Patents by Inventor Robert M. Smith
Robert M. Smith 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: 20250077692Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and/or processing a blockchain to maintain data security for confidential and/or personal data are provided. According to certain aspects, the disclosed data security techniques may enable access sharing functionality utilizing the blockchain. For example, access sharing may be utilized to share policy information. The policy information may be associated with a smart contract. Accordingly, the policy information may be encrypted using a public key for the smart contract and compiled into a block of the blockchain. In response to a request to provide access to the information to a particular node, the private key for the smart contract may be encrypted using the public key for the particular node and compiled into a block of the blockchain.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: Melinda Teresa Magerkurth, Eric Bellas, Jaime Skaggs, Shawn M. Call, Eric R. Moore, Vicki KIng, Burton J. Floyd, David Turrentine, Steven T. Olson, Timothy Caleb Wells, Corin Rebekah Chapman, Edward W. Breitweiser, Robert Gomez, Sheila Cummings Smith
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Patent number: 12240874Abstract: Disclosed herein are nucleotide sequences encoding an insecticidal protein exhibiting Lepidopteran inhibitory activity, as well as novel insecticidal proteins referred to herein as a BCW 001, BCW 002, BCW 003, and BCW toxic protein-containing chimeras and BCW toxin insecticide, transgenic plants expressing the chimeras or the insecticide, and methods for detecting the presence of the nucleotide sequences or the insecticide in a biological sample.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: James A. Baum, David J. Bowen, Catherine A. Chay, David J. Chi, William P. Clinton, Crystal L. Dart, Leigh English, Stanislaw Flasinski, Victor M. Guzov, Kevin A. Jarrell, Uma R. Kesanapalli, Thomas M. Malvar, Robert M. McCarroll, Jason S. Milligan, Jay P. Morgenstern, Deborah G. Rucker, Sara A. Salvador, Temple F. Smith, Carlos E. Soto, Collin M. Stultz, Brian M. Turczyk, Ty T. Vaughn, Moritz W. F. Von Rechenberg
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Patent number: 12235979Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and/or processing a blockchain to maintain data security for confidential and/or personal data are provided. According to certain aspects, the disclosed data security techniques may enable access sharing functionality utilizing the blockchain. For example, access sharing may be utilized to file documents, share policy information, and/or comply with an audit. The data security techniques disclosed herein also enable the use of smart contracts to transfer funds associated with payment obligations and/or other forms of blockchain based payments, comply with anti-money laundering requirements, report industry data, validate interest payments and/or maintain agent sales data. Data security may be achieved through the use of public key/private key encryption techniques.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Melinda Teresa Magerkurth, Eric Bellas, Jaime Skaggs, Shawn M. Call, Eric R. Moore, Vicki King, Burton J. Floyd, David Turrentine, Steven T. Olson, Timothy Caleb Wells, Corin Rebekah Chapman, Edward W. Breitweiser, Robert Gomez, Shelia Cummings Smith
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Patent number: 12218255Abstract: A vertical gallium nitride (GaN) PN diode uses epitaxial growth of a thick drift region with a very low carrier concentration and a carefully designed multi-zone junction termination extension to achieve high voltage blocking and high-power efficiency. An exemplary large area (1 mm2) diode had a forward pulsed current of 3.5 A, an 8.3 m?-cm2 specific on-resistance, and a 5.3 kV reverse breakdown. A smaller area diode (0.063 mm2) was capable of 6.4 kV breakdown with a specific on-resistance of 10.2 m?-cm2, when accounting for current spreading through the drift region at a 45° angle.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCInventors: Luke Yates, Brendan P. Gunning, Mary H. Crawford, Jeffrey Steinfeldt, Michael L. Smith, Vincent M. Abate, Jeramy R. Dickerson, Andrew M. Armstrong, Andrew Binder, Andrew A. Allerman, Robert J. Kaplar, Jack David Flicker, Gregory W. Pickrell
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Publication number: 20250018153Abstract: Intravascularly delivered blood pumps and associated devices, systems, and methods, are disclosed herein. A method of intravascularly delivering a blood pump in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, advancing an elongated delivery dilator through a patient's vasculature such that a first portion of the elongated delivery dilator is externally accessible proximate to the subclavian artery and a second portion of the elongated delivery dilator is externally accessible proximate to the femoral artery. The method can further include attaching the second portion of the elongated delivery dilator to a driveline, which is coupled to a balloon at the opposite end, and then pulling on the first portion of the elongated delivery dilator to move the driveline and the balloon through the patient's vasculature to a target site with the balloon positioned within the aorta.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: Robert M. Smith, Guruprasad Anapathur Giridharan, Duane Pinto, Joshua Ryan Woolley, Brian Howard Novack, Douglas Altschuler
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Patent number: 12178586Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods built for predictively timing the inflation and/or deflation of an intra-aortic balloon pump. A controller operates in three states: (1) initialization state, (2) learning state, and (3) peak detection state. The controller decomposes a patient's electrocardiogram signal to a power signal. It then learns characteristics of the patient's electrocardiogram signal during the learning state and computes adaptive threshold parameter values. During the peak detection state, the controller applies the learnt threshold parameter values on a current electrocardiogram signal to identify occurrence and timings of R peaks in the electrocardiogram signal. The R-to-R peak timings are then used to trigger inflation of an intra-aortic balloon pump.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignees: NuPulseCV, Inc., North Carolina State UniversityInventors: Robert M. Smith, Nagarjuna Reddy Chinta, Ryan Daniel McCormick, Douglas Edward Ivers, Cranos M. Williams, Divyakumar Mahiman Badheka, Hubert Troy Nagle, Jr., Sai Bhargav Dasari, Shamim Samadi
