Patents by Inventor Thomas Paul

Thomas Paul 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: 20250135742
    Abstract: A system includes a source of sheet material and a conversion machine. The conversion machine is configured to receive the sheet material and to form the sheet material into a fill material. The conversion machine further includes a cutting system configured to selectively cut the fill material either partially or completely to form two pieces of the fill material. When the cutting system partially cuts the fill material, uncut portions of the fill material remain between the two pieces of the fill material. When the cutting system completely cuts the fill material, no uncut portions remain between the two pieces of the fill material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick G. White, Cody Frederick Morse, Junkai He, Thomas Paul Orsini, Steven Edward Maston, Russell Thomas Christman
  • Patent number: 12285050
    Abstract: A resonant circuit for an aerosol generating system includes an inductive element for inductively heating a susceptor arrangement to heat an aerosol generating material to thereby generate an aerosol. The circuit also includes a switching arrangement that, in use, alternates between a first state and a second state to enable a varying current to be generated from a DC voltage supply and flow through the inductive element to cause inductive heating of the susceptor arrangement. The switching arrangement is configured to alternate between the first state and the second state in response to voltage oscillations within the resonant circuit which operate at a resonant frequency of the resonant circuit, whereby the varying current is maintained at the resonant frequency of the resonant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrence Milligan, Thomas Paul Blandino, Anton Korus, Patrick Moloney, Walid Abi Aoun
  • Publication number: 20250130945
    Abstract: A method of controlling a cache memory is disclosed. In an aspect, the method comprises receiving two or more store requests, wherein each store request is associated with a respective data unit for storage in the cache memory; and concurrently storing the respective data units associated with the two or more store requests to a given cache line of the cache memory in a single cache update operation based on determining that the respective data units associated with the two or more store requests are designated for storage in the given cache line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Benjamin Crawford CHAFFIN, Jonathan Christopher PERRY, Thomas Paul SCHWABEL
  • Publication number: 20250121200
    Abstract: A connector stack includes a plurality of conductive rings and a plurality of insulator rings. The plurality of insulator rings separating the conductive rings from each other. The plurality of conductive rings and the plurality of insulator rings form the connector stack, and define a lumen therethrough. The plurality of conductive rings and the plurality of insulator rings are brazed together such that the connector stack is a hermetically sealed stack. The conductive rings have one or more of a counterbore design, a conical design, or a D-flat profile. The insulator rings may be disk shaped or may have a shape similar to the conductive rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Paul Lopez, Samuel N Amundson
  • Publication number: 20250111765
    Abstract: An integrated circuit die stack and method thereof are described herein that is capable of detecting a physical tampering event. The integrated circuit die stack includes a first integrated circuit die including a sensor network that extends substantially across an entire top surface of the first integrated circuit die, and a second integrated circuit die stacked below the first integrated circuit die. The second integrated circuit die is configured to receive sensing signals generated by the sensor network via a plurality of through-silicon-vias coupled with the first integrated circuit die and the second integrated circuit die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Paul LEBOEUF, James ANDERSON, James D. WESSELKAMPER, Jason J. MOORE
  • Publication number: 20250088359
    Abstract: Techniques for enabling the association of client devices to anonymized households during an authorization process is performed at a server including processor(s) and non-transitory memory. The server receives a request for a service or content from a client device that specifies a device identifier, a first hash value approximating a unit in which the client device is deployed, and a second hash value representing a connection to the unit. The server records and evaluates the request based on the device identifier, the first hash value, and the second hash value so that an access token is generated for the client device and bound to the first hash value. The server sends the access token to the client device for access to the service or content via the connection to the unit upon validating the request or reports an anomaly determined based on the recorded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Itai Ephraim Zilbershtein, Thomas Paul Burnley
  • Publication number: 20250064130
    Abstract: Apparatus for an aerosol generating system comprises an inductive element for inductively heating a susceptor arrangement to heat an aerosol generating material to thereby generate an aerosol, an insulating member which in use is located between the inductive element and the susceptor arrangement to thermally insulate the susceptor arrangement from the inductive element; a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature at a location in the system insulated in use from the susceptor arrangement by the insulating member, and a control arrangement. The control arrangement is configured to monitor the temperature measured by the temperature sensor and take a control action if, based on the temperature measured by the temperature sensor, the control arrangement determines that the susceptor arrangement is overheating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Paul BLANDINO, Edward Joseph HALLIDAY
  • Publication number: 20250045991
