Patents by Inventor Stephen Hughes
Stephen Hughes 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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Publication number: 20240122615Abstract: A method for removing one or more objects or materials from a body lumen includes delivering a tube and an expandable device to the body lumen to a position proximal to the one or more objects or materials. The expandable device is positioned with a lumen of the tube, and the expandable device includes a lumen extending from a distal portion to a proximal portion. The method further includes proximally retracting the tube such that the expandable device remains in the position proximal to the one or more objects or materials, distally advancing the expandable device such that the distal portion of the expandable device at least partially surrounds the one or more objects or materials, at least partially closing a distal end of the expandable device, and moving the expandable device proximally to remove the expandable device and the one or more objects or materials from the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Enda CONNAUGHTON, Anthony O'BRIEN, Aiden FLANAGAN, Charlene DEANE, Michael HUGHES, Richard CRAWFORD, Martin Lawrence FAWDRY, Stephen McCOOEY
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Publication number: 20240126399Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for generating, maintaining, and using an inventory for insurance purposes. An optimized inventory analysis server may use a demographic classification for a given user along with data related to items owned by other users to determine one or more items for recommendation to the given user. Details associated with existing insurance coverage levels may also be used to recommend new insurance products to the user. In addition, the optimized inventory analysis server may determine a depreciated value of each item within an inventory. These values may be used to assess loss and settle an insurance claim for damage to one or more of the items in the inventory. Finally, the optimized inventory analysis server may recommend incentives on products/services sold by third party entities and may further recommend incentives on insurance products for insuring items purchased by a given user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: William Loo, Stephen Hughes, James Gillespie, Jennifer A. Brandmaier, Daniel Koza
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Patent number: 11798088Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for generating, maintaining, and using an inventory for insurance purposes. An optimized inventory analysis server may use a demographic classification for a given user along with data related to items owned by other users to determine one or more items for recommendation to the given user. Details associated with existing insurance coverage levels may also be used to recommend new insurance products to the user. In addition, the optimized inventory analysis server may determine a depreciated value of each item within an inventory. These values may be used to assess loss and settle an insurance claim for damage to one or more of the items in the inventory. Finally, the optimized inventory analysis server may recommend incentives on products/services sold by third party entities and may further recommend incentives on insurance products for insuring items purchased by a given user.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: William Loo, Stephen Hughes, James Gillespie, Jennifer A. Brandmaier, Daniel Koza
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Patent number: 11735051Abstract: A method for alerting a driver when a cyclist is detected near an ego vehicle is described. The method includes detecting a presence of an object proximate the ego vehicle. The method also includes identifying the object as the cyclist according to geometric characteristics and/or speed data of the detected object. The method further includes displaying a graphical indication of the cyclist on a passenger side/driver side mirror of the ego vehicle while the cyclist is in a blind spot of the ego vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Stephen Hughes, Erik C. Sobel, Todd J. Rowell
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Publication number: 20230260049Abstract: A communication module may receive communications from a vehicle. A collision detection module may determine that a collision has occurred at a vehicle based on one or more of the communications received from a vehicle. A participant identification module may identify one or more participants involved in the collision based on one or more communications received from the vehicle. A fault determination module may identify one of the participants as the at-fault participant based on a comparison of a fault determination ruleset to vehicle telematics data included in one or more of the communications received from the vehicle. A claims processing module may determine whether to file an insurance claim associated with one of the participants based on the estimated repair cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: Jennifer A. Brandmaier, James Gillespie, Stephen Hughes, Daniel Koza, William Loo, Francis Lowry
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Patent number: 11669911Abstract: A communication module may receive communications from a vehicle. A collision detection module may determine that a collision has occurred at a vehicle based on one or more of the communications received from a vehicle. A participant identification module may identify one or more participants involved in the collision based on one or more communications received from the vehicle. A fault determination module may identify one of the participants as the at-fault participant based on a comparison of a fault determination ruleset to vehicle telematics data included in one or more of the communications received from the vehicle. A claims processing module may determine whether to file an insurance claim associated with one of the participants based on the estimated repair cost.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: Jennifer A. Brandmaier, James Gillespie, Stephen Hughes, Daniel Koza, William Loo, Francis Lowry
