Patents by Inventor Steven John

Steven John 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: 20150003155
    Abstract: A write-protection system and method for use with a gaming machine. The system having a non-volatile data storage device, an interface device and an electrically conductive connector. The storage device having electronic data storage and a write-protection controller providing a write-protected state and a write-permitting state, the electronic data storage being blocked from receiving electronic write commands in the write-protected state and being able to receive write commands in the write-permitting state. The interface device electrically connecting the data storage device to a power supply and control circuitry of the gaming machine. The interface device connected to the electronic data storage through the controller and the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Steven John Jaskowiak, Jeffrey W. Siegrist
  • Publication number: 20140375681
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for detecting angular displacement of a display element relative to a reference position on a head mounted display device for presenting a mixed reality or virtual reality experience. Once the displacement is detected, it may be corrected for to maintain the proper binocular disparity of virtual images displayed to the left and right display elements of the head mounted display device. In one example, the detection system uses an optical assembly including collimated LEDs and a camera which together are insensitive to linear displacement. Such a system provides a true measure of angular displacement of one or both display elements on the head mounted display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Steven John Robbins, Drew Steedly, Nathan Ackerman, Quentin Simon Charles Miller, Andrew C. Goris
  • Publication number: 20140377823
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel beta-alanine/alpha ketoglutarate aminotransferase nucleic acid and protein sequences having increased biological activity. Also provided are cells containing such enzymes, as well as methods of their use, for example to produce malonyl semialdehyde and downstream products thereof, such as 3-hydroxypropionic acid and derivatives thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Holly Jean Jessen, Hans H. Liao, Steven John Gort, Olga V. Selifonova
  • Patent number: 8915251
    Abstract: A headgear assembly for a mask system includes a two-dimensional first headgear section and a two-dimensional second headgear section, wherein the two-dimensional first and second headgear sections are attached to one another to form a three-dimensional anatomically-shaped headgear assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: Steven John Lubke, Gregory Scott Smart, Rupert Christian Scheiner, Alison Oldenburg, James William Charles Vandyke, Christopher Scott Skipper, Michael John Reid, Timothy Shawn Nelson, Philip Rodney Kwok, Karthikeyan Selvarajan
  • Patent number: 8914472
    Abstract: Some disclosed examples relate to facilitating an experience-sharing session in real-time between a first head-mountable display (HMD) and a second HMD. The experience-sharing session can include a demonstration phase and an observation phase. During the demonstration phase, a server system can receive first media content from the first HMD and send the first media content in real-time to the second HMD. The first media content can include a point-of-view video recorded at the first HMD. During the observation phase, the server system can receive second media content from the second HMD and send the second media content in real-time to the first HMD. The second media content can include a point-of-view video recorded at the second HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Steven John Lee, Indika Charles Mendis, Max Benjamin Braun
  • Publication number: 20140361377
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide device isolation in a complimentary metal-oxide fin field effect transistor. Specifically, a semiconductor device is formed with a retrograde doped layer over a substrate to minimize a source to drain punch-through leakage. A set of high mobility channel fins is formed over the retrograde doped layer, each of the set of high mobility channel fins comprising a high mobility channel material (e.g., silicon or silicon-germanium). The retrograde doped layer may be formed using an in situ doping process or a counter dopant retrograde implant. The device may further include a carbon liner positioned between the retrograde doped layer and the set of high mobility channel fins to prevent carrier spill-out to the high mobility channel fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Ajey Poovannummoottil Jacob, Steven John Bentley, Murat Kerem Akarvardar, Jody Alan Fronheiser, Kangguo Cheng, Bruce B. Doris, Ali Khakifirooz, Toshiharu Nagumo
  • Patent number: 8910307
