Patents by Inventor Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson 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).

  • System and method for generating micro-seismic events and characterizing properties of a medium with non-linear acoustic interactions
    Patent number: 9223039
    Abstract: A method and system includes generating a first coded acoustic signal including pulses each having a modulated signal at a central frequency; and a second coded acoustic signal each pulse of which includes a modulated signal a central frequency of which is a fraction d of the central frequency of the modulated signal for the corresponding pulse in the first plurality of pulses. A receiver detects a third signal generated by a non-linear mixing process in the mixing zone and the signal is processed to extract the third signal to obtain an emulated micro-seismic event signal occurring at the mixing zone; and to characterize properties of the medium or creating a 3D image of the properties of the medium, or both, based on the emulated micro-seismic event signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY LLC
    Inventors: Cung Khac Vu, Kurt Nihei, Paul A. Johnson, Robert Guyer, James A. Ten Cate, Pierre-Yves Le Bas, Carène S. Larmat
  • Apparatus and method for improving particle count accuracy in low pressure applications
    Patent number: 9222859
    Abstract: A saturator block assembly that is adapted for use with a condensation particle counter is described. The saturator block assembly is comprised of a member that is at least partially formed from a porous material that is adapted to absorb a working fluid. The saturator block assembly also includes at least one open column formed through the porous member. The open column is parallel with a length of the member and is adapted to emit the working fluid in vapor form from the porous material. The saturator block assembly is further comprised of an outer surface, and is adapted to operate at low pressure or low pressure transient applications. A volume of the porous material is configured so as to reduce the amount of air capable of being trapped in the pores of the porous material during low pressure or low pressure transient applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: TSI, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert Caldow, Steven William Kerrigan, Jason Paul Johnson, Jacob Hackbarth Scheckman
  • Bispecific intracellular delivery vehicles
    Patent number: 9220791
    Abstract: A composition for delivering an agent to a cell, comprising a bispecific affinity reagent and a pH-responsive, membrane destabilizing polymer. The bispecific affinity reagent may include a first affinity reagent covalently linked to a second affinity reagent, wherein the first affinity reagent binds to a molecule on the surface of a cell, and the second affinity reagent binds to an intracellular target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: University of Washington, PhaseRx, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick S. Stayton, Allan S. Hoffman, Anthony Convertine, Craig L. Duvall, Robert Overell, Paul Johnson
  • Heterogeneous polymeric micelles for intracellular delivery
    Patent number: 9211250
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a heterogeneous polymeric micelle and an agent (e.g., a polynucleotide) associated with the micelle are disclosed, together with methods for intracellular delivery of such agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: University of Washington, PhaseRx, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Johnson, Patrick S. Stayton, Allan S. Hoffman, Robert Overell, Anna Gall, Mary Prieve, Amber Paschal, Charbel Diab, Priyadarsi De
  • ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES COMPRISING SELF-COMPENSATING POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20150333331
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates generally to devices comprising conductive polymers and more particularly to electrochemical devices comprising self-compensating conductive polymers. In one aspect, electrochemical energy storage device comprises a negative electrode comprising an active material including a redox-active polymer. The device additionally comprises a positive electrode comprising an active material including a redox-active polymer. The device further comprises an electrolyte material interposed between the negative electrode and positive electrode and configured to conduct mobile counterions therethrough between the negative electrode and positive electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Johnson, Jose Antonio Bautista-Martinez, Cody Friesen, Elise Switzer
  • REDOX ACTIVE POLYMER DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING AND MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150332141
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates generally to apparatus comprising conductive polymers and more particularly to tag and tag devices comprising a redox-active polymer film, and method of using and manufacturing the same. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a substrate and a conductive structure formed on the substrate which includes a layer of redox-active polymer film having mobile ions and electrons. The conductive structure further includes a first terminal and a second terminal configured to receive an electrical signal therebetween, where the layer of redox-active polymer is configured to conduct an electrical current generated by the mobile ions and the electrons in response to the electrical signal. The apparatus additionally includes a detection circuit operatively coupled to the conductive structure and configured to detect the electrical current flowing through the conductive structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Johnson, Jose Antonio Bautista-Martinez, Cody Friesen, Elise Switzer
  • Integrated system for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation
    Patent number: 9110179
