Patents by Inventor Steven Richards

Steven Richards 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: 20160306925
    Abstract: A quality control system for performing quality control checks on pre-scheduled medical imaging studies. The system includes a processor and an interface for receiving electronic orders, each order specifying a medical imaging procedure to be performed at a specified procedure time to produce a study. The processor performs a series of functions for each electronic order. It first determines whether the study to be produced by the specified procedure according to the order requires a quality control check. Then, if the study requires a quality control check, the processor waits until a decision time that is the earlier of the time that the study becomes available for performing a quality control check, and a period of time after the specified procedure time. If, at the decision time, the study is available for performing a quality control check, then the processor performs the quality control check on the study.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Richard Wranovsky, Thanh Duc Huynh, Sheryl Rae Thingvold
  • Publication number: 20160287588
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating, stabilizing or lessening the severity or progression of a disease or disorder associated with BTK.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Richard Witowski, William Frederick Westlin, III, Heather Lounsbury, Kathryn Stiede, Bruce A. Silver, Jay M. Mei
  • Patent number: 9454694
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, in an overlay input application, one or more ink strokes provided to an input field overlay area; wherein the input field overlay area is located on top of an underlying application display; and providing, in the input field overlay area, an at least partially opaque background. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Joshua Neil Novak, Steven Richard Perrin, Jianbang Zhang, Russell Speight VanBlon, Sarah Jane E Cox, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu
  • Patent number: 9452280
    Abstract: In an aspect of the invention, an array of microprotrusions is formed by providing a mold with cavities corresponding to the negative of the microprotrusions, casting atop the mold a first solution comprising a biocompatible material and a solvent, removing the solvent, casting a second solution atop the first cast solution, removing the solvent from the second solution, and demolding the resulting array from the mold. The first solution preferably contains an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Corium International, Inc.
    Inventors: Parminder Singh, Robert Wade Worsham, Joseph C. Trautman, Danir Bayramov, Danny Lee Bowers, Andy Klemm, Steven Richard Klemm, Guohua Chen
  • Patent number: 9441892
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system for use with heavy equipment including a heat exchanger rotatable about a horizontal axis out of a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Jared Jayson Lowe, Michael John Cocayne, Steven Richard Sass, Austin Edward Vize
  • Publication number: 20160258214
    Abstract: A ladder assembly defines a work station for a tank having a vertically extending side wall and a top of a convex curved profile, with an access point near the top center of the convex curved top, the ladder having a pair of parallel side rails, each side rail having a straight section at one end and a curved section at the other end, the curved section extending over the top of the tank and toward the access point, with plurality of rungs extending between and secured to the side rails, with at least one rung positioned in the straight section of the side rails and at least one rung positioned in the curved section of the side rails. A separate hand grip is provided and may be mounted on the tank between the ladder and the access point of the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventor: Steven Richard Ambriz
  • Patent number: 9436698
    Abstract: For sharing a file system between multiple operating systems, a method is disclosed that includes sharing a file system between two or more operating systems, the two distinct operating systems concurrently operating on a computing device, determining, by a processor, that one of the two or more operating systems has an altered need for the file system, and changing interfaces to the file system based on the altered need.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Mark Charles Davis, Scott Edwards Kelso, Howard Locker, Steven Richard Perrin
  • Patent number: 9437195
    Abstract: A system includes a user speech profile stored on a computer readable storage device, the speech profile containing a plurality of phonemes with user identifying characteristics for the phonemes, and a speech processor coupled to access the speech profile to generate a phrase containing user distinguishing phonemes based on a difference between the user identifying characteristics for such phonemes and average user identifying characteristics, such that the phrase has discriminability from other users. The speech processor may also or alternatively select the phrase as a function of ambient noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Steven Richard Perrin
  • Publication number: 20160253555
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, at an input and display device, a plurality of ink strokes; converting the plurality of ink strokes into machine input for analysis; analyzing, using a processor, the machine input to determine a grouping; adjusting, according to the grouping, a layout of at least a sub-set of the plurality of ink strokes determined using a geometric relationship; and providing a display based on the grouping. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Jianbang Zhang, Grigori Zaitsev, Steven Richard Perrin, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • Publication number: 20160239085
    Abstract: For force identification of a boundary, code detects an attention area on a display intersecting a boundary of the display. In addition the code provides a force indication through a feedback device in response to detecting the attention area intersecting the boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Ming Qian, Scott Edwards Kelso, John Weldon Nicholson, Steven Richard Perrin
  • Patent number: 9418460
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method including storing in a memory presentation data, including image data, processing the image data to generate positioning data for positioning the image on a presentation in accordance with a plurality of image positioning techniques, and selecting positioning data for positioning the image in accordance with at least one of the plurality of image positioning techniques. A user interface, which may be graphical, permits a user to toggle through the positions generated by the various techniques, and to lock the image in a desired position. Also disclosed are a system and a computer-usable storage medium having instructions thereon for implementing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Mark Charles Davis, Elif Karakaya, Scott Edwards Kelso, Steven Richard Perrin
