Patents by Inventor Steven James

Steven James 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).

  • Electrical Box and Conduit Support Plates
    Publication number: 20210218236
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides improved electrical box and conduit support plates that allow for central mounting of an electrical box to a support plate and mounting of electrical conduits for suspended installations in various orientations. The support plate includes a body having a plurality of built-in offsets, a plurality of built-in hanger tabs, and a plurality of clip mounting apertures that may be arranged as pairs. Each built-in offset preferably has two side walls extending from the body and a mounting arm between the side walls. Each mounting arm includes a plurality of clamp mounting apertures used to attach a conduit clamp to the mounting arm. Each of the plurality of built-in hanger tabs are preferably bendable relative to the body. Box and conduit support kits that includes a body and a plurality of hanger clips are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Victor Beristany, Steven James Johnson
  • Multi-version query retry in a database environment
    Patent number: 11055193
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for automatically retrying a query. A method includes receiving a query directed to database data and assigning execution of the query to one or more execution nodes of a database platform. The method includes determining that execution of the query was unsuccessful. The method includes assigning a first retry execution of the query on the first version of the database platform and assigning a second retry execution of the query on a second version of the database platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Dageville, Johan Harjono, Simon Holm Jensen, Kunal Prafulla Nabar, Steven James Pelley
  • FILTERED QUERY-RETRY LOGGING IN A DATABASE ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20210200655
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for automatically retrying a query. A method includes receiving a query directed to database data and assigning execution of the query to one or more execution nodes of a database platform. The method includes determining that execution of the query was unsuccessful. The method includes assigning a first retry execution of the query on the first version of the database platform and assigning a second retry execution of the query on a second version of the database platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Benoit Dageville, Johan Harjono, Simon Holm Jensen, Kunal Prafulla Nabar, Steven James Pelley
  • Control information sending method, control information detection method, base station, and user equipment
    Patent number: 11051278
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a control information sending method, a control information detection method, a base station, and user equipment. The control information sending method includes: determining, by a base station, target control information and characteristic information corresponding to the target control information, where the target control information is information for scheduling target user equipment by the base station; determining, according to a preset rule and the characteristic information from a resource block set corresponding to a target coverage level, a target resource block subset corresponding to the target control information, and selecting, from the target resource block subset, an available resource block as a target resource block; and sending the target control information using the target resource block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaolei Tie, Yinghui Yu, Lei Liu, Steven James Wenham, Odile Rollinger
  • 2,4,5-TRISUBSTITUTED 1,2,4-TRIAZOLONES USEFUL AS INHIBITORS OF DHODH
    Publication number: 20210188805
    Abstract: The present invention provides triazolone compounds of general formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of hyperproliferative disorders, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicants: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGELLSCHAFT, THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stefan Nikolaus GRADL, Duy NGUYEN, Knut EIS, Judith GÜNTHER, Timo STELLFELD, Andreas JANZER, Sven CHRISTIAN, Thomas MÜLLER, Sherif El SHEIKH, Han Jie ZHOU, Changjia ZHAO, David B. SYKES, Steven James FERRARA, Kery LIU, Michael KRÖBER, Claudia MERZ, Michael NIEHUES, Martina SCHÄFER, Katja ZIMMERMANN, Carl Friedrich NISING
  • 4,5-ANNULATED 1,2,4-TRIAZOLONES
    Publication number: 20210188846
    Abstract: The present invention provides triazolone compounds of general formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of hyperproliferative disorders, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicants: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGELLSCHAFT, THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stefan Nikolaus GRADL, Duy NGUYEN, Knut EIS, Judith GÜNTHER, Timo STELLFELD, Andreas JANZER, Sven CHRISTIAN, Thomas MUELLER, Sherif El SHEIKH, Han Jie ZHOU, Changjia ZHAO, David B. SYKES, Steven James FERRARA, Kery LIU, Simon Anthony HERBERT, Claudia MERZ, Michael NIEHUES, Carl Friedrich NISING, Martina SCHÄFER, Katja ZIMMERMANN, Jörg KNÄBLEIN, Kai THEDE, Thomas FAUPEL