    Abstract: A system for investigating non-linear properties of a rock formation around a borehole is provided. The system includes a first sub-system configured to perform data acquisition, control and recording of data; a second subsystem in communication with the first sub-system and configured to perform non-linearity and velocity preliminary imaging; a third subsystem in communication with the first subsystem and configured to emit controlled acoustic broadcasts and receive acoustic energy; a fourth subsystem in communication with the first subsystem and the third subsystem and configured to generate a source signal directed towards the rock formation; and a fifth subsystem in communication with the third subsystem and the fourth subsystem and configured to perform detection of signals representative of the non-linear properties of the rock formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY LLC
    Inventors: Cung Khac Vu, Christopher Skelt, Kurt Nihei, Paul A. Johnson, Robert Guyer, James A. Ten Cate, Pierre-Yves Le Bas, Carène S. Larmat
  • System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation with acoustic sources generating conical broadcast signals
    Patent number: 9110178
    Abstract: A method of interrogating a formation includes generating a conical acoustic signal, at a first frequency—a second conical acoustic signal at a second frequency each in the between approximately 500 Hz and 500 kHz such that the signals intersect in a desired intersection volume outside the borehole. The method further includes receiving, a difference signal returning to the borehole resulting from a non-linear mixing of the signals in a mixing zone within the intersection volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY LLC, CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Cung Khac Vu, Christopher Skelt, Kurt Nihei, Paul A. Johnson, Robert Guyer, James A. Ten Cate, Pierre-Yves Le Bas, Carène S. Larmat
  • Secure video delivery
    Patent number: 9075962
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for secure video delivery. A method includes providing a cryptographically signed manifest Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) manifest format player, the signed URL including at least a validity time span and an identification of a video, in the manifest format player, loading the manifest URL, the manifest URL pointing to an instantiation of a proxy, in the proxy, loading the manifest URL and verifying a validity of the signed URL, in the proxy, retrieving the manifest URL contents, in the proxy, substituting each non-metadata entry in the manifest URL contents with signed URLs either to an underlying video segment or back to an instantiation of the proxy if an entry another manifest, and in the HTTP manifest player, processing the manifest altered with signed URLs as a standard manifest, playing the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ramp Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Lau, R. Paul Johnson
  • MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20150188905
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method provides a designated link in a notification to an intended recipient of the message. The designated link includes a unique identifier associated with the message. Upon receiving a request to access the message, the method authenticates the request. Authentication includes verifying whether the request corresponds to the designated link provided in the notification. If the request passes authentication, the method communicates the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Dena Terry Bauckman, Nigel Paul Johnson, David Joseph Robertson
  • DISPLAYING CALL LOG INFORMATION ON A DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150189073
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a request from a television network server via a message mediation server for call log entries associated with multiple calls delivered to a telephony device. The method includes sending call log information to the television network server to enable display of the call log entries at a display device. The method includes receiving user input to delete a call log entry of the call log entries from a second media device via the message mediation server. The method includes deleting the call log entry from the call log information to generate revised call log information. The method includes receiving a second request from the television network server for the call log entries. The method includes sending the revised call log information to the television network server via the message mediation server to enable display of the call log entries at a second display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Chaoxin Qiu, Robert Stockwell, Jeffrey Paul Johnson, Les Bruce
  • DEVICE FOR ASSAYING ANALYTES IN BODILY FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20150173724
    Abstract: A device for determining the presence and/or quantity of one or more analytes in a sample of human body fluid has a container for receiving a sample of body fluid, with an interior that is delimited by a base and by a circumferential surface. It further comprises at least one test strip and a holding element for receiving and holding the one or more test strips. The holding element is designed such that it has a shape corresponding and adapted to the peripheral circumferential surface of the container. The device further comprises an elongate sampling element having an absorbent sampler that takes up the sample of body fluid and by means of which the sample of body fluid is transferred into the container. The sampling element can include an indicator strip for determining whether the amount of liquid sample sufficient for carrying out an assay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Matthias W. ENGEL, Leslie WILSON, Paul JOHNSON
  • DYNAMIC GRAPHICS GEOMETRY PREPROCESSING FREQUENCY SCALING AND PREDICTION OF PERFORMANCE GAIN
    Publication number: 20150178987
