Heating device for spray bottles
Patent No. 11,369,008
A heating device for use in warming the contents of spray bottles. The heating device includes a housing having at least one heating plate on the upper surface thereof. The heating plate includes an electrically operated heating element. The heating plate is controlled by the user via a dial that allows a user to select the temperature of the heating plate. The base of a spray bottle can be positioned directly on the surface of a heating plate so that heat from the heating plate is transferred to the spray bottle in order to warm the contents thereof. The spray bottle is preferably composed of a heat resistant material so that the spray bottle will not degrade or melt upon heating. The housing of the heating device may include one or more storage compartments therein for use in storing various items therein.
Inventors: Shadonna Bethel (Richmond)
Assignee: N/A
June 21, 2022
Systems and methods for layered quantum computing detection
Patent No. 11,366,897
Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for layered quantum computing (QC) detection. An example system includes QC detection data generation circuitry that generates QC detection data via a first post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) technique. The system also includes cryptographic circuitry configured to generate a pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys including a public cryptographic key and a private cryptographic key via a second PQC technique, generate encrypted QC detection data based on the pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys, and destroy the private cryptographic key. The system further includes data monitoring circuitry configured to monitor a set of data environments for electronic information related to the encrypted QC detection data. In response to detection of the electronic information related to the encrypted QC detection data, the system may monitor a set of data environments for electronic information related to the QC detection data.
Inventors: Ramanathan Ramanathan (San Francisco, California), Andrew J. Garner IV (State Road, North Carolina), Abhijit Rao (Irvine, California), Pierre Arbadjian (Matthews, North Carolina), Michael Erik Meinholz (Charlotte, North Carolina), Omar B. Khan (Richmond), Ramesh Yarlagadda (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, California)
June 21, 2022
Distributed storage access using virtual target portal groups
Patent No. 11,366,727
A method disclosed herein may include receiving a portal group from a node of a distributed storage system, the portal group comprising a plurality of network portals for accessing a storage unit, and transmitting data of the portal group to a first client and to a second client, wherein data transmitted to the first client and data transmitted to the second client each identify the plurality of network portals and indicate a different preferred network portal. The method may further include receiving a request from the first client to initiate a storage session that uses one of the plurality of network portals, establishing the storage session, wherein the storage session comprises multiple paths to the storage unit over at least two of the plurality of network portals, and providing data of the storage unit to the first client using the storage session.
Inventors: Jason Dillaman (Richmond)
Assignee: Red Hat (Raleigh, North Carolina)
June 21, 2022
System and method for fraud control
Patent No. 11,367,073
A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include systems and methods for providing fraud management, which may include, receiving account holder data, determining vertical spend patterns associated with merchants to define a merchant risk for each merchant, generating a transactional behavior patter for the account holder, and generating a fraud score and/or action set (e.g., refer/decline/queue for review) based on the transactional behavior pattern and merchant risk. Account holder data may include, for example, an account type, an account balance, account credits and debits, and transaction data including merchant name, location, and transaction details.
Inventors: Thomas S. Poole (Chantilly, Virginia), Lawrence Douglas (McLean, Virginia), Matthew R. Brolund (Midlothian, Virginia)
Assignee: Capital One Financial Corp. (McLean, Virginia)
June 21, 2022
Charger assembly and charging system for an electronic vaping device
Patent No. 11,374,416
A charger assembly is configured to charge the electronic vaping device. The charger assembly includes a base including a housing defining a port. The port is configured to receive a tip end of an electronic vaping device. The port includes a magnetic electrical contact centrally positioned at a bottom of the port and a first pin positioned at the bottom of the port. The charger assembly also includes a microprocessor electrically connected to the magnetic electrical contact and the first pin.
Inventors: Geoffrey Brandon Jordan (Midlothian, Virginia), Barry S. Smith (Hopewell, Virginia), Douglas A. Burton (Glen Allen, Virginia), Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Virginia), Sean Sundberg (Richmond), Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 28, 2022
Anatomically accurate brain phantoms and methods for making and using the same
Patent No. 1,373,552
Anatomically accurate brain phantoms are disclosed which may be patient specific and used for experimentally testing neuromodulation and neuroimaging procedures.
