Patents by Inventor Robert Johns

Robert Johns 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: 20230320422
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a heating chamber having a cavity for receiving an aerosol generating medium; a heating element extending along a length of the cavity and configured to heat the aerosol generating medium; a base plate that is moveable along the length of the cavity and is in contact with the heating element to provide an electrical contact, where movement of the base plate changes the position of the electrical contact; and one or more electrical connections configured to deliver electrical energy to the heating element so as to heat a portion of the heating element according to the position of the electrical contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventors: Andrew Robert John Rogan, Alec Wright
  • Patent number: 11783824
    Abstract: A speech-processing system may provide access to one or more virtual assistants via an audio-controlled device. A user may leverage a first virtual assistant to translate a natural language command from a first language into a second language, which the device can send to a second virtual assistant for processing. The device may receive a command from a user and send input data representing the command to a first speech-processing system representing the first virtual assistant. The device may receive a response in the form of a first natural language output from the first speech-processing system along with an indication that the first natural language output should be directed to a second speech-processing system representing the second virtual assistant. For example, the command may be in the first language, and the first natural language output may be in the second language, which is understandable by the second speech-processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert John Mars
  • Patent number: 11784996
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance incident response in an information technology (IT) environment. In one example, an incident service identifies a course of action to respond to an incident in the IT environment. The incident service further identifies a particular step in the course of action associated with a credential requirement based on traits associated with the particular step, and generates a credential request to obtain credentials to support the credential requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Govind Salinas, Sourabh Satish, Robert John Truesdell
  • Publication number: 20230318950
    Abstract: The present application relates to developing and deploying machine learning analysis systems using a low-code or no-code approach. A cloud service is configured to receive a first data stream from a sensor device and train a machine-learning model to recognize selected elements of the first data stream that are selected from a package of template models via a graphical user interface. The cloud service deploys the machine-learning model to an edge datacenter configured to receive a second data stream via a network connection. The edge datacenter locally interrogates the second data stream based on the machine-learning model to generate an element set including the selected elements. A logic service may receive a selection of one or more properties of the element set and one or more logical operators via a graphical user interface to generate user-configured logical rules. The logic service may the user-configured logical rules to the element set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Karl DAVIES-BARRETT, Robert John STARLING
  • Publication number: 20230312550
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the specification; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts; use of such compounds and salts to treat or prevent Prolyl endopeptidase fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-mediated conditions; kits comprising such compounds and salts; and methods for manufacturing such compounds and salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jonas BRÅNALT, Björn HOLM, Maria JOHANSSON, Olle KARLSSON, Daniel Laurent KNERR, Anneli NORDQVIST, Robert John SHEPPARD, Marianne SWANSON, Anna TOMBERG
  • Patent number: 11778440
    Abstract: In a handheld communication device capable of a plurality of wireless communication modes, a method of communication begins by receiving, at the handheld communication device, a notification of an available one of the wireless communication modes. Then, in a data communication window of the communication device, a user-indication of an active one of the available wireless communication modes is provided in accordance with the received communication mode indication. The data communication window is configured to facilitate data communication via the plurality of wireless communication modes, and facilitates the data communication via the active wireless communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited
    Inventors: Robert John Edwards, Andrew Douglas Bocking
  • Patent number: 11772038
    Abstract: The invention provides for the optimal utilization of gas by a fermentation process, whereby the various components within the gas stream are separated to increase the efficiency of the microorganisms. The invention is capable of tailoring the composition of the gas being used by the fermentation process so as to enhance the production of various products. The invention is capable of applying such controlled separation and utilization of gas to produce different products in two parallel fermentation processes. The invention is also capable of applying such controlled separation and utilization of gas to produce one product in a first fermentation process, which may be converted to a different product in a second fermentation process. The invention is additionally capable of mitigating culture inhibition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LanzaTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Haiming Gao, Robert John Conrado, Sebastian Michal Bernasek, Michael Anthony Schultz
