Patents by Inventor Thomas Nowak
Thomas Nowak 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).
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Patent number: 11967321Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that can interact with applications that may not have been pre-configured for interfacing with the automated assistant. The automated assistant can identify content of an application interface of the application to determine synonymous terms that a user may speak when commanding the automated assistant to perform certain tasks. Speech processing operations employed by the automated assistant can be biased towards these synonymous terms when the user is accessing an application interface of the application. In some implementations, the synonymous terms can be identified in a responsive language of the automated assistant when the content of the application interface is being rendered in a different language. This can allow the automated assistant to operate as an interface between the user and certain applications that may not be rendering content in a native language of the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Joseph Lange, Abhanshu Sharma, Adam Coimbra, Gökhan Bakir, Gabriel Taubman, Ilya Firman, Jindong Chen, James Stout, Marcin Nowak-Przygodzki, Reed Enger, Thomas Weedon Hume, Vishwath Mohan, Jacek Szmigiel, Yunfan Jin, Kyle Pedersen, Gilles Baechler
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Publication number: 20240086436Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-training and fine-tuning of neural-network-based language models to reason directly over tables without generating logical forms. In some examples, a language model can be pre-trained using masked-language modeling tasks synthetically generated from tables pulled from a knowledge corpus. In some examples, the language model may be further pre-trained using pairs of counterfactual statements generated from those tables, and/or one or more statements that compare selected data from those tables. The language model may then be fine-tuned using examples that include only a question, an answer, and a table, allowing fine-tuning examples to be harvested directly from existing benchmark datasets or synthetically generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Thomas Müller, Jonathan Herzig, Pawel Nowak, Julian Eisenschlos, Francesco Piccinno, Syrine Krichene
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Patent number: 11898249Abstract: A method of processing a substrate according to a PECVD process is described. Temperature profile of the substrate is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Plasma density profile is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Chamber surfaces exposed to the plasma are heated to improve plasma density uniformity and reduce formation of low quality deposits on chamber surfaces. In situ metrology may be used to monitor progress of a deposition process and trigger control actions involving substrate temperature profile, plasma density profile, pressure, temperature, and flow of reactants.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Nagarajan Rajagopalan, Xinhai Han, Michael Wenyoung Tsiang, Masaki Ogata, Zhijun Jiang, Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez, Thomas Nowak, Jianhua Zhou, Ramprakash Sankarakrishnan, Amit Kumar Bansal, Jeongmin Lee, Todd Egan, Edward W. Budiarto, Dmitriy Panasyuk, Terrance Y. Lee, Jian J. Chen, Mohamad A. Ayoub, Heung Lak Park, Patrick Reilly, Shahid Shaikh, Bok Hoen Kim, Sergey Starik, Ganesh Balasubramanian
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Publication number: 20240004122Abstract: A digital display apparatus and method of assembling the same is disclosed. The digital apparatus comprises a light source operable to emit light rays, and a rigid light transporter operable to transmit emitted light rays from the light source towards a viewing area. The digital display apparatus further comprises a flexible optical film operable to extract light rays transmitted through the rigid light transporter towards the viewing area, the flexible optical film further comprises at least one microstructure having a curvature, wherein the flexible optical film is adhered to a curved surface of the rigid light transporter, with a peak of the curvature of the at least one microstructure opposing the curved surface of the rigid light transporter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Martin Thomas Nowak, Maharaja Sankaralingam, Junn Yaw Ong
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Patent number: 11717985Abstract: A nozzle unit for a reaction molding machine, comprising an inlet channel prepared for connection to a mixing head outlet and comprising a first dispensing nozzle, which is prepared for applying a reactive mixture and which is connected to the inlet channel in a first operating state, a second dispensing nozzle being present, which is connected to the inlet channel in a second operating state and which is likewise prepared for applying a reactive mixture. Further disclosed is a mixing head device for a reaction molding machine having the nozzle unit, to a reaction molding machine having the mixing head device, and to a method for producing a plastic part.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: KRAUSSMAFFEI TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Alexander Berg, Thomas Nowak
