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).

  • Patent number: 9844558
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to methods for reducing the risk of preterm birth in a pregnant human female patient that include subcutaneous administration of HPC. The disclosure relates in part to the discovery that subcutaneous administration of HPC is actually feasible and can result in sufficient plasma levels of HPC in pregnant patients that can reduce the risk of preterm birth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Birch, Michael J. Jozwiakowski
  • Patent number: 9845927
    Abstract: A modular LED lighting system is presently disclosed, the system comprises at least one LED lamp housing configured to house and hold at least one longitudinally extending LED lamp or an array of LEDs. The LED lamp housing comprises two substantially parallel longitudinally extending sidewalls and two substantially parallel end walls, each end wall extends from edges of the sidewalls to form an LED lamp housing with a rectangular lower light opening. Each of the sidewalls are configured to abut with a sidewall of an adjacent LED lamp housing and each of the end walls are configured to abut with an end wall of an adjacent LED lamp housing, in the modular LED lighting system. Each of the at least one LED lamp housings in the modular LED lighting system are configured to adjoin with an adjacent LED lamp housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Litetronics International, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Sorensen, Raghu Rao
  • Patent number: 9845949
    Abstract: An in-line sound module for a modular stack light system provides electrical and mechanical connectors to allow it to be placed anywhere in the stack. Axial orientation of the audio transducer and a flexible jumpering system allow preservation of central connectors between modules. In-line configuration permits multiple sound modules to be used in a stack light and to be teamed with different beacon modules. In one embodiment the in-line sound module may also include lamps to provide beacon functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Feller, Will J. Preischel, Alvaro Sanchez
  • Patent number: 9846859
    Abstract: Systems and methods for remote huddle collaboration are disclosed. The huddle collaboration system may include a huddle management system which may include an authentication module, a data processing module, and a module manager, among other components. Huddle collaboration system may allow huddle members of a company to fully engage in remote huddle sessions through different kind of client computing devices, in a consistent way regardless of their location. The system may act as an alternative to traditional whiteboards, displaying, collecting, and storing information during an active huddle session, where this information may be available to the users in the form of one or more standard and/or custom sub-applications, according to the user's and/or project's requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventors: Robert Casale, Abigail O'Malley, Kedzie Teller
  • Patent number: 9844191
    Abstract: A potato cultivar designated FL 2395 is disclosed. The invention relates to tubers of potato cultivar FL 2395, to seeds of potato cultivar FL 2395, to plants and plant parts of potato cultivar FL 2395, to food products produced from potato cultivar FL 2395, and to methods for producing a potato plant by crossing potato cultivar FL 2395 with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a transgenic potato plant and to the transgenic potato plants and parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato plants and plant parts derived from potato cultivar FL 2395, to methods for producing other potato plants or plant parts derived from potato cultivar FL 2395 and to the potato plants and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid potato tubers, seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing potato cultivar FL 2395 with another potato cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert W. Hoopes
  • Patent number: 9844267
    Abstract: A chair assembly includes a seat support structure, a back support structure, a back tensioning assembly adjustable between low and high tension positions, an actuator assembly adapted to adjust the back tensioning assembly between the low and high tension positions, a control input assembly actuable by rotating the portion of the control input assembly, and a control link assembly operably coupling the control input assembly with the actuator assembly to adjust the back tensioning assembly between the low and high tension positions upon rotation of the portion of the control assembly by a seated user, wherein a number of rotations of the portion of the control input assembly is not limited by the control link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Battey, Gary Lee Karsten, Kurt R. Heidmann, Todd T. Andres
  • Patent number: 9845328
    Abstract: The method of synthesizing vardenafil base, in anhydrous conditions, by chlorosulfonation of 2-(2-etoxy-phenyl)-5 -methyl-7-propyl-iH-imidazo[5,1-fJ[1,2,4]triazin-4-one in a mixture of thionyl chloride and sulfurochloridic acid followed by amidation of the product, 4-etoxy-3-(5-methyl-4-oxo-7-propyl-3,4-dihydroimidazo[5,1-f][1,2,4]triazin-2-yl)benzene-sulfonic acid chloride with N-ethylpiperazine, in an aprotic solvent, in the presence of an inorganic base and the method of conversion the product, vardenafil base, to yield vardenafil monohydrochloride trihydrate having a melting point of 234° C. by contacting with water of the anhydrous modification V of vardenafil monohydrochloride in an organic solvent. The subject of the invention is also the anhydrous modification V of vardenafil monohydrochloride and its use in the preparation of vardenafil monohydrochloride trihydrate having a melting point of 234° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ZAKLADY FARMACEUTYCZNE POLPHARMA S.A.
