Patents by Inventor Thomas Stevens

Thomas Stevens 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: 20260104101
    Abstract: A railway tank car having a dis-engageable valve handle assembly configured to selectively engage, lock, and actuate a discharge valve assembly connected to a tank of railway tank car, wherein the dis-engageable valve handle assembly is configured to prevent accidental or inadvertent opening of a valve of the discharge valve assembly in the case of an accident or a derailment of the railway tank car.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Lukas P. Miller, Scott J. Hart, Ben Miller, Thomas Stevens
  • Publication number: 20260014983
    Abstract: A method comprises periodically monitoring, by a processor, lateral position and velocity of vehicle within a predetermined distance from an autonomous vehicle, the vehicle moving in a direction having at least one common attribute with the autonomous vehicle; executing, by the processor, a computer model using the monitored lateral position and velocity of the vehicle, to predict whether a trajectory for the vehicle; and when a current trajectory of the autonomous has a likelihood of collision with the predicted trajectory of the vehicle that satisfies a threshold, determining, by the processor, an alternative trajectory for the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Mukhtar MAULIMOV, Thomas Stevens, Thomas Maslach
  • Publication number: 20260014982
    Abstract: A method comprises periodically monitoring, by a processor, lateral position and velocity of vehicle within a predetermined distance from an autonomous vehicle, the vehicle moving in a direction having at least one common attribute with the autonomous vehicle; executing, by the processor, a computer model using the monitored lateral position and velocity of the vehicle, to predict whether a trajectory for the vehicle; and when a current trajectory of the autonomous has a likelihood of collision with the predicted trajectory of the vehicle that satisfies a threshold, determining, by the processor, an alternative trajectory for the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Mukhtar MAULIMOV, Thomas STEVENS, Thomas MASLACH
  • Patent number: 12447951
    Abstract: A method comprises periodically monitoring, by a processor, lateral position and velocity of vehicle within a predetermined distance from an autonomous vehicle, the vehicle moving in a direction having at least one common attribute with the autonomous vehicle; executing, by the processor, a computer model using the monitored lateral position and velocity of the vehicle, to predict whether a trajectory for the vehicle; and when a current trajectory of the autonomous has a likelihood of collision with the predicted trajectory of the vehicle that satisfies a threshold, determining, by the processor, an alternative trajectory for the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: TORC Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mukhtar Maulimov, Thomas Stevens, Thomas Maslach
  • Publication number: 20250321120
    Abstract: A self-driving or assisted-driving car navigation system uses a navigation system in communication with a user's mobile device along with a set of preferred areas and a rating for each area to display the user's current location and ratings in color or hatchings. Map tiles transmitted to the navigation system may be modified Google map tiles. An alarm may be triggered if the user's course deviates from an approved course. The location and ratings may be displayed from tiles selected based on a match to the user's current contextual information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2025
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Inventor: Thomas Stevens
  • Publication number: 20250289856
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing recombinant proteins, as well as compositions used in and produced by such methods. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods for producing high secreted yields of recombinant proteins, and the compositions provided herein include expression constructs, recombinant vectors, and recombinant host cells that comprise polynucleotide sequences encoding proteins operably linked to recombinant secretion signals that comprise the leader peptide of the ?-mating factor (?MF) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and a non-?MF signal peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2025
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Inventors: Joshua Kittleson, Thomas Stevens, Rena Hill, Carlos Gustavo Pesce, David N. Breslauer, Daniel M. Widmaier
  • Publication number: 20250283114
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are modified strains for improving secretion of recombinantly expressed products secreted from a host organism with improved growth and productivity characteristics, as well as methods of using the modified strains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2025
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Inventor: Thomas Stevens
  • Publication number: 20250263177
    Abstract: A method for estimating the air flow through an aircraft air vent, having at least two pressure sensors positioned along a pressure measurement extraction line on or near a lip of the vent, by calibration and correlation steps. The calibration step comprises generating a database associating, for each of at least two air streams applied to the vent, values of at least two known air stream characteristics, and the pressure distribution measurements along the measurement extraction line. The correlation step comprises measuring a pressure distribution along the line when the aircraft is in flight; and correlating the measured pressure distribution, associated with the values of the two characteristics, with the data from the database, in order to estimate the air flow when the aircraft is in flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas STEVENS, Frederic TOST, Atef GHALAYINI, Benoit PARCELIER
  • Patent number: 12325730
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing recombinant proteins, as well as compositions used in and produced by such methods. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods for producing high secreted yields of recombinant proteins, and the compositions provided herein include expression constructs, recombinant vectors, and recombinant host cells that comprise polynucleotide sequences encoding proteins operably linked to recombinant secretion signals that comprise the leader peptide of the ?-mating factor (?MF) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and a non-?MF signal peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: BOLT THREADS, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua Kittleson, Thomas Stevens, Rena Hill, Carlos Gustavo Pesce, David N. Breslauer, Daniel M. Widmaier
  • Patent number: 12286640