    Abstract: Generally, aspects of this disclosure are directed to copy protection techniques. Areas in memory may be secured to establish a secure memory area in the memory that is not accessible by unauthorized clients. A request to decode video content stored in the secure memory area may be received. If the video content to be decoded is stored in the secure memory area, a first MMU associated with the hardware decoder may enforce a rule that the video content is to be decoded into one or more output buffers in the secure memory area. A request to display the decoded video content stored in the secure memory area may be received. If the decoded video content is stored in the secure memory area, a second MMU associated with a hardware display processor may enforce a rule that a secure link be established between the hardware display processor and an output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sudeep Ravi Kottilingal, Gary Arthur Ciambella, Steven John Halter
  • Publication number: 20140349376
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel beta-alanine/alpha ketoglutarate aminotransferase nucleic acid and protein sequences having increased biological activity. Also provided are cells containing such enzymes, as well as methods of their use, for example to produce malonyl semialdehyde and downstream products thereof, such as 3-hydroxypropionic acid and derivatives thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Holly Jean Jessen, Hans H. Liao, Steven John Gort, Olga V. Selifonova
  • Patent number: 8895313
    Abstract: Provided are certain benzothiazole, imidazothiazole, imidazopyrimidine and imidazopyridine compounds, including, for example: formula (I) and pharmaceutically and physiologically acceptable salts, hydrates, and solvates thereof. Such compounds can be used as diagnostic ligands or labels of tau protein and PHF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Wista Laboratories Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven John Kemp, Lynda Jane Storey, John Mervyn David Storey, Janet Rickard, Charles Robert Harrington, Claude Michel Wischik, Scott Clunas, Tobias Kerst Heinrich
  • Patent number: 8895601
    Abstract: The invention relates to new quinoxaline derivative compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, to processes for the preparation of said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Ltd
    Inventors: Gordon Saxty, Christopher William Murray, Valerio Berdini, Gilbert Ebai Besong, Christopher Charles Frederick Hamlett, Christopher Norbert Johnson, Steven John Woodhead, David Charles Rees, Laurence Anne Mevellec, Patrick René Angibaud, Eddy Jean Edgard Freyne, Timothy Pietro Suren Perera, Ronaldus Arnodus Hendrika Joseph Gilissen, Berthold Wroblowski, Jean Fernand Armand Lacrampe, Alexandra Papanikos, Oliver Alexis Georges Querolle, Elisabeth Thérèse Jeanne Pasquier, Isabelle Noëlle Constance Pilatte, Pascal Ghislain André Bonnet, Werner Constant Johan Embrechts, Rhalid Akkari, Lieven Meerpoel
  • Publication number: 20140343696
    Abstract: Graphic element definitions are bound to industrial automation data types in an industrial control system. Moreover, a system provides automatic data searching and filtering of an item based on user interactions with either the graphic element definition or a controller data type. Further, a graphic element definition is associated with a data source type information, to simplify configuration of an instance of that graphic element and populate suitable data source fields based on instances of the associated data source type. In addition, a system to automatically generate the graphic element based on data from a logic controller is provided. Moreover, the graphic element can be updated to reflect a change in the data, without a manual refresh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Scott Plache, Steven John Kowal, Michael D. Kalan, Joseph Bronikowski, Douglas J. Reichard, Christopher E. Stanek, Reginald W. Sprecher
  • Publication number: 20140344271
    Abstract: A method of determining a requirements characterisation profile for an entity is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving classification parameters defining a requirement for an entity and selecting, in dependence on the classification parameters, a set of entities from a database of previously assessed entities. The method further includes retrieving from the database characterisation parameters of the selected set of entities, and constructing, in dependence on the characterisation parameters, a requirements characterisation profile for the entity. An apparatus is provided that includes means for performing such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: SHL GROUP LTD
    Inventors: David BARTRAM, Steven John FLECK
  • Publication number: 20140340797
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for detecting and interrupting a ground fault in a direct current (DC) power circuit are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A first value of a first current flow over a first part of the DC power circuit is compared with a second value of a second current flow over a second part of the DC power circuit. A voltage is generated, wherein the voltage is proportional to a difference between the first and the second values. Responsive to the voltage exceeding the threshold voltage for a threshold time, a signal output is produced, the signal configured to cause a short-circuit in the first part of the DC power circuit. The first part of the DC power circuit is interrupted responsive to the short-circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven John Ahladas, Vincent P. Mulligan, Edward Joseph Seminaro
