Patents by Inventor Nicholas Clark

Nicholas Clark 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: 20260203421
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for cryptographically enforced governance of autonomous agents operating across distributed execution environments. Governance authority is externalized into policy objects that are resolved via canonical aliases and cryptographically verified prior to permitting execution, mutation, delegation, or propagation. A governance gate deterministically conditions instantiation of an execution context on successful verification and on authorization under applicable policy objects, wherein failure results in non-execution as a valid system outcome. The disclosed architecture supports freshness, revocation, and anti-rollback controls to prevent reliance on stale or superseded policy authority, lineage-constrained inheritance of constraints across agent evolution, quorum-based policy overrides with signature-chain continuity, and append-only audit records of governance-relevant events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2026
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventor: Nicholas Clark
  • Publication number: 20260161466
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for executing semantic computation in distributed computing environments. Each computational task is instantiated as a persistent executable object comprising an intent field, a context block, and a memory field that stores execution history. The persistent executable object propagates among execution nodes, each of which independently evaluates the object based on embedded intent, context, memory, and locally applied policy. Execution actions including execution, mutation, delegation, dormancy, reentry, and termination are determined without centralized orchestration. Execution outcomes are appended to the memory field, enabling execution continuity across asynchronous execution cycles. Compositional delegation, policy-bound evaluation, and memory-resident execution state enable adaptive, distributed execution across heterogeneous environments without reliance on external schedulers, centralized controllers, or session-bound runtime state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2026
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Inventor: Nicholas Clark
  • Publication number: 20260147697
    Abstract: Systems and methods for data generation for end-to-end testing. The system can receive a configuration file including computing instructions associated with a first software component and a second software component. The method includes executing the computing instructions within the configuration file, wherein executing the computing instructions exports a first set of parameters associated with the first software component and a second set of parameters associated with the second software component. The method includes generating a test data object comprising test data, wherein the test data for the first software component is formatted differently than the second software component based on the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters. The method includes executing one or more tests to test the at least the first software component or the second software component using the test data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Nicholas Clark, Christopher Scofield, Aaron Snipes, Christopher Swift
  • Publication number: 20260124291
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for identifying the amino acid sequence of a naturally occurring polyprotein from a group A or C rhinovirus that can be used as an immunogen capable of eliciting an immune response against rhinoviruses from multiple serotypes within the same group. The invention also provides immunogenic compositions that comprise at least one mRNA comprising a non-naturally occurring optimized nucleic acid encoding a polyprotein identified by this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Catherine BERRY, Cyril CHAVAGNAC, Nicholas CLARK, Yves GIRERD-CHAMBAZ, Valerie LECOUTURIER, Nathalie MANTEL, Vincent PAVOT, Khang Anh TRAN
  • Publication number: 20260081772
    Abstract: Memory-native authentication in distributed environments is provided in which agents and devices form dynamic identities as successors along a trust slope using locally retained unpredictability and policy context, without persistent private keys. A Dynamic Agent Hash (DAH) and a Dynamic Device Hash (DDH) are computed from a prior state and either a hardware-anchor with volatile salt or a stability-tuned local state vector processed by a strong extractor, or a hybrid thereof. Messages employ two-stage validation: a header DAH for transport continuity and an embedded sender DAH inside the encrypted payload, where the symmetric key is derived from the recipient's current DAH/DDH. Agent mutations are entangled to host DDHs and recorded in an append-only lineage with periodic anchors, enabling delayed and sparse verification, predictive drift detection, entropy-anchor rotation, and quorum-based recovery after memory loss. An isolated fallback identifier supports legacy PKI interoperability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventor: Nicholas Clark
  • Publication number: 20260052096
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for distributed memory-native networking using agents. Each agent comprises a unique identifier, payload, memory field containing lineage and policy references, transport metadata, and a cryptographic signature. A modular protocol stack processes these agents through routing, indexing, and consensus layers, with behavior determined by embedded memory. Routing decisions are trust-scoped based on memory-derived access logs and health feedback. Mutation proposals are validated using dynamic, memory-referenced quorum formation. The system enables stateful, policy-bound propagation, structural reorganization, and adaptive execution without centralized coordination or persistent session state. It operates over conventional transport protocols and supports interoperability with cognition-layer payloads, including semantic execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2025
