Patents by Inventor Steven Bruce

Steven Bruce 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).

  • Publication number: 20240034667
    Abstract: A method of forming an optical element is provided. The method includes producing silica-based soot particles using chemical vapor deposition, the silica-based soot particles having an average particle size of between about 0.05 ?m and about 0.25 ?m. The method also includes forming a soot compact from the silica-based soot particles and doping the soot compact with a halogen in a closed system by contacting the silica-based soot compact with a halogen-containing gas in the closed system at a temperature of less than about 1200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Dawes, Douglas Hull Jennings, Pushkar Tandon
  • Publication number: 20240018037
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for the decarbonation of limestone, dolomite or other carbonated materials. The process may include heating particles of carbonated materials in a reactor of a first circuit to obtain decarbonated particles. Particles of carbonated materials are conveyed by a first entraining gas in the first circuit for preheating. The gas includes the carbon dioxide, the gas composition being substantially free of nitrogen. The carbonated particles are separated from a first entraining gas flow. The decarbonated particles are transferred to a cooling section of a second circuit having a second entraining gas in which the conveyed decarbonated particles release a portion of their thermal energy. The decarbonated particles are separated from a second entraining gas flow. The second entraining gas is substantially free of carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Charles ROBIN, Pierre-Olivier CAMBIER, Steven Bruce GUTHRIE, Juan Carlos ABANADES GARCIA
  • Patent number: 11860728
    Abstract: Systems and methods for are provided for predicting impending failure of a database and preemptively initiating mitigating failover actions, for example by shedding connections or redirecting connection requests to an alternate database that can fulfill resources being requested. In an example embodiment, to detect a slow or unstable database, connection wait times are monitored over a rolling window of time intervals, a quantity of intervals in which at least one excessive wait time event occurred are counted during the time window, and if the quantity exceeds a threshold, the database is deemed unavailable, thereby triggering connection adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy David Robison, Steven Bruce West, Sarang Mukund Kulkarni, Douglas Wayne Hathaway
  • Publication number: 20230390095
    Abstract: Introduced here are pressure-mitigation apparatuses for mitigating the pressure applied to a human body by the support surface of an object. The pressure-mitigation apparatus can include a series of chambers that can be individually controlled to vary the pressure therein. By varying the chamber pressure, the main point of pressure applied by the support surface to the human body may be moved across the surface of the human body. An attachment apparatus may be used to securely adhere the pressure-mitigation apparatus to the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Rafael Paolo Squitieri, Robert Charles Deutsch, Steven Bruce Frazier, Robert Loiacono, Linda Seaman, Erica Kelly
  • Publication number: 20230390096
    Abstract: Introduced here are pressure-mitigation apparatuses for mitigating the pressure applied to a human body by the support surface of an object. The pressure-mitigation apparatus can include a series of chambers that can be individually controlled to vary the pressure therein. By varying the chamber pressure, the main point of pressure applied by the support surface to the human body may be moved across the surface of the human body. An attachment apparatus may be used to securely adhere the pressure-mitigation apparatus to the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Rafael Paolo Squitieri, Robert Charles Deutsch, Steven Bruce Frazier, Robert Loiacono, Linda Seaman, Erica Kelly
  • Patent number: 11833215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-cKIT antibodies, antibody fragments, antibody drug conjugates, and their uses for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Tinya Abrams, Steven Bruce Cohen, Dylan Daniel, Catrin Finner, Bernhard Hubert Geierstanger, Thomas Huber, William Mallet, Matthew John Meyer, Weijia Ou, Siew Ho Schleyer, Kathrin Ulrike Tissot-Daguette
  • Patent number: 11802070
    Abstract: A method of processing an optical fiber includes drawing the optical fiber from an optical fiber preform within a draw furnace, the optical fiber extending from the draw furnace along a process pathway, the optical fiber comprising at least one halogen-doped core; and drawing the optical fiber through at least one slow cooling device positioned downstream from the draw furnace at a draw speed. The at least one slow cooling device exposes the optical fiber to a slow cooling device process temperature greater than or equal to 800° C. and less than or equal to 1600° C. The draw speed is such that the optical fiber has a residence time of at least 0.1 s in the at least one slow cooling device. An optical fiber made by such a process is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Dawes, Pushkar Tandon
  • Patent number: 11755355
    Abstract: A processing system includes an interconnect, a master processing device including processing cores coupled to the interconnect, a hypervisor coupled to the interconnect and configured to allocate the processing cores to one or more virtual machines, domain configuration information including a domain identifier for each of the one or more virtual machines, remote peripheral devices coupled to the interconnect, and a domain access controller coupled to the interconnect and configured to receive the domain identifiers for the remote peripherals directly from the hypervisor through the interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: David McDaid, Daniel McKenna, Steven Bruce McAslan
  • Patent number: 11737905
    Abstract: Introduced here are pressure-mitigation apparatuses for mitigating the pressure applied to a human body by the support surface of an object. The pressure-mitigation apparatus can include a series of chambers that can be individually controlled to vary the pressure therein. By varying the chamber pressure, the main point of pressure applied by the support surface to the human body may be moved across the surface of the human body. An attachment apparatus may be used to securely adhere the pressure-mitigation apparatus to the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TurnCare, Inc.
