Patents by Inventor Robert M. Jones
Robert M. Jones 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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Patent number: 11598696Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for wastewater sampling in all climates. The wastewater sampling apparatus pulls a sample from a stream or other body of water based on flow or time maintaining a consistent, repeatable, and accurate sample size. The present invention includes an all-weather housing. An integrated touchscreen control provides the ability to specify the volumes of water and program times and/or flow intervals to collect samples. Controls also allow control of the temperature within the sample compartment, both from the unit directly or from an external device. The present invention includes arcuate sample chamber and pivoting sample tube for accurate wastewater volume samples. The present invention may pull samples with vertical lifts of up to 29 feet or more and provide consistent accurate sampling exceeding current EPA transport velocity.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Emerald Coast Manufacturing, LLCInventors: Ronnie E. Jones, Robert M. Gilliom
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Patent number: 11567239Abstract: The disclosed aliphatic thermoplastic polyurethane composition is well suited for use in thin, flexible light directing articles to impart flexibility, toughness, or protection to the light directing articles that contain optically active elements. The disclosed aliphatic thermoplastic polyurethanes have improved thermostability at higher temperatures. Specifically, the disclosed aliphatic thermoplastic polyurethanes have a cross-over temperature greater than 110° C. In one embodiment, the cross-over temperature is greater than 130° C. In one embodiment, the cross-over temperature is less than 170° C. and a Tg greater than 35° C. and less than 70° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Bimal V. Thakkar, Jay M. Jennen, Robert D. Hamann, Ryan M. Braun, Robert F. Watkins, Joseph D. Rule, Todd D. Jones, Charlie C. Ho
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Patent number: 11560369Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline forms of (1aS,5aS)-2-(4-oxy-pyrazin-2-yl)-1a,2,5,5a-tetrahydro-1H-2,3-diaza-cyclopropa[a]pentalene-4-carboxylic acid ((S)-1-hydroxymethyl-2,2-dimethyl-propyl)-amide (Compound 1) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the cannabinoid CB2 receptor and are therefore useful in the treatment of CB2 receptor-mediated disorders, for example, osteoarthritis; pain; hyperalgesia; allodynia; inflammatory hyperalgesia; neuropathic hyperalgesia; acute nociception; osteoporosis; multiple sclerosis-associated spasticity; autoimmune disorders; allergic reactions; CNS inflammation for example; atherosclerosis; undesired immune cell activity, and inflammation associated with a disorder selected from: osteoarthritis, anaphylaxis, Behcet's disease, graft rejection, vasculitis, gout, spondylitis, viral disease, bacterial disease, lupus, inflammatory bowel disease, autoimmune hepatitis, and type 1 diabetes mellitus; age-related macular degeneration; cough;Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Anthony C. Blackburn, Sangdon Han, Robert M. Jones, Antonio Garrido Montalban, Biman B. Pal, Jaimie Karyn Rueter
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Publication number: 20220388829Abstract: A flow sensor includes a fluid chamber configured to receive a fluid. A diaphragm assembly is configured to be displaced whenever the fluid within the fluid chamber is displaced. A transducer assembly is configured to monitor the displacement of the diaphragm assembly and generate a signal based, at least in part, upon the quantity of fluid displaced within the fluid chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Russell H. Beavis, Benjamin W. Jones, JR., John M. Kerwin, Larry B. Gray, Casey P. Manning, Felix Winkler, Robert A. Charles
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Patent number: 11504663Abstract: Thermoplastic bicomponent binder fiber can be combined with other media, fibers and other filtration components to form a thermally bonded filtration media. The filtration media can be used in filter units, such as breather caps. Such filter units can be placed in the stream of a mobile fluid and can remove a particulate and/or fluid mist load from the mobile stream. The unique combination of media fiber, bicomponent binder fiber and other filtration additives and components provide a filtration media having unique properties in filtration applications.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Rogers, Keh B. Dema, Brad E. Kahlbaugh, Linda M. Olson, Chuanfang Yang, Gregory L. LaVallee, Timothy D. Sporre, Joe Israel, Paul L. Kojetin, Derek O. Jones, Michael A. Madden
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Patent number: 11484032Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to chemical modulators of insect olfactory receptors. In particular, compounds and compositions are provided that can inhibit sensory (e.g., host targeting) functions in airborne insects such as mosquitos. Methods of employing such agents, and articles incorporating the same, are also provided. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYInventors: Laurence Zwiebel, Gregory M. Pask, David C. Rinker, Ian M. Romaine, Gary A. Sulikowski, Paul R. Reid, Alex G. Waterson, Kwangho Kim, Patrick L. Jones, Robert W. Taylor
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Publication number: 20220306586Abstract: The present invention relates to certain compounds of Formula Ia and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the cannabinoid CB2 receptor. The present invention further relates to certain compounds of Formula Ia and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activities of both the CB1 receptor and the CB2 receptor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Robert M. Jones, Sangdon Han, Lars Thoresen, Jae-Kyu Jung, Sonja Strah-Pleynet, Xiuwen Zhu, Yifeng Xiong, Dawei Yue
