Patents by Inventor Patrick A. Curran

Patrick A. Curran 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: 20240086156
    Abstract: A hybrid code construct combines imperative and declarative semantics for leveraging complementary features for a relational database exchange optimized for declarative access driven by imperative direction for imposing iterative and conditional looping behavior. Databases responsive to a declarative command structure receive declarative code generated from an imperative code sequence. The imperative code is based on a language that allows conditional iteration for repetitive commands, which invoke the declarative command syntax within a controlled loop or iteration. Declarative syntax, while enjoying optimizations for high performance database access, does not lend itself well to iterative logic common for linear regression and training of ML models. The hybrid code allows efficient ML training while the dataset defining the model remains within the database and need not incur network transport for Al based usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: John T. Langton, Patrick McDonald, Jeff Curran
  • Publication number: 20230328098
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying patterns in blockchain activities based on multi-modal data using artificial intelligence models that compensate for training data featuring a high proportion of missing data points. For example, the system may receive blockchain activity record data for a plurality of blockchain activities involving a plurality of blockchain accounts. The system may input the data into an artificial intelligence model, wherein the artificial intelligence model is trained to identify serial relationships of related blockchain activities corresponding to inputted target blockchain activities based on proportions of digital assets at subsets of blockchain accounts of the plurality of blockchain accounts. The system may receive an output from the artificial intelligence model. The system may generate for display, in a user interface, a visualization of the target blockchain activity based on the output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jacob ILLUM, Michael GRONAGER, Patrick CURRAN, Jens TUXEN, Shilpa DESHPANDE
  • Publication number: 20230188213
    Abstract: Materials containing picocrystalline quantum dots that form artificial atoms are disclosed. The picocrystalline quantum dots (in the form of born icosahedra with a nearly-symmetrical nuclear configuration) can replace corner silicon atoms in a structure that demonstrates both short range and long-range order as determined by x-ray diffraction of actual samples. A novel class of boron-rich compositions that self-assemble from boron, silicon, hydrogen and, optionally, oxygen is also disclosed. The preferred stoichiometric range for the compositions is (B12Hw)xSiyOz with 3?w?5, 2?x?4, 2?y?5 and 0?z?3. By varying oxygen content and the presence or absence of a significant impurity such as gold, unique electrical devices can be constructed that improve upon and are compatible with current semiconductor technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: SemiNuclear, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Curran
  • Patent number: 11651957
    Abstract: Various articles and devices can be manufactured to take advantage of a what is believed to be a novel thermodynamic cycle in which spontaneity is due to an intrinsic entropy equilibration. The novel thermodynamic cycle exploits the quantum phase transition between quantum thermalization and quantum localization. Preferred devices include a phonovoltaic cell, a rectifier and a conductor for use in an integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SemiNuclear, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Curran
  • Patent number: 11630624
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for event detection. One embodiment includes an interface that acquires logs, and a controller that is able to identify events recited in the logs, to include the events within a list sorted based on at least one of start times or end times indicated by the timing data, and to determine a longest duration of the events. The controller receives a requested time, calculates a prior time separated by the longest duration from the requested time, and processes the list by: identifying a first index of the list for a first event in time having a start time on or after the prior time, and identifying a last index of the list for a last event in time having a start time on or before the requested time. The controller generates a set of events bounded by the first index and the last index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Walter F. Kailey, Patrick Curran
  • Patent number: 11521853
    Abstract: Materials containing picocrystalline quantum dots that form artificial atoms are disclosed. The picocrystalline quantum dots (in the form of born icosahedra with a nearly-symmetrical nuclear configuration) can replace corner silicon atoms in a structure that demonstrates both short range and long-range order as determined by x-ray diffraction of actual samples. A novel class of boron-rich compositions that self-assemble from boron, silicon, hydrogen and, optionally, oxygen is also disclosed. The preferred stoichiometric range for the compositions is (B12Hw)xSiyOz with 3?w?5, 2?x?4, 2?y?5 and 0?z?3. By varying oxygen content and the presence or absence of a significant impurity such as gold, unique electrical devices can be constructed that improve upon and are compatible with current semiconductor technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SemiNuclear, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Curran