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Publication number: 20230193466Abstract: A method of processing a substrate according to a PECVD process is described. Temperature profile of the substrate is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Plasma density profile is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Chamber surfaces exposed to the plasma are heated to improve plasma density uniformity and reduce formation of low quality deposits on chamber surfaces. In situ metrology may be used to monitor progress of a deposition process and trigger control actions involving substrate temperature profile, plasma density profile, pressure, temperature, and flow of reactants.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Nagarajan RAJAGOPALAN, Xinhai HAN, Michael Wenyoung TSIANG, Masaki OGATA, Zhijun JIANG, Juan Carlos ROCHA-ALVAREZ, Thomas NOWAK, Jianhua ZHOU, Ramprakash SANKARAKRISHNAN, Amit Kumar BANSAL, Jeongmin LEE, Todd EGAN, Edward W. BUDIARTO, Dmitriy PANASYUK, Terrance Y. LEE, Jian J. CHEN, Mohamad A. AYOUB, Heung Lak PARK, Patrick REILLY, Shahid SHAIKH, Bok Hoen KIM, Sergey STARIK, Ganesh BALASUBRAMANIAN
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Patent number: 11613812Abstract: A method of processing a substrate according to a PECVD process is described. Temperature profile of the substrate is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Plasma density profile is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Chamber surfaces exposed to the plasma are heated to improve plasma density uniformity and reduce formation of low quality deposits on chamber surfaces. In situ metrology may be used to monitor progress of a deposition process and trigger control actions involving substrate temperature profile, plasma density profile, pressure, temperature, and flow of reactants.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Nagarajan Rajagopalan, Xinhai Han, Michael Wenyoung Tsiang, Masaki Ogata, Zhijun Jiang, Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez, Thomas Nowak, Jianhua Zhou, Ramprakash Sankarakrishnan, Amit Kumar Bansal, Jeongmin Lee, Todd Egan, Edward Budiarto, Dmitriy Panasyuk, Terrance Y. Lee, Jian J. Chen, Mohamad A. Ayoub, Heung Lak Park, Patrick Reilly, Shahid Shaikh, Bok Hoen Kim, Sergey Starik, Ganesh Balasubramanian
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Publication number: 20220410931Abstract: Enhancing situational awareness of an advanced driver assistance system in a host vehicle can be provided by acquiring, with an image sensor, an image data stream comprising a plurality of image frames. Analyzing A vision processor can analyze the image data stream to detect objects, shadows and/or lighting in the image frames. Recognizing A situation recognition engine can recognize at least one most probable traffic situation out of a set of predetermined traffic situations taking into account the detected objects, shadows and/or lighting. A processor can then control the host vehicle taking into account the at least one most probable traffic situation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Gabrielle Jost, Ahmed Benmimoun, Thomas Nowak, Chenhao Ma, Hamid M. Golgiri, Tony Tae-Jin Pak, Youssef Elminyawi, Anoop Mishra
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Publication number: 20220362474Abstract: A drive system for a drug delivery system includes a pressure chamber, a primary container, and a pressurized fluid. The pressure chamber has an outer surface and an inner surface that defines an interior volume. The primary container also has an outer surface and an inner surface that defines an interior volume to store a medicament to be administered to a user. The primary container is at least partially disposed within the interior volume of the pressure chamber. The pressurized fluid is disposed in the interior volume of the pressure chamber and is pressurized to exert a pressure on at least a portion of the outer surface of the primary container.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventor: Gregory Thomas Nowak
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Patent number: 11479578Abstract: A process for purifying a recombinant protein comprising the steps of: i) providing a solution comprising the recombinant protein; ii) adding an alkyl glycoside to the solution; and iii) purifying the recombinant protein. The addition of the alkyl glycoside provides improved clearance of process-related impurities. The purified recombinant protein of the invention has low levels of host cell DNA, host cell protein and viral contamination.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: CSL Behring Lengnau AGInventors: Tobias Brandt, Hubert Metzner, Carsten Horn, Thomas Nowak
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Publication number: 20220288324Abstract: A drug delivery device including a housing, a drug storage container, and a removable cap is provided. The housing includes a housing camming feature and a longitudinal axis and includes an opening. The drug storage container includes a delivery member having an insertion end configured to extend at least partially through the opening during a delivery state. The removable cap defines a cap camming feature and is configured to be removably coupled with the housing such that the removable cap has a storage position where the removable cap is coupled with the housing and at least partially covering the opening and a removed position where the removable cap is not coupled with the housing. The cap camming feature and the housing camming feature are configured to translate rotational motion into axial motion such that, upon rotational movement of the removable cap, the cap camming feature and/or the housing camming feature urge the removable cap along the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Austin Davis, Lars Eilertsen, David Lavmand Muller, Rasmus Ohlenschlaeger, Gregory Thomas Nowak, Kasper Poder, Dylan Bourelle
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Publication number: 20220288315Abstract: A drug delivery device including a housing, a drug storage container, and a removable cap is provided. The removable cap may be configured to be removably coupled with the housing such that the removable cap has a storage position where the removable cap is coupled with the housing and at least partially covering an opening in the housing and a removed position where the removable cap is not coupled with the housing. The removable cap may include an outer portion, an inner portion, and a gap separating at least a portion of the inner portion and at least a portion of the outer portion such that the at least a portion of the outer portion is allowed to bend with respect to the at least a portion of the inner portion if the at least a portion of the outer portion is subjected to an external force.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Steve Sanchez, Michael John McColligan, Austin Davis, Yangkun Song, Anders Grove Sund, Gregory Thomas Nowak