Inventors: Hamzah Magsood (Henrico, Virginia), Ciro H. Alcoba Serrate (Richmond), Ahmed A. El-Gendy (Richmond), Ravi L. Hadimani (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
June 28, 2022
Facilitating responding to multiple product or service reviews associated with multiple sources
Patent No. 11,373,220
A monitoring platform may obtain information that identifies a product or service and may collect one or more reviews associated with the product or service from a plurality of sources, wherein each review includes respective review information. The monitoring platform may process the one or more reviews to determine respective additional review information associated with each review of the one or more reviews. The monitoring platform may select, using a machine learning model, a particular review, of the one or more reviews, based on the review information and the additional review information associated with the one or more reviews. The monitoring platform may cause display, on a display of a client device, of a prompt for a response to the particular review and may obtain the response from the client device. The monitoring platform may cause the response to be posted to a source associated with the particular review.
Inventors: Jerry Wagner (Chesterfield, Virginia), Mario Munoz (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Virginia)
June 28, 2022
Refrigeration system with brushless DC motor compressor drive
Patent No. 11,371,765
A refrigeration system for a temperature-controlled storage device includes a refrigeration circuit, a cooling circuit, and a controller. The refrigeration circuit includes a compressor driven by a brushless DC motor operable at multiple different speeds, a first heat exchanger, an expansion device, and a cooling unit in fluid communication via a first working fluid. The cooling circuit includes a pump and a second heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first heat exchanger via a second working fluid such that the first heat exchanger is liquid-cooled by the second working fluid. The controller operates the brushless DC motor at multiple different speeds to accommodate multiple different thermal loads experienced by the refrigeration system. Each of the speeds corresponds to a different thermal load. The controller modulates the speed of the brushless DC motor to maintain a desired temperature of a temperature-controlled space within the temperature-controlled device.
Inventors: Jules G. Choueifati (Richmond), Timothy D. Swofford (Midlothian, Virginia), Neil J. Rathje (Chesterfield, Virginia)
Assignee: Hill Phoenix (Conyers, Georgia)
June 28, 2022
Package with blister as support for product
Patent No. 11,370,589
A package is described for housing a product supported upon a blister portion of the package. The product may be an item whose weight may be supported by the blister. For some products such as cables, wires, or hoses the product may also be held in a desired shape.
Inventors: Francisco J. Garcia (Long Beach, California), Meng-Chuan Wu (Richmond), Gregory P. Hayter (Richmond), Matthew E. Zacherle (Chesterfield, Virginia), Mary Kathryn Suttle (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Assignee: WestRock MWV (Atlanta, Georgia)
June 28, 2022
PPAR.alpha. agonist compositions and methods of use
Patent No. 11,369,575
Pharmaceutical particles having an inner portion comprising an agonist of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor .alpha. (PPAR.alpha.) and a biodegradable polymer; and an outer coating comprising an emulsifier which surrounds the inner portion, wherein the agonist may be a fibrate, and the particle contains at least about 5 wt % to about 25 wt % of the agonist, and wherein the particle has a sustained delayed release of the agonist in a range of at least about 1 to 12 months when in an aqueous solution or physiological environment. The pharmaceutical particles may be used, for example, to treat diseases and conditions such as ocular disorders which benefit from PPAR.alpha. agonism.
Inventors: Jian-xing Ma (Edmond, Oklahoma), Fangfang Qiu (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), Qingguo Xu (Glen Allen, Virginia), Tuo Meng (Richmond)
Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) & Virginia Commonwealth University, Intellectual Property Foundation (Richmond)
June 28, 2022
Oral product
Patent No. 11,369,129
An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix, and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the mouth-stable polymer matrix. The oral product is adapted to release the nicotine or derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity and exposed to saliva.
