Patents by Inventor Thomas Richards
Thomas 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).
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Patent number: 11782998Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for retrieving image search results using embedding neural network models. In one aspect, an image search query is received. A respective pair numeric embedding for each of a plurality of image-landing page pairs is determined. Each pair numeric embedding is a numeric representation in an embedding space. An image search query embedding neural network processes features of the image search query and generates a query numeric embedding. The query numeric embedding is a numeric representation of the image search query in the same embedding space. A subset of the image-landing page pairs having pair numeric embeddings that are closest to the query numeric embedding of the image search query in the embedding space are identified as first candidate image search results.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Suddha Kalyan Basu, Wei Fan, Daniel Glasner, Sushrut Suresh Karanjkar, Thomas Richard Strohmann, Shubhang Verma, Manas Ashok Pathak, Wenyuan Yin, Sundeep Tirumalareddy
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Publication number: 20230293137Abstract: A digital stethoscope with additional sensors for measuring orientation, positional changes, infrared radiation, strain, and electrophysiology is disclosed. Enhancements to AI driven system(s) and methods as a result of the additional sensors are disclosed. Methods and device implementations enabled by this feature set include providing instruction to a user for improved use of the digital stethoscope in obtaining sound from the body of a patient, automatic exam segmentation, automatic subject orientation capture, and motion capture not possible with a traditional stethoscope transducer alone. A further disclosure of a method for managing heart failure is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: KARL PAUL DOCKENDORF, WINSTON THOMAS RICHARDS, CLIFFORD DARYL STEELE
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Patent number: 11760940Abstract: A remote hydrocarbon processing system comprising a gas compressor skid, gas processing skid, electric power generation skid, liquid storage tank, blending skid, and crude oil source, are fluid flow interconnected and located proximate to a producing well. Produced gases are delivered from the well to the gas compressor skid. Compressed natural gas is delivered to the gas processing skid where it is thermally separated to generate a processed gas stream and a processed liquid stream. The processed gas stream is delivered to the electric power generation skid and burned to generate electricity that may be delivered to an electric power transmission line. The processed liquid stream is delivered to the liquid storage tank. Crude oil from the crude oil source and processed liquid stream from the liquid storage tank are delivered to the Blending skid and blended into a lower viscosity, higher API gravity transportable crude oil.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2023Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Chrisma Energy Solutions, LPInventors: Thomas Richard Mechler, Melea Rachel Bonasso
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Patent number: 11747970Abstract: Embodiments relate to interactive graphical display. A request is processed by a generative system to generate multiple hypotheses of an output in response to the request, a primary hypothesis of the multiple hypotheses having a highest confidence for the output, multiple secondary hypotheses of the multiple hypotheses having a lower confidence than the highest confidence. At least one region of divergence is determined from the primary hypothesis by the multiple secondary hypotheses, the at least one region of divergence having alternatives in the multiple secondary hypotheses, the alternatives in the multiple secondary hypotheses differing from the primary hypothesis. A graphical user interface displays the at least one region of divergence in the primary hypothesis and alternatives in the multiple secondary hypotheses for the at least one region of divergence, the alternatives and primary hypothesis for the at least one region of divergence being displayed as selectable options for a user.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven I. Ross, Stephanie Houde, Fernando Carlos Martinez, Justin David Weisz, John Thomas Richards
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Patent number: 11741192Abstract: An autonomous agent operating method, system, and computer program product, including configuring an autonomous agent for a task, launching the autonomous agent with an initial update interval, the update interval determining a frequency of the autonomous agent reporting results to a human user for review, measuring the trust level of human user in a performance of the autonomous agent, and dynamically adjusting the update interval based on this measured trust.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: John Thomas Richards, David John Pirokowski, Stephanie Houde, Yunfeng Zhang, Qingzi Liao, Rachel Katherine Emma Ballamy
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Patent number: 11730800Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to a composition including a factor H binding protein (fHBP) and a Neisseria meningitidis non-serogroup B capsular polysaccharide. The invention further relates to uses of a composition that includes fHBP, such as, for example, uses to elicit an immune response against N. meningitidis serogroup B strains and non-serogroup B strains. The compositions and methods described herein are directed to administration in humans, including adults, adolescents, toddlers, and infants.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Kathrin Ute Jansen, Annaliesa Sybil Anderson, Judith Absalon, Jose Miguel Aste-Amezaga, Johannes Frederik Beeslaar, David Cooper, John Erwin Farley, Leah Diane Fletcher, Shannon Lea Harris, Thomas Richard Jones, Isis Kanevsky, Lakshmi Khandke, Paul Liberator, John Lance Perez, Lynn Marie Phelan, Gary Warren Zlotnick
