Patents by Inventor Robert Neil

Robert Neil 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: 12205322
    Abstract: Techniques and systems are provided for positioning mixed-reality devices within mixed-reality environments. The devices, which are configured to perform inside out tracking, transition between position tracking states in mixed-reality environments and utilize positional information from other inside out tracking devices that share the mixed-reality environments to identify/update positioning of the devices when they become disoriented within the environments and without requiring an extensive or full scan and comparison/matching of feature points that are detectable by the devices with mapped feature points of the maps associated with the mixed-reality environments. Such techniques can conserve processing and power consumption that would be required when performing a full or extensive scan and comparison of matching feature points. Such techniques can also enhance the accuracy and speed of positioning mixed-reality devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Alexander Hill, Kathleen Carol Heasley, Jake Thomas Shields, Kevin James-Peddicord Luecke, Robert Neil Drury, Garret Paul Jacobson
  • Publication number: 20240336202
    Abstract: Retractable stairs for mounting in an exterior doorway of a recreational vehicle are provided with a spaced apart stringers and a tread extending between the stringers. Spaced apart straps are connected to upper ends of the stringers and are pivotally mounted to a floor in an interior space of the recreational vehicle to allow movement of the stringers and the tread through the exterior doorway between a retracted position stowed within the recreational vehicle and a deployed position outside of the recreational vehicle. A threshold plate is positioned between the straps and is fixed against movement during the pivoting movement of the straps. Locking latches extend outwardly from the stringers and are positionable for engaging a jamb of the exterior doorway for releasably securing the stringers and the tread in the retracted position. Extensible support legs are mounted on the stringers and extendable downwardly below the stringers to engage a ground surface for supporting the retractable stairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: Airxcel, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John Longest, William Edward Mooneyham, Robert Neil Lankford, Michael James Shaver, Stacey L. Smith, Norman Troy McGuffey, Steven Andrew Reffner, John Alan Eaton, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240272682
    Abstract: A power rail for powering a power driver assembly includes a rail member extending between a front end and a rear end. The rail member has a track including a channel between an upper support beam and a lower support beam. The track extends between the front end and the rear end. The track configured to receive a driver circuit card of the power driver assembly. The power rail includes a power contact having a base coupled to the rail member. The power contact includes a cable termination terminated to a power cable. The power contact includes a mating beam extending from the base into the channel. The mating beam has a mating interface configured to be mated to a power pad of the driver circuit card when the driver circuit card is plugged into the track of the rail member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Paul Ruffini, Howard Wallace Andrews, JR., Robert Neil Mulfinger, Brian Patrick Costello
  • Publication number: 20240252430
    Abstract: This invention relates to an oral immunotherapy (OIT) composition comprising granules that contain an allergenic protein, such as peanut protein, along with a humectant, such as trehalose, and a binder, such as hypromellose. The composition may further comprise a filler, such as mannitol and a lubricant, such as stearic acid. OIT compositions, methods of preparing OIT compositions and methods of treatment of food allergy using OIT compositions are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: CAMBRIDGE ALLERGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Neil Ward, Ryan John Anthony Wilson, Michael John Frodsham
  • Patent number: 12052458
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling an interface of a multi-input modality device are described. In an example, a device presents a menu on a display in a first input modality mode of the device. The menu includes graphical user interface (GUI) elements. The first input modality mode corresponds to a first type of input modality. The device receives first input corresponding to a second type of input modality. The device presents the menu on the display in a second input modality mode of the device that corresponds to the second type of input modality. The first input modality mode and the second input modality mode are exclusive to each other and each provide a different menu navigation control. The device changes a presentation of a visual indicator at a first location associated with a first GUI element of the GUI elements in the menu based on the second input modality mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Tu, Monica Leigh Farrar Miller, Jimin Kim, Srikanth Ramakrishna, Robert Neil Gaa Torres, Yonius Saritoh, Matthew T. Svihovec, Shikhar Singh, Lakshminarayanan Angamuthu, Vinay Nadagoud, Yan Wang, Pradeep Rajvin Dinakar
