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).

  • Patent number: 11904305
    Abstract: A catalytic composition for treating a NOx-containing exhaust gas, wherein the composition comprises a copper-substituted zeolite comprising: i) Ce in a total amount of about 0.1 to about 200 g/ft3; and ii) Mn in a total amount of about 0.1 to about 200 g/ft3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Daniel Avis, Alexander Nicholas Michael Green, Matthew Eben Harris, Carmelo Iacono, Caitlin Jenkins, Alanna Murphy
  • Publication number: 20240054282
    Abstract: An embodiment includes identifying, from among the plurality of digital content datasets, a set of candidate textual items based on relevance to a specified subtopic using one or more natural language processing techniques. The embodiment groups candidate textual items into a predetermined number of groups using relevance scores and feature vectors. The embodiment trains a pre-trained encoder-decoder model using a designated group of selected textual items, where the pre-trained encoder-decoder model is pretrained to generate textual content according to a particular style of writing. The embodiment generates, using the pre-trained encoder-decoder model, machine-authored textual content in the particular style of writing resulting in an article about the specified subtopic based on the designated group of selected textual items. The embodiment also includes transmitting the article to a remote web server as an update for a website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Nicholas Michael Wilkin, Gray Franklin Cannon, Christian Eggenberger
  • Publication number: 20240041141
    Abstract: A shirt garment has a shirt body having a neck opening. The shirt body has a front portion and a back portion for respectively covering a front of a torso and a back of the torso of a user when the shirt garment is worn by the user. A pocket provided on the back portion of the shirt body, between the first and second sleeves and below the collar. The pocket is configured to receive an electronic device having at least one sensor or monitor for sensing or monitoring. The shirt body is made of a resiliently stretchable, compression material and is sized for a compression fit or form-fit on the user and to force the electronic device against the user, when the electronic device is received in the pocket and the shirt garment is worn by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Michael JUELS, Jake Michael JUELS, Nicholas Michael JUELS
  • Publication number: 20240045106
    Abstract: An article is described herein that includes: a translucent substrate having a major surface; and an anti-reflective coating disposed on the major surface and forming an anti-reflective surface. The article exhibits a single side average photopic light reflectance at the anti-reflective surface of less than 0.35%. Further, the article exhibits a single side color shift (?C) of less than 6 over an incident angle range from 0 degrees to 60 degrees incidence at the anti-reflective surface, wherein the anti-reflective coating comprises a physical thickness from about 50 nm to less than 500 nm. In addition, the anti-reflective coating comprises a plurality of layers that comprises at least one low refractive index layer and at least one high refractive index layer. Further, each high refractive index layer has a refractive index of greater than 2.0 and each low refractive index layer has a refractive index of less than 1.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Shandon Dee Hart, Karl William Koch, III, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Lin Lin, James Joseph Price, Nicholas Michael Walker
  • Patent number: 11883805
    Abstract: A catalytic composition for treating a NOx-containing exhaust gas, wherein the composition comprises a copper-substituted small-pore zeolite comprising: i) Ce and/or La in a total amount of about 5 to about 400 g/ft3; and ii) Nd and/or Nb in a total amount of about 5 to about 400 g/ft3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Daniel Avis, Yannick Bidal, Alexander Nicholas Michael Green, Neil Greenham, Matthew Eben Harris
  • Publication number: 20240025670
    Abstract: A carrier includes a carrier body configured to be supported on a robot to transport one or more process kit rings within a substrate processing system. The carrier further includes fingers extending from the carrier body. The fingers are configured to support the one or more process kit rings. A first finger of the plurality of fingers includes an upper surface that forms a recess to receive the one or more process kit rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Aaron Green, Nicholas Michael Bergantz, Damon K. Cox, Andreas Schmid
  • Publication number: 20240021458
    Abstract: A calibration object is transferred from a processing chamber to an aligner station by one or more robot arms. The calibration object has a first processing chamber orientation in the processing chamber and a second orientation at the aligner station. A first characteristic error value associated with a transfer path between the processing chamber and the aligner is determined based on the first processing chamber orientation and the second orientation of the calibration object at the aligner station. In response to detecting an object at the aligner station to be transferred to the processing chamber along the transfer path, the object is aligned by the aligner station to be placed in the processing chamber according to a target processing chamber orientation based on a target aligner orientation as adjusted by the first characteristic error value determined for the transfer path between the processing chamber and the aligner station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Bergantz, Andreas Schmid, Leon Volfovski, Sanggyum Kim, Damon Cox, Paul Wirth
