Product Portion Enrobing Machines And Methods
Patent No.11889857
An apparatus for enrobing a product portion can include at least one polymer spray head adapted to create at least one flow of polymeric fibers to produce at least one polymer enrobing zone and a conveyor system adapted to move at least one product portion from at least one position below at least one polymer enrobing zone and to at least one position above at least one polymer enrobing zone to drop each product portion through one or more polymer enrobing zones a plurality times at different orientations to enrobe each product portion with polymeric fibers.
Inventors: Andrew Nathan Carroll (Chester, Va.); Shannon Maxwell Black (Richmond); Yan Helen Sun (Midlothian, Va.); William J. Burke (Nashville, Tenn.); Robert Smith (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 6, 2024
System And Method For Ablating A Tissue Site By Electroporation With Real-time Monitoring Of Treatment Progress
Patent No. 11890046
A medical system for ablating a tissue site with real-time monitoring during an electroporation treatment procedure. A pulse generator generates a pre-treatment (PT) test signal prior to the treatment procedure and intra-treatment (IT) test signals during the treatment procedure. A treatment control module determines impedance values from the PT test signal and IT test signals and determines a progress of electroporation and an end point of treatment in real-time based on the determined impedance values while the treatment progresses.
Inventors: Robert Neal II (Richmond); Rafael V. Davalos (Blacksburg, Va.)
Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectural Properties (Blacksburg, Va.); AngioDynamics (Latham, N.Y.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Vaporizer For Vaporizing A Constituent Of A Plant Material
Patent No. 11889864
Apparatus and methods are described for use with a vaporizer that vaporizes at least one active ingredient of a plant material. In response to receiving a first input to the vaporizer, the plant material is heated, in a first heating step. An indication of the temperature of the plant material is detected, and, in response to detecting an indication that the temperature of the plant material is at a first temperature, the first heating step is terminated, by withholding causing further temperature increase of the plant material. The first temperature is less than 95 percent of the vaporization temperature of the active ingredient. Subsequently, a second input is received at the vaporizer. In response thereto, the plant material is heated to the vaporization temperature, in a second heating step. Other applications are also described.
Inventor: Yossef Raichman (Herzliya, Israel)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 6, 2024
Inhibitors Of Cancer Invasion, Attachment, And/or Metastasis
Patent No. 11891399
Provided herein are, inter alia, compositions that bind to a PDZ1 domain of MDA-9/Syntenin (syndecan binding protein: SDCBP), thereby inhibiting MDA-9/Syntenin activity, and methods of use of same. The compositions and methods provided herein are useful for treating cancer and preventing cancer metastasis, particularly in cancers that have increased MDA-9/Syntenin expression.
Inventors: Paul B. Fisher (Henrico, Va.); Maurizio Pellecchia (Riverside, Calif.); Swadesh K. Das (Richmond); Timothy P. Kegelman (Richmond); Bainan Wu (Richmond); Surya K. De (Richmond); Jun Wei (La Jolla, Calif.); Mitchell E. Menezes (Richmond); Luni Emdad (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond); Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (La Jolla, Calif.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Dark Tobacco Inbreds And Hybrids Comprising Reduced Nicotine Demethylation And Nornicotine
Patent No. 11889811
The present disclosure provides tobacco inbred plants TND950 (phph) SRC, Narrow Leaf Madole (phph) SRC, Narrow Leaf Madole SRC, CMS TND950 SRC, CMS Narrow Leaf Madole SRC, and CMS KY171 SRC, and hybrids PD7305 SRC, PD7309 SRC, PD7312 SRC, PD7318 SRC, and PD7319 SRC. The present disclosure also provides parts of such plants and products made from those parts. The present disclosure also includes progeny of the provided plants including hybrids.
