Patents by Inventor Ronald Lee

Ronald Lee 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).

  • GROUPING KEY VALUE OBJECT IOs TO IMPROVE IO PERFORMANCE FOR KEY-VALUE STORAGE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20210232322
    Abstract: Provided is a method of completing object IOs, the method including receiving a first set of object IOs for a target storage device, dispatching the first set of object IOs to a first buffer of a first zone, the first buffer being configured to function as a first log buffer, concatenating the first set of object IOs to form a first object group in the first buffer, logging the first object group to a log device, modifying a function of the first buffer from the first log buffer to a first flush buffer, and transferring the first object group to the target storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Jian LIANG, Ronald LEE, Benixon ARUL DHAS, Ramaraj PANDIAN
  • Methods and devices for heating or cooling viscous materials
    Patent number: 11064720
    Abstract: Methods and devices heat or cool viscous materials, such as meat emulsions useful for producing food and other products. The devices have a heat exchanger including a first plate, a second plate attached to the first plate, and a first spacer and a second spacer arranged between the first plate and the second plate. The first plate, the second plate, the first spacer, and the second spacer define at least one temperature controlled passage for a product to pass through the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
    Inventors: Kevin J Cully, Andrew Joseph Brinkmann, Ronald Lee Nash, William D Short, Trent C Lorraine, Jerry J Hankins
  • MODULATORS OF ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN
    Publication number: 20210179587
    Abstract: Novel compounds, compositions, and methods of using and preparing the same, which may be useful for treating alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Upul Keerthi BANDARAGE, Cavan McKeon BLIGH, Michael John BOYD, Diane M. BOUCHER, Michael Aaron BRODNEY, Veronique DAMAGNEZ, Lev Tyler DEWEY FANNING, Mary Elizabeth ECCLES, Robert Francis FIMOGNARI, JR., Kevin James GAGNON, Pedro M. GARCIA BARRANTES, Simon GIROUX, Ronald Lee GREY, JR., Amy Beth HALL, Sarah Carol HOOD, Dennis James HURLEY, Joshua Kennedy HUSSEY, Mac Arthur JOHNSON, JR., Peter JONES, Sarathy KESAVAN, Adam LOOKER, Brad D. MAXWELL, John Patrick MAXWELL, Ales MEDEK, Mettachit NAVAMAL, Philippe Marcel NUHANT, Setu RODAY, Stefanie ROEPER, Rupa SAWANT, Yi SHI, Rebecca Jane SWETT, Qing TANG, Timothy Lewis TAPLEY, Stephen A. THOMSON, Michael WALDO, Jinwang XU
  • Container carrier with flexible raised handle
    Patent number: 11001428
    Abstract: A container carrier and manufacturing method therefor are provided. The container carrier may include an integrally molded body with a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of annular structures. Each annular structure may connect to at least one adjacent annular structure and may include a circumferential rib with a plurality of flanges, which are collectively configured to secure a container. An integrally formed handle may extend upward from the body of the container carrier. The handle may include a graspable region and a bifurcated region that forms a pair of arms that connect to the body and support the graspable region in an upright configuration in an unbiased state. The arms may flex such that an intersection of the bifurcated region and graspable region moves to accommodate a downward flexion of the handle when a downward biasing force is applied to the handle in a biased state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: OREGON PRECISION INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC LIGHTING
    Publication number: 20210127475
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing dynamic lighting are provided. In an exemplary aspect, one or more characteristics of light provided from a lighting device or a group of lighting devices changes over time to shape the environment of an indoor space according to dynamic lighting instructions. Dynamic lighting may improve the health or wellbeing of individuals in an indoor space, for example, by simulating an outdoor environment to reduce stress, by providing circadian entrainment to improve sleep and wakefulness, or the like. Other aspects of the present disclosure enable lighting devices to provide light that is synchronized with one or more other devices and does not significantly drift over time so that the lighting devices can provide seamless dynamic lighting experiences that shape the environment of an indoor space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Ronald W. Bessems, Matthew Brian Deese, Kory Alexander Liszt, John W. Frailey, Shane Michael O'Donnell, Ronald Lee Fienberg, Thomas Richard Hinds, Gary David Trott
  • Method and apparatus for MoCA network with protected set-up
    Patent number: 10965429