  • Publication number: 20240008686
    Abstract: A reservoir assembly for a food processing system including a vacuum mechanism includes a housing having a hollow interior, an inlet pipe extending through said housing into said hollow interior, a fluid flow path from said hollow interior to the vacuum mechanism, and a valve positioned within said hollow interior, said valve being movable to control a flow of air provided to the vacuum mechanism via said fluid flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Sam William Bannister, Nicholas Michael O'Loughlin
  • Publication number: 20240000268
    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: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Sam William Bannister, Nicholas Michael O'Loughlin
  • Publication number: 20230414008
    Abstract: Disclosed is a diaper changing article. The diaper changing article comprising a first portion designed to receive a baby. The diaper changing article further comprising a second portion attached to one of, a side of the first portion of the diaper changing article to form a L-shaped diaper changing article, wherein the second portion of the diaper changing article is designed to be foldable to cover a midsection of a body of the baby, when the baby is lying on the first portion of the diaper changing article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Nicholas Michael Manochio
  • Patent number: 11853246
    Abstract: Communication between target devices using protocol commands being carried out by a target device includes accessing a key for mapping of a plurality of defined patterns of stimuli and defined patterns of resultant protocol commands to a plurality of messages. A defined pattern of stimuli is sent from a target device to an initiator device to prompt a resultant defined pattern of protocol commands to be sent from the initiator device to all target devices that identify as the same device. The protocol commands including Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) specification compliant commands. A selected pattern of protocol command stimuli is sent from a first target device to the initiator device to prompt a resultant pattern of protocol commands from the initiator device to all target devices that identify as the same device thereby communicating the mapped message to other target devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy Andrew Moran, Dominic Tomkins, Warren Hawkins, Nicholas Michael O'Rourke
  • Patent number: 11842917
    Abstract: A process kit ring adaptor includes one or more upper surfaces and one or more lower surfaces. The one or more upper surfaces are configured to support a process kit ring. The one or more lower surfaces are configured to interface with an end effector. The process kit ring adaptor supporting the process kit ring is configured to be transported on the end effector within a processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon Volfovski, Andreas Schmid, Denis Martin Koosau, Nicholas Michael Kopec, Steven Babayan, Douglas R. McAllister, Helder Lee, Jeffrey Hudgens, Damon K. Cox
  • Patent number: 11838038
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transceiver chain may receive, using a downconverter tuned by at least one local oscillator, transmit signals that are modulated using a modulation bandwidth and that span a total bandwidth greater than or equal to the modulation bandwidth. The at least one local oscillator may cover a first fraction of the total bandwidth. The transceiver chain may receive, using at least one analog-to-digital converter, input from the downconverter, and may output a first digital signal based at least in part on the input and sampling at the first fraction of the total bandwidth. The transceiver chain may determine an error associated with the transmit signals based at least in part on the first digital signal, and may perform digital pre-distortion on new signals based at least in part on the error. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Carbone, Shubham Ahuja, Aidin Bassam, Alexander Dorosenco
  • Publication number: 20230385219
    Abstract: Communication between target devices using protocol commands being carried out by a target device includes accessing a key for mapping of a plurality of defined patterns of stimuli and defined patterns of resultant protocol commands to a plurality of messages. A defined pattern of stimuli is sent from a target device to an initiator device to prompt a resultant defined pattern of protocol commands to be sent from the initiator device to all target devices that identify as the same device. The protocol commands including Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) specification compliant commands. A selected pattern of protocol command stimuli is sent from a first target device to the initiator device to prompt a resultant pattern of protocol commands from the initiator device to all target devices that identify as the same device thereby communicating the mapped message to other target devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Andrew Moran, Dominic Tomkins, Warren Hawkins, Nicholas Michael O'Rourke
  • Patent number: 11826739
