Patents by Inventor Sean Fitzgerald

Sean Fitzgerald 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: 20240359850
    Abstract: A filler assembly comprising a pouch preheat zone, a pouch sterilization zone, and a pouch flush zone. The preheat zone includes a preheat nozzle assembly having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet engageable with a pouch assembly, and a preheat vacuum nozzle assembly having an inlet engageable with a pouch assembly and an outlet attachable to a vacuum. The pouch sterilization zone includes a sterilization nozzle assembly having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet engageable with a pouch assembly, and, a sterilization vacuum nozzle assembly having an inlet engageable with a pouch assembly and an outlet attachable to a vacuum. The pouch flush zone includes a pouch flush nozzle assembly having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet engageable with a pouch assembly, and, a pouch flush vacuum nozzle assembly having an inlet engageable with a pouch assembly and an outlet attachable to a vacuum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: David Bellmore, Sean Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 11999519
    Abstract: A filler assembly comprising a pouch preheat zone, a pouch sterilization zone, and a pouch flush zone. The preheat zone includes a preheat nozzle assembly having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet engageable with a pouch assembly, and a preheat vacuum nozzle assembly having an inlet engageable with a pouch assembly and an outlet attachable to a vacuum. The pouch sterilization zone includes a sterilization nozzle assembly having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet engageable with a pouch assembly, and, a sterilization vacuum nozzle assembly having an inlet engageable with a pouch assembly and an outlet attachable to a vacuum. The pouch flush zone includes a pouch flush nozzle assembly having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet engageable with a pouch assembly, and, a pouch flush vacuum nozzle assembly having an inlet engageable with a pouch assembly and an outlet attachable to a vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SCHOLLE IPN CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Bellmore, Sean Fitzgerald
  • Publication number: 20240043154
    Abstract: A filler assembly comprising a pouch preheat zone, a pouch sterilization zone, and a pouch flush zone. The preheat zone includes a preheat nozzle assembly having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet engageable with a pouch assembly, and a preheat vacuum nozzle assembly having an inlet engageable with a pouch assembly and an outlet attachable to a vacuum. The pouch sterilization zone includes a sterilization nozzle assembly having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet engageable with a pouch assembly, and, a sterilization vacuum nozzle assembly having an inlet engageable with a pouch assembly and an outlet attachable to a vacuum. The pouch flush zone includes a pouch flush nozzle assembly having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet engageable with a pouch assembly, and, a pouch flush vacuum nozzle assembly having an inlet engageable with a pouch assembly and an outlet attachable to a vacuum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: David Bellmore, Sean Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 11704725
    Abstract: A method for evaluating bids for the purchase of inventory items to optimize bid-generated revenue. The method comprises receiving a bid for an inventory item, the bid comprising a bid price, a specific inventory item that is to be purchased, and a number of inventory items to be purchased. The bid is input into a machine learning algorithm as are features associated with the inventory item and information associated with the bid. The machine learning algorithm analyzes the bid and generates an output to accept or decline the bid. Responsive to that output the bidder is advised whether the bid was accepted or declined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: GOLFLINE, INC.
