Patents by Inventor Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore 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: 11242382
    Abstract: Provided herein are humanized anti-factor Bb antibodies, methods of producing the antibodies and methods of using the antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Graham Parry, Stephen Moore, Michael Storek, Nina C. Leksa
  • Patent number: 11238695
    Abstract: Systems, processes and articles of manufacture provide for a player identity verification system that allows a gaming establishment (e.g., a casino) to determine or verify a player's identity upon certain qualifying activities being determined (e.g., when a player is initiating a wagering session at a table game or placing a wager). In accordance with one embodiment, a live image of a player participating in a qualifying activity (e.g., placement of a wager) is compared to a stored image of a player that is associated with one or more casino chips being used as the wager; a verification of the identity of the player placing the wager is performed by matching the live image to the stored image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Walker Digital Table Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Moore, Magdalena Mik Fincham
  • Patent number: 11238699
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a game table such as a smart baccarat table may be equipped with one or more detecting components (e.g., an RFID antenna, an NFC antenna or an optical reader) to identify gaming elements placed in a certain area of the smart table that a dealer of the table places gaming elements into when conducting a transaction. A specific type of transaction may be automatically inferred by the game table, without a dealer specifically requesting an initiation of a mode or process for the type of transaction, based on statuses of the gaming elements detected within the area. For example, a Change Transaction may be inferred upon the game table determining that both inventory and non-inventory game elements are present within the area of the table at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Walker Digital Table Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Alan Wingate, Stephen Moore, Carolyn Moore
  • Publication number: 20220007772
    Abstract: Aspects herein relate to protective headgear for sports and to methods of using such headgear. In one aspect, the headgear has an external head-protecting shell that is soft to reduce the risk of injuring other players. In another aspect, the headgear has a rear closure arrangement that includes a bridge component for ease of putting on the headgear and for added protection at the closure area of the rear closure arrangement. In another aspect, fit pads of different sizes are removeably attachable to a cheekbone extension member of the headgear to provide a proper fit to the wearer's cheekbone. A face mask is integrated with the headgear in some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Cascade Maverik Lacrosse, LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Newman, Nicholas Colville, David Winthrop Fream, Stephen Moore
  • Publication number: 20210390819
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments there is provided an electronic gaming table system (e.g., a smart table operable to facilitate a card game, such as baccarat, blackjack or poker) which includes (i) at least one detecting mechanism for detecting a plurality of game elements (e.g., wagering chips) placed on, or removed from, a particular physical position of a physical table of the gaming table system to represent at least one wager for a particular game event; and (ii) a game controller operable to identify, based at least on data received from the at least one detecting mechanism, whether the plurality of game elements represent a single wager or multiple distinct wagers placed on the particular physical position and for the particular game event. In some embodiments, the detecting mechanism is an RFID antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Moore, Carolyn Moore
  • Patent number: 11192944
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of inducing a complement activity on a surface of a cell comprising contacting the cell with an effective amount of an anti-Factor B antibody, wherein the anti-Factor B antibody inhibits dissociation of a C3bBb complex into a Factor Bb and a C3b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Bioverativ USA Inc.
    Inventors: Sandip Panicker, Stephen Moore, Pavel A. Nikitin, Tony Byun, Graham Parry
  • Patent number: 11166510
    Abstract: Aspects herein relate to protective headgear for sports and to methods of using such headgear. In one aspect, the headgear has an external head-protecting shell that is soft to reduce the risk of injuring other players. In another aspect, the headgear has a rear closure arrangement that includes a bridge component for ease of putting on the headgear and for added protection at the closure area of the rear closure arrangement. In another aspect, fit pads of different sizes are removeably attachable to a cheekbone extension member of the headgear to provide a proper fit to the wearer's cheekbone. A face mask is integrated with the headgear in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Cascade Maverik Lacrosse, LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Newman, Nicholas Colville, David Winthrop Fream, Stephen Moore
  • Publication number: 20210332115
    Abstract: Provided herein are humanized anti-factor Bb antibodies, methods of producing the antibodies and methods of using the antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Graham Parry, Stephen Moore, Michael Storek, Nina C. Leksa
  • Patent number: 11158156
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, provided herein is a table system for facilitating a card game (e.g., a baccarat or blackjack card game) that includes LED or other lighting components under the felt covering of the table, which lighting components are used to communicate information to players of the game. In some embodiments, different lighting effects are used to communicate different information (e.g., a first lighting effect is used to indicate a bet spot with that has the highest wager or that qualifies for a special benefit). In some embodiments, the table system also includes RFID components. Various processes and system designs are provided herein to minimize or eliminate interference (e.g., magnetic field interference) between the lighting components and the RFID components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Walker Digital Table Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Moore, Boyd Scott
  • Patent number: 11107315
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments there is provided an electronic gaming table system (e.g., a smart table operable to facilitate a card game, such as baccarat, blackjack or poker) which includes (i) at least one detecting mechanism for detecting a plurality of game elements (e.g., wagering chips) placed on, or removed from, a particular physical position of a physical table of the gaming table system to represent at least one wager for a particular game event; and (ii) a game controller operable to identify, based at least on data received from the at least one detecting mechanism, whether the plurality of game elements represent a single wager or multiple distinct wagers placed on the particular physical position and for the particular game event. In some embodiments, the detecting mechanism is an RFID antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Walker Digital Table Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Moore, Carolyn Moore
