Patents by Inventor Sam C. To

Sam C. 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).

  • Publication number: 20240183975
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to select a scanning rate for a first sensor of a vehicle based on at least one of data related to a current time or data related to a location of the vehicle; instruct the first sensor to run at the selected scanning rate; in response to receiving data from the first sensor indicating a newly present object, turn on a second sensor; and then record data from the second sensor. The second sensor has a higher power draw than the first sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Donald Paul Bilger, Tarik Safir, Sam Harris
  • Publication number: 20240132597
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to the use of compositions that include antibodies, e.g., monoclonal, chimeric, affinity-matured or humanized antibodies, antibody fragments, etc., that specifically bind one or more epitopes within a Sortilin protein, e.g., human Sortilin or mammalian Sortilin, and have improved and/or enhanced functional characteristics, in treating and/or delaying progression of a disease or injury in an individual in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Alector LLC
    Inventors: Robert PAUL, Sam JACKSON, Omer Rizwan SIDDIQUI, Michael F. WARD, Felix Leejia YEH, Julie Y. HUANG, Whedy WANG, Yijie LIAO, Brian C. MANGAL
  • Patent number: 11961097
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for determining advertising conversion metrics. In some implementations, a method includes receiving spatial information associated with a user in connection with an advertisement presented through a wireless device 102. The advertisement is associated with an offline 110 store having a geographic location. A likelihood of conversion is determined based, at least in part, on the spatial information and the geographic location of the offline store 110.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Sam Liang, Marius C. Milner
  • Patent number: 11953586
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to select a scanning rate for a first sensor of a vehicle based on at least one of data related to a current time or data related to a location of the vehicle; instruct the first sensor to run at the selected scanning rate; in response to receiving data from the first sensor indicating a newly present object, turn on a second sensor; and then record data from the second sensor. The second sensor has a higher power draw than the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Donald Paul Bilger, Tarik Safir, Sam Harris
  • Patent number: 11951937
    Abstract: Upon identifying an authorized user approaching a vehicle, vehicle locks are controlled to permit the authorized user to access an authorized area based on a user authorization. Permitted vehicle features within the authorized area for the authorized user are identified based on the user authorization. Upon receiving a user input selecting one permitted vehicle feature, the selected permitted vehicle feature is actuated based on determining that a state of charge of a battery is above a charge threshold. Upon determining that the state of charge of the battery decreases below the charge threshold, actuation of the selected permitted vehicle feature is stopped. Then an engine is controlled to charge the battery based on the user authorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Zeljko Deljevic, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Sam Harris, Tarik Safir, Donald Paul Bilger
  • Patent number: 11945827
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides macrocyclic compounds inspired by the immunophilin ligand family of natural products FK506 and rapamycin. The generation of a Rapafucin library of macrocyles that contain FK506 and rapamycin binding domains should have great potential as new leads for developing drugs to be used for treating diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Jun Liu, Sam Hong, Brett R. Ullman, Joseph E. Semple, Kana Yamamoto, Puneet Kumar, Magesh Sadagopan, Jennifer C. Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11916420
    Abstract: A charge level of a sensor battery providing power to a sensor in a vehicle is determined. A charge depletion of the sensor battery is determined based on the charge level. A recharge rate to recharge the sensor battery is determined based on a time elapsed on a previously traveled path, a current charge level, and the charge depletion. Upon activation of the vehicle, one or both of a propulsion or a vehicle battery is actuated to recharge the sensor battery at the recharge rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Donald Paul Bilger, Tarik Safir, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Zeljko Deljevic, Sam Harris
  • Patent number: 11912235
    Abstract: While a vehicle is in a minimal power state, a first sensor is activated based on a location of the vehicle within a monitored area. The vehicle is transitioned to an on state based on detecting an object via data from the first sensor. Then the vehicle is operated to block an exit from the monitored area based on identifying the object as an unauthorized object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Sam Harris, Tarik Safir, Donald Paul Bilger, Thomas Joseph Hermann, Todd Ansbacher
