Patents by Inventor Mohammad AKRAM

Mohammad AKRAM 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: 20250118109
    Abstract: The present disclosure relate to highlighting audience members with reactions to a presenter of an online meeting. Unlike physical, fact-to-face meeting that enables spontaneous interactions among the presenter and the audiences that are collocated with the presenter, presenting materials during an online meeting raises an issue of the present not being able to see real-time reactions or feedback by the audience members. The present disclosure addresses the issue by dynamically determining one or more audience members who indicate reactions during the online meeting or presentation and displaying faces of the one or more audience members under spotlight to the presenter. The presenter sees faces of the audience members with reactions during the online presentation and responds to the audience members and keep the audience engaged. The spotlight audience server analyzes video frames and determines types of reactions of the audience members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Javier HERNANDEZ RIVERA, Daniel J. MCDUFF, Jin A. SUH, Kael R. ROWAN, Mary P. CZERWINSKI, Prasanth MURALI, Mohammad AKRAM
  • Publication number: 20250109285
    Abstract: A system and a method for producing a surface devulcanized crumb rubber from vulcanized crumb rubber. The method comprising applying a dose of microwave energy to micronized vulcanized crumb rubber sufficient to sever sulfidic cross-links in the surface of the micronized vulcanized rubber crumb to produce a devulcanized crumb rubber. In aspects, the method relates to a method for producing an end-of-life tire compound from vulcanized crumb rubber comprising obtaining a surface devulcanized crumb rubber; mixing the surface devulcanized crumb rubber with a plastic polymer and/or an oil to form a devulcanized rubber mixture; and extruding the mixture through an extruder to produce the end-of-life tire compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Charles AL RACHID, Mohammad Akram HASHIM, Abbas JABBER, Abdallah Roger NASSIF
  • Patent number: 12241474
    Abstract: A compressor including a housing, a shaft configured to be rotated relative to the housing to compress a refrigerant, a motor configured to drive the shaft, a lubrication system configured to supply lubricant to the compressor, and a bearing configured to support the shaft. The shaft includes a wear-resistant sleeve-like treatment on at least a portion of an outer surface of the shaft adjacent the bearing. The lubricant is POE oil or a lubricant blend composition that includes two or more lubricants, the two or more lubricants including a first lubricant and a second lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Michael T. Siegersma, Daniel A. Strange, Russell T. Abbott, Todd W. Smith, Elyse M. Sorenson, Morgan Elizabeth Herried Leehey, Curtis E. Everson, Mohammad Akram
  • Patent number: 12211317
    Abstract: The present disclosure relate to highlighting audience members with reactions to a presenter of an online meeting. Unlike physical, fact-to-face meeting that enables spontaneous interactions among the presenter and the audiences that are collocated with the presenter, presenting materials during an online meeting raises an issue of the present not being able to see real-time reactions or feedback by the audience members. The present disclosure addresses the issue by dynamically determining one or more audience members who indicate reactions during the online meeting or presentation and displaying faces of the one or more audience members under spotlight to the presenter. The presenter sees faces of the audience members with reactions during the online presentation and responds to the audience members and keep the audience engaged. The spotlight audience server analyzes video frames and determines types of reactions of the audience members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Javier Hernandez Rivera, Daniel J. McDuff, Jin A. Suh, Kael R. Rowan, Mary P. Czerwinski, Prasanth Murali, Mohammad Akram
  • Patent number: 12044449
    Abstract: A compressor including a housing, a shaft configured to be rotated relative to the housing to compress a refrigerant, a motor configured to drive the shaft, a lubrication system configured to supply lubricant to the compressor, and a bearing configured to support the shaft. The shaft includes a wear-resistant sleeve-like treatment on at least a portion of an outer surface of the shaft adjacent the bearing. The lubricant is a lubricant blend composition that includes two or more lubricants, the two or more lubricants including a first lubricant and a second lubricant. The first lubricant is present at a higher volume percentage than the second lubricant, and the first lubricant includes a higher viscosity than the second lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Michael T. Siegersma, Daniel A. Strange, Russell T. Abbott, Todd W. Smith, Elyse M. Sorenson, Morgan Elizabeth Herried Leehey, Curtis E. Everson, Mohammad Akram
  • Publication number: 20230383760
    Abstract: A compressor including a housing, a shaft configured to be rotated relative to the housing to compress a refrigerant, a motor configured to drive the shaft, a lubrication system configured to supply lubricant to the compressor, and a bearing configured to support the shaft. The shaft includes a wear-resistant sleeve-like treatment on at least a portion of an outer surface of the shaft adjacent the bearing. The lubricant is POE oil or a lubricant blend composition that includes two or more lubricants, the two or more lubricants including a first lubricant and a second lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Michael T. Siegersma, Daniel A. Strange, Russell T. Abbott, Todd W. Smith, Elyse M. Sorenson, Morgan Elizabeth Herried Leehey, Curtis E. Everson, Mohammad Akram
  • Publication number: 20230384002
