Patents by Inventor Scott Williams

Scott Williams 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: 11338498
    Abstract: A method of manipulating thermoplastic film to create integrated features and particularly relates to an improved method of manufacturing a packaging bag that is reclosable after initial opening. Multiple sections of thermoplastic film are layered on top of themselves to form a multi-layer portion of the thermoplastic film. The multi-layer portion may then be conglomerated into a unitary thicker portion of the film that can then be shaped into a closure strip. In order to form a bag, a second such closure strip may be made. The two closure strips are then aligned and the remaining open portions of the bag are then sealed such that the closure strips form a reclosable opening that may be opened and closed repeatedly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Scott William Huffer, Jacob Donald Prue Branyon
  • Patent number: 11338977
    Abstract: The invention comprises, in an embodiment, a resealable packaging structure comprising a container having a bottom and at least one sidewall extending upwardly therefrom, wherein the sidewall terminates in a flange. A flexible resealable lid is sealed to the flange. The lid comprises a polyethylene terephthalate layer disposed adjacent the flange, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer disposed adjacent the polyethylene terephthalate layer, and an oriented polypropylene layer disposed adjacent the pressure sensitive adhesive layer. The polyethylene terephthalate layer comprises a laser scored line which penetrates through the thickness of the inner layer but not through the outer layer and defines an opening portion that can be lifted out of the plane of the inner layer, thereby creating an opening through the lid defined by the laser score line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Charles Hebert, Scott William Huffer, Barry Roland Reese, John A. Prizzi
  • Publication number: 20220155545
    Abstract: A fiber optic assembly is provided including a body defining a fiber routing volume, a plurality of fiber optic components disposed in a front side of the body, and a plurality of optical filters disposed within the volume. The plurality of optical filters enable at least twenty four (24) dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Terry Dean Cox, Dong Gui, Lingling Hu, Scott William Ramsdell, Diana Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20220158346
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems for adjusting bias power provided to a radio-frequency amplifier to one or more figures of merit based on sensed characteristics of the amplifier and/or characteristics of the input or output power. The systems may be used in terrestrial and satellite based communications and radar, among other possibilites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Harry Bourne Marr, JR., William Griffin Dower, Denpol Kultran, Michael Alex Borisov, Ryan Scott Ligon, Scott William Buetow, Ross Charles Carter, Jason Reis Chaves, Steven Deward Gray
  • Publication number: 20220144486
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible membrane lid for a container comprising a top paper layer which is perforated to form a perimeter of at least one peelable portion and a bottom film layer. In some embodiments, the bottom film layer is partially adhered to the top paper layer, wherein the layers are not adhered within the perimeter of the peelable portion. In other embodiments, the layers are adhered with a pressure sensitive adhesive within the perimeter of the peelable portion and with a permanent adhesive in the remainder of the area between the top paper layer and bottom film layer. In other embodiments, the invention relates to a flexible membrane lid for a container comprising a top paper layer comprising a pull tab and a bottom film layer which is removably adhered to the top paper layer, wherein bottom film layer comprises a separate pull tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Scott William Huffer
  • Patent number: 11325759
    Abstract: Containers are described that allow a consumer to see inside the container and to more easily access the products. One form of the container includes a base member with a lid defining a window. A flexible laminate with a peelable flap portion is attached to the lid to provide access to the products inside. The flexible laminate includes a first film layer laminated to a second film layer. The first film layer includes a first cut line defining a peelable flap portion and the second film layer includes a second cut line offset from the first cut line that defines an opening into the container. First and second reclose surfaces defined between the cut lines on the corresponding film layers include pressure-sensitive adhesive to allow the container to be re-sealed via movement of the peelable flap portion back into engagement with the flexible laminate remaining with the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventor: Scott William Huffer
  • Patent number: 11320794
    Abstract: An electric power system includes a generating unit, which includes a controller for controlling an operational mode of the generating unit. The electric power system also includes an event estimator communicatively coupled to the controller of the generating unit and a network estimator communicatively coupled to the event estimator. The network estimator includes a processor configured to receive status information associated with the electric power system, determine, based upon the status information, at least one characteristic of the electric power system, and transmit the at least one characteristic to the event estimator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ara Panosyan, Sreedhar Desabhatla, Luca Parolini, Adolfo Anta Martinez, Naresh Acharya, Krishna Kumar Anaparthi, Scott William Szepek
