Patents by Inventor Robert Lees

Robert Lees 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: 11972624
    Abstract: A delivery system may include a pallet wrapper system having a turntable, a camera directed toward an area above the turntable, and a stretch wrap dispenser adjacent the turntable. A computer receives images from the camera of multiple sides of a pallet loaded with packages on the turntable. The computer stitches images from different sides of the stack of packages that correspond to the same package. At least one machine learning model may be used to infer SKUs of each package. Optical character recognition may be performed in parallel on the images. The determination of the SKU of each package may be based upon the inferred SKUs and on the OCR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
    Inventors: Peter Douglas Jackson, Robert Lee Martin, Jr., Daniel James Thyer, Justin Michael Brown
  • Publication number: 20240134876
    Abstract: Computer implemented systems and methods are disclosed for importing data from electronic data files. In accordance with some embodiments, a file format is assigned to a source electronic data files by a data importation system. The data importation system may further identify a file type identifier associated with the source electronic data file and map the source electronic data file to a transformation template. The data importation system may further store the file format, file type identifier, and an indication of the transformation template as a file type profile associated with the source electronic data file in a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen Yazicioglu, Christopher Luck, Robert Giardina, Justin Streufert, Timothy Slatcher, Gregory O'Connor, Brandon Marc-Aurele, Olivia Zhu, Howard Schindel, Henry Tung, Lucas Ray, Christopher Leech, Eric Jeney, Stefan Negrus, Jason Lee, Alessandro Mingione, John McKinstry Doyle, Hunter Pitelka, Ethan Lozano, Joel Ossher, Matthew Fedderly
  • Patent number: 11963927
    Abstract: A glass container for storing pharmaceutical formulations may include a glass body formed from a Type IA or Type IB glass composition according to ASTM Standard E438-92(2011). The glass body may include a wall portion with an inner surface and an outer surface, a heel portion and a floor portion, wherein the inner surface of the glass container is formed by the inner surface of the glass body. The glass body may include at least a class A2 base resistance or better according to ISO 695, at least a type HGB2 hydrolytic resistance or better according to ISO 719 and Type 1 chemical durability according to USP <660>. The glass container does not comprise a boron-rich layer on the inner surface of the glass body in as formed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Theresa Chang, Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Christopher Lee Timmons, Natesan Venkataraman, Ronald Luce Verkleeren, Dana Craig Bookbinder
  • Patent number: 11966753
    Abstract: A storage device for booting a host computing device includes a first storage memory region having a first storage memory controller, a second storage memory region having a second storage memory controller, and a resilient boot controller. The resilient boot controller is configured to store boot code in the first storage memory region, prevent write access by the host computing device through the first storage memory controller to the first storage memory region, detect a reset of the host computing device through the input/output interface, copy at least a portion of the boot code from the first storage memory region to the second storage memory region, responsive to detection of the reset of the host computing device, and enable read access of the copied boot code by the host computing device through the second storage memory controller of the second storage memory region, responsive to the copy operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Thom, Paul England, Robert Karl Spiger, Brian Telfer, Sangho Lee, Marcus Peinado
  • Patent number: 11966930
    Abstract: Risk associated with end-user computing tools can be discovered automatically. Machine learning and other approaches can be employed to automate discovery of risk associated with end-user computing tools. In one instance, a machine learning model can be constructed and fine-tuned through training that can classify end-user computing tools in terms of risk. The risk can be of a particular type, such as financial or reputational risk, and extent, such as high or low. In another instance, end-user computing tools can be subject to automatic clustering and subsequent risk assessment. Mitigation action can be performed to reduce risk associated with high-risk end-user computing tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Robert Lee Posert
  • Publication number: 20240124178
    Abstract: A pallet wrapper and imaging system a pallet loaded with containers to calculate a sustainability based upon a type of the pallet and the containers on the pallet. The system also determines the stability of the pallet and containers, a speed at which the pallet and containers can be wrapped, and an amount of stretch film needed to secure the load for transport. After validation by the imaging system (with or without a wrapper), a QC bot assists a QC worker in remedying or checking any detected errors or potential errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Douglas Jackson, Robert Lee Martin, JR., Daniel James Thyer, Vance Asher Weintraub
  • Publication number: 20240122926
