Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Thomas

Stephen A. Thomas 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).

  • ENHANCED PROCESSES AND REAGENTS FOR HOST ENGINEERING
    Publication number: 20190284564
    Abstract: Nonnaturally occurring host cells altered to increase their ability to transfer genetic molecules into the host cells as compared to an unaltered host cell are provided. Also provided are methods for identifying endogenous loci of a host cell which inhibit transformation efficiency and/or electroporation of genetic molecules into the cell as well as methods for producing nonnaturally occurring host cells with enhanced transformation efficiency and/or the modified ability to allow for genomic integration of an exogenous DNA sequence via electroporation. Methods for producing biochemicals and products produced with the nonnaturally occurring host cells are also provided. In particular, a host Cupriavidus necator cell is provided in which a chromosomal gene encoding a restriction endonuclease has been disrupted, leading to an increase in transformation efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Bawdon, Stephen Thomas Cartman, Jonathan Kennedy
  • Camera light
    Patent number: 10414324
    Abstract: A camera light assembly (100) includes a camera assembly (102) and a marker light assembly (111). The camera assembly (102) includes a body (104) and a lens (108) positioned at a forward portion of the body (104). The marker light assembly (111) includes a light housing (112) having an aperture (118) extending therethrough. The body (104) of the camera assembly (102) is elongated and is received within the aperture (118) of the light housing (112) of the marker light assembly (111). Camera lock rings (126, 128) are utilized to releasably secure the camera assembly (102) to the marker light assembly (111).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Pro-Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Peacock, Elizabeth Jane Peacock
  • MOTOR VEHICLE WITH LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR ILLUMINATING LICENSE PLATE
    Publication number: 20190275929
    Abstract: A motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a rear bumper including a section configured to support a license plate, a spare tire carrier, and a light assembly mounted to the spare tire carrier. The light assembly is configured to illuminate the section of the rear bumper. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: David Brian Glickman, Ryan Nicholas Garvey, Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Stephen Thomas Kozak
  • Apparatuses and methods for processing a metal ribbon
    Patent number: 10400303
    Abstract: An apparatus (102) for processing a metal ribbon (116) comprising a main portion (118) and a sacrificial portion (120) adjoining the main portion (118) of the metal ribbon (116), is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Richard Porter, Stephen Thomas Johnson, Mark Frederick Gabriel, Lisa Ann Cardon
  • System and method for inputting text into electronic devices
    Patent number: 10402493
    Abstract: Systems comprising a user interface configured to receive text input by a user and a text prediction engine configured to receive the input text and generate text predictions. The text prediction engine may comprise a general language model and a context-specific language model. The text prediction engine is configured to generate text predictions from the general language model and the context-specific language model and combine the text predictions. The text prediction engine may comprise first and second language models and a first context-specific weighting factor associated with the first language model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Touchtype Ltd
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Spencer, Páidí Creed, Benjamin William Medlock, Douglas Alexander Harper Orr
  • PRODUCTION AND COMPOSITION OF FRUCTOSE SYRUP
    Publication number: 20190256877
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are aqueous compositions comprising fructose and methods of production thereof. A method for producing an aqueous composition comprising fructose can comprise, for example, conducting an enzymatic reaction by contacting water, sucrose, and a glucosyltransferase enzyme that synthesizes poly alpha-1,3-glucan having at least 30% alpha-1,3-linkages. A soluble fraction produced by such a reaction comprises at least about 55% fructose on a dry weight basis, and can be separated from insoluble poly alpha-1,3-glucan product(s), thereby providing an aqueous composition comprising fructose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: KEVIN D NAGY, Susan Marie Hennessey, Mark S. Payne, Charles R. Powley, Bogdan Szostek, Hannu Koivikko, Juho Jarvinen, Daniel Elcholtz, Jyrki Kuusisto, Tapio Timo Viljava, Stephen Thomas Breske
  • GAS PERMEABLE ELECTRODES AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
    Publication number: 20190256991
    Abstract: An electrode for a water splitting device, the electrode comprising a gas permeable material, a second material, for example a further gas permeable material, a spacer layer positioned between the gas permeable material and the second material, the spacer layer providing a gas collection layer and a conducting layer. The conducting layer can be provided adjacent to or at least partially within the gas permeable material. The gas collection layer is able to transport gas internally in the electrode. The gas permeable materials can be gas permeable membranes. Also disclosed are electrochemical cells using such an electrode as the cathode and/or anode, and methods for bringing about gas-to-liquid or liquid-to-gas transformations, for example for producing hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Gerhard Frederick SWIEGERS, Jun CHEN, Stephen Thomas BEIRNE, Caiyun WANG
