Patents by Inventor Robert A. Ross

Robert A. Ross 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).

  • Patent number: 12121827
    Abstract: A toy construction system comprising a plurality of toy construction elements including a plurality of function construction elements. The toy construction elements and the function construction elements are detachably interconnected with each other forming a toy construction model. The toy construction model comprising at least a subset of the plurality of toy construction elements; each function construction element comprising a function device adapted to perform a user-perceptible function. The toy construction system further comprises a tag construction element detachably connectable to one or more of the toy construction elements. The tag construction element and the function construction elements are configured for communication of configuration data from the tag construction element to each of the subset of function construction elements when the tag construction element is connected to a toy construction element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Donaldson, Mark Ross Champkins, Robert George Milner, Andrew James Knights
  • Publication number: 20240347418
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to a memory device with a thermal barrier are described. The thermal barrier (e.g., a low density thermal barrier) may be positioned between an access line (e.g., a digit line or a word line) and a cell component. The thermal barrier may be formed on the surface of a barrier material by applying a plasma treatment to the barrier material. The thermal barrier may have a lower density than the barrier material and may be configured to thermally insulate the cell component from thermal energy generated in the memory device, among other benefits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Pengyuan Zheng, David Ross Economy, Yongjun J. Hu, Kent H. Zhuang, Robert K. Grubbs
  • Patent number: 12109234
    Abstract: The invention provides improved anti-BCMA CAR T cell compositions for adoptive T cell therapy for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: 2seventy bio, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Quigley, Robert Ross
  • Publication number: 20240328252
    Abstract: A motor drive unit for a system for raising and lowering a covering material (e.g., a window treatment system) may be configured to execute a test procedure for determining if the system is spring-balanced properly. The motor drive unit may be powered from at least one battery. The system may comprise one or more lift assistance springs configured to provide variable lift assistance to the motor drive unit for raising and lowering the covering material. During the test procedure, the motor drive unit may be configured to control the covering material between a lowered position and a raised position and determine a magnitude of an input power of the motor drive unit during the movement. The motor drive unit may determine that the system requires more or less lift assistance springs based on the input power, and communicate an indication that the system requires more or less lift assistance springs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Edward Ely, David A. Leymeister, Ben Matzke, Maxwell Ross Naar, Sheng Qu, Robert J. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20240332963
    Abstract: A power management apparatus 20 comprises a first energy harvesting input channel 21; a first energy storage element connection 25; an inductor connection 27; and a switching circuit 28. A controller 30 is configured to operate the switching circuit 28 to transfer energy between the first energy harvesting input channel 21 and the first energy storage element connection 25 by a sequence of energy transfer cycles. Each of the energy transfer cycles comprises an energise phase in which energy is transferred from the first energy harvesting input channel 21 to the inductor connection 25 for an energise time (tE) and a de-energise phase. The first energy harvesting input channel 21 is capable of receiving an AC electrical signal and a DC electrical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Trameto Limited
    Inventors: Mark Ross, Laurence Alan Strong, Robert Robertson
  • Patent number: 12090419
    Abstract: A modular toy system comprising a plurality of separate electronic toy modules, each electronic toy module comprising a function device operable to perform a user-perceptible function and a control circuit for controlling the function device; wherein at least a first electronic toy module of the plurality of electronic toy modules comprises a first control circuit, a first function device and a sensor system configured for contactless detection of respective coordinate values of at least two coordinates, each coordinate being indicative of a position or an orientation of at least a second electronic toy module of the plurality of electronic toy modules relative to the first electronic toy module; and wherein the first control circuit is configured to control operation of the first function device based on one or more of the detected coordinate values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Donaldson, Mark Ross Champkins, Silviu Toma, Robert George Milner, Simon Mark Jordan, Simon John Turner, Mark Craig Brannan, Martin Edward Brock
  • Publication number: 20240291848
    Abstract: A system for autonomous cybersecurity probing includes a scanning module adapted to convert a target computing device or network scan to machine readable form. The scanning module includes an ingest module which processes the scan to create nodes representing the target ports, port status, and vulnerabilities. A command module includes a plurality of nodes representing facts, rules, actions, and verifiers associated with one or more vulnerabilities identified by the scanning module. The command module is configured to determine whether to launch an attack. An attack module is configured to, on receipt of instructions from the command module, assign an attack based on a one of the one or more vulnerabilities. A verifier module is configured to determine success or failure of the assigned attack and to return an indicator of the determined success or failure to the command module. Methods for cybersecurity probing using the described system are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jeremy Straub, Jack Hance, Noah Ross, Jordan Milbrath, Noah Ritter, Robert Fedor
  • Publication number: 20240273779
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a video of a user-defined virtual reality scene are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a scene definition; obtain camera information for multiple virtual cameras to be used in generating a two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene; execute a simulation of the virtual reality scene from the scene definition for at least a portion of the scene duration; obtain camera timing instructions specifying which of the virtual cameras should be used to generate the two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene as a function of progress through the scene duration; generate the two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene in accordance with the camera timing instructions and the camera information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Gil Baron, Daniel Andrew Bellezza, Jeffrey Scott Dixon, William Stuart Farquhar, Jason Zesheng Hwang, John Henry Kanikula Peters, Nhan Van Khong, Christopher Robert Laubach, Gregory Scott Pease, Jonathan Michael Ross
  • Patent number: 12040608
