Patents by Inventor Tonya An

Tonya An 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).

  • BOAT COVER EXTENSION STRAP
    Publication number: 20170029076
    Abstract: A boat cover extension is provided. The boat cover extension includes a plurality of straps. Each strap includes a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface, a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The strap may be made of an elastic and stretchable material, such as a bungee cord material. A male connector is secured to the first end of the front surface and a female connector is secured to the second end of the rear surface so that the female connector is on opposite sides and is facing away from the male connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Gennaro Maietti, Tonya Camille Maietti
  • Strategy Maintenance System
    Publication number: 20170017468
    Abstract: A strategy-maintenance system comprises a memory, an interface, and a processor. The system is operable to store a plurality of templates. A template comprises a statement that facilitates writing one or more strategies. The system may further communicate to a first computer the plurality of templates for presentation on a first graphical user interface. The system also receives a first selection of at least one of the plurality of templates for a strategy. The strategy is operable to calculate a key value based on at least one of the plurality of templates. The system finally executes the strategy to calculate the key value and communicates the strategy for execution on a remote machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Michael D. Fleischer, Tonya L. Grimes, Prasanna Jayachandran, Adam S. Jones
  • Apparatus for tissue transfer
    Patent number: 9500570
    Abstract: A handheld tool is disclosed which may be used to transfer a plurality of plant tissue explants from a first container to a second container. The handheld tool may include a disposable tip member which couples the plurality of plant tissue explants through use of negative pressure. An automated system which transfers a plurality of plant tissue explants from a first container to a second container is also disclosed. The automated system may include a first presentment system which moves the first container to a region, a second presentment system which moves the second container to the region, and a robot system that transfers the plurality of plant tissue explants from the first container to the second container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventor: Tonya Lynne Strange Moynahan
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THROMBOSIS PREVENTION
    Publication number: 20160331788
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a composition for inhibiting thrombosis. The composition includes 5 to 25% by weight of Fish Oil, 15 to 55% by weight of Willow Bark Extract, and 0.2 to 5% by weight of Vitamin E.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Peter M. Bonutti, Justin E. Beyers, Tonya M. Bierman
  • FOOD PRODUCT AND METHOD OF PREPARATION
    Publication number: 20160309751
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for preparing an extruded product and an extruded product prepared thereby. The extruded product is deemed useful a food product, in particular, a snack food product suitable for consumption by diabetics. Cranberry seed meal is blended with one or more starches, preferably including a modified dent corn starch, and extruded through a die under conditions suitable to result in an expanded product while exhibiting a 10% survival rate of at least one anthocyanin. Optionally, flavoring components such as spices may be incorporated into the blend or added after extrusion. The resulting food product will be suitable for a use as a snack food product but will have a substantially higher percentage of fiber and protein as compared with extruded carbohydrate-based food products, and will have some surviving anthocyanins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicants: KENT PRECISION FOODS GROUP, INC., GRAIN PROCESSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jacinta Kemboi, Tonya J. Armstrong
  • Nanoparticle Based Artificial Antigen Presenting Cell Mediated Activation of NKT Cells
    Publication number: 20160237137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to, in part, artificial antigen presenting cells that are useful in treating disease (including cancers) and have uses, for example, directly in vivo and/or in the expansion of a patients cells for re-introduction ex vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Tonya Webb, Carolyn Morris, James East
  • Physiological Monitoring Device and Related Methods
    Publication number: 20160174840
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for monitoring the physiological parameters of a subject. The physiological monitoring device comprising (i) a physiological board assembled and enclosed in a material that conforms to a subject, (ii) a set of sensors disposed in the physiological board, (iii) a microcontroller unit, securely adapted to communicate to a network or cloud system. The network or cloud system includes a plethora of information associated with health conditions from multiple users, research studies, statistics and monitoring devices. The network or cloud system is operable to learn, analyze, store, display or provide useful feedback information to users to improve health conditions and experiences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Emem Ufot Udoh, Tonya Sothan Heng, Trung Vu
  • PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS MONITORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160174898
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the physiological conditions of a subject using a battery powered physiological monitoring device configured to communicate through wireless communication with other electronic devices such as mobile devices, computers and networks is presented. The invention includes a plurality of physiological sensors integrated or built into a sock, wristband or as a standalone unit with the ability to process and stores the physiological data collected and provide useful information to the subject, monitoring equipment or health care professional.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: ETON LABS, INC.