  • Electronics enclosure assembly and methods of forming the same
    Patent number: 10383244
    Abstract: An electronics enclosure assembly includes a housing comprising a first chamber, a second chamber, and a first wall coupled between the first chamber and the second chamber. The electronics enclosure assembly also includes at least one plate coupled to the housing. The first wall and the plate combine to define a first channel extending through the first wall. The first channel couples the first chamber in communication with the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Thomas English
  • METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF BETA HYDROXY ACIDS AND/OR DERIVATIVES THEREOF AND/OR COMPOUNDS RELATED THERETO
    Publication number: 20190233853
    Abstract: Methods and materials for the production of beta hydroxy acids, such as 3-hydroxypropanoic acid (3-HP) and/or derivatives thereof and/or compounds related thereto, are provided. Also provided are products produced in accordance with these methods and materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Cristina Serrano Amatriain, Alexander Brett Foster, Stephen Thomas Cartman
  • CONVERTIBLE SKELETON DOOR
    Publication number: 20190232766
    Abstract: A vehicle door assembly includes a door housing configured for covering a vehicle access opening. A frame member is disposed within the door housing. A module includes an intrusion beam coupled to the frame member and removable from the door housing. The module is configured to accept attachment of a module hinge and a module latch to provide a secondary door assembly. A modular vehicle door assembly and a method of assembling a door assembly to a vehicle are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Ranil Patel, Timothy Bearup, Stephen Thomas Kozak, Colleen Hoffman
  • CONVERTIBLE SKELETON DOOR
    Publication number: 20190232765
    Abstract: A vehicle door assembly includes a door housing configured for covering a vehicle access opening. An intrusion beam is within the door housing. A module is received on the intrusion beam and removable from the door housing. A module hinge assembly is attachable to the module. A module latch assembly is attachable to the module for securing the module to extend across the vehicle access opening. A modular vehicle door assembly and method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Colleen Hoffman, Ranil Patel, Timothy Bearup, Stephen Thomas Kozak
  • METHODS, SYNTHETIC HOSTS AND REAGENTS FOR THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF ISOPRENE AND DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20190218577
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for synthesizing dienes and derivative thereof, such as isoprene, in Cupriavidus necator are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Cartman, Alexander Brett Foster, Ana Teresa De Santos Brito Mendes Roberts, Mark Paul Taylor
  • PRINTED MEDIA STACK ALIGNMENT
    Publication number: 20190219959
    Abstract: According to an example, printed media stack alignment may include actuating a belt and a paddle to shift first and second sheets to a stopper position represented by register of the first and second sheets against a stopper. The stopper may be actuated to shift the first and second sheets to an eject position, where the eject position is intermediate to a sheet deposit position and the stopper position. The belt and the paddle may be actuated to shift the first sheet, the second sheet, and a third sheet received at the sheet deposit position to the stopper position. The stopper may be actuated to shift the first, second, and third sheets to the eject position. Further, an ejector may be actuated to eject a stack including the first, second, and third sheets from the eject position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventor: Stephen Thomas ROHMAN
  • INDUSTRIAL DATA ANALYTICS IN A CLOUD PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20190188737
    Abstract: Cloud-aware industrial devices feed robust sets of data to a cloud-based data analyzer that executes as a service in a cloud platform. In addition to industrial data generated or collected by the industrial devices, the devices can provide device profile information to the cloud-based analyzer that identifies the device and relevant configuration information. The industrial devices can also provide customer data identifying an owner of the industrial devices, contact information for the owner, active service contracts, etc. The cloud-based data analyzer leverages this information to perform a variety of custom analytics on the data and generate reports or notifications catered to the particular industrial assets' optimal performance and business goals of the owner's industrial enterprise, as well as perform real-time decision making and control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Juan L. Asenjo, John Strohmenger, Stephen Thomas Nawalaniec, Bradford Henry Hegrat, Joseph A. Harkulich, Jessica Lin Korpela, Jenifer Rydberg Wright, Rainer Hessmer, John Dyck, Edward Alan Hill, Salvatore T. Conti
  • METHOD AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL FOR MANAGING ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS
    Publication number: 20190157685
