Patents by Inventor William A. Sullivan

William A. Sullivan 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: 11274617
    Abstract: A system includes an engine adapted to output a torque, a parasitic load adapted to receive a portion of the torque from the engine, and a controller communicably coupled to the parasitic load. The controller is configured to determine an actual exhaust temperature value of an exhaust gas flow exiting the engine and a minimum fuel amount to be injected into the engine. The controller is configured to compare the actual exhaust temperature value with an exhaust temperature threshold value of the exhaust gas flow to determine a first difference between the actual exhaust temperature value and the exhaust temperature threshold value. The controller is configured to determine a target torque output of the engine based on the first difference and the minimum fuel amount. The controller is configured to cause the torque to be increased to attain the target torque output using the parasitic load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Suman Goli, Andrew Nathan Schifferer, Kirk Anderson, Patrick William Sullivan, Jr., Ryan Robert Stoffel, Phillip Alvin Hartz
  • Publication number: 20220056862
    Abstract: A system includes an engine adapted to output a torque, a parasitic load adapted to receive a portion of the torque from the engine, and a controller communicably coupled to the parasitic load. The controller is configured to determine an actual exhaust temperature value of an exhaust gas flow exiting the engine and a minimum fuel amount to be injected into the engine. The controller is configured to compare the actual exhaust temperature value with an exhaust temperature threshold value of the exhaust gas flow to determine a first difference between the actual exhaust temperature value and the exhaust temperature threshold value. The controller is configured to determine a target torque output of the engine based on the first difference and the minimum fuel amount. The controller is configured to cause the torque to be increased to attain the target torque output using the parasitic load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Suman Goli, Andrew Nathan Schifferer, Kirk Anderson, Patrick William Sullivan, JR., Ryan Robert Stoffel, Phillip Alvin Hartz
  • Patent number: 10296175
    Abstract: A novel method for graphically organizing and displaying multiple pages of internet content based on how the page was accessed. Pages are determined to be indirectly accessed if they were accessed via a hypertext link or a trail of hypertext links. Pages are determined to be directly accessed if accessed via other means, such as a bookmark or via Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Page groupings are created for each directly accessed page, and each indirectly accessed page is categorized into a grouping associated with a directly accessed page containing a link through which the indirectly accessed page was accessed. The web pages are presented to the user in an interface that is a graphical representation of the page groupings, wherein a user selects a page to view by first selecting the page's page grouping and then selecting the page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Decker, John William Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10220022
    Abstract: Compositions and Methods are described in which Albendazole sulfone binds to Wolbachia FtsZ providing anti filarial activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Laura Serbus, Fredric Landmann, Catharina Lindley, Pamela White, William Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20180333394
    Abstract: Compositions and Methods are described in which Albendazole sulfone binds to Wolbachia FtsZ providing anti filarial activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Laura SERBUS, Fredric LANDMANN, Catharina LINDLEY, Pamela WHITE, William SULLIVAN
  • Patent number: 10028936
    Abstract: Compositions and Methods are described in which Albendazole sulfone binds to Wolbachia FtsZ providing anti filarial activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Laura Serbus, Fredric Landmann, Catharina Lindley, Pamela White, William Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20180177765
    Abstract: Compositions and Methods are described in which Albendazole sulfone binds to Wolbachia FtsZ providing anti filarial activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Laura Serbus, Fredric Landmann, Catharina Lindley, Pamela White, William Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20180055022
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of generating sterile male insects. The methods include generating a insect stock comprising females with two X chromosomes each having the same centromere with male insects comprising an X chromosome and a Y chromosome each having the same centromere and mating parental male insects having an X:Y/O genome with normal females, thereby producing the sterile male insects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: William Sullivan, Thomas Kornberg
  • Publication number: 20180042900
    Abstract: Compositions and Methods are described in which Albendazole sulfone binds to Wolbachia FtsZ providing anti filarial activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Laura Serbus, Fredric Landmann, Catharina Lindley, Pamela White, William Sullivan
  • Patent number: 9847919
    Abstract: There is provided a method of reducing traffic on a data network. The method includes (i) reading an indicator of whether a last attempted communication with a network device was successful, and (ii) performing discovery of the network device at each time specified by a first schedule in response to the indicator indicating that the last attempted communication with the network device was successful, and at each time specified by a second schedule in response to the indicator indicating that the last attempted communication with the network device was not successful. There is also provided a system that performs the method, and a storage device that contains a program that controls a processor to perform the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ERICSSON INC.