Inventors: Marco Fernando De Godoy Lusso (Chesterfield, Va.); Andrew Carl Adams (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 6, 2024
Refrigeration System With Condenser Temperature Differential Setpoint Control
Patent No. 11892217
A refrigeration system for a temperature-controlled storage device includes a refrigeration circuit that circulates a refrigerant, a separate cooling circuit that circulates a coolant, and a controller. The refrigeration circuit includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator. The cooling circuit includes a pump, a control valve, and a heat removing device in fluid communication with the condenser via the coolant. The controller is operatively coupled to the control valve and configured to identify a coolant temperature differential setpoint, monitor a temperature of the coolant provided to the condenser by the cooling circuit, calculate a coolant temperature differential based on the temperature of the coolant provided to the condenser, and operate the control valve to modulate a flow of the coolant through the condenser to drive the coolant temperature differential to the coolant temperature differential setpoint.
Inventors: Timothy D. Swofford (Midlothian, Va.); Neil J. Rathje (Chesterfield, Va.); Jules G. Choueifati (Richmond)
Assignee: Hill Phoenix (Conyers, Ga.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Cleaner Assemblies, Apparatuses Including A Cleaner Assembly, Methods Of Making The Same, And/or Methods Of Operating The Same
Patent No. 11891204
A cleaner assembly for an apparatus for making pouch products includes a cleaner roller and a poker roller. The cleaner roller may counter rotate with a rotatable drum of the apparatus, in contact with an upper surface of a first elastic layer on the rotatable drum, and at a greater tangential speed than at least one surface of an outer circumferential surface of the rotatable drum or an upper surface of the first elastic layer. The poker roller includes projections that are each configured to extend into one or more divots of the rotatable drum. The poker roller may counter rotate with the rotatable drum and at a same tangential speed as the at least one surface such that the projections extend into and out of separate, respective divots of the rotatable drum based on the counter rotation of the poker roller and the rotatable drum.
Inventors: Jarrod W. Chalkley (Mechanicsville, Va.); Robert Powell (Midlothian, Va); Christopher R. Newcomb (Midlothian, Va.); Jeremy Straight (Midlothian, Va.); Isaac J. McGill (Richmond); James David Evans (Chesterfield, Va.); Patrick McElhinney (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 6, 2024
Ramp
Patent No. 11891285
A ramp configured to support a wheel of a vehicle. The ramp includes a tapered height and a curved surface for a wheel of a vehicle to move along and elevate above a support surface. The ramp includes a base block configured to contact against the support surface. One or more stacker blocks are configured to connect to the base block to increase the elevation of the wheel of the vehicle. The base block and one or more stacker blocks are configured to be removably connected together to be adjustable to the needs of the user.
Inventors: Taylor Fife (Sanford, N.C.); Christopher S. Murray (Richmond); Ryan Beaver (Richmond)
Assignee: ETN Capital LLC (Sanford, N.C.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Basket Style Carrier, Shipping Carton And Package System
Patent No. 11891226
The invention provide a package system comprising: at least one secondary packaging container (95) holding at least one primary container (‘B’); and a tertiary packaging carton (57; 157) holding the at least one secondary packaging container (95). The at least one secondary packaging container (95) is of the basket carrier style having an open-topped structure and comprises a base wall (78/80); opposed first and second side walls (14, 18); opposed first and second end walls (12, 16); and a medial handle structure (20/22) connected to the first and second end walls (12, 16) and disposed between the first and second side walls (14, 18). Additionally, at least one corner structure (14a) is disposed between the first side wall (14) and the first end wall (12) of the secondary packaging container (95). At least one corner structure (43a) is also disposed between the first side wall and the first end wall of the tertiary packaging carton.
Inventors: Jeffrey S. James (Elmhurst, Ill.); Matthew E. Zacherle (Richmond)
Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems (Atlanta, Ga.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Metal Transaction Card With Removable Indicia
Patent No. 11890889
Metal transaction cards with removable indicia are provided. In some approaches, a transaction card may include a metal body having a first main side and a second main side, and an identification chip coupled to the first main side of the metal body. The transaction card may further include an exterior layer along the second main side, the exterior layer containing identifying indicia, wherein at least a portion of the exterior layer is removable from the second main side by at least one of: a set of perforations through the exterior layer, and a channel provided along an outer edge of the second main side.
