Patents by Inventor Robert A. McDonald
Robert A. McDonald 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).
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Publication number: 20240058862Abstract: Methods and build materials are provided for producing articles with additive manufacturing processes. The methods comprise providing a build material comprising a powder mixture of about 95.0 wt. % to about 99.95 wt. % metallic powder and about 0.05 wt. % to about 5.0 wt. % graphene powder and performing an additive manufacturing process to produce the article from the build material. The graphene powder comprises nanoplatelets having between 1 and 30 layers of graphene.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Vasisht Dilip, Kedar Sharma, Riyazahmmad Kurlgeri, Venkata Sai Manohar Gollakota, Eswara Naidu Chikkala, Brian Baughman, Harry Kington, Robert McDonald
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Publication number: 20240059401Abstract: An undercarriage unit is provided. The undercarriage unit comprises: a rotatable wheel; at least one electromagnet for releasably coupling the undercarriage unit to the aircraft; a switch for selectively activating and deactivating the at least one electromagnet; and a controller arranged to actuate the switch. An aircraft having the undercarriage unit is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventors: Benjamin Fairfax LUXMOORE, Jacob Joseph GRUNDY, Paul Robert MCDONALD, David Paul TYLER
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Publication number: 20240052354Abstract: The disclosure provides novel personalized therapies, kits, transmittable forms of information and methods for use in treating patients having cancer, wherein the cancer is amenable to therapeutic treatment with an inhibitor, e.g., an inhibitor of any of the targets disclosed herein. Kits, methods of screening for candidate inhibitors, and associated methods of treatment are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Eric BILLY, Antoine DE WECK, Javad GOLJI, Gregory HOFFMAN, Francesco HOFMANN, Audrey KAUFFMANN, Konstantinos John MAVRAKIS, Earl Robert MCDONALD, III, William SELLERS, Tobias SCHMELZLE, Frank Peter STEGMEIER, Michael Ray SCHLABACH, JR.
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Publication number: 20230368090Abstract: According to various aspects, systems and methods are provided for automatically matching recruiters to job openings. The system may train one or more models that determine a measure of compatibility between a recruiter and a job opening. The system may train the model(s) using stored records of activity tracked by the system. The measure of compatibility may be used to determine whether a recruiter is likely to place a candidate for a job opening. Some embodiments provide a system that can collect objective data about recruiters and hiring parties, and use the objective data to train the model(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Scout Exchange LLCInventors: Kenneth Lazarus, Igor M. Oliynyk, Robert Green, Robert McDonald, Johan Bilien, Paul Miller, Tuan Nguyen
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Patent number: 11720834Abstract: According to various aspects, systems and methods are provided for automatically matching recruiters to job openings. The system may train one or more models that determine a measure of compatibility between a recruiter and a job opening. The system may train the model(s) using stored records of activity tracked by the system. The measure of compatibility may be used to determine whether a recruiter is likely to place a candidate for a job opening. Some embodiments provide a system that can collect objective data about recruiters and hiring parties, and use the objective data to train the model(s).Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Scout Exchange LLCInventors: Kenneth Lazarus, Igor M. Oliynyk, Robert Green, Robert McDonald, Johan Bilien, Paul Miller, Tuan Nguyen
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Publication number: 20230021978Abstract: According to various aspects, systems and methods are provided for tracking actions performed in various disparate talent platforms, and generating ratings for parties that use the talent platforms based on the tracked actions. Some embodiments provide objective ratings of hiring and staffing parties that are automatically determined based on stored data records of tracked actions. The hiring and staffing party ratings may build transparency of activity performed by the parties within the disparate talent platforms. This in turn builds trust among users of the online system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Scout Exchange LLCInventors: Igor M. Oliynyk, Robert McDonald, Kenneth Lazarus, Robert Green, Johan Bilien
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Patent number: 11530413Abstract: The disclosure provides novel personalized therapies, kits, transmittable forms of information and methods for use in treating patients having cancer, wherein the cancer is amenable to therapeutic treatment with an inhibitor, e.g., an inhibitor of any of the targets disclosed herein. Kits, methods of screening for candidate inhibitors, and associated methods of treatment are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Eric Billy, Antoine De Weck, Javad Golji, Gregory Hoffman, Francesco Hofmann, Audrey Kauffmann, Konstantinos John Mavrakis, Earl Robert McDonald, III, William Sellers, Tobias Schmelzle, Frank Peter Stegmeier, Michael Ray Schlabach, Jr.