    Abstract: Apelin receptor modulators can improve physical performance, slow progression of age-related frailty, and can reduce age-related muscle weakness in human patients. This disclosure provides methods for treating muscle conditions using a particular class of apelin receptor modulators (e.g., agonists). The muscle condition can be an age-related muscle condition. Also provided is a method for maintaining and/or increasing muscle mass, muscle function, and/or muscle strength in an elderly subject by administration of the apelin receptor modulator. In some embodiments, the apelin receptor modulator (e.g., agonist) is BGE-105, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kristen Patricia FORTNEY, Eric Kim MORGEN, Justin REBO, Robert HUGHES, Fred ASWAD, Peng Khun LEONG, Sashanaz H. IGDARI, Paul David RUBIN, Rusty Lee MONTGOMERY
  • Publication number: 20240127367
    Abstract: A crop prediction system performs various machine learning operations to predict crop production and to identify a set of farming operations that, if performed, optimize crop production. The crop prediction system uses crop prediction models trained using various machine learning operations based on geographic and agronomic information. Responsive to receiving a request from a grower, the crop prediction system can access information representation of a portion of land corresponding to the request, such as the location of the land and corresponding weather conditions and soil composition. The crop prediction system applies one or more crop prediction models to the access information to predict a crop production and identify an optimized set of farming operations for the grower to perform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: David Patrick Perry, Geoffrey Albert von Maltzahn, Robert Berendes, Eric Michael Jeck, Barry Loyd Knight, Rachel Ariel Raymond, Ponsi Trivisvavet, Justin Y H Wong, Neal Hitesh Rajdev, Marc-Cedric Joseph Meunier, Casey James Leist, Pranav Ram Tadi, Andrea Lee Flaherty, Charles David Brummitt, Naveen Neil Sinha, Jordan Lambert, Jonathan Hennek, Carlos Becco, Mark Allen, Daniel Bachner, Fernando Derossi, Ewan Lamont, Rob Lowenthal, Dan Creagh, Steve Abramson, Ben Allen, Jyoti Shankar, Chris Moscardini, Jeremy Crane, David Weisman, Gerard Keating, Lauren Moores, William Pate
  • Patent number: 11960371
    Abstract: A plurality of storage controllers configured to initiate an action based on redundant copies of metadata, such that a source authority of one of the plurality of storage controllers receives a message, records the message redundantly throughout the plurality of storage controllers, and delivers the message to a destination authority of a further one of the storage controllers responsive to achieving a level of redundancy for the redundant copies of the metadata regarding the message is provided, wherein at least one of the plurality of storage controllers comprises a zoned storage drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Lee, Ronald Karr
  • Patent number: 11957536
    Abstract: Hybrid orthodontic archwire designs are disclosed. Hybrid archwires may have bracket-archwire sections and interproximal archwire sections in which each section can vary in cross-section shape, size, and/or material properties. Bracket-archwire sections may be configured to promote torque control and may have rectangular cross-sections. Interproximal archwire sections may be configured to be bent into force-promoting loops and may have round cross sections. Each archwire section may be straight or bent into any shape. Hybrid archwires may have sliding sections and non-sliding sections. Non-sliding sections may have male connectors configured to prevent the archwire from sliding relative to the orthodontic brackets and/or may have cross-sectional shapes, sizes, or coatings that resist sliding relative to sliding sections. Sliding sections may have linear archwire segments. Hybrid archwires may have distal or posterior non-sliding sections and an intermediate anterior or medial sliding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Swift Health Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Hongsheng Tong, Philong John Pham, Allen Huynh, Robert Lee
  • Publication number: 20240115257
    Abstract: A novel integrated wound closure device for laparoscopy having proximal activation means, a suture staging and management means, a distal anchoring means, an integrated tissue piercing means, a suture placement and suture grasping means, in an elongated body which can be reused multiple times per patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Robert Lee Bromley
  • Publication number: 20240118005
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for use in an outdoor environment with a heat pump system is provided. The heat exchanger includes a first set of tubes arranged in a parallel flow manner between a first manifold and a second manifold, wherein central straight portions of adjacent tubes are disposed with a space therebetween along each tube of the first set of tube between the first and second manifolds. A second set of tubes are arranged in a parallel flow manner between a third manifold and a fourth manifold, wherein central straight portions of adjacent tubes within the second set of tubes are at least partially disposed within the space between adjacent tubes of the first set of tubes. A fluid that flows through the first set of tubes additionally flows through the second set of tubes before the fluid returns to again flow through the first set of tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Scott KENT, Robert Louis RUNK, Lindsey Lee LEITZEL, Szymon WALCZAK
  • Publication number: 20240116247
