Patents by Inventor Paul Thomas

Paul Thomas 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: 20250145832
    Abstract: An article including at least one first metallic layer, at least one dielectric layer; and at least one second metallic layer is disclosed. The at least one dielectric layer can include at least one of (i) a photo-initiator, (ii) an oxygen inhibition mitigation composition, (iii) a leveling agent, and (iv) a defoamer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Johannes SEYDEL, Paul Thomas KOHLMANN, Mark TEVIS, Jeffrey James KUNA
  • Publication number: 20250143557
    Abstract: An example, ureteroscope includes a handpiece at least defining a working channel port and a laser fiber port. The ureteroscope also includes a catheter including a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end. The catheter at least defines a working channel and a laser fiber channel that is distinct from the working channel. In other word, the catheter defines a dedicated laser fiber channel that is distinct from the working channel. The working channel and the laser fiber channel are connected (either directly or indirectly) to the working channel port and the laser fiber port, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Cecille Canary, Justin Wolfe, Paul Thomas Mannion
  • Publication number: 20250135480
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an operating method for a coating system for coating components (e.g. motor vehicle body components) with a coating agent (e.g. paint) by means of an applicator (e.g. rotary atomizer), including the following, The components may be coated with the coating agent, whereby component-related process values are obtained which represent operating variables of devices of the coating system during the coating of the individual components, and whereby a specific component-related coating quality results during the coating of the individual component. Component related process values of the coating system may be determined. Quality relevant anomalies in the process values may be determined. The position of the coating defects corresponding to the anomalies may be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Nico Koch, Paul Thomä, Dominik Vincenz, Robin Heim
  • Publication number: 20250136816
    Abstract: A composition includes magnetic particles having a median particle size ranging from about 10 to about 30 microns; and reflective particles having a median particle size ranging from about 1 to about 9 microns, wherein the reflective particles have a lightness at least 10 points higher than the lightness of the magnetic particles. A method of making the composition is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Cornelis Jan DELST, Paul Thomas KOHLMANN
  • Patent number: 12286794
    Abstract: A platform system comprising a platform structure having at least one modular platform unit with platform connection features on a side surface thereof to which other components can be connected, the other components including at least two of the following: another modular platform unit, a stair unit, a tower unit, a handrail unit, and a ladder unit. A stair assembly is connected to the platform structure via said connection features, the stair assembly comprising a plurality of stair units connected together to provide a number of steps equal to the sum of steps of the stair units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Safe Rack LLC
    Inventors: Robert W. Honeycutt, Joseph N. Lane, Carson Allan Jones, Paul Thomas King, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12275758
    Abstract: Embodiments of a recombinant Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) F ectodomain trimer stabilized in a prefusion conformation are provided. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the RSV F ectodomain trimer and methods of producing the RSV F ectodomain trimer. Methods for inducing an immune response in a subject are also disclosed. In some embodiments, the method can be a method for treating or preventing a RSV infection in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of the recombinant RSV F ectodomain trimer to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Peter Kwong, Barney Graham, John Mascola, Li Ou, Aliaksandr Druz, Man Chen, Wing-Pui Kong, Ivelin Stefanov Georgiev, Emily Rundlet, Michael Gordon Joyce, Yaroslav Tsybovsky, Paul Thomas, Marie Pancera, Mallika Sastry, Cinque Soto, Joseph Van Galen, Guillaume Stewart-Jones, Yongping Yang, Baoshan Zhang, Ulrich Baxa
  • Patent number: 12275852
    Abstract: An article including a reflector having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a first selective light modulator layer external to the first surface of the reflector; a second selective light modulator layer external to the second surface of the reflector; a first absorber layer external to the first selective light modulator layer; and a second absorber layer external to the second selective light modulator layer; wherein each of the first and second selective light modulator layers include a host material is disclosed herein. Methods of making the article are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Johannes Seydel, Mark Tevis, Kangning Liang, Jeffrey James Kuna, Jaroslaw Zieba, Paul Thomas Kohlmann
  • Patent number: 12275267
    Abstract: An article including a substrate; and a composition on the substrate, the composition including a liquid medium, and a semi-transparent magnetic pigment including a semi-transparent, metallic, magnetic material and a dielectric material used as a light interference cavity is disclosed, A method of making the article is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Kohlmann, Vladimir P. Raksha, Cornelis Jan Delst
  • Patent number: 12269552
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses various brackets with various mounting interfaces for engaging (e.g., mechanically) with various surfaces that are correspondingly configured. For example, one of such brackets can clamp onto a bar (e.g., a handlebar of a vehicle) and then an electronic device (e.g., a smartphone, a tablet, a dedicated navigational unit) can removably secure (e.g., mate) to that bracket. This form of removable securing can be via that bracket having a latch configured to engage a detent of the electronic device (or vice versa) in order to linearly mount the electronic device onto the bracket (or vice versa) and disengage the detent in order rotationally unmount the electronic device from the bracket (or vice versa).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: Laurence John Wattrus, Evan Charles Huggins, Robert David Martinez, Zakery Allen Koster, Paul Thomas Reamey
  • Publication number: 20250092119
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) polypeptide as defined herein. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the polypeptide, nucleic acids encoding the polypeptide, vectors comprising the nucleic acid, cells, and methods of producing the AAT polypeptide and method of using the AAT polypeptide in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Paul Thomas King, Ashley Maurice Buckle
  • Publication number: 20250095286
