Aerosol-generating Device
Patent 11506193
An aerosol-generating device includes a pump. The pump includes a first pump chamber and a second pump chamber on opposing sides of a separation element. Each of the first pump chamber and the second pump chamber have an inlet valve and an outlet valve configured to establish a pumping direction. The pump also includes a first actuator and a second actuator. The first actuator is associated with the first pump chamber and the second actuator is associated with the second pump chamber. The first actuator and the second actuator are each configured to change a chamber volume of the respective pump chamber. The pump further includes a common inlet, and a common outlet. The common inlet and common outlet are in fluid communication with the first pump chamber and the second pump chamber and are configured to establish a flow direction. The pumping direction is aligned with the flow direction.
Inventors: Ben Mazur (Bristol, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 22, 2022
Techniques To Provide Streaming Data Resiliency Utilizing A Distributed Message Queue System
Patent No. 11509619
Embodiments include techniques to receive and process data from a data service provider, communicate a plurality of messages comprising the data to a streaming data platform and detect a failure of delivery of the plurality of messages to the streaming data platform. Embodiments further include techniques communicate the plurality of messages to a distributed message queue service of a distributed message queue system, publish each of the plurality of messages to the streaming data platform, determine each of the plurality of messages published to the streaming data platform was successful or unsuccessful, and retry publication of each unsuccessfully published message of plurality of messages to the streaming data platform.
Inventors: Lavangana Govil (Glen Allen, Va.); Vijayasuriya Ravi (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 22, 2022
Removable Seat Attachment For A Stroller
Patent No. 11505231
Embodiments include strollers having removable seats. An example stroller may include rear wheels, front wheels, and a frame including a handle portion, a rear wheel support portion, a front wheel support portion and a folding mechanism connecting the front wheel support portion and the handle portion in both an unfolded configuration and in a folded configuration. The frame may include a stroller seat support portion positioned at a first vertical position adjacent the handle portion, and a front seat attachment configured for attachment to the front wheel support portion at a second vertical position substantially lower than the first vertical position. The front seat attachment may be configured to support the front stroller seat substantially over the front wheels so that a center of gravity of the stroller system is between the front wheels and the rear wheels.
Inventor: Mark Zehfuss (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Baby Jogger LLC (Glen Allen, Va.)
Nov. 22, 2022
System And Method For Dose Capture With Flow Patch And Delivery Infomatics
Patent No. 11504009
An injection sensing device (ISD) (e.g., wearable patch) is paired with an external device (e.g., a medication delivery pen and/or smart phone, iPad, computer) via wireless link or wireline connection. The ISD senses fluctuations in local skin temperature during an injection and provides to the external device captured data from the sensor relating to medicine delivery to a patient to ensure complete delivery and minimize MDD misuse or malfunction or inaccuracies in dosing. The ISD or external device can use captured data and corresponding time stamps to determine flow informatics such as flow rate, total dose delivered, and dose completion status. An LED on the ISD indicates delivery in progress and/or delivery completion.
Inventors: Sudarsan Srinivasan (North Brunswick, N.J.); Rita Grace Srinivasan (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Embecta Corp. (Andover, Mass.)
Nov. 22, 2022
Papers Useful As Thermal Insulation And Flame Barriers For Battery Cells
Patent No. 11509016
A paper suitable for use as a cell-to-cell flame barrier in a battery, and a battery comprising the paper, the paper comprising 40 to 70 weight percent fibrids and 30 to 60 weight percent mica, based on the total weight of the fibrids and mica in the paper; wherein the fibrids comprise a blend of 80 to 20 weight percent polymer and 20 to 80 weight percent aerogel powder, based on the total weight of the polymer and aerogel powder in the fibrids; the paper having a thickness of 100 to 4000 micrometers.
Inventors: Byoung Sam Kang (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Dupont Safety & Construction (Wilmington, Del.)
