Patents by Inventor Richard A. Bragg

Richard A. Bragg 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: 20230177045
    Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for identifying availability of media items is presented. A search query is received from a client device of a user. Instances of media items that satisfy the search query and that are available on content sources accessible to the client device of the user are identified. Aggregate information for the media items is determined based on the instances of the media items. The aggregate information for the media items is transmitted to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Gregory Allan Funk, Yongsung Kim, Richard Bragg
  • Patent number: 11567931
    Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for identifying availability of media items is presented. A search query is received from a client device of a user. Instances of media items that satisfy the search query and that are available on content sources accessible to the client device of the user are identified. Aggregate information for the media items is determined based on the instances of the media items. The aggregate information for the media items is transmitted to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Allan Funk, Yongsung Kim, Richard Bragg
  • Publication number: 20210173830
    Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for identifying availability of media items is presented. A search query is received from a client device of a user. Instances of media items that satisfy the search query and that are available on content sources accessible to the client device of the user are identified. Aggregate information for the media items is determined based on the instances of the media items. The aggregate information for the media items is transmitted to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory Allan Funk, Yongsung Kim, Richard Bragg
  • Patent number: 10929391
    Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for identifying availability of media items is presented. A search query is received from a client device of a user. Instances of media items that satisfy the search query and that are available on content sources accessible to the client device of the user are identified. Aggregate information for the media items is determined based on the instances of the media items. The aggregate information for the media items is transmitted to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Allan Funk, Yongsung Kim, Richard Bragg
  • Patent number: 9963487
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the expression of polypeptides using Yarrowia lipolytica, in particular the secretion of expressed polypeptides into either the extracellular space or the surface of the Y. lipolytica host cell wall. The invention also extends to the use of the polypeptides so expressed in biotechnological applications. The present invention provides an expression construct for the expression of polypeptides using at least a single Yarrowia lipolytica yeast cell, the expression construct having at least one expression cassette, the expression cassette including an acid extracellular protease secretion signal sequence and flanking zeta sequence recombination sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE
    Inventors: Robert Richard Bragg, Charlotte Enastacia Boucher, Chrispian William Theron, Arina Corli Hitzeroth
  • Patent number: 9908917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the expression of polypeptides using Yarrowia lipolytica, in particular the secretion of expressed polypeptides into either the extracellular space or the surface of the Y. lipolytica host cell wall. The invention also extends to the use of the polypeptides so expressed in biotechnological applications. The present invention provides an expression construct for the expression of polypeptides using at least a single Yarrowia lipolytica yeast cell, the expression construct having at least one expression cassette, the expression cassette including an acid extracellular protease secretion signal sequence and flanking zeta sequence recombination sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE
    Inventors: Robert Richard Bragg, Charlotte Enastacia Boucher, Chrispian William Theron, Arina Corli Hitzeroth
  • Publication number: 20170002044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the expression of polypeptides using Yarrowia lipolytica, in particular the secretion of expressed polypeptides into either the extracellular space or the surface of the Y. lipolytica host cell wall. The invention also extends to the use of the polypeptides so expressed in biotechnological applications. The present invention provides an expression construct for the expression of polypeptides using at least a single Yarrowia lipolytica yeast cell, the expression construct having at least one expression cassette, the expression cassette including an acid extracellular protease secretion signal sequence and flanking zeta sequence recombination sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Richard BRAGG, Charlotte Enastacia BOUCHER, Chrispian William THERON, Arina Corli HITZEROTH
  • Publication number: 20160090601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the expression of polypeptides using Yarrowia lipolytica, in particular the secretion of expressed polypeptides into either the extracellular space or the surface of the Y. lipolytica host cell wall. The invention also extends to the use of the polypeptides so expressed in biotechnological applications. The present invention provides an expression construct for the expression of polypeptides using at least a single Yarrowia lipolytica yeast cell, the expression construct having at least one expression cassette, the expression cassette including an acid extracellular protease secretion signal sequence and flanking zeta sequence recombination sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Richard BRAGG, Charlotte Enastacia BOUCHER, Chrispian William THERON, Arina Corli HITZEROTH
  • Publication number: 20150088891
    Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for identifying availability of media items is presented. A search query is received from a client device of a user. Instances of media items that satisfy the search query and that are available on content sources accessible to the client device of the user are identified. Aggregate information for the media items is determined based on the instances of the media items. The aggregate information for the media items is transmitted to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Allan Funk, Yongsung Kim, Richard Bragg
  • Patent number: 6805596
    Abstract: A connector assembly for use in transmission line installations. An elongated steel tube is provided and an aluminum sleeve is axially inserted into the tube and exhibits a rate of extrusion greater than the tube. A current carrying cable has a plurality of outer strands and a central extending plurality of inner strands which insert within the sleeve. The tube is subjected to a mechanically compressing and area reducing procedure such that the sleeve extrudes at a rate greater than the tube and the aluminum material associated with the sleeve fills irregularities existing between the inner strands. The sleeve also establishes stress relief between the wire strands and the tube. An aluminum outer tubular body is slidably engaged over the assembled tube and sleeve and is mechanically compressed at specified locations in order to secure about the outer strands of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Alcoa Fujikura Limited
    Inventors: Wayne L. Quesnel, Richard A. Bragg
  • Publication number: 20030194916
    Abstract: A connector assembly for use in transmission line installations. An elongated steel tube is provided and an aluminum sleeve is axially inserted into the tube and exhibits a rate of extrusion greater than the tube. A current carrying cable has a plurality of outer strands and a central extending plurality of inner strands which insert within the sleeve. The tube is subjected to a mechanically compressing and area reducing procedure such that the sleeve extrudes at a rate greater than the tube and the aluminum material associated with the sleeve fills irregularities existing between the inner strands. The sleeve also establishes stress relief between the wire strands and the tube. An aluminum outer tubular body is slidably engaged over the assembled tube and sleeve and is mechanically compressed at specified locations in order to secure about the outer strands of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Wayne L. Quesnel, Richard A. Bragg