  • Patent number: 11772994
    Abstract: The description describes the integration of a gas fermentation process with a gasification process whereby effluent from the gas fermentation process is recycled to the gasification process. The one or more effluents which can be recycled include a stream comprising microbial biomass, a product stream comprising at least a portion of the at least one fermentation product, a by-product stream comprising fusel oil, and a waste water stream comprising microbial biomass. The stream comprising biomass can be dried before it is passed to the gasification zone. At least a portion of the waste water stream can be passed to the gasification process where one use is to replace at least a portion of the process water. The waste water stream can be further processed to produce a clarified water stream and a biogas stream comprising methane either or both of which can be passed to the gasification process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LanzaTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Conrado, Allan Haiming Gao
  • Publication number: 20230305196
    Abstract: A system includes a first group of optic lenses within a focusing unit positioned along the propagation direction of a collimated laser beam, the first group of optic lenses separated by a predetermined fixed distance. The first group of optic lenses in conjunction cause the collimated beam to form as an annular beam as it passes through the first group of optic lenses. An axicon lens located distal from the first group of optic lenses along the propagation direction, the axicon lens operable to bifurcate the annular beam into two deflected collimated beam sections, and the axicon lens having a focus that causes the two deflected collimated beam sections to merge at a distance distal from the axicon lens to create an interference pattern region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Robert John Filkins, Subhrajit Roychowdhury, Juan Borja, Thomas Adcock
  • Publication number: 20230304680
    Abstract: An energy recovery ventilation unit includes an energy recovery ventilation core and a dehumidification system comprising an evaporation unit and a condensing unit. The energy recovery ventilation core receives a first and second airflow and discharges the first and second airflow after the first and second airflow experience heat and mass transfer. The evaporation unit generates a first output airflow comprising a lower relative humidity than the first airflow and directs the first output airflow into a building. The condensing unit generates a second output airflow at a higher temperature than the second airflow and discharges the second output airflow to an unconditioned space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Weizhong Yu, David Treleven, Todd R. DeMonte, Kevin Lawrence Askling, Timothy S. O’Brien, Jenee LaPlace Mobley, Robert John Motiff
  • Publication number: 20230308808
    Abstract: A device comprising: a sensor; and a first circuit configured to detect when an input stimulus to the sensor satisfies one or more detection criteria, and further configured to produce a signal upon detection that causes adjustment of performance of the device; and a second circuit for processing input following detection, wherein the second circuit is configured to increase its power level following detection, relative to a power level of the second circuit prior to detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Robert John LITTRELL, Ronald GAGNON, Karl GROSH
  • Publication number: 20230304692
    Abstract: An energy recovery ventilation unit includes an energy recovery ventilation core, a dehumidification system comprising an evaporation unit and a condensing unit, a first set of dampers, and a second set of dampers. In a first mode of operation, the first set of dampers is in a first position configured to inhibit the flow of a first airflow from a first panel inlet, and the second set of dampers is in a first position configured to inhibit the flow of a second airflow from a second panel inlet. In a second mode of operation, at least one of the first set of dampers and the second set of dampers is actuated to a second position wherein at least one of the first airflow and the second airflow flows to any one of the energy recovery ventilation core, the evaporation unit, and the condensing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Weizhong Yu, David Treleven, Todd R. DeMonte, Kevin Lawrence Askling, Timothy S. O'Brien, Jenee LaPlace Mobley, Robert John Motiff
  • Patent number: 11766809
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for forming a pre-defined recess in a cured or cast explosive composition comprising the steps of: i) providing a female mould, ii) providing a male former, and locating said male former proximate to the female mould to create a gap between said male former and female mould, iii) forming an admixture of a curable/castable explosive composition, charging the gap with the admixture of explosive composition, causing the cure or cast of said curable/castable explosive composition, removing the male former to furnish a cured or cast explosive composition with a pre-defined recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BAE Systems PLC
    Inventors: Darren John Redding, Stuart Martin Phillips, Gavin Morgan Davies, Benjamin Mark Davies, Robert John Wilson