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for securing a network, for admitting new nodes into an existing network, and/or for securely forming a new network. As a non-limiting example, an existing node may be triggered by a user, in response to which the existing node communicates with a network coordinator node. Thereafter, if a new node attempts to enter the network, and also for example has been triggered by a user, the network coordinator may determine, based at least in part on parameters within the new node and the network coordinator, whether the new node can enter the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Maxlinear, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoav Hebron, Na Chen, Zong Liang Wu, Ronald Lee
  • ENGRAVED ROLLER FOR FLEXOGRAPHIC AND GRAVURE PRINTING
    Publication number: 20210070032
    Abstract: A roller for use with a printing apparatus to transfer a liquid to a plate or substrate is provided. The roller, also referred to as a cylinder, has an engraved surface with a linear cell-contained channel engraving pattern. The linear cell-contained channel engraving pattern has a linear channel at a channel engraved angle and a plurality of cells with pockets at a cell pocket positioned angle located within the linear channel. An engraving pattern and method of using the pattern to reduce spitting in printing processes are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ronald Lee Harper, Anthony Gene Donato, Sean Franklin Teufler
  • Patch and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 10941509
    Abstract: A patch comprising a lower layer of felt material, and an inner area stitched to the felt and having a desired shape. A first stitched border surrounds the central area, and a second stitched border surrounds the first border.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Custom Chenille Embroidery, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald Lee Gilmer
  • NETWORK KEY VALUE INDEXING DESIGN
    Publication number: 20210067332
    Abstract: Provided is a method of indexing in a network key value indexing system. The method includes retrieving a first key name from a storage device of the network key value indexing system, the first key name identifying a first prefix, a first bucket, and a first key, the first prefix indicating the first bucket, parsing the first key name into the first prefix, the first bucket, and the first key, determining the first prefix, the first bucket, and the first key based on a first delimiter, and generating a hash table in a memory cache of the network key value indexing system to associate the first prefix with the first key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Somnath ROY, Ronald Lee
  • Integrated mounting solution for solid-state spin sensors used for bulk detection and imaging
    Patent number: 10928320
    Abstract: Solid-state spin sensor systems and methods of manufacturing are disclosed. A mounting structure may be provided in thermal contact with a solid-state spin sensor having a plurality of color center defects such that thermal energy flows from the solid-state spin sensor to the mounting structure. A microwave application structure may be disposed on a face of the mounting structure or a face of the solid-state spin sensor for applying microwave radiation to the solid-state spin sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: John Francis Barry, Jennifer May Schloss, Matthew James Turner, Ronald Lee Walsworth
  • TILE SPACER
    Publication number: 20210032883
    Abstract: A tile spacer includes a head and a base having a top surface and a beveled edge that bevels from the top surface. The head is provided on the base and projects in a projection direction perpendicular to the top surface of the base. The tile space may also include at least one opening formed on the top surface of the base. The opening of the base may partially or fully extend through the base in a direction parallel to the projection direction of the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Ronald Lee BYER
  • ORAL SOLUTION AND POWDER TO LIQUID COMPOSITIONS OF BALSALAZIDE
    Publication number: 20200405673
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for preparation of an orally administered liquid solution containing a therapeutically sufficient dose of dissolved balsalazide. The composition further comprises three artificial sweeteners comprising sucralose, acesulfame potassium and ammonium glycyrrhizinate that unexpectedly mitigate the bitter attributes of the orally administered liquid balsalazide solution that would otherwise render the solution unpalatable. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a composition of the three artificial sweeteners and a therapeutically sufficient dose of balsalazide for the treatment of bowel disorders such as ulcerative colitis. Unit dose sachets of balsalazide disodium 750 mg and 2,250 mg of powder to oral solution are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: NuBioPharma, LLC
    Inventors: Inderjit Kumar Dev, Ajay Kumar Ajmani, Ronald Lee Morris, JR.