  • Patent number: 9403830
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A1, A2, L1 and B are as defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) are useful as inhibitors of leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H) and treating LTA4H related disorders. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I), methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, and processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Asitha Abeywardane, Steven Richard Brunette, Michael Jason Burke, Thomas Martin Kirrane, Jr., Chuk Chui Man, Daniel Richard Marshall, Anil Kumar Padyana, Hossein Razavi, Robert Sibley, Lana Louise Smith Keenan, Roger John Snow, Ronald John Sorcek, Hidenori Takahashi, Steven John Taylor, Michael Robert Turner, Erick Richard Roush Young, Qiang Zhang, Yunlong Zhang, Renee M. Zindell
  • Publication number: 20160216783
    Abstract: A system and method may include a device including a user interface, a detector, and a central processing unit (CPU) in communication with the detector. The CPU controls operation of the device. A stylus is used to input data with respect to the device. The stylus may include a main body and an engagement member operatively coupled to the main body. The engagement member alters a mechanical relationship within the main body in response to engagement by a user. The stylus generates a signal in response to the altered mechanical relationship within the main body. The detector detects the signal generated by the stylus. The CPU performs an action in response to detection of the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso, Steven Richard Perrin, John Miles Hunt, Song Wang, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch
  • Patent number: 9395911
    Abstract: According to one example embodiment there is disclosed a system having a touch sensitive component responsive to a pen-based input includes a memory or storage device storing a symbol library defining at least one symbol representative of at least one logograph, pictograph or ideogram, the symbol library information specifying a topology structure defining sub-regions that symbol elements can appear in the at least one logograph, pictograph or ideogram, and a processor operatively connected to the touch sensitive component and the memory or storage device and operative to execute program instructions to interpret hand drawn indicia to identify at least one symbol based on recognizing at least one symbol element and its respective position in a sub-region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Qian, Jian Li, Steven Richard Perrin, Song Erin Wang, Jianbang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9396826
    Abstract: An isotope production target may include an outer diameter wall and an inner diameter wall. An isotope source may be located between the inner diameter wall and the outer diameter wall, and the isotope source may comprise fissile material interspersed with one or more voided regions. A central region may be located within the inner diameter wall, and the central region may be configured to house a neutron thermalization volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Steven Richard Reese, Todd Stephen Palmer, Stephen Todd Keller, Madicken Munk
  • Publication number: 20160204552
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a front wire terminal and a rear wire terminal. The front wire terminal and the rear wire terminal are configured to couple to a conductor of a cable. A front signal trace is coupled to the front wire terminal. A rear signal trace is coupled to the rear wire terminal. The front signal trace is positioned adjacent to the rear signal trace. A front mating contact is coupled to the front signal trace. A rear mating contact is coupled to the rear signal trace. The front signal trace conveys an electrical signal between the front wire terminal and the front mating contact. The rear signal trace conveys an electrical signal between the rear wire terminal and the rear mating contact. An electro-mechanical compensation is positioned between the front signal trace and the rear signal trace to control crosstalk between the front signal trace and the rear signal trace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Richard Bopp, Ralph Sykes Martin, Paul John Pepe
  • Patent number: 9392088
    Abstract: A device includes a transceiver, a microphone, a sensor, and a controller coupled to receive signals from the sensor and to place the device into a mute mode when the signals from the sensor are indicative of a user action to reduce transmission of the user's voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bradley Park Strazisar, Toby John Bowen, Scott Edwards Kelso, John Weldon Nicholson, Steven Richard Perrin, Matthew Price Roper, Song Erin Wang, Jianbang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160183912
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for fabricating a forward facing piezoelectric stylus is provided. In a representative device, a piezoelectric element is connected to a stylus shaft, wherein the stylus shaft provides connectivity from the piezoelectric element to a console device. The stylus have shape such that multiple can be fabricated simultaneously in certain steps. In some instances, the stylus is adapted such that it can be placed within a needle, allowing easier placement of the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Steven Richard Mickelsen
  • Publication number: 20160190745
    Abstract: Electrical connector including a plurality of mating conductors. Each of the mating conductors extends between an engagement portion and an interior portion. The engagement portions of the mating conductors are configured to engage contacts of the mating connector. The engagement portions are located proximate to one another at a first nodal region. The interior portions are located proximate to one another at a second nodal region. The electrical connector also includes a first open-ended conductor electrically connected to the engagement portion of a first mating conductor of the plurality of mating conductors and extending from the first nodal region. The electrical connector also includes a second open-ended conductor electrically connected to the interior portion of a second mating conductor of the plurality of mating conductors and extending from the second nodal region. The first open-ended conductor is capacitively coupled to the second open-ended conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Richard Bopp, Paul John Pepe
  • Patent number: D767355
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Motion Pro, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Richard Scott