    Abstract: In one aspect, an example method can be used with a system comprising a set of domain specific language (DSL)-compatible modules. The method can include: (i) designing a template for an interactive media object, wherein the template includes one or more fixed portions and one or more variable portions; (ii) curating the designed template by at least using received input to modify the one or more variable portions of the designed template; (iii) modifying the curated template by replacing a content placeholder of the curated template with a corresponding content item, thereby automatically converting the curated template into an interactive media object definition file; and (iv) using the interactive media object definition file to render and present, via a media selection menu of a presentation device, an interactive media object defined by the interactive media object definition file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Mehul Sanghavi, Rachel Elise Bailin, Thomas Paul DeGarmo, JR., Prajit Jose Madan, David Anthony Webb, Andrew Laurence Ashbacher
  • Patent number: 12219228
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a robotic imaging apparatus includes providing the robotic imaging apparatus, calibrating a stereoscopic camera portion of the apparatus to robot space, and registering the robot space to a patient space. An embodiment of the apparatus includes a base section defining the robot space, a robotic arm including a first end connected to the base section, a second end including a coupling interface, and a plurality of joints and links connecting the first end to the second end, each joint including a motor configured to rotate the joint around an axis and a joint sensor configured to transmit a position of the respective joint, a stereoscopic camera connected at the coupling interface, and a sensor positioned at the coupling interface and configured to detect force imparted on the stereoscopic camera by an operator and to transmit output data indicative of the detected force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Maximiliano Ramirez Luna, Michael Weissman, Thomas Paul Riederer, George Charles Polchin, Ashok Burton Tripathi, Patrick Terry
  • Publication number: 20250009049
    Abstract: An energy control system comprising one or more fibers, the one or more fibers each comprising strain-rate sensitive material. Wearable items comprising the energy control system. A method of manufacturing a strain-rate sensitive fiber, the method comprising: extruding strain-rate sensitive material to form one or more fibers; coating the extruded one or more fibers with a tackiness reducing powder; and applying the coated one or more fibers onto a storage component. A method of manufacturing a strain-rate sensitive fiber, the method comprising: extruding strain-rate sensitive material to form one or more fibers; reducing tension on the extruded one or more fibers; and applying the reduced tension one or more fibers onto a storage component. A protection element configured to at least partially enclose one or more elongate elements, the protection element comprising strain-rate sensitive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel James PLANT, Thomas Paul SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20240430158
    Abstract: A query for a subscriber is received, and in response to determining that configuration data associated with the subscriber is on a failed node of a clustered AS, a method comprises: determining a healthy node; requesting the healthy node to instantiate a configuration block associated with the subscriber and, in response to the block being a child block, a first parent block upon which the child block is dependent; receiving a response that an identifier associated with the subscriber has been registered on the healthy node; responding to the query with the location of the healthy node; after receiving the response, adding at least one configuration block on the failed AS node, excluding any configuration block that was requested to be instantiated, to a queue for requesting the healthy node to instantiate each configuration block of the queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Ian Ranulf HANAHOE, Thomas Paul WHITEWAY, Josephine Julie ADKIN, Steven BIGGS
  • Patent number: 12171931
    Abstract: Connection pads for coupling fluid-instillation and negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) apparatuses to wound dressing, and methods and wound dressings for breaching a drape after coupling a wound dressing to a fluid-instillation and/or NPWT apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Locke, Colin John Hall, Aidan Marcus Tout, Paul S. Slack, Thomas Paul Lawhorn, Timothy Mark Robinson
  • Patent number: 12127595
    Abstract: Aerosol provision devices having printed circuit boards are described. One such aerosol provision device defines a longitudinal axis and comprises an electrical connector, a heater assembly configured to heat aerosol generating material received within the device and a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB comprises a first portion arranged substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and a second portion arranged substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The heater assembly is electrically coupled to the first portion. The second portion is electrically coupled to the first portion and the electrical connector is electrically coupled to the second portion. Another such aerosol provision device comprises a first coil for heating a heater component and a PCB arranged adjacent to the first coil. The PCB comprises: a first through hole connected to a first end of the first coil; and a second through hole connected to a second end of the first coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Paul Blandino, Ashley John Sayed, Mitchel Thorsen, Luke James Warren
  • Publication number: 20240331812
    Abstract: System and method to determine a reduced cohort criteria, the method including: defining N selection criteria to select a cohort from among a universe of patient data; querying a patient database, by use of a processor, and by use of the N selection criteria, in order to define a full patient population; selecting a subset of size M of the N selection criteria, to produce a subset criteria; selecting a permutation of the subset criteria, to produce a permuted subset criteria in a predetermined order; for each member of the permuted subset criteria: querying the patient database by use of the member of the permuted subset criteria to produce a respective interim patient population; combining all respective interim patient populations to produce a partial patient population; and calculating, by a processor, a coverage figure of merit that compares the partial patient population to the full patient population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Paul Haskell, Benjamin Alexander Paul Hughes
