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  • Systems and methods for detecting water events in vehicles
    Patent number: 11348440
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure include a vehicle water detection system that includes a housing configured to be disposed within a vehicle. The vehicle water detection system also includes a water-activated battery disposed within the housing and configured to produce an electrical voltage upon contact with water. The vehicle water detection system further includes an electronic circuitry disposed within the housing and configured to detect a water event occurring in the vehicle based at least in part on the electrical voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Stefanie Jean Acosta, Carlos J P Chavez, Janelle Denice Dziuk, Michael Joseph Gaeta, Stacy Callaway Huggar, Emily Kathleen Krebs, Jeffrey Neal Pollack, Mitzi Ruiz
  • Systems and methods to determine activity via wireless and sound signals
    Patent number: 11792038
    Abstract: A system includes a transceiver configured to receive one or more Wi-Fi signals associated with a structure, and a processor having computer-executable instructions. When executed, the instructions are configured to cause the processor to perform operations that include receiving the one or more Wi-Fi signals via the transceiver, comparing the one or more Wi-Fi signals with a signal profile, and determining whether an anomaly activity is occurring in the structure based on comparison between the one or more Wi-Fi signals and the signal profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Stacy Callaway Huggar, Emily Kathleen Krebs, Jeffrey Neal Pollack, Carlos JP Chavez, Stefanie Jean Acosta, Janelle Denice Dziuk, Mitzi Ruiz, Michael Joseph Gaeta, Agatha Maria Morey
  • Anti-Coronavirus Antibodies and Methods of Use
    Publication number: 20220356229
    Abstract: Antibodies that bind SARS-CoV Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein, and methods of using same for treating or preventing conditions associated with SARS or COVID-19 and for detecting SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: AbCellera Biologics Inc., The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Svcs.
    Inventors: Kathryn WESTENDORF, Stefanie ZENTELIS, Krithika MUTHURAMAN, Kevin JEPSON, Ester FALCONER, John MASCOLA, Barney GRAHAM, Kizzmekia CORBETT, Julie LEDGERWOOD, Lingshu WANG, Olubukola ABIONA, Wei SHI, Wing-pui KONG, Yi ZHANG, Bryan Edward JONES, Denisa FOSTER, Julian DAVIES, Qing CHAI, Christopher Carl FRYE, Ganapathy GOPALRATHNAM, Jörg HENDLE, John Michael SAUDER, Jeffrey Streetman BOYLES, Anna PUSTILNIK
  • Anti-Coronavirus Antibodies and Methods of Use
    Publication number: 20210292393
    Abstract: Antibodies that bind SARS-CoV spike protein, SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, and methods of using same for treating or preventing conditions associated with SARS or COVID-19 and for detecting SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicants: AbCellera Biologics Inc., The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Hunman Servi
    Inventors: Kathryn WESTENDORF, Stefanie ZENTELIS, Krithika MUTHURAMAN, Kevin JEPSON, Ester FALCONER, John MASCOLA, Barney GRAHAM, Kizzmekia CORBETT, Julie LEDGERWOOD, Lingshu WANG, Olubukola ABIONA, Wei SHI, Wing-pui KONG, Yi ZHANG, Bryan Edward JONES, Denisa FOSTER, Julian DAVIES, Qing CHAI, Christopher Carl FRYE, Ganapathy GOPALRATHNAM, Jörg HENDLE, John Michael SAUDER, Jeffrey Streetman BOYLES, Anna PUSTILNIK
  • Anti-Coronavirus Antibodies and Methods of Use
    Publication number: 20210388066
    Abstract: Antibodies that bind SARS-CoV spike protein, SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, and methods of using same for treating or preventing conditions associated with SARS or COVID-19 and for detecting SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicants: AbCellera Biologics Inc., The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Svcs.