    Inventors: Roman Szramka, Jerzy Drygas, Marcin Szulc, Robert Rynkiewicz
  • Patent number: 9847821
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for implementing spatial multiplexing in conjunction with the one or more multiple access protocols during the broadcast of information in a wireless network. One example includes transmitting a first and a second data signal to a remote unit from a respective first and a second spatially separate antenna of a base station so that the first and second data signals have a first spatial configuration, determining that the first and the second data signals are not spatially separated by the remote unit, reconfiguring the (spatial multiplexing logic 104) spatial configuration of the first and second data signals to a second spatial configuration, and transmitting a third and fourth data signal to the remote unit from a second different antenna configuration according to the second spatial configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert W. Heath, Jr., Peroor K. Sebastian, Rahul Chopra, Arogyaswami J. Paulraj
  • Patent number: 9845514
    Abstract: A sugar composition comprising at least 40% dissolved solids in an aqueous solution having a viscosity at least 10% lower than a 42 DE (Dextrose Equivalents) reference solution with a same dissolved solids concentration at a given temperature. Another sugar composition comprising at least 30% glucose relative to total sugars, at least 10% mannose relative to total sugars, at least 5% xylose relative to total sugars, and less than 0.25% ash. Another sugar composition comprising at least 30% glucose relative to total sugars at least 10% mannose relative to total sugars, at least 5% xylose relative to total sugars, and at least 2% total furfurals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Virdia, Inc.
    Inventors: Aharon Eyal, Robert Jansen
  • Patent number: 9847016
    Abstract: Systems and methods of communicating data from an alarm system to emergency services personnel are provided. Some methods can include receiving information from a monitoring system in a monitored region via a first communications link, where the information relates to a detected event in the monitored region. Upon receiving the information, some methods can also include transmitting the information to a communications module via a second, different communications link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Alan Robert McWhirter, Robert John Probin, Martin Leonard Crisp
  • Patent number: 9844193
    Abstract: A potato cultivar designated FL 2360 is disclosed. The invention relates to tubers of potato cultivar FL 2360, to seeds of potato cultivar FL 2360, to plants and plant parts of potato cultivar FL 2360, to food products produced from potato cultivar FL 2360, and to methods for producing a potato plant by crossing potato cultivar FL 2360 with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a transgenic potato plant and to the transgenic potato plants and parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato plants and plant parts derived from potato cultivar FL 2360, to methods for producing other potato plants or plant parts derived from potato cultivar FL 2360 and to the potato plants and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid potato tubers, seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing potato cultivar FL 2360 with another potato cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert W. Hoopes
  • Patent number: 9847896
    Abstract: A high-efficiency (HE) wireless local area network (HEW) device including circuitry is disclosed. The circuitry may be configured generate a HE packet comprising a legacy signal field (L-SIG) followed by one or more HE signal fields, where the one or more HE signal fields include a HE-SIG-A field, and where a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) sub-field of the HE-SIG-A field jointly signals a MCS and one or more other sub-fields. The one or more other sub-fields may be a low-density parity check (LDPC) or a space-time block coding (STBC). The circuitry may be configured to generate the L-SIG to signal to the one or more HEW devices either a first packet format of the HE packet or a second packet format of the HE packet, where a length of the L-SIG modulo 3 is used to signal the first packet format or the second packet format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Shahrnaz Azizi, Robert J. Stacey, Thomas J. Kenney, Eldad Perahia
  • Patent number: 9845703
