Patents by Inventor Ronald E. Kates

Ronald E. Kates 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).

  • Method for training a learning-capable system
    Patent number: 7801839
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for training at least one learning-capable system comprising the steps of providing a predetermined training data set corresponding to a predetermined number of subjects comprising a predetermined input data set and a predetermined outcome data set, augmenting the input data set and/or the outcome data set, and training each learning-capable system using the augmented input data set and/or the augmented outcome data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventors: Ronald E. Kates, Nadia Harbeck
  • Method for determining competing risks
    Patent number: 7395248
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for determining competing risks for objects following an initial event based on previously measured or otherwise objectifiable training data patterns, in which several signals obtained from a learning capable system are combined in an objective function in such a way that said learning capable system is rendered capable of detecting or forecasting the underlying probabilities of each of the said competing risks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Inventors: Ronald E. Kates, Nadia Harbeck
  • Method for determining competing risks
    Publication number: 20040073096
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for determining competing risks for objects following an initial event based on previously measured or otherwise objectifiable training data patterns, in which several signals obtained from a learning capable system are combined in an objective function in such a way that said learning capable system is rendered capable of detecting or forecasting the underlying probabilities of each of the said competing risks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Ronald E. Kates, Nadia Harbeck