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Patent number: 11429120Abstract: A flow control device is disclosed. The flow control device includes a solenoid, the solenoid including an armature. Also, a piston connected to the armature. The piston includes a primary orifice. The piston having an open position and a closed position. A piston spring connected to the piston is also includes and at least one secondary orifice. The movement of the piston to the open position at least partially opens the at least one secondary orifice and the movement of the piston to the closed position at least partially closes the at least one secondary orifice. The movement of the armature actuates the piston movement and controls fluid flow from the primary orifice through the at least one secondary orifice.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Russell H. Beavis, Benjamin W. Jones, John M. Kerwin, Larry B. Gray, Casey P. Manning, Felix Winkler, Robert A. Charles
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Patent number: 11416844Abstract: Authentication method and systems using RFID-enabled payment cards are disclosed herein where a server receives a request corresponding to authorization of a payment associated with a payment card from an electronic terminal. The server identifies an electronic device of a user associated with the payment card. The server then transmits an instruction to the electronic device to cause an RFID reader of the electronic device to determine whether an RFID tag corresponding to the payment card is located within a predetermined proximity to the electronic device. When the payment card is located within the predetermined proximity, the server executes a first authentication protocol. Moreover, when the payment card is not located within the predetermined proximity, the server executes a second authentication protocol, wherein the second authentication protocol is more restrictive than the first authentication protocol.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Bryan J. Osterkamp, Kelly Q. Baker, David M. Jones, Jr., Ryan Thomas Russell, Robert Andrew Massie, Jon D. McEachron
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Publication number: 20220241274Abstract: Provided are certain methods useful in the treatment of pain comprising administering a compound of Formula Ia and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the cannabinoid CB2 receptor;Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Jayant Thatte, Anthony C. Blackburn, Sangdon Han, Robert M. Jones, Jae-Kyu Jung, Antonio Garrido Montalban, Biman B. Pal, Jaimie Karyn Rueter, Sonja Strah-Pleynet, Lars Thoresen, Yifeng Xiong, Dawei Yue, Xiuwen Zhu
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Publication number: 20220234382Abstract: A transfer article with a thickness of less than 3 micrometers includes a first acrylate layer that is releasable from a metal or doped semiconductor release layer at a release value of from 2 to 50 grams/inch. The article includes a functional layer overlaying the first acrylate layer. The functional layer includes at least one microfractured inorganic layer about 3 nanometers to about 200 nanometers thick, which has a plurality of toolmarks interspersed with cracks.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Kevin W. Gotrik, Scott J. Jones, Huiwen Tai, Joan M. Frankel, Robert R. Owings, Bhaskar V. Velamakanni, Jeanne M. Bruss, David J. Rowe, Matthew E. Sousa, Bradley L. Givot
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Patent number: 11398645Abstract: Processes and reaction mixtures including non-aqueous solvent mixtures are presented. Non-aqueous solvent mixtures including fluoride salt and non-aqueous solvent combinations are provided that possess high fluoride ion concentrations useful for a range of applications, including organic synthesis. Further non-aqueous solvent mixtures are provided including a salt possessing a non-fluoride anion and a non-aqueous solvent that, when contacted with aqueous fluoride-containing reagents, extract fluoride ions to form non-aqueous fluoride-ion solutions possessing high fluoride-ion concentrations. The salts include an organic cation that does not possess a carbon in the ?-position or does not possess a carbon in the ?-position having a bound hydrogen. This salt structure facilitates its ability to be made anhydrous without decomposition. Example anhydrous fluoride salts include (2,2-dimethylpropyl)trimethylammonium fluoride and bis(2,2-dimethylpropyl)dimethylammonium fluoride.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignees: California Institute of Technology, The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Simon C. Jones, Victoria K. Davis, Christopher M. Bates, Nebojsa Momcilovic, Brett M. Savoie, Michael A. Webb, Thomas F. Miller, III, Robert H. Grubbs, Jennifer M. Murphy
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Publication number: 20220162202Abstract: Compounds are provided that antagonize the kappa-opioid receptor (KOR) and products containing such compounds, as well as to methods of their use and synthesis. Such compounds have the structure of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable isomer, racemate, hydrate, solvate, isotope or salt thereof. wherein X, Y, R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R11 are as defined herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Edward Roberts, Miguel A. Guerrero, Mariangela Urbano, Hugh Rosen, Robert M. Jones, Candace Mae Laxamana, Xianrui Zhao, Eric Douglas Turtle