Inventors: Daniel Herrington (New York, N.Y.); Tyle Maiman (Melville, N.Y.); Stephen Schneider (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Transaction Card Assembly
Patent No. 11893443
A modular transaction card assembly includes a card frame having the traditional dimensions of a credit card, and a transaction card that is smaller than a traditional card and that fits into a receptacle of the card frame. Each of the card frame and the transaction card may be capable of performing contactless data transactions individually. In some instances, the combined assembly of the card frame with the transaction card may detect a proximity of a mobile device to the assembly and generate an authentication credential that is unique to the combination of the card frame, the transaction card, and the mobile device. The authentication credential may be used to authentic the transaction card when conducting a data transaction.
Inventors: Phoebe Atkins (Midlothian, Va.); Michael Saia (Weehawken, N.J.); Vyjayanthi Vadrevu (Pflugerville, Texas)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Fibers For Non-woven Fabrics Having Blends Of Polymers With High And Low Melt Flow Rates
Patent No. 11891736
A spunbond non-woven fabric includes a plurality of fibers. The fibers are formed from a polymer blend that includes at least one first polymer and at least one second polymer. A melt flow rate of the at least one first polymer is greater than a melt flow rate of the at least one second polymer, and the melt flow rate of the at least one second polymer is about 9 g/10 min to less than 18 g/10 min. The blend may include a percentage by weight of the second polymer that is greater than a percentage by weight of the first polymer.
Inventors: Prasad S. Potnis (Johns Creek, Ga.); Jeffrey L. McManus (Canton, Ga.)
Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Plectin-targeted Liposomes/PARP Inhibitor In The Treatment Of Cancer
Patent No. 11890352
The present invention provides compositions and methods to treat cancer.
Inventors: Kimberly A. Kelly (Goochland, Va.); Siva Sai Krishna Dasa (Charlottesville, Va.)
Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Harvesting Cell-based Meat
Patent No. 11898127
This disclosure describes methods for growing cells in a controlled environment in a growing room, transporting the cells to a harvest room, and removing the cells from the controlled environment in the harvest room. The disclosed method can limit exposure of cells to contaminants by maintaining a controlled environment through cell growth and additional processing. For instance, the cells may be washed and cooled within the controlled environment. The cells are transferred to a harvest room where they are harvested and removed from the controlled environment.
Inventors: Matthew Leung (Richmond); Konrad Müller-Auffermann (Emeryville, Calif.)
Assignee: Upside Foods (Berkeley, Calif.)
Feb. 13, 2024
Chimeric Recombinant Proteins And Recombinant Protein Panels For The Diagnosis Of Lyme Disease In Animals And Humans
Patent No. 11899015
Chimeric recombinant proteins for the detection of infection by Borreliella and/or diagnosis of Lyme disease are provided. Methods and devices for conducting immunoassays with the chimeric recombinant proteins are also provided.
Inventor: Richard Marconi (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
Vaporizer Of An Electronic Vaping Device And Method Of Forming A Vaporizer
Patent No. 11903099
A method of forming a vaporizer of an electronic vaping device includes applying a porous material to at least one surface of a heating element to form a coating thereon. The heating element is formed of a conductive material.
Inventor: Ali A. Rostami (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
Charger For An Electronic Cigarette
Patent No. 11901747
An electronic cigarette (“e-Cig”) may include improved charging of the battery. A more accurate battery voltage can be detected for the connectors with the chargers that can provide for an optimized evaluation of the charging process. Various battery properties may be detected based on resistance measurements from within the e-Cig. The battery charging can be controlled and optimized based on a slow control of the current and voltage.
Inventor: Nehemia Amir (Shoham, Israel)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
E-vaping Device With First-type Consumable And Second-type Consumable
Patent No. 11896758
The e-vaping device includes a first housing, a chamber defined within the first housing, a first structure and a second structure that interface with the chamber, the first structure is configured to accept at least one first-type consumable within the chamber and the second structure is configured to receive at least one second-type consumable within the chamber.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
To Gloves And A Method Of Manufacture
Patent No. 11896068
A glove of a type worn to provide masking effect between a wear’s hand and another surface, such as surface of food stuff. The glove, or fragments thereof, is rendered detectable by X-ray and/or metal detection apparatus. Apparatus and/or indication means can be provided to allow a detected glove or glove portion to be allocated to a particular location and/or personnel to allow, if necessary, remedial action to be taken.
