Patents by Inventor Stephen Bryant
Stephen Bryant 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).
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Patent number: 11896644Abstract: As disclosed herein, ?-arrestin1 and ?-arrestin2 levels are highly elevated in brains of FTLD-tau patients suggesting that both ?-arrestin1 and ?-arrestin2 are elevated in the brains of patients with AD and FLTD. The current work also shows that when ?-arrestin2 is overexpressed, tau levels become elevated. The data indicate that ?-arrestin2 reduces tau clearance by impairing p62-mediated autophagy, a role carried out by the oligomerized form of ?-arrestin2. Therefore, disclosed herein are ?-arrestin oligomerization inhibitors that can be used to prevent ?-arrestin oligomerization and therefore the accumulation of tau in cells, i.e. tauopathy. Also disclosed are methods of treating a tauopathy in a subject that involve administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a ?-arrestin oligomerization inhibitor disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDAInventors: Jung A. Woo, Stephen Bryant Liggett, David E. Kang, Yu Chen, Eric Lewandowski
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Patent number: 11756520Abstract: In one aspect, an ultrasound transducer system comprises a two-dimensional array of transducer elements, the transducer elements having a first side comprising individual first electrodes in electrical communication with control circuitry of the ultrasound transducer system. A matching layer is coupled to a second side of the transducer elements via an electrically conductive face, wherein the electrically conductive face serves as a common electrical contact for the transducer elements. The matching layer also comprises kerfs extending to a depth less than the electrically conductive face.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: TRANSDUCER WORKS LLCInventors: Matthew Todd Spigelmyer, Erik Stephen Bryant
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Publication number: 20230116783Abstract: As disclosed herein, ?-arrestin1 and ?-arrestin2 levels are highly elevated in brains of FTLD-tau patients suggesting that both ?-arrestin1 and ?-arrestin2 are elevated in the brains of patients with AD and FLTD. The current work also shows that when ?-arrestin2 is overexpressed, tau levels become elevated. The data indicate that ?-arrestin2 reduces tau clearance by impairing p62-mediated autophagy, a role carried out by the oligomerized form of ?-arrestin2. Therefore, disclosed herein are ?-arrestin oligomerization inhibitors that can be used to prevent ?-arrestin oligomerization and therefore the accumulation of tau in cells, i.e. tauopathy. Also disclosed are methods of treating a tauopathy in a subject that involve administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a ?-arrestin oligomerization inhibitor disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Jung A. WOO, Stephen Bryant LIGGETT, David E. KANG, Yu CHEN, Eric LEWANDOWSKI
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Publication number: 20230099379Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions, and methods for selecting targeting ?2AR receptors. The compounds, compositions, and methods may be used in the treatment of obstructive lung diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Stephen Bryant Liggett, Donghwa Kim, Marcello Giulianotti
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Patent number: 11491581Abstract: A tailor-welded blank is made of two steels, one steel of Alloy A and one steel of Alloy B. Alloy A comprises 0.10-0.50 wt % C, 0.1-0.5 wt % Si, 2.0-8.0 wt % Mn, 0.0-6.0 wt % Cr, 0.0-2.0 wt % Mo, 0.0-0.15 wt % Ti, and 0.0-0.005 wt % B and wherein Alloy B comprises 0.06-0.12 wt % C, 0.1-0.25 wt % Si, 1.65-2.42 wt % Mn, 0.0-0.70 wt % Cr, 0.08-0.40 wt % Mo, 0.0-0.05 wt % V, and 0.01-0.05 wt % Ti.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Properties Inc.Inventors: Erik James Pavlina, Stephen Bryant Tate
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Patent number: 11074618Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus accesses a memory to obtain information regarding sharing history (as pertains, for example, to a particular user and/or device) and uses that sharing history to display at least one recommended sharing action (from amongst a plurality of available candidate sharing actions) as regards to a particular content item (such as, for example, a particular digital photograph, a video, a presentation, and so forth). This sharing history can comprise previously-selected sharing actions as correlated to content item types including shared-content recipients, corresponding temporal data, shared-content size, corresponding location data, and so forth. By one approach the apparatus itself serves to automatically track user-based content-sharing selections over time, which information is stored as the aforementioned sharing history.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Cody Stephen Bryant, Geordon Thomas Ferguson, Christofer Bengt Thure Leyon, Arun Kumar, Orlin Vesselinov Stoev
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Patent number: 10843651Abstract: A monument mounted airbag system for arresting passenger movement during a sudden acceleration/deceleration event of a moving vehicle includes an airbag assembly including at least one airbag on a first portion of a monument structure, the airbag assembly having a housing at least partially defined by a space between an external member and the monument structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: SCHROTH SAFETY PRODUCTS LLCInventors: Mark Edward Deevey, Bryant Earl Williams, Stephen Bryant Adkins, Ahad M. Zadeh, Brian Hansen