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Inventor: Nicholas Clark
  • Publication number: 20260010525
    Abstract: A distributed indexing and resolution architecture is disclosed for decentralized systems requiring modular, trust-scoped mutation control and dynamic alias governance. The system comprises a plurality of index entries arranged in a parent-child hierarchy, each associated with a structured alias and governed by one or more anchor nodes. Anchors perform localized resolution, mutation validation, and restructuring operations under deterministic policy constraints, enabling semantic scope enforcement and entropy-sensitive adaptation without requiring global consensus or centralized control. The architecture supports scoped alias traversal, asynchronous mutation proposals, and elastic anchor registration based on system state metrics. The indexing substrate may be integrated into heterogeneous infrastructures, including systems comprising distributed software agents, semantic execution platforms, or pseudonymous identity frameworks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventor: Nicholas Clark
  • Publication number: 20250268994
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that are useful in treating or preventing an infection in a subject caused by a virus which uses human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) protein for cellular entry. Such compositions act by neutralizing the virus, preventing it from binding to the human ACE2 protein and gaining cellular entry. In particular, the invention provides an mRNA comprising an optimized nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising the extracellular domain of ACE2 protein or a portion thereof, which binds to a viral surface protein. The mRNA may be encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for delivery to a subject in vivo. Typically, compositions comprising the LNPs are delivered to a subject either intravenously or as an aerosol, for example via nebulization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Applicant: TRANSLATE BIO, INC.
    Inventors: Lianne BOEGLIN, Frank DEROSA, Anusha DIAS, Joseph A. SKALESKI, Nicholas CLARK, Richard WOOSTER, Khang Anh TRAN, Shrirang KARVE
  • Patent number: 12387713
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant and/or other application that can adapt settings of a foldable display interface of a computing device according to user interactions occurring during a multilingual conversation. During the multilingual conversation between at least two users, translated content of the conversation can be rendered at a portion of the display interface according to which user is actively speaking. When a user is actively speaking, a brightness level of a portion of the display interface that is facing another user in the conversation can be modified to emphasize that the user is speaking and that the translated content is being rendered. When the user who is speaking is also the owner of the computing device, a portion of the display interface that is facing the other user can exhibit a limited responsiveness to touch inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Clark, Gustav Sennton, Xinxing Gu, Vincent Lacey, David Wilson, Shaun Post, Chris Kau, Petr Cermák, Michael Anthony Schuler, Nicole McWilliams, Will Osborn, Daniel Lee, Sanatt Abrol, Pragya Bajoria, Alan Wong
  • Publication number: 20250033339
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method for transferring a material from a first substrate to a second substrate via a flexible intermediate substrate comprising a support layer and a metallic adhesion layer. The method comprises lifting the material from the first substrate with the intermediate substrate, the lifting comprising adhering the material to the metallic adhesion layer by Van der Waals adhesion between the material and the metallic adhesion layer. The method comprises depositing the material from the intermediate substrate on to the second substrate, the depositing comprising adhering the material to the second substrate by Van der Waals adhesion between the material and the second substrate. Also provided herein is a method of forming a heterostructure by removing material from one or more substrates via a flexible intermediate substrate comprising a support layer and metallic adhesion layer. A flexible substrate for performing the same is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Roman Gorbachev, Alex Summerfield, Nicholas Clark, Wendong Wang, Matthew Hamer
  • Publication number: 20240425405
    Abstract: Glass compositions, which can provide glass that can be formed with a reduced carbon footprint. Some embodiments of the glass can include between about 1.5 mole percent (mol %) alumina (Al2O3) and 5 mol % Al2O3 and between 5 mol % silica (SiO2) and 45 mol % SiO2 and between 35 mol % phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) and 50 mol % of P2O5. Embodiments can also include modifiers. Embodiments can also include coloration agents or other elements. The glass compositions can be used to make different types of glass articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Clark, Shaylee Traugh, Sierra Astle, John Christopher Mauro, Matthew Francis Lane Mancini, Glen Bennett Cook, Colleen Elizabeth Gallagher, Titus Reed
  • Publication number: 20240339109
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant and/or other application that can adapt settings of a foldable display interface of a computing device according to user interactions occurring during a multilingual conversation. During the multilingual conversation between at least two users, translated content of the conversation can be rendered at a portion of the display interface according to which user is actively speaking. When a user is actively speaking, a brightness level of a portion of the display interface that is facing another user in the conversation can be modified to emphasize that the user is speaking and that the translated content is being rendered. When the user who is speaking is also the owner of the computing device, a portion of the display interface that is facing the other user can exhibit a limited responsiveness to touch inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Clark, Gustav Sennton, Xinxing Gu, Vincent Lacey, David Wilson, Shaun Post, Chris Kau, Petr Cermák, Michael Anthony Schuler, Nicole McWilliams, Will Osborn, Daniel Lee, Sanatt Abrol, Pragya Bajoria, Alan Wong
