Patents by Inventor Robert A. Miller

Robert A. Miller 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).

  • SITE-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATION THROUGH GLYCOENGINEERING
    Publication number: 20190233531
    Abstract: The current disclosure provides binding polypeptides (e.g., antibodies), and effector moiety conjugates thereof (e.g., antibody-drug conjugates or ADCs), comprising a site-specifically engineered drug-glycan linkage within native or engineered glycans of the binding polypetpide. The current disclosure also provides nucleic acids encoding the antigen-binding polypeptides, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such antigen-binding polypeptides. Methods of using the antigen-binding polypeptides disclosed herein to treat disease are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Clark Pan, Qun Zhou, James Stefano, Pradeep Dhal, Bo Chen, Diego Gianolio, Robert Miller, Huawei Qiu
  • Firearm having a removable striker housing
    Patent number: 10365059
    Abstract: A pistol having a pistol slide with apertures for receiving finger grips. The finger grips have an attachment scheme for slideably securing a striker housing inside the pistol slide. The striker housing retains a striker and a striker block, such that intricate machining is no longer required on the interior portions of the pistol slide to hold the striker or striker block. The striker housing has a planar protuberance that forms a ridge for being slidably received by corresponding wedges on the finger grip interior portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin Sroufe, Jesse Peyton, Kathryn Hack, Robert Miller
  • ULTRA LOW ASH LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20190225909
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a lubricating oil composition having a sulfur content of up to 0.4 wt. % and a sulfated ash content of up to 0.6 wt. %, as determined by ASTM D874, comprising: a major amount of base oil; at least 0.02 wt. % of triazole compound; less than about 1.3 wt. % of a diphenylamine antioxidant; and at least 900 ppm of molybdenum from a molybdenum containing compound; wherein the lubricating oil composition is essentially free of ZnDTP. Also provided are methods for reducing wear and copper corrosion in an engine which is equipped with a diesel particulate filter (DPF) or a gasoline particulate filter (GPF) after treatment device system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: John Robert Miller, Kevin David Carabell
  • LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING AMINE COMPOUNDS HAVING IMPROVED SEAL PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20190211280
    Abstract: Provided is an internal combustion engine lubricating oil composition which comprises a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity; one or more oil soluble or oil dispersible organic acid anhydrides, said anhydride comprising at least one hydrocarbyl or hydrocarbylene moiety having from about 10 to about 400 carbon atoms; and an oil soluble or oil dispersible secondary hydrocarbylamine compound, a tertiary hydrocarbylamine compound, or combinations thereof. Also provided is a method for maintaining and/or increasing fresh oil TBN of a lubricating oil composition while at the same time improving seal performance in an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Seyedeh Mahboobeh Hosseini, John Robert Miller, Kevin David Carabell
  • Lubrication oil composition with enhanced wear and low speed pre-ignition properties
    Patent number: 10329512
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition having a sulfated ash content of from greater than 1.0 wt. % to about 2.0 wt. %, a phosphorus content of from about 0.07 to about 0.12 wt. % and a sulfur content of 0.4 wt. % or less, the lubricating oil composition comprising: (a) an oil of lubricating viscosity in a major amount; (b) an overbased magnesium detergent, in an amount providing the lubricating oil composition with at least 600 ppm of magnesium; (c) a boron-containing compound, in an amount providing the lubricating oil composition with at least 250 ppm of boron; and (d) a molybdenum-containing compound, in an amount providing the lubricating oil composition with at least 50 ppm of molybdenum, wherein the composition has a B/Mo mass ratio in a range of 2 to 10 and a S/Mo mass ratio in a range of 10 to 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: Chevron Oronite Company LLC, Chevron Oronite Technology B.V.