    Inventors: William Sullivan, Francis Xavier Reichmeyer, David Campbell Taylor, Albert Lamar Phillips
  • Patent number: 9439889
    Abstract: Compositions and Methods are described in which Albendazole sulfone binds to Wolbachia FtsZ providing anti filarial activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Laura Serbus, Fredric Landmann, Catharina Lindley, Pamela White, William Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20150220965
    Abstract: A method is provided for offering and distributing digital coupons from promoters to users via a network. The method includes the steps of receiving the digital coupons, storing them on a central computer, and associating them with a product identifier. The user selects a selected product identifier, and the digital coupons associated with the selected product identifier are then transmitted to the user, who can then select a selected digital coupon, for use. Data regarding selection of and redemption of the digital coupons is reported in real time or near-real-time, so that a promoter is able to track the results generated by their digital coupons, track the results achieved by competitors, and dynamically adjust the value and other terms of their digital coupons. The promoter pays a fee for the placement of and/or redemption of each of the digital coupons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: William Sullivan, Dale Hachiya, Sean LeMons
  • Patent number: 9074415
    Abstract: A multiple panel glazing unit including at least two glass spacer bars (2) of toughened glass each having, optionally, opposite sides that are chamfered towards a common end surface (8) and which are sealed to the glass panels (22, 24) of multiple panel glazing unit by a transparent or translucent sealant (38). The use of toughened glass spacers allows the manufacture of multiple panel glazing units to meet given operating requirements, e.g. the ability to withstand externally applied forces such as varying differential air pressure of a given magnitude across the unit, with a smaller inter-glazing panel spacing than if glass spacers that are not toughened are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Inventors: Gary Paul Beresford, Michael William Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20140274972
    Abstract: Compositions and Methods are described in which Albendazole sulfone binds to Wolbachia FtsZ providing anti filarial activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Laura Serbus, Fredric Landmann, Catharina Lindley, Pamela White, William Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20140278858
    Abstract: A method is provided for offering and distributing digital coupons from promoters to users via a network. The method includes the steps of receiving the digital coupons, storing them on a central computer, and associating them with a product identifier. The user selects a selected product identifier, and the digital coupons associated with the selected product identifier are then transmitted to the user, who can then select a selected digital coupon, for use. The promoter pays a fee for the placement of and/or use of each of the digital coupons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: William Sullivan, Dennis Au, Chris Corbett, Dale Hachiya, Sean LeMons
  • Publication number: 20140278906
    Abstract: A coupon system has a central computer, an ad placement program operably installed on the central computer, and a master coupon program operably installed on the central computer. The ad placement program receives the coupons from the promoters via the network, associates each of the coupons with at least one UPC identifying the product(s), and determines a price for placement of and/or use of each of the coupons in association with the at least one UPC. The master coupon program transmits the coupons to the users with reference to a selected UPC received from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: William Sullivan, Dennis Au, Chris Corbett, Dale Hachiya, Sean LeMons
  • Publication number: 20130345249
    Abstract: The invention encompasses pharmaceutical formulations for the prevention and treatment of Wolbachia-related disease wherein the formulations comprise a compound previously unknown and unused for such a purpose, the compound being one or more of: Pararosaniline Pamoate, Pyrvinium Pamoate, Clofoctol, and Isoreserpine, derivatives, metabolites, precursors, pro-drugs and variants thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Alain Debec, Laura Serbus, Frederic Landmann, William Sullivan
  • Patent number: 8551730
    Abstract: Methods of microscopic imaging of biological tissue using adaptive optics technology to improve the image focus and sharpness. Wavefront measurements are taken by using a novel method of seeding biological tissue by using a fluorescent microsphere as a “guide star” as a natural point-source reference. The current methods are capable of improving the Strehl ratio of modern biological microscopes as much as 15 times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Oscar Azucena, Joel Kubby, Jian Cao, William Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20130191709
    Abstract: A novel method for graphically organizing and displaying multiple pages of internet content based on how the page was accessed. Pages are determined to be indirectly accessed if they were accessed via a hypertext link or a trail of hypertext links. Pages are determined to be directly accessed if accessed via other means, such as a bookmark or via Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Page groupings are created for each directly accessed page, and each indirectly accessed page is categorized into a grouping associated with a directly accessed page containing a link through which the indirectly accessed page was accessed. The web pages are presented to the user in an interface that is a graphical representation of the page groupings, wherein a user selects a page to view by first selecting the page's page grouping and then selecting the page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Decker, John William Sullivan
  • Patent number: 8407574
    Abstract: A user interface and methods for accessing document presentations are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method of the invention allows a user to directly snapback to a previous accessed document presentation without having to select from a menu of items or go through the intermediate pages. In this method, when a first document presentation is accessed, a first location of the first document presentation is recorded, automatically or manually. Subsequently, when a sequence of additional document presentations originated from the first document presentation is accessed, in response to a first input, without having to select from a menu of items, the first document presentation is directly retrieved from a recorded first location and displayed in a window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Forstall, Donald Dale Melton, John William Sullivan