Patents by Inventor Nicholas Michael

Nicholas Michael 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: 20250004179
    Abstract: A window for a sensing system includes a first layered film and a second layered film. The first and second layered film each include alternating layers of lower and higher refractive index materials. The first layered film includes a scratch resistant layer such that the window exhibits a maximum nanoindentation hardness of greater than or equal to 10 GPa when indented on the first layered film. The materials and thicknesses of the layers of the first and second layered films are selected such that the window exhibits relatively high transmittance and low reflectance in two distinct wavelength ranges of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Shandon Dee Hart, Karl William Koch, III, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Lin Lin, Rui Luo, James Joseph Price, Nicholas Michael Walker
  • Publication number: 20240429079
    Abstract: A shelf system includes a first distal portion configured to be fastened to a first surface of an enclosure system. The first distal portion includes a first carrier alignment feature and a first process kit ring alignment feature. The shelf system further includes a second distal portion configured to be fastened to a second surface of the enclosure system. The second distal portion includes a second carrier alignment feature and a second process kit ring alignment feature. The first carrier alignment feature and the second carrier alignment feature are configured to be disposed proximate outer surfaces of a carrier to align the carrier in the enclosure system. The first process kit ring alignment feature and the second process kit ring alignment feature are configured to be proximate inner surfaces of a process kit ring to align the process kit ring on the carrier in the enclosure system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Aaron Green, Nicholas Michael Bergantz, John C. Menk
  • Patent number: 12174869
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for implementing machine learning natural language digital package generation and selection is provided. The method includes receiving from hardware and software sources, factual data associated with an event. In response, natural language digital templates comprising natural language phrase variants for each portion of the factual data is generated. Factual data phrases are generated and packaged into digital packages including at least one natural language phrase variant with respect to each portion of factual data. An initial package is selected by minimizing a number of repetitions of the factual data phrases across the digital packages and digital summaries are extracted. Alignment attributes associated with the digital summaries are determined with respect to the initial package and a final package is selected. A hardware device is enabled for presenting a video stream including the final package with respect to the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Gray Franklin Cannon, Nicholas Michael Wilkin, Eris Opal Rashon Calhoun
  • Publication number: 20240417318
    Abstract: A coated container having reduced nonspecific adsorption of nonspecific targets can have an interior volume surrounded by one or more walls having one or more interior surfaces, and a coating comprising a spray-coated hydrogel layer surface attached to the one or more interior surfaces, the spray-coated hydrogel having surface roughness with surface features with an average features height of less than 20 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Sean Salamifar, Nicholas Michael George, David William Conrad, Jürgen Rühe, Thomas Brandstetter, Frank Scherag, Nathan Bentley
  • Publication number: 20240416514
    Abstract: A calibration system is of a wafer processing system. The calibration system includes a calibration substrate configured to be disposed on a plurality of support structures of the wafer processing system. The calibration substrate includes a calibration pin. The calibration substrate enables a calibration operation of a robot arm of the wafer processing system to automatically determine robot arm error of the robot arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Kopec, Lyle Kosinski, Matvey Farber, Jeffrey Hudgens
  • Patent number: 12165905
    Abstract: A process kit enclosure system includes surfaces to enclose an interior volume, a first support structure including first fins, a second support structure including second fins, and a front interface to interface the process kit enclosure system with a load port of a wafer processing system. The first and second fins are sized and spaced to hold process kit ring carriers and process kit rings in the interior volume. Each of the process kit rings is secured to one of the process kit ring carriers. The process kit enclosure system enables first automated transfer of a first process kit ring carrier securing a first process kit ring from the process kit enclosure system into the wafer processing system and second automated transfer of a second process kit ring carrier securing a second process kit ring from the wafer processing system into the process kit enclosure system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Helder Lee, Nicholas Michael Kopec, Leon Volfovski, Douglas R. McAllister, Andreas Schmid, Jeffrey Hudgens, Yogananda Sarode Vishwanath, Steven Babayan
  • Patent number: 12147799
    Abstract: A method comprises: installing the target software version on a first node of the storage appliance; restarting the first node of the storage appliance while also running the current software version on other nodes of the storage system; subsequent to said installing the target software version and said restarting of the first node, determining if all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node; responsive to determining that all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node, permitting the CCU of the nodes to continue to upgrade one of the other nodes of the storage system from the current software version to the target software version; and responsive to determining that not all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node, preventing the CCU of the nodes from continuing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Warren Hawkins, Nicholas Michael O'Rourke, Dominic Tomkins, Timothy Andrew Moran