    Inventors: Menno Anton Stefan Moniz, Jeroen Van Leeuwen, John Robert Miller
  • Secure sharing of storage area networks in a cloud
    Patent number: 10334043
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein describe performing client-requested disk management operations to storage disk units of a storage area network (SAN). A proxy service receives a request from a client of a SAN provider to perform a disk management operation on one or more storage disk units of the SAN provider. The proxy service evaluates a configuration of storage disk units allocated to the client to determine whether the request is valid. If valid, the proxy service performs the requested action to the specified storage disk units on behalf of the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Miller, Brian A. Nordland, Kiswanto Thayib
  • Secure sharing of storage area networks in a cloud
    Patent number: 10326840
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein describe performing client-requested disk management operations to storage disk units of a storage area network (SAN). A proxy service receives a request from a client of a SAN provider to perform a disk management operation on one or more storage disk units of the SAN provider. The proxy service evaluates a configuration of storage disk units allocated to the client to determine whether the request is valid. If valid, the proxy service performs the requested action to the specified storage disk units on behalf of the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Miller, Brian A. Nordland, Kiswanto Thayib
  • HEADLAMP LEVELING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190160999
    Abstract: A motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a sensor, a headlamp, and a controller configured to adjust an aim of the headlamp based on a signal from the sensor. The controller is configured to account for a zero drift of the sensor. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: David James Bauch, Stephan Biggs, Ryan Craig, Robert Miller, Todd N. Clark
  • NETWORK OPERATION CENTER DASHBOARD FOR CLOUD-BASED WI-FI SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20190116504
    Abstract: System and methods for managing a Wi-Fi network of a plurality of Wi-Fi networks from a cloud-based Network Operations Control (NOC) dashboard include, subsequent to creating an account for a user of the Wi-Fi network, receiving data associated with the Wi-Fi network from the one or more access points; providing a display associated with the Wi-Fi network based on the data, wherein the display comprises a network topology and one or more tabs providing information related to operation of the Wi-Fi network; updating the display based on one or more inputs received, wherein the updating updates one or more of the network topology and the one or more tabs; and performing one or more operations via the NOC dashboard to one of manage, control, and troubleshoot the Wi-Fi network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Evan RUSACKAS, Robert MILLER, Patrick LI, Adam HOTCHKISS, Aman SINGLA, William MCFARLAND
  • Asynchronously clearing page frames
    Patent number: 10254962
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes producing one or more clean frames by clearing a batch of one or more frames for use in backing virtual memory pages. The producing the one or more clean frames may be performed asynchronously from a unit of work being performed by a processor. The one or more clean frames may be added to a clean frame queue, where the clean frame queue includes a plurality of clean frames that have been cleared. A first request may be received, from the processor, for a frame for use in backing a virtual memory page of the unit of work. A clean frame, of the one or more clean frames, may be removed from the clean frame queue, responsive to the first request. The clean frame may be delivered to the processor, responsive to the first request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Miller, Jr., Steven M. Partlow, Thomas F. Rankin, Scott B. Tuttle, Elpida Tzortzatos
  • Implementing synchronization for remote disk mirroring
    Patent number: 10254978
    Abstract: A method, and system for implementing enhanced fast full synchronization for remote disk mirroring in a computer system. A source backup copy is made locally available to a target for remote disk mirroring. Sectors are identified that are different between the source and target. A hash function is used over a block to be compared, with an adaptive number of tracking sectors per block, starting with a minimum block size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron T. Albertson, Robert Miller, Brian A. Nordland, Kiswanto Thayib
  • NEXT GENERATION CONSUMER TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
    Publication number: 20190068998
    Abstract: A telecommunications network for a high-rise Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) is provided. In the telecommunications network eliminates much of the wiring and space required for voice, video and data services, electrical closets, security cameras, building automation, fire annunciation systems, hard-wired smoke detectors, hard-wired heat detectors, electrical meters through the use of an integrated Ethernet communication system. Additionally, a video program guide (VPG) is provided that allows a user to interact with multiple streams of video in real time. The VPG includes techniques for displaying multiple streams of data on a single screen for a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey Gilbert, Robert Miller, Joseph Inzerillo, Khurram Siddiqui
  • PHARMACOKINETICS OF S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE FORMULATIONS
    Publication number: 20190060345
    Abstract: Compositions and methods to improve the pharmacokinetic profile of S-Adenosylmethionine (SAMe) are provided, as are methods of treating various disorders using SAMe formulations with improved pharmacokinetic profiles. More specifically, the invention is directed to methods of treating a disease or disorder in a subject and/or improving the nutritional status of a subject by administering formulations exhibiting improved pharmacokinetic profiles of exogenous SAMe. The method also includes the step of orally administering compositions of the invention to the subject once per day after overnight fast; that is prior to food intake in the morning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Nancy HARRISON, I. David MACDONALD, Aniko TAKACS-COX, Robert MILLER