  • Patent number: 12101528
    Abstract: Techniques for switching a client device to play low latency content are described. In accordance with various embodiments, the client device switching method is performed at a device (e.g., a client device) with a processor and a non-transitory memory. The client device detects a request for a user interface (UI) while playing a media content item from a buffer and sends to a server the request and status of playing the media content item from the buffer. The client device then receives from the server a switch point determined by the server based at least in part on the status and the requested UI. The client device further determines whether the buffer has sufficient UI frames rendered by the server at the switch point. Upon determining that the buffer has sufficient UI frames, the client device switches to playing the UI frames from the buffer at the switch point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Synamedia Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Leigh, Thomas Paul Burnley
  • Patent number: 12084578
    Abstract: Radiation-curable compositions of Pigment Violet 23 are described which can be used advantageously in UV inks for inkjet printing machines. Soiling containing such UV inks, especially within inkjet printing machines, can be removed particularly easily in a contactless procedure with conventional cleaners. The radiation-curable compositions described contain at least one modified Pigment Violet 23 which carries at least one polar functional group of the formula (I): —X-E?? (I) where X is a bridging group and E is a polar molecule radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Thomas Paul, Peter Hachmann, Christoph Michel, Els Mannekens
  • Patent number: 12081448
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for reducing a decode delay at a client device. In some implementations, a device includes one or more processors and a non-transitory memory. In some implementations, a method includes determining that a client device is being switched from a real-time content presentation mode in which the client device presents real-time content to a buffered content presentation mode in which the client device presents buffered content. In some implementations, the method includes transmitting, to the client device, video frames corresponding to the buffered content at a first transmission rate. In some implementations, the method includes changing the first transmission rate to a second transmission rate based on an indication that a number of bits stored in a buffer of the client device satisfies a decode threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Synamedia Limited
    Inventors: Avi Fruchter, Ilan Cohen, Zorach Reuven Wachtfogel, Uziel Joseph Harband, Einav Rivni, Thomas Paul Burnley
  • Patent number: 12075833
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes an induction heating circuit for inductively heating a susceptor arrangement to heat an aerosol generating material to thereby generate an aerosol. The device is configured such that during operation a level of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the device is: less than 40 dB?V/m over a frequency range of 30 MHz to 225 MHz and/or less than 47 dB?V/m over a frequency range of 235 MHz to 1 GHz, and/or less than 70 dB?V/m over a frequency range of 1 GHz to 3 GHz, and/or less than 74 dB?V/m over a frequency range of 3 GHz to 6 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Paul Blandino, Ashley John Sayed, Luke James Warren
  • Publication number: 20240268659
    Abstract: A system for guiding an ophthalmic procedure is disclosed. The system includes a housing assembly with a head unit configured to be at least partially directed towards a target site in an eye. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) module and stereoscopic visualization camera are at least partially located in the head unit and configured to obtain a first set and a second set of volumetric data, respectively. A controller is configured to register the first set and second set of volumetric data to create a third set of registered volumetric data. The third set and second set of registered volumetric data are rendered, via a volumetric render module, to a first and second region. The first region and the second region are overlaid to obtain a shared composite view of the target site. The controller is configured to extract structural features and/or enable visualization of the target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: ALCON INC.
    Inventors: Ashok Burton Tripathi, George Charles Polchin, Maximiliano Ramirez Luna, Patrick Terry, Thomas Paul Riederer
  • Patent number: 12060751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent substrate comprising a multiple layer coating stack and the use of same in the manufacture of a double glazing unit, wherein the multiple layer coating stack comprises, n functional metal layer, m; and n plus 1 (n+1) dielectric layer, d, wherein the dielectric layers are positioned before and after each functional metal layer, and wherein n is the total number of functional metal layer in the stack counted from the substrate and is greater than or equal to 3; and wherein each dielectric layer comprises one or more layers, characterized in that the geometrical layer thickness of each functional metal layer in the coating stack Gm, is greater than the geometrical layer thickness of each functional metal layer appearing before it in the multiple layer coating stack, that is, Gmi+1>Gmi wherein i is the position of the functional metal layer in the coating stack counted from the substrate, and wherein for each dielectric layer d located before and after each functi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Pilkington Group Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Paul, Axel Nöthe, Tobias Breil