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Patent number: 11410131Abstract: According to various aspects, systems and methods are provided for tracking actions performed in various disparate talent platforms, and generating ratings for parties that use the talent platforms based on the tracked actions. Some embodiments provide objective ratings of hiring and staffing parties that are automatically determined based on stored data records of tracked actions. The hiring and staffing party ratings may build transparency of activity performed by the parties within the disparate talent platforms. This in turn builds trust among users of the online system.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Scout Exchange LLCInventors: Igor M. Oliynyk, Robert McDonald, Kenneth Lazarus, Robert Green, Johan Bilien
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Patent number: 11397906Abstract: Embodiments herein describe a predictive delivery planning system that includes a forecaster that predicts simulated orders (e.g., forecasted orders) for multiple different demand scenarios. Once the simulated orders are selected, a route planner can generate routes for delivering the simulated and actual customer orders for each scenario. The planning system then converts these routes in labor plans indicating the amount of time a delivery driver would need to deliver the orders. The planning system identifies a set of labor blocks from the labor plans and determines whether these blocks satisfy a utilization threshold. Put differently, the planning system uses a releasing policy that releases labor blocks whose expected utilization is higher than a predetermined threshold. The released labor blocks are then displayed to delivery drivers who can then select how many of the labor blocks they would like to work.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Fillebeen, Ziyan Huang, Joshua Hum, Felipe Lagos, Robert McDonald, Prashanth Paramanandan, Margaret P. Pierson, John Schroder, Wilko Ziggy Schulz-Mahlendorf, Meghna Singla
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Patent number: 11391223Abstract: A controller may identify an indication to initiate an engine braking procedure associated with an engine of a machine. The controller may obtain, based on identifying the indication to initiate the engine braking procedure, information relating to a requested amount of engine braking power of the engine. The controller may cause one or more components of a variable geometry turbocharger (VGT) of the engine to adjust, and a throttle valve of the engine to adjust, based on the information relating to the requested amount of engine braking power of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Wade James Robel, Spencer Landon Huhn, Kevin Weiss, John Robert McDonald, Jason Kenneth Bloms
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Publication number: 20220101646Abstract: Example aspects of the present disclosure are directed to computing systems and methods that perform whole person association with face screening and/or face hallucination. In particular, one aspect of the closure is directed to a multi-headed person and face detection model that performs both face and person detection in one model. Each of the face and person detection can find landmarks or other pose information and also a confidence score. The pose information for the face and person detections can be used to select certain face and person detections to associate together as a whole person detection, which can be referred to as an “appearance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Robert McDonald, Shrenik Lad, Andrew Gallagher
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Publication number: 20220056854Abstract: A controller may identify an indication to initiate an engine braking procedure associated with an engine of a machine. The controller may obtain, based on identifying the indication to initiate the engine braking procedure, information relating to a requested amount of engine braking power of the engine. The controller may cause one or more components of a variable geometry turbocharger (VGT) of the engine to adjust, and a throttle valve of the engine to adjust, based on the information relating to the requested amount of engine braking power of the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Wade James ROBEL, Spencer Landon HUHN, Kevin WEISS, John Robert McDONALD, Jason Kenneth BLOMS
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Patent number: 11174856Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to apparatus and methods for counterbalancing a pumping unit. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for operation a pumping unit. The method includes measuring an orientation of a component and one or more parameters of the pumping unit while running the pumping unit, and determining an imbalance of the pumping unit according to the measured orientation and one or more parameters.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2016Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Clark E. Robison, Jeffrey John Lembcke, Ross E. Moffett, Bryan A. Paulet, Phillip Andrew Briggs, Brent Wesley Pickens, Benson Thomas, Robert McDonald
