Patents by Inventor Thomas Scott

Thomas Scott 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: 20250244262
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for in-situ analysis of drilling fluid solids is provided. A system includes a digital imaging system and a computer system operatively coupled to the digital imaging system. The digital imaging system is coupled to a shale shaker. The shale shaker is positioned at a surface of the Earth adjacent a wellbore and configured to receive a drilling fluid including solid objects. The digital imaging system is configured to capture images or measurement data of the solid objects. The computer system includes processors, and a computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the processors to perform operations. The operations include receiving the images or measurement data captured by the digital imaging system and determining one or more properties of a target solid object of the solid objects. The one or more properties include specific gravity or composition of the target solid object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Scott, Tulio D. Olivares Antunez, Rafael M. Pino Rojas, Fahad Aldossary
  • Patent number: 12350644
    Abstract: A product for adsorbing one or more PFAS from a liquid is disclosed. The product may comprise attapulgite that has been surface functionalized with (a) a quaternary amine surface coating solution that comprises a mono-quaternary amine compound or a di-quaternary amine compound and (b) a mercapto surface coating solution that comprises a surface coating agent that includes one or more mercapto groups that chemically bond to the attapulgite surface. When the quaternary amine surface coating solution includes the mono-quaternary amine compound, the product is free of di-quaternary amines. When the quaternary amine surface coating solution includes the di-quaternary amine compound, the product is free of mono-quaternary amines. Also disclosed is a method of producing the product and a method of adsorbing a PFAS in a liquid using the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Active Minerals International, LLC
    Inventors: Bo Wang, Thomas Scott Cortner, Dennis Parker
  • Patent number: 12346290
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to workload allocation for file system maintenance. A file system that includes storage nodes and snapshots may be provided such that each snapshot may be associated with a plurality of data blocks. If snapshots are deleted further actions may be performed, including: determining the dead blocks associated with the deleted snapshots such that each dead block may be a data block that may be unassociated with undeleted snapshots; adding the plurality of dead blocks to dead trees located on the storage nodes; determining an urgency score based on a workload model and file system metrics; determining delete tasks based on the urgency score; determining a portion of the storage nodes based on a number of delete tasks; and executing the delete tasks on the portion storage nodes to delete the dead blocks to return storage capacity to the file system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Qumulo, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Henry Haber, Noah Trent Nelson, Thomas Scott Urban
  • Publication number: 20250182654
    Abstract: A lift-stabilizer apparatus for a separable and deployable portable sign which has an arm, a pivot disposed at a first end of the arm, wherein the pivot has a bottom end with an attachment for a portable sign base, and a support surface engager disposed at the second end of the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Russell Edward Latenser, II, Thomas Scott Johnson
  • Patent number: 12321503
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method can include measuring, via a sensor disposed within an interior of a housing, an out-of-band characteristic of an electronic circuit disposed within the interior of the housing. The method can further include receiving, from the sensor and at a management circuit disposed within the interior of housing, a sensor signal indicating the out-of-band characteristic of the electronic circuit. The method can further include analyzing, at the management circuit, the out-of-band characteristic of the electronic circuit to produce an alarm signal. The method can further include sending, from the management circuit, the alarm signal to initiate a remedial action in response to receiving the alarm signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Global Technical Systems
    Inventor: Thomas Scott Morgan
  • Publication number: 20250170880
    Abstract: The presently claimed and described technology provides apparatuses including a rail mounted retractable cover, a tiltable retractable bed cover for a pickup truck, a post-mounted retractable cover, a track mounted retractable cover, a magnetically actuated retractable cover, and a retractable bed cover and rear window protector for a pickup truck. The cover may be driven between a deployed (extended) configuration, a retracted (stowed) configuration, and a tilted configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventor: Thomas Scott BREIDENBACH
  • Patent number: 12312948
    Abstract: A downhole filtration system for use in a drill string includes a filter assembly configured to filter debris from a drilling fluid, a first pressure sensor located at an uphole end of the filter assembly, a second pressure sensor located at a downhole end of the filter assembly, and a control unit configured to receive and transmit data from the first and second pressure sensors to surface equipment in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mario Augusto Rivas Martinez, Daniel Thomas Scott
  • Patent number: 12291246
    Abstract: A railroad car including a plurality of penetration resistant and protective structures including a penetration resistant and protective underframe, penetration resistant and protective first end, second end, and center bulkheads, penetration resistant and protective first, second, third, and fourth side walls, and protective first and second roof hatches, all configured to protect internal cylinder assemblies, the pipes that communicate the gas from the cylinders of the cylinder assemblies, and the safety critical valves, regulators, and other equipment connected to such cylinders and pipes of the railroad car in an accident (such as a derailment, crash and/or roll-over).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: CNGMOTIVE, INC.