    Abstract: Technologies are presented that optimize graphics processing performance. A method of frequency scaling may include beginning a graphics workload with a starting geometry preprocessing frequency of a multiple of a streaming shader engine frequency where the multiple is non-zero; determining a primitive start pitch for a primitive of the graphics workload; comparing the determined primitive start pitch to a predetermined threshold and, if it exceeds the predetermined threshold: reducing the geometry preprocessing frequency, and, at the start of the next primitive, setting the geometry preprocessing frequency back to the starting geometry preprocessing frequency; and repeating the determining and comparing for each remaining primitive until an end of the graphics workload. Performance gain based on primitive start pitch information may also be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Linda L. Hurd, Paul A. Johnson
  • Monitoring and overriding features for telephone service system
    Patent number: 9060055
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for a user to monitor and/or override a forwarded call. Typically, the forwarded call was initially an incoming call from a caller to the user and thereafter forwarded to a remote service system, such as a remote messaging system. The system and method determine a redirecting number from which the incoming call was forwarded. The system and method then initiates a second call to the user and a voice path is established connecting the forwarded call to the second call. Thereafter, the user is notified, for example, with a distinct ring at the user's telephone, of the option that the user may monitor and override the forwarded call. The system and method can also execute procedures to actuate the options elected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Lisheng Huang, Jeffrey Paul Johnson
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING PARTICLE COUNT ACCURACY IN LOW PRESSURE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20150160105
    Abstract: A saturator block assembly that is adapted for use with a condensation particle counter is described. The saturator block assembly is comprised of a member that is at least partially formed from a porous material that is adapted to absorb a working fluid. The saturator block assembly also includes at least one open column formed through the porous member. The open column is parallel with a length of the member and is adapted to emit the working fluid in vapor form from the porous material. The saturator block assembly is further comprised of an outer surface, and is adapted to operate at low pressure or low pressure transient applications. A volume of the porous material is configured so as to reduce the amount of air capable of being trapped in the pores of the porous material during low pressure or low pressure transient applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: TSI, INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Caldow, Steven William Kerrigan, Jason Paul Johnson, Jacob Hackbarth Scheckman
  • Method for height control for single electron tunneling force spectroscopy and dynamic tunneling force microscopy
    Patent number: 9052337
    Abstract: Height control systems and/or methods are implemented for dynamic force tunneling microscopy and single electron tunneling force spectroscopy to improve their accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: The University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Clayton Covey Williams, Jon Paul Johnson
  • Measurement of depth and energy of buried trap states in dielectric films by single electron tunneling force spectroscopy
    Patent number: 9052339
    Abstract: A single electron tunneling force spectroscopy (SETFS) system (10) can perform a series of surface potential charge measurements at an array of voltages (V) and tip-sample heights (Z). These measurements are combined with a tunneling model that includes the dependence of the tunneling probability on trap state depth and energy. Simultaneous measurement of the depth and energy of individual trap states in a sample, such as a dielectric film, with an atomic scale of spatial resolution can be achieved. When combined with two-dimensional trap state imaging, such techniques provide for three-dimensional imaging of electronic defect states with atomic scale spatial resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: The University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Clayton Covey Williams, Jon Paul Johnson
  • System and method for investigating sub-surface features and 3D imaging of non-linear property, compressional velocity VP, shear velocity VS and velocity ratio VP/VS of a rock formation
    Patent number: 9046620
    Abstract: A system and a method for generating a three-dimensional image of a rock formation, compressional velocity VP, shear velocity VS and velocity ratio VP/VS of a rock formation are provided. A first acoustic signal includes a first plurality of pulses. A second acoustic signal from a second source includes a second plurality of pulses. A detected signal returning to the borehole includes a signal generated by a non-linear mixing process from the first and second acoustic signals in a non-linear mixing zone within an intersection volume. The received signal is processed to extract the signal over noise and/or signals resulting from linear interaction and the three dimensional image of is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignees: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY LLC, CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Cung Khac Vu, Christopher Skelt, Kurt Nihei, Paul A. Johnson, Robert Guyer, James A. Ten Cate, Pierre-Yves Le Bas, Carène S. Larmat
  • CONTEXT BASED COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20150120829
    Abstract: Methods and computer-readable media for providing a recommendation and for rerouting calls are disclosed. For example, a method detects updated status information regarding a contact of a user and determines whether the updated status information signifies an event of interest. When the updated information is determined to signify an event of interest, the method provides to a device of the user a recommendation that the user should communicate with the contact. The recommendation includes an indication of the event of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: JEFFREY PAUL JOHNSON, Larry B. Pearson, James H. Pratt, Randolph Wohlert
  • Socket and wrench tether connection cable and collet
    Patent number: D740627
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Inventor: Wayne Paul Johnson