  • Patent number: 12142503
    Abstract: A robotic object handling system comprises a robot arm, an image sensor, a first station, and a computing device. The computing device is to cause the robot arm to pick up an object on an end effector, cause the image sensor to generate sensor data of the object, determine at least one of (i) a rotational error of the object or (ii) a positional error of the object based on the sensor data, cause an adjustment to the robot arm to approximately remove at least one of the rotational error or the positional error, and cause the robot arm to place the object at the first station without at least one of the rotational error or the positional error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Kopec, Damon K. Cox, Leon Volfovski
  • Publication number: 20240366482
    Abstract: An aqueous dentifrice formulation, comprising: a bioactive glass exhibiting at least one of: a hydrolytic resistance of glass grains (HGB) of at most 4, when measured by International Organization for Standardization section 719 (ISO 719); a weight loss of 5 wt. % or less after soaking 5 g of the bioactive glass in powder form in 100 mL of deionized water for 7 days at 37° C.; an XRD spectrum substantially free of crystalline phase after soaking 5 g of the bioactive glass in powder form in 100 mL of deionized water for 7 days at 37° C.; or any combination thereof; wherein, when the bioactive glass is contacted with artificial saliva, the bioactive glass forms a bioactive crystalline phase. A method of using the aqueous dentifrice formulation to remineralize enamel of the tooth, treat caries of the tooth, treat dentin hypersensitivity of the tooth, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Erin Coon, Qiang Fu, Aize Li, Hugh Michael McMahon, Charisse Marye Spier, Nicholas Michael Stone-Weiss, Joanna E. Warzyszynska
  • Patent number: 12133613
    Abstract: An attachment for use with a food processing system includes a sealable body including a wall and a processing chamber, a chamber opening formed in said sealable body, and a vacuum passage arranged in fluid communication with said chamber opening. The vacuum passage is associated with at least one of said wall and said processing chamber of said sealable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignees: SharkNinja Operating LLC, SharkNinja (Hong Kong) Company Limited
    Inventors: Sam William Bannister, Nicholas Michael O'Loughlin
  • Patent number: 12131027
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and computer program product in which a storage volume is configured to be maintained in a replicated relationship between two storage systems. A reversing is performed of a switch of a direction of replication for a replicated storage volume, in response to determining that host activity does not sufficiently match a pre-switch host activity, where the host activity does not sufficiently match the pre-switch host activity if a predetermined set of criteria is not met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy Andrew Moran, Dominic Tomkins, Nicholas Michael O'Rourke, Warren Hawkins
  • Patent number: 12121454
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an orthopedic implant device comprising a porous structure, approximating the shape of a bone, and having modulus of elasticity similar to that of said bone. In one embodiment, further disclosed herein is a method of treating injuries or diseases affecting bones or muscles comprising providing an orthopedic implant device, wherein the orthopedic implant device comprising a porous structure, approximating the shape of a bone, and having a modulus of elasticity similar to that of bone, and using the orthopedic implant device to treat injuries and diseases affecting bones and muscles in a mammal. In another embodiment, disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing an orthopedic implant device using an additive manufacturing (AM) method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: HT Medical, LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas Michael Cordaro
  • Publication number: 20240341537
    Abstract: A micro puree machine including a housing, a power shaft, a bowl assembly and a platform. The power shaft extends from the housing. The bowl assembly including at least one locking bowl element. The platform includes at least one complementary locking platform element that is configured to engage the at least one locking bowl element such that rotation of the bowl assembly relative to the platform is prevented at times the bowl assembly is positioned thereon. The platform is rotatable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing such that the platform raises the bowl assembly towards the power shaft during the rotation of the bowl assembly and platform. The raising of the bowl assembly facilitates connection between the power shaft and a blade assembly that is positioned in a lid assembly on the bowl assembly. A blade assembly detection system detects proper positioning of the blade assembly within the lid assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael O'Loughlin, Michelle Hilary Power, Xu Sheng Deng, Ting Hua Zhang, Pushan He, Ping Chu
  • Publication number: 20240342346
    Abstract: A medical device may be coated with a therapeutic composition that includes everolimus. Everolimus crystals may be coated with a mixture of excipients to form encapsulated everolimus crystals suspended in a coating composition. An illustrative coating composition may comprise a mixture of excipients including a bioresorbable or thermo-gelling polymer and a plasticizing agent and a therapeutic agent. The bioresorbable or thermo-gelling polymer may be selected from polycaprolactone (PCL) or poloxamer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Ro, Nicholas Michael Job, Aaron Cooper Foss, Amanda Maxwell
