Patents by Inventor Robert A. Scott

Robert A. Scott 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: 20250072933
    Abstract: An intravascular catheter for peri-vascular and/or peri-urethral tissue ablation includes multiple needles advanced through supported guide tubes which expand around a central axis to engage the interior surface of the wall of the renal artery or other vessel of a human body allowing the injection an ablative fluid for ablating tissue, and/or nerve fibers in the outer layer or deep to the outer layer of the vessel, or in prostatic tissue. The system may also include a means to limit and/or adjust the depth of penetration of the ablative fluid into and beyond the tissue of the vessel wall. The catheter may also include structures which provide radial and/or lateral support to the guide tubes so that the guide tubes expand uniformly and maintain their position against the interior surface of the vessel wall as the sharpened injection needles are advanced to penetrate into the vessel wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: David R. Fischell, Tim A. Fischell, Robert Ryan Ragland, Darrin James Kent, Andy Edward Denison, Eric Thomas Johnson, Jeff Alan Burke, Christopher Scott Hayden, Robert E. Fischell
  • Publication number: 20250076848
    Abstract: Industrial devices and edge compute platforms are configured to synchronize their internal clocks to provide a common sense of time across application and data acquisition tasks, thereby allowing for an inherent common understanding of time across the devices and data sets. The industrial devices can synchronize their internal clocks using Precision Time Protocol (PTP) or IEEE 802.1AS synchronization. The accurate time stamping achieved by this synchronization can yield more accurate analysis of data sets acquired from multiple devices, and greater fidelity and synchronization between a digital twin of an automation system and the physical system represented by the digital twin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Todd A Wiese, David Christopher Mazur, Jonathan A Mills, Nathaniel Scott Sandler, Robert H Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20250068766
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distributed key generation is provided. In some embodiments, a public key and a private key are generated using elliptical curve cryptography (ECC) at a group of trusted parties. In some cases, an elliptical curve digital signature algorithm may be employed. Each party also generates a commitment and a blinding factor. The blinding factor may be a randomized polynomial integer. The parties use the commitments from the other parties to validate the public keys before receipt and combining the public keys into a group/aggregate public key. Content encryption keys (CEK) are then encrypted at each of the trusted parties using these aggregate public keys to generate wrapped content encryption keys (WCEK). Private keys are sharded and a sharded private key is generated at each party using the pieces of shards received by the trusted party. Subsequently, criteria may be received that allows for the release of these sharded private keys back to a trusted environment/enclave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Pavan Gupta, Michael Scott Blum, Mary Elizabeth Chalk, Robert Derward Rogers, Syam Babu Malampati, Sudish Mogli, Kurian Davy Manavalan, Taljinder Kaur
  • Publication number: 20250064228
    Abstract: A frame apparatus, a kit of parts which includes multiple frames and a connector bracket for connecting the frames together, and a method of interconnecting a plurality of frames and hanging the same from a support surface. The frame apparatus may be a front-loading frame whereby display items are inserted into a display cavity of the frame through an opening in the front surface of the frame through which the display cavity is viewed. The frame may include an outer annular wall that defines the display cavity, an inner annular wall that is spaced apart from the outer annular wall, and a floor that extends between the inner and outer annular walls. The floor may comprise a plurality of apertures to allow for attachment of the frame to various accessories including hanging brackets, connector brackets, trays, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: MCS Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lee Pyle, Robert Terry Coyle, JR., Matthew Scott Kressin, Jill Christine Heck, Weisha YU, Isabel Kathleen Case, Ariane Ebba Boli, Brad William Huff
  • Publication number: 20250069455
    Abstract: A movable barrier operator comprising a motor, communication circuitry configured to receive a control signal and communicate with a door lock associated with a passageway door, and a controller. The controller is configured to authenticate the control signal, wherein authenticating the control signal includes associating the signal with a first level of access or a second level of access. The controller is further configured to communicate with the door lock via the communication circuitry to permit opening of the passageway door in response to associating the control signal with the first level of access and inhibit opening of the passageway door in response to associating the control signal with the second level of access. The controller is configured to cause the motor to open the movable barrier regardless of association of the control signal with the first level of access or the second level of access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: David R. Morris, James Scott Murray, Robert J. Olmsted
  • Publication number: 20250065782
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure a car seat release mechanism is provided. The car seat release mechanism comprises a shell; a first base connection mechanism coupled to the shell and configured to secure the shell to a car seat base, the first base connection mechanism having an open position and a closed position; a first stroller connection mechanism coupled to the shell and configured to secure the shell to a stroller, the first stroller connection mechanism having an open position and a closed position, the first stroller connection mechanism including a hook, a latch configured to receive a hook, a stroller securing portion, and a spring configured to bias the stroller securing portion in the closed position; and a handle coupled to an underside of the shell and configured to operate both the first base connection mechanism and the first stroller connection mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Manpreet Singh Sokhi, Stephen Alan Kender, Robert Scott Anderson
  • Publication number: 20250064489
