Patents by Inventor Stephen An

Stephen An 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).

  • WATER-BASED BITUMEN EXTRACTION PROCESSES BASED ON PRIMARY SEPARATION VESSEL FINES LOADING
    Publication number: 20190153327
    Abstract: Fines loading into a primary separation vessel is used to control oil sand ore feed rate and ore fines content to a water-based bitumen extraction plant comprising a slurry preparation unit and to also control the number of primary separation vessels in operation at a bitumen separation plant to minimize operation upsets/excursions and to optimize overall extraction performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: SHANE HOSKINS, JUN LONG, KEVIN REID, STEPHEN FORWARD
  • Seatbelt Mounted Combination Cutter and Glass Break Tool
    Publication number: 20190152416
    Abstract: A combination seat belt restraint system cutter and glass break tool mounted onto and around the seat belt of an automotive vehicle at a predetermined position for use in cutting the web of the seat belt in the event of a seat belt release latch jam or inoperability resulting in the severing of the seat belt at said position resulting in the tool being freed for use in breaking the glass of a window of the vehicle. The combination tool also being maintained in a fixed position adjacent the safety belt extension/retraction aperture by a strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Stephen P. Souders
  • ISOINDOLINE, AZAISOINDOLINE, DIHYDROINDENONE AND DIHYDROAZAINDENONE INHIBITORS OF MNK1 AND MNK2
    Publication number: 20190152988
    Abstract: The present invention provides synthesis, pharmaceutically acceptable formulations and uses of compounds in accordance with Formula I, or a stereoisomer, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. For Formula I compounds A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, W1, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6a, R6b, R7, R8, R8a, R8b, R9, R9a, R9b, and R10 and subscript “n” are as defined in the specification. The inventive Formula I compounds are inhibitors of Mnk and find utility in any number of therapeutic applications, including but not limited to treatment of inflammation and various cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Paul A. Sprengeler, Siegfried H. Reich, Justin T. Ernst, Stephen E. Webber, Mike Shaghafi, Douglas Murphy, Chinh Tran
  • FAULT DISCRIMINATION AND RESPONSIVE PROCESSING BASED ON DATA AND CONTEXT
    Publication number: 20190150803
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed here provide ways to discriminate fault types encountered in analyte sensors and systems and further provide ways to process such discriminated faults responsively based on sensor data, clinical context information, and other data about the patient or patient's environment. The systems and methods thus employ clinical context in detecting and/or responding to errors or faults associated with an analyte sensor system, and discriminating the type of fault, and its root cause, particularly as fault dynamics can appear similar to the dynamics of physiological systems, emphasizing the importance of discriminating the fault and providing appropriate responsive processing. Thus, the disclosed systems and methods consider the context of the patient's health condition or state in determining how to respond to the fault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen J. Vanslyke, Naresh C. Bhavaraju, Sebastian Böhm, Leif N. Bowman, Michael J. Estes, Arturo Garcia, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Andrew Attila Pal, Thomas A. Peyser, Anna Leigh Davis, Daiting Rong, Disha B. Sheth, Peter C. Simpson, Dmytro Sokolovsky
  • COMBINATION PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20190151305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination therapeutic product comprising one or more respiratory electron transport chain inhibitors and a cytochrome bd inhibitor, as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the combination therapeutic product and to the use of the combination therapeutic product in the treatment of mycobacterial infections, such as tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Giancarlo A. BIAGINI, Stephen A. WARD, Gemma L. NIXON, Paul M. O'NEILL
  • CURABLE PREPREGS WITH SURFACE OPENINGS
    Publication number: 20190153634
    Abstract: Curable prepregs possessing enhanced ability for the removal of gases from within prepregs and between prepreg plies in a prepreg layup prior to and/or during consolidation and curing. Each curable prepreg is a resin-impregnated, woven fabric that has been subjected to a treatment to create an array of openings in at least one major surface. Furthermore, the location of the openings is specific to the weave pattern of the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Mark ROMAN, Stephen J. HOWARD, Jack D. BOYD
  • METHOD FOR RECOVERING HYDROCARBON FLUIDS FROM A SUBTERRANEAN RESERVOIR
    Publication number: 20190153295
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition and use thereof for the recovery of hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean reservoir. More particularly, this invention concerns ?-glycol containing sulfonated epoxy resin composition and method for preparing said composition. The ?-glycol containing sulfonated epoxy resin composition is made by forming a reaction product comprising an epoxide-containing compound, a primary amino sulfonate, and optionally one or more of a primary monoamine alkylene oxide oligomer, followed by converting any unreacted epoxide groups in the reaction product to ?-glycol groups by hydrolysis. Said ?-glycol containing sulfonated epoxy resin compositions demonstrate good solubility in aqueous solutions and are useful for modifying the permeability of subterranean formations and increasing the mobilization and/or recovery rate of hydrocarbon fluids present in the formations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen M Hoyles, Robert E. Hefner
  • KNOTLESS SUTURE ANCHOR
    Publication number: 20190150911
