Patents by Inventor Thomas Fitzgerald

Thomas Fitzgerald 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: 12186713
    Abstract: Provided herein are electrospun or electroblown non-woven fiber membranes, methods of making such membranes and lateral flow diagnostic devices comprising such membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: Merck Millipore Ltd., The Provost Fellows Foundation Scholars and the Other Members of Board of the College of the Holy Cross
    Inventors: William Cataldo, Inga Elkina, Kamran Beyzavi, Thomas Fitzgerald, Dennis Aquino, Daniel Callahan, Michael Mansfield, Mikhail Kozlov, Gabriel Tkacik, Murugan Rajendiran, Ramesh Babu Padamati
  • Patent number: 12160925
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enhanced device discovery to support multiple clients and high data bandwidth are disclosed herein. An example method includes a method for discovering networked devices on a network having a client application executing on a client device communicatively coupled to the networked devices, the method comprising: transmitting a first inquiry over the network; receiving a first list of devices corresponding to the first inquiry; transmitting a second inquiry over the network; receiving a second list of devices corresponding to the second inquiry; aggregating the first list and the second list to form an aggregate list, the aggregate list including a list of networked devices of interest; and, for at least one of the networked devices of interest, establishing a publisher/subscriber relationship between the at least one of the networked devices and the client application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Fitzgerald, Tharindu S. Rathnathunga, Thomas C. Bellizzi, Jr., Pragnesh Kishorbhai Sanchaniya
  • Publication number: 20240205660
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enhanced device discovery to support multiple clients and high data bandwidth are disclosed herein. An example method includes a method for discovering networked devices on a network having a client application executing on a client device communicatively coupled to the networked devices, the method comprising: transmitting a first inquiry over the network; receiving a first list of devices corresponding to the first inquiry; transmitting a second inquiry over the network; receiving a second list of devices corresponding to the second inquiry; aggregating the first list and the second list to form an aggregate list, the aggregate list including a list of networked devices of interest; and, for at least one of the networked devices of interest, establishing a publisher/subscriber relationship between the at least one of the networked devices and the client application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Fitzgerald, Tharindu S. Rathnathunga, Thomas C. Bellizzi Jr., Pragnesh Kishorbhai Sanchaniya
  • Publication number: 20240174623
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a curable composition that includes at least one maleimide-containing compound or benzoxazine compound, at least one low dielectric loss polymer or a hydrogenated derivative thereof, at least one filler, and at least one radical initiator. This disclosure also relates to using the composition to form a film, a laminate, and/or a circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Preeya Kuray, Caleb Ancharski, Yoji Nakajima, Mark Derwin, Thomas Fitzgerald McCarthy, III, Takefumi Abe
  • Publication number: 20240174802
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a curable composition that includes at least one maleimide-containing compound or benzoxazine compound, at least one low dielectric loss polymer or a hydrogenated derivative thereof, at least one filler, and at least one radical initiator. This disclosure also relates to using the composition to form a film, a laminate, and/or a circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Preeya Kuray, Caleb Ancharski, Yoji Nakajima, Mark Derwin, Thomas Fitzgerald McCarthy, III, Takefumi Abe
  • Publication number: 20230326722
    Abstract: A gas-delivery assembly and reactor system including the gas-delivery system are disclosed. The gas-delivery assembly includes a transport tube and a baffle to facilitate desired distribution of gas that can include activated species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Fitzgerald, Ruchik Bhatt
  • Publication number: 20230313367
    Abstract: A reactor system for use in semiconductor processing, such as for chemical vapor deposition (CVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD), and other deposition steps, that makes use of a reactor module with two or more reaction chambers. The reactor system includes components of a cooling system to provide enhanced temperature uniformity across a chamber lid enclosing the housing or vessel containing the reaction chambers. In part, the cooling system is adapted to utilize convective heat transfer and includes a finned heat sink positioned at the center of the chamber lid in the center space between the external portions of the showerheads of the reaction chambers. Further, the cooling system includes a fan positioned to have its outlet at the center space and over the finned heat sink so that air is directed into the center space and onto the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ankit Kimtee, Akshay Phadnis, Kyle Fondurulia, Thomas Fitzgerald
  • Publication number: 20230175126