Inventor: Sean Richard Smith (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Detectamet Limited (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
Aerosol-generating System With Adjustable Pump Flow Rate
Patent No. 11896056
A method of generating an aerosol in an aerosol-generating system includes storing liquid aerosol-forming substrate in a liquid storage portion and delivering via a pump a liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion to an atomizer. The method also includes sensing a puff via a a puff sensor in an airflow path of the aerosol-generating system and determining a puff intensity during the puff via a controller. The delivery flow rate of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the atomizer is adjusted in response to the determined puff intensity.
Inventors: Michel Bessant (Carouge, Switzerland); Ben Mazur (Bristol, Great Britain); Evea Saade Latorre (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Alain Tabasso (Essertines-sur-Yverdon, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
Lubricating Oil Compositions With Resistance To Engine Deposit And Varnish Formation
Patent No. 11898119
A lubricating oil composition comprising greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil of lubricating viscosity, and an additive composition comprising: an amount of one or more zinc dialkyl dithiophosphates (ZDDP compounds) and an amount of one or more viscosity modifiers, wherein an amount of phosphorus (P) in weight percent provided to the lubricating oil composition by the one or more ZDDP compounds divided by the amount of the one or more viscosity modifiers (VM) in weight percent based on a total weight of the lubricating oil composition is a P/VM quotient of more than about 0.0075. The lubricating oil composition can improve resistance to engine deposits and extend oil drain intervals of an internal combustion engine.
Inventors: Todd Dvorak (Glen Allen, Va.); Kenneth Garelick (Mechanicsville, Va.); Mark Devlin (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
Cut And Seal Method And Apparatus
Patent No. 11897649
A fin sealer and method to seal a radially outwardly directed fin of a tubular web structure by directing the fin through a nip between a first and a second fin sealing rollers while communicating heat to the fin through at least one of the fin sealing rollers is provided. The fin sealer is configured to maintain a nominal face-to-face relation between an outer annulus of the first fin sealing roller and an outer annulus of the second fin sealing roller with a flexible connection between a hub element of the second fin sealing roller with the outer annulus of the second fin sealing roller.
Inventors: Jarrod W. Chalkley (Mechanicsville, Va.); James D. Evans (Chesterfield, Va.); Thien Hoang Nguyen (Glen Allen, Va.); Patrick S. McElhinney (Chesterfield,Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
System And Method For Applying A Label For The Automated Production Of E-vapor Devices
Patent No. 11897655
A system for use in manufacturing vapor-generating articles may include a rotatable drum that is configured to hold a plurality of the vapor-generating articles. The system may also include a tagging drum that is configured to tag a respective label to a housing of each of the vapor-generating articles. The system may also include a pressing roller that is configured to press a leading edge of the label against the housing after the tagging. The system may further include a rolling drum that is configured to roll the label around the housing after the pressing.
Inventor: Martin Garthaffner (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
Policy Control Threat Detection
Patent No. 11899559
Techniques are described that determine whether applications and/or services operating in a network environment adhere to risk reduction policies. An example system includes one or more processors, a first agent, a second agent, a third agent, and a compliance analyzer. The first agent analyzes source code in a source code repository associated with an application executing in a network environment according to a first set of policies. The second agent analyzes artifacts of deployed assets on a target deployment environment associated with the application according to a second set of policies. The third agent analyzes access logs to the application according to a third set of policies. The compliance analyzer determines a risk of the application based on the analysis by the first, second, and third agents.
Inventors: Adam Sanders (Huntersville, N.C.); Keith Travis Witt (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, Calif.)
Feb. 13, 2024
Integrated Delivery Platform For Enterprise Software Development At A Computing Device
Patent No. 11900125
An integrated delivery platform for enterprise software development is provided. The platform includes services and scheduling capabilities for bootstrapping and scheduling software microservices. The platform is capable of handling both conventional software development and Artificial Intelligence (AI) software. Some implementations include a framework for operational environment in the cloud, a workflow automation and environment bootstrapping engine and a code generation engine, and a repository for publishing and downloading multi-modal components (e.g., data sets, machine learning models, API, applications, and integration solutions), and facilitates software reuse. The bootstrapping process kick starts a scalable platform that avoids manual handoffs.