    Abstract: A suture anchor comprises a tubular body having an axial bore therethrough and having one or more purchase enhancements on an exterior surface of the body adapted to enhance purchase of the body within a bone hole, such as threads. A lateral port passes through the body from the bore to the exterior surface and is formed of a slot entering the body from its proximal end. A length of suture for attaching soft tissue to bone passes down along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements, over a distal end of the body, up into the bore through and then back out of the bore and up along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Erik Sebastian Sojka, Arthur G. Stephen, Andre Francisco-Guilherme, Mark W. Wolfson, Brian Henri Otrando, Daniel Paul Gamache, Justin M. Piccirillo, Kairi Lofton, William Reiser, Jeff Parrish
  • Systems and Methods for Proactively Identifying and Surfacing Relevant Content on an Electronic Device with a Touch-Sensitive Display
    Publication number: 20190158994
    Abstract: Systems and methods for proactively identifying and surfacing relevant content are disclosed herein. An example method includes: detecting, via the touch-sensitive display, a search activation gesture from a user of the electronic device. The method also includes: in response to detecting only the search activation gesture, displaying a search interface on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display, the search interface including: (i) a search entry portion; and (ii) a predictions portion with one or more user interface objects each associated with a respective locally-installed application. Each respective locally-installed application is selected from among a plurality of locally-installed applications for inclusion in the predictions portion based on an application usage history associated with the user of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel C. Gross, Patrick L. Coffman, Richard R. Dellinger, Christopher P. Foss, Jason J. Gauci, Aria D. Haghighi, Cyrus D. Irani, Bronwyn A. Jones, Gaurav Kapoor, Stephen O. Lemay, Colin C. Morris, Michael R. Siracusa, Lawrence Y. Yang, Brent D. Ramerth, Jerome R. Bellegarda, Jannes G.A. Dolfing, Giulia P. Pagallo, Xin Wang, Jun Hatori, Alexandre R. Moha, Kevin D. Clark, Karl Christian Kohlschuetter, Jesper S. Andersen, Hafid Arras, Alexandre Carlhian, Thomas Deniau, Mathieu J. Martel, Sofiane Toudji
  • FIREARM HANDGUARD ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190154395
    Abstract: A handguard assembly for a firearm includes a handguard with an internal clamping area. A single-piece index block includes a securing portion for connecting to the handguard and an indexing extension for engaging an indexing feature on the upper receiver of the firearm. The handguard includes internal ribs that provide discrete clamping surfaces for engaging a barrel nut of the firearm. Connecting the index block to the handguard generates a continuous clamping action in the handguard which acts through the ribs to apply a radially-directed circumferentially-applied clamping force on a barrel nut through the discrete clamping surfaces. The indexing feature of the index block engages an indexing feature of the upper receiver to ensure proper alignment of the handguard and the upper receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Eric Stephen Kincel, Jeffrey James O'Brien
  • CONTOURED WALL HEAT EXCHANGER
    Publication number: 20190154345
    Abstract: A heat exchanger and heat exchanger core are provided. The heat exchanger core includes a plurality of columnar passages extending between an inlet plenum of the heat exchanger core and an outlet plenum of the heat exchanger core, the columnar passages formed monolithically in a single fabrication process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Ramon Martinez, Nicolas Kristopher Sabo, Curt Edward Hogan, Michael Stephen Popp, Jeffrey Douglas Rambo, Jared Matthew Wolfe
  • MOBILE DEVICE CASE FOR RECEIVING WIRELESS SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20190158136
    Abstract: A wireless case for use with a mobile electronic device can include a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a right side wall, a left side wall. The case can include a wireless receiver configured to receive wireless signals. The case can further include a device interface that can be electrically coupled to the wireless receiver. The device interface can move between an engaged position and a disengaged position. In the engaged position, the device interface can be configured to engage a corresponding interface on the mobile electronic device to deliver the electrical signals from the wireless receiver to the mobile electronic device. In the disengaged position the device interface can be configured to disengage from the corresponding interface on the mobile electronic device to facilitate insertion of the mobile electronic device into the case or removal of the mobile electronic device from the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Mark Stephen DiLella
  • Water heater controller or system
    Patent number: 10295199
    Abstract: A method of measuring the amount of energy consumed from a water heater having a tank with two or more temperature sensors located a predetermined heights on or in the tank, the method including the step of; for each sensor, determining a corresponding volume of a segment of the tank, measuring the change of temperature at each temperature sensor, calculating the energy for the corresponding volume for each sensor, and summing the energy changes for all the sensors to determine the amount of energy consumed. The energy usage can be recorded with chronological information to construct a usage pattern which can be used for controlling the heater and for providing the user with details of energy usage. The system does not require the use of data derived from a flow meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: RHEEM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Brendan Vincent Bourke, Bruce Graham Kemmis, Stephen Gerrard Wooden, Yue-Xin Peng, Charles Harry Finch
  • User interface for tool configuration and data capture
    Patent number: 10295990
