Patents by Inventor Thomas Walls

Thomas Walls 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).

  • Patent number: 11983430
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for replicating data to a plurality of replication devices through a tape device. A replication request is transmitted to a primary tape device to replicate data to a replication number of at least one replication device to store the data to replicate. The primary tape device stores the data to replicate in tape storage media at the primary tape device and transmits the data to replicate over a network to the replication number of at least one replication device to store. Acknowledgment is received from the primary tape device indicating that the data has been replicated to the primary tape device and the replication number of the at least one replication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shawn Owen Brume, Carlos Sandoval Castro, Ricardo Clemente Betancourt, Parker Thomas Wall, Jean Pierre Lavigne
  • Publication number: 20240045608
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for a tape device to replicate data to a plurality of remote storage devices. A replication request is received from the computing device to replicate data to a replication number of at least one remote storage device of the remote storage devices over a network. The data to replicate is transmitted to the replication number of at least one remote storage device. At least one device acknowledgment from the at least one remote storage device indicating complete of writing the data to replicate is received. A replication acknowledgment is transmitted to the computing device indicating that the data in the replication request has been replicated in response to receiving the at least one device acknowledgment from the replication number of the at least one remote storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Shawn Owen BRUME, Carlos SANDOVAL CASTRO, Ricardo CLEMENTE BETANCOURT, Parker Thomas WALL, Jean Pierre LAVIGNE
  • Publication number: 20240036758
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for replicating data to a plurality of replication devices through a tape device. A replication request is transmitted to a primary tape device to replicate data to a replication number of at least one replication device to store the data to replicate. The primary tape device stores the data to replicate in tape storage media at the primary tape device and transmits the data to replicate over a network to the replication number of at least one replication device to store. Acknowledgment is received from the primary tape device indicating that the data has been replicated to the primary tape device and the replication number of the at least one replication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Shawn Owen BRUME, Carlos SANDOVAL CASTRO, Ricardo CLEMENTE BETANCOURT, Parker Thomas WALL, Jean Pierre LAVIGNE
  • Patent number: 10736989
    Abstract: The present invention provides materials and methods that can serve as a prosthetic and/or, for tissue engineering applications, as a supporting matrix in the stabilization of an injured or defective myocardial wall in a patient comprising injecting a polymer network at a pre-selected site in the myocardial wall of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Kevin E. Healy, Samuel Thomas Wall, Mark Ratcliffe, Julius Guccione
  • Patent number: 10266490
    Abstract: Radioprotector compounds including 3,3?-diindolylmethane (DIM) analogs, are provided. Further provided are methods for their use in reducing or preventing radiation damage, killing a tumor cell and protecting a non-tumor cell, and treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Georgetown University
    Inventors: Eliot M. Rosen, Milton Brown, Saijun Fan, Thomas Walls, Kathryn E. Ditmer
  • Publication number: 20170119925
    Abstract: The present invention provides materials and methods that can serve as a prosthetic and/or, for tissue engineer applications, as a supporting matrix in the stabilization of the myocardium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin E. HEALY, Samuel Thomas Wall, Mark Ratcliffe, Julius Guccione
  • Patent number: 9415135
    Abstract: The present invention provides materials and methods that can serve as a prosthetic and/or, for tissue engineer applications, as a supporting matrix in the stabilization of the myocardium. For example, the present invention provides methods of stabilizing an injured or defective myocardial wall in a patient including forming a prosthetic in situ by injecting, at a pre-selected site in the myocardial wall of the patient, a polymer network including: a cross-linked polymer, the cross-linked polymer being a hydrogel; and a linear polymer, the polymer chains of which are entangled within the cross-linked polymer, wherein the linear polymer is not covalently bonded to the cross-linked polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Kevin E. Healy, Samuel Thomas Wall, Mark Ratcliffe, Julius Guccione
  • Publication number: 20150044293
    Abstract: Radioprotector compounds including 3,3?-diindolylmethane (DIM) analogs, are provided. Further provided are methods for their use in reducing or preventing radiation damage, killing a tumor cell and protecting a non-tumor cell, and treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Georgetown University
    Inventors: Eliot M. Rosen, Milton Brown, Saijun Fan, Thomas Walls, Kathryn E. Ditmer
  • Patent number: 8899985
    Abstract: A simulated weapon includes a mechanical counting mechanism that incrementally advances upon firing of a simulated round. When the mechanical counting mechanism reaches a state indicating that all simulated rounds have been fired, a slide of the weapon is locked back, mimicking the lockback feature of an actual weapon. The simulated weapon may be untethered, enabling realistic training in weapon handling. The mechanical counting mechanism may be actuated by motion of the slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Cubic Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Walls
  • Patent number: 8790006
    Abstract: A thermal measurement system that includes a light collection device and a detection system in communication with the device. The detection system includes two detection subsystems, wherein one subsystem is configured to detect light from a surface of an object, while the other subsystem is configured to detect light from the surface and a gas. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Hejie Li, Samhita Dasgupta, Edward Randall Furlong, Nirm Velumylum Nirmalan, Anquan Wang, Guanghua Wang, Stephen Thomas Walls, Lesley Ellen Brown
  • Patent number: 8298606
    Abstract: The present invention provides materials and methods that can serve as a prosthetic and/or, for tissue engineer applications, as a supporting matrix in the stabilization of the myocardium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Kevin E. Healy, Samuel Thomas Wall, Mark Ratcliffe, Julius Guccione
  • Publication number: 20110128989
    Abstract: A thermal measurement system that includes a light collection device and a detection system in communication with the device. The detection system includes two detection subsystems, wherein one subsystem is configured to detect light from a surface of an object, while the other subsystem is configured to detect light from the surface and a gas. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Hejie Li, Roderick Gordon Brown, Samhita Dasgupta, Edward Randall Furlong, Nirm Velumylum Nirmalan, Anquan Wang, Guanghua Wang, Stephen Thomas Walls, Lesley Ellen Brown
  • Publication number: 20090123412
    Abstract: The present invention provides materials and methods that can serve as a prosthetic and/or, for tissue engineer applications, as a supporting matrix in the stabilization of the myocardium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Kevin E. Healy, Samuel Thomas Wall, Mark Ratcliffe, Julius Guccione
  • Publication number: 20070071450
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling optical power levels in an optical communications network are provided. In one embodiment, a system comprises means for demodulating one or more radio frequency communications signals from a modulated optical signal, wherein the means for demodulating measures an optical power level of the modulated optical signal; means for comparing the measured optical power level to one or more reference set points; means for transmitting a feedback signal, wherein the feedback signal is based on the difference between the measured optical power level and the one or more reference set points; and means for attenuating the modulated optical signal based on the feedback signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Schatz, Dean Zavadsky, William Mitchell, Thomas Wall, Steve Stuart
  • Patent number: 4351848
    Abstract: Alkylthiopropranolol, compositions, and methods of use in the treatment of cardio-vascular disorders in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1982
    Assignee: Drug Science Foundation
    Inventor: Thomas Walle