Nov. 22, 2022
Automatic And Continuous Monitoring And Remediation Of API Integrations
Patent No. 11507880
Monitoring and automatically remediating issues that arise at run-time during integrations between Application Program Interfaces (APIs) of two or more endpoint products over an integration framework. The monitoring is facilitated by inserting specialized modules into the integration framework that detects changes in the outputs of the integrated endpoint products and attempts to remedy them by automatically adjusting the output in-transit towards a destination endpoint. The specialized modules can be enhanced by machine learning algorithms trained on previously successful remedies. Remedies may be directed towards schema variations and performance drifts, among others.
Inventors: Linwood E. Loving (Mechanicsville, Va.); Pietro Iannucci (Rome, Italy); Mark David Batinich (North Aurora, Ill.); Luigi Pichetti (Rome, Italy)
Assignee: Kyndryl (New York, N.Y.)
Nov. 22, 2022
Temperature-robust Polymer Shroud For Roller Bearing Seal
Patent No. 11506243
A temperature-robust polymer shroud for a roller bearing seal includes a shroud body and an inner diameter leg defining respective portions of a single continuous part. The shroud body encircles a rotation axis of the polymer shroud and extends predominantly in directions orthogonal to the rotation axis from an inner diameter to an outer diameter. The inner diameter leg connects to the shroud body at the inner diameter and encircles the rotation axis, wherein, along the entire inner diameter of the shroud body, the inner diameter leg is oriented at an oblique angle to the rotation axis to extend both (a) radially inward from the inner diameter and (b) axially away from the inner diameter along a first direction parallel to the rotation axis. A roller bearing seal includes a seal case, an elastomer lip, and the temperature-robust polymer shroud.
Inventors: James Hargraves (Petersburg, Va.); Michael A. Mason (Petersburg, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
Nov. 22, 2022
Heater For An Electrically Heated Aerosol Generating System
Patent No. 11516889
An electrically heated aerosol generating system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate includes at least one electric heater for heating the aerosol-forming substrate to form the aerosol. The heater includes a heating element of a first cross section electrically connected to a plurality of elongate support elements. Each support element has a cross section greater than the first cross section. At least one of the support elements is integrally formed with the heating element.
Inventors: Michel Thorens (Moudon, Switz.); Jean-Marc Flick (Pomy, Switz.); Olivier Yves Cochand (Dombresson, Switz.); Flavien Dubief (Neuchatel, Switz.)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Nov. 29, 2022
Electronic Cigarette
Patent No. 11511058
An electronic smoking article includes an outer tube extending in a longitudinal direction, an inner tube within the outer tube and including a pair of opposing slots, a liquid supply comprising a liquid material, a coil heater, a wick and a mouth end insert. The coil heater is located in the inner tube. The coil heater is formed of an iron-free, nickel-chromium alloy and has substantially uniformly spaced windings. The wick is surrounded by the coil heater such that the wick delivers liquid material to the coil heater and the coil heater heats the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol in the inner tube.
Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker (Midlothian, Va.); Geoffrey Brandon Jordan (Midlothian, Va.); Barry S. Smith (Hopewell, Va.); Ali A. Rostami (Glen Allen, Va.); Michael J. Mulllins (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 29, 2022
Low Density Lipoprotein Triglycerides (LDL-TG) As A Biomarker Of Cardiovascular Disease And Uses Thereof
Patent No. 11513131
The invention, in some aspects, relates to methods for diagnosing cardiovascular disease, and/or detecting cardiovascular disease in a patient, and more particularly to methods of using blood-based biomarkers and their combinations to identify patients at risk of having cardiovascular disease (e.g., coronary atherosclerosis).
Inventors: Bradley O. Brown (Moseley, Va.); Idean B. Marvasty (Atlanta, Ga.); Szilard Voros (Setauket, N.Y.)
Assignee: Global Genomics Group (Midlothian, Va.)
Nov. 29, 2022
Opening Pack
Patent No. 11511931
In an example embodiment, a pack for tobacco articles comprises an inner sleeve, and an outer box comprising front and back covers that allow access to the inner sleeve when the outer box is opened. The inner sleeve can include a front connecting panel pivotally connecting a front wall of the inner sleeve to an inner surface of the front cover and a back connecting panel pivotally connecting a back wall of the inner sleeve to an inner surface of the back cover. A slot in the outer box is configured to allow opening of the outer box by applying pressure against a bottom wall of the inner sleeve.
