Patents by Inventor Steven J. Swenson

Steven J. Swenson 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: 11941486
    Abstract: Computational systems and methods employ characteristics of a quantum processor determined or sampled between a start and an end of an annealing evolution per an annealing schedule. The annealing evolution can be reinitialized, reversed or continued after determination. The annealing evolution can be interrupted. The annealing evolution can be ramped immediately prior to or as part of determining the characteristics. The annealing evolution can be paused or not paused immediately prior to ramping. A second representation of a problem can be generated based at least in part on the determined characteristics from an annealing evolution performed on a first representation of the problem. The determined characteristics can be autonomously compared to an expected behavior, and alerts optionally provided and/or the annealing evolution optionally terminated based on the comparison. Iterations of annealing evolutions may be performed until an exit condition occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Steven P. Reinhardt, Andrew D. King, Loren J. Swenson, Warren T. E. Wilkinson, Trevor Michael Lanting
  • Patent number: 7840416
    Abstract: A computing device-based system and method are described for generating a medical procedure description recorded into the system by a physician. The system and method manipulate a set of database records comprising medical content which is naturally descriptive of clinical procedures and clinically accurate diagrams which are naturally descriptive to document a medical procedure. To support the generation of a set of said medical procedure descriptions, the system and method provide interchangeable, connected, ontologically-based medical procedure database cartridges of medical content terms, rules, and diagrams that naturally describe constrained procedure representations for clinical procedure descriptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: ProVation Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad H. Barski, John M. Starmer, Ingrid R. Svensson, Steven J. Swenson, Robert A. Duke, Stephen R. Claypool, Ying Ching Yu, Peter E. Crist, Linda R. Peitzman, David A. Del Toro