Patents by Inventor William A. Michaels

William A. Michaels 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: 20240150448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to neutralizing antibodies of the human pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide type I receptor (PAC1) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such antibodies. Methods of treating or preventing headache conditions, such as migraine and cluster headache, using the neutralizing antibodies are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Neeraj Jagdish AGRAWAL, Irwin CHEN, Su CHONG, Bryna FUCHSLOCHER, Kevin GRAHAM, Agnes Eva HAMBURGER, Mark Leo MICHAELS, Christopher MOHR, Derek E. PIPER, Kenneth William WALKER, Zhulun WANG, Cen XU
  • Publication number: 20240154412
    Abstract: A portable jump starter and air compressor device, including a jump starter, air compressor, and/or vacuum cleaner. One or more of the jump starter, air compressor, and/or vacuum cleaner are powered a same or different one or more rechargeable batteries (e.g. one or more Li-ion batteries). The air compressor, for example, includes a piston/valve arrangement configured to allow a piston of the piston/valve arrangement to move in close proximity to a cylinder head of the cylinder of the air compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Lewis Nook, Matthew Michael Bosway, William Knight Nook, Sr., James Richard Stanfield, James P. McBride, Andrea Carolina Hacker Davidson, Nitish Agrawal, Tom Situ, Derek Michael Underhill
  • Publication number: 20240149433
    Abstract: Disclosed is a robot apparatus with a capable and highly maneuverable drive system incorporating two differential swerve drive pods. The robot apparatus further includes a claw mechanism for grasping an object, a passthrough mechanism for moving the object horizontally and a lift mechanism for moving the object vertically. The robot apparatus allows for rapid manipulation and movement of objects such as cones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Nicolas Haller, William Michael Meyers, Joseph Michael Biersack, Julia Mary Biersack, Ian Setia, Rachael Setia, Andrew John Andersen, Ethan Christopher Emerton, Thomas Leland Hughes, William Charles Holt, Wyatt John Nicholson
  • Patent number: 11977766
    Abstract: A hierarchical network enables access for a stacked memory system including or more memory dies that each include multiple memory tiles. The processor die includes multiple processing tiles that are stacked with the one or more memory die. The memory tiles that are vertically aligned with a processing tile are directly coupled to the processing tile and comprise the local memory block for the processing tile. The hierarchical network provides access paths for each processing tile to access the processing tile's local memory block, the local memory block coupled to a different processing tile within the same processing die, memory tiles in a different die stack, and memory tiles in a different device. The ratio of memory bandwidth (byte) to floating-point operation (B:F) may improve 50× for accessing the local memory block compared with conventional memory. Additionally, the energy consumed to transfer each bit may be reduced by 10×.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: William James Dally, Carl Thomas Gray, Stephen W. Keckler, James Michael O'Connor
  • Patent number: 11974687
    Abstract: An intelligent item receptacle, system, and method for providing supplemental media content in response to depositing an item having media indicia disposed thereon. An intelligent item receptacle includes an item receptacle securely enclosing an interior volume, an item sensor configured to detect an inserted item, a camera within the interior volume configured to capture an image of the item, and an output configured to play audio or visual content to bystanders outside the item receptacle. Processing circuitry within the item receptacle analyzes the image to determine if the media indicia are present on the item and, if present, causes the output to play the audio or visual content associated with the media indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: William Albert Tartal, Gabriel Michael Yessin, Mihae Mukaida, Matthew Anthony Borgatti, John David Cranor, III, Nathan Lachenmyer
  • Publication number: 20240145050
    Abstract: Systems and methods for phenotyping clinical data are provided. The method includes obtaining episodic records comprising unstructured clinical data from an electronic medical record (EMR) or electronic health record (EHR) for patients. The method also includes filtering the episodic records by language pattern recognition to identify episodic records that each includes an expression related to a clinical condition. The method also includes splitting each episodic record to obtain snippets comprising tokens. The method also includes predicting if an episodic record represents an instance of the clinical condition using a trained classifier. The trained classifier includes an aggregation function that aggregates the snippets to output a corresponding representation for the episodic record, and an interpretation function that interprets the corresponding representation to output a corresponding prediction for whether the episodic record represents an instance of the clinical condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: William E. Thompson IV, David Michael Vidmar, RuiJun Chen
  • Publication number: 20240143048
