Patents by Inventor Robert To

Robert To 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).

  • Methods of detecting influenza
    Patent number: 11306366
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for detecting influenza are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Cepheid
    Inventors: Anupama Mokkapati, Bradley Brown, Robert Jones
  • Data access and recommendation system
    Patent number: 11308047
    Abstract: System, method, and various embodiments for providing a data access and recommendation system are described herein. An embodiment operates by identifying a column access of one or more data values of a first column of a plurality of columns of a table of a database during a sampling period. A count of how many of the one or more data values are accessed during the column access are recorded. A first counter, corresponding to the first column and stored in a distributed hash table, is incremented by the count. The sampling period is determined to have expired. A load recommendation on how to load data values into the first column based on the first counter is computed. The load recommendation for implementation into the database for one or more subsequent column accesses is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Panfeng Zhou, Vivek Kandiyanallur, Colin Florendo, Robert Schulze, Zheng-Wei She, Yanhong Wang, Amarnadh Sai Eluri
  • Joint inference determination of interaction using data from weight sensors
    Patent number: 11308442
    Abstract: Sensor data from load cells at a shelf is processed using a first time window to produce first event data describing coarse and sub-events. Location data is determined that indicates where on the shelf weight changes occurred at particular times. Hypotheses are generated using information about where items are stowed, weights of those of items, type of event, and the location data. If confidence values of these hypotheses are below a threshold value, second event data is determined by merging adjacent sub-events. This second event data is then used to determine second hypotheses which are then assessed. A hypothesis with a high confidence value is used to generate interaction data indicative of picks or places of particular quantities of particular types of items from the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Dilip Kumar, Liefeng Bo, Nikhil Chacko, Robert Crandall, Nishitkumar Ashokkumar Desai, Jayakrishnan Kumar Eledath, Gopi Prashanth Gopal, Gerard Guy Medioni, Paul Eugene Munger, Kushagra Srivastava
  • Process for producing extracted lipid comprising docosahexaenoic acid
    Patent number: 11306271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing ethyl esters of polyunsaturated fatty acids, comprising transesterifying triacylglycerols in extracted plant lipid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, NUSEED NUTRITIONAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
    Inventors: James Robertson Petrie, Surinder Pal Singh, Robert Charles de Feyter
  • Retrofit damper optimized for universal installation
    Patent number: 11306941
    Abstract: A damper assembly for use in a round forced air duct feeding a register vent through a register boot includes a damper frame having a frame periphery with a first side and a second side that is at least substantially parallel with the first side, the first side and the second side each having a length that is greater than a distance between the first side and the second side. A damper blade is pivotable relative to the damper frame about an axis of rotation, at least substantially parallel with the first side and the second side, between an open position and a closed position. A flexible outer seal extends outwardly from the frame periphery of the damper frame and is at least substantially circular in order to seal against an inner surface of the round forced air duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Ademco Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Carlson, David J. Emmons, Steven Wolff, Robert Bick
  • Phase aberration correction in ultrasound shear wave elastography and associated devices, systems, and methods
    Patent number: 11304679
    Abstract: Ultrasound image devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, an ultrasound imaging system includes an interface coupled to an ultrasound imaging component and configured to receive a plurality of image data frames representative of a target tissue; and a processing component in communication with the interface and configured to determine a delay profile for the ultrasound imaging component in relation to the target tissue based on the plurality of image data frames; and determine a phase aberration correction configuration for a sequence of one or more shear wave pulses based on the delay profile, the sequence of one or more shear wave pulses associated with the ultrasound imaging component and a stiffness measure of the target tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Hua Xie, Sheng-Wen Huang, Jean-Luc Francois-Marie Robert, Man Nguyen, Vijay Thakur Shamdasani
  • Surfactant microbubbles and process for preparing and methods of using the same
    Patent number: 11305013
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) comprising an outer shell and a gas core. The gas core is filled with oxygen, and the outer shell comprises a first surfactant and a second surfactant. The invention also relates to a method of making an oxygen-filled UCA and delivering oxygen to a local area of a subject's body. The method comprises injecting a composition comprising an oxygen-filled UCA of the invention into the subject's body; directing ultrasound radiation to the local area in an intensity sufficient to rupture the UCA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: Drexel University, Thomas Jefferson University
    Inventors: John Robert Eisenbrey, Margaret Alison Wheatley, Patrick O'Kane, Lorenzo Albala, Flemming Forsberg
  • Cutting mechanisms for surgical end effector assemblies, instruments, and systems
    Patent number: 11304717
    Abstract: An end effector assembly configured for use with a surgical instrument or surgical system includes first and second jaw members each including an outer jaw housing, a tissue-treating plate, and a longitudinally-extending channel therethrough. At least one of the first or second jaw members is pivotable relative to the other between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position. A cutting mechanism is configured to cut tissue grasped between the jaw members. The cutting mechanism may include an activation member coupled to a knife and configured to advance the knife transversely between the jaw members, a heat-activated elongated sheet configured to un-roll to advance a cutting edge thereof transversely between the jaw members, or a clutch and spring mechanism configured to deploy a knife longitudinally between the jaw members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Thomas E. Drochner, David J. Van Tol, Duane E. Kerr, Gary M. Couture, James D. Allen, IV, Robert M. Sharp
  • Data protection automatic optimization system and method
    Patent number: 11308209
    Abstract: A system includes a memory and at least one processor to disable automatic prioritization of at least one data protection operation in a computer network, begin the at least one data protection operation in the computer network, continually monitor the computer network and determine that a condition has occurred in the computer network, activate automatic prioritization of the at least one data protection operation in the computer network, and instruct backup server tooling software to direct backup data for the at least one data protection operation to move from a first target storage repository to a second target storage repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Cobalt Iron, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Raymond Spurlock, Robert Merrill Marett, James Thomas Kost, Gregory John Tevis