  • GLASS ARTICLE WITH REDUCED THICKNESS VARIATION, METHOD FOR MAKING AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20200407259
    Abstract: A glass article with a length equal to or greater than about 880 mm, a width orthogonal to the length equal to or greater than about 680 mm and a thickness T defined between first and second major surfaces is described. A total thickness variation TTV across the width of the glass article equal to or less than about 4 ?m. A maximum sliding interval range MSIR obtained from a predetermined interval moved in 5 mm increments across a width of the glass article is equal to or less than about 4 ?m. A method of making the glass article, and an apparatus therefor are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Andrea Weiss Bookbinder, Bradley Frederick Bowden, Ronald Lee Kimball, Steven Howard Tarcza, William Anthony Whedon
  • High-speed RFID tag assembly using impulse heating
    Patent number: 10846583
    Abstract: RFID inlays or straps may be assembled using impulse heating of metal precursors. Metal precursors are applied to and/or included in contacts on an RFID IC and/or terminals on a substrate. During assembly of the tag, the IC is disposed onto the substrate such that the IC contacts physically contact either the substrate terminals or metal precursors that in turn physically contact the substrate terminals. Impulse heating is then used to rapidly apply heat to the metal precursors, processing them into metallic structures that electrically couple the IC contacts to the substrate terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Impinj, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Lee Koepp, Harley Heinrich, Christopher J. Diorio
  • MODULATORS OF ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN
    Publication number: 20200361939
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds useful for treating alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), according to formula (I): tautomers thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the tautomers, deuterated derivatives of the compounds, deuterated derivatives of the tautomers, and deuterated derivatives of the salts, solid forms of those compounds and processes for making those compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Upul Keerthi BANDARAGE, Cavan McKeon BLIGH, Diane BOUCHER, Michael John BOYD, Michael Aaron BRODNEY, Michael Philip CLARK, Veronique DAMAGNEZ, Lev Tyler Dewey FANNING, Robert Francis FIMOGNARI, Gabrielle Simone FLEMING, Kevin James GAGNON, Pedro Manuel GARCIA BARRANTES, Robert Daniel GIACOMETTI, Simon GIROUX, Ronald Lee GREY, Jr., Samantha GUIDO, Amy Beth HALL, Sarah Carol HOOD, Dennis James HURLEY, Mac Arthur JOHNSON, Jr., Peter Jones, Sarathy KESAVAN, Mei-Hsiu LAI, Siying LIU, Adam LOOKER, Brad MAXWELL, John Patrick MAXWELL, Ales MEDEK, Philippe Marcel NUHANT, Kirk Alan OVERHOFF, Setu RODAY, Stefanie ROEPER, Steven M. RONKIN, Rupa SAWANT, Yi SHI, Muna SHRESTHA, Marisa SPOSATO, Kathy STAVROPOULOS, Rebecca Jane SWETT, Timothy Lewis TAPLEY, Qing TANG, Stephen THOMSON, Jinwang XU, Mariam ZAKY
  • Container carrier with flexible flange
    Patent number: 10829283
    Abstract: A container carrier and manufacturing method for a container carrier are provided. The container carrier includes an integrally molded body with a plurality of annular structures connected by a bridges. The annular structures each include a side wall formed of side wall portions separated by side wall voids and a top surface. Flanges are positioned at the bottom of each side wall void to collectively engage the containers. The flanges are configured to project inwardly and orient upwardly at an angle so as to flex when accepting or releasing a container. The top surfaces of the annular structures include notched voids continuous with respective side wall voids such that the flanges positioned at the bottoms of the side wall voids are accommodated by the notched voids in the top surface of a second, same-shaped container carrier when stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: OREGON PRECISION INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.
  • Ladder stand and tree securement mechanism therefor
    Patent number: 10827744
    Abstract: A securement mechanism for a ladder tree stand includes jaws pivotably attachable to a platform. When open, a tree can pass between the jaws. A strap assembly attaches to the jaws. A tension can be applied to the strap assembly from the ground before climbing the tree to pivot the jaws to close around the tree. The strap assembly can be anchored to the tree so that the jaws are pulled closed against the tree. A respective end portion of the strap assembly can attach to each of the jaws between its pivot axis and free end. The strap assembly can include a pivot strap secured to the jaws and a tensioning strap connected to the tree and secured to the pivot strap to slide along its length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Inventor: Ronald Lee Berkbuegler
  • System and method for dynamic channel allocation
    Patent number: 10791566
    Abstract: An exemplary system and method for dynamic channel allocation in an LMR system includes using one or more preference indicators to dynamically determine a channel allocation priority to be used for channel allocation when channel allocation requests are received. The preference indicators may include a channel failure indicator (e.g. a channel health indicator based on repeater failures), a channel priority indicator, a radio frequency interference indicator, a high reflected power indicator, an excessive current drain indicator, a loss of backbone communications indicator, and a channel usage indicator. If more than one preference indicator is used, the channel priority ranking may be determined using any of a variety of weightings and prioritizations of the various preference indicators to dynamically generate the channel allocation priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: E.F. JOHNSON COMPANY
    Inventors: Ronald Lee Bane, Brian J. Austin
  • Tile spacer
    Patent number: D903470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventor: Ronald Lee Byer
  • tree named ‘STN-01’
    Patent number: PP32723
    Abstract: A new and distinct Betula nigra tree named ‘STN-01’ which is characterized by a significantly shorter tree height, a freely branching and densely foliaged growth habit, main stems and lateral branches with shortened internodal spacing, relatively large and dark green foliage, and prominent bark exfoliation of the oldest wood. The claimed plant propagates successfully by softwood stem cuttings and has proven to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Shade Tree Nursery
    Inventor: Ronald Lee White