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Publication number: 20230255422Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes: a vacuum motor; one or more sensors configured to generate sensor signals associated with the vacuum cleaner; and a controller configured to: process the generated sensor signals using a surface type model defining a mapping between generated sensor signals and surface types to determine a type of surface on which the vacuum cleaner is being operated; control the power of the vacuum motor in dependence on the determined type of surface; and update the surface type model based on the generated sensor signals and/or the determined type of surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Massimo CAMPLANI, Andrew Collingwood WATSON, David Alan MILLINGTON, Nathan LAWSON MCLEAN, Nolan Thomas MCCANN, Thomas Richard DE LANGE
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Publication number: 20230250345Abstract: A remote hydrocarbon processing system comprising a gas compressor skid, gas processing skid, electric power generation skid, liquid storage tank, blending skid, and crude oil source, are fluid flow interconnected and located proximate to a producing well. Produced gases are delivered from the well to the gas compressor skid. Compressed natural gas is delivered to the gas processing skid where it is thermally separated to generate a processed gas stream and a processed liquid stream. The processed gas stream is delivered to the electric power generation skid and burned to generate electricity that may be delivered to an electric power transmission line. The processed liquid stream is delivered to the liquid storage tank. Crude oil from the crude oil source and processed liquid stream from the liquid storage tank are delivered to the Blending skid and blended into a lower viscosity, higher API gravity transportable crude oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Thomas Richard Mechler, Melea Rachel Bonasso
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Publication number: 20230242823Abstract: A remote hydrocarbon processing system comprising a gas compressor skid, gas processing skid, electric power generation skid, liquid storage tank, blending skid, and crude oil source, are fluid flow interconnected and located proximate to a producing well. Produced gases are delivered from the well to the gas compressor skid. Compressed natural gas is delivered to the gas processing skid where it is thermally separated to generate a processed gas stream and a processed liquid stream. The processed gas stream is delivered to the electric power generation skid and burned to generate electricity that may be delivered to an electric power transmission line. The processed liquid stream is delivered to the liquid storage tank. Crude oil from the crude oil source and processed liquid stream from the liquid storage tank are delivered to the Blending skid and blended into a lower viscosity, higher API gravity transportable crude oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Thomas Richard Mechler, Melea Rachel Bonasso
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Patent number: 11684557Abstract: An antimicrobial preservation system comprising: i. itaconic acid or salt thereof and ii. benzoic acid or salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.Inventors: Stuart Campbell-Lee, Rupak Mitra, Thomas Richard Pointon, Ian Peter Stott
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Patent number: 11680087Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to a composition including a first polypeptide having the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and a second polypeptide having the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2. In one embodiment, the composition includes about 120 ?g/ml of a first polypeptide including the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, 120 ?g/ml of a second polypeptide including the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, about 2.8 molar ratio polysorbate-80 to the first polypeptide, about 2.8 molar ratio polysorbate-80 to the second polypeptide, about 0.5 mg/ml aluminum, about 10 mM histidine, and about 150 mM sodium chloride. In one embodiment, a dose of the composition is about 0.5 ml in total volume. In one embodiment, two-doses of the composition induce a bactericidal titer against diverse heterologous subfamily A and subfamily B strains in a human.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Annaliesa Sybil Anderson, Rasappa Gounder Arumugham, John Erwin Farley, Leah Diane Fletcher, Shannon Lea Harris, Kathrin Ute Jansen, Thomas Richard Jones, Lakshmi Khandke, Bounthon Loun, John Lance Perez, Gary Warren Zlotnick
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Publication number: 20230180907Abstract: A hair care appliance is provided. The hair care appliance includes a handle and a body coupled to the handle via a rotational hinge joint. The body can be movable via the rotational hinge joint between a straight configuration in which the body is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the handle and a bent configuration in which the body extends along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the handle. A fluid flow path extends between an inlet in the handle and an outlet in the body. The hair care appliance can be operated with minimal loss of fluid flow in either the straight configuration and the bent configuration. The hair care appliance includes a fan assembly in the handle and a heater assembly in the body that are positioned to create a balanced center of mass of the hair care appliance when operated by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Nicholas James Sardar, Richard Mathias, Joshua Thomas Richards, Colby Jackson Higgins, Adam Udy, Stephen Murphy