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Publication number: 20200316726Abstract: An apparatus for use in a continuous welding system including a welding head configured to remain stationary relative to translating steel sheets or plates. The apparatus includes a hollow elongate body and a port. The body extends between two closed ends. The port is coupled to a non-oxidizing gas source and in communication with the body. The body defines a plurality of openings. The openings are configured to direct non-oxidizing gas towards the steel sheets or plates to simultaneously shield a weld formed by the welding head from atmosphere and cool the weld.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: James Frederick Evans, Steven Wayne Streibick, Stephen Bryant Tate
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Publication number: 20200236610Abstract: A method and a subscriber identity component for providing a wireless device with access to a network node are disclosed. The subscriber identity component is provisioned with information defining a set of pools relating to pool subscriber identities. The subscriber identity component determines a pool subscriber identity based on a pool among the set of pools. The subscriber identity component checks a connection state relating to whether or not the wireless device is granted access to the network node by use of the pool subscriber identity. Furthermore, when the connection state indicates that the wireless device is granted access to the network node, the subscriber identity component provides the wireless device with access to the network node based on the pool subscriber identity. Furthermore, a corresponding computer program and a computer program carrier are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Daniel MARTIN, Pontus WINBLAD, Jan BOVENBERG, Jonas HALLMAN, Stephen BRYANT
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Patent number: 10366369Abstract: An electronic user device 2 is disclosed in which a user interface 20 for an email application is displayed. The user interface 20 includes an email thread 22 and a selectable calendar look-up banner 32. Upon selection of the calendar look-up banner 32 the user device 2 is configured to retrieve electronic calendars respectively associated with the email users identified in the email thread 22. A score is then calculated for a plurality of time slots in the retrieved electronic calendars, and the time slots are displayed according to their score. A user can then make a selection of one of the time slots. A calendar event is then populated with information derived from the email thread 22 and is sent to each of the email addresses in the thread, to be added to their electronic calendars.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Cody Stephen Bryant, Grant Ross Elliott, Andrew Joseph Klamut, Kieran Patrick Cunney, Jared Daniel Lepic, Bartholomew Alexander Boeckner
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Publication number: 20190126400Abstract: A tailor-welded blank is made of two steels, one steel of Alloy A and one steel of Alloy B. Alloy A comprises 0.10-0.50 wt % C, 0.1-0.5 wt % Si, 2.0-8.0 wt % Mn, 0.0-6.0 wt % Cr, 0.0-2.0 wt % Mo, 0.0-0.15 wt % Ti, and 0.0-0.005 wt % B and wherein Alloy B comprises 0.06-0.12 wt % C, 0.1-0.25 wt % Si, 1.65-2.42 wt % Mn, 0.0-0.70 wt % Cr, 0.08-0.40 wt % Mo, 0.0-0.05 wt % V, and 0.01-0.05 wt % Ti.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Erik James Pavlina, Stephen Bryant Tate
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Publication number: 20190126401Abstract: A tailor-welded blank is created by forming a blank from a steel of composition A and a steel of composition B and welding said two steels together, heating said welded blank to a temperature above the Ac1 temperature associated with the steel of composition A, transferring said blank to a forming die, and then cooling said blank to a temperature between the martensite start temperature and martensite finish temperature of the steel of composition B and holding said blank at such temperature or at a higher temperature, cooling said blank to room temperature. The tailor-welded blank comprises Alloy A and Alloy B, wherein Alloy A comprises 0.10-0.50 wt % C, 0.1-0.5 wt % Si, 2.0-8.0 wt % Mn, 0-6.0 wt % Cr, 0.0-2 wt % Mo, and 0.0-0.005 wt % B and wherein Alloy B comprises 0.06-0.12 wt % C, 0.1-0.25 wt % Si, 1.65-2.42 wt % Mn, 0.0-0.70 wt % Cr, 0.08-0.40 wt % Mo, 0.0-0.05 wt % V, 0.01-0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Erik James Pavlina, Stephen Bryant Tate, Grant Aaron Thomas
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Publication number: 20190118753Abstract: A monument mounted airbag system for arresting passenger movement during a sudden acceleration/deceleration event of a moving vehicle includes an airbag assembly including at least one airbag on a first portion of a monument structure, the airbag assembly having a housing at least partially defined by a space between an external member and the monument structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Mark Edward Deevey, Bryant Earl Williams, Stephen Bryant Adkins, Ahad M. Zadeh, Brian Hansen