Inventors: Stephen Bellamah (Richmond): Daniel Richter (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 29, 2022
Lubricants For Electric And Hybrid Vehicle Applications
Patent No. 11512263
The present disclosure relates to methods of lubricating an electric or a hybrid-electric transmission using a lubricant including a solvent system with a blend of one or more base oils with a branched diester and one or more poly(meth)acrylate copolymers, transmissions therefor, and lubricating compositions suitable for such applications that exhibit good lubricant properties, good electrical properties, and good cooling efficiency at the same time.
Inventors: Yungwan Kwak (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Nov. 29, 2022
Detection Of Anomalies Associated With Fraudulent Access To A Service Platform
Patent No. 11516240
In some implementations, a system may obtain a first model that is trained to identify feature data associated with a client system using one or more services of a service platform. The system may train, based on the feature data, a second model to identify anomalies associated with devices accessing the one or more services in association with a client identifier of the client system. The system may receive access data associated with an acting device accessing a service of the service platform. The system may determine, using the second model, that the acting device accessing the service corresponds to potential anomalous activity based on the access information. The system may obtain, from a verification device, a verification that the acting device accessing the service is anomalous activity. The system may perform, based on obtaining the verification, an action associated with the acting device.
Inventors: Bozhao Tan (Sunnyvale, Calif.) Vikash Tiwari (Henrico, Va.); Fedor Dzegilenko (San Jose, Calif.); Ashish Gupta (Richmond); Jeffrey Michel (Henrico, Va.); Jonathan Weimer (Henrico, Va.); Meenakshi Panda (Richmond); Vinayak Hulawale (Henrico, Va.); Rohit Joshi (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 29, 2022
Systems And Method For Rapid Identification And Analysis Of Cells In Forensic Samples
Patent No. 11513057
High-throughput methods and systems for using morphological and/or autofluorescence signatures of cells to characterize unknown cell/tissue types within a forensic sample are provided. Machine learning algorithms are used to correlate morphological and/or autofluorescence signatures to characteristics such as cell type.
Inventors: Christopher Ehrhardt (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Nov. 29, 2022
Using On-demand Applications To Generate Virtual Numbers For A Contactless Card To Securely Autofill Forms
Patent No. 11514431
A first application may output a form comprising payment fields. An operating system (OS) may receive, from a contactless card, a uniform resource locator (URL) comprising encrypted data. A second application received from the URL by the OS may be executed. The second application may transmit the encrypted data to an authentication server, the authentication server to verify the encrypted data. The second application may receive, from a virtual account number server, a virtual account number, an expiration date associated with the virtual account number, and a CVV associated with the virtual account number. The second application may provide the virtual account number, expiration date, and CVV to an autofill service of the OS. The autofill service of the OS may autofill the virtual account number the payment fields of the first application.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Wayne Lutz (Fort Washington, Md.) Paul Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 29, 2022
Seal Integrity Indicator For A Sterilization Container
Patent No. 11511010
Seal integrity indicators for sterilization containers are provided. For example, a seal indicator may indicate whether the container is sufficiently sealed to prevent an ingress of contaminants into the container. If the container is sufficiently sealed, the seal indicator is visible, but if not, the seal indicator is not visible. Thus, the seal indicator undergoes a change in state when the sterilization container transitions from unsealed to sealed, or vice versa, such that a user may ascertain whether the container is properly sealed to maintain the container’s sterility. An exemplary seal indicator includes an invertible projection formed with the container gasket that is not visible from outside the container until inverted, due to force applied by the lid, to extend through an opening in the container body. Closure mechanisms for sterilization containers also are provided.
Inventors: Namita A. Mithani (Alpharetta, Ga.); Anthony Stephen Spencer (Woodstock, Ga.); Tracy J. White (Cumming, Ga.); Edward B. Madsen (Cumming, Ga.); Marshall R. Dean (Cumming, Ga.)
Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Nov. 29, 2022
Packing Box Convertable From A Shipping Configuration To A Display Configuration
Patent No. 11511908
A packing box includes a separation line in a shipping configuration, the separation line allowing separating a separation part from the packing box to leave a display part in a display configuration. First to last panels are sequentially interconnected, and flaps are connected to the panels. The flaps cooperatively define further sides of the packing box in the shipping configuration, and adjacent flaps connected to adjacent mutually connected panels are attached to one another. The separation line extends through a single panel from a first end associated with a position between adjacent first separation and display flaps to a second end associated with a position between adjacent second separation and display flaps, the separation flaps being associated with the separation part and the display flaps being associated with the display part. The separation flaps, and the adjacent display flaps are attached to one another, respectively, in a releasable manner.
Inventors: Nicolaas Martin Prakken (Chester, Va.); Wilhelmus Maria Nijssen (Uitgeest, Netherlands); Hendrik Frederik Mets (Nieuw Vennep, Netherlands)
Assignee: Blueprint Holding (Woerden, Netherlands)
Nov. 29, 2022
Leveraging Blockchain Based Machine Learning Modeling For Expense Categorization
Patent No. 11514444
Systems and methods disclosed herein provide automatic expense categorization of transactions or expenditures based on a machine learning (ML) model trained using anonymized transactional data for expenditures that are stored in a public blockchain. The anonymized transactional data for the expenditure and the expense category, may be distributed throughout the blockchain network and recorded in the blockchain. In some implementations, an expenditure may be submitted to the blockchain network for expense categorization. The transactional data for the expenditure may be anonymized to remove confidential and personal identifying information (PII) before it is distributed throughout the blockchain network. Each participating node of the blockchain network may utilize the ML model to identify an expense category for the expenditure. The participating nodes may provide a consensus mechanism in order to arrive at a shared understanding of how to categorize the expenditure.
Inventors: Lin Ni Lisa Cheng (New York, N.Y.); John Fields (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 29, 2022
Aerosol-generating Device
Patent 11506193
An aerosol-generating device includes a pump. The pump includes a first pump chamber and a second pump chamber on opposing sides of a separation element. Each of the first pump chamber and the second pump chamber have an inlet valve and an outlet valve configured to establish a pumping direction. The pump also includes a first actuator and a second actuator. The first actuator is associated with the first pump chamber and the second actuator is associated with the second pump chamber. The first actuator and the second actuator are each configured to change a chamber volume of the respective pump chamber. The pump further includes a common inlet, and a common outlet. The common inlet and common outlet are in fluid communication with the first pump chamber and the second pump chamber and are configured to establish a flow direction. The pumping direction is aligned with the flow direction.
Inventors: Ben Mazur (Bristol, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 22, 2022
Techniques To Provide Streaming Data Resiliency Utilizing A Distributed Message Queue System
Patent No. 11509619
Embodiments include techniques to receive and process data from a data service provider, communicate a plurality of messages comprising the data to a streaming data platform and detect a failure of delivery of the plurality of messages to the streaming data platform. Embodiments further include techniques communicate the plurality of messages to a distributed message queue service of a distributed message queue system, publish each of the plurality of messages to the streaming data platform, determine each of the plurality of messages published to the streaming data platform was successful or unsuccessful, and retry publication of each unsuccessfully published message of plurality of messages to the streaming data platform.
Inventors: Lavangana Govil (Glen Allen, Va.); Vijayasuriya Ravi (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 22, 2022
Removable Seat Attachment For A Stroller
Patent No. 11505231
Embodiments include strollers having removable seats. An example stroller may include rear wheels, front wheels, and a frame including a handle portion, a rear wheel support portion, a front wheel support portion and a folding mechanism connecting the front wheel support portion and the handle portion in both an unfolded configuration and in a folded configuration. The frame may include a stroller seat support portion positioned at a first vertical position adjacent the handle portion, and a front seat attachment configured for attachment to the front wheel support portion at a second vertical position substantially lower than the first vertical position. The front seat attachment may be configured to support the front stroller seat substantially over the front wheels so that a center of gravity of the stroller system is between the front wheels and the rear wheels.
