Patents by Inventor Paul Harmon

Paul Harmon 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: 11980623
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound suvorexant, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a concentration-enhancing polymer, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Paul A. Harmon, Narayan Variankaval, Michael Lowinger, Chad David Brown, Francis Flanagan
  • Publication number: 20240090928
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention provide plates for treating periarticular fractures or other non-full body weight bearing applications that combine polyaxial fixation with a low profile and enhanced contouring that more closely conforms to bone. Such plates can be designed to achieve buttressing effect and/or to be used in a reinforcement mode. Other features can be combined with these. Such plates can be created for use on bone sites such as on a tibia, fibula, metatarsal, calcaneous, other foot bone, humerus, radius, ulna, spinal, maxillofacial, as well as sites on other bones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Edward Austin, Jon A. Harmon, Timothy J. Petteys, Thomas A. Russell, Paul Tornetta, William M. Ricci
  • Patent number: 11909797
    Abstract: A method for personalizing media content for a user is provided. The method includes, at an electronic device, streaming a first media item from a first set of media items, the first set of media items compiled using a first recommendation hypothesis. The method further includes, while streaming the first media item, in response to a first user request, selecting, without user intervention, a second set of media items, distinct from the first set of media items, including determining a presentation order of a plurality of sets of media items using a heuristic applied to the plurality of sets of media items. The second set of media items is compiled using a second recommendation hypothesis, wherein the second recommendation hypothesis is distinct from the first recommendation hypothesis. The method includes streaming a second media item from the second set of media items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Aaron Paul Harmon, Adam Shonkoff, Bradford Lage, Johanna Anderson Favole, Justin David Covington, Paul Lamere, Timothy Andrew Chagnon, Debra Lynn McDonald, Matthew Julian Seaton, Matthew Budelman, Scott Kagan
  • Patent number: 11887586
    Abstract: A method includes retrieving a plurality of transcripts from a database. Each transcript in the plurality of transcripts corresponds to audio from a media content item of a plurality of media content items that are provided by a media providing service. The method also includes applying each transcript of the plurality of transcripts to a trained computational model, and receiving a user request for information regarding a topic. The method further includes, in response to the user request, identifying a transcript from the database that is relevant to the topic, and a position within the transcript that is relevant to the topic. The method also includes providing, by the media providing service, at least a portion of a media content item corresponding to the identified transcript, beginning at a starting position that is based on the position within the identified transcript that is relevant to the topic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Vidhya Murali, Aaron Paul Harmon
  • Publication number: 20230339198
    Abstract: An optic configured for variable wavefront shaping of electromagnetic radiation comprises first and second optical elements each including a solidified heterogeneous coalescence of nanocomposite material providing respective first and second complex dielectric-function gradients. The first and second optical elements are arranged in tandem along an optical axis and together provide wavefront shaping that varies in dependence on a displacement of the first optical element relative to the second optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: George Williams, John Paul Harmon
  • Patent number: 11760644
    Abstract: An aqueous or organic solvent medium for additive manufacturing technologies comprising a nanocrystal comprising a functional group. The nanocrystal material is selected from a metal oxide, fluoride, metallic, carbon-based, semiconducting quantum dot or combinations thereof. The functional group comprises primary amine, carboxylic acid, lactam ring, polyamide polymer chain or group used to attach a similar functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: VADIENT OPTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Leonard Allen, Edward Whitney Elliott, III, John Paul Harmon, Chris Weber, Charles G Dupuy
  • Publication number: 20230171297
    Abstract: A method for personalizing media content for a user is provided. The method includes, at an electronic device, streaming a first media item from a first set of media items, the first set of media items compiled using a first recommendation hypothesis. The method further includes, while streaming the first media item, in response to a first user request, selecting, without user intervention, a second set of media items, distinct from the first set of media items, including determining a presentation order of a plurality of sets of media items using a heuristic applied to the plurality of sets of media items. The second set of media items is compiled using a second recommendation hypothesis, wherein the second recommendation hypothesis is distinct from the first recommendation hypothesis. The method includes streaming a second media item from the second set of media items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Aaron Paul HARMON, Adam SHONKOFF, Bradford LAGE, Johanna Anderson FAVOLE, Justin David COVINGTON, Paul LAMERE, Timothy Andrew CHAGNON, Debra Lynn MCDONALD, Matthew Julian SEATON, Matthew BUDELMAN, Scott KAGAN
  • Publication number: 20230057911
    Abstract: A method of additively manufacturing a composite article with tuned impedance and refractive-index in three dimensions. The method includes providing a ferrite feedstock. The ferrite feedstock is loaded with ferrite particles. The method further includes depositing and curing the ferrite feedstock. Therein a composite article is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Vadient Optics, LLC
    Inventors: Peter G. Hugger, Chad N. Teters, Ernst Adrian Henle, Thomas Leonard Allen, John Paul Harmon, Samuel Peter Grimm, Edward Whitney Elliott, III, Peter Jon Polesnak
  • Publication number: 20220342124
    Abstract: An optic having a refractive-index gradient comprises first and second materials. The first material includes at least one nanoparticle species and has a first volume-fraction profile and a first refractive index n1(?) varying in dependence on wavelength ?. The second material includes at least one polymer species and has a second volume-fraction profile and a second refractive index n2(?) varying in dependence on the wavelength ?. The first and second volume-fraction profiles define the refractive-index gradient of the optic, where, for a longer wavelength ?R and a shorter wavelength ?B: n1(?B)?n2(?B) and n1(?R)?n2(?R) differ by less than a threshold T that limits optical power in the optic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: John Paul Harmon, George Williams