Inventors: Feng Gao (Midlothian, Virginia), Frank Scott Atchley (Tarpon Springs, Florida), Gregory Griscik (Midlothian, Virginia), Christopher Joseph Dinovi (Ruther Glen, Virginia), Phillip M. Hulan (Midlothian, Virginia), Diane L. Gee (Chesterfield, VA), Jason Flora (Richmond), Shuzhong Zhuang (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 28, 2022
Specifically adjusted workings nunchaku assembly method
Patent No. 1,371,800
A manner of manufacturing a modernized nunchuck using specifically adjusted workings or saw process construction methods, facilitating a better fit and functions for the nunchuck, while increasing levels of safety and precision operations for users. The nunchuck includes a first and second grip handle, having a top and bottom end. The top ends machined with a quarter rounded edge to minimize resistance against movement. A single cord configuration includes a flexible coupling having alike end accommodated and fixed in place by a coupling anchor and anchor support at top end of first and second grip handles. Anchor support also functions as a handle grip guide assisting precise and consistent hand placement during use of the saw nunchuck. Each bottom end comprises an optical stripe, providing a variety of light reflections for improved ocular functions and visual effects enhancing user performance.
Inventors: Steven Woodward (Chesterfield, Virginia)
Assignee: N/A
June 28, 2022
Predictive modeling for anti-malware solutions
Patent No. 11,374,963
Provided is predictive modeling for anti-malware solutions. The predictive modeling includes an identification manager component that generates profile data for a hostile source. The hostile source is identified based on a previous threat attributed to the hostile source. The predictive modeling also includes an evaluation component that determines a characteristic of an interaction between a source and an endpoint. Further, the predictive modeling includes a validation component that compares the characteristic of the interaction with the profile data and controls access to the source by the endpoint based on the comparison. In addition, anti-malware software is not deployed on the endpoint.
Inventors: Ryan B. Benskin (Charlotte, North Carolina), Lawrence T. Belton Jr. (Charlotte, North Carolina), Christopher Houser (Mt. Holly, North Carolina), Peter A. Makohon (Huntersville, North Carolina), Timothy Morris (Lexington, North Carolina), Omar Bracey (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, Calfornia)
June 28, 2022
Heating device for spray bottles
Patent No. 11,369,008
A heating device for use in warming the contents of spray bottles. The heating device includes a housing having at least one heating plate on the upper surface thereof. The heating plate includes an electrically operated heating element. The heating plate is controlled by the user via a dial that allows a user to select the temperature of the heating plate. The base of a spray bottle can be positioned directly on the surface of a heating plate so that heat from the heating plate is transferred to the spray bottle in order to warm the contents thereof. The spray bottle is preferably composed of a heat resistant material so that the spray bottle will not degrade or melt upon heating. The housing of the heating device may include one or more storage compartments therein for use in storing various items therein.
Inventors: Shadonna Bethel (Richmond)
Assignee: N/A
June 21, 2022
Systems and methods for layered quantum computing detection
Patent No. 11,366,897
Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for layered quantum computing (QC) detection. An example system includes QC detection data generation circuitry that generates QC detection data via a first post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) technique. The system also includes cryptographic circuitry configured to generate a pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys including a public cryptographic key and a private cryptographic key via a second PQC technique, generate encrypted QC detection data based on the pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys, and destroy the private cryptographic key. The system further includes data monitoring circuitry configured to monitor a set of data environments for electronic information related to the encrypted QC detection data. In response to detection of the electronic information related to the encrypted QC detection data, the system may monitor a set of data environments for electronic information related to the QC detection data.
Inventors: Ramanathan Ramanathan (San Francisco, California), Andrew J. Garner IV (State Road, North Carolina), Abhijit Rao (Irvine, California), Pierre Arbadjian (Matthews, North Carolina), Michael Erik Meinholz (Charlotte, North Carolina), Omar B. Khan (Richmond), Ramesh Yarlagadda (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, California)
June 21, 2022
Distributed storage access using virtual target portal groups
Patent No. 11,366,727
A method disclosed herein may include receiving a portal group from a node of a distributed storage system, the portal group comprising a plurality of network portals for accessing a storage unit, and transmitting data of the portal group to a first client and to a second client, wherein data transmitted to the first client and data transmitted to the second client each identify the plurality of network portals and indicate a different preferred network portal. The method may further include receiving a request from the first client to initiate a storage session that uses one of the plurality of network portals, establishing the storage session, wherein the storage session comprises multiple paths to the storage unit over at least two of the plurality of network portals, and providing data of the storage unit to the first client using the storage session.