  • Site-specific antibody-drug conjugation through glycoengineering
    Patent number: 10214589
    Abstract: The current disclosure provides binding polypeptides (e.g., antibodies), and effector moiety conjugates thereof (e.g., antibody-drug conjugates or ADCs), comprising a site-specifically engineered drug-glycan linkage within native or engineered glycans of the binding polypeptide. The current disclosure also provides nucleic acids encoding the antigen-binding polypeptides, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such antigen-binding polypeptides. Methods of using the antigen-binding polypeptides disclosed herein to treat disease are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: GENZYME CORPORATION
    Inventors: Clark Pan, Qun Zhou, James Stefano, Pradeep Dhal, Bo Chen, Diego Gianolio, Robert Miller, Huawei Qiu
  • LOW VISCOSITY ENGINE OILS CONTAINING ISOMERIZED PHENOLIC-BASED DETERGENTS
    Publication number: 20190002784
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to a lubricating oil composition having a HTHS viscosity at 150° C. in a range of about 1.3 to about 2.5 cP, comprising: (a) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. in a range of 1.5 to 6.0 mm2/s; and (b) an overbased metal salt of an alkyl-substituted detergent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Bowman Boffa, Jacob Daniel Ward, Brendan P. Miller, Isao Tanaka, Hitoshi Ohkubo, Koichi Kubo, John Robert Miller, Curtis Bay Campbell
  • Reducing page invalidation broadcasts in virtual storage management
    Patent number: 10168960
    Abstract: Technical solutions for reducing page invalidation broadcasts in virtual storage management are described. One general aspect includes a method including allocating, by a storage manager, a virtual memory page to a memory buffer that is used by an application being executed by a multiprocessor system, the virtual memory page being allocated from an address space of the application. The method also includes recording, by a memory management unit, a mapping between the virtual memory page and a physical location in a memory. The method also includes in response to a request, from the application, to deallocate the memory buffer, delaying invalidation of the mapping between the virtual memory page and the physical location in a memory, based on a count of free frames in the address space of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Miller, Jr., Harris M. Morgenstern, James H. Mulder, Elpida Tzortzatos, Dieter Wellerdiek
  • Weed control methods
    Patent number: 10159254
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to a method of improving the tolerance of a plant, which has been genetically engineered to over express a p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD), to a HPPD inhibiting herbicide, said method comprising applying to said plant a water-soluble iron-containing compound. The present invention further relates to a method of selectively controlling weeds at a locus, the locus comprising weeds and crop plants, the crop plants having been genetically engineered to overexpress a HPPD which confers tolerance to a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide, the method comprising application to the locus of (i) a weed controlling amount of a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide and (ii) a water-soluble iron-containing compound. The present invention further relates to herbicidal compositions comprising a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide and a water-soluble iron-containing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Rakesh Jain, Brett Robert Miller, Gordan Dean Vail, Bryan James Ulmer
  • Calibrating A System With A Conveying Means And At Least One Robot
    Publication number: 20180361587
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a system with a conveying apparatus and at least a first robot includes determining the positions of at least three measuring points of a first component transported by the conveying apparatus in a first transport position using the first robot. The method further includes determining the position of at least one of the measuring points in a second transport position using the first robot, or determining the positions of at least two of the measuring points of the component in a third transport position and the position of at least one other measuring point in the third transport position or at least one of these measuring points in a fourth transport position using at least one second robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Purrucker, Robert Miller, Ralf Mittmann, Daniele Sagnotti, Manuela Hauschild, Benno Eichner, Stephan Clair, Felix Lückert, Markus Hager, Maximilian Lindner
  • Headlight setting activation via a stalk switch
    Patent number: 10155471
    Abstract: Method, apparatus, and computer storage media are disclosed for headlight setting activation via a stalk switch. An example vehicle includes a stalk switch and a headlamp controller. The example headlamp controller is to monitor the stalk switch and detect, in response to identifying the stalk switch is transitioning to a high-beam position, a number of occurrences the stalk switch is set at the high-beam position in a predetermined time period. Also, the example headlamp controller is to activate, in response to determining the number of occurrences is two, a first headlight setting of headlamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Miller
  • Method of bonding semiconductor substrates
    Patent number: 10141284
    Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates to semiconductor wafer bonding, and more particularly to direct bonding by contacting surfaces of the semiconductor wafers. In one aspect, a method for bonding a first semiconductor substrate to a second semiconductor substrate by direct bonding is described. The substrates are both provided on their contact surfaces with a dielectric layer, followed by a CMP step for reducing the roughness of the dielectric layer. Then a layer of SiCN is deposited onto the dielectric layer, followed by a CMP step which reduces the roughness of the SiCN layer to the order of 1 tenth of a nanometer. Then the substrates are subjected to a pre-bond annealing step and then bonded by direct bonding, possibly preceded by one or more pre-treatments of the contact surfaces, and followed by a post-bond annealing step, at a temperature of less than or equal to 250° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: IMEC vzw
    Inventors: Soon-Wook Kim, Lan Peng, Patrick Verdonck, Robert Miller, Gerald Peter Beyer, Eric Beyne