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).

  • WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXER ARRAY
    Publication number: 20170146743
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a WDM array includes an optical filter, N common ports, N reflection ports, and N pass ports. The N common ports may be positioned to a first side of the optical filter. N may be greater than or equal to two. The N reflection ports may be positioned to the first side of the optical filter. The N pass ports may be positioned to a second side of the optical filter opposite the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaolin Chen, Xucheng Wang, Fan Chen, Steven James Frisken
  • Polarization diverse wavelength selective switch
    Patent number: 9654848
    Abstract: Described herein is a wavelength selective switch (WSS) type optical switching device (1) configured for switching input optical beams from input optical fiber ports (3, 5 and 7) to an output optical fiber port (9). Device (1) includes a wavelength dispersive grism element (13) for spatially dispersing the individual wavelength channels from an input optical beam in the direction of a second axis (y-axis). The optical beams propagate from input ports (3, 5 and 7) in a forward direction and are reflected from a liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) device (11) in a return direction to output port (9). The input optical beams are transmitted through a port selecting module (21), which provides polarization diversity to device (1) and provides capability to restrict optical beams returning from LCOS device (11) from being coupled back into input ports (3, 5 and 7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Finisar Corporation
    Inventor: Steven James Frisken
  • FASTENING SYSTEM FOR LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY MODULES
    Publication number: 20170127538
    Abstract: A fastening system for connecting display modules can include a corner block, a retainer, and a fastener. The corner block can include a first block plate and a second block plate, the first and second block plates being angled relative to one another, the corner block including a block fastener hole through the first block plate. The retainer can include a first retainer plate and a second retainer plate, the first and second retainer plates being angled relative to one another, the retainer including a retainer fastener hole through the first retainer plate, wherein interior surfaces of the first and second block plates are proximate to respective exterior surfaces of the first and second retainer plates and the corner block and the retainer are aligned such that the retainer fastener hole is substantially aligned with the block fastener hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Steven James Westhoff
  • Method and apparatus for providing immersive interaction via everyday devices
    Patent number: 9635159
    Abstract: An approach is provided for providing immersive interaction via everyday devices based on one or more interaction events. In an example embodiment, an immersion service processes content presented at a device to determine one or more interaction events. The immersion service further determines (a) one or more control signals for controlling the device, one or more other devices, or a combination thereof to cause, at least in part, the one or more interaction events; (b) one or more protocols for transmitting the one or more control signals; or (c) a combination thereof. The immersion service also causes, at least in part, a transmission of the one or more control signals to the device, the one or more other devices, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Diego Baldini, Steven Bauer, Steven James Rawlings
  • Method and system for reducing a polygon bounding box
    Patent number: 9633458
    Abstract: In a graphics processing pipeline, a processing unit establishes a bounding box around a polygon in order to identify sample points that are covered by the polygon. For a given sample point included within the bounding box, the processing unit constructs a set of lines that intersect at the sample point, where each line in the set of lines is parallel to at least one side of the polygon. When all vertices of the polygon reside on one side of at least one line in the set of lines, the processing unit may reduce the size of the bounding box to exclude the sample point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Walter R. Steiner, Eric Lum, Dale L. Kirkland, Steven James Heinrich, David Charles Patrick
  • DISPOSABLE CONTAINER, MIXING SYSTEM AND PACKAGING
    Publication number: 20170107471
    Abstract: A bioreactor system and packaging is provided. The bioreactor system includes a vessel for housing biomaterials for processing and a support structure. The vessel includes a flexible material defining a chamber and a mixing system positioned within the chamber. The mixing system includes an agitator for imparting motion and mixing to the contents of the vessel and includes a base affixed to the flexible material at a base section of the chamber, a shaft moveably mounted in the base and extending from the base into the chamber and at least one mixing element mounted to the shaft, the shaft configured to be driven by a motor magnetically coupled to the shaft and external to the lower portion of the chamber. The support structure is connected to the mixing system such that the shaft is moveable therein and configured to cooperate with an external structure to provide support for the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Steven James FORSBERG, Ralph STANKOWSKI, Colin R. TUOHEY
  • METHODS FOR INCREASING MOLECULAR DIVERSITY OF POLYKETIDES AND NON-RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20170101659
    Abstract: A method for increasing the molecular diversity of polyketides and non-ribsomomal peptides by using recombination to efficiently increase or decrease the number of modules in the polyketide synthase or non-ribosomal peptide synthetase encoding said polyketide or peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: ISOMERASE THERAPEUTICS LTD.