Inventors: Deepak Ramana (Bengaluru, India); Korgi Akshatha Rai (Mason, Ohio); Subhash Battepati (Mason, Ohio); Srini Pingali (Glen Allen, Va.); Varun Chibber (Mason, Ohio)
Assignee: The Anthem Companies (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Feb. 13, 2024
Platform And Source Agnostic Data Processing For Structured And Unstructured Data Sources
Patent No. 11900149
Data queries that are agnostic to any particular data source may include a data source alias. The data source alias may be replaced with a data source identifier to obtain a data query configured for a target data source. Data processing jobs may be agnostic to any particular data processing platform. A data processing job may include a data processing task that is agnostic to any particular data processing platform. A code library may provide platform-specific code configured to implement a data processing task on a data processing platform. A data query configured for a particular data source and a data processing task configured for a particular data processing platform may be used to create a data processing job. Configurations that restrict execution of a data processing job to execution via an interactive development environment may be removed to allow its execution directly at the data processing platform itself.
Inventors: Timothy Haggerty (Henrico, Va.); Yuting Zhou (Reston, Va.); Venu Nannapaneni (Glen Allen, Va.); Pravin Nair (Addison, Texas); Hussein Ali Khalif Samao (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Feb. 13, 2024
Systems And Methods For Detecting Software Errors
Patent No. 11899529
A computing system may determine that a change has occurred in a software application or a document object model associated with a software application. The computing system may obtain a current copy of a document object model (DOM) associated with the application and a current screenshot of a screen displaying the application (e.g., in response to determining that the change in the DOM has occurred). If the current copy of the DOM is determined to be similar to the screenshot, the computing system may save storage space by storing the current copy of the DOM and discarding the screenshot. The computing system may store the current copy of the DOM in a memory buffer. The computing system may send the DOM copies or screenshots stored in the memory buffer to the monitoring system, for example, if an error in the application is detected.
Inventors: Mehulkumar Jayantilal Gamara (Glen Allen, Va.); Vamsi Kavuri (Glen Allen, Va.); Soumyajit Ray (Glen Allen, Va.); Lee Adcock (Midlothian, Va.); Santhi Sridharan (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Feb. 13, 2024
System For Artificial Intelligence-based Engine For Generating Recommendations For Resource Allocation
Patent No. 11902177
A system is provided for an artificial intelligence-based engine for generating recommendations for resource allocation. In particular, the system may comprise an artificial intelligence module configured to access one or more data sources containing resource data associated with one or more users. Based on the resource data, the system may identify a group of analogous users with respect to a specific user. The system may then generate one or more recommendations for a resource allocation associated with the user. The one or more recommendations may then be presented on a graphical interface of a user device associated with the user. In this way, the system may provide an AI-driven method for efficient allocation of resources.
Inventors: Srinath S. Chakravarty (Plano, Texas); Steven Nathan Greene (Scarsdale, N.Y.); Aravind Shakaragouda Singtalur (McKinney, Texas); Dinesh Kumar Agrawal (Rowlett, Texas); Kenneth L. Boyd (Mechanicsville, Va.); Kerry M. Vaughan (Lawrenceville, N.J.); Stephen Richard Belton (Garden City, N.Y.); Petar Evan Puskarich (Murphy, Texas)
Assignee: Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.)
Feb. 13, 2024
System And Method To Weight Defects With Co-located Modeled Faults
Patent No. 11899065
Systems and methods for generating defect criticality are disclosed. Such systems and methods may include identifying defect results including a defect and a defect location. Such systems and methods may include receiving fault test recipes configured to test potential faults at a plurality of testing locations. Such systems and methods may include identifying a plurality of N-detect parameters based on a countable number of times the fault test recipes are configured to test a potential fault. Such systems and methods may include determining a plurality of weighting parameters based on the plurality of N-detect parameters. Such systems and methods may include generating the defect criticality for the defect based on a proximity between the plurality of testing locations and the defect location and the plurality of weighting.
Inventors: David W. Price (Austin, Texas); Robert J. Rathert (Mechanicsville, Va.); Chet V. Lenox (Lexington, Texas); Oreste Donzella (San Ramon, Calif.)