    Inventors: Sean Fitzgerald, Martin Dougherty, Brendan Fitzgerald
  • Publication number: 20220122138
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for real time onboarding using identifier pooling are described. The method may include receiving, from a merchant system, a transaction request using a merchant system identifier and merchant system authentication credentials associated with the merchant identifier, the transaction request specifying a payments partner system to process at least a part of the transaction. The method may also include determining whether the merchant system is onboarded for use of the payments platform system. When the merchant system is determined not to be onboarded for use of the payments platform system, the method may also include selecting a commerce platform system payments partner identifier from a pool of available commerce platform system payment partner identifiers provisioned by the payments partner system for the commerce platform system, and updating a merchant accounts data store by associating the selected commerce platform system payments partner identifier with the merchant identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Sean Fitzgerald, Sophie Sakellariadis
  • Patent number: 11261000
    Abstract: A filling device for aseptic filling of pouches comprising a pouch fill assembly having a movement assembly, a plug removing assembly and a filling assembly. The movement assembly defining an aseptic zone and configured to direct a pouch having a spout and a plug sealing the spout through the pouch fill assembly from an inlet to an outlet. The plug removing assembly having at least one plug removing station including a grasping assembly, a plug retaining structure and an actuator assembly. The filling assembly having at least one filling station structurally configured to dispense a flowable material into the pouch through the spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Scholle IPN Corporation
    Inventors: Wim van der Meijden, J. A. M. Holsink, W. H. Th. Miltenburg, Sean Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 11232255
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media are disclosed that collect and analyze annotation performance data to generate digital annotations for evaluating and training automatic electronic document annotation models. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems provide electronic documents to annotators based on annotator topic preferences. The disclosed systems then identify digital annotations and annotation performance data such as a time period spent by an annotator in generating digital annotations and annotator responses to digital annotation questions. Furthermore, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems utilize the identified digital annotations and the annotation performance data to generate a final set of reliable digital annotations. Additionally, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems provide the final set of digital annotations for utilization in training a machine learning model to generate annotations for electronic documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Franck Dernoncourt, Walter Chang, Trung Bui, Sean Fitzgerald, Sasha Spala, Kishore Aradhya, Carl Dockhorn
  • Publication number: 20210095211
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to processes for conversion of synthesis gas in a tubular reactor to produce a synthetic product that utilizes high activity carbon monoxide hydrogenation catalysts and a heat transfer structure that surprisingly provides for higher per pass conversion with high selectivity for the desired synthetic product without thermal runaway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Andre STEYNBERG, Bin YANG, Ravi ARORA, Laura SILVA, Heinz ROBOTA, Sean FITZGERALD, Paul NEAGLE, Jason ROBINSON, Paul SCHUBERT, Steven PERRY
  • Patent number: 10922726
    Abstract: Intelligent vehicle repair estimating techniques include an image processing component that extracts image attributes from one or more images of a damaged vehicle, and utilizes the attributes to predict an initial set of parts that are globally-identified. Based on a jurisdiction associated with the damaged vehicle, the initial set of parts is transformed into a set of jurisdictionally-based repairs (e.g., parts, labor operations, time intervals, costs, etc.), which may be included in a draft vehicle repair estimate. An estimate refinement component iteratively modifies/refines the draft estimate using a machine-only loop nested within a larger human-machine loop, where system-generated modifications are incrementally incorporated into the draft within the smaller loop, and user-generated modifications are incrementally incorporated into the draft within the larger loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: CCC INFORMATION SERVICES INC.
    Inventors: Ronald Nelson, Sean Fitzgerald, Jesse Horski
  • Patent number: 10895490
    Abstract: A reservoir assembly comprising a lower manifold, an upper manifold, a reservoir body, a float member and a sensor system. The upper manifold has an upper cover placed over a central bore, and sealingly engaged therewith, the upper cover being at least partially transparent. The reservoir body has a lower end sealingly engaged with the lower manifold and the upper end sealingly engaged with the upper manifold. The float member is positioned within the reservoir and can slidably move between the upper and lower manifolds. The float member has an upper target that is substantially parallel to an upper cover positioned on the upper manifold. The sensor system has a float position sensor positioned over the upper cover and targeting the upper target of the float member to, in turn, determine the position of the float member relative to the float position sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Scholle IPN Corporation
    Inventors: Sean Fitzgerald, Christopher Zaro
  • Patent number: 10889762