    Inventors: Matthew Alan Gregory, Steven Gary Kendrew, Steven James Moss, Barrie Wikinson
  • Production of polyketides and other natural products
    Patent number: 9605001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to production of polyketides and other natural products and to libraries of compounds and individual novel compounds. One important area is the isolation and potential use of novel FKBP-ligand analogues and host cells that produce these compounds. The invention is particularly concerned with methods for the efficient transformation of strains that produce FKBP analogues and recombinant cells in which cloned genes or gene cassettes are expressed to generate novel compounds such as polyketide (especially rapamycin) FKBP-ligand analogues, and to processes for their preparation, and to means employed therein (e.g. nucleic acids, vectors, gene cassettes and genetically modified strains).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Buck Institute for Research On Aging
    Inventors: Matthew Alan Gregory, Steven James Moss
  • POLYMYXIN DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE IN COMBINATION THERAPY TOGETHER WITH DIFFERENT ANTIBIOTICS
    Publication number: 20170073373
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of formula (III), and the use of compounds of formula (III) in methods of treatment, such as methods of treating a microbial infection. The compounds of formula (III) is: where —R15 is an amino-containing group: and —R1, —R2, —R3, —R4, —R8, —RA, Q, —R16, —R17 are as described in further detail in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Pamela Brown, Michael Dawson, Mona Simonovic, Steven Boakes, Esther Duperchy, Steven James Stanway, Antoinette Wilson, Stephen Frederick Moss
  • A Calibration System For A Wavelength Selective Switch
    Publication number: 20170075075
    Abstract: Described herein is a calibration system (25) for a wavelength selective switch (1). The switch (1) is adapted for dynamically switching optical beams (5, 7) along respective trajectories between input and output ports disposed in an array (3) using a reconfigurable Liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) spatial light modulator device (17). The calibration system (25) includes a monitor (27) for projecting an optical monitor beam (29) through at least a portion of the switch (1) onto the LCOS (17) and detecting the monitor beam (29) reflected from the LCOS (17). In response, system (25) provides a calibration signal (33) to an active correction unit (35) for applying a correction to one or more of the trajectories while maintaining a constant switching state in the LCOS (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Finisar Corporation
    Inventor: Steven James FRISKEN
  • Air filtering device
    Patent number: 9579597
    Abstract: A device for filtering air having a base, a fan functionally attached to the base, an air filter releasably attached to the base, and a substantially air impermeable outer sleeve is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dana Paul Gruenbacher, Steven James Schroeck, Jessica Elizabeth Leon, Paolo Dal Bo, Uwe Schober
  • Location based emergency management plans
    Patent number: 9582841
    Abstract: Locational tracking aids emergency management plans. Occupants of a building or campus are determined based on presence or detection of wireless devices. When an emergency occurs, the occupants may move to safety based on the current locations of their wireless devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Craig Arthur Klein, Gregory O. Harp, Joseph Eric Sineath, Steven James Waken
  • Compact design of scan latch
    Patent number: 9584121
    Abstract: A MOS device includes a first latch configured with one latch feedback F and configured to receive a latch input I and a latch clock C. The first latch is configured to output Q, where the output Q is a function of CF, IF, and IC, and the latch feedback F is a function of the output Q. The first latch may include a first set of transistors stacked in series in which the first set of transistors includes at least five transistors. The MOS device may further include a second latch coupled to the first latch. The second latch may be configured as a latch in a scan mode and as a pulse latch in a functional mode. The first latch may operate as a master latch and the second latch may operate as a slave latch during the scan mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Qi Ye, Zhengyu Duan, Steven James Dillen, Animesh Datta
  • Wavelength division multiplexer array
    Patent number: 9575255
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a WDM array includes an optical filter, N common ports, N reflection ports, and N pass ports. The N common ports may be positioned to a first side of the optical filter. N may be greater than or equal to two. The N reflection ports may be positioned to the first side of the optical filter. The N pass ports may be positioned to a second side of the optical filter opposite the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: FINISAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaolin Chen, Xucheng Wang, Fan Chen, Steven James Frisken