Assignee: KLA Corp. (Milpitas, Calif.)
Feb. 13, 2024
Validating Compliance Of Roles With Access Permissions
Patent No. 11902282
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for displaying roles of an identity and access management (IAM) together with their corresponding compliance status of the assigned security policies with respect to a set of security rules. The method includes selecting a first role and a second role administered by an entity of the IAM system. Afterwards, the method includes determining, based on a set of security rules, a first compliance status of the first role associated with a first set of security policies; and a second compliance status of the second role associated with a second set of security policies. In addition, the method includes displaying on a GUI, the first role and the second role together with a first compliance status and a second compliance status.
Inventors: Matthew A. Ghiold (Glen Allen, Texas); Muhammad Saad Tahir (Sterling, Va.); Gavin McGrew (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Feb. 13, 2024
Product Portion Enrobing Machines And Methods
Patent No.11889857
An apparatus for enrobing a product portion can include at least one polymer spray head adapted to create at least one flow of polymeric fibers to produce at least one polymer enrobing zone and a conveyor system adapted to move at least one product portion from at least one position below at least one polymer enrobing zone and to at least one position above at least one polymer enrobing zone to drop each product portion through one or more polymer enrobing zones a plurality times at different orientations to enrobe each product portion with polymeric fibers.
Inventors: Andrew Nathan Carroll (Chester, Va.); Shannon Maxwell Black (Richmond); Yan Helen Sun (Midlothian, Va.); William J. Burke (Nashville, Tenn.); Robert Smith (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 6, 2024
System And Method For Ablating A Tissue Site By Electroporation With Real-time Monitoring Of Treatment Progress
Patent No. 11890046
A medical system for ablating a tissue site with real-time monitoring during an electroporation treatment procedure. A pulse generator generates a pre-treatment (PT) test signal prior to the treatment procedure and intra-treatment (IT) test signals during the treatment procedure. A treatment control module determines impedance values from the PT test signal and IT test signals and determines a progress of electroporation and an end point of treatment in real-time based on the determined impedance values while the treatment progresses.
Inventors: Robert Neal II (Richmond); Rafael V. Davalos (Blacksburg, Va.)
Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectural Properties (Blacksburg, Va.); AngioDynamics (Latham, N.Y.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Vaporizer For Vaporizing A Constituent Of A Plant Material
Patent No. 11889864
Apparatus and methods are described for use with a vaporizer that vaporizes at least one active ingredient of a plant material. In response to receiving a first input to the vaporizer, the plant material is heated, in a first heating step. An indication of the temperature of the plant material is detected, and, in response to detecting an indication that the temperature of the plant material is at a first temperature, the first heating step is terminated, by withholding causing further temperature increase of the plant material. The first temperature is less than 95 percent of the vaporization temperature of the active ingredient. Subsequently, a second input is received at the vaporizer. In response thereto, the plant material is heated to the vaporization temperature, in a second heating step. Other applications are also described.
Inventor: Yossef Raichman (Herzliya, Israel)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 6, 2024
Inhibitors Of Cancer Invasion, Attachment, And/or Metastasis
Patent No. 11891399
Provided herein are, inter alia, compositions that bind to a PDZ1 domain of MDA-9/Syntenin (syndecan binding protein: SDCBP), thereby inhibiting MDA-9/Syntenin activity, and methods of use of same. The compositions and methods provided herein are useful for treating cancer and preventing cancer metastasis, particularly in cancers that have increased MDA-9/Syntenin expression.
Inventors: Paul B. Fisher (Henrico, Va.); Maurizio Pellecchia (Riverside, Calif.); Swadesh K. Das (Richmond); Timothy P. Kegelman (Richmond); Bainan Wu (Richmond); Surya K. De (Richmond); Jun Wei (La Jolla, Calif.); Mitchell E. Menezes (Richmond); Luni Emdad (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond); Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (La Jolla, Calif.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Dark Tobacco Inbreds And Hybrids Comprising Reduced Nicotine Demethylation And Nornicotine
Patent No. 11889811
The present disclosure provides tobacco inbred plants TND950 (phph) SRC, Narrow Leaf Madole (phph) SRC, Narrow Leaf Madole SRC, CMS TND950 SRC, CMS Narrow Leaf Madole SRC, and CMS KY171 SRC, and hybrids PD7305 SRC, PD7309 SRC, PD7312 SRC, PD7318 SRC, and PD7319 SRC. The present disclosure also provides parts of such plants and products made from those parts. The present disclosure also includes progeny of the provided plants including hybrids.