  • Publication number: 20220128969
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a novel system and methods for modeling process components using segmental analysis. As opposed to analyzing the entire system at once, each element representing a process component is assigned parameter inputs that enable the system to determine a current state. Changes in the element's parameter inputs are fed in a bi-directional manner to other elements connected by segments where the other elements use the parameter inputs to determine a predictive or current process condition that are used as new parameter inputs for the next element. In some embodiments, the system allows for the prevention of component state change with only a portion of the entire process being solved, as abnormal conditions can be detected without solving for the entire system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: Scott William Clark
  • Patent number: 11310246
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a traffic inspection service executed by an intermediary device obtains, from a monitoring agent executed by an endpoint device, keying information for an encrypted traffic session between the endpoint device and a remote entity. The traffic inspection service provides a notification to the monitoring agent that acknowledges receipt of the keying information. The traffic inspection service uses the keying information to decrypt encrypted traffic from the encrypted traffic session. The traffic inspection service applies a policy to the encrypted traffic session between the endpoint device and the remote entity, based on the decrypted traffic from the session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Rehak, David McGrew, Blake Harrell Anderson, Scott William Dunlop
  • Patent number: 11299334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resealable membrane lid for a container comprising a peelable portion and a removable portion. When the resealable peelable portion is peeled back, the seal onto the container is not disturbed. When the removable portion is removed from the container, the container contents may be accessed. The peelable portion may be resealed onto the container at any point in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott William Huffer
  • Patent number: 11292648
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resealable container comprising: a polyethylene terephthalate-based container body comprising a bottom side and at least one upwardly extending sidewall, wherein the sidewall terminates in an open end of the container; a flexible film sealed to the container body, over the open end of the container, wherein the flexible film comprises: a polyethylene-based first film layer; a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adjacent a lower surface of the first film layer; a polyolefin plastomer skin layer adjacent a lower surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the first layer, pressure sensitive adhesive layer, and skin layer are coextruded; and a heat seal layer printed onto a lower surface of the skin layer and heat sealed to the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Scott William Huffer, Rod Pettis
  • Patent number: 11292654
    Abstract: The invention comprises an ovenable packaging structure having an integral one-way valve. The laminate structure comprises an outer layer having a cut line which defines a flap that is separable from the outer layer, wherein the outer layer is adhered to an inner layer having a cut line which is offset from the outer cut line and defines a portion that is separable from the inner layer along the inner cut line and defines an opening into the packaging structure. The adhesive between the layers comprises, in an embodiment, a channel of pressure sensitive adhesive which surrounds both the outer cut line and the inner cut line, wherein the channel of pressure sensitive adhesive defines the perimeter of at least one adhesive-free valve chamber within said channel. The valve chamber comprises at least a portion of the outer cut line and the inner cut line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventor: Scott William Huffer
  • Patent number: 11284910
    Abstract: A therapeutic ultrasound system transmits a staggered or interleaved pattern of therapy beams for use in sonothrombolysis and other Vascular Acoustic Resonators (VAR) mediated therapy. The inventive technique minimizes VAR, e.g. microbubble, destruction due to adjacent beams, ensures uniform sonication of the targeted region by filling in the spaces between the beams in subsequent passes, and further provides a means for bubble replenishment to maximize the clot lysis from ultrasound. The technique is also applicable to diagnostic ultrasound, VAR mediated drug delivery and blood brain barrier opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Scott William Dianis, Jeffry Earl Powers, Ralf Seip, William Tao Shi, Yannick Bohren, Emmanuel Jean-Marie Gaud, Jean-Marc Paul Robert Hyvelin
  • Publication number: 20220091600
