Patents by Inventor Stephen Johns

Stephen Johns 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).

  • Patent number: 11893966
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving operating characteristics of displays such as liquid crystal on silicon displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen John Hart, Rock Edward Kent, Howard V. Goetz, James L. Sanford, Nicholas W. Melena
  • Patent number: 11888740
    Abstract: Techniques for integrating disparate headend traffic ingress services with disparate backend services are disclosed herein. The techniques may include receiving, at a classification and forwarding node of a networked computing environment, a data packet encapsulated according to a first encapsulation protocol that is supported by the classification and forwarding node. The techniques may also include determining, by the classification and forwarding node, that the data packet is to be sent to a service from among a group of services associated with the networked computing environment. The classification and forwarding node may also determine whether the first encapsulation protocol is supported by the service. Based at least in part on determining that the service supports a second encapsulation protocol different than the first encapsulation protocol, the classification and forwarding node may encapsulate the data packet according to the second encapsulation protocol and send the data packet to the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonardo Rangel Augusto, Stephen John Hassard, Kyle Andrew Donald Mestery, Bernardo De Moraes Soares
  • Publication number: 20240023745
    Abstract: A slow cooking appliance device. The device including: a body having a base, the body receives within it a removable cooking vessel; a movable heating element supported by the base; and a lift mechanism within the base for raising and lowering the movable heating element, such that the heating element is movable between an upper position and a lowered position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: BREVILLE PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen John McClean, Pierce James Barnard, Duncan Bruce Hellmers
  • Patent number: 11879323
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for isolation detection. In one implementation, a radial acoustic log is obtained. The radial acoustic log is captured using a radial sensor of an acoustic logging tool deployed within a first structure. The first structure disposed within a second structure in a subterranean environment. A radial symmetry is determined using the radial acoustic log. An eccentricity of the first structure relative to the second structure is determined based on the radial symmetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, PIPELINES 2 DATA (P2D) LIMITED
    Inventors: Geoff Steel, Mark Walsh, Stephen John Mayo
  • Patent number: 11878213
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods can be used including receiving motion data including comparing time-stamped speed data with predetermined cycling speed ranges, categorizing the speed data into portions of a minute that indicate each of the predetermined cycling speed ranges, determining portions of a minute indicate a cycling activity has begun, determining portions of a later minute indicate a cycling activity has paused or ended, confirming a minimum time inactive indicating that a cycling activity has ended, and determining that a minimum time active has elapsed between the indication a cycling activity has begun and indication a cycling activity has ended such that a cycling activity is categorized as a cycling workout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Alan Lee, Stephen John Black, Jason Iijima
  • Patent number: 11879215
    Abstract: Fibrous structures, and more particularly sanitary tissue products containing fibrous structures having a surface exhibiting a three-dimensional (3D) pattern such that the fibrous structure and/or sanitary tissue product exhibits novel properties compared to known fibrous structures and/or sanitary tissue products, and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Fei Wang, Douglas Jay Barkey, James Allen Cain, Stephen John Delvecchio, Angela Marie Leimbach, Kun Piao, James Kenneth Comer, Ryan Dominic Maladen
  • Publication number: 20240010395
    Abstract: A can comprises a can body (10) and a lid (4). The can body is manufactured using only a single homogeneous piece of material and has an edge that defines a top opening into the can. The can body also has an inwardly directed bead (23), which extends around the body, is adjacent to the can body edge, and defines an inwardly facing sealing surface (24) of substantially constant transverse cross-sectional dimension along an axial extent. The lid defines an outwardly directed sealing surface which abuts the inwardly facing sealing surface presented by the inwardly directed bead in order to seal the lid to the can body. An alternative can body has an inwardly directed pinched or collapsed bead which defines an upwardly facing sealing surface (34) for engagement with a downwardly facing sealing surface of a can lid. The alternative can body additionally has an inwardly directed bead (35) between the can body edge and the pinched or collapsed bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Florian Christian Gregory Combe, Stephen John Osborn, Lucy Michelle Winstanley
  • Patent number: 11868949
    Abstract: A method at an asset tracking device, the method including activating a receiver at the asset tracking device; obtaining an intelligent transportation system message using the receiver; determining a position from the intelligent transportation system message; and reporting the determined position to a remote server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Ian Christopher Drummond Doig, Stephen John Barrett
  • Patent number: 11869088
    Abstract: Systems and methods for converting live weather data to a weather index for offsetting weather risk. Weather data source systems generate one or more weather data streams that include weather forecast model and observations data. A data distribution system receives a weather index request, identifies at least one instrument and at least one location associated with the request. Weather risk indication data is extracted among the weather data streams associated with the identified location based on predefined parameters associated with the identified instrument. The extracted data is converted into a set of weather index values corresponding to the location, based on a predetermined algorithm associated with the identified instrument. A weather index presentation package is generated that includes the set of weather index values for distribution to at least one user device. The weather index presentation package being distributed is updated concurrent with changes to weather risk indication data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen John Mitchell, Charles Gabriel Harris
  • Publication number: 20240000856
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions comprising a honey, a cannabinoid, and an emulsifier, and compositions comprising methylglyoxal, a cannabinoid and an emulsifier. The emulsifier is preferably cyclodextrin. The composition is stabilised such that the rate of degradation of the active components in honey, including methylglyoxal and dihydroxyacetone, is reduced. The composition is also physically stabilised such that the rate of separation of the cannabinoid is reduced and the homogeneity of the composition is maintained over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Mark James Dye, William Douglas, Owen John Catchpole, Teresa Moreno Rueda, Stephen John Tallon