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system, and associated methods, comprise an image projection system comprising a plurality of image projectors that project a composite image onto a build area within a resin pool. The composite image comprises a plurality of sub-images arranged in an array. The properties of a sub-image and the alignment of the position of the sub image within the composite image can be adjusted using a set of filters comprising an irradiance mask that normalizes irradiance, and a gamma adjustment mask that adjusts sub-image energy based on a reactivity of the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Intrepid Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Wynne, Jamie Lynn Etcheson, Christopher Sean Tanner, Robert Lee Mueller, Ivan Dejesus Chousal
  • Patent number: 11951072
    Abstract: A coated glass pharmaceutical package includes a glass body having a Type 1 chemical durability according to USP 660, at least a class A2 base resistance or better according to ISO 695, and at least a type HGB2 hydrolytic resistance or better according to ISO 719, the glass body having an interior surface and an exterior surface and a wall extending therebetween. A lubricous coating having a thickness of less than or equal to 90 nm may be positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body but not on any portion of the interior surface. The portion of the coated glass package with the lubricous coating comprises a coefficient of friction that is at least 20% less than an uncoated glass package and the coefficient of friction does not increase by more than 30% after undergoing a depyrogenation cycle including exposure to a temperature of 250° C. for a time period of 30 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Theresa Chang, Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Christopher Lee Timmons, Natesan Venkataraman, Ronald Luce Verkleeren
  • Patent number: 11950832
    Abstract: Concepts presented herein relate to an interface module that can be electrically coupled to an electrical stimulation generator, a radio frequency generator and an instrument. A selection module is coupled to the interface module and operates in a first mode to deliver electrical stimulation signals from the electrical stimulation generator to the instrument and in a second mode to deliver radio frequency signals from the radio frequency generator to the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Lee McFarlin, John C. Bruce, David C. Hacker, Robert Allen Tucker
  • Patent number: 11955187
    Abstract: A method for processing blocks of flash memory to decrease raw bit errors from the flash memory is provided. The method includes identifying one or more blocks of the flash memory for a refresh operation and writing information regarding the identified blocks, to a data structure. The method includes issuing background reads to the identified blocks, according to the data structure, as the refresh operation. The method may be embodied on a computer readable medium. In some embodiments the background reads may be based on a time based refresh responsive to an increase in raw bit error count in the flash memory over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Hari Kannan, Robert Lee, Yuhong Mao
  • Publication number: 20240109915
    Abstract: A compound having the structures: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate of said compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein; R selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy and —(CH2)m—W, where W is C3-C8 cycloalkyl, bicycloalkyl, bridged bicycloalkyl, phenyl, 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl or heterocyclic containing one, two or three heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, S and O atoms; wherein each of said alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, heterocyclic, phenyl, naphthyl or heteroaryl may be unsubstituted or substituted by phenyl, halo, cyano, deuterium, hydroxy, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, —SO2—R?, —CONR?R?, NR?COR?, —NR?CONR?R?, —NR?CO2R?, —(CH2)n—SO2—R?, —NHSO2—R?, —NR?SO2—R?, —SO2NR?R?, NR?R? or SR? where R? and R? are independently H, C1-C6 alkyl or C3-C8 cycloalkyl; R1 selected from the group consisting of phenyl, naphthyl, 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl or heterocyclic containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms se
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Scott William Bagley, Andrea Nicole Bootsma, Chulho Choi, Robert Lee Dow, David James Edmonds, Carmen Noemi Garcia-Irizarry, Brian Stephen Gerstenberger, Gajendra Ingle, Jessica Gloria Katherine O'Brien, Mihir Dineshkumar Parikh, Gwenaella Christine Rescourio, Daniel Copley Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20240108396
    Abstract: A novel smoke evacuation distal end having a distal port axially rotatable or fixedly attached to an energy assisted surgical device with at least one non-obstructing cutout to allow for improved surgical visibility while maintaining smoke suction performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: Robert Lee Bromley
  • Publication number: 20240112057
    Abstract: An optics-integrated confinement apparatus system comprises a confinement apparatus chip having a confinement apparatus formed thereon and having at least one apparatus optical element disposed and/or formed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Bohn, Christopher John Carron, Bryan DeBono, Chris Ertsgaard, Robert D. Horning, Molly Krogstad, Patricia Lee, Lora Nugent, Adam Jay Ollanik, Mary Rowe, Steve Sanders, Alex Zolot
  • Patent number: D1025386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: PRECISION TOOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: James Gregory Goerges, Robert Lee