    Inventors: Kathryn WESTENDORF, Stefanie ZENTELIS, Krithika MUTHURAMAN, Kevin JEPSON, Ester FALCONER, John MASCOLA, Barney GRAHAM, Kizzmekia CORBETT, Julie LEDGERWOOD, Lingshu WANG, Olubukola ABIONA, Wei SHI, Wing-pui KONG, Yi ZHANG, Bryan Edward JONES, Denisa FOSTER, Julian DAVIES, Qing CHAI, Christopher Carl FRYE, Ganapathy GOPALRATHNAM, Jörg HENDLE, John Michael SAUDER, Jeffrey Streetman BOYLES, Anna PUSTILNIK
  • Scuff resistant and chip resistant architectural compositions
    Patent number: 11230645
    Abstract: Solutions to the problems of scuffing and chipping of the paint films in high traffic areas and in tight spaces, such as dressing rooms in department stores, where multiple scrapings of the wall paints are created by consumers, clothes hangers, shoes, etc., and hallways and conference rooms in office and other commercial buildings are disclosed. Wax seeded latex polymers admixed with an added wax in architectural compositions and optionally with polyurethane resin are utilized to create paint films that are resistant to scuffing and chipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Columbia Insurance Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Dugan, Ashlee Agens, Ed Ament, Glenn Cooper, Johanna Garcia, Jeff Hood, Kevin Lee, Kate O'Connor, Rogina Saad, Marie Saturne, Jeffrey T. Spillane
  • Vestibular stimulation system and method
    Patent number: 6314324
    Abstract: An apparatus and method in which the portions of the labyrinth associated with the labyrinthine sense and/or the nerves associated therewith are stimulated to perform at least one of the following functions: augment or control a patient's respiratory function, open the patient's airway, induce sleep, and/or counteract vertigo. In one embodiment, the vestibular stimulating system of the present invention includes 1) a stimulation element that performs the actual stimulation of the tissue, 2) a sensor to detect a physiological condition of the patient, and 3) a power/control unit that receives the signals provided by the sensor and causes stimulation energy to be provided to the stimulation element at an appropriate timing, level, pattern, and/or frequency to achieve the desired function. However, the present invention also contemplates eliminating the sensor in favor of applying a predetermined pattern of stimulation to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Respironics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefanie Lattner, Douglas M. Mechlenburg
  • Anti-coronavirus antibodies and methods of use
    Patent number: 11447541
    Abstract: Antibodies that bind SARS-CoV Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein, and methods of using same for treating or preventing conditions associated with SARS or COVID-19 and for detecting SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: AbCellera Biologies Inc., The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Svcs.
    Inventors: Kathryn Westendorf, Stefanie Zentelis, Krithika Muthuraman, Kevin Jepson, Ester Falconer, John Mascola, Barney Graham, Kizzmekia Corbett, Julie Ledgerwood, Lingshu Wang, Olubukola Abiona, Wei Shi, Wing-pui Kong, Yi Zhang, Bryan Edward Jones, Denisa Foster, Julian Davies, Qing Chai, Christopher Carl Frye, Ganapathy Gopalrathnam, Jörg Hendle, John Michael Sauder, Jeffrey Streetman Boyles, Anna Pustilnik
  • Anti-coronavirus antibodies and methods of use
    Patent number: 11370828
    Abstract: Antibodies that bind SARS-CoV spike protein, SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, and methods of using same for treating or preventing conditions associated with SARS or COVID-19 and for detecting SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: AbCellera Biologies Inc., The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Svcs.
    Inventors: Kathryn Westendorf, Stefanie Zentelis, Krithika Muthuraman, Kevin Jepson, Ester Falconer, John Mascola, Barney Graham, Kizzmekia Corbett, Julie Ledgerwood, Lingshu Wang, Olubukola Abiona, Wei Shi, Wing-pui Kong, Yi Zhang, Bryan Edward Jones, Denisa Foster, Julian Davies, Qing Chai, Christopher Carl Frye, Ganapathy Gopalrathnam, Jörg Hendle, John Michael Sauder, Jeffrey Streetman Boyles, Anna Pustilnik
  • Vestibular stimulation system and method
    Patent number: 6748275
    Abstract: An apparatus and method in which the portions of the labyrinth associated with the labyrinthine sense and/or the nerves associated therewith are stimulated to perform at least one of the following functions: augment or control a patient's respiratory function, open the patient's airway, induce sleep, and/or counteract vertigo. In one embodiment, the vestibular stimulating system of the present invention includes 1) a stimulation element that performs the actual stimulation of the tissue, 2) a sensor to detect a physiological condition of the patient, and 3) a power/control unit that receives the signals provided by the sensor and causes stimulation energy to be provided to the stimulation element at an appropriate timing, level, pattern, and/or frequency to achieve the desired function. However, the present invention also contemplates eliminating the sensor in favor of applying a predetermined pattern of stimulation to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Respironics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefanie Lattner, Douglas M. Mechlenburg