  • SOLID DETERGENT DISPENSER FOR A WASHING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20210186298
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a detergent solution from a solid detergent into a dishwasher includes a dispenser that can collect water sprayed into the dishwasher and use the collected water to produce the detergent solution by dissolving a portion of the solid detergent, controlling the amount of the detergent solution produced, and releasing the produced detergent solution between cleaning cycles. The dispenser can perform these functions automatically without being electrically powered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Rahul Bharath Jairam, Daniel Davis Anderson, Steven James Lundberg, Thomas David LaVenture, Marvin Harris York, Michael Patrick Kremer
  • FEEDBACK ENABLED SYNTHETIC GENES, TARGET SEED MATCH CASSETTES, AND THEIR USES
    Publication number: 20210170051
    Abstract: This invention relates to feedback-enabled synthetic genes, polynucleotide target cassettes, vectors, and pharmaceutical compositions for the purpose of providing transgene expression in target tissues that is capable of endogenous regulation for treating disorders such as dose-sensitive intellectual ability disorders, as well as methods of making and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Steven James Gray, Sarah Sinnett
  • Wrist-worn device clasp
    Patent number: 11026485
    Abstract: A wrist-worn device clasp that secures a strap of the wrist-worn device. A first mechanical part of the wrist worn device interlocks with a second mechanical part by motion in a first plane in order to resist motion perpendicular to said first plane. The first mechanical part also inhibits a first securing part and a second securing part being separated by tension along the strap substantially perpendicular to the first plane when the first mechanical part and second mechanical part are engaged with each other. The first securing part and the second securing part inhibit separation of the first mechanical part and the second mechanical part by motion parallel to the first plane when they are engaged with each other by motion perpendicular to the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: ARM IP Limited
    Inventors: Steven James Ogborne, Hugo John Martin Vincent, Gabor Balint
  • Fall detection alert/alarm device and method
    Patent number: 11024153
    Abstract: A fall detection/fall indicator device that automatically senses when a user of fall protection equipment, such as a fall harness, has experienced an arrested fall, the fall harness having an electrical circuit that is a closed circuit in a first state and an open circuit in a second state after an arrested fall, and an alert device that is automatically responsive to the open circuit to emit an alert/alarm to other personnel that an arrested fall has been experienced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Hai Pham, Steve Huseth, Gina Marie Theisen, Steven James McPherson
  • Adjustable mud ring assemblies
    Patent number: 11025043
    Abstract: An adjustable mud ring assembly is provided that includes a base plate, a movable ring, and an indexing screw con-figured to move the movable ring with respect to the base plate between a first position and a second position. The base plate has a junction box connecting portion, a support connecting portion, and a stationary ring. The base plate can have an offset distance (D2) between the junction box connecting portion and the sup-port connecting portion where the offset distance is sufficient to allow the movable ring to move into stationary ring to the first position without protruding, at a lowermost point, into a junction box connected to the junction box connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Krzysztof Wojceich Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Pectin-Carboxymethylcellulose Mesothelial Sealants and Protectants
    Publication number: 20210154354
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to pectin-based polymer compositions and methods of use thereof to cover, protect, and seal injuries, e.g., surgical wounds, in a mesothelial tissue. The methods include obtaining a bioadhesive pectin-based polymer composition including a complex of high-methoxyl pectin (HMP) and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) in a ratio from about 10 to 1 to 1 to 10 by weight; applying the composition to an injured mesothelial tissue; and applying pressure for at least one minute to enable the composition to bind to the mesothelial tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Steven James Mentzer, Cristian David Valenzuela, Alexandra Brooke Ysasi, Andrew Barrett Servais
  • ADJUSTABLE ELECTRICAL FIXTURE MOUNTING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20210148117