    Abstract: A programmable power tool and method and systems of programming a power tool using wireless communication. An external device having a processor and a transceiver establishes a communication link with the power tool. The external device receives, with the transceiver, a first mode profile stored on the power tool. The first mode profile is defined by a profile type and a first value associated with a parameter for executing the profile type. The external device displays a control screen including the profile type and the parameter at the first value, and receives a user input. The external device generates, in response to the user input, a second mode profile by modifying the parameter to be at a second value. The external device transmits, with the transceiver, the second mode profile to the power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: John S. Dey, IV, Alex Huber, Matthew J. Mergener, Burtrom L. Stampfl, Stephen Matson, Timothy R. Obermann
  • Electronic prior authorization systems and methodologies
    Patent number: 10296715
    Abstract: A method includes accessing from a predictive data mart at a cloud platform which contains historical data on prior authorization transactions, historical transaction data corresponding to information indicated to be necessary for authorization decisions by a payer for use of a proposed medication for treatment of a condition. The method further includes determining, based on the accessed historical transaction data, a most probable question set necessary for an authorization decision by the payer for use of the proposed medication for treatment of the condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Allscripts Software, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen E. Smith, Stanislav Makarskyy
  • Method and arrangement for pilot pattern based control signaling in MIMO systems
    Patent number: 10298373
    Abstract: A radio base station, user equipment (UE), and method of control signaling in wireless communication systems. Control information is transferred from a base station to at least one UE, via a plurality of common pilot channels. A set of unique pilot sequences is predefined, and the base station assigns specific pilot sequences from the set of pilot sequences to specific common pilot channels, forming a pilot sequence assignment pattern representing specific control information. The UE, having knowledge of the relations between pilot sequence assignment patterns and control information, interprets the received pilot sequence assignment pattern as specific control information. The method is particularly well suited for broadcast type control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Yi-Pin Eric Wang, Jung-Fu Cheng, Stephen Grant, Karl J. Molnar, Leonid Krasny
  • Low-power vehicle detection
    Patent number: 10297150
    Abstract: A parking meter detects an object in proximity, based on a change in a proximity measurement at the meter, activates a directional sensor in response to detecting the object, receives sensor data at a meter processor from the directional sensor, wherein the received sensor data indicates a predetermined direction to the detected object relative to the meter. The parking meter determines a presence of the object, or lack thereof, in the predetermined direction based on the sensor data, and upon a positive determination of the presence of the object, stores an indication of the presence of the object along with a time of the positive determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: IPS GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Schwarz, Stephen John Hunter
  • Electrical terminal having a cage clamp for wire termination
    Patent number: 10297936
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an electrical terminal that provides wire termination at an edge of a printed circuit board. The electrical terminal includes a terminal body having a first corner, a cage clamp in the terminal body and defining a wire insert axis and a screw insert axis, and a base supporting the terminal body on the printed circuit board. The base is angled so that the first corner is aligned along a front plane defined along the edge of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International LLC
    Inventor: Stephen George Seberger
  • Lineage-based veracity for data repositories
    Patent number: 10296501
    Abstract: Techniques for determining and representing the veracity of data stored in a data repository and results of queries directed to the stored data by utilizing information lineage that is indicative of the veracity of the stored data. For example, in one example, one or more data repositories are maintained. The one or more data repositories comprise metadata representative of the veracity of one or more data sets stored in the one or more data repositories. In response to a query to at least one data set of the one or more data sets stored in the one or more data repositories, a result of the query for the at least one data set is returned in combination with corresponding metadata representing the veracity of the at least one data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Todd, Nikhil Sharma, Said Tabet
  • Systems and methods for enhanced facultative biosolids stabilization
    Patent number: 10294134
    Abstract: A control system and method for digestion of waste activated sludge (“WAS”) includes treating the WAS first at anaerobic conditions for? a fixed period of time and then at aerobic conditions for?a fixed period of time prior to either dewatering or optional anoxic conditions followed by dewatering, supplying air to initiate aerobic conditions when a predetermined set point for maximum ammonium nitrogen has been reached within the fixed anaerobic time, and initiating dewatering or optional anoxic conditions followed by dewatering when a predetermined set point for minimum ammonium nitrogen and optional standards for vector and pathogen reduction are met within the fixed aerobic time, the method and system including monitoring either consumption of soluble alkalinity or orthophosphate reduction or both for maximum orthophosphate reduction within aerobic time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Inventors: Albert Bock, Stephen R. Wilson