    Inventors: David I. Scott, Pedro T. Santos, Robert Thomas Scott
  • Publication number: 20250133646
    Abstract: Metal oxide films are reduced to metal with an atmospheric pressure argon and hydrogen plasma at temperatures between 25 and 250° C. A 40-nm-thick copper oxide layer on a copper-coated silicon wafer, 300 mm in diameter, can be fully removed by the argon and hydrogen plasma in under two minutes at 150° C. The fast rate of metal oxide reduction to metal demonstrates that this process is well suited for front- and back-end semiconductor manufacturing, such as for example, flux-free flip chip bonding of microbumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Surfx Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Scott Williams, Robert F. Hicks, Hsiao-Wen Liu
  • Publication number: 20250123624
    Abstract: Provided are various systems and processes for improving last-mile delivery of real-time, on-demand orders for perishable goods. In one aspect, an automated vehicle (AV) comprises a body including a storage compartment for storing perishable goods. The storage compartment is accessible by a user upon authentication of the user. The AV further comprises a sensor module for receiving data for navigating the AV. The sensor module is positioned above the body on a support structure at a predetermined height above the ground, such as three to five feet. The data includes one or more of the following: audio data, video data, radio waves, and backscattered light waves. The AV further comprises an onboard computer system configured to process the data to navigate the AV along motor vehicle routes and pedestrian routes. The AV may be configured to interface with an automated locker system to retrieve or deposit the perishable goods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: DoorDash, Inc.
    Inventors: Harrison Shih, Jeff Ning Han, Dan Michael Babcock, Thomas Scott Stephens, Cody Duane Aughney
  • Publication number: 20250118648
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multilevel system-in-package (SIP) module having a double-sided module and a redistribution structure located underneath the double-sided module. The double-sided module includes a laminate body, a top component attached to a top surface of the laminate body, a bottom component and multiple copper posts attached to a bottom surface of the laminate body, and a bottom mold compound formed on the bottom surface of the laminate body and at least encapsulating side surfaces of the bottom component and side surfaces of each copper post. A bottom surface of the bottom mold compound is a portion of a bottom surface of the double-sided module. The redistribution structure includes a redistribution layer with multiple patterned conductive features, which are separate from each other. Each patterned conductive feature is coupled to at least one of the bottom component and the copper posts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Charles E. Carpenter, Thomas Scott Morris
  • Patent number: 12264546
    Abstract: A tool includes a main body configured to be disposed within a tubular string within a wellbore, such that a location of the tool within the tubular string is changeable between a surface location and a downhole location. The tool includes one or more sensors configured to measure downhole parameters from which the physical properties of the wellbore can be determined. The tool further includes a flapper configured (a) to, in response to the position of the tool changing from the surface location to the downhole location, pivot radially from a closed position in which the flapper is aligned with the main body to an open position in which the flapper is away from the main body, and (b) to, in response to the position of the tool changing from the downhole location to the surface location, pivot radially from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Victor Carlos Costa de Oliveira, Daniel Thomas Scott, Rami F. Saleh
  • Publication number: 20250104581
    Abstract: Techniques for enhancing brightness and power efficiency in augmented reality (AR) display devices are described. To enhance brightness and power efficiency a near-eye display device's duty cycle may be adjusted based on a type of usage (e.g., world-locked or head-locked); a persistence or a display rate may be varied based on head movement speed; the brightness may be adjusted based on sensed ambient light; ambient brightness may be matched by utilizing camera-based scene understanding determining a user's gaze direction and then decreasing brightness of the gaze's peripheral; the display brightness may be controlled based on gaze and/or eye motion; and/or if the user is moving, world-locked rendering (WLR) targets and/or refresh rates may be altered, or WLR varied for peripheral content based on a comparison of gaze direction and a virtual object location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ajit NINAN, Thomas Scott MURDISON, Romain BACHY, Ian ERKELENS
  • Publication number: 20250087122
    Abstract: A separable and deployable portable sign and transportation system are disclosed having at least a sign frame which is independent of and separate from a transportation frame, a sign panel on an upright member affixed to the sign frame, and one or more lift-stabilizers affixed to the sign frame, having at least a first mode of operation in a stowed position for transportation, and at least a second mode of operation in a deployed position holding the sign frame above a surface according to a minimum mating height and clearance to receive a corresponding transportation subsystem, wherein a footprint area defined by the lift-stabilizers in the second mode of operation is greater than a footprint area defined by the lift-stabilizers in the first mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Russell Edward Latenser, II, Thomas Scott Johnson