    Inventors: EMEM UFOT UDOH, Tonya Sothan Heng, Trung Vu
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING TOOLS
    Publication number: 20160179909
    Abstract: A system and method allows workers on a jobsite to track their use and/or location of tools. The system can include a plurality of barcodes that can be placed directly on each of the tools to be tracked. The system further includes a mobile application that can operate on a mobile electronic device, such as a smart phone, that can scan the barcode, thus assigning the tool to a specific worker on the jobsite. A database can be incorporated on a central computer, such as a computer server, to relate each barcode to each tool and track which users have signed out and/or signed in each tool. In some embodiments, such as on large jobsites, the system may track, via GPS, for example, the location of the electronic device that has signed out the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Shawn Rodney Wells, Tonya Kay Wells
  • Systems and Methods Using Ultrasound for Treatment
    Publication number: 20160151646
    Abstract: A device for treating infection within a subject includes an ultrasound transducer for applying ultrasound to a treatment site of the subject. In some embodiments, the device transmits ultrasound in the range of greater than about 20 kHz to about 5 MHz to site of infection. For example, the device can transmit ultrasound from a location outside the body to a location inside the body, such as a sinus. The ultrasound may be suitable for removing biofilm or decreasing the viscosity of mucus. Ultrasound from the device can also have other therapeutic and diagnostic uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Peter M. Bonutti, Justin E. Beyers, Tonya M. Bierman
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING NOVEL COMPOSITE CHARGE CONTROL AGENTS AND NOVEL COMPOSITE CHARGE CONTROL AGENTS PREPARED BY THE PROCESS
    Publication number: 20160139525
    Abstract: A composite charge control agent for use in electrostatic imaging comprises porous, inorganic core particles of at least 0.08 microns in diameter, impregnated with 2% to 50% by weight of one or more charge control chemicals and up to 50% by weight of one or more additional compounds such as a polymer, a wax, a dye, or other organic chemicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: John Francis Cooper, Tonya Nicole Pless, Mark William Cummings, Jana Petrova, Jeff Lee Morgan
  • Shoe securing system
    Patent number: 9320322
    Abstract: A shoe securing system is disclosed including a shoe attachment strap unit having a pair of female fasteners configured to mate with a pair of male fasteners. The shoe attachment strap unit is longitudinally elastic, and can include a fabric section and an elastic section defining a strap main body. One of the females fasteners can be provided on a separate attachment feature affixed to a bottom surface of the strap main body at one end thereof. The male fasteners can be integrally formed on a shoe upper, or be formed as separate parts to be attached to the female fasteners through shoelace eyelets or other eyelets of a shoe upper. The male fasteners and female fasteners attach through friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Inventors: Joel Cruz Castaneda, Ayesha Tonya Castaneda
  • Pillow
    Publication number: 20160100701
    Abstract: A pillow operable to provide support to a user facilitating an axial alignment of the neck vertebrae in a first position and a second position so as to provide improved comfort to the user. The pillow includes a first section, second section and a third section oriented in a linear manner. The second section includes a contoured upper surface and a first support element and second support element integrally formed therewith located on opposing ends of the second section. The first support element includes an upper surface portion having a specific radius operable to facilitate improved support of a user's head and neck. The first section and third section are on opposing sides of the second section and have an interior volume filled with a loose material. The upper surface of the first section and third section is higher than that of the upper surface of the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Tonya McKnight
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20160092805
