Patents by Inventor Richard A. John

Richard A. John 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: 20240091479
    Abstract: An interface assembly comprises a nasal mask that includes a seal having a rolling portion. The rolling portion of the seal rolls over a portion of a clip that secures the seal to a frame. The frame has a ball and socket connection to a connector. The connector comprises an elbow having integrally formed exhaust holes and a swivel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Craig Robert Prentice, Bernard Tsz Lun Ip, Richard John Boyes, Thomas Mark Richardson, Gareth Thomas McDermott
  • Patent number: 11934308
    Abstract: Techniques for data manipulation using processor cluster address generation are disclosed. One or more processor clusters capable of executing software-initiated work requests are accessed. A plurality of dimensions from a tensor is flattened into a single dimension. A work request address field is parsed, where the address field contains unique address space descriptors for each of the plurality of dimensions, along with a common address space descriptor. A direct memory access (DMA) engine coupled to the one or more processor clusters is configured. Addresses are generated based on the unique address space descriptors and the common address space descriptor. The plurality of dimensions can be summed to generate a single address. Memory is accessed using two or more of the addresses that were generated. The addresses are used to enable DMA access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: David John Simpson, Stephen Curtis Johnson, Richard Douglas Trauben
  • Publication number: 20240088406
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell (3) for use in a fuel cell stack (1) comprising a resilient electrical conduction member sub-assembly (10, 16) having a first flow plate (5, 9), a second flow plate (6, 8) and a bipolar plate (11, 22). A fluid chamber (17, 19) is created by the first flow plate (5, 9), the second flow plate (6, 8), the bipolar plate (11, 22) and an electrode (13, 18) and has an inflow duct (59, 63) and an outflow duct (61, 65). A resilient electrical conduction member (15, 20) is located within the fluid chamber (17, 19) so that in use, a fluid can flow between the inflow duct (59, 61) and the outflow duct (61, 65). The resilient electrical conduction member (15, 20) is in electrically conductive contact with the bipolar plate (11, 22) and with the electrode (13, 18) via a plurality of electrical contacts (51) and the resilient electrical conduction member (15, 20) is compressed between the bipolar plate (11, 22) and the electrode (13, 18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Richard John CARTWRIGHT, Christopher Thomas REYNOLDS, Neill Devereux MAYNARD, Jody WHEELER
  • Publication number: 20240082514
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a filter assembly for use in an insufflation system is described. The filter assembly comprises: a filter medium operative to filter medical gases; a housing comprising an inlet, an outlet and the filter medium, the housing defining a gases flow path through the filter medium between the inlet and the outlet; and at least one heating element being positioned in the housing and being configured to heat the filter medium; and wherein, the at least one heating element is spaced apart from the filter medium and from an inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Richard John BOYES, Christian Francis FISCHER, Ali Ghalib Abdul Rahman GHALIB, Jessica Kristen SLOANE, Monika BAUMANN, Bernard Tsz Lun IP
  • Publication number: 20240086430
    Abstract: A method can include, responsive to receipt of input characterizing a geologic environment, utilizing a trained machine learning model to identify a number of geologic environments that include corresponding data stored in at least one database; analyzing one or more of the number of geologic environments; and outputting a result based at least in part on the analyzing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Robin John Pickles, Richard Torrens, Stephen Robert Freeman, Ranjit Vhanamane, Kwangwon Park
  • Patent number: 11926445
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing a filling fluid are discussed. More particularly an exemplary filling system may include a reservoir holding a filling fluid for distribution. The filling system may also include a pump and filling nozzle fluidly coupled to the reservoir. A processor executes a filling module that when executed receives at least one input fluid property of the filling fluid and generates at least one set of operating parameters for controlling operation of the pump during a filling operation based at least in part on the fluid property. The generated set of operating parameters enable control of the pump to distribute the filling fluid through the filling nozzle, such that a fluid interface with a stable resting profile forms in the filling fluid in the filling nozzle adjacent to the nozzle opening after the filling fluid is distributed from the filling nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard John Galas, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11929982