    Abstract: Implantable devices for fixation of curved bone such as the pelvic ring pubic symphysis and acetabulum, and methods for the use of the devices are disclosed. The implantable devices are convertible between a flexible state and a rigid state, and include an elongate structure having a proximal bone interface, a main body, and a distal bone interface. In a flexible state, the devices may be inserted along, and conform to a curved pathway, and in the rigid state, the devices may support the mechanical loads required to fixate a fracture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Edward Scott Harshman, Steven Charles Dimmer, Daniel Reed Baker, David Thomas Stinson, Robert N. Meek, Robin John Noel Coope, Lok Tin Lam
  • Patent number: 12234808
    Abstract: A method for operating and maintaining a wind farm comprising a plurality of wind turbines includes determining an odometer for one or more components of at least one of the pluralities of wind turbines in the wind farm, the odometer representing operational usage of the component(s). The method also includes tracking the operational usage for the component(s) using the odometer and a usage threshold. Further, the method includes predicting an expected time frame for one or more preventative maintenance actions based on a comparison of the tracked operational usage and the usage threshold. Moreover, the method includes triggering scheduling of the one or more preventative maintenance actions when the prediction indicates that the tracked operational usage will exceed the usage threshold. In addition, the method includes shutting down the wind turbine or idling the wind turbine once the one or more preventative maintenance actions are scheduled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Edward Lee McGrath, Brian J. Theilemann, Michael James Rizzo, Robert Randall Waara, Brian Scott Geist, Kyle Edward Thompson
  • Patent number: 12236435
    Abstract: A method for registering one or more Greenfield devices via a virtual Internet of Things Universal Identifier (IoT UID) is provided. The method includes identifying one or more Brownfield devices, generating device property data based at least in part on the one or more Brownfield devices, and transmitting, to an IoT device registrar server, a registration request that includes the device property data. The method further includes interpreting one or more IoT UIDs generated in response to the transmitting of the registration request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Somos, Inc.
    Inventors: Eduardo Correia da Silva Brazao, Steven Norman Brumer, Ian Michael Klein, Li Kong, Marc Rudloff Plante, Sridhar Ramachandran, Kimberly Tashner Shyu, Robert Janusz Sliwa, Jeffrey Scott Smith, Christopher Anton Wendt, Haofang Yu
  • Patent number: 12234686
    Abstract: In one aspect, a mounting assembly for mounting an architectural covering to a support structure may include a bracket configured to be coupled to the support structure and a bracket adapter configured to be coupled to the bracket. In addition, the mounting assembly may include an end mount configured to be coupled to both an adjacent end of the covering and the bracket adapter. In accordance with aspects of the present subject matter, the various components of the mounting assembly may be configured or adapted to provide one or more advantages over known mounting assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.
    Inventors: Robert E. Fisher, Michael Scott Goldberg, James M. Anthony, Kevin M. Dann, Joseph E. Kovach
  • Publication number: 20250061811
    Abstract: Provided is a method of transportation information exchange that includes receiving first data from a first aviation data source, such that the first data is provided in a first data format type and determining, based on a set of routing rules, a first aviation consumer of at least a first portion of the first data. The method further includes processing the first portion of the first data into a second data format type associated with the first aviation consumer and providing the first portion of the first data in the second data format type to the first aviation consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: John Stephen Eberhardt, III, Matthew Joseph Scott Drew, Eric Shofstall Kucks, Boris Stanimirov Boiko, Andrew Scott Beals, Mitchell Robert Horning
  • Publication number: 20250061624
    Abstract: Digital content coediting techniques are described. In an implementation, an edit input specifying an edit to digital content and an action identifier is assigned to the edit. An element identifier of an element of the digital content that is a subject of the edit of the element is obtained along with a previous action identifier identifying a previous edit associated with the element, e.g., as a pair. An edited content region is detected of the digital content corresponding to the edit a candidate edit event is generated including the action identifier, the element identifier, the previous action identifier, and the edited content region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Scott Vitrano, Tai Benjamin Luxon, Stephen James Guilhamet, Sonova M. Middleton, Robert Hedin Gardner, John J. Metzger, Foster Thomas Brereton, Barkin Aygun
  • Patent number: 12227964
    Abstract: A method of designing a modular cooling tower cell which may utilize mechanicals from a preexisting cell and assembling the modular cell within a cooling field in-situ using a series of custom modules. After collecting a data set from a preexisting cooling tower cell and removing the preexisting tower, a build specification is generated, including calculating a cut list for vertical and horizontal members which will form the basis of the plurality of modules forming the cell. The members are fabricated and include a plurality of connection points which allow for sizing adjustments without affecting the connection points. The modules are then constructed using the data set from the preexisting tower to form a plurality of modules comprising a cell matrix based on the data set from the preexisting cooling tower cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Marmon Industrial Water Limited
    Inventors: John Jakic, Robert Vertesi, Jeffrey Garry Ianni, Timothy Scott Anderson
  • Patent number: 12231323