    Abstract: A reactor can include a reaction chamber, a substrate support configured to support a substrate on a top side of the substrate support, and an elongate delivery apparatus disposed within the reaction chamber. The substrate support may be actuated to an upper position and to a lower position along a vertical axis within the reaction chamber. The substrate support may have a maximum horizontal dimension from the vertical axis along a horizontal axis substantially orthogonal to the vertical axis. The elongate delivery apparatus may have an inner horizontal dimension greater than the maximum horizontal dimension of the substrate support. The delivery apparatus can allow gas to pass through an interior of the delivery apparatus. The delivery apparatus can include a plurality of apertures. Each of the plurality of apertures can allow passage of the gas from the interior of the delivery apparatus into the reaction chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jianqiu Huang, Gnyanesh Trivedi, Thomas Fitzgerald, Akshay Phadnis, Yingzong Bu, Paul Ma, Shubham Garg
  • Publication number: 20230089167
    Abstract: Gas-phase reactor systems and methods of cleaning same are disclosed. Exemplary systems include a cleaning gas diffuser within a reaction chamber to facilitate cleaning of components, such as a susceptor, within the reaction chamber. The cleaning gas diffuser can be configured to provide a flow of a cleaning reactant over one or more surfaces within the reaction chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jianqiu Huang, Gnyanesh Trivedi, Yingzong Bu, Todd Dunn, Thomas Fitzgerald, Akshay Phadnis, Paul Ma
  • Publication number: 20230061477
    Abstract: A reaction chamber may comprise a reaction chamber volume enclosed within the reaction chamber; a susceptor configured to support a substrate disposed in the reaction chamber volume; a reaction space above the susceptor, and a lower chamber space below the susceptor, within the reaction chamber volume; and/or a sealing system causing the reaction space and the lower chamber space to be at least partially fluidly separate. A sealing system may comprise a spacer plate surrounding and coupled to the susceptor; and/or a spring coupled to the spacer plate and the susceptor having a spring bias toward a compressed position or an extended position, such that the spring bias facilitates creation of at least a partial seal between the spacer plate and the susceptor, causing at least partial fluid separation between the reaction space and the lower chamber space as the susceptor moves up and down within the reaction chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Fitzgerald, Rohan Rane, Jereld Winkler, Ankit Kimtee, Todd Robert Dunn
  • Publication number: 20230063286
    Abstract: A baffle for use in a reaction chamber may comprise a baffle first end, a baffle second end, and a baffle space enclosed by a baffle wall system and the reaction chamber floor, wherein the baffle first end may comprise a baffle aperture disposed therethrough configured to allow a fluid to flow from the reaction chamber volume into the baffle space through the baffle aperture and exit the baffle space through a vacuum aperture in the reaction chamber floor toward a vacuum source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Fitzgerald, Ruchik Bhatt
  • Publication number: 20220353412
    Abstract: An example method for managing power within an imaging device includes: determining an interface of the imaging device via which the imaging device is receiving power; based on the interface, determining a power budget associated with the interface; determining which fixed load components of the imaging device are enabled; calculating a remaining power budget by subtracting a power consumption of the enabled fixed load components from the power budget; responsive to the remaining power budget being positive, configuring non-fixed load components such that a total power consumption of the non-fixed load components does not exceed the remaining power budget; and responsive to the remaining power budget being negative, providing, via a user interface, a notification of insufficient power budget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher P. Klicpera, Nina Feinstein, Matthew Lawrence Horner, Thomas Fitzgerald, John P. Evans
  • Patent number: 11488101
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes periodically receiving a batch product presentation message comprising at least one of a presentation minimum for a plurality of products in a retail store and the facing quantity for a plurality of products in the retail store. A stream of product presentation messages is formed from the batch product presentation message. For each product presentation message, content of the product presentation message is used to identify a respective quantity of a product that is to be moved to the sales floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward Lindberg, Ramesh Thennadil, Thomas Fitzgerald Jenny, Patrick McLeash Brinton
  • Publication number: 20220261481
