Patents by Inventor Tony On

Tony On 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).

  • Electronic device multi-layer graphene grid
    Patent number: 9659734
    Abstract: A vacuum electronic device includes a multi-layer graphene grid that includes at least two layers of graphene, where the transmission of electrons through the multi-layer graphene grid can be tuned by varying the parameters of the vacuum electronic device such as the number of graphene layers, relative positions of the electrodes, voltage biases applied to the electrodes, and other device parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: ELWHA LLC
    Inventors: William David Duncan, Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Max N. Mankin, Tony S. Pan, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Pesticidal compositions and processes related thereto
    Patent number: 9655365
    Abstract: This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”): and processes related thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Noormohamed M. Niyaz, Negar Garizi, Yu Zhang, Tony K. Trullinger, Ricky Hunter, Ann M. Buysse, Asako Kubota, Paul R. LePlae, Jr., Daniel Knueppel, Christian T. Lowe, Dan Pernich, David A. Demeter, Timothy C. Johnson
  • Surgical instrument
    Patent number: 9655673
    Abstract: An electrosurgical instrument includes a housing including an elongated shaft. A stationary actuation member is axially disposed within the elongated shaft and includes a cam pin. An actuating mechanism is operably coupled to the elongated shaft and is moveable relative to the housing to selectively cause movement of the elongated shaft. An end effector includes a pair of opposing first and second jaw members operably coupled about a common pivot. One or both of the jaw members includes a camming slot configured to engage the cam pin. Each jaw member includes an electrically conductive tissue sealing surface adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy. A knife blade is supported in the elongated shaft and moveable in a longitudinal direction to cut tissue disposed between the jaw members. A switch is configured to be engaged by the actuating mechanism to initiate delivery of electrosurgical energy to tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Robert F. McCullough, Jr., Ryan C. Artale, Robert M. Sharp, Tony Moua, Mark J. Huseman, Audrey Earnshaw
  • MONITORING AND TREATING PAIN WITH EPIDERMAL ELECTRONICS
    Publication number: 20170136264
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for monitoring, treating, and preventing a pain state of an individual. In an aspect, a system includes, but is not limited to, a deformable substrate; a sensor assembly coupled to the deformable substrate, the sensor assembly including a motion sensor and a physiological sensor, the sensor assembly configured to generate one or more sense signals based on detection of a movement of the body portion by the motion sensor and a physiological parameter of the body portion by the physiological sensor; a processor including circuitry configured to identify a physiological state of the individual subject based on at least one of the movement of the body portion or the physiological parameter; and an effector operably coupled to the processor and configured to affect the body portion responsive to control by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Eric C. Leuthardt, Mark A. Malamud, Gary L. McKnight, Tony S. Pan, Katherine E. Sharadin, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Clarence T. Tegreene, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • NON-VOLATILE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (NVRAM) AS A REPLACEMENT FOR TRADITIONAL MASS STORAGE
    Publication number: 20170139649
    Abstract: A non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) is used in a computer system to perform multiple roles in a platform storage hierarchy, specifically, to replace traditional mass storage that is accessible by an I/O. The computer system includes a processor to execute software and a memory coupled to the processor. At least a portion of the memory comprises a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) that is byte-rewritable and byte-erasable by the processor. The system further comprises a memory controller coupled to the NVRAM to perform a memory access operation to access the NVRAM in response to a request from the software for access to a mass storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Leena K. PUTHIYEDATH, Blaise FANNING, Tony OPFERMAN, James B. CROSSLAND
  • MULTIPLE PATH ERROR DATA COLLECTION IN A STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170139764
    Abstract: In one aspect, multiple data path error collection is provided in a storage management system. In one embodiment, an error condition in a main data path between the storage controller and at least one of a host and a storage unit is detected, and in response, a sequence of error data collection operations to collect error data through a main path is initiated. In response to a failure to collect error data at a level of the sequential error data collection operations, error data is collected through an alternate data path as a function of the error data collection level at which the failure occurred. Other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Gary W. Batchelor, Matthew D. Carson, Enrique Q. Garcia, Larry Juarez, Jay T. Kirch, Tony Leung, Trung N. Nguyen, Brian A. Rinaldi, Todd C. Sorenson
  • Protective Device Case
    Publication number: 20170135454
    Abstract: A protective case for a portable electronic device includes a back frame and a front cover. The back frame has a rigid plastic back frame with an elastomeric material bonded to portions of the plastic frame. An elastomeric insert is positioned around a portion of the interior perimeter of the back frame to provide impact resistance. Back frame engagement members are positioned on the perimeter of the rigid plastic back frame. The front cover mates with the back frame to enclose the elastomeric insert and the device. The front cover includes a touch screen cover and a rigid plastic front frame bonded to a perimeter of the touch screen cover. Front cover engagement members extend from the rigid plastic front frame that engage the back frame engagement members to hold the front cover on the back frame and enclose the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Griffin Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Poon, Tony Ray Plunk