    Abstract: Three-dimensional (3D) information is generated from two or more two-dimensional (2D) images. In the 2D images, one or more objects are identified, and either a corresponding portion of the 3D information representing the same object is identified and/or where the 3D information is corrected correspondingly. The correction may be the leaving out of 3D information representing the object or the correction of the 3D information based on knowledge of a shape of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel David WILLIAMS, Stephen Paul Elizondo LANDERS, John Paul Thomas ATKINSON
  • Patent number: 12252599
    Abstract: A polyolefin film having between about 10% and about 95%, by weight of the polyolefin film, of recycled polyolefin is described. The polyolefin film has an Average Hole Count between about 0.0 and about 10.0, according to the Gel Count Test Method. The polyolefin film has an Average Gel Count between about 0.0 and about 100.0, according to the Gel Count Test Method. The polyolefin film has an Average Relative Gel Height between about 0.0% and about 150.0%. The polyolefin film has a Total Spot Count between about 0.0 and about 100.0, according to the Gel Count Test Method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christian Kohlweyer, Paul Thomas Weisman, Michael Remus, Peter Kramkowski
  • Patent number: 12245730
    Abstract: An indoor mobile industrial robot system is configured to provide a weight to a detected object within an operating environment, where the weight relates to how static the feature is. The indoor mobile industrial robot system includes a mechanism configured to translate reflected light energy and positional information into a set of data points representing the detected object having at least one of Cartesian and/or polar coordinates, and an intensity. If any discrete data point within the set of data points representing the detected object has an intensity at or above a defined threshold the entire set of data points is converted into a weight and potentially classified representing a static feature, otherwise such set of data points is classified as representing a dynamic feature having a lower weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Carnegie Robotics, LLC
    Inventors: Anurag Jakhotia, Andrew James Somerville, David Larose, John Paul Thomas Atkinson
  • Patent number: 12235089
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a shock initiation system for initiating shock in a shock tube for demolition. In some embodiments, the shock initiation system comprises a reusable discharge unit and a replaceable shock initiation platform. The reusable discharge unit may comprise a power source, a timer, a switch, and user inputs and may function to store a time, countdown the timer, and generate and transmit an electrical energy to the replaceable shock initiation platform. The shock initiation platform may receive the electrical energy from the discharge unit overpowering a resistor disposed on the shock initiation platform. The resistor may then detonate providing an initiation shock to a proximally disposed shock tube, thereby initiating shock in the shock tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Dale Vance, Paul Thomas Heffernan
  • Patent number: 12234428
    Abstract: Pouches, for example pouches that contain one or more active agents, such as a fabric care active agent or dishwashing active agent and/or detergent compositions, and more particularly pouches employing a water-soluble fibrous wall material, pouches employing a fibrous wall material that ruptures during use, and methods for making same, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andreas Josef Dreher, Mark Robert Sivik, Gregory Charles Gordon, Hailing Bao, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Publication number: 20250058961
    Abstract: A package of one or more compressed absorbent articles with a tactile indicium is disclosed. The package encloses one or more compressed absorbent articles. The package comprises a plurality of panels forming an outer surface. The outer surface comprises a tactile indicium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Paul Thomas WEISMAN, Michael REMUS, Michael Scott PRODOEHL, Silke BASENDOWSKI
  • Patent number: 12222989
    Abstract: A method of generating recommendations for a collective profile, the collective profile being linked to a first profile and a second profile. The method may include authenticating a login request from an end user device in association with the collective profile based on credentials associated with the first profile, identifying a query from among a plurality of queries and transmit the query to the end user device, receiving a response to the query, determining that the response is not inconsistent with one or more earlier responses received in association with the second profile and, in response, refining at least one attribute or goal in the collective profile based on the response to generate and store a refined collective profile, and determining whether the refined collective profile results in a new recommendation and, if so, outputting the new recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Mansi Rastogi, Jane Holtslander, Michael Doyle, Kristopher Okera Gibbs, Tonja Selena Launen, Alla Chichkina, Ellen Rebecca Heise, Anna Anatolievna Sakoun, Seonaid Marlaine Eggett, Paul Thomas McGhee, Chantale Oliveira, Mary Ann Duarte
  • Publication number: 20250043511
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue product rolls that exhibit novel combinations of physical properties, such as Moment of Inertia, Roll Density, and optionally Roll Diameter, such that the sanitary tissue product rolls meet consumers' needs, and method for making such novel sanitary tissue product rolls and marketing such novel sanitary tissue product rolls are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin Mitchell, Robert Edward Reinerman, Douglas Jay Barkey, Mark Alan Green, Paul Dennis Trokhan, J. Michael Bills, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Publication number: 20250047987
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for altering visual media. In some embodiments, user interfaces capturing visual media (e.g., via a synthetic depth-of-field effect), playing back visual media (e.g., via a synthetic depth-of-field effect), editing visual media (e.g., that has a synthetic depth-of-field effect applied), and/or managing media capture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Johnnie B. MANZARI, Graham R. CLARKE, Toke JANSEN, Wayne LOOFBOURROW, Joseph A. MALIA, Seyyedhossein MOUSAVI, Jens Jacob PALLISGAARD, Paul Thomas SCHNEIDER, Joshua Blake SHAGAM, William A. SORRENTINO, III, Andre SOUZA DOS SANTOS, Piotr J. STANCZYK, Agnes NEMETH
  • Publication number: 20250034758
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric comprises a first surface, a second surface, and a visually discernible pattern on at least one of the first and second surfaces. The visually discernible pattern has a regular, repeating pattern of three-dimensional features. Each of the three-dimensional features define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions having a difference in values for an intensive property. The first surface has a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB V2 rms to about 15 dB V2 rms. The second surface has a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB V2 rms to about 15 dB V2 rms. A ratio of the TS7 value of the first surface to the TS7 value of the second surface is in the range of about 1 to about 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Arman Ashraf, Kelyn Anne Arora, Paul Thomas Weisman, Nathan Ray Whitely