    Abstract: To unpack packed executables generated with a packer or packing technique that cannot be identified, a universal unpacker unpacks the executable by running the packed executable in a controlled environment and monitoring execution of the program code which unpacks the executable and memory accessed as a result. The unpacker intercepts system calls issued during execution and can allow, emulate, or block intercepted system calls to provide maximum protection of the host system on which it executes. Unpacking and monitoring can continue until a criterion for termination has been satisfied, such as whether a specified time has elapsed, a specified number of instructions have executed, or a system call which triggers termination has been intercepted. The unpacker writes the memory that comprises the unpacked executable to disk. Malware analysis can then be performed on the unpacked executable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventor: James Thomas Fitzgerald
  • Publication number: 20210398843
    Abstract: A susceptor can include a face that is configured to support a substrate thereon and a plurality of channels extending into the face and radially outwardly relative to a center of the face. One or more of the plurality of channels may include an elongate portion and a flash-out portion. The elongate portion may have a width less than a threshold width along the entirety of the elongate portion. The flash-out portion may be in fluid communication with the elongate portion and may include a first section having a first width and a second section having a second width greater than the first width. The first section may be disposed radially inward of the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 10877029
    Abstract: A poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) membrane having a highly porous, reticulated, 3-D structure suitable for lateral flow diagnostic applications is described. Also described is a method for producing a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) membrane that comprises the steps of mixing a suitable amount of PMMA, a solvent and a optionally one of either a co-solvent or a non-solvent to produce a solution, casting a thin film of the solution onto a support, and removal of the solvent from the solution to produce the PMMA membrane. A lateral flow diagnostic device comprising a highly porous PMMA membrane as a reaction membrane is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: The Provost, Fellows, Scholars and Other Members of Board of Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork—National University of Ireland, Cork
    Inventors: Peter Fleming, Michael Morris, Thomas Fitzgerald, Ramesh Babu Padamati, Paul Delaney, Clifton Ngan, Niamh Hennessy, Kamran Beyzavi
  • Publication number: 20200173076
    Abstract: Provided herein are electrospun or electroblown non-woven fiber membranes, methods of making such membranes and lateral flow diagnostic devices comprising such membranes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: William Cataldo, Inga Elkina, Kamran Beyzavi, Thomas Fitzgerald, Dennis Aquino, Daniel Callahan, Michael Mansfield, Mikhail Kozlov, Gabriel Tkacik, Murugan Rajendiran, Ramesh Babu Padamati
  • Publication number: 20200134549
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes periodically receiving a batch product presentation message comprising at least one of a presentation minimum for a plurality of products in a retail store and the facing quantity for a plurality of products in the retail store. A stream of product presentation messages is formed from the batch product presentation message. For each product presentation message, content of the product presentation message is used to identify a respective quantity of a product that is to be moved to the sales floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: John Edward Lindberg, Ramesh Thennadil, Thomas Fitzgerald Jenny, Patrick McLeash Brinton
  • Patent number: 10552789
    Abstract: A method receives store inventory batch updates from a plurality of retail stores and divides each batch update into a stream of smaller messages, each smaller message referring only to a single product and including the identifier for the retail store, the identifier for the product, the quantity of the product on the sales floor of the retail store and the quantity of the product in the backroom of the retail store. The stream of smaller messages are applied to parallel processing such that a plurality of smaller messages can be processed at the same time, the parallel processing of each smaller message determining a quantity of the respective product that must be moved to the sales floor to satisfy at least one restocking rule given the quantities of the product on the sales floor in the smaller message and storing the quantity in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward Lindberg, Ramesh Thennadil, Thomas Fitzgerald Jenny, Patrick McLeash Brinton
  • Patent number: 10474994
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes displaying a plurality of fill group identifiers and a map on a user interface. Each fill group identifier represents a separate collection of products that are restocked as a group, and the map has a plurality of flags, each flag indicating the location of a product that needs to be restocked. A request is received through the user interface to set a restocking task for one of the fill groups. When the restocking task is completed, the user interface is updated so that the fill group identifier associated with the request is removed from the user interface and the flags for any products in the fill group associated with the request are removed from the map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Mak, Robert Edward Gilman, Molly Susan Condon, Mark Andrew Ganser, Thomas Fitzgerald Jenny, Sarah Wolters Medrano