    Abstract: A multi-component storage system is provided. The storage system includes a primary storage component and a secondary storage component. The primary storage component includes a body surrounding a storage area, the body having a plurality of support ribs extending therefrom, the plurality of support ribs including at least one pair of support ribs on opposing sides of the body. The primary storage component includes at least one open side. The secondary storage component is configured to be inserted within the storage area of the primary storage component through the at least one open side and aligned with the at least one pair of support ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Groves, Connor Irwin, William Michael Felton, Charles M. Wacker, II, Sage Van Wyk, JohnDerek Parsons
  • Publication number: 20240130599
    Abstract: A dispensing system for a floor treatment composition. The dispensing system includes a housing partially enclosing a cavity and a cradle moveable within the housing along a z-axis from a first position to a second position. The dispensing system further includes a chassis and a sliding lock that includes an open frame. An inlet canula projects through the open frame. When the cradle is in the second position, the inlet canula entrance projects through the open frame and through a liquid transport aperture in the cradle. Latches extending from the open frame also project through engagement apertures in the cradle when the cradle is in the second position. The dispensing system further includes a pump in fluid communication with the inlet canula and a mop head in fluid communication with the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kerry Lloyd WEAVER, Richard Christopher HAGEE, William Michael CANNON, John Charles VAN RENS
  • Publication number: 20240132260
    Abstract: A dispensing package for a floor treatment composition. The dispensing package includes a coupling shell and a container. The coupling shell is provided with a dispensing opening and at least one front aperture. The container includes a membrane seal engaged with a sealing surface of the container. The coupling shell can provide for a connection between a container and a dispensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Christopher HAGEE, William Michael CANNON, John Charles VAN RENS, Kerry Lloyd WEAVER
  • Publication number: 20240130596
    Abstract: A method of engaging a dispensing package with a dispensing system. The dispensing system includes a cradle movable from a first position to a second position. The dispensing system also includes a sliding lock that includes an open frame and a plurality of latches extending from the open frame. An inlet canula protrudes through the cradle when the cradle is in the second position. The dispensing package includes a coupling shell. The coupling shell includes a front aperture in the top wall thereof. The dispensing package is fitted to the cradle which is in the first position and pushed downwardly. The inlet canula punctures the membrane seal of the and the latch engages with the front aperture hold the dispensing package in the dispensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: William Michael CANNON, Kerry Lloyd WEAVER, Richard Christopher HAGEE
  • Publication number: 20240132261
    Abstract: A coupling shell including a top wall, a shell wall, a front aperture in the top wall, a dispensing opening in the top wall, and a neck fitment projecting into the shell interior of the shell wall. The coupling shell can provide for a connection between a container and a dispensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kerry Lloyd WEAVER, Richard Christopher HAGEE, William Michael CANNON, John Charles VAN RENS
  • Publication number: 20240135735
    Abstract: A multispectral imaging device and system is provided. The multispectral imaging device includes a light emitting diode (LED) array including a plurality of LEDs configured to sequentially emit light towards a target object to be scanned, each of the LEDs being configured to emit a differing wavelength from one another; a scanning hood configured to house the LED array; a luminosity sensor configured to capture luminosity data of each light emitted by the plurality of LEDs and reflected from the target object; a printed circuit board (PCB) configured to provide electronic connections and mounting surfaces for the LED array and the luminosity sensor; a housing configured encase the PCB; and a trigger configured to initiate operation of the LED array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Synthetik Applied Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hayden Russell SATHER, William Michael ROSS, Eric Jordan SINGER, David Kenneth MEMKE, David Wesley WELCH
  • Patent number: 11967001
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a video of a user-defined virtual reality scene are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a scene definition; obtain camera information for multiple virtual cameras to be used in generating a two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene; execute a simulation of the virtual reality scene from the scene definition for at least a portion of the scene duration; obtain camera timing instructions specifying which of the virtual cameras should be used to generate the two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene as a function of progress through the scene duration; generate the two-dimensional presentation of the virtual reality scene in accordance with the camera timing instructions and the camera information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Mindshow Inc.