    Abstract: A turbine component surface treatment process includes passing a UV-curable maskant through one or more fluid flow passages, wherein at least a portion of the UV-curable maskant exits the one or more fluid flow passages at an exterior surface of the turbine component, applying a UV light to the exterior surface of the turbine component, wherein the UV light cures at least a portion of the UV-curable maskant exiting the one or more fluid flow passages, and, treating the exterior surface with a treatment material, wherein the portion of the UV-curable maskant cured by the UV light substantially blocks the treatment material from entering the one or more fluid flow passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Carroll Baummer, Thomas Robert Reid
  • Patent number: 9844512
    Abstract: A multi phase soft gelatin dosage form comprising at least one preformed solid dosage form and at least one liquid fill phase. The multi phase soft gelatin dosage forms of the present invention are especially useful to combine at least one solid dosage form and at least one liquid phase for single ingestion. Method and apparatus for manufacturing the multiphase soft gelatin dosage forms are also described. The solid phase, liquid phase or coatings may comprise active pharmaceutical ingredients, nutraceuticals, nutritional supplements, therapeutic substances, functional excipients or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: CATALENT ONTARIO LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Robert Draper, James Edward Draper, Beth Marie Okutan
  • Patent number: 9846883
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for generating customized marketing messages using automatically generated customer identification data. In one embodiment, real-time data for a customer is received from a set of cameras associated with a retail facility to form detection data. The customer is automatically identified using the detection data to form customer identification data. Automatically identifying the customer occurs without human input. A customized marketing message is generated for the customer using the customer identification data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Lee Angell, James R. Kraemer
  • Patent number: 9844710
    Abstract: Embodiments of golf clubs and methods to manufacture golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club may include a golf club head having an interior cavity and a shaft attached to the golf club head. At least a portion of the shaft may be filled with an elastic polymer material, and the interior cavity may be at least partially filled with an elastic polymer material. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Bradley D. Schweigert, Michael R. Nicolette
  • Patent number: 9847877
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for generating a secret cryptographic key of a user computer connectable to a server via a network. A secret user value is provided at the user computer. A secret server value is provided at the server with a check value which encodes the secret user value and a user password. The user computer encodes the secret user value and an input password to produce a first value corresponding to said check value, and communicates the first value to the server. The server compares the first and the check values to check whether the input password equals the user password. If so, the server encodes the first and the secret server values to produce a second value and communicates the second value to the user computer. The user computer generates the secret cryptographic key by encoding the second value, the input password and the secret user value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jan Camenisch, Robert Enderlein, Stephan Krenn, Anja Lehmann, Gregory Neven
  • Patent number: 9848390
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) power control parameter h(nCQI,nHARQ) for two Carrier Aggregated (CA) PUCCH formats—PUCCH format 3 and channel selection. The value of h(nCQI,nHARQ) may be based on only a linear function of nHARQ for both of the CA PUCCH formats. Based on the CA PUCCH format configured for the User Equipment (UE), the e-Node B (eNB) may instruct the UE to select or apply a specific linear function of nHARQ as a value for the power control parameter h(nCQI,nHARQ), so as to enable the UE to more accurately establish transmit power of its PUCCH signal. Values for another PUCCH power control parameter—?F_PUCCH(F)—are also provided for use with PUCCH format 3. A new offset parameter may be signaled for each PUCCH format that has transmit diversity configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Jung-Fu Cheng, Dirk Gerstenberger, Daniel Larsson
  • Patent number: D805440
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: EKT LLC
    Inventors: Patricia Kavanagh, Colin Touhey, Henry Ebbott-Burg, Mario A. Turchi, Michael Bambino, Robert Joachim
  • Patent number: D805708
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Suncast Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert G. Kopp, Michael R. Vogler, Torrence Anderson, Michael Thuma