    Abstract: A communication system is provided that can be added to a legacy alarm system to provide a plurality of communication modes to a remote server system from the legacy alarm system and provide remote control and monitoring to a user of the system via two-way communication links. The communication system can be configured to communicate with an alarm processor of the legacy alarm system through use of a keypad bus typically used by the legacy alarm system for communication between the alarm processor and one or more keypads. Communication modes that can be provided by embodiments of the present invention can include, for example, communication over a public switched telephone network, cellular transmission, broadband transmission, and the like. The communication system can monitor all configured communication modes and determine which communication mode is the best for providing communication between the alarm system and the remote server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Alan Wade Cohn, Ronald E. Battles, David Proft, Scott William Shumate
  • Publication number: 20220094529
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus captures a memory dump of a device in a sandbox environment executing a malware sample. The apparatus identifies a cryptographic key based on a particular data structure in the captured memory dump. The apparatus uses the identified cryptographic key to decrypt encrypted traffic sent by the device. The apparatus labels at least a portion of the decrypted traffic sent by the device as benign. The apparatus trains a machine learning-based traffic classifier based on the at least a portion of the decrypted traffic sent by the device and labeled as benign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Blake Harrell Anderson, Andrew Chi, David McGrew, Scott William Dunlop
  • Publication number: 20220088897
    Abstract: A flexible laminate, packaging structure and method comprising an outer structure, an inner structure, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adhesively joining the outer and inner structures to form a laminate. At least one outer line of weakness is formed in the outer structure, wherein the at least one outer line of weakness terminates in at least one tear receiving element adjacent an opening end of the laminate. A tab is defined by at least one line of weakness formed through both the outer structure and the inner structure, wherein the at least one tab line of weakness terminates in at least one tear propagating element. A second inner line of weakness is formed in the inner structure, wherein the second inner line of weakness is disposed between the at least one tear propagating element of the tab and the at least one tear receiving element of the at least one outer line of weakness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventor: Scott William Huffer
  • Publication number: 20220089910
    Abstract: A composition is provided that comprises a calcium carbonate slurry. The calcium carbonate slurry comprises a plurality of calcium carbonate particles suspended in a solution, where the solution comprises a dispersant and an anionic surfactant. The concentration of the calcium carbonate particles in the calcium carbonate slurry is equal to or less than about 2.0 wt. %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Yang, Samantha K. Brittelle, You-Jung Cheng, Scott William Bailey, James M. Tsay
  • Publication number: 20220079551
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for assessing cardiac valve regurgitation. The method includes obtaining 4D ultrasound data of a region of interest, wherein the region of interest comprises a cardiac valve. The 4D ultrasound data comprises a time sequence of 3D ultrasound images comprising B-mode ultrasound data and color Doppler ultrasound data. Image stabilization is performed on the images of the time sequence of 3D ultrasound images and a dynamic jet is then segmented from the time sequence of stabilized 3D ultrasound images. A dynamic surface model is fit to the valve in the time sequence of stabilized 3D ultrasound images based on the segmented jet. The method further includes identifying a dynamic regurgitant orifice based on the applied surface model and the time sequence of stabilized 3D ultrasound images and fitting a flow convergence model to the time sequence of stabilized 3D ultrasound images based on the identified dynamic regurgitant orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Stéphane ALLAIRE, Odile BONNEFOUS, Helene LANGET, Scott William DIANIS, Jimmy Li-Shin SU, Qifeng WEI
  • Patent number: 11268378
    Abstract: In conjunction with a communication network, for example, a downhole wireless network for transmission of data along a tubular body, disclosed herein are: (1) a variety of hardware interfacing methods with sensors and downhole tools; (2) sensing concepts that are enabled by the unique interfaces; (3) physical implementation of the integrated sensor/communication node structures; (4) related software communication protocols. The interfaces may support both data communication and power transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Yibing Zhang, Limin Song, Katie M. Walker, Mark M. Disko, Scott William Clawson, Patrick M. Moore, David M. Chorneyko
  • Patent number: 11267684
    Abstract: A liquid filling system is provided that contains a container and a nozzle, while such nozzle contains liquid flow passages that are configured to generate different liquid influxes that are directed differentially toward the bottom and the sidewall(s) of such containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Justin Thomas Cacciatore, Sebastian Vargas, Scott William Capeci, Eric Shawn Goudy, Hua Hu, Boon Ho Ng