  • Patent number: 12115683
    Abstract: A first robot arm places a calibration object into a load lock that separates a factory interface from a transfer chamber using a first taught position. A second robot arm retrieves the calibration object from the load lock using a second taught position. A controller determines, using a sensor, a first offset amount between a calibration object center of the calibration object and a pocket center of the second robot arm. The controller determines a characteristic error value that represents a misalignment between the first taught position of the first robot arm and the second taught position of the second robot arm based on the first offset amount. The first robot arm or the second robot arm uses the first characteristic error value to compensate for the misalignment for objects transferred between the first robot arm and the second robot arm via the load lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Bergantz, Damon K. Cox, Alexander Berger
  • Publication number: 20240325264
    Abstract: A composition comprising an amino acid and a bioactive glass, in which the bioactive glass comprises 15-55 wt. % SiO2, 20-60 wt. % CaO, 0.1-15 wt. % ZrO2, and 5-30 wt. % P2O5, in which, when the composition is subjected to artificial saliva at 37° C., a bioactive crystalline phase is formed within 7 days. In some aspects, the bioactive crystalline phase is apatite, and the composition is a dentifrice or skin care composition. Methods comprising making the composition, making the bioactive glass, and applying the composition to a tooth or the skin. In some aspects, applying the composition to a tooth remineralizes enamel of the tooth, treats caries of the tooth, and/or treats dentin hypersensitivity of the tooth, and applying the composition to skin treats or reduces the appearance of one or more skin defects, such as wrinkles and blemishes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Qiang Fu, Nicholas Michael Stone-Weiss, Joanna E. Warzyszynska
  • Publication number: 20240325263
    Abstract: Glass compositions comprising 15-50 wt. % SiO2, 25-60 wt. % CaO, 3-30 wt. % P2O5, 0.5-15 wt. % ZrO2, and >0-5 wt. % F, wherein, when subjected to artificial saliva, the glass composition forms a bioactive crystalline phase, such as apatite. A matrix comprising the glass composition, wherein the glass composition is attached to the matrix or mixed therein, in which the matrix includes at least one of: a toothpaste, mouthwash, gel, varnish, rinse, spray, ointment, salve, cream, bandage, polymer film, oral formulation, pill, capsule, or transdermal formulation. The matrix may be a dentifrice composition. A method comprising applying the matrix to a tooth, in which the method remineralizes enamel of the tooth, treats caries of the tooth, treats dentin hypersensitivity of the tooth, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Qiang Fu, Charisse Marye Spier, Nicholas Michael Stone-Weiss
  • Publication number: 20240307594
    Abstract: A medical device may be coated with a therapeutic composition that includes everolimus. Everolimus crystals may be coated with a mixture of excipients to form encapsulated everolimus crystals suspended in a coating composition. The medical device may be contacted with the coating composition in order to form a coating on the medical device. Coating the everolimus crystals with a mixture of excipients to form encapsulated everolimus crystals suspended in a coating composition may include suspending everolimus crystals in a first solution that includes acetyl tri-butyl citrate (ATBC) and adding a second solution to the first solution, the second solution including ethyl cellulose (EC), the EC mixing with the ATBC and coating the everolimus crystals, thereby forming a coating suspension including coated everolimus crystals in the suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Pascal Chaky, Ryan Lee Reifsteck, Aaron Cooper Foss, Nicholas Michael Job
  • Publication number: 20240304478
    Abstract: A system includes a factory interface, a load port connected to the factory interface, and a system controller. The system controller is to, responsive to detecting that a container is received at the load port, determine a type of parts for storage at the container. One or more mapping patterns associated with the determined type of parts is identified. A detection system of robot arm(s) of the factory interface is moved according to the identified mapping pattern(s) to detect one or more parts stored by the container. A mapping of the container is determined based on the movement of the robot arm(s). The mapping indicates regions of the container that stores detected parts and a position of each of the detected parts. Based on the mapping, the robot arm(s) either remove a detected part form the container or place an additional part in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Bergantz, Jeffrey Hudgens, Doug McAllister, Helder Lee
  • Publication number: 20240296037
    Abstract: A method comprises: installing the target software version on a first node of the storage appliance; restarting the first node of the storage appliance while also running the current software version on other nodes of the storage system; subsequent to said installing the target software version and said restarting of the first node, determining if all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node; responsive to determining that all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node, permitting the CCU of the nodes to continue to upgrade one of the other nodes of the storage system from the current software version to the target software version; and responsive to determining that not all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node, preventing the CCU of the nodes from continuing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Warren Hawkins, Nicholas Michael O'Rourke, Dominic Tomkins, Timothy Andrew Moran