  • CARTRIDGE FOR AN AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH CUSTOMIZABLE INDENTIFICATION RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20170135405
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a cartridge of an electronic vaping device, wherein the cartridge includes a pre-vapor formulation storage element, an electrical resistor is physically manipulated to change a resistance of the electrical resistor from a first resistance value to a second resistance value, the second resistance value indicative of a pre-vapor formulation substrate contained in the pre-vapor formulation storage element. The electrical resistor is then mounted to a portion of the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventor: Tony Reevell
  • MONITORING AND TREATING PAIN WITH EPIDERMAL ELECTRONICS
    Publication number: 20170136265
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for monitoring, treating, and preventing a pain state of an individual. In an aspect, a system includes, but is not limited to, a deformable substrate; a sensor assembly coupled to the deformable substrate, the sensor assembly including a motion sensor and a physiological sensor, the sensor assembly configured to generate one or more sense signals based on detection of a movement of the body portion by the motion sensor and a physiological parameter of the body portion by the physiological sensor; a processor including circuitry configured to identify a physiological state of the individual subject based on at least one of the movement of the body portion or the physiological parameter; and an effector operably coupled to the processor and configured to affect the body portion responsive to control by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Eric C. Leuthardt, Mark A. Malamud, Gary L. McKnight, Tony S. Pan, Katherine E. Sharadin, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Clarence T. Tegreene, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • ENCAPSULATION OF AN ORGANIC OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20170141354
    Abstract: An encapsulated device comprises: an organic optoelectronic component exhibiting at least one sensitive surface protected from oxygen and/or water vapor; and a multilayer encapsulation structure covering the sensitive surface, comprising at least one layer made of organic material interposed between first and second barrier layers made of nonmetallic inorganic material impermeable to oxygen and water vapor; wherein the barrier layers are made of a material chosen from a stoichiometric metal oxide, stoichiometric silicon oxide and a silicon oxynitride and produced by atomic layer deposition, and wherein the multilayer encapsulation structure also comprises at least one active layer containing a nonstoichiometric oxide exhibiting an oxygen deficiency, also interposed between the first and said second barrier layers. A process for encapsulating a component exhibiting a “sensitive” surface protected from oxygen and/or water vapor by producing a multilayer encapsulation structure is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Robin BONNET, Jean-Marc GILET, Tony MAINDRON, Jean-Yves SIMON
  • ELECTROPHORESIS CONTROLLERS, SENSORS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTROPHORESIS PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20170138897
    Abstract: An electrophoresis controller for use with an electrophoresis apparatus having a gel matrix disposed between electrodes for separation of particles along with a tracking dye. The electrophoresis controller includes a sensor system and a controller. The sensor system includes a support, a light emitter, and a light receiver. The support includes a first portion positionable on a first side of the gel matrix and a second portion positionable adjacent a second side of the gel matrix. The light emitter is positioned on the first portion of the support for emitting light onto one side of the gel matrix. The light receiver is positioned on the second portion of the support adjacent to the other side of the gel matrix for receiving light from the light source as it is passing through the gel matrix. At least one of the light emitter and the light receiver includes a light guide having a first end and a second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Papa Nii ASARE-OKAI, Rabi A. MUSAH, Tony P. HOANG
  • ELECTROMAGNETIC BEAM STEERING ANTENNA
    Publication number: 20170141464
    Abstract: Described embodiments include an electromagnetic beam steering apparatus. The apparatus includes a first planar component including a first artificially structured effective media having a first tangential refractive index gradient configured to deflect incident electromagnetic beams at a first deflection angle. The apparatus includes a second planar component includes a second artificially structured effective media having a second tangential refractive index gradient configured to deflect incident electromagnetic beams at a second deflection angle. The apparatus includes an electromagnetic beam steering structure configured to independently rotate the first planar component and the second planar component about a coaxial axis such that an electromagnetic beam incident on the first planar component exits the second planar component as a steered electromagnetic beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Tom Driscoll, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Tony S. Pan, Clarence T. Tegreene, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Victoria Y.H. Wood
  • POLYMYXIN DERIVATIVES AS ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20170137469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antimicrobial compounds and their uses, and in particular to peptide antibiotics which may be used in the treatment of bacterial infections such as Gram-negative bacterial infections, particularly those caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Jian LI, Roger NATION, Tony VELKOV, Philip THOMPSON, Kade D. ROBERTS
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO A DEFINED SPACE
    Publication number: 20170140588
    Abstract: A method provides a guest access to a defined space selectively accessible through an automated gate. The method includes the steps of causing a resident interface to be displayed to a resident via a resident data device. Guest data is received from the resident about the guest using the resident data device. The guest data is transmitted to a central station. The guest identifies when the guest arrives at the automated gate. The method also opens the automated gate to allow the guest to travel into the defined space after the automated gate is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: VIRTUAL GUEST SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Randolph, Douglas Weldon, Tony Randolph
