Patents by Inventor William Scott

William Scott 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: 11649848
    Abstract: A suction cup can include a body and a skirt connected to a periphery of the body. The body can include an engagement surface with an aperture. A friction material can be positioned on the engagement surface for engagement with a container. A channel can extend along the engagement surface between the aperture and a periphery of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Scott Kalm, Bob Samac, Tait Stephen Carroll
  • Patent number: 11651422
    Abstract: Location data associated with an on-demand electric vehicle and an indication that an on-demand electric vehicle has fallen are received. It is determined that a rental associated with the on-demand electric vehicle has ended. Information indicating that the on-demand electric vehicle is in a fallen position is provided via a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Bird Rides, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis VanderZanden, William Scott Rushforth
  • Publication number: 20230142209
    Abstract: A computing device including a processor configured to simulate a quantum device at least in part by receiving a single-particle Hamiltonian matrix that describes an initial Hamiltonian operator. The initial Hamiltonian operator may model a plurality of parts of a quantum device. Simulating the quantum device may further include estimating a reduced density matrix associated with a first part, estimating a plurality of eigenvectors and eigenvalues of the reduced density matrix, and generating a transformed Hamiltonian matrix. Generating the transformed Hamiltonian matrix may include transforming the single-particle Hamiltonian matrix into a natural-orbital basis of the first part such that the transformed Hamiltonian matrix has a reduced dimensionality. The natural-orbital basis may be spanned by a subset of the eigenvectors of the reduced density matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Roman Bela BAUER, Samuel BOUTIN, William Scott COLE, JR., Andrey ANTIPOV
  • Patent number: 11646099
    Abstract: In embodiments of the invention, the invention provides a method for distinguishing between lymphoma types based on gene expression measurements. In embodiments, the invention distinguishes between PMBCL and DLBCL based on gene expression signatures, and can further distinguish between DLBCL subtypes. In embodiments of the invention, the distinctions are used in methods of treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Boatd of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Oslo University Hospital HF, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barceloa, Institut D'Investigacions Biomédiques Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Robert Bosch Gesellschaft feuer medizinische Forshung mbH, Oregon Health & Science University, City of Hope, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: Louis M. Staudt, Christian Steidl, Anja Mottok, George W. Wright, David William Scott, Lisa M. Rimsza, Andreas Rosenwald, Randy Gascoyne, Timothy Greiner, Dennis Weisenburger, Erlend B. Smeland, Jan Delabie, Elias Campo Guerri, German Ott, Rita Braziel, Elaine S. Jaffe, Kai Fu, Wing C. Chan, Joo Song, James R. Cook
  • Publication number: 20230125372
    Abstract: An eyeglass system includes interchangeable anterior aesthetics. The system includes a base frame, including a front face with a left lens orbital carrying a left lens and a right lens orbital carrying a right lens, and left and right earstems attached to the front frame. A decorative top frame includes a left annular mask with an unobstructed left opening and a right annular mask with an unobstructed right opening, configured to cover the left and right orbitals, respectively, while exposing the left and right lenses through the left and right openings. The top frame is releasably connectable to the base frame. The system may include a plurality of visually distinct top frames, each interchangeably removably connectable to a common base frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Philip Denton Gordon, Lee Zaro, Nathan Kondamuri, Sophia Edelstein, William Scott Craycraft
  • Publication number: 20230119944
    Abstract: A transom lift for boats that can be used for loading and transporting objects such as a dinghy or large coolers. The transom lift has generally parallel and vertical members that fit inside of generally vertical and parallel sides of transom mount ladders. Hooks extend from the generally parallel, spaced apart, elongated, and vertical members, and are constructed and arranged to fit over steps of the transom mount ladder. A supported planar member or platform extends from a lower portion of the generally vertical, spaced apart, elongated, and parallel members. The transom lift is raised and lowered by pulling on an upper end of the transom lift using the transom mount ladder as a guide for vertical movement of the transom lift. The hooks position and hold the planar member or platform in the desired vertical position, either above or below the water line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: William A. Scott
  • Patent number: 11629601
