Patents by Inventor Scott Saunders

Scott Saunders 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: 10509123
    Abstract: A distance determination system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the system includes a transmitter configured to transmit a first pulse at a first frequency and a second pulse at a second frequency; a receiver configured to receive audio signals; and a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to detect whether an intermodulation product of the first pulse and the second pulse is present and above a threshold amplitude in an audio signal received by the receiver; and determine, based at least in part on whether the intermodulation product of the first pulse and the second pulse is detected to be present and above a threshold amplitude, whether a distance to a surface is greater than a distance corresponding to the first pulse and the second pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Scott Saunders
  • Patent number: 10507908
    Abstract: A commanded control signal is compared against an adaptive control signal in order to detect a rotor strike by a rotor included in an aircraft, wherein the adaptive control signal is associated with controlling the rotor and the adaptive control signal varies based at least in part on the commanded control signal and state information associated with the rotor. In response to detecting the rotor strike, a control signal to the rotor is adjusted in order to reduce a striking force associated with the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Scott Saunders
  • Patent number: 10444093
    Abstract: An electrical signal is received via a boom where a rotor is attached to the boom and the received electrical signal is received while the rotor outputs a thrust. It is decided whether to decrease the thrust which is output by the rotor, including by analyzing the received electrical signal. In response to deciding to decrease the thrust which is output by the rotor, the thrust which is output by the rotor is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Scott Saunders, Joshua Gordonson
  • Publication number: 20190270823
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof which bind to the human CD70 protein with high affinity and display potent inhibition of tumour cell growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Karen Silence, Peter Ulrichts, Johannes Joseph Wilhelmus De Haard, Torsten Dreier, Michael John Scott Saunders, Harald Wajant, Sofie Maria Elvire Gabriels, Mahan Moshir
  • Publication number: 20190211101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that block the interaction between (a target on) an antigen presenting cell (APC) and (a target on) a T-cell. More particularly, the present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against (as defined herein) a target on an APC (also referred to herein as “APC target”) or a target on a T-cell (also referred to herein as “T-cell target”). The invention further relates to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Ablynx N.V.
    Inventors: Guy Hermans, Peter Verheesen, Edward Dolk, Hendricus Renerus Jacobus Mattheus Hoogenboom, Michael John Scott Saunders, Hans De Haard, Renee de Bruin
  • Publication number: 20190176977
    Abstract: A commanded control signal is compared against an adaptive control signal in order to detect a rotor strike by a rotor included in an aircraft, wherein the adaptive control signal is associated with controlling the rotor and the adaptive control signal varies based at least in part on the commanded control signal and state information associated with the rotor. In response to detecting the rotor strike, a control signal to the rotor is adjusted in order to reduce a striking force associated with the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher Scott Saunders
  • Publication number: 20190106211
    Abstract: A multicopter with boom mounted rotors is disclosed. In various embodiments, a multicopter includes multiple rotors, each mounted substantially horizontally on a distal end of a boom. The multicopter further includes a plurality of boom extensions, each boom extension being associated with a corresponding boom and each boom extension being configured to extend an associated distal end of said corresponding boom by an amount determined based at least in part on a swept area associated with a rotor mounted at or near said associated distal end. The multicopter includes a material, such as netting, secured to the aircraft and of a size sufficient to reach a far end of one or more of said boom extensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Aldo Daniele Longhi, Todd Reichert, Cameron Robertson, Joseph Roop, Christopher Scott Saunders, Zachais Vawter
  • Patent number: 10246183
    Abstract: A commanded control signal is compared against an adaptive control signal in order to detect a rotor strike by a rotor included in an aircraft, wherein the adaptive control signal is associated with controlling the rotor and the adaptive control signal varies based at least in part on the commanded control signal and state information associated with the rotor. In response to detecting the rotor strike, a control signal to the rotor is adjusted in order to reduce a striking force associated with the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Scott Saunders
  • Patent number: 10208115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that block the interaction between (a target on) an antigen presenting cell (APC) and (a target on) a T-cell. More particularly, the present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against (as defined herein) a target on an APC (also referred to herein as “APC target”) or a target on a T-cell (also referred to herein as “T-cell target”). The invention further relates to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Ablynx N.V.