  • Patent number: 11858996
    Abstract: Antibodies that bind ICOS (Inducible T cell Co-Stimulator). Therapeutic use of anti-ICOS antibodies for modulating the ratio between regulatory T cells and effector T cells, to stimulate the immune system of patients, including use in treating cancers. Methods of producing anti-ICOS antibodies, including species cross-reactive antibodies, using transgenic knock-out mice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KYMAB LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard Charles Alfred Sainson, Stephen John Arkinstall, Jamie Iain Campbell, Mohammed Hanif Ali, E-Chiang Lee, Matthew John McCourt, Volker Germaschewski, Ian Kirby, Miha Kosmac, Nahida Parveen, Robert Rowlands, Gwenoline Borhis
  • Patent number: 11859700
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a self-locking non-backdrivable gear system. The gear system may comprise a primary motor input and gear box. The primary motor input is for rotation of the gearbox about the axis of a drive shaft. The gearbox may comprise an input ring gear, one or more locking gears, fixed gear, and output gear. In operation, rotation of the primary motor input causes rotation of the ring gear which causes rotation of the locking gear which causes rotation of the output gear which causes rotation of the drive shaft. However, in the absence of rotation of the ring gear, a rotational force applied to the output gear causes the gear teeth on the fixed and output gears to lock the gear in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Agbotic Incorporated
    Inventor: Stephen John Kochan
  • Publication number: 20230421440
    Abstract: A method for balancing sensors within a sensor system, the method including receiving, at a gateway, data from a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors being connected to one of a plurality of sensor modules or the gateway; determining, at the gateway, that a signal strength from a first sensor falls below a threshold, the first sensor being one of the plurality of sensors; and based on the determining, allocating the first sensor to connect to a different one of the plurality of sensor modules, or to the gateway if connected to one of the plurality of sensor modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen John MCCANN, Michael Peter MONTEMURRO, James Randolph Winter LEPP
  • Publication number: 20230417942
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to analyzing subterranean cylindrical structures using acoustic sensing. On example includes: sending first acoustic waves in the wellbore via a radial acoustic sensor; receiving first reflection waves associated with the first acoustic waves via the radial acoustic sensor; sending second acoustic waves in the wellbore via the radial acoustic sensor; receiving second reflection waves associated with the second acoustic waves via the radial acoustic sensor; processing recorded data associated with the first acoustic waves, the first reflection waves, the second acoustic waves, and the second reflection waves, wherein the first acoustic waves are associated with a first radial direction, and wherein the second acoustic waves are associated with a second radial direction, the second radial direction being opposite the first radial direction; and generating a plot for identification of one or more isolation regions in the wellbore based on the processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Geoff Steel, Mark Walsh, Stephen John Mayo
  • Patent number: 11852905
    Abstract: An optical element includes a first layer, a second layer, and a fluid. A first surface of the first layer is configured to change hydrophobicity in response to incoming activation light. Absorbing molecules in the fluid are repelled or attracted to the first surface in response to the hydrophobicity of the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jasmine Soria Sears, Christopher Andrew Galea, Junren Wang, Stephen John Holmes
  • Patent number: 11846742
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to detect and localize targeted objects buried in the seabed. A targeted area of the seabed may be scanned with a sub-bottom profiler based on predetermined parameters. A localization engine may model the sub-bottom profiler data using a Levenberg-Marquardt non-linear least squares determination. Distance measurements may be based on the modeled data, including a vertical range based on a slant range measured from the sub-bottom profiler to the closest points on the exterior of the targeted objects. The location of the targeted objects may be based on the measurements. In some embodiments, the sub-bottom profiler may be mounted on an unmanned underwater vehicle having thrusters to navigate the vehicle toward the targeted area to excavate and sidescan the targeted object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Wendy E Snyder, Forrest N French, Stephen John Leahu
  • Publication number: 20230403259
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a method includes generating a computer event by a computing device of a management system, where the computer event includes information about a computer action initiated by activity on the computing device or information about a performance of the computing device. The method includes generating sequencing information for the computer event, encrypting the computer event, storing the encrypted computer event in a storage device of the computing device, and transmitting, over a network, an event request to a server, where the event request includes the encrypted computer event and the sequencing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Leonid Baraz, Tracie Chan, Zach Trudo, Brian Robert Malcolm, Yaohong Xi, Mattias Nissler, Jason Chun-Hong Wong, Stephen John Konig
  • Patent number: 11841141
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a reverse flow combustor, the reverse flow combustor including a straight portion, a dilution portion and a curved portion. The reverse flow combustor receives a flow of fuel that is ignited and mixed with cooling air to form a flow of combustion gases. The flow of combustion gases travels through the reverse flow combustor to a turbine section of an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GE AVIO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Massimo Giovanni Giambra, Joseph Douglas Monty, Stephen John Howell
  • Publication number: 20230392674
    Abstract: In one variation, a pulley arrangement includes a base pulley portion rotatable within a driving plane, an adjustable pulley portion coupled to the base pulley portion wherein the adjustable pulley portion is rotatable relative to the base pulley portion within the driving plane, and a driving member including an end coupled to the adjustable pulley portion wherein at least a portion of the driving member is wrapped at least partially around the adjustable pulley portion. In another variation, a pulley arrangement includes a base pulley portion rotatable around an axis, an adjustable pulley portion coupled to the base pulley portion and movable in a first direction parallel to the axis, and a sliding block engaged with the adjustable pulley portion, wherein the sliding block moves in a second direction different from the first direction, in response to compression of the adjustable pulley portion against the base pulley portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Roman DEVENGENZO, Matthew Reagan WILLIAMS, Stephen John MORFEY, Ricardo Alfonso LEÓN, Andrew METZGER, Karen Shakespear KOENIG, Vijay SOUNDARARAJAN
  • Patent number: D1012292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CURRENT HEALTH LIMITED
    Inventors: Danielle Armstrong, Iain Macdonald Taylor, Stephen John Johnston