  • Patent number: 11469514
    Abstract: A method of additively manufacturing a composite article with tuned impedance and refractive-index in three dimensions. The method includes providing a ferrite feedstock. The ferrite feedstock is loaded with ferrite particles. The method further includes depositing and curing the ferrite feedstock. Therein a composite article is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: VADIENT OPTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Peter G Hugger, Chad N Teters, Ernst Adrian Henle, Thomas Leonard Allen, John Paul Harmon, Samuel Peter Grimm, Edward Whitney Elliott, III, Peter Jon Polesnak
  • Publication number: 20220300249
    Abstract: A system for refinement of a voice query interpretation interprets a voice query received at a voice-enabled device to identify commands responsive to the voice query for execution at the voice-enabled device, and enables refinement of the interpretation of the voice query through a graphical user interface generated and displayed at a GUI-capable device. The graphical user interface includes a set of selectable options relating to the voice query and identifying a refinement of the interpretation of the voice query to enable control and/or adjustment of commands to be executed by the voice-enabled device. For example, if one of the selectable options is selected, then a command associated with the selected option is identified and executed by the voice-enabled device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Philip Glenny Edmonds, Matthew Joseph Kane, Joshua Pham, Eder G. Bastos, Marcus Daniel Better, Adithya Kalyan Tammavarapu, Amilcar Andrade Garcia, Chen Ye Li, Adam Jonathan Shonkoff, Aaron Paul Harmon, Christopher Phair, Ching Chuan Sung
  • Publication number: 20220284886
    Abstract: A method includes retrieving a plurality of transcripts from a database. Each transcript in the plurality of transcripts corresponds to audio from a media content item of a plurality of media content items that are provided by a media providing service. The method also includes applying each transcript of the plurality of transcripts to a trained computational model, and receiving a user request for information regarding a topic. The method further includes, in response to the user request, identifying a transcript from the database that is relevant to the topic, and a position within the transcript that is relevant to the topic. The method also includes providing, by the media providing service, at least a portion of a media content item corresponding to the identified transcript, beginning at a starting position that is based on the position within the identified transcript that is relevant to the topic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Vidhya MURALI, Aaron Paul HARMON
  • Patent number: 11379184
    Abstract: A system for refinement of a voice query interpretation interprets a voice query received at a voice-enabled device to identify commands responsive to the voice query for execution at the voice-enabled device, and enables refinement of the interpretation of the voice query through a graphical user interface generated and displayed at a GUI-capable device. The graphical user interface includes a set of selectable options relating to the voice query and identifying a refinement of the interpretation of the voice query to enable control and/or adjustment of commands to be executed by the voice-enabled device. For example, if one of the selectable options is selected, then a command associated with the selected option is identified and executed by the voice-enabled device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Philip Glenny Edmonds, Matthew Joseph Kane, Joshua Pham, Eder G. Bastos, Marcus Daniel Better, Adithya Kalyan Tammavarapu, Amilcar Andrade Garcia, Chen Ye Li, Adam Jonathan Shonkoff, Aaron Paul Harmon, Christopher Phair, Ching Chuan Sung
  • Publication number: 20220134639
    Abstract: An additively manufactured article is assembled from a plurality of printed voxels. The article includes a lattice of unit cells of a composite lattice material and an encasing matrix of structural material arranged between adjacent unit cells of the lattice. The structural material has greater mechanical strength than the composite lattice material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Leonard Allen, John Paul Harmon, Samuel Peter Grimm, George Williams, Peter George Hugger
  • Publication number: 20220140492
    Abstract: A method of additively manufacturing a composite article with tuned impedance and refractive-index in three dimensions. The method includes providing a ferrite feedstock. The ferrite feedstock is loaded with ferrite particles. The method further includes depositing and curing the ferrite feedstock. Therein a composite article is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Vadient Optics LLC
    Inventors: Peter G. Huggers, Chad N. Teters, Ernst Adrian Henle, Thomas Leonard Allen, John Paul Harmon, Samuel Peter Grimm, Edward Whitney Eliott, III, Peter Jon Polesnak
  • Publication number: 20220062295
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound suvorexant, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a concentration-enhancing polymer, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Paul A. Harmon, Narayan Variankaval
  • Publication number: 20210407165
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a first icon comprising a shape. While displaying the first icon, the device receives a voice command corresponding to a request for media content from the application. In response to, and while receiving, the voice command, the device dynamically animates the first icon, including distorting a radius of a portion of the shape in accordance with a direction of the voice command. The dynamic animation indicates that the electronic device is in a first state. After the voice command is completed, the device displays an indication that the device is in a second state that is distinct from the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Harry Morgan BENTELL, Aaron Paul HARMON, Andreas Gustav Christian PĂ…LSSON, Karl HUMPHREYS, Nicola FELACO, Daniel BROMAND
  • Patent number: D938988
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: SPOTIFY AB
    Inventors: Karl Humphreys, Aaron Paul Harmon, Nicola Felaco
  • Patent number: D975736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Karl Humphreys, Aaron Paul Harmon, Nicola Felaco
  • Patent number: D986270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Karl Humphreys, Aaron Paul Harmon, Nicola Felaco