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Publication number: 20230172335Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer that is movable between a first position and a second position in order to alter one or more characteristics of the airflow therethrough. In one embodiment, an attachment having multiple facets and types of projections with varying stiffness are provided on an outer housing that can be rotated relative to a base by the user. In a second embodiment, an attachment having a concave surface with prongs extending therethrough that can be moved such that the exposed portion of the prongs are lengthened or shortened, as desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Joshua Thomas Richards, Thomas Edward Kingsborough Cody, Shannon Marie Mcsweeney, Daniel J. Innes, Steven Luke Bailey
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Patent number: 11658540Abstract: A method of mounting a rotor assembly to a frame of an electric motor includes providing a rotor assembly having a bearing and a frame having a bearing seat. The method includes locating the bearing within the bearing seat, applying a first adhesive at a substantially hidden interface between the bearing and the bearing seat, applying a second adhesive at a substantially visible interface between the bearing and the bearing seat, and curing the first and second adhesives using different curing processes.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: David Ions, John Declan Stott, Thomas Richard Stafford
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Publication number: 20230148723Abstract: A hair care appliance is provided. The hair care appliance includes a handle and a body coupled to the handle via a rotational hinge joint. The body can be movable via the rotational hinge joint between a straight configuration in which the body is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the handle and a bent configuration in which the body extends along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the handle. A fluid flow path extends between an inlet in the handle and an outlet in the body. The hair care appliance can be operated with minimal loss of fluid flow in either the straight configuration and the bent configuration. The hair care appliance includes a fan assembly in the handle and a heater assembly in the body that are positioned to create a balanced center of mass of the hair care appliance when operated by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Colby Jackson Higgins, Adam Udy, Stephen Murphy, Stephan James Godden, Richard Mathias, Nicholas James Sardar, Joshua Thomas Richards
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Patent number: 11642294Abstract: An antimicrobial preservation system comprising: i. itaconic acid or salt thereof and ii. benzoic acid or salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.Inventors: Stuart Campbell-Lee, Rupak Mitra, Thomas Richard Pointon, Ian Peter Stott
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Publication number: 20230138194Abstract: A method for manufacturing microfibrillated cellulose, a particulate grinding medium suitable for use in said method, a material which wears rough, and a method for making said particulate grinding medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: FiberLean Technologies LimitedInventors: Tafadzwa Motsi, David Robert Skuse, Jean Andre Alary, Andreas Borger, Neil Rowson, Thomas Richard Skuse
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Patent number: 11634646Abstract: A remote hydrocarbon processing system comprising a gas compressor skid, gas processing skid, electric power generation skid, liquid storage tank, blending skid, and crude oil source, are fluid flow interconnected and located proximate to a producing well. Produced gases are delivered from the well to the gas compressor skid. Compressed natural gas is delivered to the gas processing skid where it is thermally separated to generate a processed gas stream and a processed liquid stream. The processed gas stream is delivered to the electric power generation skid and burned to generate electricity that may be delivered to an electric power transmission line. The processed liquid stream is delivered to the liquid storage tank. Crude oil from the crude oil source and processed liquid stream from the liquid storage tank are delivered to the Blending skid and blended into a lower viscosity, higher API gravity transportable crude oil.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Chrisma Energy Solutions, LPInventors: Thomas Richard Mechler, Melea Rachel Bonasso
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Patent number: 11629172Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides and cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigens that include at least one introduced amino acid mutation relative to the amino acid sequence of the wild-type HCMV glycoprotein B (gB). In some embodiments, the polypeptide is stabilized in a conformation alternative to the gB postfusion conformation. Also disclosed are compositions including the polypeptides and uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Philip Ralph Dormitzer, Ye Che, Xiaoyuan Sherry Chi, Seungil Han, Kyle Paul Heim, Thomas Richard Jones, Yuhang Liu, Xiayang Qiu, Xinzhen Yang, Xiaojie Yao, Matthew Curtis Griffor, Jennifer Anne Nicki
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Patent number: D1001175Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventors: Thomas Richard Needham, Ian Raymond Mahaffy