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Patent number: 11235874Abstract: Systems and methods for the automated aerial application of chemicals onto agricultural areas. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are configured to selectively attach to modular sprayer payloads, each payload having a payload reservoir, a spray nozzle, a pump, and a battery. A ground station having landing pads for the UAVs is configured to coordinate and automatically fill at least one payload reservoir from a material tank and provide the payload to a given UAV. A control subsystem can determine a mission plan and command the UAV to selectively deliver the contents of the payload reservoir to at least a portion of one or more agricultural areas.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Greensight Agronomics, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Jones, James R. Peverill, Andrew D. Delollis
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Patent number: 11214548Abstract: The present invention relates to certain compounds of Formula Ia and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the cannabinoid CB2 receptor. The present invention further relates to certain compounds of Formula Ia and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activities of both the CB1 receptor and the CB2 receptor.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Jones, Sangdon Han, Lars Thoresen, Jae-Kyu Jung, Sonja Strah-Pleynet, Xiuwen Zhu, Yifeng Xiong, Dawei Yue
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Publication number: 20210380560Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline forms of (1aS,5aS)-2-(4-oxy-pyrazin-2-yl)-1a,2,5,5a-tetrahydro-1H-2,3-diaza-cyclopropa[a]pentalene-4-carboxylic acid ((S)-1-hydroxymethyl-2,2-dimethyl-propyl)-amide (Compound 1) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the cannabinoid CB2 receptor and are therefore useful in the treatment of CB2 receptor-mediated disorders, for example, osteoarthritis; pain; hyperalgesia; allodynia; inflammatory hyperalgesia; neuropathic hyperalgesia; acute nociception; osteoporosis; multiple sclerosis-associated spasticity; autoimmune disorders; allergic reactions; CNS inflammation for example; atherosclerosis; undesired immune cell activity, and inflammation associated with a disorder selected from: osteoarthritis, anaphylaxis, Behcet's disease, graft rejection, vasculitis, gout, spondylitis, viral disease, bacterial disease, lupus, inflammatory bowel disease, autoimmune hepatitis, and type 1 diabetes mellitus; age-related macular degeneration; cough;Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Anthony C. Blackburn, Sangdon Han, Robert M. Jones, Antonio Garrido Montalban, Biman B. Pal, Jaimie Karyn Rueter
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Patent number: 11186577Abstract: Compounds are provided that antagonize vasopressin receptors, particularly the V1a receptor products containing such compounds, as well as to methods of their use and synthesis. Such compounds have the structure of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable isomer, racemate, hydrate, solvate, isotope, or salt thereof: wherein A, B, G, R1, R1b, R1c, R2 and X are as defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: BLACKTHORN THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: Robert M. Jones, Mariangela Urbano, Gary Brandt, David Hardick, Chris Knight, Jason Tierney
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Publication number: 20210340133Abstract: The present invention relates to the GPR119 receptor agonists: 3-fluoro-4-(5-fluoro-6-(4-(3-(2-fluoropropan-2-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)piperidin-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-ylamino)-N,N-dimethylbenzanide; -fluoro-4-(5-fluoro-6-(4-(3-(2-fluoro-propan-2-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)piperidin-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-ylamino)-N-methylbenzamide; and 3-fluoro-4-(5-fluoro-6-(4-(3-(2-fluoropropan-2-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)piperidin-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-ylamino)benzamide, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof, that are useful as a single pharmaceutical agent or in combination with one or more additional pharmaceutical agents, such as, a DPP-IV inhibitor, a biguanide, an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor, an insulin analogue, a sulfonylurea, an SGLT2 inhibitor, a meglitinide, a thiazolidinedione, or an anti-diabetic peptide analogue, in the treatment of, for example, a disorder selected from: a GPR119-receptor-related disorder; a condition ameliorated by increasing secretion of an incretin; a condition ameliorated byType: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2020Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Robert M. Jones, Juerg Lehmann, Weichao Chen, Jeffrey Edwards, Glen Marquez, Michael E. Morgan, Abu J.M. Sadeque, Sun Hee Kim
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Publication number: 20210317126Abstract: Compounds are provided that antagonize vasopressin receptors, particularly the V1a receptor products containing such compounds, as well as to methods of their use and synthesis. Such compounds have the structure of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable isomer, racemate, hydrate, solvate, isotope, or salt thereof: wherein Q1, Q2, Q3, R2a, R2b, R3 and X are as defined herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Robert M. Jones, Mariangela Urbano, Gary Brandt, Mark Chambers, David Hardick, Chris Knight, Jason Tierney, Chris Lock
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Patent number: 11124504Abstract: Compounds are provided that antagonize the kappa-opioid receptor (KOR) and products containing such compounds, as well as to methods of their use and synthesis. Such compounds have the structure of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable isomer, racemate, hydrate, solvate, isotope or salt thereof: wherein X, Y, R1, R2, R4, R5 R6, R7, R8 and R11 are as defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignees: THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BLACKTHORN THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: Edward Roberts, Miguel A. Guerrero, Mariangela Urbano, Hugh Rosen, Robert M. Jones, Candace Mae Laxamana, Xianrui Zhao, Eric Douglas Turtle