    Abstract: A compressor including a housing, a shaft configured to be rotated relative to the housing to compress a refrigerant, a motor configured to drive the shaft, a lubrication system configured to supply lubricant to the compressor, and a bearing configured to support the shaft. The shaft includes a wear-resistant sleeve-like treatment on at least a portion of an outer surface of the shaft adjacent the bearing. The lubricant is a lubricant blend composition that includes two or more lubricants, the two or more lubricants including a first lubricant and a second lubricant. The first lubricant is present at a higher volume percentage than the second lubricant, and the first lubricant includes a higher viscosity than the second lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Michael T. Siegersma, Daniel A. Strange, Russell T. Abbott, Todd W. Smith, Elyse M. Sorenson, Morgan Elizabeth Herried Leehey, Curtis E. Everson, Mohammad Akram
  • Publication number: 20220358308
    Abstract: The present disclosure relate to highlighting audience members with reactions to a presenter of an online meeting. Unlike physical, fact-to-face meeting that enables spontaneous interactions among the presenter and the audiences that are collocated with the presenter, presenting materials during an online meeting raises an issue of the present not being able to see real-time reactions or feedback by the audience members. The present disclosure addresses the issue by dynamically determining one or more audience members who indicate reactions during the online meeting or presentation and displaying faces of the one or more audience members under spotlight to the presenter. The presenter sees faces of the audience members with reactions during the online presentation and responds to the audience members and keep the audience engaged. The spotlight audience server analyzes video frames and determines types of reactions of the audience members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Javier HERNANDEZ RIVERA, Daniel J. MCDUFF, Jin A. SUH, Kael R. ROWAN, Mary P. CZERWINSKI, Prasanth MURALI, Mohammad AKRAM
  • Publication number: 20110112043
    Abstract: A method of utilizing the physiological activity of a rare saccharide, wherein physiological-activity sensitive cells are treated with the rare saccharide to modify the function of the cells. A composition containing, as an active ingredient, a rare saccharide which is introduced into physiological-activity sensitive cells and has an effect of modifying the function of the cells. The cells are human cells. The composition is a functional food, a drug, or a cosmetic. The rare saccharide is a rare saccharide belonging to aldose and/or ketose. The aldose is D-allose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of cancer-cell proliferation inhibitory activity sensitive cells and active-oxygen production inhibitory activity sensitive cells. The ketose is D-psicose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of chemokine secretion inhibitory activity sensitive cells, microglia migration inhibitory activity sensitive cells, and hypoglycemic activity sensitive cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY, MATSUTANI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Izumori, Masaaki Tokuda, Toshifumi Itano, Osamu Miyamoto, Toshihiko Ishida, Koji Murao, Taizo Tasaka, Gan Muneuchi, Fuminori Yamaguchi, Terukazu Tanaka, Masaaki Ueki, Kazuyuki Hirooka, Tomohiko Taminato, Mohammad Akram Hossain, Keiji Tsusaki, Takeo Takahashi, Mitsuhiro Nagata, Yutaka Ishida
  • Patent number: 7906487
    Abstract: A method of utilizing the physiological activity of a rare saccharide, wherein physiological-activity sensitive cells are treated with the rare saccharide to modify the function of the cells. A composition containing, as an active ingredient, a rare saccharide which is introduced into physiological-activity sensitive cells and has an effect of modifying the function of the cells. The cells are human cells. The composition is a functional food, a drug, or a cosmetic. The rare saccharide is a rare saccharide belonging to aldose and/or ketose. The aldose is D-allose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of cancer-cell proliferation inhibitory activity sensitive cells and active-oxygen production inhibitory activity sensitive cells. The ketose is D-psicose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of chemokine secretion inhibitory activity sensitive cells, microglia migration inhibitory activity sensitive cells, and hypoglycemic activity sensitive cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignees: Fushimi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Teikoku Seiyaku Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Kagawa University, Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo
    Inventors: Ken Izumori, Masaaki Tokuda, Toshifumi Itano, Osamu Miyamoto, Toshihiko Ishida, Koji Murao, Taizo Tasaka, Gan Muneuchi, Fuminori Yamaguchi, Terukazu Tanaka, Masaaki Ueki, Kazuyuki Hirooka, Tomohiko Taminato, Mohammad Akram Hossain, Keiji Tsusaki, Takeo Takahashi, Mitsuhiro Nagata, Yutaka Ishida
  • Patent number: 4113493
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are heat-activatable adhesive compositions comprising an amorphous condensation polymer which is characterized by having an acid component comprising a phthalic acid derivative and a glycol component comprising from about 15 to about 85 mole percent of (1) a linear aliphatic glycol having the structure HO--R--H wherein R is either: ##STR1## or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O--.sub.n wherein n is an integer from 2 to 4; and from about 85 to about 15 mole percent of (2) a branched aliphatic glycol having the structure: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are alkyl. These polyester adhesives are further characterized as being soluble in halogenated solvents, having glass transition temperatures within the range of about -30.degree. to about 50.degree. C, and having high bonding strengths at elevated temperatures. They have been found useful in a variety of photographic materials, and particulary in photographic film units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Mohammad Akram Sandhu, Kenneth Lloyd Tingler