  • Clock-gating cell with low area, low power, and low setup time
    Patent number: 9577635
    Abstract: A CGC includes an enable module and a latch module. The enable module has an enable module input and an enable module output. The latch module has latch module inputs and a latch module output. The latch module inputs include a latch module clock input for receiving a clock and a latch module enable input for receiving the enable module output. The latch module enable input is coupled to the enable module output. The latch module is configured to enable and to disable the clock via the latch module output based on the enable module input. The latch module includes an internal enable node that is the latch module output. The latch module is configured to cause the internal enable node to transition from low to high as a function of the enable module output and ?C, where E is the internal enable node and C is the clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Seid Hadi Rasouli, Steven James Dillen, Animesh Datta
  • Method of filtering air
    Patent number: 9573088
    Abstract: A method for filtering air of about 1 to about 10 microns particles at a greater than 40% filtering efficiency is provided. The method includes providing an air filtering device having a base, a fan functionally attached to the base, an air filter releasably attached to the base, and a substantially air impermeable outer sleeve; and activating the device for at least about 20 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dana Paul Gruenbacher, Steven James Schroeck, Jessica Elizabeth Leon, Paolo Dal Bo, Uwe Schober
  • N×N optical switch
    Patent number: 9575259
    Abstract: An optical cross-connect connecting a series of optical input ports to a series of optical output ports includes at least a first group of input/output port arrays, each including a series of optical input/output ports disposed horizontally and configured to project or receive optical signals. A plurality of steering elements selectively steer optical signals along switching trajectories between the input and output ports. An angle-to-offset conversion unit converts optical signals propagating at the horizontal intra-array angles to corresponding spatial offset signals in the horizontal dimension. An optical interconnect includes a series of input/output regions, each being specific to a corresponding input/output port array and the input/output regions being divided vertically into elongated switching rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Finisar Corporation
    Inventor: Steven James Frisken
  • Devices, systems and methods for passive control of flow
    Patent number: 9567056
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are disclosed for controlling the flow of a fluid over the window of an optical instrument housing in a freestream flow field. For example, the flow upstream of the housing may be split to create a flow region over the window that is conducive to successful operation of the instrument. The flow region may be maintained for various rotations of the housing about yaw, pitch, and roll axes. The disclosed features in some embodiments induce flow regions with reduced spatial and temporal density gradients of the flow over the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Siegfried Hermann Zerweckh, Michael Rudolf Ruith, Steven James Ruther, Pritesh Chetan Mody
  • Area-efficient metal-programmable pulse latch design
    Patent number: 9564881
    Abstract: A pulse generator includes a latch module for storing first/second states, a pulse clock module for generating a clock pulse, and a delay module for delaying the clock pulse at a second latch-module input. The latch module has a first latch-module input coupled to a clock, the second latch-module input, and a latch-module output. The pulse clock module has a first pulse-clock-module input coupled to the clock, a second pulse-clock-module input coupled to the latch-module output, and a pulse-clock-module output. The delay module is coupled between the latch-module output and second pulse-clock-module input or between the pulse-clock-module output and second latch-module input. The delay module provides functionally I1IA at a delay module output, where I1 is a function of I and IA is a function of IN0 and B0, and where I is a delay module input, B0 is a first input bit, and IN0 is a first net input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Qi Ye, Steven James Dillen, Animesh Datta, Zhengyu Duan, Satyanarayana Sahu, Praveen Narendranath
  • Bib
    Patent number: D781531
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Buffering PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Steven James Garnett Butler, Madeleine Leigh Butler