    Inventors: Gil Baron, Daniel Andrew Bellezza, Jeffrey Scott Dixon, William Stuart Farquhar, Jason Zesheng Hwang, John Henry Kanikula Peters, Nhan Van Khong, Christopher Robert Laubach, Gregory Scott Pease, Jonathan Michael Ross
  • Publication number: 20240127367
    Abstract: A crop prediction system performs various machine learning operations to predict crop production and to identify a set of farming operations that, if performed, optimize crop production. The crop prediction system uses crop prediction models trained using various machine learning operations based on geographic and agronomic information. Responsive to receiving a request from a grower, the crop prediction system can access information representation of a portion of land corresponding to the request, such as the location of the land and corresponding weather conditions and soil composition. The crop prediction system applies one or more crop prediction models to the access information to predict a crop production and identify an optimized set of farming operations for the grower to perform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: David Patrick Perry, Geoffrey Albert von Maltzahn, Robert Berendes, Eric Michael Jeck, Barry Loyd Knight, Rachel Ariel Raymond, Ponsi Trivisvavet, Justin Y H Wong, Neal Hitesh Rajdev, Marc-Cedric Joseph Meunier, Casey James Leist, Pranav Ram Tadi, Andrea Lee Flaherty, Charles David Brummitt, Naveen Neil Sinha, Jordan Lambert, Jonathan Hennek, Carlos Becco, Mark Allen, Daniel Bachner, Fernando Derossi, Ewan Lamont, Rob Lowenthal, Dan Creagh, Steve Abramson, Ben Allen, Jyoti Shankar, Chris Moscardini, Jeremy Crane, David Weisman, Gerard Keating, Lauren Moores, William Pate
  • Patent number: 11961925
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a passivating contact that includes a dielectric layer constructed of a first material, an intervening layer constructed of a second material, and a substrate constructed of a semiconductor, where the dielectric layer is positioned between the substrate and the intervening layer, the dielectric layer has a first thickness, and the substrate has a second thickness. The passivating contact also includes a plurality of conductive pathways that include the second material and pass through the first thickness, the second material penetrates into the second thickness forming a plurality of penetrating regions within the substrate, and the plurality of conductive pathways are configured to allow current to pass through the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Pauls Stradins, William Michael Nemeth, David Levi Young, Caroline Lima Salles de Souza
  • Patent number: 11957465
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for accelerated ergonomic collection of capillary blood. An apparatus and system include a blood collection module with a proximal portion including a vacuum generation chamber, a distal portion including a blood collection chamber, a concave mid portion including a pressure equalization channel configured to equalize reduced air pressure. The apparatus further includes a sealing surface to stably seal the blood collection module to the skin around a collection site and a slide latch actuated by a lengthwise sliding motion. Also included is a lancet carrier with linearly-arranged lancet strips to puncture rows of blood extraction slits in the collection site. The apparatus also includes an angled transfer port with a low-resistance non-microfluidic blood flow channel to a transfer module, then to a plasma separation module with a multilayer laminate and plasma separation membrane. Methods for accelerated ergonomic collection of capillary blood are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: RedDrop Dx, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristopher Scott Buchanan, William Kristopher Buchanan, Dirk van den Boom, Thomas Michael Johannsen, Wesley Joseph Hager, Matthew Bryan Huntingdon, Christopher Andrew Frankson, Landon Bruggeman
  • Patent number: 11961077
    Abstract: Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions according to review and approval workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. Microservices on the transaction exchange platform may interact with the transaction objects based on configured workflows associated with the transactions. Processing on the transaction exchange platform may facilitate clearing and settlement of transactions. Some aspects may provide for dynamic and flexible reconfiguration of workflows and/or microservices. Other aspects may provide for data snapshots and workflow tracking, allowing for monitoring, quality control, and auditability of transactions on the transaction exchange platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Earle Michael Lee, William Planck
  • Patent number: 11961136
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to processing and executing digital asset transfers between two users. An example method includes receiving a data object defining a digital asset transfer, and the data object may be a query from the first user to initiate an outbound transfer to a second user or an approval of a request for digital asset units from the second user. The method further includes retrieving account balance data objects associated with the digital asset accounts for the first and second users. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the digital asset transfer satisfies one or more transfer conditions, executing the digital asset transfer by executing a closed-loop debit from the first user and executing a closed-loop credit to the second user. The method further includes updating the account balance data object to reflect the resulting balances of each digital asset account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BAKKT MARKETPLACE, LLC
    Inventors: Nicolas Frederic Cabrera, Jeffrey Scott Pittelkau, Nikolais Linsteadt, Joseph Arthur Revnes, Brian Daniel Cooper, William Matthau, Christopher Michael Petersen, Yamini Bistesh Sagar, Utkarsh Agarwal, Tim Kuchlein, Bharath Lakshmanan, William Andrew Bryant, Stephen Paul Saucier, Deepak Kumar, Anil Jaiswal, Byungkwon Jeon, Balaji Devarasetty
  • Patent number: 11957429
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a hand controller apparatus for controlling a tool in a robotic surgery system can include a body with a proximal end and a distally located interface end configured to be coupled to an input apparatus configured to control the tool. The hand controller apparatus can also include a control lever attached to a pivot joint proximate a side surface of the body and extending along the body and away from the proximal end, the control lever being laterally moveable relative to the side surface of the body about the pivot joint. The hand controller apparatus can additionally include a lateral movement detector configured to magnetically or inductively detect a lateral movement of the control lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Titan Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Michael Kelly, Michael Darter Collins, Zachary Kevin Durand, William Jacob Ward, Mark Curtis Rector
  • Publication number: 20240115172
    Abstract: An oximetry device sealed in a sheath directs a user to allow the oximetry device to make oximetry measurements at a number of different tissue locations of a patient and average two or more of the oximetry measurements by directing the lifts and placements of the oximetry device and sheath to and from the different tissue locations and detecting the lift and placements. The averages are generated and displayed on a display of the device for the oximetry measurements if the lifts are made while use directions for the lifts are displayed on a display of the oximetry device. The averages are not generated if the lifts are not made while the user directions for the lifts are not displayed. The averages are simultaneously displayed with the oximetry measurements which are instantaneous measurement for patient tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Alex Michael Margiott, William Welch, Sushant Potdar