efficiently process data in real time. This takes place when the QR code is read with a mobile device, enabling access to a digital platform linked to the mailbox and on which it is possible to send messages, comments, complaints and suggestions, as well as attach files, audio files, videos, photographs, or any other multimedia element. At the same time, the emotional closeness evoked by traditional mailboxes is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Acoyani Garrido Sandoval, Santiago Daniel Michel Alvarez
  • Publication number: 20250080640
    Abstract: Various arrangements are presented for performing a hierarchical application launch of an application. A requests to register one or more smart home devices can be received in association with a user account. The smart home devices can be mapped to the user account based on receiving the requests. An application that is mapped to the user account may be launched; the application can analyze the one or more smart home devices registered to the user account and a user interface hierarchy. Based on analyzing the one or more smart home devices registered to the user account and the user interface hierarchy, an initial launch interface can be selected and output for presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Noel Billig, Rachel Been, Sameer Bansal, Michelle Alvarez, Clarke Harris, Christopher Conover
  • Publication number: 20240124921
    Abstract: Detecting analytes using proximity-induced tagmentation, strand invasion, restriction, or ligation is provided herein. In some examples, detecting an analyte includes coupling a donor recognition probe to a first portion of the analyte. The donor recognition probe includes a first recognition element specific to the first portion of the analyte, a first oligonucleotide corresponding to the first portion, and a transposase coupled to the first recognition element and the first oligonucleotide. An acceptor recognition probe is coupled to a second portion of the analyte. The acceptor recognition probe includes a second recognition element specific to the second portion of the analyte and a second oligonucleotide coupled to the second recognition element and corresponding to the second portion. The transposase is used to generate a reporter polynucleotide including the first and second oligonucleotides. The analyte is detected based on the reporter including comprising the first and second oligonucleotides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew KENNEDY, Sarah SHULTZABERGER, Kayla BUSBY, Colin BROWN, Andrew PRICE, Eric VERMAAS, Rigoberto PANTOJA, Matthew Feeley, Jennifer ZOU, Yong LI, Sepideh ALMASI, Anindita DUTTA, Michelle ALVAREZ
  • Patent number: 11332287
    Abstract: A reusable beverage container that includes a vessel having an upper end defining an upper opening and that is configured to store a beverage. The reusable beverage container further includes a cap that is removably securable to the upper end of the vessel, and the cap is configured to receive and completely enclose a beverage-ingredient cartridge. The cap of the reusable beverage container includes a lower shell defining a lower opening, an upper shell removably securable to the lower shell, and a cartridge opener extending from the lower shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Hernan Marina, Michel Alvarez
  • Publication number: 20210169682
    Abstract: A therapy system in which one or more eye patches are used to apply thermal energy to meibomian glands of an eye of a user to improve the release of meibum. The system comprises includes a headband which is worn by a user and in which a control unit is provided. At least one eye patch is provided which is connectable to the control unit. Each eye patch includes an outer area, an inner area with a flexible heating element located in the inner area. Electrical connections are used to connect the flexible heating element to the control unit to provide at least heat therapy to at least the meibomian gland in the eyelids. A charging unit is provided for recharging a rechargeable battery in the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: ALVALUX MEDICAL
    Inventors: Michel Alvarez, Nicolas Andre
  • Patent number: 10953240
    Abstract: Ocular devices are provided for placement in the upper fornix of the eye and having a body that encompasses a low-level light source, an energy source, a microcontroller, and an antenna for delivering a programmable, fade in-out, light therapy regimen to treat neurological and ophthalmic diseases and disorders. In one embodiment the ocular device delivers a programmable green light therapy to reduce elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) and retinal hypoxia during the nocturnal period, that is, when these risk factors are at their highest level especially in glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: ALVALUX MEDICAL
    Inventors: Michel Alvarez, Denis Flandre
  • Patent number: 10953238
    Abstract: This invention provides for a dermal repair system including a dermal repair device which is configured to be placed on the skin of a user. The dermal repair device is in the form of a removable silicone sheet which can be securely fixed in place and re-used after cleaning etc. The silicone sheet includes sheet sections and a housing section into which a rechargeable control unit can removably be inserted. Waveguides in the form of a dimple teardrop pattern are provided for directing radiation or light to distal ends of the sheet. The control unit includes a low-level radiation or light source from which radiation or light is directed along the sheet for a therapy regimen to treat closed wounds and scars, such as, C-section and breast surgery closed wounds and scars to improve healing and scar appearance. The system further comprises a recharging station configured for recharging the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: ALVALUX MEDICAL
    Inventors: Michel Alvarez, Denis Flandre
  • Publication number: 20210031992
    Abstract: A reusable beverage container that includes a vessel having an upper end defining an upper opening and that is configured to store a beverage. The reusable beverage container further includes a cap that is removably securable to the upper end of the vessel, and the cap is configured to receive and completely enclose a beverage-ingredient cartridge. The cap of the reusable beverage container includes a lower shell defining a lower opening, an upper shell removably securable to the lower shell, and a cartridge opener extending from the lower shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Carlos Hernan MARINA, Michel ALVAREZ
  • Publication number: 20200385192
    Abstract: A beverage-ingredient cartridge for storing one or more beverage ingredients. A beverage-ingredient cartridge includes a first container for storing a first beverage ingredient and having a neck defining an opening at an upper end of the first container. The beverage-ingredient cartridge further includes a second container for storing a second beverage ingredient and having a body removably secured to the neck of the first container by an interference fit so as to cover and seal the opening of the first container, and a lid removably secured to the neck of the first container by an interference fit. The lid is positioned above and is in contact with the body such that the body and lid define an interior volume of the second container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Carlos Hernan MARINA, Renee HAMAOUI, Carlos Enrique Magana ROMERO, Jose Arnaldo Cotto RODRIGUEZ, Michel ALVAREZ
  • Patent number: D854031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Michelle Alvarez, Megan Anderson, Rachel Been, Jonas Alon Naimark
  • Patent number: D872749
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jefferson Cheng, Zachary Gibson, Michelle Alvarez
  • Patent number: D879114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Michelle Alvarez, Zachary Gibson, Rachel Been, Viktor Persson
  • Patent number: D885412
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Michelle Alvarez, David Chiu, Jonas Alon Naimark, Rachel Been
  • Patent number: D912515
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: PepsiCo Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Alvarez, Carlos Hernan Marina
  • Patent number: D955880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Alvarez, Carlos Hernan Marina
  • Patent number: D1022568
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Alvarez, Xavier Cortadellas, Sean Joseph Huls, William Owen Stock, Matthew K. Lider, Yang Ouyang, David Robert Schlesinger, Joshua Stough, Sarah White
  • Patent number: D1024780
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Alvarez, Carlos Hernan Marina
  • Patent number: D1036912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Alvarez, Stephen Lim, Klaus Rosburg, Ali Akay, Gustavo De Souza Messias
  • Patent number: D1054256
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Alvarez, Xavier Cortadellas, Sean Joseph Huls, William Owen Stock, Matthew K. Lider, Yang Ouyang, David Robert Schlesinger, Joshua Stough, Sarah White
  • Patent number: D1059113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Alvarez, Xavier Cortadellas, Sean Joseph Huls, William Owen Stock, Matthew K. Lider, Yang Ouyang, David Robert Schlesinger, Joshua Stough, Sarah White