Inventors: Marco Fernando De Godoy Lusso (Chesterfield, Va.); Andrew Carl Adams (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 6, 2024
Refrigeration System With Condenser Temperature Differential Setpoint Control
Patent No. 11892217
A refrigeration system for a temperature-controlled storage device includes a refrigeration circuit that circulates a refrigerant, a separate cooling circuit that circulates a coolant, and a controller. The refrigeration circuit includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator. The cooling circuit includes a pump, a control valve, and a heat removing device in fluid communication with the condenser via the coolant. The controller is operatively coupled to the control valve and configured to identify a coolant temperature differential setpoint, monitor a temperature of the coolant provided to the condenser by the cooling circuit, calculate a coolant temperature differential based on the temperature of the coolant provided to the condenser, and operate the control valve to modulate a flow of the coolant through the condenser to drive the coolant temperature differential to the coolant temperature differential setpoint.
Inventors: Timothy D. Swofford (Midlothian, Va.); Neil J. Rathje (Chesterfield, Va.); Jules G. Choueifati (Richmond)
Assignee: Hill Phoenix (Conyers, Ga.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Cleaner Assemblies, Apparatuses Including A Cleaner Assembly, Methods Of Making The Same, And/or Methods Of Operating The Same
Patent No. 11891204
A cleaner assembly for an apparatus for making pouch products includes a cleaner roller and a poker roller. The cleaner roller may counter rotate with a rotatable drum of the apparatus, in contact with an upper surface of a first elastic layer on the rotatable drum, and at a greater tangential speed than at least one surface of an outer circumferential surface of the rotatable drum or an upper surface of the first elastic layer. The poker roller includes projections that are each configured to extend into one or more divots of the rotatable drum. The poker roller may counter rotate with the rotatable drum and at a same tangential speed as the at least one surface such that the projections extend into and out of separate, respective divots of the rotatable drum based on the counter rotation of the poker roller and the rotatable drum.
Inventors: Jarrod W. Chalkley (Mechanicsville, Va.); Robert Powell (Midlothian, Va); Christopher R. Newcomb (Midlothian, Va.); Jeremy Straight (Midlothian, Va.); Isaac J. McGill (Richmond); James David Evans (Chesterfield, Va.); Patrick McElhinney (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 6, 2024
Ramp
Patent No. 11891285
A ramp configured to support a wheel of a vehicle. The ramp includes a tapered height and a curved surface for a wheel of a vehicle to move along and elevate above a support surface. The ramp includes a base block configured to contact against the support surface. One or more stacker blocks are configured to connect to the base block to increase the elevation of the wheel of the vehicle. The base block and one or more stacker blocks are configured to be removably connected together to be adjustable to the needs of the user.
Inventors: Taylor Fife (Sanford, N.C.); Christopher S. Murray (Richmond); Ryan Beaver (Richmond)
Assignee: ETN Capital LLC (Sanford, N.C.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Basket Style Carrier, Shipping Carton And Package System
Patent No. 11891226
The invention provide a package system comprising: at least one secondary packaging container (95) holding at least one primary container (‘B’); and a tertiary packaging carton (57; 157) holding the at least one secondary packaging container (95). The at least one secondary packaging container (95) is of the basket carrier style having an open-topped structure and comprises a base wall (78/80); opposed first and second side walls (14, 18); opposed first and second end walls (12, 16); and a medial handle structure (20/22) connected to the first and second end walls (12, 16) and disposed between the first and second side walls (14, 18). Additionally, at least one corner structure (14a) is disposed between the first side wall (14) and the first end wall (12) of the secondary packaging container (95). At least one corner structure (43a) is also disposed between the first side wall and the first end wall of the tertiary packaging carton.