Inventors: Jason Dillaman (Richmond)
Assignee: Red Hat (Raleigh, North Carolina)
June 21, 2022
System and method for fraud control
Patent No. 11,367,073
A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include systems and methods for providing fraud management, which may include, receiving account holder data, determining vertical spend patterns associated with merchants to define a merchant risk for each merchant, generating a transactional behavior patter for the account holder, and generating a fraud score and/or action set (e.g., refer/decline/queue for review) based on the transactional behavior pattern and merchant risk. Account holder data may include, for example, an account type, an account balance, account credits and debits, and transaction data including merchant name, location, and transaction details.
Inventors: Thomas S. Poole (Chantilly, Virginia), Lawrence Douglas (McLean, Virginia), Matthew R. Brolund (Midlothian, Virginia)
Assignee: Capital One Financial Corp. (McLean, Virginia)
June 21, 2022
Charger assembly and charging system for an electronic vaping device
Patent No. 11,374,416
A charger assembly is configured to charge the electronic vaping device. The charger assembly includes a base including a housing defining a port. The port is configured to receive a tip end of an electronic vaping device. The port includes a magnetic electrical contact centrally positioned at a bottom of the port and a first pin positioned at the bottom of the port. The charger assembly also includes a microprocessor electrically connected to the magnetic electrical contact and the first pin.
Inventors: Geoffrey Brandon Jordan (Midlothian, Virginia), Barry S. Smith (Hopewell, Virginia), Douglas A. Burton (Glen Allen, Virginia), Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Virginia), Sean Sundberg (Richmond), Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 28, 2022
Anatomically accurate brain phantoms and methods for making and using the same
Patent No. 1,373,552
Anatomically accurate brain phantoms are disclosed which may be patient specific and used for experimentally testing neuromodulation and neuroimaging procedures.
Inventors: Hamzah Magsood (Henrico, Virginia), Ciro H. Alcoba Serrate (Richmond), Ahmed A. El-Gendy (Richmond), Ravi L. Hadimani (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
June 28, 2022
Facilitating responding to multiple product or service reviews associated with multiple sources
Patent No. 11,373,220
A monitoring platform may obtain information that identifies a product or service and may collect one or more reviews associated with the product or service from a plurality of sources, wherein each review includes respective review information. The monitoring platform may process the one or more reviews to determine respective additional review information associated with each review of the one or more reviews. The monitoring platform may select, using a machine learning model, a particular review, of the one or more reviews, based on the review information and the additional review information associated with the one or more reviews. The monitoring platform may cause display, on a display of a client device, of a prompt for a response to the particular review and may obtain the response from the client device. The monitoring platform may cause the response to be posted to a source associated with the particular review.
Inventors: Jerry Wagner (Chesterfield, Virginia), Mario Munoz (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Virginia)
June 28, 2022
Refrigeration system with brushless DC motor compressor drive
Patent No. 11,371,765
A refrigeration system for a temperature-controlled storage device includes a refrigeration circuit, a cooling circuit, and a controller. The refrigeration circuit includes a compressor driven by a brushless DC motor operable at multiple different speeds, a first heat exchanger, an expansion device, and a cooling unit in fluid communication via a first working fluid. The cooling circuit includes a pump and a second heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first heat exchanger via a second working fluid such that the first heat exchanger is liquid-cooled by the second working fluid. The controller operates the brushless DC motor at multiple different speeds to accommodate multiple different thermal loads experienced by the refrigeration system. Each of the speeds corresponds to a different thermal load. The controller modulates the speed of the brushless DC motor to maintain a desired temperature of a temperature-controlled space within the temperature-controlled device.