  • Patent number: 8889391
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel beta-alanine/alpha ketoglutarate aminotransferase nucleic acid and protein sequences having increased biological activity. Also provided are cells containing such enzymes, as well as methods of their use, for example to produce malonyl semialdehyde and downstream products thereof, such as 3-hydroxypropionic acid and derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Holly Jean Jessen, Hans H. Liao, Steven John Gort, Olga V. Selifonova
  • Patent number: 8893010
    Abstract: An exemplary computer-implemented method involves a computing device: (a) causing a graphic display to display a user-interface for accessing one or more experience-sharing sessions, wherein the user-interface is associated with a first user-account; (b) determining a location; (c) initiating a location-based search for one or more associated experience-sharing sessions, wherein each associated experience sharing session involves at least one second user-account that has a confirmed association with the first user-account, and wherein the location-based search is based on the determined location; and (d) causing the graphic display to display at least a portion of each of one or more associated experience-sharing sessions that result from the location-based search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Brin, Steven John Lee, Indika Charles Mendis, Max Benjamin Braun
  • Patent number: 8877759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharnaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, David Kay, Somhairle MacCormick, Pierre-Henri Storck, Joanne Pinder, Michael Edward O'Donnell, Ronald Marcellus Alphonsus Knegtel, Stephen Clinton Young, Philip Michael Reaper, Steven John Durrant, Heather Clare Twin, Christopher John Davis
  • Patent number: 8875156
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes designating a visual representation of an object in a display screen of a human machine interface, accessing any properties, connections, and text associated with the object in response to a trigger event, and creating an identical copy in response to the trigger event, wherein the identical copy includes any properties, connections and text associated with the object. An interface system that includes a machine readable medium having programming code implementing the method. An industrial automation device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven John Kowal, Gregory James Piller
  • Publication number: 20140311903
    Abstract: The invention provides electrochemical-based modules useful for the determination of an analyte in a bodily fluid sample. The modules of the invention provide opposed electrodes, but the contact areas for making electrical contact between the electrodes and the analyte measurement device are coplanar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Steven John Setford, Scott J. Sloss
  • Patent number: 8864251
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance that includes a freezer compartment having a freezer compartment door, and a refrigeration compartment having at least one refrigeration compartment door. The appliance further includes a mullion with an exterior surface. The mullion divides the compartments and the exterior surface directs condensation toward a transfer point. The appliance may also include a cabinet that houses the compartments and has two sides, each with an exterior surface. Further, at least one exterior surface directs condensation toward a transfer point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Steven John Kuehl, John J. Vonderhaar, Guolian Wu, Mianxue Wu
  • Patent number: 8868069
    Abstract: An aircraft-mounted base transceiver station (mBTS) for providing intermittent coverage in a cellular radio network. The mBTS utilizes the existing protocol of its terrestrial counterparts, thereby avoiding dual-mode devices and enabling common usage of terminal monitoring and device management systems for devices connected to a single radio access network even when outside terrestrial coverage areas. The aircraft follows a transient flight pattern, providing intermittent flyover connectivity for remote radio device such as machine-type devices. Connectivity may be store and forward. Channel usage may be adjusted to avoid interfering with terrestrial communication cells during flyover. Doppler effects due to aircraft speed may be accounted for. The mBTS may be configured to service in-range radio devices which are outside a Doppler-inhibited region and/or to prioritize communication with devices based on expected time outside the Doppler-inhibited region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sierra Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven John Bennett, Gerald Gustav Vos