  • Publication number: 20230292844
    Abstract: An induction heating assembly for a vapour generating device, includes an outer body; an induction coil arranged inward of the outer body; a heating compartment defined inward of the induction coil and arranged to receive, in use, a body comprising a vaporisable substance and an induction heatable susceptor; wherein the separation between the outer body and the induction coil defines an air vent arranged to allow air flow around the induction coil and to the heating compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Andrew Robert John Rogan, Mark Gill
  • Publication number: 20230296292
    Abstract: A modulating refrigeration system includes an evaporation unit and a condensing unit. The evaporation unit generates a first output airflow comprising a lower temperature, a lower relative humidity, or both than a first supply airflow and directs the first output airflow into a building. The condensing unit generates a second output airflow at a higher temperature than a second supply airflow and discharges the second output airflow to an unconditioned space. The evaporation unit comprises a first valve operable to direct a portion of refrigerant to a secondary evaporator and primary evaporator or to direct the entire flow of refrigerant to the primary evaporator and bypassing the secondary evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Grant M. Lorang, Gustavo Daniel Olivera, Weizhong Yu, David Treleven, Todd R. DeMonte, Robert John Motiff, Timothy S. O’Brien
  • Patent number: 11759595
    Abstract: A respiratory pressure therapy (RPT) device is disclosed for treatment of respiratory-related disorders. The RPT device includes a pressure generator, a pneumatic block, a chassis and a device outlet for delivering a supply of flow of gas to a patient interface. The RPT device also comprises an integrated humidifier including a water reservoir. An RPT device is also disclosed that includes a wireless data communication interface integrated with the housing and configured to connect to another device or a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Andrew Roderick Bath, Mark Bertinetti, Paul Frederick Birchall, Tommy Chung Yeung Chui, Dawn Rosemary Churchill, Clementine Le Loc'h, Justin John Formica, Matthew Rolf Harrington, Ronald James Huby, Jeegarkumar Kapadia, Barton John Kenyon, Dimitri Marco Maurer, Saad Nasr, Joseph Samuel Ormrod, Jose Ignacio Romagnoli, Nathan John Row, Ian Malcolm Smith, Robert John Sparrow, Luke Andrew Stanislas, Zhuo Ran Tang, Ernie Wei-Chih Tsai, Hargopal Verma, Chengwei Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230287305
    Abstract: A liquid laundry composition comprising: (i) from 1 to 60 wt % of one or more surfactants selected from non-soap anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, and mixtures thereof; and (ii) from 0.05 to 10 wt % of an amphoterically-modified oligopropyleneimine ethoxylate having a following formula (I) wherein E is an ethoxy side chain corresponding to a formula —(RO)n—R?(I) in which R units are ethylene; n has an average value from 5 to 50, preferably from 10 to 40; R? units are each independently selected from hydrogen and SO3—, wherein at least 30% of R? units, preferably at least 50%, are SO3—; Q units are each independently selected from C1-C4 alkyl, H and a free electron pair, wherein at least 50% of Q units, preferably at least 80% Y, more preferably at least 90% are C1-C4 alkyl; and x ranges from 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Julie BENNETT, Robert John CARSWELL, Holger Michael TÜRK, Susanne Carina ENGERT, Alexander Michael HAYDL
  • Publication number: 20230289874
    Abstract: An automated teller machine comprises a communications module; an image module; a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive a first cheque for deposit; engage the image module to capture an image of the first cheque; send, via the communications module and to a server computer system, a signal that includes the image of the first cheque for acceptance; send, via the communications module and to an automated teller machine switch, a signal that includes a request for transaction authorization approval based on the first cheque; receive, via the communications module and from the server computer system, a signal that includes an indication of acceptance of the image of the first cheque; receive, via the communications module and from the automated teller machine switch, a signal that includes an indication of approval of the request for the transaction authorization based on the first cheque; and responsive to r
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: A. Warren PRATTEN, Anthony Wayne MILES, Graham Allan ANDERSON, Tristan RODZEN, David H. SCHLEICHER, Robert John FARMER, Giovanni FAVRETTO, Chico Chi-Kuo LAM
  • Publication number: 20230284703
    Abstract: An e-cigarette device includes a housing configured to hold a battery, a vent port arranged in the housing, and a safety valve means arranged on the vent port, wherein the safety valve means is configured to open and/or close the vent port partially and/or completely depending on the temperature within the housing. As the vent port opens automatically when the temperature of the battery exceeds a certain value, the potential danger of an explosion caused by an increase of pressure inside the housing due to a malfunction of the battery can be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventors: Andrew Robert John Rogan, Alec Wright
  • Patent number: D999292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: AGS LLC
    Inventors: Robert John Rynda, Andrew James Jacobs, John Paul Anton, Adam Walter Hungerbuhler, Craig Walter Oeding, Daniel Arthur Hopkinson