Patents by Inventor Robert Brandon
Robert Brandon 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: 20240163126Abstract: Systems and methods for providing spotlight cards within a chat channel are provided. In an aspect, a method includes establishing, by a video conference provider, a first chat channel for exchanging chat messages between a plurality of client devices and receiving, by the video conference provider, an indication to generate a first spotlight card within the first chat channel, wherein the indication identifies spotlight content from a first resource external to the first chat channel. The method also includes generating, by the video conference provider, the first spotlight card identifying the spotlight content and transmitting, by the video conference provider to one or more of the client devices connected to the first chat channel, the first spotlight card for display within a spotlight panel within the first chat channel, the spotlight panel positioned proximate to a chat messaging panel including chat messages posted to the chat channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.Inventors: Jason Clark, Benjamin Gareth Dove, Amanda Naomi Etheridge, Li-An Huang, Robert Allen Ryskamp, Adam Justin Spooner, Matthew Brandon Wesson
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Publication number: 20240144743Abstract: The disclosed technology provides solutions for efficiently and accurately identifying degraded suspension components. A method of the disclosed technology can include steps for associating a threshold measurement to a road feature; collecting sensor data from a sensor on an autonomous vehicle, wherein the sensor data includes a plurality of measurements associated with the road feature; identifying, from the sensor data, at least one measurement that is outside of the threshold measurement and indicative of a degraded suspension component of the autonomous vehicle; and identifying a location on the autonomous vehicle of the degraded suspension component based on the sensor data. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Brandon, David Tran
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Patent number: 11970725Abstract: Provided herein are E. coli host strains with improved capacity for producing recombinant proteins.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Scarab Genomics LLCInventors: Frederick R. Blattner, Robert E. Novy, David A. Frisch, Charles Landry, Hyunsic Choi, Eric A. Steffen, John Brandon
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Publication number: 20240128921Abstract: The disclosed technology provides solutions for improving solar carport systems and in particular, for improving a solar carport integrated with a busbar. Aspects of the disclosed technology include an integrated solar carport that includes at least one beam, at least one rail coupled to the at least one beam, and one or more vertical columns configured to support the at least one beam and the at least one rail. Further, the integrated solar carport includes one or more solar modules coupled to the at least one beam or the at least one rail and a busbar coupled to each beam of the at least one beam and one of the vertical columns. Methods of manufacturing the integrated solar carport are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Darren Hau, Jeffrey Robert Brandon, Lin Zhuang Khoo
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Patent number: 11922656Abstract: A method comprises inputting a treatment planning image of a target subject into a machine learning system. The method further comprises determining, by the machine learning system, a first target-subject-specific model of the treatment planning image. The method further comprises applying, by a processing device, the first target-subject-specific model to the treatment planning image to generate a transformed treatment planning image corresponding to a first position of a plurality of positions of the target subject. The method further comprises comparing the transformed treatment planning image to a reference image. The method further comprises, based on the comparing, modifying one or more parameters of the first target-subject-specific model to generate a second target-subject-specific model corresponding to a second position of the plurality of positions.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Accuray IncorporatedInventors: Calvin R. Maurer, Eric Schnarr, Rich Holloway, Jacob Shea, Charles Brandon Frederick, Kevin Gorczowski, Robert Elijah Broadhurst, Mark Foskey
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Publication number: 20240066949Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for detecting and responding to a moisture condition of an autonomous vehicle (AV). In some examples, an AV fleet management device may detect a moisture condition within AV based on sensor data received from the AV. In some aspects, in response to detecting the moisture condition, the AV fleet management device may determine, based on the sensor data, that a humidity level within the autonomous vehicle exceeds a threshold humidity level or a wet surface within the autonomous vehicle is present. In some cases, a drying procedure may be determined or selected for reducing the humidity level or drying the wet surface within the autonomous vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Domenico Rusciano, Jeffrey Robert Brandon
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Patent number: 11488805Abstract: A microwave plasma reactor for manufacturing synthetic diamond material via chemical vapour deposition includes a microwave generator configured to generate microwaves at a frequency f, a plasma chamber that defines a resonance cavity for supporting a microwave resonance mode, a microwave coupling configuration for feeding microwaves from the microwave generator into the plasma chamber, a gas flow system for feeding process gases into the plasma chamber and removing them therefrom, and a substrate holder disposed in the plasma chamber and having a supporting surface for supporting a substrate on which the synthetic diamond material is to be deposited in use. The resonance cavity is configured to have a height that supports a TM011 resonant mode at the frequency f and is further configured to have a diameter that satisfies the condition that a ratio of the resonance cavity height/the resonance cavity diameter is in the range 0.3 to 1.0.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Element Six Technologies LimitedInventors: John Robert Brandon, Alexander Lamb Cullen, Stephen David Williams, Joseph Michael Dodson, Jonathan James Wilman, Christopher John Howard Wort
