Patents by Inventor Robert Steven

Robert Steven 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: 12047112
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to video or other media transmission, and more particularly, to encoding and decoding of video media that has been transmitted between a video source and a video sink using spread spectrum direct sequence (SSDS) modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: HYPHY USA, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Steven Hannebauer
  • Patent number: 12021072
    Abstract: A method of interconnecting metallic structures in the manufacture of a three-dimensional semiconductor is provided, the method comprising providing a first upper surface of a first substrate and a second upper surface of a second substrate with a bonding layer; bonding the first upper surface to the second upper surface to provide a bond; etching a via through a lower surface of the first substrate, through the first substrate, around a first metallic structure embedded in the first substrate, through the bond and to a second metallic structure embedded in the second substrate; and filling the via with a conductive material to provide a via structure, thereby electrically connecting the metallic structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Lumiense Photonics Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Steven Hannebauer
  • Patent number: 12016714
    Abstract: Medical imaging devices, systems, and methods thereof. The medical imaging system may include a movable station and a gantry. The movable station includes a gantry mount rotatably attached to the gantry. The gantry includes an outer C-arm slidably mounted to and operable to slide relative to the gantry mount, an inner C-arm slidably coupled to the outer C-arm and, an imaging signal transmitter and sensor attached to the C-arms. The two C-arms work together to provide a full 360 degree rotation of the imaging signal transmitter. In embodiment, the imaging signal transmitter and imaging sensor are offset from a center axis of the medical imaging system such that the portable medical imaging system is operable to capture an enlarged field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Norbert Johnson, Robert Stevens, Hisham Salem, Yuan Cheng
  • Publication number: 20240197703
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of general Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, in which R1, R2, R3a, R3b, and R4 are as defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts, and to methods of using such compounds, salts and compositions for the treatment of abnormal cell growth, including cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: PFIZER INC.
    Inventors: Joyann Barber, Sujin Cho-Schultz, Matthew L. Del Bel, Rebecca Anne Gallego, Mingying He, Mehran Jalaie, Robert Steven Kania, Michele Ann McTigue, Sajiv Krishnan Nair, Anne-Marie Dechert Schmitt, Jamison Bryce Tuttle, Dahui Zhou, Ru Zhou
  • Patent number: 12011301
    Abstract: An optical circuit detects optical signals reflected from skin tissue at one or more different wavelengths. A processing circuit integrated with the optical circuit or in communication with the optical circuit identifies an insulin release event using at least one optical signal at a first wavelength. A frequency of insulin release events is determined and in response to the frequency of the insulin release events, vascular imaging or a vascular test is delayed or performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: TRILINEAR BIOVENTURES, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Steven Newberry
  • Publication number: 20240184517
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for associating electronic devices together based on received commands are described. Methods for associating an audio-controlled device with a physically separate device with different hardware capabilities such that commands spoken to the audio-controlled device that require the hardware capabilities of the physically separate device can be streamlined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Justin-Josef Angel, Eric Alan Breitbard, Sean Robert Ryan, Robert Steven Murdock, Michael Douglas McQueen, Ryan Charles Chase, Colin Neil Swann
  • Patent number: 11997415
    Abstract: Digital or analog samples are sent from a video source to a video storage subsystem that encodes the samples into analog levels, stores the analog levels for a period of time, decodes the analog levels back into digital samples and then sends the digital samples to a video sink for display, N samples are encoded into L analog levels for storage. The storage subsystem may be located at the video source, at the video sink, or anywhere in between the two. The storage subsystem may be located on an electromagnetic pathway over which the L encoded analog levels are transmitted from a video source as an analog signal. The L encoded analog levels are written to storage and then later read from storage and retransmitted over the electromagnetic pathway toward a video sink. The storage subsystem may also be integrated with a transmitter that encodes the samples into analog levels for storage or may be integrated with a receiver that stores the analog levels and then decodes the analog levels back into samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: HYPHY USA INC.