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Patent number: 11298852Abstract: A device and a method for producing reaction plastics, including a first metering device with a first metering unit and a second metering unit, each of which is suitable for receiving and dispensing a first mixing component in a metered manner, a second metering device which is suitable for receiving and dispensing a second mixing component in a metered manner, and a mixing device which is suitable for receiving and mixing the first mixing component dispensed by the first metering unit and/or the second metering unit of the first metering device and the second mixing component dispensed by the second metering device.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: KRAUSSMAFFEI TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Robert Brunner, Thomas Nowak
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Publication number: 20220072224Abstract: A drug delivery system includes a delivery container including a container body adapted to accommodate a drug therein, a supply line, and a flow rate monitor. The delivery container further includes inlet and outlet ports and is constructed from a resilient material. The container body is adapted to exert an urging force on the drug to expel the drug from the outlet port. The supply line is operably coupled to the outlet port to deliver the drug to a user. The flow rate monitor is operably coupled to at least one of the delivery container and the supply line. The flow rate monitor includes a flow rate sensor that senses a flow rate of the drug within the supply line.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Adam B. McCullough, Gregory Thomas Nowak
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Publication number: 20210308907Abstract: A device and a method for producing reaction plastics, including a first metering device with a first metering unit and a second metering unit, each of which is suitable for receiving and dispensing a first mixing component in a metered manner, a second metering device which is suitable for receiving and dispensing a second mixing component in a metered manner, and a mixing device which is suitable for receiving and mixing the first mixing component dispensed by the first metering unit and/or the second metering unit of the first metering device and the second mixing component dispensed by the second metering device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Robert Brunner, Thomas Nowak
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Patent number: 11133210Abstract: A method and apparatus for positioning and heating a substrate in a chamber are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a substrate support assembly having a support surface adapted to receive the substrate and a plurality of centering fingers for supporting the substrate at a distance parallel to the support surface and for centering the substrate relative to a reference axis substantially perpendicular to the support surface. The plurality of the centering fingers are movably disposed along a periphery of the support surface, and each of the plurality of centering fingers comprises a first end portion for either contacting or supporting a peripheral edge of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Dale R. Du Bois, Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez, Sanjeev Baluja, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Lipyeow Yap, Jianhua Zhou, Thomas Nowak
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Publication number: 20200399756Abstract: A method of processing a substrate according to a PECVD process is described. Temperature profile of the substrate is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Plasma density profile is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Chamber surfaces exposed to the plasma are heated to improve plasma density uniformity and reduce formation of low quality deposits on chamber surfaces. In situ metrology may be used to monitor progress of a deposition process and trigger control actions involving substrate temperature profile, plasma density profile, pressure, temperature, and flow of reactants.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Nagarajan RAJAGOPALAN, Xinhai HAN, Michael Wenyoung TSIANG, Masaki OGATA, Zhijun JIANG, Juan Carlos ROCHA-ALVAREZ, Thomas NOWAK, Jianhua ZHOU, Ramprakash SANKARAKRISHNAN, Amit Kumar BANSAL, Jeongmin LEE, Todd EGAN, Edward BUDIARTO, Dmitriy PANASYUK, Terrance Y. LEE, Jian J. CHEN, Mohamad A. AYOUB, Heung Lak PARK, Patrick REILLY, Shahid SHAIKH, Bok Hoen KIM, Sergey STARIK, Ganesh BALASUBRAMANIAN
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Patent number: D985116Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: AMGEN INC.Inventors: Austin Davis, Lars Eilertsen, David Lavmand Muller, Rasmus Øhlenschlæger, Gregory Thomas Nowak, Kasper Poder, Dylan Bourelle
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Patent number: D985117Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: AMGEN INC.Inventors: Austin Davis, Lars Eilertsen, David Lavmand Muller, Rasmus Øhlenschlæger, Gregory Thomas Nowak, Kasper Poder, Dylan Bourelle
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Patent number: D985118Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: AMGEN INC.Inventors: Austin Davis, Lars Eilertsen, David Lavmand Muller, Rasmus Øhlenschlæger, Gregory Thomas Nowak, Kasper Poder, Dylan Bourelle