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Patent number: 10122786Abstract: A method of managing data transfer from a server to a portable electronic device via a network includes, by the portable electronic device, initiating data transfer to the portable electronic device, identifying a network connection type by the portable electronic device to the network; setting, by the portable electronic device, a filter size for data record transmission to the portable electronic device, the filter size set based on the network connection type, and requesting, by the portable electronic device, a quantity of data records from the server. The quantity of data records is a number of data records that is dependent on the filter size set based on the network connection type.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Andrew John Ewanchuk, Ronesh Puri, David Andrew Brown, Cody Stephen Bryant
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Patent number: 10049342Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus is configured to facilitate sharing a particular content item (such as, for example, a particular digital photograph, a video, a presentation, and so forth) with the participants of a scheduled calendar event (such as a face-to-face meeting, a distance meeting, an appointment, and so forth). By one approach the user is presented with an opportunity to assert a non-specific share command that triggers the aforementioned display of one or more recommended sharing actions.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Cody Stephen Bryant, Orlin Vesselinov Stoev
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Publication number: 20180143310Abstract: In one aspect, an ultrasound transducer system comprises a two-dimensional array of transducer elements, the transducer elements having a first side comprising individual first electrodes in electrical communication with control circuitry of the ultrasound transducer system. A matching layer is coupled to a second side of the transducer elements via an electrically conductive face, wherein the electrically conductive face serves as a common electrical contact for the transducer elements. The matching layer also comprises kerfs extending to a depth less than the electrically conductive face.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Matthew Todd Spigelmyer, Erik Stephen Bryant
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Publication number: 20180032968Abstract: An electronic user device 2 is disclosed in which a user interface 20 for an email application is displayed. The user interface 20 includes an email thread 22 and a selectable calendar look-up banner 32. Upon selection of the calendar look-up banner 32 the user device 2 is configured to retrieve electronic calendars respectively associated with the email users identified in the email thread 22. A score is then calculated for a plurality of time slots in the retrieved electronic calendars, and the time slots are displayed according to their score. A user can then make a selection of one of the time slots. A calendar event is then populated with information derived from the email thread 22 and is sent to each of the email addresses in the thread, to be added to their electronic calendars.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Cody Stephen BRYANT, Grant Ross ELLIOTT, Andrew Joseph KLAMUT, Kieran Patrick CUNNEY, Jared Daniel LEPIC, Bartholomew Alexander BOECKNER
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Patent number: 9821913Abstract: A monument mounted airbag system includes an airbag assembly including at least an airbag mounted directly forward of a passenger, and configured to deploy away from the passenger along an intercepting course with a predetermined path of travel of the passenger. Additionally, the airbag may be configured to substantially conform to a monument disposed in proximity thereto, and may include side support, lower support, and active vents.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Schroth Safety Products LLCInventors: Mark Edward Deevey, Bryant Earl Williams, Stephen Bryant Adkins, Ahad M. Zadeh, Brian Hansen
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Publication number: 20170126778Abstract: A method of managing data transfer from a server to a portable electronic device via a network includes, by the portable electronic device, initiating data transfer to the portable electronic device, identifying a network connection type by the portable electronic device to the network; setting, by the portable electronic device, a filter size for data record transmission to the portable electronic device, the filter size set based on the network connection type, and requesting, by the portable electronic device, a quantity of data records from the server. The quantity of data records is a number of data records that is dependent on the filter size set based on the network connection type.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Andrew John EWANCHUK, Ronesh PURI, David Andrew BROWN, Cody Stephen BRYANT
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Publication number: 20170008632Abstract: An aircraft passenger restraint and protection system including an aircraft seat mounted at an oblique angle to a direction of forward travel, a multi-point seat belt associated with the aircraft seat, and a structural mounted airbag located forward of the aircraft seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: THOMAS CARLTON EBERLE, MACK THOMAS MOORE, ALEN WYSS, JOE GUTOSKY, RANDY PENLEY, STEPHEN BRYANT ADKINS, MARK EDWARD DEEVEY, MARC SCHATELL, KRIS CLARK, MATTHEW KARL