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are modified strains for improving secretion of recombinantly expressed products secreted from a host organism with improved growth and productivity characteristics, as well as methods of using the modified strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: BOLT THREADS, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas Stevens
  • Publication number: 20250122252
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing recombinant proteins, as well as compositions used in and produced by such methods. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods for producing high secreted yields of recombinant proteins, and the compositions provided herein include recombinant host cells that comprise polynucleotide sequences encoding proteins operably linked to at least 2 distinct secretion signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Joshua Kittleson, Thomas Stevens, Rena Hill, Carlos Gustavo Pesce
  • Publication number: 20240367646
    Abstract: A method comprises periodically monitoring, by a processor, lateral position and velocity of vehicle within a predetermined distance from an autonomous vehicle, the vehicle moving in a direction having at least one common attribute with the autonomous vehicle; executing, by the processor, a computer model using the monitored lateral position and velocity of the vehicle, to predict whether a trajectory for the vehicle; and when a current trajectory of the autonomous has a likelihood of collision with the predicted trajectory of the vehicle that satisfies a threshold, determining, by the processor, an alternative trajectory for the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: TORC Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mukhtar MAULIMOV, Thomas STEVENS, Thomas MASLACH
  • Patent number: 12122810
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing recombinant proteins, as well as compositions used in and produced by such methods. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods for producing high secreted yields of recombinant proteins, and the compositions provided herein include recombinant host cells that comprise polynucleotide sequences encoding proteins operably linked to at least 2 distinct secretion signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: BOLT THREADS, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua Kittleson, Thomas Stevens, Rena Hill, Carlos Gustavo Pesce
  • Publication number: 20240150416
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing recombinant proteins, as well as compositions used in and produced by such methods. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods for producing high secreted yields of recombinant proteins, and the compositions provided herein include expression constructs, recombinant vectors, and recombinant host cells that comprise polynucleotide sequences encoding proteins operably linked to recombinant secretion signals that comprise the leader peptide of the ?-mating factor (?MF) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and a non-?MF signal peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua Kittleson, Thomas Stevens, Rena Hill, Carlos Gustavo Pesce, David N. Breslauer, Daniel M. Widmaier
  • Publication number: 20230407340
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are modified strains for improving secretion of recombinantly expressed products secreted from a host organism with improved growth and productivity characteristics, as well as methods of using the modified strains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Stevens
  • Patent number: 11725030
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing recombinant proteins, as well as compositions used in and produced by such methods. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods for producing high secreted yields of recombinant proteins, and the compositions provided herein include expression constructs, recombinant vectors, and recombinant host cells that comprise polynucleotide sequences encoding proteins operably linked to recombinant secretion signals that comprise the leader peptide of the ?-mating factor (?MF) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and a non-?MF signal peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: BOLT THREADS, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua Kittleson, Thomas Stevens, Rena Hill, Carlos Gustavo Pesce, David N. Breslauer, Daniel M. Widmaier
  • Patent number: 11634729
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are modified strains for improving secretion of recombinantly expressed products secreted from a host organism with improved growth and productivity characteristics, as well as methods of using the modified strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: BOLT THREADS, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas Stevens
  • Publication number: 20230008561
    Abstract: A medical device combines a platform and an application on a user's mobile device to directly and continuously monitor the user's relapse condition based on sets of rules and AI analysis of a plurality of data points that are evaluated against a standard deviation (or other deviations) established from a history of the user and similarly situated individuals. Interaction and network support based or supplemented with knowledge of the user's emotional state and risk of relapse. The user's emotional state may be determined in a number of interrelated and/or independent ways including asking the user to rate his/her state, games/quizzes, and/or pictures of the user, which may be analyzed for emotional cues. The user may be engaged or user's network notified if conditions point to a likely or imminent relapse and a response team may be automatically selected and coordinated in a virtual and/or physical intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Stevens
  • Publication number: 20220315630
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing recombinant proteins, as well as compositions used in and produced by such methods. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods for producing high secreted yields of recombinant proteins, and the compositions provided herein include expression constructs, recombinant vectors, and recombinant host cells that comprise polynucleotide sequences encoding proteins operably linked to recombinant secretion signals that comprise the leader peptide of the a-mating factor (?MF) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and a non-?MF signal peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Joshua Kittleson, Thomas Stevens, Rena Hill, Carlos Gustavo Pesce, David N. Breslauer, Daniel M. Widmaier
  • Publication number: 20220306706
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing recombinant proteins, as well as compositions used in and produced by such methods. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods for producing high secreted yields of recombinant proteins, and the compositions provided herein include recombinant host cells that comprise polynucleotide sequences encoding proteins operably linked to at least 2 distinct secretion signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Joshua Kittleson, Thomas Stevens, Rena Hill, Carlos Gustavo Pesce