  • Patent number: 12249255
    Abstract: A separable and deployable portable sign and transportation system are disclosed having at least a sign frame which is independent of and separate from a transportation frame, a sign panel on an upright member affixed to the sign frame, and one or more lift-stabilizers affixed to the sign frame, having at least a first mode of operation in a stowed position for transportation, and at least a second mode of operation in a deployed position holding the sign frame above a surface according to a minimum mating height and clearance to receive a corresponding transportation subsystem, wherein a footprint area defined by the lift-stabilizers in the second mode of operation is greater than a footprint area defined by the lift-stabilizers in the first mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Information Exchange Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Edward Latenser, II, Thomas Scott Johnson
  • Publication number: 20250072470
    Abstract: A method operable to produce an infused liquid configured to be utilized in electronic cigarettes wherein the infused liquid includes an active ingredient compound selected from cannabis, hemp extract, plant extract or fungi extract. The present invention produces a formulation that maximizes the potency of the active ingredient of the formulation. The present invention includes a decarboxylation process facilitated via heat exposure wherein a mixture of a carrier base and the active ingredient is placed in a container and heat and agitation are applied thereto. The method of the present invention further includes exposure of the mixture of a carrier base and the active ingredient to an ultrasonic frequency of at least 20 KHZ. The mixture of the mixture of a carrier base and the active ingredient is exposed to ultrasonic frequencies for alternate time periods dependent upon the active ingredient compound mixed selected to be mixed with the carrier base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Shaun Theo Devries, Jaymes Thomas Scott-Polson George
  • Publication number: 20250070042
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a shielded electronic module with compartmental integrated shielding. The disclosed shielded electronic module includes an electronic module having an interposer, a mold compound, a first device component, a second device component, and an interior shield wall, and a module shielding structure directly and completely covers a top surface and side surfaces of the electronic module. Herein, the first device component and the second device component are formed over a top surface of the interposer, and the mold compound resides over the top surface of the interposer and fully encapsulates the first device component and the second device component. The interior shield wall is a continuous metal sheet and extends vertically through the mold compound towards the top surface of the interposer to separate the first device component and the second device component. The module shielding structure is physically and electrically connected to the interior shield wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Scott Morris, Mohsen Haji-Rahim, Charles E. Carpenter, Brian Howard Calhoun
  • Patent number: 12231109
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an electronic device with a solder interconnect and multiple material encapsulant. The electronic device includes a die last assembly with the die assembled to an electronic packaging substrate by a solder interconnect. At least a portion of a first dielectric material and the die are milled or ground, with a second dielectric material applied over an exposed portion of the die. A shield is then positioned over and electrically insulated from the die. Accordingly, such a configuration reduces a thickness or height of an electronic device with shielding and a die last assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles E. Carpenter, Howard Terry Glascock, Paul Stokes, Thomas Scott Morris
  • Publication number: 20250050919
    Abstract: Railroad cars with countermeasure structures that minimize the likelihood of deflagration and detonation hazards in gaseous hydrogen fuel storage and supply component in one or more of the compartments of such railroad cars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Pedro T. Santos, David I. Scott, R. Thomas Scott
  • Patent number: 12216478
    Abstract: Provided are various systems and processes for improving last-mile delivery of real-time, on-demand orders for perishable goods. In one aspect, an automated vehicle (AV) comprises a body including a storage compartment for storing perishable goods. The storage compartment is accessible by a user upon authentication of the user. The AV further comprises a sensor module for receiving data for navigating the AV. The sensor module is positioned above the body on a support structure at a predetermined height above the ground, such as three to five feet. The data includes one or more of the following: audio data, video data, radio waves, and backscattered light waves. The AV further comprises an onboard computer system configured to process the data to navigate the AV along motor vehicle routes and pedestrian routes. The AV may be configured to interface with an automated locker system to retrieve or deposit the perishable goods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: DoorDash, Inc.
    Inventors: Harrison Shih, Jeff Ning Han, Thomas Scott Stephens, Dan Michael Babcock, Cody Duane Aughney