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Patent number: 12156978Abstract: Intravascularly delivered blood pumps and associated devices, systems, and methods, are disclosed herein. A system for intravascularly implanting a blood pump in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, an elongated delivery dilator having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a lumen extending between the first end portion and the second end portion. The elongated delivery dilator is configured to advance over a guidewire positioned within the patient's vasculature and to extend through the patient's vasculature between a first blood vessel and a second blood vessel. A pump assembly includes an expandable member and a driveline. The expandable member is configured to be positioned in a patient's descending aorta to provide circulatory support to the patient's heart.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: NUPULSECV, INC.Inventors: Robert M. Smith, Guruprasad Anapathur Giridharan, Duane Pinto, Joshua Ryan Woolley, Brian Howard Novack, Douglas Altschuler
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Patent number: 11912111Abstract: A vehicle cover assembly includes a canopy assembly having a canopy and first and second adjustable tightening devices. The canopy has a front peripheral end portion, a rear peripheral end portion, and first and second side end portions. The first side end portion, the rear peripheral end portion, and the second side end portion define a first sleeve with a first aperture therein. The front peripheral end portion defines a second sleeve with a second aperture therein. The first adjustable tightening device extends through the first aperture, and the second adjustable tightening device extends through the second aperture to secure the canopy to the vehicle. The assembly includes a frame member coupled to the vehicle and the canopy. The canopy extends from a front cab portion to a rear end portion of the vehicle and over the frame member.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Inventor: Robert M. Smith
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Patent number: 11902373Abstract: A system includes a plurality of control system elements (CSEs) and a control system platform (CSP) including a data repository and operatively connected to the plurality of CSEs, and configured to: receive, from a CSE of the plurality of CSEs, a state logging message including measurement device state information (MDSI) and a control system element identifier (CSEI); store the MDSI in the data repository; process the MDSI to obtain analytic information; obtain, from the data repository, client device notification criteria (CDNC) associated with the CSEI; perform a comparison between the MDSI and the analytic information against the CDNC; determine, based on the comparison, that at least one notification trigger specified in the CDNC has been met; generate, in response to determining, an analysis notification message comprising the MDSI and the analytic information; and transmit the analysis notification message to a client device operatively connected to the CSP via a network.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James C. Breter, Robert M. Smith, Frederick G. Weiser
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Patent number: 11684768Abstract: The invention provides a blood pump for use with an intravascular ventricular assist system (iVAS), as well as a method for utilizing the blood pump to treat heart failure.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: NuPulseCV, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Smith, Valluvan Jeevanandam
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Publication number: 20220288380Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods built for predictively timing the inflation and/or deflation of an intra-aortic balloon pump. A controller operates in three states: (1) initialization state, (2) learning state, and (3) peak detection state. The controller decomposes a patient's electrocardiogram signal to a power signal. It then learns characteristics of the patient's electrocardiogram signal during the learning state and computes adaptive threshold parameter values. During the peak detection state, the controller applies the learnt threshold parameter values on a current electrocardiogram signal to identify occurrence and timings of R peaks in the electrocardiogram signal. The R-to-R peak timings are then used to trigger inflation of an intra-aortic balloon pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Robert M. Smith, Nagarjuna Reddy Chinta, Ryan Daniel McCormick, Douglas Edward Ivers, Cranos M. Williams, Divyakumar Mahiman Badheka, Hubert Troy Nagle, JR., Sai Bhargav Dasari, Shamim Samadi
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Patent number: 11344804Abstract: Examples of the disclosure provide real-time display of achievements to a user during gameplay. A computing device receives a request from a user to display a portion of achievement data describing performance of the user in a gaming application. Responsive to the received request, the achievement data is filtered based on contextual criteria. The filtered achievement data is provided to a user interface for display during gameplay. The displayed achievement data is updated by the computing device updates during gameplay. The achievement data may be system-level achievement data. Further, the achievement data may be displayed on another computing device.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Robert M. Smith, Zane W S Teh, Nathan Johnson, Mengyuan Tu, Mitch A. Johnson, Casey Baker, Eric Cancino, Cierra D. McDonald
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Patent number: 11285313Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods built for predictively timing the inflation and/or deflation of an intra-aortic balloon pump. A controller operates in three states: (1) initialization state, (2) learning state, and (3) peak detection state. The controller decomposes a patient's electrocardiogram signal to a power signal. It then learns characteristics of the patient's electrocardiogram signal during the learning state and computes adaptive threshold parameter values. During the peak detection state, the controller applies the learnt threshold parameter values on a current electrocardiogram signal to identify occurrence and timings of R peaks in the electrocardiogram signal. The R-to-R peak timings are then used to trigger inflation of an intra-aortic balloon pump.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: NuPulseCV, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Smith, Nagarjuna Reddy Chinta, Ryan Daniel McCormick, Douglas Edward Ivers, Cranos M. Williams, Divyakumar Mahiman Badheka, Hubert Troy Nagle, Jr., Sai Bhargav Dasari, Shamim Samadi
