Patents by Inventor Todd Miller

Todd Miller 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).

  • Method and system for adaptive delivery of digital messages
    Patent number: 8782184
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically adapting digital message traffic flow evaluates message delivery disposition, latency and performance metrics such that the system operates more optimally in terms of both overall throughput as well as with respect to system sending reputation. Reputation is in the context of maintaining message flow within limits that are acceptable for a given destination, such that the sender behavior avoids being flagged as abusive or otherwise undesirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Message Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley J. Furlong, George Schlossnagle, Todd Miller
  • Gas turbine metering valve
    Patent number: 8763631
    Abstract: A metering valve includes a valve body, a flow tube, an orifice plate, a central flow body, and a mover. The valve body has an inlet and an outlet. The flow tube is carried for axial movement in slidable and sealing engagement with the valve body at an inlet end and an outlet end. The orifice plate has an outlet. The central flow body is provided on an upstream end of the orifice plate and has an annular seal configured to seat into engagement with the outlet end of the flow tube when the flow tube is moved to a downstream position. The central flow body also includes a central, protruding flow diverter upstream and central of the annular seal. The mover is provided in the valve body and is configured to carry the flow tube for displacement of the output end toward and away from the central flow body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Precision Engine Controls Corporation
    Inventors: E. Joseph Mares, Nathan Todd Miller, Mark Robert Huebscher
  • Instrument panel assembly
    Patent number: 8678466
    Abstract: An instrument panel assembly and method of installing an instrument panel assembly is provided. The instrument panel assembly includes a base having a side portion. The side portion includes a first mounting aperture. A side panel is dimensioned to cover the side portion. The side panel is configured to be angled relative to the side portion so as to preventing other tabs from scratching the exterior surface of the instrument panel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Earl Merkel, Todd Miller
  • Projector Assisted Alignment and Printing
    Publication number: 20140026773
    Abstract: A flexible manufacturing system for an article of footwear includes a printing system for printing graphics onto the footwear. The flexible manufacturing system also includes a projection system for aligning a projected graphic with a predetermined portion of the article prior to printing the graphic to the article. The graphic can include a masked portion that corresponds to a design element on the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventor: Todd Miller
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE DELIVERY OF DIGITAL MESSAGES
    Publication number: 20140025763
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically adapting digital message traffic flow evaluates message delivery disposition, latency and performance metrics such that the system operates more optimally in terms of both overall throughput as well as with respect to system sending reputation. Reputation is in the context of maintaining message flow within limits that are acceptable for a given destination, such that the sender behavior avoids being flagged as abusive or otherwise undesirable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: MESSAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Wesley J. Furlong, George Schlossnagle, Todd Miller
  • Suture anchor having a suture engaging structure and inserter arrangement
    Patent number: 8632568
    Abstract: A suture anchor and inserter arrangement, including a suture anchor for implanting in hard tissue, such as bone, and an inserter device for installing the suture anchor in hard tissue. The suture anchor carries thereon a suture-engaging structure formed from suture, which structure cooperates with working suture associated with the inserter device so as to attach the working suture to the suture anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: M. Todd Miller, Ahmad Fouad Bayomy, Margaret M. Sinnott, Daniel F. Justin, Chad W. Lewis
  • ANDROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR COMPOUNDS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140005186
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds having a structure selected from among Formula (I), Formula (II), Formula (III), Formula (IV), Formula (V) and Formula (VI) that are androgen receptor modulators and/or androgen receptor binding agents. Also disclosed are methods of making and using such compounds, including, but not limited to, using such compounds for treating various conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Lin Zhi, Robert I. Higuchi, E. Adam Kallel, Cornelis Arjan Van Oeveren, Jyun-Hung Chen, Daniel A. Ruppar, Bijan Pedram, Thomas Lot Stevens Lau, Todd A. Miller