    Abstract: A rotor blade for a turbomachine is provided. The rotor blade includes a platform, an airfoil extending from the platform, and a cooling circuit extending within the platform and the airfoil. The cooling circuit includes a plurality of cooling passages defined by a plurality of ribs. The plurality of ribs includes an offset rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Steven Honkomp, William Scott Zemitis, Melbourne James Myers, Jacob Charles Perry, II
  • Patent number: 11625033
    Abstract: Remotely controlling use of an on demand electric vehicle is disclosed. In various embodiments, data associated with a vehicle is received via a communication interface. A determination is made based at least in part on the receive data that a condition associated with control of the vehicle is satisfied. In response to the determination, a communication to control the vehicle remotely in a manner associated with the condition is generated and sent to the vehicle. The vehicle includes a control module configured to control a controlled component comprising the vehicle in a manner indicated by the control communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Bird Rides, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis VanderZanden, William Scott Rushforth
  • Publication number: 20230061719
    Abstract: A kayak anchor support system includes a first support arm having a first end opposite a second end, wherein the first support arm is removably securable to a kayak via at least one mounting bracket. A proximal end of a second support arm is affixed to the first support arm adjacent to the first end. The second support arm extends orthogonally from the first support arm such that a distal end of the second support arm is maintained in an elevated position above the kayak. A pulley is affixed to the distal end of the second support arm. An anchor cable is engaged with each of the pulley and a reel, wherein the reel is disposed opposite the pulley. An anchor is affixed to a terminal end of the anchor cable, whereupon actuation of the reel, the anchor is selectively movable between a raised position and a lowered positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: William Scott
  • Patent number: 11584593
    Abstract: A loading system (e.g., in a warehouse or other item-fulfillment environment) can include a rotary hub that supports one or more chambers. In a first orientation of the rotary hub, one of the chambers may be in a first position aligned for item receipt (e.g., through an open top of the chamber by feeding from a conveyor belt or other feeding system). The rotary hub can rotate to a second orientation in which the chamber is in a second position aligned for item discharge (e.g., through an open end of the chamber and into a receiving zone of a packaging machine or other system).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Stuart Battles, William Scott Kalm, Kent Belden Meiswinkel, Kevin Senh Ly, Dinesh Mahadevan, Peter A. Grant, Bob Samac
  • Publication number: 20230041755
    Abstract: There is a need for more effective and efficient natural language processing (NLP) solutions. This need can be addressed by, for example, solutions for performing NLP-based document prioritization by utilizing joint sentiment-topic (JST) modeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ayan SENGUPTA, Suman ROY, Tanmoy CHAKRABORTY, Gaurav RANJAN, William Scott PAKA
  • Patent number: 11574704
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods for selecting a treatment option for an activated B cell-like diffuse large B cell lymphoma (ABC DLBCL) subject, a germinal center B cell-like diffuse large B cell lymphoma (GCB DLBCL) subject, a primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma (PMBL) subject, a Burkitt lymphoma (BL) subject, or a mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) subject by analyzing digital gene expression data obtained from the subject, e.g., from a biopsy sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch, Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Universitat de Barcelona, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
    Inventors: Louis M. Staudt, George W. Wright, David William Scott, Joseph M. Connors, Randy D. Gascoyne, Lisa Rimsza, Elias Campo Guerri, Raymond Tubbs, Timothy C. Greiner, James Robert Cook, Kai Fu, Paul Michael Williams, Chih-Jian Lih, Elaine S. Jaffe, Rita M. Braziel, Andreas Rosenwald, Erlend B. Smeland, Wing C. Chan, German Ott, Jan Delabie, Dennis Weisenburger
  • Patent number: 11574026
    Abstract: A device may transmit questionnaires to a set of client devices, wherein the questionnaires include a set of questions that relate to an internal entity experience attribute and/or an external entity experience attribute. The device may receive a set of questionnaire responses and correlate the set of questionnaire responses with contextual data relating to an entity. The device may process, using a machine learning model trained based on data relating to one or more other entities, the set of questionnaire responses and the contextual data to identify a set of features and a set of feature ranks. The device may select a subset of features based on the set of feature ranks and a set of influence thresholds. The device may generate a set of recommendations associated with the subset of features and communicate with one or more other devices to implement the set of recommendations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Avanade Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Michele D. Bennett, Mark J. Garavaglia, Michael P. Isaac, Stephanie Mills, William Jeffrey Harding, Anthony Joseph Molisani, William Scott Powell, Robert James Boisjolie