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Publication number: 20220414783Abstract: A method may provide for analyzing, by a computing device, a home inventory comprising an identification of each item of a plurality of items covered under an existing insurance policy associated with a user. The home inventory was generated by receiving one or more images of each item of the plurality of items, and analyzing, using one or more image processing techniques, the one or more images to obtain the identification of each item of the plurality of items. The method may provide for determining, based on demographic information associated with the user, a demographic classification for the user, determining, based on the demographic classification and the analysis of the home inventory, one or more candidate items to recommend to the user, and transmitting, to a user device associated with the user, a recommendation related to the one or more candidate items.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: William Loo, Stephen Hughes, James Gillespie, Jennifer Brandmaier, Daniel Koza
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Patent number: 11502310Abstract: A method of fabricating a flexible battery comprises forming a first substrate on a first release liner, forming at least one current collector layer on each of the first and second substrate, forming an anode side of the battery by forming an anode on the current collector of the first substrate, forming a cathode side of the battery by forming a cathode on the current collector of the second substrate, depositing electrolyte on one or both of the anode and cathode, adhering and sealing the anode side and cathode side together such that the anode and cathode face one another with the electrolyte In between, and removing the flexible battery from the release liners. The battery may be a primary battery or a secondary battery. The method may be implemented using a roll-to-roll process.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: DST Innovations LimitedInventors: Anthony Miles, Niladri Vyas, Benjamin Masheder, Stephen Hughes
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Patent number: 11461849Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for generating, maintaining, and using an inventory for insurance purposes. An optimized inventory analysis server may generate and maintain user profile information for determining a demographic classification of each user associated with an inventory. A demographic classification for a given user may be used along with data related to items owned by other users to determine one or more items for recommendation to the given user. Details associated with existing insurance coverage levels may also be used to recommend new insurance products to the user. In addition, the optimized inventory analysis server may determine a depreciated value of each item within an inventory. These values may be used to assess loss and settle an insurance claim for damage to one or more of the items in the inventory.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: William Loo, Stephen Hughes, James Gillespie, Jennifer A. Brandmaier, Daniel Koza
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Patent number: 11412013Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a soft phone solution for voice and video calling. This allows for migration away from physical hard phones. The soft phone solution may be designed to be simple to use, and further infrastructure and vendor agnostic. An embodiment of the present invention may run cross-platform between corporate and Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) for a consistent user experience. An embodiment of the present invention may then ultimately replace other existing clients to provide an any-device, any-time and anywhere solution.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.Inventors: Stephen A. Hughes, Suresh Thankappan
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Publication number: 20220136036Abstract: The invention relates to methods of treating diseases comprising administering to a subject a composition comprising the recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV). The rAAV is produced by a method comprising: obtaining a template DNA sequence containing a [ITR-cargo-ITR] DNA sequence motif; designing a PCR primer pair such that the 3? terminus of both the forward and reverse PCR primers overlap only about the last 2-8 bases of the A/A? ITR sequences and the 5? terminus of both the forward and reverse PCR primers extend into about 20-35 bases of the flanking sequences; performing PCR with cycling parameters comprising a combined annealing/extension step at a temperature greater than 70° C., thereby producing a plurality of amplicon polynucleotides containing the desired [ITR-cargo-ITR] DNA sequence motif; transfecting the amplicon polynucleotides containing the desired [ITR-cargo-ITR] DNA sequence motif into a packaging cell line; and purifying the lysed cells to collect a quantity of rAAV.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: APDN (B.V.I) Inc.Inventors: Michael E. HOGAN, Stephen HUGHES, Yuhua SUN
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Patent number: 11288028Abstract: Tiled display device (19) comprising an array of display units (18) which are mechanically and electrically coupled to each other by removable data and power connectors (50). The application also discloses a self-powered or partially self-powered display device (1) comprising a display layer (2) and a photovoltaic layer (3) behind the display layer. The display device may also include a light collecting lens system (7) for distributing light to the photovoltaic layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: DST Innovations LimitedInventors: Anthony Miles, Stephen Hughes