    Abstract: A power management apparatus 20 comprises a first energy harvesting input channel 21; a first energy storage element connection 25; an inductor connection 27; and a switching circuit 28. A controller 30 is configured to operate the switching circuit 28 to transfer energy between the first energy harvesting input channel 21 and the first energy storage element connection 25 by a sequence of energy transfer cycles. Each of the energy transfer cycles comprises an energise phase in which energy is transferred from the first energy harvesting input channel 21 to the inductor connection 25 for an energise time (tE) and a de-energise phase. The first energy harvesting input channel 21 is capable of receiving an AC electrical signal and a DC electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Trameto Limited
    Inventors: Mark Ross, Laurence Alan Strong, Robert Robertson
  • Patent number: 12007517
    Abstract: The invention apparatus for and a method of creating a localized warning to prevent damage to buried pipeline and other buried infrastructure using a new type of marker tape with the trade name signal tape® [hereinafter referred to as “Signal Tape”]. The disclosed Signal Tape may incorporate tracer wire and RFID technology to aid in the remote location of the Signal Tape and, thus, the buried infrastructure. Signal Tape may also incorporate Litz wire for use as tracer wire within the Signal Tape. The Signal Tape is designed to be buried just below the surface of the ground and directly over a buried infrastructure such as a pipeline. The Signal Tape incorporates a strong core material which permits the Signal Tape to be bodily removed from the soil when it is struck by excavation equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan C. Dunn, Bryan D. Wright, Robert A. Ross, Joshua M. Parman, Donald A. Tubbs, Paul A. Bell
  • Publication number: 20240025987
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of treating cancer comprising administering to a subject an anti-IL-27 antibody, atezolizumab, and bevacizumab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Alison O'NEILL, Lauren HARSHMAN, Jonathan HILL, Jou-Ku CHUNG, Kerry WHITE, Robert ROSS
  • Publication number: 20240026001
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of treating cancer comprising administering to a subject an anti-IL-27 antibody and pembrolizumab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Alison O'NEILL, Lauren HARSHMAN, Jonathan HILL, Jou-Ku CHUNG, Kerry WHITE, Robert ROSS
  • Publication number: 20230420931
    Abstract: This application discloses a system that may comprise at least a portion of a supply network. The system may further comprise a load controller that controls current flow with a current level of I1 into a load network that provides power to one or more loads from the at least a portion of the supply network according to a preprogrammed load curve. The system may also comprise a protection system that isolates the at least a portion of the supply network from the load controller in response to detecting a current pattern that is inconsistent with the preprogrammed load curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Block Energy LLC
    Inventors: Robert Ross Bennett, Luis Eduardo Zubieta
  • Publication number: 20230347668
    Abstract: A fixture for supporting an article (e.g., a guitar such as a Stratocaster® guitar body) and controlling the position of the article relative to a print head to allow a contoured portion of a surface of the article to be printed by the print head. The fixture may include a pivot axis about which the article is pivotal. A cam surface may be engaged by the article and/or a bracket of the fixture to which the article is affixed to prescribe the controlled movement of the article based on relative movement between the article and the print head. In turn, both planar and contoured portions of the guitar surface may be printed during a single print operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen SPURGEON, Robert ROSS
  • Patent number: 11791623
    Abstract: This application discloses a system that may comprise at least a portion of a supply network. The system may further comprise a load controller that controls current flow with a current level of I1 into a load network that provides power to one or more loads from the at least a portion of the supply network according to a preprogrammed load curve. The system may also comprise a protection system that isolates the at least a portion of the supply network from the load controller in response to detecting a current pattern that is inconsistent with the preprogrammed load curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Block Energy LLC
    Inventors: Robert Ross Bennett, Luis Eduardo Zubieta
  • Patent number: 11782181
    Abstract: A downhole multi-modality inspection system includes a first imaging device operable to generate first imaging data and a second imaging device operable to generate second imaging data. The first imaging device includes a first source operable to emit energy of a first modality, and a first detector operable to detect returning energy induced by the emitted energy of the first modality. The second imaging device includes a second source operable to emit energy of a second modality, and a second detector operable to detect returning energy induced by the emitted energy of the second modality. The system further includes a processor configured to receive the first imaging data and the second imaging data, and integrate the first imaging data with the second imaging data into an enhanced data stream. The processor correlates the first imaging data and the second imaging data to provide enhanced data for detecting potential wellbore anomalies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ansas Matthias Kasten, Yuri Plotnikov, Sudeep Mandal, Sarah Lillian Katz, Frederick Wheeler, William Robert Ross, John Scott Price
  • Patent number: 11701905
    Abstract: A fixture for supporting an article (e.g., a guitar such as a Stratocaster® guitar body) and controlling the position of the article relative to a print head to allow a contoured portion of a surface of the article to be printed by the print head. The fixture may include a pivot axis about which the article is pivotal. A cam surface may be engaged by the article and/or a bracket of the fixture to which the article is affixed to prescribe the controlled movement of the article based on relative movement between the article and the print head. In turn, both planar and contoured portions of the guitar surface may be printed during a single print operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: PS Business Services, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Spurgeon, Robert Ross
  • Publication number: 20230036592
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and uses of treating cancer with and IgG4 anti-CD39_229p antibody in combination with pembrolizumab, wherein the IgG4 anti-CD39_229p antibody is provided at particular doses and dosages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Alison O'NEILL, Jou-Ku CHUNG, Robert ROSS, Andrew LAKE
  • Publication number: 20220389115
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating cancer using an anti-CD39 antibody or fragment thereof as monotherapy or in combination with other therapies at particular dosages and frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Surface Oncology, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Lake, Alison M. O'NEILL, Jou-Ku Chung, Robert Ross
  • Patent number: D1042185
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Fellow Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Miller, John Robert Stagaman, Andrew Cosgarea, Christopher HibmaCronan, Joshua T. Morenstein, Christian Scott Ross