    Inventors: Guy Hermans, Peter Verheesen, Edward Dolk, Hendricus Renerus Jacobus Mattheus Hoogenboom, Michael John Scott Saunders, Hans De Haard, Renee de Bruin
  • Patent number: 10183747
    Abstract: A multicopter with boom mounted rotors is disclosed. In various embodiments, a multicopter includes multiple rotors, each mounted substantially horizontally on a distal end of a boom. The multicopter further includes a plurality of boom extensions, each boom extension being associated with a corresponding boom and each boom extension being configured to extend an associated distal end of said corresponding boom by an amount determined based at least in part on a swept area associated with a rotor mounted at or near said associated distal end. The multicopter includes a material, such as netting, secured to the aircraft and of a size sufficient to reach a far end of one or more of said boom extensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
    Inventors: Aldo Daniele Longhi, Todd Reichert, Cameron Robertson, Joseph Roop, Christopher Scott Saunders, Zachais Vawter
  • Publication number: 20180336048
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for defining, at a computing device, psychometric data for a user. An interactive virtual assistant, selected from a plurality of interactive virtual assistants, may be provided on the computing device based upon, at least in part, the psychometric data defined for the user. The user may be prompted, via the interactive virtual assistant, with one or more options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Adam Zarlengo, Chris Courtney, Michael Tepper, Josh Hemsley, Ryan Howes, Daniel Sinner, Scott Saunders
  • Patent number: 10105149
    Abstract: A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery utilizing an on tool tracking system. The various improvements relate generally to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled using the OTT device. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure including the rate of and type of data processed depending upon a CAS mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Trak Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Hani Haider, Ibrahim Al-Shawi, Osvaldo Andres Barrera, David Scott Saunders
  • Patent number: 10087251
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that block the interaction between (a target on) an antigen presenting cell (APC) and (a target on) a T-cell. More particularly, the present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against (as defined herein) a target on an APC (also referred to herein as “APC target”) or a target on a T-cell (also referred to herein as “T-cell target”). The invention further relates to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Ablynx N.V.
    Inventors: Guy Hermans, Peter Verheesen, Edward Dolk, Hendricus Renerus Jacobus Mattheus Hoogenboom, Michael John Scott Saunders, Hans De Haard, Renee de Bruin
  • Publication number: 20180253793
    Abstract: A method of obtaining psychometric information about a user is disclosed. A psychometric graphical object is provided to the user by a personalized user management module. User interaction with the psychometric graphical object is measured by a psychological traits evaluation module. At least a first wider portion of the psychometric graphical object is labeled with a first keyword related to a psychological trait. At least a second wider portion of the psychometric graphical object is labeled with a second keyword related to the psychological trait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: John Galen Buckwalter, David Herman, Andrew Wen, Scott Saunders
  • Patent number: 10017568
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against (as defined herein) any of IL-17A, IL-17F and/or IL-17A/F including combinations thereof, as well as to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Heidi Rommelaere, Joost Alexander Kolkman, Michael John Scott Saunders, Ann Union, Yolande Chvatchko, Amanda E. I. Proudfoot, Alain Vicari, Denis Bruniquel, Laurent Chevalet, Olivier Leger
  • Patent number: 9822175
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against proteins from the group of the Angiopoietin/Tie family such as Tie1, Tie2, Ang1, Ang2, Ang3, Ang4, Angptl1, Angptl2, Angptl3, Angptl4, Angptl5, Angptl6, as well as to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more of such amino acid sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ablynx N.V.
    Inventors: Maria Gonzalez Pajuelo, Michael John Scott Saunders, Johannes Joseph Wilhelmus De Haard, Peter Vanlandschoot
  • Patent number: 9803018
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against (as defined herein) human cellular receptors for viruses and/or bacteria such as e.g. Nanobodies specifically recognizing hCD4, hCXCR4, hCCR5, hTLR4, human alphaV integrin, human beta3 integrin, human beta1 integrin, human alpha2 integrin, hCD81, hSR-BI, hClaudin-1, hClaudin-6 and hClaudin-9, as well as to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences. Amino acid sequences of the present invention may be used to prevent human cell entry of HIV, HCV, adenoviruses, hantavirus, herpesvirus, echo-virus 1 and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Ablynx N.V.
    Inventors: Christophe Blanchetot, Martine Smit, Regorius Leurs, Sven Jähnichen, Dominique Schols, Michael John Scott Saunders, Johannes Joseph Wilhelmus De Haard, Peter Vanlandschoot, Peter Verheesen
  • Patent number: 9765148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof which bind to the human CD70 protein with high affinity and display potent inhibition of tumor cell growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: ARGEN-X N.V.
    Inventors: Karen Silence, Peter Ulrichts, Johannes Joseph Wilhelmus De Haard, Torsten Dreier, Michael John Scott Saunders, Harald Wajant, Sofie Maria Elvire Gabriels, Mahan Moshir
  • Patent number: 9765149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof which bind to the human CD70 protein with high affinity and display potent inhibition of tumour cell growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: ARGEN-X N.V.
    Inventors: Karen Silence, Peter Ulrichts, Johannes Joseph Wilhelmus De Haard, Torsten Dreier, Michael John Scott Saunders, Harald Wajant, Sofie Maria Elvire Gabriels, Mahan Moshir
  • Patent number: D834718
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: HILL-ROM SERVICES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: John A. Bobey, Deny D. Barilea, Suresha Ventakaraya, Wei T. Tan, Clementine Pirio, Bryan Chng, Scott Saunders, Damon Clegg