    Abstract: A method of assigning an identifier to a controller of a modular vacuum pumping and/or abatement system, the method including: determining, by a first controller of the modular vacuum pumping and/or abatement system, that a first identifier is to be assigned to a second controller of the modular vacuum pumping and/or abatement system, wherein the second controller is located at a module of the modular vacuum pumping and/or abatement system; transmitting, by the first controller, a first signal indicative of the first identifier to the second controller; receiving, by a user input device coupled to the module, a user input; and adopting, by the second controller, the first identifier as its identifier in response to the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Peter Reginald Crundwell, Richard John Moran, Peter George Stammers, Steven Graham Barlow, Brent Haslett
  • Patent number: 11927160
    Abstract: A mounting bracket for a handlebar of a discontinued All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) is provided. The mounting bracket includes a U-shape body, wherein a lower portion of both legs of the U-shape body are tilted at an approximately thirty-degree degree angle relative to a remaining portion of the mounting bracket; and a plurality of mounting holes only provided along said lower portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Zoom Parts LLC
    Inventors: Miles John Zock, Richard Mellick Zock
  • Patent number: 11926584
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of preparing 8-hydroxy-2,2,14,14-tetramethylpentadecanedioic acid and methods of making a pharmaceutical material comprising a purified amount of 8-hydroxy-2,2,14,14-tetramethylpentadecanedioic acid. Also provided are compositions and pharmaceutical materials including a purified amount of 8-hydroxy-2,2,14,14-tetramethylpentadecanedioic acid as well as methods of treating various diseases and conditions using the compositions and pharmaceutical materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Copp, Mohamed Abdelnasser, Christopher M. Cimarusti, Jonathan Lane, Michael Barkman, Rasidul Amin, Arthur John Cooper, Damodaragounder Gopal, Philipp Selig
  • Patent number: 11928523
    Abstract: A multi-tile processing unit in which the tiles in the processing unit may be divided between two or more different external sync groups for performing barrier synchronisations. In this way, different sets of tiles of the same processing unit each sync with different sets of tiles external to that processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: GRAPHCORE LIMITED
    Inventors: Simon Knowles, Daniel John Pelham Wilkinson, Alan Alexander, Stephen Felix, Richard Osborne, David Lacey, Lars Paul Huse
  • Publication number: 20240077438
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for an inspection apparatus for inspecting a component. The inspection apparatus including a robotic arm. A micro-XRF instrument having an instrument head coupled to the robotic arm. A seat supporting the component within a scanning area during inspection; and a computer in communication with the robotic arm and the micro-XRF instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Richard DiDomizio, Michael Christopher Andersen, Walter Vincent Dixon, III, Timothy Hanlon, Wayne Lee Lawrence, Ramkumar Kashyap Oruganti, Jonathan Rutherford Owens, Daniel M. Ruscitto, Adarsh Shukla, Eric John Telfeyan, Gregory Donald Crim, Michael Wylie Krauss, André Dziurla, Sven Martin Joachim Larisch, Falk Reinhardt, Roald Alberto Tagle Berdan, Henning Schroeder
  • Patent number: 11918136
    Abstract: A jug for a juicer has sealing features so that its contents may be isolated from the environment when it is not being filled or when used for pouring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Mark Thomas, Samuel Adeloju, Richard Hoare, Stephen John McClean
  • Patent number: 11920193
    Abstract: Methods of characterizing an analyte using a detector such as a nanopore and an enzyme are provided. One aspect features methods for characterizing a double-stranded polynucleotide using a detector, e.g., without using a hairpin connecting a template and a complement of the double-stranded polynucleotide. Another aspect features methods for characterizing an analyte using a tag-modified nanopore with increased sensitivity and/or higher throughput. Compositions and systems including, e.g., adaptors for attachment to double-stranded polynucleotides and tag-modified nanopores, which can be used in the methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