    Abstract: A mounting assembly is provided for quick and easy attachment to engineered joists. The mounting assembly includes a brace assembly and a mounting bracket. The mounting assembly may also include an electrical box. The brace assembly is an adjustable member that extends between flanges of engineered ceiling joists. The brace assembly has two low profile end caps that can engage the flanges of engineered ceiling joists and apply a force against the flanges when tightened. The mounting bracket is connected to a hanger body of the brace assembly by a snap fit and the electrical box is attached to the mounting bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Victor Beristany, Krzysztof Wojciech Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Robot tool retraction
    Patent number: 11007025
    Abstract: A robot comprising: a base; a flexible arm extending from the base having: a plurality of joints positioned throughout the arm, a plurality of drivers arranged to drive the joints, and an attachment structure for attaching a tool to the arm; and a control unit configured to control the drivers and to receive inputs from sensors, where the control unit (i) controls the drivers to permit the arm to be reconfigured by the action of an external force applied to the arm to cause the tool to be retracted from a port; and (ii) on receiving sensor input indicating that the arm has been reconfigured to cause the tool to be retracted from the port, controls the drivers to reconfigure the arm so as to agitate the tool transverse to a longitudinal axis of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CMR SURGICAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Steven James Randle
  • Apparatus and Method for Confocal Microscopy Using Dispersed Structured Illumination
    Publication number: 20210137387
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are presented for confocal microscopy using dispersed structured illumination. In certain embodiments the apparatus also comprises an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system, and OCT images acquired from two or more regions of a sample are registered using a corresponding set of two or more larger area images acquired with the confocal microscopy system. In preferred embodiments the apparatus is suitable for analysing the retina of an eye. The confocal microscopy system can be operated in a purely intensity mode or in a coherent mode. In other embodiments a confocal microscopy system using dispersed structured illumination is utilised for surface metrology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventor: Steven James FRISKEN
  • Filtered query-retry logging in a database environment
    Patent number: 10997050
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for retrying a query. A method includes receiving from a client account a query directed to database data associated with the client account. The method includes determining that the attempt to execute the query is unsuccessful and making retry attempts to execute the query until making a retry attempt that is successful. The method includes logging each retry attempt and generating a filtered transaction log at least in part by filtering out from the transaction log each unsuccessful attempt to execute the query and providing the filtered transaction log to the client account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Dageville, Johan Harjono, Simon Holm Jensen, Kunal Prafulla Nabar, Steven James Pelley
  • Integrated package and mail security system implementing enriched customer and delivery service capabilities
    Patent number: 10993568
    Abstract: A system for securely depositing an item includes: a deposit box with a door configured to provide selective access to an interior space in the deposit box; a lock mechanism configured to attach to the deposit box to selectively block the door from opening; a first proximity sensor operatively connected to the lock mechanism to operate the lock mechanism to block the door or allow the door to open; a second proximity sensor configured to be attached to at least one of: a delivery person and a piece of delivery equipment; a third proximity sensor; and a first transmitter operatively connected to the lock mechanism and configured to transmit a signal indicative of operating information regarding the lock mechanism, and wherein the deposit box is at least 18 inches wide and 24 inches long.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: IMDSS Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Cynthia Lee Chambers, Steven James Frederickson
  • COMBINATION WALL PROTECTOR AND DOOR CATCH
    Publication number: 20210123265
    Abstract: An apparatus including a wall plate, a retaining strap, and a storage groove. The wall plate is attachable to a wall and includes a door facing surface. The door facing surface is configured to stop a door knob extending from a door. The retaining strap is coupled with the wall plate and forms a loop. The loop extends from the wall plate and engages the door knob. The storage groove is disposed between a perimeter of the wall plate and the wall. The storage groove is configured to receive the retaining strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: Steven James Kaufmann
  • Scooter interface device
    Patent number: D921120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven James Martisauskas, Carlos Ellis Whitt, Jisi Guo, Jesse Jones McMillin, Rasmus Breitholtz, Sang Ik Lee
  • Coat rack
    Patent number: D923374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventor: Steven James Bongiorno