    Inventors: Rafael Paolo Squitieri, Robert Charles Deutsch, Steven Bruce Frazier, Robert Loiacono, Linda Seaman, Erica Kelly
  • Patent number: 11724954
    Abstract: A method for forming an optical quality glass is provided. The method includes contacting silica soot particles with a basic additive, forming a silica soot compact, and removing the basic additive from the silica soot compact. A method of forming a cladding portion of an optical fiber preform is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Dawes, Lisa Ann Hogue, Kenneth Edward Hrdina, Srinivas Vemury
  • Patent number: 11661853
    Abstract: A component for a gas turbine engine includes, among other things, an airfoil that includes a pressure sidewall and a suction sidewall that meet together at both a leading edge and a trailing edge, the airfoil extending radially from a platform to a tip, a tip pocket formed in the tip and terminating prior to the trailing edge, and one or more heat transfer augmentation devices formed in the tip pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: San Quach, Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Steven Bruce Gautschi
  • Publication number: 20230121772
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an optical fiber, the method including providing a core portion including a doped portion having greater than or equal to 1.6 wt. % of a halide dopant and eliminating seed precursor sites at an exterior surface of the core portion, the seed precursor sites forming seeds in the optical fiber, wherein the eliminating the seed precursor sites includes one or more of: (i) fabricating the core portion by densifying an exterior portion of a silica soot body prior to exposing the silica soot body to the halide dopant, and (ii) exposing the exterior surface of the core portion to a reactive etchant. The method further including forming an optical fiber preform by applying cladding material to the exterior surface of the core portion and drawing the fiber preform into the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Wallace Bennett, Steven Bruce Dawes, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell, Steven Alvin Tietje, Matthew Artus Tuggle
  • Publication number: 20230107031
    Abstract: Introduced here are methods, apparatuses, and systems for mitigating the contact pressure applied to a human body by the surface of an object, such as a chair, bed, or table. A pressure-mitigation apparatus can include a series of chambers whose pressure can be individually varied. When placed between a patient and a contact surface, a controller can vary the contact pressure on the human body by controllably inflating one or more chambers, deflating one or more chambers, or any combination thereof. By monitoring the pressure in each chamber over time, the controller can also gain an enhanced understanding of movement(s) performed by the human body when positioned on the pressure-mitigation apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Rafael Paolo Squitieri, Robert Charles Deutsch, Steven Bruce Frazier, Robert Loiacono, Linda Seaman, Erica Kelly
  • Patent number: 11611882
    Abstract: A mobile application development environment may be maintained in association with a computing platform. A request to produce a first mobile application with a first security policy may be processed. The first mobile application may be automatically produced. The first security policy may be integrated with the first mobile application during creation of the first mobile application. The first mobile application may be provided to a mobile application provider. The first security policy may be included in the first mobile application when the first mobile application is downloaded from the mobile application provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Claudia Brak, Steven Bruce Holly, Brian Simmons, Bing Ge, Jayal Mehta, Urvin Thakkar
  • Patent number: 11584679
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for processing an optical fiber preform are disclosed. According to one aspect, an apparatus may generally include a muffle defining an interior volume enclosed by at least one sidewall and a handle assembly for supporting the optical fiber preform in the muffle. The handle assembly may be removably coupled to the muffle and extend into the interior volume. At least one baffle may be positioned in the interior volume and define an upper portion of the interior volume and a lower portion of the interior volume. The at least one baffle may define at least one flow channel between the upper portion of the interior volume and the lower portion of the interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Arash Abedijaberi, Elena Alekseevna Chizhova-Notkina, Steven Bruce Dawes, Nikolay Anatolyevich Panin
  • Patent number: 11554507
    Abstract: A port assembly (100) is generally disclosed that has an annular port ring (110) configured for placement in a barrier wall (10). The annular port ring (110) defines a port opening (20) extending from a first end (22) to a second end (24) and an annular sealing surface (118) about the port opening (20) on the second end (24). A port cover (120) is mechanically coupleable to the annular port ring (110). The port cover (120) defines an annular mating surface (124) configured to couple to the annular sealing surface (118) of the annular port ring (110). A manually actuatable handle (130) is in mechanical communication with the port cover (120). The handle (130) extends from the first end (22) of the annular port ring (110) away from the second end (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph David Copley, Steven Bruce Williams, II
  • Patent number: 11554981
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for processing optical fiber preforms are disclosed. According to one aspect, an apparatus generally includes a furnace body and a muffle disposed within the furnace body. A space between the muffle and the furnace body defines a first interior volume. The muffle defines a second interior volume sealed from the first interior volume. An annulus gas is supplied to the first interior volume and a process gas is supplied to the second interior volume. A differential pressure gauge is coupled to the interior volumes. A flow controller is coupled to at least one of the gas sources and to the differential pressure gauge. The flow controller receives a differential pressure signal from the differential pressure gauge and adjusts a flow of a gas such that the pressure differential between the first interior volume and the second interior volume is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Randy Allan Binko, Steven Bruce Dawes, Nikolay Anatolyevich Panin, Bradley Kent Shepard
  • Patent number: 11528201
    Abstract: Features are disclosed for enriching a packet of network traffic between a first computing environment and a second computing environment with telemetry information. Each computing environment can include a network device for enriching packets with telemetry information and parsing enriched packets. A source network device can select a packet of the network traffic for enrichment based on enrichment parameters and generate an enriched packet including payload information and telemetry information. A destination network device can receive the enriched packet and parse the enriched packet to separate the payload information and telemetry information. The destination network device can transmit transmission information to the source network device based on the enriched packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Richards, David James Goodell, Nandita Mathews
  • Patent number: 11516050
    Abstract: Technologies are disclosed for monitoring network traffic using traffic mirroring. According to some examples, traffic mirroring allows customers to monitor traffic at different sources within a VPC. For example, a source may be any Elastic Network Interface (ENI) in their VPC, including elastic network interfaces (ENIs) on virtual machine instances, Network Address Translation (NAT) Gateways, Load Balancers, VPC endpoints, Internal Gateways, Transit Gateways, and more. Filters can be utilized to determine the network traffic to mirror. A customer may also configure to monitor real-time traffic with a monitoring appliance of their choice. With traffic mirroring, data traffic may be identified and sent to one or more target devices. Customers may monitor traffic within a VPC for content inspection, forensic analysis, troubleshooting, record keeping, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anoop Dawani, Joseph Elmar Magerramov, Zachary Brandes, Apoorv Mittal, Bharadwaj Avva, Ryan James Schaefer, Kiran Venkat Sayeeram Karpurapu, Ajay Jha, Steven Bruce Richards, Richard H Galliher
  • Patent number: 11504927
    Abstract: Introduced here are methods, apparatuses, and systems for mitigating the contact pressure applied to a human body by the surface of an object, such as a chair, bed, or table. A pressure-mitigation apparatus can include a series of chambers whose pressure can be individually varied. When placed between a patient and a contact surface, a controller can vary the contact pressure on the human body by controllably inflating one or more chambers, deflating one or more chambers, or any combination thereof. By monitoring the pressure in each chamber over time, the controller can also gain an enhanced understanding of movement(s) performed by the human body when positioned on the pressure-mitigation apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TurnCare, Inc.
    Inventors: Rafael Paolo Squitieri, Robert Charles Deutsch, Steven Bruce Frazier, Robert Loiacono, Linda Seaman, Erica Kelly