  • Patent number: 11896507
    Abstract: A stent comprises a framework that includes a sequence of cells that each occupy a discrete segment of the stent length, and each of the cells includes a plurality of struts with ends connected at respective vertices. An adjacent pair of the cells are attached to one another by a plurality of T-bars that each include a column defining a long axis that extends parallel to the stent axis, and a top bar attached to one end of the column. An opposite end of the column is attached to a first cell, and the top bar is attached at opposite ends to a second cell of the adjacent pair of cells. The column has a minimum width perpendicular to the long axis that is wider than a maximum width of each of the struts, and the column defines at least one slot. The top bar includes a curved edge on an opposite side from the column, and the curved edge straddles the long axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Richard A Swift, Sam C Mullins, Stephen T Clancy
  • Patent number: 11833081
    Abstract: Methods and systems wherein laser induced refractive index changes by focused femtosecond laser pulses in optical polymeric materials or ocular tissues is performed to address various types of vision correction, and the laser induced changes to the refractive index avoid ablation and removal of the optical polymer materials while minimizing scattering losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: University of Rochester, Clerio Vision, Inc., Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Leonard Zheleznyak, Corey Leeson, Jonathan D. Ellis, Theodore Foos, Sam C. Butler
  • Patent number: 11699031
    Abstract: Natural gestures for interacting with spreadsheet documents are provided. A user may interact with a spreadsheet document using a variety of touch-based gestures. Gestures applied to a spreadsheet document may be used for making structural and display changes to the document. For example, gestures may be used on the spreadsheet document for inserting new columns and rows; for revealing hidden columns and rows; for deleting columns and rows; for extending functionalities across columns and rows; for moving objects displayed in a spreadsheet document; and for navigating various parts of a spreadsheet document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sam C. Radakovitz, John Campbell, Carlos Augusto Otero, Allison Jane Rutherford, Uhl Albert
  • Publication number: 20230000648
    Abstract: A stent comprises a framework that includes a sequence of cells that each occupy a discrete segment of the stent length, and each of the cells includes a plurality of struts with ends connected at respective vertices. In some forms the hollow cylindrical shape of the framework is moveable among a loading diameter that is smaller than a tube diameter, which is smaller than an expanded diameter, and every strut of the framework is oriented parallel to the stent axis when the hollow cylindrical shape is at the tube diameter. In other forms the framework includes T-bars that connect adjacent cells, where the T-bars have a column that has a minimum width perpendicular to the long axis that is wider than a maximum width of each of the struts, and the column defines at least one slot. In still other forms, the framework exhibits geometries that facilitate a high packing density for the framework when the stent is in a compressed tube or loading configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Swift, Sam C. Mullins, Stephen T. Clancy
  • Publication number: 20220370215
    Abstract: A stent comprises a framework that includes a sequence of cells that each occupy a discrete segment of the stent length, and each of the cells includes a plurality of struts with ends connected at respective vertices. An adjacent pair of the cells are attached to one another by a plurality of T-bars that each include a column defining a long axis that extends parallel to the stent axis, and a top bar attached to one end of the column. An opposite end of the column is attached to a first cell, and the top bar is attached at opposite ends to a second cell of the adjacent pair of cells. The column has a minimum width perpendicular to the long axis that is wider than a maximum width of each of the struts, and the column defines at least one slot. The top bar includes a curved edge on an opposite side from the column, and the curved edge straddles the long axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Richard A. Swift, Sam C. Mullins, Stephen T. Clancy
  • Patent number: D970934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Sam C. Sabounjian, Azad Sabounjian
  • Patent number: D974089
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Sam C. Sabounjian, Azad Sabounjian
  • Patent number: D977913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Azad Sabounjian, Sam C. Sabounjian
  • Patent number: D980642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventors: Sam C. Sabounjian, Azad Sabounjian
  • Patent number: D983604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Azad Sabounjian, Sam C. Sabounjian
  • Patent number: D984834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Inventors: Sam C. Sabounjian, Azad Sabounjian
  • Patent number: D1002225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Sam C. Sabounjian, Azad Sabounjian