  • POST HOLE SUPPORT
    Publication number: 20130312340
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for supporting a post. In accordance with some embodiments, a subterranean support structure has a tube extension adapted for placement within a hole to receivingly nest a proximal end of a vertically extending post that extends above the hole. The tube extension has opposing first and second ends, the first end adapted for placement proximate a top elevation of the hole and the second end adapted for placement proximate a bottom elevation of the hole. A support flange circumferentially extends from the tube extension a selected distance from the second end of the tube extension. The support flange supports a column of anchoring material placed in the hole between the tube extension and a sidewall of the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: William Cole Miller, William Todd Miller
  • LOCATION-BASED CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND CLIENTS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130304657
    Abstract: A connection system configured to connect real estate agents and clients based on their relative locations allows rapid deployment of real estate services, such as property viewings. The connection system may include one or more connection servers, agent access devices, and client access devices. A set of nearby agents may be determined based on a client's location. The nearby agents that are available to provide a showing of the client's desired property may be presented to the client for selection. The system may provide identification, biographical, and professional experience information to the client to allow an informed selection. A selected agent may the confirm his or her availability and proceed to show the property to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Todd Miller, Oana Sterlacci
  • INSTRUMENT PANEL ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130257086
    Abstract: An instrument panel assembly and method of installing an instrument panel assembly is provided. The instrument panel assembly includes a base having a side portion. The side portion includes a first mounting aperture. A side panel is dimensioned to cover the side portion. The side panel is configured to be angled relative to the side portion so as to preventing other tabs from scratching the exterior surface of the instrument panel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Earl Merkel, Todd Miller
  • Low NOx Fuel Injection for an Indurating Furnace
    Publication number: 20130203003
    Abstract: A method delivers fuel gas to a furnace combustion chamber from a premix burner having a reaction zone with an outlet to the furnace combustion chamber. This includes the steps of injecting a premix of primary fuel gas and combustion air into the reaction zone, and combusting the premix to provide combustion products including vitiated combustion air in the reaction zone. Further steps include injecting staged fuel gas into the reaction zone separately from the premix, discharging the staged fuel gas and vitiated combustion air from the reaction zone through the outlet to the furnace combustion chamber, and combusting the staged fuel gas and vitiated combustion air in the furnace combustion chamber. This enables low NOx combustion in the furnace combustion chamber to be achieved as a result of interacting the staged fuel gas with the vitiated combustion air in the reaction zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Bruce E. Cain, Thomas F. Robertson, Mark C. Hannum, Todd A. Miller, Joseph P. Brown
  • Regenerative Air Heater And Method of Operation
    Publication number: 20130196277
    Abstract: A flow of air is provided from a hot air main into a combustion chamber at a time when a burner is firing into the combustion chamber to heat a bed of regenerative media. The flow of air into the combustion chamber helps to keep products of combustion from flowing into the hot air main. In preferred embodiments, sensors sense pressure in the combustion chamber and the hot air main. A controller shifts a valve back and forth within a range of open conditions to regulate the flow of air in response to the sensed pressures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: John N. Newby, Todd A. Miller, Thomas F. Robertson, Bruce E. Cain
  • Referrer cache chain
    Patent number: 8473611
    Abstract: A request for content is received at a content filter of a computer system, and a determination is made, based on a referrer included in the request, regarding a root site directly or indirectly associated with the request. Thereafter, the content is permitted or not permitted according to whether or not the root site is a permitted site and a site associated with the content is categorized in a semantically equivalent content category with the root site. The determination regarding the root site may involve consulting a referrer chain cache storing lists of referrers which associate referring Web sites with root sites from which referrals originate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Meier, Roger G. Harrison, Todd Miller