    Inventor: Robert Steven Hannebauer
  • Patent number: 11986333
    Abstract: Medical imaging devices, systems, and methods thereof. The medical imaging system may include a movable station and a gantry. The movable station includes a gantry mount rotatably attached to the gantry. The gantry includes an outer C-arm slidably mounted to and operable to slide relative to the gantry mount, an inner C-arm slidably coupled to the outer C-arm and, an imaging signal transmitter and sensor attached to the C-arms. The two C-arms work together to provide a full 360 degree rotation of the imaging signal transmitter. The movable station may include a motion control system and an imaging control system. In embodiments, the motion control system includes omni-directional wheels for precision controlled-movement of the movable station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Norbert Johnson, Robert Stevens, Hisham Salem, Yuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 11980741
    Abstract: An optical circuit detects PPG signals reflected from skin tissue at one or more different wavelengths. A processing circuit integrated in the biosensor or in communication with the biosensor processes the PPG signals to obtain a period of vasodilation, a level of vasodilation and rate of change of the level of vasodilation. The processing circuit compares the level of vasodilation to a normal range and determines an arterial stiffness index using the comparison and the rate of change of the level of vasodilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TRILINEAR BIOVENTURES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Steven Newberry, Matthew Rodencal
  • Patent number: 11978300
    Abstract: A single space parking meter assembly for retrofitting onto an existing coin vault assembly includes a number of parking meter components enclosed within a protective outer covering that is rotatably or slidably engageable with the coin vault assembly when a bottom surface of the protective outer covering is positioned against or adjacent to an upper surface of the coin vault assembly. A locking mechanism secures the protective outer covering to the coin vault assembly when the protective outer covering is engaged with the coin vault assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: J.J. MacKay Canada Limited
    Inventors: George Allan MacKay, James George MacKay, Adrian Ignatius O'Neil, Robert Steven Cosh, Darren Scott Cameron, Gregory Emile Chauvin, David Andrew McMullin, Michael Brown, Matthew Watson
  • Publication number: 20240138788
    Abstract: A portable medical imaging system and method, of which the system includes a movable station having a movable C-arm, an imaging signal transmitter attached to the movable C-arm, and an imaging sensor positioned generally opposite to the imaging signal transmitter and attached to the movable c-arm. The imaging sensor is configured to rotate relative to a point approximately on a center axis of the movable C-arm independently of the imaging signal transmitter, so as to change an angle of incidence for a signal transmitted from the imaging signal transmitter to the imaging sensor, and provide a field-of-view that is larger than the field-of-view of the imaging sensor at a single position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Norbert Johnson, Robert Stevens, Hisham Salem, Yuan Cheng, David Cleary
  • Patent number: 11972654
    Abstract: A parking meter may have a housing that is formed at least significantly of an impact resistant material. In particular, the impact resistant material may comprise one of a polycarbonate copolymer or polycarbonate blended resin, a nylon-based copolymer, or a nylon-based polymer that includes long glass fiber or Kevlar fiber. The housing encloses the parking meter components to provide protection for the parking meter components against an external environment and vandalism attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: J.J. MacKay Canada Limited
    Inventors: George Allan MacKay, James George MacKay, Adrian Ignatius O'Neil, Robert Steven Cosh, Darren Scott Cameron, Gregory Emile Chauvin, David Andrew McMullin, Michael Brown, Matthew Watson
  • Patent number: 11934740
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for associating electronic devices together based on received audio commands are described. Methods for associating an audio-controlled device with a physically separate display screen device such that information responses can then be provided in both audio and graphic formats using the two devices in conjunction with each other are described. The audio-controlled device can receive audio commands that can be analyzed to determine the author, which can then be used to further streamline the association operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin-Josef Angel, Eric Alan Breitbard, Sean Robert Ryan, Robert Steven Murdock, Michael Douglas McQueen, Ryan Charles Chase, Colin Neil Swann
  • Patent number: 11926642
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2 and - - - - - are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of treating COVID-19 in a patient by administering therapeutically effective amounts of the compounds and methods of inhibiting or preventing replication of SARS-CoV-2 with the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Pfizer inc.