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for forming a catalyst article comprising: (a) forming a plastic mixture having a solids content of greater than 50% by weight by mixing together a crystalline small pore or medium pore molecular sieve in an H+ or NH4+ form, an insoluble active metal precursor, an inorganic matrix component, an organic auxiliary agent, an aqueous solvent and optionally inorganic fibres; (b) moulding the plastic mixture into a shaped article; and (c) calcining the shaped article to form a solid catalyst body. The present disclosure further relates to a catalyst article, particularly a catalyst article which is suitable for use in the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides, and to an exhaust system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Nikki Jane Amos-Reichert, Daniel Avis, Juergen Bauer, Yannick Bidal, Guy Richard Chandler, Alexander Nicholas Michael Green, Neil Greenham, Matthew Eben Harris, Sofia Lopez-Orozco, Joerg Werner Muench, Paul Richard Phillips, Irene Piras
  • Patent number: 11823937
    Abstract: A calibration object is retrieved, by a first robot arm of a transfer chamber, from a processing chamber connected to the transfer chamber and placed in a load lock connected to the transfer chamber. The calibration object is retrieved from the load lock by a second robot arm of a factory interface connected to the load lock and placed at an aligner station housed in or connected to the factory interface. The calibration object has a first orientation at the aligner station. A difference is determined between the first orientation and an initial target orientation at the aligner station. A first characteristic error value associated with the processing chamber is determined based on the determined difference. The first characteristic error value is recorded in a storage medium. The aligner station is to use the first characteristic error value for alignment of objects to be placed in the processing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Bergantz, Andreas Schmid, Leon Volfovski, Sanggyum Kim, Damon Cox, Paul Wirth
  • Publication number: 20230364794
    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: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Bergantz, Damon K. Cox, Alexander Berger
  • Publication number: 20230348256
    Abstract: A beverage production system, comprising a cup dispensing station configured to dispense cups, a beverage dispensing station configured to dispense a beverage, and a turntable assembly. The turntable assembly comprising a central axis, an inner turntable including a first row of cup receptacles, and an outer turntable including a second row of cup receptacles. The outer turntable is disposed circumferentially about the inner turntable, and the outer turntable is configured to rotate about the central axis to align the cup receptacles of the second row with the cup dispensing station and the beverage dispensing station. The turntable assembly is configured to align an opening in a cup receptacle in the second row with an opening in a cup receptacle in the first row. A slide assembly includes an arm configured to slide a cup positioned in the cup receptacle in the second row into the aligned opening of the cup receptacle in the first row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Degnan, Arthur Francois David Levy, Robert William Lyle, Joseph Park, Aaron Thomas, Karl Thomas Szatrowski, Won Suk You, Elvis Junior Palma, Sze Wun Wong
  • Publication number: 20230333914
    Abstract: Executing and managing flow plans by performing at least the following: receiving an indication to initiate a task flow including a plurality of discrete but related operations at a customer instance environment of a cloud-based computing platform; obtaining a definition of the task flow identifying run-time requirements for each of the plurality of operations; determining a first execution environment for the first of the plurality of operations; initiating execution of the first operation in the first execution environment; and determining the proper execution environment for subsequent operations of the task flow until all operations of the task flow are complete. Factors, such as look-ahead optimization, environmental operational capabilities, access and security requirements, current load, future load, etc. may be considered when determining the proper execution environment for a given operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Venkata Kiran Kumar Koya, Robert Peter-Paul Recatto, Nicholas Michael Stark, Harry Thomas Nelson
  • Publication number: 20230314442
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of preparing a protein sample for proteomic analysis. In exemplary embodiments, the method comprises (a) contacting a blood sample comprising proteins with a protective agent comprising an anticoagulant (AC) and an aldehyde releaser (AR), to obtain a mixture, optionally, wherein the blood sample is added to a blood collection tube (BCT) comprising the protective agent, and (b) isolating a fraction comprising proteins or a source of proteins from the mixture to yield a protein sample or a source of a protein sample, wherein steps of the method are carried out in the absence of exogenous proteolytic enzyme inhibitors, wherein the protein sample is suitable for proteomic and peptidomic analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew R. Sobansky, Nicholas Michael George, Bradford A. Hunsley, Sean Salamifar, Agnes Alicia Lenagh