  • Publication number: 20220237628
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for tracking, via a blockchain registry, carbon credits in goods produced from materials with sequestered carbon. Materials with sequestered carbon may be produced by reacting greenhouse gases with air and other reagents and catalysts (including biological organisms). Following production of a batch of material with sequestered carbon, a blockchain entry may be recorded with production details and details of carbon-credits earned during production. The carbon-sequestering material may later be converted into products, each of which may have a unique product identifier. A blockchain entry may be recorded with the unique product identifiers such that an owner of a unit of product can obtain, from the blockchain registry, a verified amount of carbon-credit associated with that unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Scott William Wollack, Patrick Curran, Evan Randall Creelman, Markus Donald Herrema
  • Publication number: 20210104403
    Abstract: Various articles and devices can be manufactured to take advantage of a what is believed to be a novel thermodynamic cycle in which spontaneity is due to an intrinsic entropy equilibration. The novel thermodynamic cycle exploits the quantum phase transition between quantum thermalization and quantum localization. Preferred devices include a phonovoltaic cell, a rectifier and a conductor for use in an integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventor: Patrick Curran
  • Publication number: 20180247811
    Abstract: Materials containing picocrystalline quantum dots that form artificial atoms are disclosed. The picocrystalline quantum dots (in the form of born icosahedra with a nearly-symmetrical nuclear configuration) can replace corner silicon atoms in a structure that demonstrates both short range and long-range order as determined by x-ray diffraction of actual samples. A novel class of boron-rich compositions that self-assemble from boron, silicon, hydrogen and, optionally, oxygen is also disclosed. The preferred stoichiometric range for the compositions is (B12Hw)xSiyOz with 3?w?5, 2?x?4, 2?y?5 and 0?z?3. By varying oxygen content and the presence or absence of a significant impurity such as gold, unique electrical devices can be constructed that improve upon and are compatible with current semiconductor technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventor: Patrick Curran
  • Patent number: 9972489
    Abstract: Materials containing picocrystalline quantum dots that form artificial atoms are disclosed. The picocrystalline quantum dots (in the form of boron icosahedra with a nearly-symmetrical nuclear configuration) can replace corner silicon atoms in a structure that demonstrates both short range and long-range order as determined by x-ray diffraction of actual samples. A novel class of boron-rich compositions that self-assemble from boron, silicon, hydrogen and, optionally, oxygen is also disclosed. The preferred stoichiometric range for the compositions is (B12Hw)xSiyOz with 3?w?5, 2?x?4, 2?y?5 and 0?z?3. By varying oxygen content and the presence or absence of a significant impurity such as gold, unique electrical devices can be constructed that improve upon and are compatible with current semiconductor technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SemiNuclear, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Curran
  • Publication number: 20170076942
    Abstract: Materials containing picocrystalline quantum dots that form artificial atoms are disclosed. The picocrystalline quantum dots (in the form of boron icosahedra with a nearly-symmetrical nuclear configuration) can replace corner silicon atoms in a structure that demonstrates both short range and long-range order as determined by x-ray diffraction of actual samples. A novel class of boron-rich compositions that self-assemble from boron, silicon, hydrogen and, optionally, oxygen is also disclosed. The preferred stoichiometric range for the compositions is (B12Hw)xSiyOz with 3?w?5, 2?x?4, 2?y?5 and 0?z?3. By varying oxygen content and the presence or absence of a significant impurity such as gold, unique electrical devices can be constructed that improve upon and are compatible with current semiconductor technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventor: Patrick Curran
  • Publication number: 20160351286
    Abstract: Materials containing picocrystalline quantum dots that form artificial atoms are disclosed. The picocrystalline quantum dots (in the form of boron icosahedra with a nearly-symmetrical nuclear configuration) can replace corner silicon atoms in a structure that demonstrates both short range and long-range order as determined by x-ray diffraction of actual samples. A novel class of boron rich compositions that self-assemble from boron, silicon, hydrogen and, optionally, oxygen is also disclosed. The preferred stoichiometric range for the compositions is (B12Hw)xSiyOz with 3?w?5, 2?x?3, 2?y?5 and 0<z?3. By varying oxygen content and the presence or absence of a significant impurity such as gold, unique electrical devices can be constructed that improve upon and are compatible with current semiconductor technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Patrick Curran
  • Publication number: 20070117804