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Publication number: 20220225043Abstract: A non-planar body (1) comprising a dome body (2) having an apex (3) and an outer periphery, the apex (3) located on a first plane (4) and the outer periphery located on a second plane (6) substantially parallel to the first plane (4). A peripheral body (5) extends at least partially around the outer periphery of the dome body (2), and at an angle (7) of less than 180° with respect to a tangent (8) relative to the dome body (2) at the outer periphery of the dome body (2), the angle (7) being measured at an outer surface of the dome body (2). Any of the dome body (2) and the peripheral body are formed from polycrystalline diamond.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: ELEMENT SIX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Benjamin WICKHAM, John Robert BRANDON, Firooz NASSER-FAILI, Dermot Francis O'MALLEY
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Patent number: 11384533Abstract: A building wall with an improved corner structure having a having a right-angled interior corner and an arcuate exterior corner, corner brackets used to construct the same, and a method of constructing the same. The pair of brackets include a first bracket that attaches to an upper end of both a first studded wall and a perpendicularly extending second studded wall, and a second bracket that attaches to a lower end of both the first studded wall and the second studded wall. When the first studded wall is joined to the second studded wall using the pair of brackets, an interior side of the corner joint includes two interior faces coming together at the right-angled corner, and an exterior side of the corner joint directly opposite the right-angled corner includes an arcuate exterior face.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Inventor: Robert Brandon Wilson
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Patent number: 11371147Abstract: A microwave plasma reactor for manufacturing synthetic diamond material via chemical vapour deposition, the microwave plasma reactor includes a plasma chamber, a substrate holder, a microwave coupling configuration for feeding microwaves into the plasma chamber, and a gas flow system for feeding process gases into the plasma chamber and removing them therefrom. The gas flow system includes a gas inlet array having a plurality of gas inlets for directing the process gases towards the substrate holder. The gas inlet array includes at least six gas inlets disposed in a substantially parallel or divergent orientation relative to a central axis of the plasma chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Element Six Technologies LimitedInventors: Steven Edward Coe, Jonathan James Wilman, Daniel James Twitchen, Geoffrey Alan Scarsbrook, John Robert Brandon, Christopher John Howard Wort
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Patent number: 11346012Abstract: An electrochemical cell for treating a fluid, the electrochemical cell comprising: at least two opposing electrodes defining a flow path for the fluid between the electrodes, where at least one of the electrodes is formed of electrically conductive diamond material; drive circuitry configured to apply a potential across the electrodes such that a current flows between the electrodes when the fluid is flowed through the flow path between the electrodes; and a housing in which the electrodes are disposed, the housing comprising pressure seals configured to containing the fluid within the fluid path and a support structure for supporting the electrodes, wherein the support structure and the pressure seals are configured such that the electrochemical cell has an operating pressure in a range 2 to 10 bar within which the electrodes are supported without fracturing and within which the fluid is contained within the flow path, wherein the electrodes are spaced apart by a distance in a range 0.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2016Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Element Six Technologies LtdInventors: Julian James Sargood Ellis, Timothy Peter Mollart, John Robert Brandon
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Publication number: 20210025162Abstract: A building wall with an improved corner structure having a having a right-angled interior corner and an arcuate exterior corner, corner brackets used to construct the same, and a method of constructing the same. The pair of brackets include a first bracket that attaches to an upper end of both a first studded wall and a perpendicularly extending second studded wall, and a second bracket that attaches to a lower end of both the first studded wall and the second studded wall. When the first studded wall is joined to the second studded wall using the pair of brackets, an interior side of the corner joint includes two interior faces coming together at the right-angled corner, and an exterior side of the corner joint directly opposite the right-angled corner includes an arcuate exterior face.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventor: Robert Brandon Wilson
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Patent number: 10822795Abstract: A building wall with an improved corner structure having a having a right-angled interior corner and a beveled exterior corner, corner brackets used to construct the same, and a method of constructing the same. The pair of brackets include a first bracket that attaches to an upper end of both a first studded wall and a perpendicularly extending second studded wall, and a second bracket that attaches to a lower end of both the first studded wall and the second studded wall. When the first studded wall is joined to the second studded wall using the pair of brackets, an interior side of the corner joint includes two interior faces coming together at the right-angled corner, and an exterior side of the corner joint directly opposite the right-angled corner includes a beveled exterior face.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Inventor: Robert Brandon Wilson
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Publication number: 20200281283Abstract: A weather-resistant-and-insulated apparel, including a torso portion to cover at least a portion of at least one of a chest, a torso, and a back of a user, a collar to cover at least a portion of at least one of a neck and a chin of the user, the collar including a hood connected to the collar to cover at least a portion of a head of the user, and a face shield removably connected to at least a portion of the hood to prevent at least one of air and precipitation from entering the hood, a plurality of arm portions to cover at least a portion of at least one of an arm and a shoulder of the user, a pelvic portion to cover at least a portion of at least one of a waist, a hip, a crotch and buttocks of the user, and a plurality of leg portions to cover at least a portion at least one of a leg and a knee of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Eugene Bell, Robert Brandon Ard