    Inventors: James Anthony Clarke, James White, Richard Muscat, Jessica Mary May Johnson, Ramiz Iqbal Nathani, Andrew John Heron, Mark John Bruce, Lakmal Nishantha Jayasinghe, Domenico Caprotti, David Jackson Stoddart, Rebecca Victoria Bowen, Christopher James Wright, Paul Richard Moody
  • Patent number: 11921911
    Abstract: A peripheral device, for use with a host, comprises one or more compute elements a security module and at least one encryption unit. The security module is configured to form a trusted execution environment on the peripheral device for processing sensitive data using sensitive code. The sensitive data and sensitive code are provided by a trusted computing entity which is in communication with the host computing device. The at least one encryption unit is configured to encrypt and decrypt data transferred between the trusted execution environment and the trusted computing entity via the host computing device. The security module is configured to compute and send an attestation to the trusted computing entity to attest that the sensitive code is in the trusted execution environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Stavros Volos, David Thomas Chisnall, Saurabh Mohan Kulkarni, Kapil Vaswani, Manuel Costa, Samuel Alexander Webster, Cédric Alain Marie Fournet, Richard Osborne, Daniel John Pelham Wilkinson, Graham Bernard Cunningham
  • Publication number: 20240068222
    Abstract: A siphonic water closet pan is disclosed that includes a bowl having a smooth convex rim, a water inlet passage connected to a water inlet to direct water into the bowl for flushing, a refill passage in fluid connection with the water inlet passage to allow water to refill the bowl after flushing, an outlet passage connected to an outlet for removal of waste, and a siphonic bypass connecting the outlet passage and the water inlet passage. The pan may further include a water reservoir in fluid connection with the refill passage. A barrier may be located between the water inlet and water inlet passage. The water closet pan is anti-ligature and anti-vandalism. Also disclosed is a process for producing the pan, a water closet comprising the pan, and a sanitary installation comprising one or more pans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Richard DENBURY, Alexander John GENT
  • Publication number: 20240068586
    Abstract: An evacuation unit is configured to remove entrapped fluid from a flow control. These configurations may incorporate devices that can passively discharge fluid in response to loss of system pressure. These devices may use gravity or spring-assist as mechanisms to move fluid out of spaces in the device. This feature mitigates risks that the entrapped fluid freezes and expands, which can cause damage to metal components and lead to extensive downtime of process lines. As an added benefit, the features can reduce product costs or complexity because the proposed designs avoid the need for additional, peripheral “accessories,” like pumps or heating elements, resident at the location of the flow control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Rajesh Krithivasan, Richard John Klimas, JR., Jason Glen Knudson
  • Patent number: 11914713
    Abstract: An example computing device includes a user interface, a network interface, a non-volatile memory, a processor coupled to the user interface, the network interface, and the non-volatile memory, and a set of instructions stored in the non-volatile memory. The set of instructions, when executed by the processor, is to perform a hardware initialization of the computing device according to a setting, establish a local trust domain and a remote trust domain, use a local-access public key to issue a challenge via the user interface to grant local access to the setting, and use a remote-access public key to grant remote access via the network interface to remote access to the setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kevin Jeansonne, Valiuddin Ali, Richard Alden Bramley, Jr., Adrian John Baldwin, Joshua Serratelli Schiffman
  • Patent number: D1017260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ZOOX, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy David Kentley-Klay, Nahuel Elias Battaglia, Herman Francisco Delos Santos, Richard Luke Osellame, Christopher John Stoffel
  • Patent number: D1017429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ZOOX, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher John Stoffel, Nahuel Elias Battaglia, Christl Cleblad-Earl, Herman Francisco Delos Santos, Richard Luke Osellame, Andrew David Rudd
  • Patent number: D1018088
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ZOOX, INC.
    Inventors: Nahuel Elias Battaglia, Christl Cleblad-Earl, Herman Francisco Delos Santos, Justin Dominic Horton, Alexander Kraus, Richard Luke Osellame, Andrew David Rudd, Christopher John Stoffel