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Patent number: 11186231Abstract: A telescoping storage container adapted for receipt in a bed of a pickup truck and behind a cab of the truck. The storage container includes an open top external box and an open top internal box. The internal box is sideably received inside the external box and includes one of more sliding tool storage drawers and a shelf with a rotating bin for easy access to the stored tools. The internal box includes a moveable top lid, which covers an open top in the external box and an open top in the internal box. The storage container, when configured as a truck toolbox, is dimensioned for receipt on the truck bed and next to the rear of a truck cab. Also, the storage container includes a self-contained battery power supply system to operate a scissor lift for raising and lowering the internal box inside the external box.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Inventor: Robert M. Smith
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Publication number: 20200360663Abstract: Intravascularly delivered blood pumps and associated devices, systems, and methods, are disclosed herein. A method of intravascularly delivering a blood pump in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, advancing an elongated delivery dilator through a patient's vasculature such that a first portion of the elongated delivery dilator is externally accessible proximate to the subclavian artery and a second portion of the elongated delivery dilator is externally accessible proximate to the femoral artery. The method can further include attaching the second portion of the elongated delivery dilator to a driveline, which is coupled to a balloon at the opposite end, and then pulling on the first portion of the elongated delivery dilator to move the driveline and the balloon through the patient's vasculature to a target site with the balloon positioned within the aorta.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Robert M. Smith, Guruprasad Anapathur Giridharan, Duane Pinto, Joshua Ryan Woolley, Brian Howard Novack, Douglas Altschuler
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Publication number: 20200345910Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods built for predictively timing the inflation and/or deflation of an intra-aortic balloon pump. A controller operates in three states: (1) initialization state, (2) learning state, and (3) peak detection state. The controller decomposes a patient's electrocardiogram signal to a power signal. It then learns characteristics of the patient's electrocardiogram signal during the learning state and computes adaptive threshold parameter values. During the peak detection state, the controller applies the learnt threshold parameter values on a current electrocardiogram signal to identify occurrence and timings of R peaks in the electrocardiogram signal. The R-to-R peak timings are then used to trigger inflation of an intra-aortic balloon pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2019Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Robert M. Smith, Nagarjuna Reddy Chinta, Ryan Daniel McCormick, Douglas Edward Ivers, Cranos M. Williams, Divyakumar Mahiman Badheka, Hubert Troy Nagle, JR., Sai Bhargav Dasari, Shamim Samadi
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Publication number: 20200345911Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods built for predictively timing the inflation and/or deflation of an intra-aortic balloon pump. A controller operates in three states: (1) initialization state, (2) learning state, and (3) peak detection state. The controller decomposes a patient's electrocardiogram signal to a power signal. It then learns characteristics of the patient's electrocardiogram signal during the learning state and computes adaptive threshold parameter values. During the peak detection state, the controller applies the learnt threshold parameter values on a current electrocardiogram signal to identify occurrence and timings of R peaks in the electrocardiogram signal. The R-to-R peak timings are then used to trigger inflation of an intra-aortic balloon pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2019Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Robert M. Smith, Nagarjuna Reddy Chinta, Ryan Daniel McCormick, Douglas Edward Ivers
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Publication number: 20200155939Abstract: Examples of the disclosure provide real-time display of achievements to a user during gameplay. A computing device receives a request from a user to display a portion of achievement data describing performance of the user in a gaming application. Responsive to the received request, the achievement data is filtered based on contextual criteria. The filtered achievement data is provided to a user interface for display during gameplay. The displayed achievement data is updated by the computing device updates during gameplay. The achievement data may be system-level achievement data. Further, the achievement data may be displayed on another computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Robert M. SMITH, Zane WS TEH, Nathan JOHNSON, Mengyuan TU, Mitch A. JOHNSON, Casey BAKER, Eric CANCINO, Cierra D. MCDONALD
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Patent number: 10456679Abstract: Examples of the disclosure provide real-time display of achievements to a user during gameplay. A computing device receives a request from a user to display a portion of achievement data describing performance of the user in a gaming application. Responsive to the received request, the achievement data is filtered based on contextual criteria. The filtered achievement data is provided to a user interface for display during gameplay. The displayed achievement data is updated by the computing device updates during gameplay. The achievement data may be system-level achievement data. Further, the achievement data may be displayed on another computing device.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Robert M. Smith, Zane W S Teh, Nathan Johnson, Mengyuan Tu, Mitch A. Johnson, Casey Baker, Eric Cancino, Cierra D. McDonald
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Patent number: D983121Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Inventor: Robert M. Smith