Inventor: Mark Zehfuss (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Baby Jogger LLC (Glen Allen, Va.)
Nov. 22, 2022
System And Method For Dose Capture With Flow Patch And Delivery Infomatics
Patent No. 11504009
An injection sensing device (ISD) (e.g., wearable patch) is paired with an external device (e.g., a medication delivery pen and/or smart phone, iPad, computer) via wireless link or wireline connection. The ISD senses fluctuations in local skin temperature during an injection and provides to the external device captured data from the sensor relating to medicine delivery to a patient to ensure complete delivery and minimize MDD misuse or malfunction or inaccuracies in dosing. The ISD or external device can use captured data and corresponding time stamps to determine flow informatics such as flow rate, total dose delivered, and dose completion status. An LED on the ISD indicates delivery in progress and/or delivery completion.
Inventors: Sudarsan Srinivasan (North Brunswick, N.J.); Rita Grace Srinivasan (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Embecta Corp. (Andover, Mass.)
Nov. 22, 2022
Papers Useful As Thermal Insulation And Flame Barriers For Battery Cells
Patent No. 11509016
A paper suitable for use as a cell-to-cell flame barrier in a battery, and a battery comprising the paper, the paper comprising 40 to 70 weight percent fibrids and 30 to 60 weight percent mica, based on the total weight of the fibrids and mica in the paper; wherein the fibrids comprise a blend of 80 to 20 weight percent polymer and 20 to 80 weight percent aerogel powder, based on the total weight of the polymer and aerogel powder in the fibrids; the paper having a thickness of 100 to 4000 micrometers.
Inventors: Byoung Sam Kang (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Dupont Safety & Construction (Wilmington, Del.)
Nov. 22, 2022
Automatic And Continuous Monitoring And Remediation Of API Integrations
Patent No. 11507880
Monitoring and automatically remediating issues that arise at run-time during integrations between Application Program Interfaces (APIs) of two or more endpoint products over an integration framework. The monitoring is facilitated by inserting specialized modules into the integration framework that detects changes in the outputs of the integrated endpoint products and attempts to remedy them by automatically adjusting the output in-transit towards a destination endpoint. The specialized modules can be enhanced by machine learning algorithms trained on previously successful remedies. Remedies may be directed towards schema variations and performance drifts, among others.
Inventors: Linwood E. Loving (Mechanicsville, Va.); Pietro Iannucci (Rome, Italy); Mark David Batinich (North Aurora, Ill.); Luigi Pichetti (Rome, Italy)
Assignee: Kyndryl (New York, N.Y.)
Nov. 22, 2022
Temperature-robust Polymer Shroud For Roller Bearing Seal
Patent No. 11506243
A temperature-robust polymer shroud for a roller bearing seal includes a shroud body and an inner diameter leg defining respective portions of a single continuous part. The shroud body encircles a rotation axis of the polymer shroud and extends predominantly in directions orthogonal to the rotation axis from an inner diameter to an outer diameter. The inner diameter leg connects to the shroud body at the inner diameter and encircles the rotation axis, wherein, along the entire inner diameter of the shroud body, the inner diameter leg is oriented at an oblique angle to the rotation axis to extend both (a) radially inward from the inner diameter and (b) axially away from the inner diameter along a first direction parallel to the rotation axis. A roller bearing seal includes a seal case, an elastomer lip, and the temperature-robust polymer shroud.
Inventors: James Hargraves (Petersburg, Va.); Michael A. Mason (Petersburg, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
Nov. 22, 2022
Heater For An Electrically Heated Aerosol Generating System
Patent No. 11516889
An electrically heated aerosol generating system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate includes at least one electric heater for heating the aerosol-forming substrate to form the aerosol. The heater includes a heating element of a first cross section electrically connected to a plurality of elongate support elements. Each support element has a cross section greater than the first cross section. At least one of the support elements is integrally formed with the heating element.