  • Organically ranked knowledge categorization in a knowledge management system
    Patent number: 8341107
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to expert modeling in a KM system and provide method, system and computer program product for organically ranked knowledge and categorization for a KM system. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for organically ranked knowledge and categorization in a KM system can be provided. The method can include bookmarking answer content for a first end user of the knowledge management system, suggesting a set of categories previously associated with the answer content by other end users of the knowledge management system, and categorizing the bookmarked answer content with a category selected from the set of categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Inventors: Robert L. Arseneault, Vani T. Chiganmy, Robert Cohen, David P. Cokely, Enzo Guadagnoli, David M. Heath, Stefanie L. Moses, Sergio A. Rubio, Hector C. Torres
  • Line level air gaps
    Patent number: 7084479
    Abstract: In a multilevel microelectronic integrated circuit, air comprises permanent line level dielectric and ultra low-K materials are via level dielectric. The air is supplied to line level subsequent to removal of sacrificial material by clean thermal decomposition and assisted diffusion of byproducts through porosities in the IC structure. Optionally, air is also included within porosities in the via level dielectric. By incorporating air to the extent produced in the invention, intralevel and interlevel dielectric values are minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shyng-Tsong Chen, Stefanie Ruth Chiras, Matthew Earl Colburn, Timothy Joseph Dalton, Jeffrey Curtis Hedrick, Elbert Emin Huang, Kaushik Arun Kumar, Michael Wayne Lane, Kelly Malone, Chandrasekhar Narayan, Satyanarayana Venkata Nitta, Sampath Purushothaman, Robert Rosenburg, Christy Sensenich Tyberg, Roy RongQing Yu
  • Cellulose-based hydrogels and methods of making thereof
    Patent number: 8871016
    Abstract: The present invention provides cellulose hydrogels having one or more of the following properties: high water content, high transparency, high permeability, high biocompatibility, high tensile strength and an optimal thickness. The present invention further provides a process for preparing a cellulose hydrogel comprising: (i) contacting cellulose with a solvent to activate the cellulose; (ii) optionally removing the solvent from the activated cellulose; (iii) substantially dissolving the activated cellulose to form a solution; (iv) allowing the solution to gel; and optionally (v) drying the gel and rehydrating the gel. The cellulose hydrogel can have many uses, including uses as contact lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Morgana M. Trexler, Jenna L. Graham, Jennifer L. Breidenich, Jeffrey P. Maranchi, Julia B. Patrone, Marcia W. Patchan, Jennifer H. Elisseeff, Xiomara Calderon-Colon
  • Organically ranked knowledge categorization in a knowledge management system
    Patent number: 8078565
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to expert modeling in a KM system and provide method, system and computer program product for organically ranked knowledge and categorization for a KM system. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for organically ranked knowledge and categorization in a KM system can be provided. The method can include bookmarking answer content for a first end user of the knowledge management system, suggesting a set of categories previously associated with the answer content by other end users of the knowledge management system, and categorizing the bookmarked answer content with a category selected from the set of categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Kana Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Arseneault, Vani T. Chiganmy, Robert L. Cohen, David P. Cokely, Enzo Guadagnoli, David M. Heath, Stefanie L. Moses, Sergio A. Rubio, Hector C. Torres
  • Interactive graphical user interface (GUI) for designing preform geometries
    Patent number: 10192366
    Abstract: An example method is described that includes providing, for display, a three-dimensional (3D) model of a part. The method also includes receiving, via a graphical user interface, data defining a cutting plane. The cutting plane intersects the 3D model of the part and divides the 3D model into a first portion and a second portion. The method further includes determining a first set of minimum-volume bounding boxes that is tangent to the cutting plane and encloses the first portion of the 3D model, and determining a second set of minimum-volume bounding boxes that is tangent to the cutting plane and encloses the second portion of the 3D model. The method also includes providing a preform geometry for the part. The preform geometry includes the first set of minimum-volume bounding boxes and the second set of minimum-volume bounding boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert W. Grube, Huseyin Erdim, Mitchell T. Lee, Stefanie A. Meier
  • Album construction for holding and displaying greeting cards
    Patent number: 6254135