  • CARTRIDGE FOR AN AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH IDENTIFICATION INDUCTOR
    Publication number: 20170135404
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a cartridge of an electronic vaping device, wherein the cartridge includes a pre-vapor formulation storage element, an electrical inductor is formed from an electrical component, wherein the electrical inductor has an inductance indicative of a pre-vapor formulation substrate contained in the pre-vapor formulation storage element. The electrical inductor is then mounted to the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventor: Tony REEVELL
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING FIBER MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20170138067
    Abstract: A system for processing material has a power supply and a machine having a hopper for receiving and passing material to an auger. The auger has a shaft with an axis about which it rotates, a helical flighting mounted to the shaft, pins mounted to the helical flighting, and paddles mounted to the shaft. The radial outer edge of the helical flighting is crenelated with periodic notches that form rectangular blades on the helical flighting. The pins are rotationally and angularly aligned with leading edges of the rectangular blades. The system may include a vehicle, such as a trailer, having first and second compartments separated by a partition. The power supply is located in the first compartment and has a power supply member extending though the partition. The machine is located in the second compartment and coupled to the power supply member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Tony S. PIOTROWSKI, Jack D. COULTER, Bruce A. HARTZELL
  • AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH SELF-ACTIVATED ELECTRIC HEATER
    Publication number: 20170135406
    Abstract: An electronic vaping device includes a liquid storage portion, an electric heater and electronic circuitry. The liquid storage portion is configured to store liquid vapor-forming substrate. The electric heater includes at least one heating element, the at least one heating element configured to heat the liquid vapor-forming substrate. The electronic circuitry is configured to self-activate the electric heater for a first time interval during a period of inactivity of the electric heater to determine depletion of the liquid vapor-forming substrate based on a relationship between a power applied to the at least one heating element and a resulting temperature change of the at least one heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventor: Tony REEVELL
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SECURE DATA EXCHANGE
    Publication number: 20170142076
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for managing digital rights management (DRM) protected content sharing in a networked secure collaborative computer data exchange environment through a secure exchange facility managed by an intermediate organizational entity amongst users of a plurality of other organizational entities, wherein computer data content and access rights for the computer data content is shared between a first and second user, the computer data content and access rights for the computer data content are transformed into a DRM protected computer data content through communications with a DRM engine, wherein the DRM engine is selected based on a content type of the computer data content, and the DRM engine is provided by an entity other than the intermediate organizational entity and other than any of the plurality of other organizational entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Todd Ford, Visal Chandrakant Acharya, Richard David Anstey, Wasif Qayyum Awan, Amir M. Azmi, Selom Harry Azuma, Wade Michael Callison, Clement Cazalot, Mayank Choudhary, Peter W. Cleary, Benedict Robert Dsilva, Fuat Ertunc, Simon Genzer, John William Giudice, Douglas McLean Gordon, Jonathan Gorin, Mushegh Hakhinian, John Held, Ronald W. Hovsepian, Ganesh Kannan, John Landy, David Scott Lindsay, Dario R. Lirio, Himali Mahajan, Olivier Mangez, Kevin L. McCarthy, Kevin McNulty, Jerry Lee Meyer, Anupam Miharia, Constantin Miroslav, Andrew James Mitchell, Uli P. Mittermaier, Harshal Morparia, Alex Negrea, Yana Nikolayeva, Madhavi Parimi, Matthew A. Porzio, Vedang Shailesh Purohit, Liviu Rozin, Godsway Sappor, Glenn Schwartz, Fahim Siddiqui, Nanu Swamy, Paul Tearnen, Karla Toyloy-Mattera, Sudhakar Velamoor, Margin Vora, Michael Joseph Waluk, Charlie Weiblen, Peter Wenzel, Jeffrey Chi Wong, Tony Yip, Khurram Ghafoor
  • TEMPORARY ACCESS OF A USER PROFILE
    Publication number: 20170142128
    Abstract: A user profile is temporarily accessed by an accessor. A method performed by the accessor of a contact center includes receiving access data. The access data includes a user identifier for a user, an identifier identifying a third party having profile data of the user, and a user-predefined condition which must be satisfied for the profile data to be temporarily accessible by the contact center. The method includes transmitting a request to the third party to temporarily access the profile data during a time period when the condition is satisfied, the request including the user identifier. The method includes temporarily accessing the user profile when the request is granted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Tony McCORMACK, John H. YOAKUM, David SKIBA
  • CENTRIFUGE FORCE MICROSCOPE MODULES AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN A BUCKET OF A CENTRIFUGE
    Publication number: 20170139192
    Abstract: A centrifuge force microscope module for use within a bucket of a centrifuge in measuring a characteristic of a sample under a centrifugal force and/or in monitoring a sample under a centrifugal force. The centrifuge force microscope module includes an electronics module and an optical module. The electronics module includes a housing removably disposable in the bucket of the centrifuge, and at least one of a power source and a connector operably connectable to a power source for powering the electronics module. The optical module is operable to receive and direct light from the sample. The optical module is releaseably connectable to the housing of the electronics module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Kenneth A. HALVORSEN, Tony P. HOANG