  • Patent number: 11566528
    Abstract: A rotor blade is provided. The rotor blade includes a main body having a shank, an airfoil extends radially outwardly from the shank, and a platform. The main body includes a pressure side slash face and a suction side slash face. A slot is defined within each of the pressure side slash face and the suction side slash face. The slot of the pressure side slash face and the slot of the suction side slash face each include an upstream end portion that defines an end and a main body portion extending from the upstream end portion. The upstream end portion tapers from the end to the main body portion. The main body portion further includes a retention wall that covers a portion of the end and that defines an opening. The retention wall further includes an inner retention surface. The retention wall defines an offset from the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Martin James Jasper, Claire Katherine Naioti, Melbourne James Myers, William Scott Zemitis, Stephen Douglas Shearer
  • Publication number: 20230016989
    Abstract: Described herein are biodegradable, encircling protective devices used to protect seeds and saplings during their greatest vulnerability after germination while promoting growth of the sapling, preventing detritus and competing plants from fouling growth, and simultaneously fending off predation from herbivores or omnivores, which devices melt when exposed to controlled fire without harmful side effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: William Scott Laseter
  • Publication number: 20220414330
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for performing text similarity determination. Certain embodiments of the present invention utilize systems, methods, and computer program products that perform text similarity determination by using at least one of Word Mover's Similarity measures, Relaxed Word Mover's Similarity measures, and Related Relaxed Word Mover's Similarity measures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Suman Roy, Amit Kumar, Sourabh Kumar Bhattacharjee, Shashi Kumar, William Scott Paka, Tanmoy Chakraborty
  • Patent number: 11535399
    Abstract: Methods of performing assembly or maintenance on an aircraft, systems for performing desired assembly or maintenance on an aircraft, and mobile work stations useful for such systems and methods, where the mobile work stations include a work platform, including an accessway providing access to the work platform; and a moveable base supporting the work platform with one or more platform jacks that can adjustably raise and lower the work platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Prendergast, Nicholas J. Brimlow, Arthur Eugene Whitson, Jr., Charles Michael Richards, William Scott Ballantine, James T. Johnstone
  • Patent number: 11535450
    Abstract: An insertion system (e.g., in a warehouse or other item-fulfillment environment) can include a chassis. A bottom conveying surface, a first side conveying surface, and a second side conveying surface may be fastened to the chassis respectively along the chassis's bottom face, first lateral face, and second lateral face. A chamber may be bounded by the conveying surfaces and by a rear wall defined at least in part by the front face of the chassis. A linear actuator coupled with the chassis may move the chassis from a home position and toward an extended position to advance the bottom conveying surface, the first side conveying surface, and the second side conveying surface along with the rear wall of the chamber to decrease a size of the chamber and advance contents of the chamber in a depth direction toward a receiving zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Scott Kalm, Kevin Senh Ly
  • Patent number: 11525752
    Abstract: A water detecting pressure-sensing device includes a metal housing including a cavity. A pressure sensor is disposed on a die and configured to generate a signal in response to a pressure variation. A protection medium at least partially fills the cavity and covers the die. One or more electrodes are disposed on the die and are used to detect a presence of a water droplet on the protection medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ashwin Balasubramanian, William Scott Lee
  • Publication number: 20220382566
    Abstract: A system for generating a user interface described herein can include a processor to detect a plurality of display characteristics from a user interface manager, wherein the plurality of display characteristics correspond to a type of a device. The processor can also detect a list of applications being executed by the system and generate a user interface container by applying the plurality of display characteristics to each of the applications from the list of applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: William Scott STAUBER, Ramrajprabu BALASUBRAMANIAN, Nathan T. RADEBAUGH, Kenton A. SHIPLEY, Patrick J. DERKS, Paul DYKSTRA