  • Patent number: 12048374
    Abstract: A mobile workstation with adjustable height of the present disclosure may comprise a top assembly, an adjustment assembly, and a bottom assembly. Adjustment assembly may comprise telescopically engaged segments. One or more pulleys or pulley assemblies may be disposed within one or more of the segments to allow for withdrawing and retracting segments from one another at the same rate. Actuation of the raising or lowering of the overall height of the mobile workstation may be realized through either a manual actuation or an electronic element such as a linear actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Midmark Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel A. Albers, Connor James Osowski, Jeffrey T. DeBord, Rainer Bernhard Teufel, Todd Linthicum, Jay F. Perkins, David Simpson, Nicholas Leonard Blackburn, Jon Robert Neil Hamilton, Michael C. Couch, Darin Gregory Whittington
  • Publication number: 20240239861
    Abstract: This invention relates to isolated polypeptides that are glucagon-receptor selective analogs and peptide derivatives thereof. These analogs are selective for human glucagon receptor with improved solubility, thermal stability, and physicochemical properties as compared to native endogenous glucagon. This invention also relates to methods of using such polypeptides in a variety of therapeutic and diagnostic indications, as well as methods of producing such polypeptides. These analogs are useful, alone or in combination with other therapeutic peptides, in methods of treating obesity, diabetes, metabolic disorders, and other disorders or disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: William Blackwell, Ved P. Srivastava, Mark A. Paulik, Andrew Young, Robert Neil Hunter, III, Steven Thomas Dock
  • Patent number: 11980684
    Abstract: This invention relates to an oral immunotherapy (OIT) composition comprising granules that contain an allergenic protein, such as peanut protein, along with a humectant, such as trehalose, and a binder, such as hypromellose. The composition may further comprise a filler, such as mannitol and a lubricant, such as stearic acid. OIT compositions, methods of preparing OIT compositions and methods of treatment of food allergy using OIT compositions are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Cambridge Allergy Limited
    Inventors: Robert Neil Ward, Ryan John Anthony Wilson, Michael John Frodsham
  • Publication number: 20240046511
    Abstract: Techniques and systems are provided for positioning mixed-reality devices within mixed-reality environments. The devices, which are configured to perform inside out tracking, transition between position tracking states in mixed-reality environments and utilize positional information from other inside out tracking devices that share the mixed-reality environments to identify/update positioning of the devices when they become disoriented within the environments and without requiring an extensive or full scan and comparison/matching of feature points that are detectable by the devices with mapped feature points of the maps associated with the mixed-reality environments. Such techniques can conserve processing and power consumption that would be required when performing a full or extensive scan and comparison of matching feature points. Such techniques can also enhance the accuracy and speed of positioning mixed-reality devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Erik Alexander HILL, Kathleen Carol HEASLEY, Jake Thomas SHIELDS, Kevin James-Peddicord LUECKE, Robert Neil DRURY, Garret Paul JACOBSON
  • Publication number: 20240041391
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for processing sensor and data during an orthopedic procedure to analyze and report on the state of the bone structure surrounding a surgical site. This may include, for example, the state of the femoral canal during the broaching phase of a total hip arthroplasty procedure. The method and apparatus allow a surgeon to determine, amongst other things, the optimality of fit of the broaching instrument, and subsequently of the implanted prosthesis, within the femoral canal, with consequential enhancement to patient outcome and reduction in economic cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Kenneth Anderson Stewart, Robert Neil Shaddock, Anya Chambers, Nicholas Mast
  • Patent number: 11854223