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Publication number: 20210304323Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to transforming a data set of discrete records, tracing unrelated entries across the records, and verifying the traces using independently-sourced external data. In one aspect, a system includes memory and one or more processors configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to receive a first set of data, the first data set including multiple discrete financial records of an entity; apply a set of logics to the first data set to identify a plurality of traces, each of the plurality of traces associating discrete entries across one or more of the multiple financial records; performing a verification process to verify the plurality of traces against a second data set for the entity, the second data set being independently sourced from a third party entity to yield a verification result; and prepare an output of the verification result to be presented on a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Christopher Donald McCall, David Austin Gallant, Tod Robert McDonald
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Publication number: 20210217103Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to transforming a data set of discrete records, tracing unrelated entries across the records, and verifying the traces using independently-sourced external data. In one aspect, a system includes memory and one or more processors configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to receive a first set of data, the first data set including multiple discrete financial records of an entity; apply a set of logics to the first data set to identify a plurality of traces, each of the plurality of traces associating discrete entries across one or more of the multiple financial records; performing a verification process to verify the plurality of traces against a second data set for the entity, the second data set being independently sourced from a third party entity to yield a verification result; and prepare an output of the verification result to be presented on a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Christopher Donald McCall, David Austin Gallant, Tod Robert McDonald
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Patent number: 11062400Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to transforming a data set of discrete records, tracing unrelated entries across the records, and verifying the traces using independently-sourced external data. In one aspect, a system includes memory and one or more processors configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to receive a first set of data, the first data set including multiple discrete financial records of an entity; apply a set of logics to the first data set to identify a plurality of traces, each of the plurality of traces associating discrete entries across one or more of the multiple financial records; performing a verification process to verify the plurality of traces against a second data set for the entity, the second data set being independently sourced from a third party entity to yield a verification result; and prepare an output of the verification result to be presented on a display.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: VALID8 FINANCIAL INC.Inventors: Christopher Donald McCall, David Austin Gallant, Tod Robert McDonald
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Publication number: 20210155932Abstract: The disclosure provides novel personalized therapies, kits, transmittable forms of information and methods for use in treating patients having cancer, wherein the cancer is amenable to therapeutic treatment with an inhibitor, e.g., an inhibitor of any of the targets disclosed herein. Kits, methods of screening for candidate inhibitors, and associated methods of treatment are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2018Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Eric BILLY, Antoine DEWECK, Javad GOLJI, Gregory HOFFMAN, Francesco HOFMANN, Audrey KAUFFMANN, Konstantinos John MAVRAKIS, Earl Robert MCDONALD, III, William SELLERS, Tobias SCHMELZLE, Frank Peter STEGMEIER, Michael Ray SCHLABACH, Jr.
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Patent number: 10754352Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-robot gradient-based adaptive navigation are provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Inventors: Christopher A. Kitts, Thomas Adamek, Ignacio Mas, Michael Neumann, Robert McDonald
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Publication number: 20200226532Abstract: According to various aspects, systems and methods are provided for automatically matching recruiters to job openings. The system may train one or more models that determine a measure of compatibility between a recruiter and a job opening. The system may train the model(s) using stored records of activity tracked by the system. The measure of compatibility may be used to determine whether a recruiter is likely to place a candidate for a job opening. Some embodiments provide a system that can collect objective data about recruiters and hiring parties, and use the objective data to train the model(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Scout Exchange LLCInventors: Kenneth Lazarus, Igor M. Oliynyk, Robert Green, Robert McDonald, Johan Bilien, Paul Miller, Tuan Nguyen
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Publication number: 20200139799Abstract: A sealing module for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one elongated profile and at least one seal configured to cooperate with a window of the vehicle, and further comprising a support for supporting at least one electronic equipment, such as a camera. The support can be integral with the profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: HUTCHINSONInventors: Olivier Blottiau, Eddy Skraburski, Robert McDonald, Jack Tallent