Patents by Inventor William To

William To 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: 20230383341
    Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated DNA molecule suitable for use as, or in, a phosphate responsive inducible promoter. The invention also provides expression cassettes comprising the promoter operably linked to a gene. The invention further provides vectors and prokaryotic host cells, for expressing a protein encoded by the gene; methods for transforming prokaryotic cells; and methods of inducing expression of an exogenous gene in a prokaryotic cell culture, the method including lowering the levels of inorganic phosphates in the culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yuchen Liu, William B. Whitman, Taiwo S. Akinyemi, Zhe Lyu, Nana Shao
  • Publication number: 20230381388
    Abstract: An extremely lightweight and compact heating system greatly increasing patient mobility is provided. The use of a flat plate can be used to greatly decrease package size and weight while providing comparable heat transfer by exploiting the ability of the dialysis bags to conform to this surface and through the greater heating area possible with the flat plate design. A short rim around the plate provides centering and protecting against minor leakage without substantially increasing package height. Protection against leakage is buttressed by sealing the rim to the plate and the use of 12 V only within the heating unit. The result is a lightweight warming device with a short that can be easily transported by the patient greatly improving patient lifestyle and freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: William J. Hansen, John Matther Rotterman
  • Publication number: 20230383951
    Abstract: Reconfigurable assemblies include, for example, a housing assembly, a heater assembly, and an umbrella assembly. The housing assembly includes a cavity for receiving a tank. The heater assembly includes a heater, a post having a lower portion and an upper portion, and the heater attached to the upper end of the post. The umbrella assembly includes a canopy and a pole. In a first configuration the lower portion of the post of the heater assembly is operably attached to the housing assembly to define a patio heater assembly. In a second configuration the lower portion of the pole of the umbrella assembly is operably attached to the housing assembly to define a patio umbrella assembly. The heater assembly and umbrella assembly may be usable with and positioned in the center of conventional tables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Telescope Casual Furniture, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaitlynn WARREN, William VANDERMINDEN
  • Publication number: 20230386154
    Abstract: Disclosed is an approach for managing and displaying virtual content in a mixed reality environment on a one-on-one basis independently by each application, each virtual content is rendered by its respective application into a bounded volume referred herein as a “Prism.” Each Prism may have characteristics and properties that allow a universe application to manage and display the Prism in the mixed reality environment such that the universe application may manage the placement and display of the virtual content in the mixed reality environment by managing the Prism itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: June TATE-GANS, Eric Norman YISKIS, Mark Ashley RUSHTON, David William HOVER, Praveen BABU J. D.
  • Publication number: 20230380482
    Abstract: Disclosed are cellulose acetate tows, bales, and filter rods having from greater than 9 to less than 12.5 denier per filament and from 20,000 to 40,000 total denier, for use in smoking devices, including aerosol-generating devices such as an electrically heated cigarette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher M. BUNDREN, Austin BANKS, William SANDERSON, Phillip CAENEN, Christophe LOIX
  • Publication number: 20230381523
    Abstract: Ventricle-from-atrium (VfA) devices, systems, and methods may be configured to monitor a single channel of cardiac electrical activity and determine atrial events and ventricular events based on the single channel of cardiac electrical activity. Various processing, windowing, and thresholding may be used to identify atrial events and ventricular events within the single channel of cardiac electrical activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yanina Grinberg, Troy E. Jackson, Eric R. Williams, John C. Stroebel, Karen J. Kleckner, Todd J. Sheldon, Mackenzie E. Hall, Saul E. Greenhut
  • Publication number: 20230380368
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 05020906 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 05020906, to the plants of soybean cultivar 05020906, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 05020906, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 05020906. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 05020906. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 05020906, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 05020906 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Publication number: 20230383227
    Abstract: A sample is introduced from a bioreactor to a chamber included in a manifold. The chamber includes at least a first probe. The at least the first probe is coupled to a controller. One or more measurements are performed on the sample while the sample is located in the chamber for a measurement period. The sample is returned from the chamber to the bioreactor after the one or more measurements of the sample have been performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kai Hoeffner, Zheng Huang, Savitha Panikar, Orianna Elysse Kane, Zachary Allen Corriveau, William Fabrizio
  • Publication number: 20230383761
    Abstract: A fan assembly includes an internal housing having an outer internal housing, and an inner internal housing partially disposed within the outer internal housing. The inner internal housing defines an internal cavity, and has a curved exterior surface. Stator blades extend between the inner internal housing and the outer internal housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Frank, Vijaya Kumar Kollipara, Shamus William Doran, Matthew Keener
  • Publication number: 20230385589
    Abstract: A method for automatically electronically associating vessel identity information of a vessel with an unassociated telemetric device, the unassociated telemetric device comprising a processor and being configured to detect and transmit quantity or usage data and being configured with a location sensing device, wherein the unassociated telemetric device is configured to communicate with a remote server, the method comprising the steps of: the remote server receiving the vessel identity information comprising a deployment location for the unassociated telemetric device; the unassociated telemetric device operating in accordance with an automatic action rule; in response to the unassociated telemetric device operating in accordance with the automatic action rule, the processor receiving location information of the unassociated telemetric device from the location sensing device; the unassociated telemetric device transmitting the location information; the remote server receiving the location information; the remo
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: SILICON CONTROLS PTY LTD
    Inventors: Anthony Robert Carr, Michael Alexander St. Leger Neuman, Robert William Gerald Battye
  • Publication number: 20230381509
    Abstract: Real-time sensing of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) clearance can be used to optimize electrode target engagement of the peripheral cranial nerves and detect associated changes within the connected nerve truck and brain. This CSF clearance data may be used in “open loop” systems to inform operator-controlled programming or sent directly to the stimulator itself to titrate programming “closed loop” on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kip Ludwig, Nishant Verma, Justin Williams