  • Suture anchor implantation instrumentation system
    Patent number: 8439947
    Abstract: A system for implanting an anchor into bone, the system comprising a curved cannulated guide for percautaneous insertion, having a proximal end and a distal end; a flexible drill insertable through the curved guide from the proximal end to the distal end, the flexible drill having a shaft having a flexible portion; and a flexible inserter for inserting a suture anchor into a bore at the anatomical site formed by the flexible drill, the flexible inserter having a shaft having a flexible portion, wherein the flexible portions of both the flexible drill and flexible inserter include a series of discrete, interlocking segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
    Inventors: Bryan Patrick Howard, Ryan E. Yearsley, M. Todd Miller, Wayne K. Auge, II, Chad Lewis, Daniel F. Justin, Margaret Mary Sinnott
  • Suture anchor having a suture engaging structure and inserter arrangement
    Patent number: 8439946
    Abstract: A suture anchor and inserter arrangement, including a suture anchor for implanting in hard tissue, such as bone, and an inserter device for installing the suture anchor in hard tissue. The suture anchor carries thereon a suture-engaging structure formed as a loop, which loop defines an attachment location for a working suture associated with the inserter device so as to attach the working suture to the suture anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: M. Todd Miller, Chad Wayne Lewis, David Eloy Quiñones Morales
  • Process for making ()-3-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-6-fluoro-5-(2-flouro-4- iodophenylamino)-8-methylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-4,7()-dione and intermediates thereof
    Patent number: 8436200
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to processes of making (R)-3-(2,3-Dihydroxypropyl)-6-fluoro-5-(2-fluoro-4-iodophenylamino)-8-methylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-4,7(3H,8H)-dione, intermediates thereof, and a process for making a particular polymorph of (R)-3-(2,3-Dihydroxypropyl)-6-fluoro-5-(2-fluoro-4-iodophenylamino)-8-methylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-4,7(3H,8H)-dione.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: David Paul Provencal, Yuxin Zhao, Todd Miller, Jonathon S. Salsbury
  • GAS TURBINE METERING VALVE
    Publication number: 20130056096
    Abstract: A metering valve includes a valve body, a flow tube, an orifice plate, a central flow body, and a mover. The valve body has an inlet and an outlet. The flow tube is carried for axial movement in slidable and sealing engagement with the valve body at an inlet end and an outlet end. The orifice plate has an outlet. The central flow body is provided on an upstream end of the orifice plate and has an annular seal configured to seat into engagement with the outlet end of the flow tube when the flow tube is moved to a downstream position. The central flow body also includes a central, protruding flow diverter upstream and central of the annular seal. The mover is provided in the valve body and is configured to carry the flow tube for displacement of the output end toward and away from the central flow body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: E. Joseph Mares, Nathan Todd Miller, Mark Robert Hoebscher
  • Systems and methods for managing database authentication and sessions
    Publication number: 20120317623
    Abstract: Systems and methods enable remote (or “off-campus”) users complete authorized access to full-record content of 3rd-party databases subscribed to by the user's institution. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and system that acts as a transparent conduit between the user and a remote database, managing relevant session/context information without the user's awareness and without the need for users to install plug-ins or configure browser proxies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Todd Miller, Brian Schelp, Paul Duncan
  • PROCESS FOR MAKING (R) -3-(2,3-DIHYDROXYPROPYL)-6-FLUORO-5-(2-FLOURO-4-IODOPHENYLAMINO)-8-METHYLPYRIDO[2,3-d]PYRIMIDINE-4,7(3H,8H)-DIONE AND INTERMEDIATES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120264967
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to processes of making (R)-3-(2,3-Dihydroxypropyl)-6-fluoro-5-(2-fluoro-4-iodophenylamino)-8-methylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-4,7(3H,8H)-dione, intermediates thereof, and a process for making a particular polymorph of (R)-3-(2,3-Dihydroxypropyl)-6-fluoro-5-(2-fluoro-4-iodophenylamino)-8-methylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-4,7(3H,8H)-dione.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: David Paul Provencal, Todd Miller, Yuxin Zhao, Jonathon S. Salsbury
  • Shot glass with removable condiment container
    Patent number: D675875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Innovative Barware LLC
    Inventor: David Todd Miller