  • Patent number: 11074570
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for enabling peer to business payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send electronic payments as well as exchange messages with a merchant. The integrated payment and messaging system can improve security by allowing a user to make a purchase without having to provide sensitive financial information to the merchant. In addition, the integrated payment and messaging system can allow a user to make a payment for an order seamlessly during a conversation with the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Moore Davis, Vipan Reddy Raja Nalla
  • Publication number: 20210129007
    Abstract: A scoring system is disclosed for a shuffleboard table 2 having a sliding surface 4 on which a puck 6 can be thrown. A camera 26 is arranged to point in a direction 20 that is angled relative to the normal 30 of the sliding surface 4. A puck 6 can be thrown and a computer 32 can detect a moving object within a throwing zone 16. The computer 32 analyses whether the detected moving object corresponds to a valid puck. When all pucks are stationary on the sliding surface 4 the computer 32 can calculate a scare.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Jason Dale, Stephen Moore
  • Publication number: 20210134114
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a game table such as a smart baccarat table may be equipped with one or more detecting components (e.g., an RFID antenna, an NFC antenna or an optical reader) to identify gaming elements placed in a certain area of the smart table that a dealer of the table places gaming elements into when conducting a transaction. A specific type of transaction may be automatically inferred by the game table, without a dealer specifically requesting an initiation of a mode or process for the type of transaction, based on statuses of the gaming elements detected within the area. For example, a Change Transaction may be inferred upon the game table determining that both inventory and non-inventory game elements are present within the area of the table at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Todd Alan Wingate, Stephen Moore, Carolyn Moore
  • Patent number: 10967246
    Abstract: A gaming table provides for use of RFID technology to track chip movement on a table game and to infer an association between a wager and a player position based on a chip identifier of a chip placed on a particular position of the table. In some embodiments, previous position history of the chip is also taken into account in determining a player position associated with a wager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Walker Digital Table Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Moore, Brian Besterman, Jeff Bischoff
  • Patent number: 10930121
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a system which includes a plurality of baccarat tables on which a baccarat game may be played by a plurality of players and a plurality of electronic player devices each playable by an individual player provides for selecting a plurality of outcomes which were dealt on at least one of the baccarat tables, determining whether a trend or pattern has developed in the plurality of outcomes (e.g., a pattern of at least a predetermined length) and, if a pattern has developed, activating a wagering opportunity on one of the electronic player devices, the wagering opportunity allowing a player to bet for or against the trend. In one embodiment, each outcome of the plurality of selected outcomes comprises an outcome originally dealt on the same baccarat table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Walker Digital Table Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Moore, Michael Russell, John Daley, Keith Atkinson
  • Patent number: 10931764
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining a first set of users associated with a first geographic area; and determining one or more second sets of users. For each second set of users the users in the second set are associated with one of a number of second geographic areas and the users in the second set interact with the first set of users. The method also includes, for each second set of users, computing a mutual-interaction metric between the first set of users and the second set of users based on an amount of interaction between the users in the first set and the users in the second set; and determining, based on the mutual-interaction metric, a geographic-area cluster that comprises the first geographic area and one or more of the second geographic areas. The geographic-area cluster represents a user community that spans the first and second geographic areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Moore Davis, Samantha Wu, Jeffrey Scott David Breudecheck, Jia-An Koo
  • Publication number: 20200402357
    Abstract: Systems, processes and articles of manufacture provide for a player identity verification system that allows a gaming establishment (e.g., a casino) to determine or verify a player's identity upon certain qualifying activities being determined (e.g., when a player is initiating a wagering session at a table game or placing a wager). In accordance with one embodiment, a live image of a player participating in a qualifying activity (e.g., placement of a wager) is compared to a stored image of a player that is associated with one or more casino chips being used as the wager; a verification of the identity of the player placing the wager is performed by matching the live image to the stored image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Moore, Magdalena Mik Fincham
  • Publication number: 20200339694
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to activatable antibodies that include a masking moiety (MM), a cleavable moiety (CM), and an antibody (AB) that specifically binds to interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R), and to methods of making and using these anti-IL-6R activatable antibodies in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: James William West, Jason Gary Sagert, Daniel Robert Hostetter, Stephen Moore, Margaret Thy Luu Nguyen, Olga Vasiljeva, Jeanne Grace Flandez
  • Publication number: 20200331009
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of a mister of the current invention comprise a reservoir, a spacer, and a dispenser assembly. A spacer fixedly joins the reservoir to the dispenser assembly a set distance. A liquid stored within the reservoir is configured to exit the reservoir at the valve through the spacer and impinge the dispenser assembly. The dispenser assembly includes a dispenser and a motor, the motor providing a rotational force for application to the dispenser. The dispenser presents an axis oriented to the liquid stream flow from the reservoir. Upon liquid stream flow impinging the rotating dispenser, the centrifugal force causes the liquid stream flow to spread radially from the dispenser to the air and/or surface in the target area, where it is dispersed outwardly over a target area, atomized or as droplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Gary Stephen Moore, James D. Wilson
  • Patent number: 10800022
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a powered-fastener-driving tool including driver blade that has a varying cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Hanxin Zhao, Stephen Moore