  • Publication number: 20230381672
    Abstract: A method of executing a multiplayer video game includes: connecting a game client to a game server via a communication network; for each player, executing an instance of a game on the game server to generate a game environment; synchronizing game data between multiple instances of the game to link the generated game environments; transmitting user inputs to the game server to initiate interactive gameplay; for each player, generating a video stream of the linked game environment from the player's perspective; and mixing the video streams for individual players into split screen view during a split screen mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher William Henderson, David Erwan Damien Uberti, Michael Richard Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20230382565
    Abstract: Aspects presented herein may enable a positioning device or entity to perform PR measurement error detection and classification based on SV geometry via ML. In one aspect, a UE or a location server determines for each SV of a set of SVs at least a geometric orientation with respect to the UE. The UE or the location server determines, based on an ML classifier and the determined geometric orientation with respect to the UE for each SV of at least a subset of the set of SVs, a relative PR weight for each SV of the set of SVs. The UE or the location server estimates a position of the UE based on PR measurements of each SV of the set of SVs and the relative PR weight for each SV of the set of SVs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Songwon JEE, Yunxiang LIU, William MORRISON
  • Publication number: 20230380516
    Abstract: An educational garment assembly includes a bib that is wearable on a teacher a plurality of first mating members is integrated into the bib. A pocket is attached to the bib thereby facilitating the pocket to store a personal electronic device and a charging unit is integrated into the bib to charge the personal electronic device. A rattle and a teddy bear is each attachable to a respective one of the first mating members such that the rattle and the teddy bear is available for the child. A variety of shape panels is each attachable to respective first mating members such that the respective shape panels are available for educating the child about shapes. A plurality of number panels is each attachable to respective first mating members such that the respective number panels are available for educating the child about number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: LaShaunessye Williams
  • Publication number: 20230380372
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 95460218 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 95460218, to the plants of soybean cultivar 95460218, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 95460218, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 95460218. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 95460218. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 95460218, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 95460218 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Publication number: 20230381441
    Abstract: A nasal cannula for kids and infants. The nasal cannula includes a reservoir tube and two inhalation members that extend from the reservoir tubing. The two inhalation members are configured to be inserted into two nostrils of a patient. Each of the inhalation members is integral with the reservoir tube and has an opening for delivering oxygen. Each inhalation member has a lower portion, a neck, and an upper portion. The lower portion forms a conical frustum shape that plugs a nostril, and the upper portion is of a bead shape that anchors within the nostril.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: DAVID KOHAN-GHADOSH, WADSWORTH WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20230387489
    Abstract: A flotation method for separating cathode material from anode and other carbon materials is described. The cathode material may be that including lithium, nickel, and cobalt or that including lithium iron phosphate. The starting material for the flotation process is conventional black mass as recovered from fractured lithium-ion batteries and lithium-ion battery production scrap. The fractured lithium-ion batteries may originate from spent batteries including used batteries and/or out of specification new production batteries. A very fine mesh screening preferably is used to remove interfering binder from the black mass powder prior to froth flotation, preferably in combination with a hydrophilic depressant to enhance separation of the cathode material from the anode and other carbon materials present in the black mass. The separated cathode and anode materials recovered from the method may be used directly or augmented with additional lithium to form new LIB cathodes, anodes, and batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: American Hyperform, Inc.
    Inventor: William Novis Smith
  • Publication number: 20230383664
    Abstract: A guide vane optimized for fully reversible turbomachinery where the guide vane is substantially planar, and has a profiled first edge and an opposite symmetrical second edge. The profiled first edge may include a first arc and a second arc, where the first and second arc differ from one another in their shape characteristics (e.g., arc length, arc height, curvature, radius, etc.). The second edge may be symmetrically rounded. When the guide vane is disposed downstream from the impeller, the profiled first edge serves as a leading edge of the guide vane, and is configured to efficiently convert rotational flow coming from the impeller into axial flow. When the guide vane is disposed upstream from the impeller, the profiled first edge serves as a trailing edge of the guide vane, and is configured to maintain the axial flow as the flow enters the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: William Murray Whyte
  • Publication number: 20230381484
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a connector or connector assembly for attaching a nasal cannula with a gas delivery hose includes a sensor port for a sensor probe positioned near an end of a nasal cannula, which can allow the sensor probe to be placed closer to the patient's nostrils than previous connector parts allowed. The connector can be configured to advantageously allow the nasal cannula to rotate relative to the gas delivery hose, thereby allowing a patient or healthcare provider to untangle or otherwise straighten the hose or the cannula. The connector assembly can be configured to automatically align locking protrusions on a first component with locking recesses on a second component, where insertion of the second component within the first component causes the second component to rotate relative to the first component, thereby aligning the locking protrusions with associated locking recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Laurence Gulliver, Michael Paul Ronayne, Charles William Douglas Irving
  • Publication number: 20230388341
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for managing and configuring flow specification (FlowSpec) messages for a customer network by a controller device coupled to the customer network. Network traffic is monitored by the controller device flowing through the customer network detect a network attack in the customer network. The controller device enables a network user to configure a Flowspec message responsive to the detected network attack. The controller device preferably enables the network user to either 1) manually configure a FlowSpec message or 2) configure a Flowspec message utilizing one or more pre-existing FlowSpec rulesets preferably defined for that customer network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Arbor Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Thiele, Ryan O'Reilly, William Martin Northway, JR.