    Abstract: A method and/or electrochemical cell for utilising one or more gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) in an electrochemical cell, the one or more gas diffusion electrodes have a wetting pressure and/or a bubble point exceeding 0.2 bar. The one or more gas diffusion electrodes can be subjected to a pressure differential between a liquid side and a gas side. A pressure on the liquid side of the GDE over the gas side does not exceed the wetting pressure of the GDE during operation (in cases where a liquid electrolyte side has higher pressure), and/or a pressure on the gas side of the GDE over the liquid side, does not exceeds the bubble point of the GDE (in cases where the gas side has the higher pressure).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Gerhard Frederick SWIEGERS, Andrew NATTESTAD, Dennis ANTIOHOS, Fletcher William THOMPSON, Stephen Thomas BEIRNE, Steven DuWayne KLOOS, Paul Brendan Denis Michael BARRETT
  • Method and electrochemical cell for managing electrochemical reactions
    Patent number: 10297834
    Abstract: A method and/or electrochemical cell for utilizing one or more gas diffusion 5 electrodes (GDEs) in an electrochemical cell, the one or more gas diffusion electrodes have a wetting pressure and/or a bubble point exceeding 0.2 bar. The one or more gas diffusion electrodes can be subjected to a pressure differential between a liquid side and a gas side. A pressure on the liquid side of the GDE over the gas side does not exceed the wetting pressure of the GDE during 10 operation (in cases where a liquid electrolyte side has higher pressure), and/or a pressure on the gas side of the GDE over the liquid side, does not exceeds the bubble point of the GDE (in cases where the gas side has the higher pressure).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: AQUAHYDREX PTY LTD
    Inventors: Gerhard Frederick Swiegers, Andrew Nattestad, Dennis Antiohos, Fletcher William Thompson, Stephen Thomas Beirne, Steven DuWayne Kloos, Paul Brendan Denis Michael Barrett
  • Personalized Management of Connected Devices
    Publication number: 20190149964
    Abstract: Centralized management of the Internet of Things resolves user difficulties. Connected devices may be associated with an owner's or user's electronic profile. The electronic profile may be represented as a graphical user interface (such as a webpage), thus allowing remote management of the connected devices. The owner or user may thus configure the electronic profile to define what electronic data is shared and with whom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Brian Greaves, Stephen Thomas Hardin, Erie Lai Har Lau, Robert Osterwise
  • Production and composition of fructose syrup
    Patent number: 10266861
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are aqueous compositions comprising fructose and methods of production thereof. A method for producing an aqueous composition comprising fructose can comprise, for example, conducting an enzymatic reaction by contacting water, sucrose, and a glucosyltransferase enzyme that synthesizes poly alpha-1,3-glucan having at least 30% alpha-1,3-linkages. A soluble fraction produced by such a reaction comprises at least about 55% fructose on a dry weight basis, and can be separated from insoluble poly alpha-1,3-glucan product(s), thereby providing an aqueous composition comprising fructose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APS
    Inventors: Kevin D Nagy, Susan Marie Hennessey, Mark S Payne, Charles R Powley, Bogdan Szostek, Hannu Koivikko, Juho Jarvinen, Daniel Eicholtz, Jyrki Kuusisto, Tapio Timo Viljava, Stephen Thomas Breske
  • FACILITATING POWER CONSERVATION FOR DEVICES BASED ON LIKELIHOOD OF POWER USAGE LEVEL
    Publication number: 20190113964
    Abstract: Power conservation for devices is facilitated based on likelihood of power usage level. An example method can comprise determining, by a first device comprising a processor, that a second device is within a defined proximity of a third device, wherein the third device is determined to be operating in a mode according to a first power consumption operation that satisfies a defined condition, and wherein the operating in the mode according to the first power consumption operation is based on the third device being located at a defined location. The method can also comprise facilitating, by the first device, modification of the mode of the third device based on a determination of a likelihood of usage of a second power consumption operation by the third device. In various embodiments, the third device is configured to operate according to the power save mode or the extended discontinuous reception mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Hardin, Erie Lai Har Lau, Brian Greaves, Robert Osterwise
  • Industrial data analytics in a cloud platform
    Patent number: 10257310
    Abstract: Cloud-aware industrial devices feed robust sets of data to a cloud-based data analyzer that executes as a service in a cloud platform. In addition to industrial data generated or collected by the industrial devices, the devices can provide device profile information to the cloud-based analyzer that identifies the device and relevant configuration information. The industrial devices can also provide customer data identifying an owner of the industrial devices, contact information for the owner, active service contracts, etc. The cloud-based data analyzer leverages this information to perform a variety of custom analytics on the data and generate reports or notifications catered to the particular industrial assets' optimal performance and business goals of the owner's industrial enterprise, as well as perform real-time decision making and control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan L. Asenjo, John Strohmenger, Stephen Thomas Nawalaniec, Bradford Henry Hegrat, Joseph A. Harkulich, Jessica Lin Korpela, Jenifer Rydberg Wright, Rainer Hessmer, John Dyck, Edward Alan Hill, Salvatore T. Conti