    Abstract: Techniques and systems are provided for positioning mixed-reality devices within mixed-reality environments. The devices, which are configured to perform inside out tracking, transition between position tracking states in mixed-reality environments and utilize positional information from other inside out tracking devices that share the mixed-reality environments to identify/update positioning of the devices when they become disoriented within the environments and without requiring an extensive or full scan and comparison/matching of feature points that are detectable by the devices with mapped feature points of the maps associated with the mixed-reality environments. Such techniques can conserve processing and power consumption that would be required when performing a full or extensive scan and comparison of matching feature points. Such techniques can also enhance the accuracy and speed of positioning mixed-reality devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Alexander Hill, Kathleen Carol Heasley, Jake Thomas Shields, Kevin James-Peddicord Luecke, Robert Neil Drury, Garret Paul Jacobson
  • Patent number: 11840559
    Abstract: This invention relates to isolated polypeptides that are glucagon-receptor selective analogs and peptide derivatives thereof. These analogs are selective for human glucagon receptor with improved solubility, thermal stability, and physicochemical properties as compared to native endogenous glucagon. This invention also relates to methods of using such polypeptides in a variety of therapeutic and diagnostic indications, as well as methods of producing such polypeptides. These analogs are useful, alone or in combination with other therapeutic peptides, in methods of treating obesity, diabetes, metabolic disorders, and other disorders or disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: i2o Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: William Blackwell, Ved P. Srivastava, Mark A. Paulik, Andrew Young, Robert Neil Hunter, III, Steven Thomas Dock
  • Patent number: 11828152
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for hydrofracturing processes utilizing native drilling cuttings to enhance wellbore permeability. The native drilling cuttings are obtained during drilling operations and may be used in hydrofracturing applications without further grinding or processing. The native drilling cuttings can be combined into a slurry and injected into a well for the hydrofracturing application. In some cases, the native drilling cuttings are dried before combining them with the slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Robert Neil Trotter, Caleb Kimbrell Carroll, Harold Gordon Riordan, Leonardo F. Chaves Leal, Matthew David Sonnier, Jonathon Donald Fisher, Harry Martin Fernau, John Thomas Lattal, Amos Sunghyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230101727
    Abstract: A mobile workstation with adjustable height of the present disclosure may comprise a top assembly, an adjustment assembly, and a bottom assembly. Adjustment assembly may comprise telescopically engaged segments. One or more pulleys or pulley assemblies may be disposed within one or more of the segments to allow for withdrawing and retracting segments from one another at the same rate. Actuation of the raising or lowering of the overall height of the mobile workstation may be realized through either a manual actuation or an electronic element such as a linear actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel A. Albers, Connor James Osowski, Jeffrey T. DeBord, Rainer Bernhard Teufel, Todd Linthicum, Jay F. Perkins, David Simpson, Nicholas Leonard Blackburn, Jon Robert Neil Hamilton, Michael C. Couch, Darin Gregory Whittington
  • Patent number: 11547207
    Abstract: A mobile workstation with adjustable height of the present disclosure may comprise a top assembly, an adjustment assembly, and a bottom assembly. Adjustment assembly may comprise telescopically engaged segments. One or more pulleys or pulley assemblies may be disposed within one or more of the segments to allow for withdrawing and retracting segments from one another at the same rate. Actuation of the raising or lowering of the overall height of the mobile workstation may be realized through either a manual actuation or an electronic element such as a linear actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Midmark Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel A. Albers, Connor James Osowski, Jeffrey T. DeBord, Rainer Bernhard Teufel, Todd Linthicum, Jay F. Perkins, David Simpson, Nicholas Leonard Blackburn, Jon Robert Neil Hamilton, Michael C. Couch, Darin Gregory Whittington
  • Patent number: 11523166