    Abstract: A workflow management system for managing the storage, retrieval, and transport of items in a warehouse includes a voice-directed mobile terminal. The system also includes a server computer in communication with the voice-directed mobile terminal. The server computer includes a tasking module for transmitting task data to the voice-directed mobile terminal. The server computer also includes a workflow-analysis module for generating, based at least in part upon an analysis of workflow dialog between the voice-directed mobile terminal and the user, performance data relating to the performance of tasks associated with the storage, retrieval, and/or transport of the items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: James Geisler, Steven Thomas, John Pecorari, Adam Jack Hertzman, Duff Halart Gold, Jared John Schmidt, Brian Matthew Connelly, Christopher Lofty, Surya K. Tanneru, Naveneetha Myaka, Kurt Charles Miller, Duane Littleton, Brent Alan Nichols, Michael Naughton, Keith Braho, Tonya L. Custis, Kwong Wing Au, Ronald Shane Fazzio, Arup Suprakash Mukherjee, Justin Allan Volz, Kartik Suchindra Babu
  • Sleeve seal assembly and rotary valve having sleeve seal assembly
    Patent number: 9285039
    Abstract: A fluid flow control device includes a valve body, a bonnet, a control assembly, an internal recess, and a seal assembly. The valve body defines an inlet portion, an outlet portion, a bonnet opening, and a fluid flow path extending between the inlet portion and the outlet portion. The bonnet is disposed in the bonnet opening. The control assembly is at least partly supported by the bonnet, and includes a ball element disposed within the valve body and rotatable between an open position and a closed position. The internal recess is defined by the valve body downstream from the inlet portion and adjacent the bonnet opening. The seal assembly is disposed within the internal recess and includes a movable sleeve seal, a retaining device, a biasing element, and one or more sealing elements for preventing leakage between the sleeve seal and the retaining device and/or the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Randall S. Collison, Loren L. Bovee, Tonya Probasco
  • Hybrid Mass Spectrometer and Methods of Operating a Mass Spectrometer
    Publication number: 20160035549
    Abstract: A hybrid mass spectrometer design and architecture, and methods of operating mass spectrometers are disclosed. According to one operating method, an analysis time is determined for each one of a plurality of ion species to be analyzed in an ordered sequence, and an injection time is calculated for at least some of the ion species based on an analysis time of a preceding ion species in the ordered list. The method enables more efficient utilization of analyzer time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Michael W. SENKO, Justin BLETHROW, Shannon Eliuk DIXON, Tonya SECOND, Vladimir ZABROUSKOV, Eric HEMENWAY
  • SELECTIVE DETECTION OF HEPATITIS A, B, C, D, OR E VIRUSES OR COMBINATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160032411
    Abstract: Processes and compositions are provided for the detection of hepatitis viruses in a sample. Particular processes and compositions are provided for the selective detection of HDV. Also provided are processes and compositions for the simultaneous detection of two or more hepatitis viruses that for the first time provide rapid, reliable, and simple detection of any known hepatitis vims in a sample using a single set of reaction conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Maja Kodani, Tonya Mixson-Hayden, Saleem Kamili
  • Method and system for report generation including extensible data
    Patent number: 9224179
    Abstract: A method of extending a user interface to include additional data fields is provided. A first response is received at a first application. The first response indicates a selection of an add button associated with addition of a data field to a first window associated with a user interface of a second application. A second window is presented to a user of the first application. A second response is received at the first application. The second response includes a name for the data field entered by the user using the presented second window and a data type of the data field. A position of the data field is identified on the first window. The received name, the received data type, and the identified position for the data field are stored. The data field is presented in the first window at the stored position using the stored name when a second user executes the second application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: The University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Samir Courdy, Cynthia Spigle, Carolyn Ross, Tonya Di Sera, Cody Haroldsen, Jason Holmberg
  • Expandable spouted liquid container
    Patent number: D753507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Inventor: Tonya Wright
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D758202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: TEAZ PRODUCTIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Tonya Lee Grubb