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of imidazopyrazine compounds as inhibitors of protein and/or checkpoint kinases, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations including one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with the protein or checkpoint kinases using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Lianyun Zhao, Patrick Curran, David Belanger, Blake Hamann, Panduranga Reddy, Kamil Paruch, Timothy Guzi, Michael Dwyer, M. Siddiqui, Praveen Tadikonda
  • Publication number: 20070105864
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for inhibiting protein kinases selected from the group consisting of AKT, Checkpoint kinase, Aurora kinase, Pim-1 kinase, and tyrosine kinase using imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine compounds and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with protein kinases using such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Timothy Guzi, Kamil Paruch, Michael Dwyer, David Parry, Lianyun Zhao, Patrick Curran, David Belanger, Blake Hamann, Panduranga Reddy, M. Siddiqui, Praveen Tadikonda
  • Patent number: 7214819
    Abstract: A method of obtaining an enantioenriched organic compound comprising the steps of: 1) generating from a starting racemic, non-enantiopure or achiral compound a first mixture comprising at least one fluorous-tagged compound and at least one other non-fluorous tagged compound, at least one of these two compounds being enantioenriched relative to the starting compound; 2) contacting a first non-fluorous phase including the first mixture with a fluorous phase at a first phase interface, the fluorous-tagged compound distributing between the first non-fluorous phase and the fluorous phase; and 3) contacting the fluorous phase with a second non-fluorous phase at a second phase interface. The method further includes the step of having a third compound in the second non-fluorous phase that reacts with the fluorous-tagged compound to produce a second compound and the step of generating the first mixture by chemical or enzymatic kinetic resolution of a racemic or non-enantiopure compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Fluorous Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Patrick Curran, Zhiyong Luo
  • Publication number: 20070075300
    Abstract: A high tensile strength, highly conductive flexible composite sheet consisting of fibrillated PTFE polymers, performance enhancing dopants, and carbon particles useful in electrochemical devices such as flow through capacitors, capacitive deionization, electronic water purification, fuel cells, capacitors, super-capacitors and a method of preparation. The method consists of mixing the materials and calendering to the desired thickness and strength all at room temperature and leaving the material in a wet state without further drying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Patrick Curran, Robert Atlas
  • Publication number: 20070072882
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a class of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compounds as inhibitors of cyclin dependent kinases (CDKs), methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with the CDKs using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Timothy Guzi, Kamil Paruch, Michael Dwyer, M. Siddiqui, Panduranga Reddy, David Belanger, Blake Hamann, Patrick Curran
  • Publication number: 20070043045
    Abstract: Inhibitors of cyclin dependent kinase 2, compositions including the inhibitors, and methods of using the inhibitors and inhibitor compositions are described. The inhibitors and compositions including them are useful for treating disease or disease symptoms. The invention also provides for methods of making CDK-2 inhibitor compounds, methods of inhibiting CDK-2, and methods for treating disease or disease symptoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Yongqi Deng, Lianyun Zhao, Gerald Shipps, Patrick Curran, M. Siddiqui, Rumin Zhang, Charles McNemar, Todd Mayhood, William Windsor, Emma Lees, David Parry
  • Publication number: 20060191065
    Abstract: A portable toilet is provided comprising a bowl provided with an outlet and at least one spout. A flush tank is adapted to store a fluid, wherein the flush tank is adapted to be pressurized. A manually-actuated pump is in sealed communication with the flush tank, wherein the pump is adapted to cause the flush tank to become pressurized. A pressure relief valve adapted to release pressure from the flush tank. A manually-actuated flush valve is in sealed communication with the flush tank and is normally biased to a closed position. The flush valve includes a fluid outlet connected to the at least one spout and a fluid inlet. A flush valve actuator is disposed outside of the flush tank and is adapted to actuate the flush valve, wherein actuation of the flush valve actuator causes the flush valve to open to permit pressurized fluid contained within the flush tank to be delivered through the at least one spout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: SeaLand Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Miguel Martinez, Patrick Curran, Edward McKiernan, Otto Erbacher, Robert Krieder
  • Publication number: 20060111412
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I wherein X and R1-R7 are as defined herein. Compositions containing these compounds, and methods for inhibiting HCV RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and treating hepatitis C and related disorders using these compounds and compositions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Gerald Shipps, Tong Wang, Kristin Rosner, Patrick Curran, Alan Cooper, Viyyoor Girijavallabhan