    Abstract: An album construction for holding and displaying printed folded cards comprising (a) a rectangular support having a center portion and two outer portions, said center portion being longitudinally shorter than the two outer portions and thereby forming two bounded slots at each end of the center portion; (b) an elastic cord having both ends attached to said rectangular support and being of sufficient length to encircle or wrap the center portion of the rectangular support at least twice and thereby produce a series of at least two taut elastic strands located immediately adjacent to each other whereby the fold of the printed cards may be held between one of the taut elastic cord materials and the rectangular support; and (c) an album cover having a central spine and two outer covers, said rectangular support affixed to the spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Girard Design LLC
    Inventor: Stefanie L. Girard
  • Cellulose hydrogel compositions and contact lenses for corneal applications
    Patent number: 9175153
    Abstract: The present invention provides cellulose hydrogels having one or more of the following properties: high water content, high transparency, high oxygen permeability, high biocompatibility, high tensile strength and desirable thermal stability. The present invention further provides a process for preparing a cellulose hydrogel comprising (i) a step of activating cellulose, in which the activating step comprises contacting the cellulose with a solvent to activate the cellulose for a time duration from about 2 hours to about 30 hours; (ii) substantially dissolving the activated cellulose to form a solution; and (iii) gelling the solution to form a gel, in which the gelling step comprises allowing the solution to gel in an environment comprising a relative humidity from about 30% to about 80% at 35° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Morgana M. Trexler, Jenna L. Graham, Jennifer L. Breidenich, Jeffrey P. Maranchi, Julia B. Patrone, Marcia W. Patchan, Jennifer H. Elisseeff, Xiomara Calderon-Colon
  • Drying device for producing small quantities of controlled particle size catalysts which are appropriate for use in fluidized bed operations such as fluid catalytic cracking
    Patent number: 7867937
    Abstract: Catalysts for experimentation are produced having a controlled matrix pore structure. The manufacturing process utilizes tape casting in the drying procedure in which a catalyst slurry is cast on a substrate and dried at a temperature of between about 50° C. to 200° C. for a period of time of about 0.1 to 1.0 hour. The dried catalyst particles can be removed from the substrate by several techniques, including scraping, burning, and deforming the substrate material. The resulting catalytic particles can be produced in an amount of about ca. 3 g to 300 g from slurries with volumes between 5 cc to 500 cc, which are suitable for small scale FCC reactors and for high throughput experimentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: William A. Wachter, Jeffrey T. Elks, Brenda A. Raich, Theodore E. Datz, Mary T. Van Nostrand, Gordon F. Stuntz, David O. Marler, Nicholas Rollman
  • Cellulose hydrogel compositions and contact lenses for corneal applications
    Patent number: 9441080
    Abstract: The present invention provides cellulose hydrogels having one or more of the following properties: high water content, high transparency, high oxygen permeability, high biocompatibility, high tensile strength and desirable thermal stability. The present invention further provides a process for preparing a cellulose hydrogel comprising (i) a step of activating cellulose, in which the activating step comprises contacting the cellulose with a solvent to activate the cellulose for a time duration from about 2 hours to about 30 hours; (ii) substantially dissolving the activated cellulose to form a solution; and (iii) gelling the solution to form a gel, in which the gelling step comprises allowing the solution to gel in an environment comprising a relative humidity from about 30% to about 80% at 35° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Morgana M. Trexler, Jeffrey P. Maranchi, Jennifer L. Breidenich, Xiomara Calderon-Colon, Julia B. Patrone, Jennifer H. Elisseeff, Marcia W. Patchan, Jenna L. Graham, Oliver D. Schein
  • Process of removing calcium and obtaining sulfate salts from an aqueous sugar solution
    Patent number: 8273181
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for obtaining a product stream comprising one or more sulfate salts of potassium, sodium or ammonium from a sugar stream resulting from [processing a lignocellulosic feedstock, said sugar stream which includes calcium sulfate and one or more of these sulfate salts. The process comprises (i) treating the sugar stream to remove calcium, thereby producing a sugar stream containing substantially no calcium, and obtaining a salt stream comprising a calcium salt; (ii) choosing a feed stream that is either (a) a clarified salt stream derived from the salt stream of step (i) after removal of calcium therefrom; or (b) the sugar stream containing substantially no calcium that is produced in step (i); (iii) introducing the feed stream chosen in step (ii) to an ion exchange bed; and (iv) regenerating the ion exchange resin bed of step (iii) with sulfuric acid to produce the product stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Iogen Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Brian E. Foody, Jeffrey S. Tolan
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