  • Publication number: 20190285532
    Abstract: A particle size sensor for metallic powder includes a microwave cavity or waveguide, the microwave cavity or waveguide including a microwave source for generating microwaves within the microwave cavity or waveguide, a microwave receiver for detecting microwaves generated within the cavity or waveguide, a sample insertion point for receiving a sample of the metallic powder and an analyser arranged to determine a particle size for the metallic powder from receiver signals generated by the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Adrian PORCH, Nicholas CLARK
  • Patent number: 8600662
    Abstract: A method and system for showing a user his position in a set geographic area in which all parts of the geographic area are visible on a display at all times, and in which the user's position is shown as moveable relative to the set geographic area. The method and system utilize a positioning system (such as GPS) on the user and a display visible to the user to track and display the user's movement. In some versions the user defines the geographic area by positioning himself at the edges of the area. In other versions the user marks the geographic area on a map or chart on the display. In this way the user will always know his position relative to the same boundaries, without the need for zooming or scrolling the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Inventor: Nicholas Clark
  • Publication number: 20110250934
    Abstract: The present invention in several embodiments is a system that allows users to charge the battery of their cell phone without having to utilize traditional means. The present invention gives cell phone users the opportunity to charge their phone's battery utilizing a wireless router or other RF source. This product may virtually eliminate calls being ruined or dropped because of a dying battery. Using this innovative item, multiple consumers will be able to charge their cell phones at the same time. Anyone can use Charging While Wireless to keep their cell phone battery full without having to waste time plugging in the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventor: Nicholas Clark
  • Publication number: 20110110557
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel method, computer program product, and system for determining a spatial location of a target object from the selection of points in multiple images that correspond to the object location within the images. In one aspect, the method includes collecting location and orientation information of one or more image sensors producing the images; the collected location and orientation information is then used to determine the spatial location of the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Nicholas Clark, Richard Willmore, Paul Maassef
  • Publication number: 20100131192
    Abstract: A method and system for showing a user his position in a set geographic area in which all parts of the geographic area are visible on a display at all times, and in which the user's position is shown as moveable relative to the set geographic area. The method and system utilize a positioning system (such as GPS) on the user and a display visible to the user to track and display the user's movement. In some versions the user defines the geographic area by positioning himself at the edges of the area. In other versions the user marks the geographic area on a map or chart on the display. In this way the user will always know his position relative to the same boundaries, without the need for zooming or scrolling the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Nicholas Clark
  • Publication number: 20090048920
    Abstract: A system engaging users with internet advertisement areas using interesting content is presented. Areas normally devoted to internet advertisements are periodically replaced with engaging content. In one embodiment, RSS web feeds are used to obtain recent and summarized bits of engaging content to place in the advertising areas. In yet another embodiment, hybrid mixes of engaging content and advertisements are displayed. In this manner, internet viewers remain engaged with the areas on an internet web page that are normally devoted to internet advertisements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Kashyap Lodhiya, Julie Cheng, Mohit Vora, Nicholas Clark
  • Publication number: 20080065660
    Abstract: A method and system for flexibly transferring data from one or more data sources to one or more data destinations within an information network where each of the one or more data sources have data in a particular source format and each of the one or more data destinations have data in the same or another particular destination format using a parameter database that includes parameters to control the transfer of data, a scheduler that initiates the transfer of data, and a data loader in communications with the parameter database and scheduler that, upon initiation by the scheduler, extracts data from the one or more data sources, manipulates the extracted source data into one or more destination formats associated with the one or more data destinations, and inserts the data into one or more data destinations according to the parameters within the parameter database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Nicholas Clark, William Woods
  • Publication number: 20070067357
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to provide a database version control system are disclosed. An illustrated example method comprises receiving a request to modify a first table of a database, inserting an entry in a second table in response to the request, storing information reflecting the modification in the second table, modifying the first table according to the request, and storing a unique identifier associated with the record in the second table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventor: Nicholas Clark