Inventors: Jules G. Choueifati (Richmond), Timothy D. Swofford (Midlothian, Virginia), Neil J. Rathje (Chesterfield, Virginia)
Assignee: Hill Phoenix (Conyers, Georgia)
June 28, 2022
Package with blister as support for product
Patent No. 11,370,589
A package is described for housing a product supported upon a blister portion of the package. The product may be an item whose weight may be supported by the blister. For some products such as cables, wires, or hoses the product may also be held in a desired shape.
Inventors: Francisco J. Garcia (Long Beach, California), Meng-Chuan Wu (Richmond), Gregory P. Hayter (Richmond), Matthew E. Zacherle (Chesterfield, Virginia), Mary Kathryn Suttle (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Assignee: WestRock MWV (Atlanta, Georgia)
June 28, 2022
PPAR.alpha. agonist compositions and methods of use
Patent No. 11,369,575
Pharmaceutical particles having an inner portion comprising an agonist of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor .alpha. (PPAR.alpha.) and a biodegradable polymer; and an outer coating comprising an emulsifier which surrounds the inner portion, wherein the agonist may be a fibrate, and the particle contains at least about 5 wt % to about 25 wt % of the agonist, and wherein the particle has a sustained delayed release of the agonist in a range of at least about 1 to 12 months when in an aqueous solution or physiological environment. The pharmaceutical particles may be used, for example, to treat diseases and conditions such as ocular disorders which benefit from PPAR.alpha. agonism.
Inventors: Jian-xing Ma (Edmond, Oklahoma), Fangfang Qiu (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), Qingguo Xu (Glen Allen, Virginia), Tuo Meng (Richmond)
Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) & Virginia Commonwealth University, Intellectual Property Foundation (Richmond)
June 28, 2022
Oral product
Patent No. 11,369,129
An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix, and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the mouth-stable polymer matrix. The oral product is adapted to release the nicotine or derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity and exposed to saliva.
Inventors: Feng Gao (Midlothian, Virginia), Frank Scott Atchley (Tarpon Springs, Florida), Gregory Griscik (Midlothian, Virginia), Christopher Joseph Dinovi (Ruther Glen, Virginia), Phillip M. Hulan (Midlothian, Virginia), Diane L. Gee (Chesterfield, VA), Jason Flora (Richmond), Shuzhong Zhuang (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 28, 2022
Specifically adjusted workings nunchaku assembly method
Patent No. 1,371,800
A manner of manufacturing a modernized nunchuck using specifically adjusted workings or saw process construction methods, facilitating a better fit and functions for the nunchuck, while increasing levels of safety and precision operations for users. The nunchuck includes a first and second grip handle, having a top and bottom end. The top ends machined with a quarter rounded edge to minimize resistance against movement. A single cord configuration includes a flexible coupling having alike end accommodated and fixed in place by a coupling anchor and anchor support at top end of first and second grip handles. Anchor support also functions as a handle grip guide assisting precise and consistent hand placement during use of the saw nunchuck. Each bottom end comprises an optical stripe, providing a variety of light reflections for improved ocular functions and visual effects enhancing user performance.
Inventors: Steven Woodward (Chesterfield, Virginia)
Assignee: N/A
June 28, 2022
Predictive modeling for anti-malware solutions
Patent No. 11,374,963
Provided is predictive modeling for anti-malware solutions. The predictive modeling includes an identification manager component that generates profile data for a hostile source. The hostile source is identified based on a previous threat attributed to the hostile source. The predictive modeling also includes an evaluation component that determines a characteristic of an interaction between a source and an endpoint. Further, the predictive modeling includes a validation component that compares the characteristic of the interaction with the profile data and controls access to the source by the endpoint based on the comparison. In addition, anti-malware software is not deployed on the endpoint.
Inventors: Ryan B. Benskin (Charlotte, North Carolina), Lawrence T. Belton Jr. (Charlotte, North Carolina), Christopher Houser (Mt. Holly, North Carolina), Peter A. Makohon (Huntersville, North Carolina), Timothy Morris (Lexington, North Carolina), Omar Bracey (Glen Allen, Virginia)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, Calfornia)
June 28, 2022