Inventors: Michel Thorens (Moudon, Switz.); Jean-Marc Flick (Pomy, Switz.); Olivier Yves Cochand (Dombresson, Switz.); Flavien Dubief (Neuchatel, Switz.)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Nov. 29, 2022
Electronic Cigarette
Patent No. 11511058
An electronic smoking article includes an outer tube extending in a longitudinal direction, an inner tube within the outer tube and including a pair of opposing slots, a liquid supply comprising a liquid material, a coil heater, a wick and a mouth end insert. The coil heater is located in the inner tube. The coil heater is formed of an iron-free, nickel-chromium alloy and has substantially uniformly spaced windings. The wick is surrounded by the coil heater such that the wick delivers liquid material to the coil heater and the coil heater heats the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol in the inner tube.
Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker (Midlothian, Va.); Geoffrey Brandon Jordan (Midlothian, Va.); Barry S. Smith (Hopewell, Va.); Ali A. Rostami (Glen Allen, Va.); Michael J. Mulllins (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 29, 2022
Low Density Lipoprotein Triglycerides (LDL-TG) As A Biomarker Of Cardiovascular Disease And Uses Thereof
Patent No. 11513131
The invention, in some aspects, relates to methods for diagnosing cardiovascular disease, and/or detecting cardiovascular disease in a patient, and more particularly to methods of using blood-based biomarkers and their combinations to identify patients at risk of having cardiovascular disease (e.g., coronary atherosclerosis).
Inventors: Bradley O. Brown (Moseley, Va.); Idean B. Marvasty (Atlanta, Ga.); Szilard Voros (Setauket, N.Y.)
Assignee: Global Genomics Group (Midlothian, Va.)
Nov. 29, 2022
Opening Pack
Patent No. 11511931
In an example embodiment, a pack for tobacco articles comprises an inner sleeve, and an outer box comprising front and back covers that allow access to the inner sleeve when the outer box is opened. The inner sleeve can include a front connecting panel pivotally connecting a front wall of the inner sleeve to an inner surface of the front cover and a back connecting panel pivotally connecting a back wall of the inner sleeve to an inner surface of the back cover. A slot in the outer box is configured to allow opening of the outer box by applying pressure against a bottom wall of the inner sleeve.
Inventors: Stephen Bellamah (Richmond): Daniel Richter (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 29, 2022
Lubricants For Electric And Hybrid Vehicle Applications
Patent No. 11512263
The present disclosure relates to methods of lubricating an electric or a hybrid-electric transmission using a lubricant including a solvent system with a blend of one or more base oils with a branched diester and one or more poly(meth)acrylate copolymers, transmissions therefor, and lubricating compositions suitable for such applications that exhibit good lubricant properties, good electrical properties, and good cooling efficiency at the same time.
Inventors: Yungwan Kwak (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Nov. 29, 2022
Detection Of Anomalies Associated With Fraudulent Access To A Service Platform
Patent No. 11516240
In some implementations, a system may obtain a first model that is trained to identify feature data associated with a client system using one or more services of a service platform. The system may train, based on the feature data, a second model to identify anomalies associated with devices accessing the one or more services in association with a client identifier of the client system. The system may receive access data associated with an acting device accessing a service of the service platform. The system may determine, using the second model, that the acting device accessing the service corresponds to potential anomalous activity based on the access information. The system may obtain, from a verification device, a verification that the acting device accessing the service is anomalous activity. The system may perform, based on obtaining the verification, an action associated with the acting device.
Inventors: Bozhao Tan (Sunnyvale, Calif.) Vikash Tiwari (Henrico, Va.); Fedor Dzegilenko (San Jose, Calif.); Ashish Gupta (Richmond); Jeffrey Michel (Henrico, Va.); Jonathan Weimer (Henrico, Va.); Meenakshi Panda (Richmond); Vinayak Hulawale (Henrico, Va.); Rohit Joshi (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 29, 2022
Systems And Method For Rapid Identification And Analysis Of Cells In Forensic Samples
Patent No. 11513057
High-throughput methods and systems for using morphological and/or autofluorescence signatures of cells to characterize unknown cell/tissue types within a forensic sample are provided. Machine learning algorithms are used to correlate morphological and/or autofluorescence signatures to characteristics such as cell type.