    Abstract: A network automation system platform is described herein for carrying out a method for automated multi-node performance validation testing on a communications network. The method includes acquiring a test configuration for executing a multi-node performance validation test, wherein the test configuration identifies: a multi-node network performance test, carried out by an application layer, that specifies a technology-independent test script that is generic to particular technologies for providing performance validation-related services, and a node group upon which the multi-node network performance test is to be performed. The method further includes executing the multi-node network performance validation test by the application layer issuing requests to a core layer comprising a set of technology-specific services that issue, in accordance with the application layer requests, technology-specific commands to external services during performance validation of nodes within the node group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: United States Cellular Corporation
    Inventors: David Scott Parmer, Margaret Elizabeth Dawson, William James Maniates, Kurt Holen Johnson, Prakash Suman, Andrew Scot Spear, Robert Ronald Jakubek, Narothum Saxena, Michael S. Irizarry
  • Publication number: 20250053687
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the generation and usage of an identifier determiner model is provided. The identifier determiner model is generated in a sequestered computing node by receiving an untrained foundational model and a data set. The data set is bifurcated into a raw set and a de-identified set. The untrained foundational model is then tuned using the de-identified set to generate a sanitized model and the raw set to generate a raw model. Queries are presented to the raw model and the sanitized model to generate outputs. The identifier determiner machine learning model is generated by using the outputs to classify information as either sensitive or non-sensitive. The system may then receive a new foundational model. The identifier determiner machine learning model may be applied to outputs of this new foundational model to filter out sensitive information, either through redaction, or preventing them from being asked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Scott Blum, Mary Elizabeth Chalk, Robert Deward Rogers, Alan Donald Czeszynski, Sudish Mogli
  • Publication number: 20250045515
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for generating and modifying a workflow comprising a series of webpages based on an online document. A document management system accesses an online document selected by a user and classifies each field of the online document into one of a set of categories. For each category, the system generates a form webpage comprising questions corresponding to each field classified as the category and combines the generated webpages to create a workflow. The system may modify the workflow by generating and adding one or more additional form webpages based on one or more answers provided by an entity completing the webform page. In response to the entity completing the modified generated workflow, the system generates a completed document based on the online document and the answers provided by the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Gustavo Both Bitdinger, Mangesh Prabhakar Bhandarkar, Nipun Dureja, Vasudevan Sampath, Robert Sherwin, Duane Robert Wald, Mark Spencer Seabourne, Claire Marie Small, David Minoru Hirotsu, Dia A Abulzahab, Li Xu, Brent Weston Robinett, Jerome Levadoux, Ellis David Berner, Jun Gao, Andrew James Ashlock, Jacob Scott Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20250047673
    Abstract: An apparatus for an Internet of Things device registry display includes a user input processing circuit structured to interpret one or more user input command values, an Internet of Things Universal Identification (IoT UID) identification circuit structured to determine one or more IoT UIDs, based at least in part on the one or more user input command values, a device lookup circuit structured to: generate a query that includes the one or more IoT UIDs, and retrieve device property data corresponding to the one or more IoT UIDs, a query provisioning circuit structured to transmit the query to an IoT device registrar server, a device property processing circuit structured to interpret the device property data generated by the IoT device registrar server in response to the query, and a display circuit structured to display the device property data with the corresponding one or more IoT UIDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Sridhar Ramachandran, Eduardo Correia da Silva Brazao, Steven Norman Brumer, Ian Michael Klein, Li Kong, Marc Rudloff Plante, Kimberly Tashner Shyu, Robert Janusz Sliwa, Jeffrey Scott Smith, Christopher Anton Wendt, Haofang Yu
  • Patent number: 12217582
    Abstract: Image surveillance and reporting technology, in which an event that is indicative of potential physical activity within an area corresponding to a location of a camera unit is detected. In response to detection of the event, the camera unit is controlled to capture one or more images of the area corresponding to the location of the camera unit. The one or more images captured by the camera unit are analyzed to determine whether the one or more images include image data that is indicative of relevant physical activity within the area corresponding to the location of the camera unit. The one or more images are handled based on the determination of whether the one or more images include image data that is indicative of relevant physical activity within the area corresponding to the location of the camera unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Scott Trundle, Robert J. McCarthy, Jr., Jean-Paul Martin, Alison Jane Slavin, David James Hutz
  • Publication number: 20250032761
    Abstract: An intravascular catheter for peri-vascular and/or peri-urethral tissue ablation includes multiple needles advanced through supported guide tubes which expand around a central axis to engage the interior surface of the wall of the renal artery or other vessel of a human body allowing the injection an ablative fluid for ablating tissue, and/or nerve fibers in the outer layer or deep to the outer layer of the vessel, or in prostatic tissue. The system may also include a means to limit and/or adjust the depth of penetration of the ablative fluid into and beyond the tissue of the vessel wall. The catheter may also include structures which provide radial and/or lateral support to the guide tubes so that the guide tubes expand uniformly and maintain their position against the interior surface of the vessel wall as the sharpened injection needles are advanced to penetrate into the vessel wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: David R. Fischell, Tim A. Fischell, Robert Ryan Ragland, Darrin James Kent, Andy Edward Denison, Eric Thomas Johnson, Jeff Alan Burke, Christopher Scott Hayden, Robert E. Fischell
  • Patent number: D1061448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Barry, Nicholas J. Troche, Stephen Scott