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to processes for conversion of synthesis gas in a tubular reactor to produce a synthetic product that utilizes high activity carbon monoxide hydrogenation catalysts and a heat transfer structure that surprisingly provides for higher per pass conversion with high selectivity for the desired synthetic product without thermal runaway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: VELOCYS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Andre Steynberg, Bin Yang, Ravi Arora, Laura Silva, Heinz Robota, Sean Fitzgerald, Paul Neagle, Jason Robinson, Paul Schubert, Steven Perry
  • Patent number: 10825084
    Abstract: A method for evaluating bids for the purchase of inventory items to optimize bid-generated revenue. The method comprises receiving a bid for an inventory item, the bid comprising a bid price, a specific inventory item that is to be purchased, and a number of inventory items to be purchased. The bid is input into a machine learning algorithm as are features associated with the inventory item and information associated with the bid. The machine learning algorithm analyzes the bid and generates an output to accept or decline the bid. Responsive to that output the bidder is advised whether the bid was accepted or declined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Inventors: Sean Fitzgerald, Martin Dougherty, Brendan Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 10783314
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for generating a structured transcription from a speech file. In an example embodiment, a structured transcription system receives a speech file comprising speech from one or more people and generates a navigable structured transcription object. The navigable structured transcription object may comprise one or more data structures representing multimedia content with which a user may navigate and interact via a user interface. Text and/or speech relating to the speech file can be selectively presented to the user (e.g., the text can be presented via a display, and the speech can be aurally presented via a speaker).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Franck Dernoncourt, Walter Wei-Tuh Chang, Seokhwan Kim, Sean Fitzgerald, Ragunandan Rao Malangully, Laurie Marie Byrum, Frederic Thevenet, Carl Iwan Dockhorn
  • Publication number: 20200004803
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for generating a structured transcription from a speech file. In an example embodiment, a structured transcription system receives a speech file comprising speech from one or more people and generates a navigable structured transcription object. The navigable structured transcription object may comprise one or more data structures representing multimedia content with which a user may navigate and interact via a user interface. Text and/or speech relating to the speech file can be selectively presented to the user (e.g., the text can be presented via a display, and the speech can be aurally presented via a speaker).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Franck Dernoncourt, Walter Wei-Tuh Chang, Seokhwan Kim, Sean Fitzgerald, Ragunandan Rao Malangully, Laurie Marie Byrum, Frederic Thevenet, Carl Iwan Dockhorn
  • Publication number: 20190384807
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media are disclosed that collect and analyze annotation performance data to generate digital annotations for evaluating and training automatic electronic document annotation models. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems provide electronic documents to annotators based on annotator topic preferences. The disclosed systems then identify digital annotations and annotation performance data such as a time period spent by an annotator in generating digital annotations and annotator responses to digital annotation questions. Furthermore, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems utilize the identified digital annotations and the annotation performance data to generate a final set of reliable digital annotations. Additionally, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems provide the final set of digital annotations for utilization in training a machine learning model to generate annotations for electronic documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Franck Dernoncourt, Walter Chang, Trung Bui, Sean Fitzgerald, Sasha Spala, Kishore Aradhya, Carl Dockhorn
  • Publication number: 20190284479
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to processes for conversion of synthesis gas in a tubular reactor to produce a synthetic product that utilizes high activity carbon monoxide hydrogenation catalysts and a heat transfer structure that surprisingly provides for higher per pass conversion with high selectivity for the desired synthetic product without thermal runaway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Andre STEYNBERG, Bin YANG, Ravi ARORA, Laura SILVA, Heinz ROBOTA, Sean FITZGERALD, Paul NEAGLE, Jason ROBINSON, Paul SCHUBERT, Steven PERRY
  • Publication number: 20190204136
    Abstract: A reservoir assembly comprising a lower manifold, an upper manifold, a reservoir body, a float member and a sensor system. The reservoir body has a lower end sealingly engaged with the lower manifold and the upper end sealingly engaged with the upper manifold. The float member is positioned within the reservoir and can slidably move between the upper and lower manifolds. The float member has an upper target that is substantially parallel to an upper cover positioned on the upper manifold. The sensor system has a float position sensor positioned over the upper cover and targeting the upper target of the float member to, in turn, determine the position of the float member relative to the float position sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Sean Fitzgerald, Christopher Zaro
  • Patent number: D1075021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: ELVT Breath Control, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Fitzgerald, Phil Lembkey
  • Patent number: D1075022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: ELVT Breath Control, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Fitzgerald, Phil Lembkey
  • Patent number: D1075023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: ELVT Breath Control, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Fitzgerald, Phil Lembkey