Inventors: Christopher Ehrhardt (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Nov. 29, 2022
Using On-demand Applications To Generate Virtual Numbers For A Contactless Card To Securely Autofill Forms
Patent No. 11514431
A first application may output a form comprising payment fields. An operating system (OS) may receive, from a contactless card, a uniform resource locator (URL) comprising encrypted data. A second application received from the URL by the OS may be executed. The second application may transmit the encrypted data to an authentication server, the authentication server to verify the encrypted data. The second application may receive, from a virtual account number server, a virtual account number, an expiration date associated with the virtual account number, and a CVV associated with the virtual account number. The second application may provide the virtual account number, expiration date, and CVV to an autofill service of the OS. The autofill service of the OS may autofill the virtual account number the payment fields of the first application.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Wayne Lutz (Fort Washington, Md.) Paul Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 29, 2022
Seal Integrity Indicator For A Sterilization Container
Patent No. 11511010
Seal integrity indicators for sterilization containers are provided. For example, a seal indicator may indicate whether the container is sufficiently sealed to prevent an ingress of contaminants into the container. If the container is sufficiently sealed, the seal indicator is visible, but if not, the seal indicator is not visible. Thus, the seal indicator undergoes a change in state when the sterilization container transitions from unsealed to sealed, or vice versa, such that a user may ascertain whether the container is properly sealed to maintain the container’s sterility. An exemplary seal indicator includes an invertible projection formed with the container gasket that is not visible from outside the container until inverted, due to force applied by the lid, to extend through an opening in the container body. Closure mechanisms for sterilization containers also are provided.
Inventors: Namita A. Mithani (Alpharetta, Ga.); Anthony Stephen Spencer (Woodstock, Ga.); Tracy J. White (Cumming, Ga.); Edward B. Madsen (Cumming, Ga.); Marshall R. Dean (Cumming, Ga.)
Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Nov. 29, 2022
Packing Box Convertable From A Shipping Configuration To A Display Configuration
Patent No. 11511908
A packing box includes a separation line in a shipping configuration, the separation line allowing separating a separation part from the packing box to leave a display part in a display configuration. First to last panels are sequentially interconnected, and flaps are connected to the panels. The flaps cooperatively define further sides of the packing box in the shipping configuration, and adjacent flaps connected to adjacent mutually connected panels are attached to one another. The separation line extends through a single panel from a first end associated with a position between adjacent first separation and display flaps to a second end associated with a position between adjacent second separation and display flaps, the separation flaps being associated with the separation part and the display flaps being associated with the display part. The separation flaps, and the adjacent display flaps are attached to one another, respectively, in a releasable manner.
Inventors: Nicolaas Martin Prakken (Chester, Va.); Wilhelmus Maria Nijssen (Uitgeest, Netherlands); Hendrik Frederik Mets (Nieuw Vennep, Netherlands)
Assignee: Blueprint Holding (Woerden, Netherlands)
Nov. 29, 2022
Leveraging Blockchain Based Machine Learning Modeling For Expense Categorization
Patent No. 11514444
Systems and methods disclosed herein provide automatic expense categorization of transactions or expenditures based on a machine learning (ML) model trained using anonymized transactional data for expenditures that are stored in a public blockchain. The anonymized transactional data for the expenditure and the expense category, may be distributed throughout the blockchain network and recorded in the blockchain. In some implementations, an expenditure may be submitted to the blockchain network for expense categorization. The transactional data for the expenditure may be anonymized to remove confidential and personal identifying information (PII) before it is distributed throughout the blockchain network. Each participating node of the blockchain network may utilize the ML model to identify an expense category for the expenditure. The participating nodes may provide a consensus mechanism in order to arrive at a shared understanding of how to categorize the expenditure.
Inventors: Lin Ni Lisa Cheng (New York, N.Y.); John Fields (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 29, 2022