  • Systems and methods for crankcase system diagnostics
    Patent number: 11306631
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for assessing a state of a vent hose that fluidically couples a crankcase of an engine to an engine air intake system. In one example, a method may include sealing the crankcase from the vent hose, initiating cranking of the engine, monitoring a series of pressure pulsations during a monitoring window duration via a pressure sensor positioned between a crankcase oil separator and the vent hose, and indicating a presence of degradation associated with the vent hose based on the series of pressure pulsations and the monitoring window duration. In this way, diagnosis of a state of the vent hose may be reliably assessed without crankcase pressures confounding pressure measurements as recorded via the pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Roy Jentz, Matthew Carpenter, Michael Stephen Sweppy, Adam Joseph Krach
  • Repeatedly refillable reusable dispenser
    Patent number: 11304495
    Abstract: A repeatedly refillable reusable solution cartridge retrofit device for a dispenser includes a housing which has a bottom side and an opened upper side. A screw rod is coupled through the housing such that it is rotatably secured to the bottom of the housing. A cartridge plate further engages with the screw rod. The cartridge plate is connected to a cartridge which includes a spreadable substance. Upon use a housing of the cartridge is removed revealing the spreadable substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventor: Robert Wise
  • Adjustable microfracture handle
    Patent number: 11304708
    Abstract: A microfracture device for creating small holes in a bone. The microfracture device includes a handle having a body extending along a central longitudinal axis with a proximal end and a distal end; a shaft connected to the distal end of the body, the shaft having a distal tip; wherein the distal tip extends at first angle relative to the central longitudinal axis; a sliding mechanism slidably engaged with a surface of the body and moveable between a first configuration and a second configuration; and wherein the sliding mechanism further comprises a striking surface extending therefrom, wherein the striking surface is positioned at a second angle to the central longitudinal axis that is at least substantially similar to the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Conmed Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Alfonso, Robert A. Thibodeau, Matthew C. Summitt
  • Integrated circuit package supports
    Patent number: 11309192
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are integrated circuit (IC) package supports and related apparatuses and methods. For example, in some embodiments, an IC package support may include a non-photoimageable dielectric, and a conductive via through the non-photoimageable dielectric, wherein the conductive via has a diameter that is less than 20 microns. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kristof Kuwawi Darmawikarta, Robert May, Sri Ranga Sai Boyapati, Srinivas V. Pietambaram, Chung Kwang Christopher Tan, Aleksandar Aleksov
  • Electronic device with actuators for producing haptic and audio output along a device housing
    Patent number: 11307661
    Abstract: An electronic device has a housing that forms an exterior surface of the electronic device. An array of actuators is coupled to the housing and is operable to move the housing in order to produce sound waves and/or haptic output via the exterior surface. In this way, less space is consumed by acoustic and haptic devices as compared to similar conventional devices, thereby allowing for thinner electronic devices and/or room for other components within the housing. The actuators may be operable to move different regions of the housing to produce sound waves and/or haptic output within different frequency ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ari P. Miller, Justin D. Crosby, Daniel K. Boothe, Houtan R. Farahani, Kevin M. Robinson, Ryan J. Mihelich, Robert J. Lockwood
  • Flexible identification band with cut detection
    Patent number: 11308748
    Abstract: Provided is a band cut detection system, comprising a flexible band having a transmission medium extending along its length, a processor coupled to the transmission medium, and a wireless communication device coupled to the processor, wherein the processor and wireless communication device are configured to generate and transmit a cut detection signal when the flexible band is cut, damaged, or otherwise compromised. A clasp can be included and configured to irremovably secure overlapping portions of the flexible band. The clasp can encase and protect the processor. The band cut detection system can comprise a detection application executable by a processor of a computer to receive and process the cut detection signal and responsively generate a cut detection indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Endur ID, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Larose, Robert Chadwick
  • Passive planetary emergency lubrication system
    Patent number: 11306813
    Abstract: An example of an emergency lubrication system for an aircraft includes a lubricant tank configured to supply a lubricant to a gearbox of the aircraft, a tube coupled between the lubricant tank and the gearbox and comprising a check ball disposed within the tube, a first lubricant line coupled to the tube and a first inlet of the gearbox, and a second lubricant line coupled to the tube and a second inlet of the gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas Robert Mueller
  • Repeatedly refillable reusable dispenser
    Patent number: 11304494
    Abstract: A refillable repetitively reusable dispensing apparatus including a dispenser housing having a sidewall, a base and an open top end. A removable cap is placed on the open top end. The cap has a plurality of apertures located therein. The side wall has an aperture located therethrough. There is a movable dispenser base located within the housing, wherein the movable dispenser base creates a seal with the sidewall. A screw rod having a knob attached, wherein when the knob is turned the screw rod is rotated. The screw rod and the knob are rotatably attached within the dispenser housing such that the knob protrudes through the aperture. A scissor lift is attached to the screw rod at one pair of ends. The scissor lift is attached to the movable dispenser base at the second pair of ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventor: Robert Wise
  • Methods, compositions and uses relating thereto
    Patent number: 11304884
    Abstract: A method of treating a material, the method comprising contacting the material with a composition comprising an alpha-substituted aldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Tony Gough, Matthew Robert Giles, Kimberley Elizabeth Griffiths, Nicholas John Dixon, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • Universal roller shade window mount
    Patent number: D948893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventors: Richard Konopelski, Robert Wilk, Kyle O'Connor
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: D949146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer