Patents by Inventor Steven D. Johnson

Steven D. Johnson 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: 12195453
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I?, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof for treating cellular proliferative disorders (e.g., cancer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Henry Yu, Michael Clark, Guy Bemis, Michael Boyd, Kishan Chandupatla, Philip Collier, Hongbo Deng, Huijun Dong, Warren Dorsch, Russell R. Hoover, Mac Arthur Johnson, Jr., Shashank Kulkarni, Marina Penney, Steven Ronkin, Darin Takemoto, Qing Tang, Nathan D. Waal, Tiansheng Wang, David J. Lauffer, Pan Li
  • Patent number: 12179929
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes, among other things, a propulsor section including a rotor and blades, a gear train, a compressor section and a turbine section. A static structure includes a first case and a second case. The first case includes a first engine mount location. The second case includes a second engine mount location. The first engine mount location is axially near the gear train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gabriel L. Suciu, Brian D. Merry, Christopher M. Dye, Steven B. Johnson, Frederick M. Schwarz
  • Patent number: 12144637
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques are disclosed for managing electrical stimulation therapy and/or sensing of physiological signals such as brain signals. For example, a system may assist a clinician in identifying one or more electrode combinations for sensing a brain signal. In another example, a user interface may display brain signal information and values of a stimulation parameter at least partially defining electrical stimulation delivered to a patient when the brain signal information was sensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan D. Schnell, Scott R. Stanslaski, Ilan D. Gordon, Steven M. Goetz, Hijaz M. Haris, Eric J. Panken, Timothy R. Abraham, Thomas L. Chouinard, Susan Heilman Kilbane, Karan Chitkara, Christopher M. Arnett, Alicia W. Thompson, Kevin C. Johnson, Ankush Thakur, Lukas Valine, Christopher L. Pulliam, Brady N. Fetting, Rucha Gokul G. Samant, Andrew H. Houchins, Caleb C. Zarns
  • Publication number: 20240307637
    Abstract: An IN delivery gas-phase impermeable device for delivery between 0.2 mL and 1.0 mL of a medication solution is disclosed. The device includes an injector barrel including a plurality of slit openings disposed circumferentially along the injector barrel, a center guide positioned lengthwise within the injector barrel, a cannula in fluid communication with the medication solution fixed in position by the center guide, and a vial configured to couple with the injector barrel. The vial includes a pliable rubber stopper with multiple seal rings, each seal ring having a geometry configured to form a gas-phase impermeable seal with an internal surface of the vial. The cannula bisects the pliable rubber stopper. The device includes a base configured to reversibly engage with one or more of the slit openings of the injector barrel during actuation of the device, which may involve compression of the base toward the injector barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Jack Y. Zhang, Mary Z. Luo, Rong Zhou, Anthony D. Marrs, Lameng Lei, Yi Xia, Steven K. Johnson, Shih Wing Yip, Fonda Su, Ronggen Wan
  • Publication number: 20240300892
    Abstract: The present invention provides MDM2 inhibitor compounds of Formula I, wherein the variables are defined above, which compounds are useful as therapeutic agents, particularly for the treatment of cancers. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions that contain an MDM2 inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Michael D. Bartberger, Ana Gonzalez Buenrostro, Hilary Plake Beck, Xiaoqi Chen, Richard Victor Connors, Jeffrey Deignan, Jason A. Duquette, I, John Eksterowicz, Benjamin Fisher, Brian M. Fox, Jiasheng Fu, Zice Fu, Felix Gonzalez Lopez De Turiso, Michael W. Gribble, Darin J. Gustin, Julie A. Heath, Xin Huang, XianYun Jiao, Michael G. Johnson, Frank Kayser, David John Kopecky, SuJen Lai, Yihong Li, Zhihong Li, Jiwen Liu, Jonathan D. Low, Brian S. Lucas, Zhihua MA, Lawrence R. McGee, Joel McIntosh, Dustin L. McMinn, Julio C. Medina, Jeffrey Thomas Mihalic, Steven H. Olson, Yossup Rew, Philip M. Roveto, Daqing Sun, Xiaodong Wang, Yingcai Wang, Xuelei Yan, Ming Yu, Jiang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240254579
    Abstract: An automated plate shaping and verification system allows for the accurate and efficient transformation of a metal plate from a starting shape to a target shape. Using a method for path planning, the system can select heating patterns based on modeling the expected deformation of a particular material type and thickness and identifying candidate heating paths that will sufficiently cause the plate to transform towards the target shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Yu-Ping Yang, Ronald R. Wilson, Steven T. Scholler, Jeffrey D. Cook, Joe E. Caron, Delaurence R. Johnson, Ambre D. Cauley
  • Patent number: 10746138
    Abstract: An EGR cooler may include an EGR cooler housing having top, bottom and side walls, inlet and outlet end walls disposed at opposite ends, and a longitudinal axis extending in a direction of exhaust gas flow from the inlet end to the outlet end. A plurality of cooling tubes extend through the EGR cooler between the top and bottom walls, and are arranged in a cooling tube array to form an exhaust gas receiving area at an upstream side of the cooling tube array proximate the inlet end wall so that exhaust gas flowing into the EGR cooler through an exhaust gas inlet opening will flow into the exhaust gas receiving area and then disperse through the cooling tube array. A pitch distance between the cooling tubes may be greater proximate the longitudinal axis than proximate the side walls to promote flow through, instead of around, the cooling tube array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.
    Inventors: Sudarshan Kedarnath Loya, Steven D. Johnson, Vijaya Kumar, Laura Elise Rasmussen, Adarsh Gopinathan Nair, Michael B. Goetzke
  • Patent number: 10526986
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of controlling an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system of an engine system includes determining a first EGR command according to a first method during a steady state engine condition, determining a second EGR command according to a second method during a transient engine condition, wherein the first method is based at least in part on values from a NOx sensor, and the second method is not based on values from a NOx sensor. The method further includes adjusting an EGR valve of the EGR system based on the first EGR command during the steady state engine condition, and adjusting the EGR valve based on the second EGR command during the transient engine condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.
    Inventors: Reddy P. S. Sankara, Steven D. Johnson, Liangtao Zhu, Michael B. Goetzke
  • Publication number: 20190368436
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of controlling an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system of an engine system includes determining a first EGR command according to a first method during a steady state engine condition, determining a second EGR command according to a second method during a transient engine condition, wherein the first method is based at least in part on values from a NOx sensor, and the second method is not based on values from a NOx sensor. The method further includes adjusting an EGR valve of the EGR system based on the first EGR command during the steady state engine condition, and adjusting the EGR valve based on the second EGR command during the transient engine condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.
    Inventors: Reddy P.S. SANKARA, Steven D. JOHNSON, Liangtao ZHU, Michael B. GOETZKE
  • Publication number: 20190331066
    Abstract: An EGR cooler may include an EGR cooler housing having top, bottom and side walls, inlet and outlet end walls disposed at opposite ends, and a longitudinal axis extending in a direction of exhaust gas flow from the inlet end to the outlet end. A plurality of cooling tubes extend through the EGR cooler between the top and bottom walls, and are arranged in a cooling tube array to form an exhaust gas receiving area at an upstream side of the cooling tube array proximate the inlet end wall so that exhaust gas flowing into the EGR cooler through an exhaust gas inlet opening will flow into the exhaust gas receiving area and then disperse through the cooling tube array. A pitch distance between the cooling tubes may be greater proximate the longitudinal axis than proximate the side walls to promote flow through, instead of around, the cooling tube array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.
    Inventors: Sudarshan Kedarnath Loya, Steven D. Johnson, Vijaya Kumar, Laura Elise Rasmussen, Adarsh Gopinathan Nair, Michael B. Goetzke
  • Patent number: 10082114
    Abstract: An Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system for an engine system is provided. The EGR system includes an exhaust gas treatment module positioned upstream of an EGR cooler with respect to an exhaust gas flow direction. The exhaust gas treatment module is in selective fluid communication with an exhaust gas line of an engine. The EGR system also includes a bypass line in selective fluid communication with the exhaust gas line of the engine. The EGR system further includes a valve arrangement configured to route an exhaust gas flow through at least one of the exhaust gas treatment module and the bypass line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.
    Inventors: Keith E. Moravec, Sudarshan K. Loya, Michael B. Goetzke, Reddy Pocha Siva Sankara, Steven D. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20170234272
    Abstract: An Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system for an engine system is provided. The EGR system includes an exhaust gas treatment module positioned upstream of an EGR cooler with respect to an exhaust gas flow direction. The exhaust gas treatment module is in selective fluid communication with an exhaust gas line of an engine. The EGR system also includes a bypass line in selective fluid communication with the exhaust gas line of the engine. The EGR system further includes a valve arrangement configured to route an exhaust gas flow through at least one of the exhaust gas treatment module and the bypass line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Keith E. Moravec, Sudarshan K. Loya, Michael B. Goetzke, Reddy Pocha Siva Sankara, Steven D. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20170158870
    Abstract: A method for coloring powders is provided that includes mixing a base powder and non-incorporated pigments. A colored powder composition having a base powder particle and at least a partial shell of non-incorporated pigments about the base powder particle is also provided. Articles having a coating of the colored powder composition are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Valspar Sourcing. Inc.
    Inventors: George William O'Dell, Larry B. Brandenburger, Steven D. Johnson, Judith L. Bourdeau
  • Patent number: 9528007
    Abstract: A method for coloring powders is provided that includes mixing a base powder and non-incorporated pigments. A colored powder composition having a base powder particle and at least a partial shell of non-incorporated pigments about the base powder particle is also provided. Articles having a coating of the colored powder composition are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: George William O'Dell, Larry B. Brandenburger, Steven D. Johnson, Judith L. Bourdeau
  • Publication number: 20160046814
    Abstract: A method for coloring powders is provided that includes mixing a base powder and non-incorporated pigments. A colored powder composition having a base powder particle and at least a partial shell of non-incorporated pigments about the base powder particle is also provided. Articles having a coating of the colored powder composition are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: VALSPAR SOURCING, INC.
    Inventors: George William O'Dell, Larry B. Brandenburger, Steven D. Johnson, Judith L. Bourdeau
  • Patent number: 9156996
    Abstract: A method for coloring powders is provided that includes mixing a base powder and non-incorporated pigments. A colored powder composition having a base powder particle and at least a partial shell of non-incorporated pigments about the base powder particle is also provided. Articles having a coating of the colored powder composition are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: William G. O'Dell, Larry B. Brandenburger, Steven D. Johnson, Judith L. Bourdeau
  • Patent number: 8600938
    Abstract: A technique for updating elements in a data storage facility, including a single server or a multi-server system, such as by providing updated internal code packages to the elements. The update is performed using a fixed state machine, where the elements are updated in a coordinated manner within the constraints of the state machine. In a multi-server device, code packages are distributed to elements associated with the different servers in one traversal of the state machine, during distribute states of the state machine. The distributed code packages are activated in activate states of the state machine in multiple traversals of the state machine, so there is a serial activation. The code packages can be grouped in a flexible way by configuring an external update bundle used by the state machine. The distributing of the code is based on the grouping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edward G. Butt, Jed L. Dyreng, Jeffrey E. Ferrier, Steven D. Johnson, David N. Mora, Tony J. Zhang
  • Patent number: 8365159
    Abstract: A method to update code in an information storage and retrieval system comprising one or more processors, and existing code, where that existing code includes a Concurrent Code Load having (N) phases, where that Concurrent Code Load invokes an as yet unwritten Temporal Coupling File. The method provides a code update image comprising that Temporal Coupling File. If the (i)th phase of the Concurrent Code Load invokes the Temporal Coupling File, then the method reads instructions for that (i)th phase of the Concurrent Code Load from the Temporal Coupling File, and executes those instructions. The method completes each phase of the Concurrent Code Load, and then operates the system using the code update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew G. Borlick, Steven D. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20110178982
    Abstract: A technique for updating elements in a data storage facility, including a single server or a multi-server system, such as by providing updated internal code packages to the elements. The update is performed using a fixed state machine, where the elements are updated in a coordinated manner within the constraints of the state machine. In a multi-server device, code packages are distributed to elements associated with the different servers in one traversal of the state machine, during distribute states of the state machine. The distributed code packages are activated in activate states of the state machine in multiple traversals of the state machine, so there is a serial activation. The code packages can be grouped in a flexible way by configuring an external update bundle used by the state machine. The distributing of the code is based on the grouping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edward G. Butt, Jed L. Dyreng, Jeffrey E. Ferrier, Steven D. Johnson, David N. Mora, Tony J. Zhang
  • Patent number: 7970798
    Abstract: A technique for updating elements in a data storage facility, including a single server or a multi-server system, such as by providing updated internal code packages to the elements. The update is performed using a fixed state machine, where the elements are updated in a coordinated manner within the constraints of the state machine. In a multi-server device, code packages are distributed to elements associated with the different servers in one traversal of the state machine, during distribute states of the state machine. The distributed code packages are activated in activate states of the state machine in multiple traversals of the state machine, so there is a serial activation. The code packages can be grouped in a flexible way by configuring an external update bundle used by the state machine. The distributing of the code is based on the grouping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edward G. Butt, Jed L. Dyreng, Jeffrey E. Ferrier, Steven D. Johnson, David N. Mora, Tony J. Zhang