    Inventors: Robert Steven Kania, Padmavani Bezawada, Emma Louise Hawking, Rohit Jaini, Samir Kulkarni, Matthew Nathan O'Brien Laramy, Jonathan Richard Lillis, Suman Luthra, Dafydd Rhys Owen, Klimentina Dimitrova Pencheva, Anil Mahadeo Rane, Matthew Forrest Sammons, Bradley Paul Sullivan, Andrew John Thiel, Martyn David Ticehurst, Jamison Bryce Tuttle, Robert Louis Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11928150
    Abstract: Systems and methods for image-based item identification are disclosed. Image data corresponding to one or more images depicting an item may be sent to one or more remote systems for image-based item identification. The identification indications and/or identification confidence scores received from the remote systems may be aggregated and weighted based at least in part on one or more factors related to the remote systems, the results, domains, image capture timing, image capture angles, and/or events to more accurately identify an item depicted in the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin-Josef Angel, Milena Sadee, Cressida Magdalen Harding, Eric Alan Breitbard, Animesh Mishra, Vlastimil Pis, Robert Steven Murdock
  • Patent number: 11894869
    Abstract: The subject of this disclosure is applying improved techniques to media signal communication as well as control and status exchange to implement a diversity of media interfaces, achieving suitable media communication results despite EM propagation challenges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HYPHY USA INC.
    Inventors: Robert Steven Hannebauer, Todd Elliot Rockoff
  • Patent number: 11883217
    Abstract: A portable medical imaging system and method, of which the system includes a movable station having a movable C-arm, an imaging signal transmitter attached to the movable C-arm, and an imaging sensor positioned generally opposite to the imaging signal transmitter and attached to the movable c-arm. The imaging sensor is configured to rotate relative to a point approximately on a center axis of the movable C-arm independently of the imaging signal transmitter, so as to change an angle of incidence for a signal transmitted from the imaging signal transmitter to the imaging sensor, and provide a field-of-view that is larger than the field-of-view of the imaging sensor at a single position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Norbert Johnson, Robert Stevens, Hisham Salem, Yuan Cheng, David Cleary
  • Publication number: 20230407670
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to distributing a laterally distributed load applied by a flexible surface to one or more longitudinal load paths. A support connection hub may, for example, include a first cavity extending longitudinally along a first axis and configured to receive a vertical support member at a bottom side of the support connection hub. The hub may, for example, include a second cavity extending across a top of the hub along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis. The second cavity may, for example, be horizontally and releasably receive a lateral support member orthogonal to the vertical support member such that the lateral rod is configured to support a flexible surface distributed along the lateral rod. Various embodiments may advantageously transfer a load from the flexible surface to the vertical rod along a load path substantially parallel to the first longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Crow Hill LLC dba Mülibex and dba Mulibex
    Inventor: Robert Steven Graybill
  • Publication number: 20230381410
    Abstract: A system including a tube and a force sensor coupled to a wall of the tube via a restraining element and configured to obtain a value of a tubing force when the tube is deformed by the restraining element. The system includes a processor to determine parameters for fitting a curve including the value of the tubing force, to determine a fluid pressure value for a fluid in the tube based on the parameters for fitting the curve, and to activate an alarm responsive to the fluid pressure value and to the parameters for fitting the curve when an occlusion condition is identified in the tube. The parameters for fitting the curve comprise at least one time-decaying parameter(s) associated to the tubing force. A method for using the system and a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions to perform the above method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Gregory CAROTHERS, Richard Stor WU, Robert Dwaine BUTTERFIELD, Robert Steven VASKO
  • Publication number: 20230355431
    Abstract: The present invention provides a drug composition comprising particles comprising a biodegradable or bioerodable polymer and a drug, a soluble, biodegradable or bioerodible excipient, a bulking agent and a reconstitution aid. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical formulation and a unit dosage form of the pharmaceutical formulation. The invention provides methods of treatment of a disease or condition accordingly. The invention also provides a drug composition for use in a cannulation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Steven Bley, Stanley R. Conston, Ronald K. Yamamoto, Tien T. Nguyen, John P. Lunsford, Dillon Daniel Martinez, Loc X. Phan