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Patent number: 10734198Abstract: A microwave plasma reactor for manufacturing synthetic diamond material via chemical vapour deposition, the microwave plasma reactor comprising: a plasma chamber defining a resonant cavity for supporting a primary microwave resonance mode having a primary microwave resonance mode frequency f; a plurality of microwave sources coupled to the plasma chamber for generating and feeding microwaves having a total microwave power P? into the plasma chamber; a gas flow system for feeding process gases into the plasma chamber and removing them therefrom; and a substrate holder disposed in the plasma chamber and comprising a supporting surface for supporting a substrate on which the synthetic diamond material is to be deposited in use, wherein the plurality of microwave sources are configured to couple at least 30% of the total microwave power P? into the plasma chamber in the primary microwave resonance mode frequency f, and wherein at least some of the plurality of microwave sources are solid state microwave sources.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Element Six Technologies LimitedInventors: John Robert Brandon, Ian Friel, Michael Andrew Cooper, Geoffrey Alan Scarsbrook, Ben Llewlyn Green
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Patent number: 10707062Abstract: A microwave generator system for use in a microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (MPECVD) system, the microwave generator system comprising: a microwave generator unit configured to produce microwaves at an operating power output suitable for fabricating synthetic diamond material via a chemical vapour deposition process; a fault detection system configured to detect a fault in the microwave generator unit which results in a reduction in the operating power output or a change in frequency; and a re-start system configured to restart the microwave generator unit in response to a fault being detected and recover the operating power output or frequency in a time period of less than 10 seconds after the fault in the microwave generator unit which caused the reduction in the operating power output or the change in frequency.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Element Six Technologies LimitedInventors: John Robert Brandon, Neil Perkins
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Patent number: 10689977Abstract: An earth-boring drilling tool comprises a cutting element. The cutting element comprises a substrate, a diamond table, and at least one sensing element formed from a doped diamond material disposed at least partially within the diamond table. A method for determining an at-bit measurement for an earth-boring drill bit comprises receiving an electrical signal generated within a doped diamond material disposed within a diamond table of a cutting element of the earth-boring drill bit, and correlating the electrical signal with at least one parameter during a drilling operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignees: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC, Element Six LimitedInventors: Danny E. Scott, Timothy Peter Mollart, John Robert Brandon
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Publication number: 20190318917Abstract: A microwave plasma reactor for manufacturing synthetic diamond material via chemical vapour deposition includes a microwave generator configured to generate microwaves at a frequency f, a plasma chamber that defines a resonance cavity for supporting a microwave resonance mode, a microwave coupling configuration for feeding microwaves from the microwave generator into the plasma chamber, a gas flow system for feeding process gases into the plasma chamber and removing them therefrom, and a substrate holder disposed in the plasma chamber and having a supporting surface for supporting a substrate on which the synthetic diamond material is to be deposited in use. The resonance cavity is configured to have a height that supports a TM011 resonant mode at the frequency f and is further configured to have a diameter that satisfies the condition that a ratio of the resonance cavity height/the resonance cavity diameter is in the range 0.3 to 1.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: ELEMENT SIX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: JOHN ROBERT BRANDON, ALEXANDER LAMB CULLEN, STEPHEN DAVID WILLIAMS, JOSEPH MICHAEL DODSON, JONATHAN JAMES WILMAN, CHRISTOPHER JOHN HOWARD WORT, HELEN WILMAN
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Patent number: 10443314Abstract: A method of forming an instrumented cutting element comprises forming a free-standing sintered diamond table having at least one chamber in the free-standing sintered diamond table, providing a doped diamond material within the at least one chamber, and attaching a substrate to the free-standing sintered diamond table to form an instrumented cutting element. The instrumented cutting element includes the doped diamond material disposed within the sintered diamond table on the substrate. A method of forming an earth-boring tool comprises attaching at least one instrumented cutting element to a body of an earth-boring tool. The at least one instrumented cutting element has a diamond table bonded to a substrate. The diamond table has at least one sensing element disposed at least partially within the diamond table. The at least one sensing element comprises a doped diamond material.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignees: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC, Element Six LimitedInventors: Danny E. Scott, Timothy Peter Mollart, John Robert Brandon
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Patent number: 10407770Abstract: A polycrystalline chemical vapor deposited (CVD) diamond wafer comprising: a largest linear dimension equal to or greater than 125 mm; a thickness equal to or greater than 200 ?m; and one or both of the following characteristics measured at room temperature (nominally 298 K) over at least a central area of the polycrystalline CVD diamond wafer, said central area being circular, centered on a central point of the polycrystalline CVD diamond wafer, and having a diameter of at least 70% of the largest linear dimension of the polycrystalline CVD diamond wafer: an absorption coefficient ?0.2 cm?1 at 10.6 ?m; and a dielectric loss coefficient at 145 GHz, of tan ??2×10?4.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: ELEMENT SIX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Paul Nicholas Inglis, John Robert Brandon, Joseph Michael Dodson, Timothy Peter Mollart