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling an interface of a multi-input modality device are described. In an example, a device presents a menu on a display in a first input modality mode of the device. The menu includes graphical user interface (GUI) elements. The first input modality mode corresponds to a first type of input modality. The device receives first input corresponding to a second type of input modality. The device presents the menu on the display in a second input modality mode of the device that corresponds to the second type of input modality. The first input modality mode and the second input modality mode are exclusive to each other and each provide a different menu navigation control. The device changes a presentation of a visual indicator at a first location associated with a first GUI element of the GUI elements in the menu based on the second input modality mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Tu, Monica Leigh Farrar Miller, Jimin Kim, Srikanth Ramakrishna, Robert Neil Gaa Torres, Yonius Saritoh, Matthew T. Svihovec, Shikhar Singh, Lakshminarayanan Angamuthu, Vinay Nadagoud, Yan Wang, Pradeep Rajvin Dinakar
  • Publication number: 20220383539
    Abstract: Techniques and systems are provided for positioning mixed-reality devices within mixed-reality environments. The devices, which are configured to perform inside out tracking, transition between position tracking states in mixed-reality environments and utilize positional information from other inside out tracking devices that share the mixed-reality environments to identify/update positioning of the devices when they become disoriented within the environments and without requiring an extensive or full scan and comparison/matching of feature points that are detectable by the devices with mapped feature points of the maps associated with the mixed-reality environments. Such techniques can conserve processing and power consumption that would be required when performing a full or extensive scan and comparison of matching feature points. Such techniques can also enhance the accuracy and speed of positioning mixed-reality devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Erik Alexander HILL, Kathleen Carol HEASLEY, Jake Thomas SHIELDS, Kevin James-Peddicord LUECKE, Robert Neil DRURY, Garret Paul JACOBSON
  • Publication number: 20220330621
    Abstract: A unit for mixing and dispensing an aerosol precursor composition, and containers to be dispensed therefrom. The unit includes a plurality of bulk material filling stations, the plurality of bulk material filling stations have at least one first filling station with aerosol former and at least one second filling station with a flavor material for creating the aerosol precursor. The unit also includes a bulk consumable pack staging a plurality of containers configured to receive the aerosol precursor, and a robot configured to retrieve a container from the bulk consumable pack and move the container through at least two dimensions to stop at at least two of the plurality of bulk material filling stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Alvaro Gonzalez-Parra, Eugenia Theophilus, Marielle Anitra Keyna Des Etages, Joseph Dominique, Wesley S. Jones, Bradley Phillips, Mark Dockrill, Simon A. English, Simon Philip Adam Higgins, Thomas Crugnale, Jeffrey Hughes, Robert Neil, David Pritchard
  • Publication number: 20220332781
    Abstract: This invention relates to isolated polypeptides that are glucagon-receptor selective analogs and peptide derivatives thereof. These analogs are selective for human glucagon receptor with improved solubility, thermal stability, and physicochemical properties as compared to native endogenous glucagon. This invention also relates to methods of using such polypeptides in a variety of therapeutic and diagnostic indications, as well as methods of producing such polypeptides. These analogs are useful, alone or in combination with other therapeutic peptides, in methods of treating obesity, diabetes, metabolic disorders, and other disorders or disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: William Blackwell, Ved P. Srivastava, Mark A. Paulik, Andrew Young, Robert Neil Hunter, III, Steven Thomas Dock
  • Patent number: 11476630
    Abstract: A thin film Brewster coupling device configured for low loss transmission of an imposed polarized parallel to plane of incidence 8.5 micron to 11.5 micron wavelength laser beam and simultaneous high reflectivity of a polarized perpendicular to plane of incidence 2 micron to 4 micron wavelength laser beam. The device comprising an optical media substrate and at least one dielectric stack optically coupled to the optical media substrate where the dielectric stack comprises a dielectric layer and an overlayer, the dielectric layer and the overlayer each comprising a thickness of nominally a quarter wavelength of the 2 micron to 4 micron wavelength laser beam, and oriented at near the Brewster Angle to the incident 8.5 micron to 11.5 micron wavelength laser beam. The substrate and dielectric mediums of necessary characteristics to result in low LIDT, high strength, chemical inertness and high thermal conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Robert Neil Campbell