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Patent number: 11245996Abstract: An apparatus for use in treating a neurological disorder of the auditory system, including a sound processing unit, an audio stimulation unit and a somatosensory stimulation unit. The audio stimulation unit includes an input for receiving the modified audio signal from the sound processing unit. The sound processing unit includes a processor operable to analyze an audio signal and generate a modified audio signal and a plurality of actuation signals therefrom representative of the audio signal. The somatosensory stimulation unit includes an array of stimulators to apply a somatosensory stimulation to a subject, and an input for receiving the plurality of actuation signals from the sound processing unit and directing individual actuation signals in a predetermined output for delivering an audio stimulation to the subject.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Neuromod Devices LimitedInventors: Stephen Hughes, Ross O'Neill, Brendan Conlon, Caroline Hamilton, Shona D'Arcy
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Publication number: 20210353676Abstract: The present inventions provides systems and methods to manufacture genetically modified lymphocyte cells via the use of linear DNA expression amplicons, and uses of such genetically modified lymphocyte cells to treat disease. The present invention also provides for the composition of genetically modified lymphocyte cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Stephen Hughes, James A. Hayward, Michael E. Hogan
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Patent number: 11158002Abstract: A communication module may receive communications from a vehicle. A collision detection module may determine that a collision has occurred at a vehicle based on one or more of the communications received from a vehicle. A participant identification module may identify one or more participants involved in the collision based on one or more communications received from the vehicle. A fault determination module may identify one of the participants as the at-fault participant based on a comparison of a fault determination ruleset to vehicle telematics data included in one or more of the communications received from the vehicle. A claims processing module may determine whether to file an insurance claim associated with one of the participants based on the estimated repair cost.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Jennifer A. Brandmaier, James Gillespie, Stephen Hughes, Daniel Koza, William Loo, Francis Lowry
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Publication number: 20210304611Abstract: A method for alerting a driver when a cyclist is detected near an ego vehicle is described. The method includes detecting a presence of an object proximate the ego vehicle. The method also includes identifying the object as the cyclist according to geometric characteristics and/or speed data of the detected object. The method further includes displaying a graphical indication of the cyclist on a passenger side/driver side mirror of the ego vehicle while the cyclist is in a blind spot of the ego vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Stephen HUGHES, Erik C. SOBEL, Todd J. ROWELL
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Publication number: 20210254078Abstract: Provided herein are non-plasmid derived DNA vaccines comprised solely of enzymatically produced amplicon expression vectors and their method of use to elicit antigen-specific immune responses in a subject. The enzymatically produced amplicon expression vectors may be specifically utilized as a DNA based cancer vaccine to express desired antigens or other immunogenic polypeptides within a subject to induce a specific anti-cancer antigen-specific immune response. The enzymatically produced amplicon expression vectors may also be utilized to express cancer-specific neoantigens.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Michael E. Hogan, Stephen Hughes, Antonella Conforti, Luigi Aurisicchio, Fabio Palombo
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Patent number: 11080792Abstract: A total cost of ownership (TCO) of a vehicle may be calculated based on received information identifying a vehicle, and retrieved vehicle data corresponding to the vehicle, such as vehicle insurance records, maintenance records, and vehicle operation sensor data. Additional information may be received identifying one or more entities associated with the vehicle, for example, a potential buyer and a potential seller of the vehicle Data may be retrieved corresponding to the entities associated with the vehicle, and a TCO calculation for a vehicle may be based on the vehicle data and additional information retrieved corresponding to the entities associated with the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: William Loo, Stephen Hughes, James Gillespie, Jennifer A. Brandmaier, Daniel Koza
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Publication number: 20210214760Abstract: The present invention relates generally to molecular biology, and more specifically, to a system and method for the manufacture of quantities of error mitigated polynucleotides via the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Stephen HUGHES, James A. Hayward, Brian Viscount
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Patent number: 11062397Abstract: Systems and methods provide for an automated system for analyzing damage to insured property. An enhanced claims processing server may analyze damage associated with the insured item using photos/video transmitted to the server from a mobile device for analysis at the server in real time. Depending on network conditions, the mobile device may transfer images to the server in high definition or low definition. The server may send notifications to the mobile device to remind a user of the mobile device to capture and transfer images to the server. The server may analyze images to provide feedback to the insured user (e.g., insurance estimates).Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: Jay A. Patel, Jennifer A. Brandmaier, Mark E. Faga, James Gillespie, Roger Horn, Stephen Hughes, Alinawaz Ismaili, Daniel Koza, William Loo, Francis Lowry