Inventors: Jeffrey S. James (Elmhurst, Ill.); Matthew E. Zacherle (Richmond)
Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems (Atlanta, Ga.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Metal Transaction Card With Removable Indicia
Patent No. 11890889
Metal transaction cards with removable indicia are provided. In some approaches, a transaction card may include a metal body having a first main side and a second main side, and an identification chip coupled to the first main side of the metal body. The transaction card may further include an exterior layer along the second main side, the exterior layer containing identifying indicia, wherein at least a portion of the exterior layer is removable from the second main side by at least one of: a set of perforations through the exterior layer, and a channel provided along an outer edge of the second main side.
Inventors: Daniel Herrington (New York, N.Y.); Tyle Maiman (Melville, N.Y.); Stephen Schneider (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Transaction Card Assembly
Patent No. 11893443
A modular transaction card assembly includes a card frame having the traditional dimensions of a credit card, and a transaction card that is smaller than a traditional card and that fits into a receptacle of the card frame. Each of the card frame and the transaction card may be capable of performing contactless data transactions individually. In some instances, the combined assembly of the card frame with the transaction card may detect a proximity of a mobile device to the assembly and generate an authentication credential that is unique to the combination of the card frame, the transaction card, and the mobile device. The authentication credential may be used to authentic the transaction card when conducting a data transaction.
Inventors: Phoebe Atkins (Midlothian, Va.); Michael Saia (Weehawken, N.J.); Vyjayanthi Vadrevu (Pflugerville, Texas)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Fibers For Non-woven Fabrics Having Blends Of Polymers With High And Low Melt Flow Rates
Patent No. 11891736
A spunbond non-woven fabric includes a plurality of fibers. The fibers are formed from a polymer blend that includes at least one first polymer and at least one second polymer. A melt flow rate of the at least one first polymer is greater than a melt flow rate of the at least one second polymer, and the melt flow rate of the at least one second polymer is about 9 g/10 min to less than 18 g/10 min. The blend may include a percentage by weight of the second polymer that is greater than a percentage by weight of the first polymer.
Inventors: Prasad S. Potnis (Johns Creek, Ga.); Jeffrey L. McManus (Canton, Ga.)
Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Plectin-targeted Liposomes/PARP Inhibitor In The Treatment Of Cancer
Patent No. 11890352
The present invention provides compositions and methods to treat cancer.
Inventors: Kimberly A. Kelly (Goochland, Va.); Siva Sai Krishna Dasa (Charlottesville, Va.)
Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.)
Feb. 6, 2024
Harvesting Cell-based Meat
Patent No. 11898127
This disclosure describes methods for growing cells in a controlled environment in a growing room, transporting the cells to a harvest room, and removing the cells from the controlled environment in the harvest room. The disclosed method can limit exposure of cells to contaminants by maintaining a controlled environment through cell growth and additional processing. For instance, the cells may be washed and cooled within the controlled environment. The cells are transferred to a harvest room where they are harvested and removed from the controlled environment.
Inventors: Matthew Leung (Richmond); Konrad Müller-Auffermann (Emeryville, Calif.)
Assignee: Upside Foods (Berkeley, Calif.)
Feb. 13, 2024
Chimeric Recombinant Proteins And Recombinant Protein Panels For The Diagnosis Of Lyme Disease In Animals And Humans
Patent No. 11899015
Chimeric recombinant proteins for the detection of infection by Borreliella and/or diagnosis of Lyme disease are provided. Methods and devices for conducting immunoassays with the chimeric recombinant proteins are also provided.
Inventor: Richard Marconi (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
Vaporizer Of An Electronic Vaping Device And Method Of Forming A Vaporizer
Patent No. 11903099
A method of forming a vaporizer of an electronic vaping device includes applying a porous material to at least one surface of a heating element to form a coating thereon. The heating element is formed of a conductive material.
Inventor: Ali A. Rostami (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
Charger For An Electronic Cigarette
Patent No. 11901747
An electronic cigarette (“e-Cig”) may include improved charging of the battery. A more accurate battery voltage can be detected for the connectors with the chargers that can provide for an optimized evaluation of the charging process. Various battery properties may be detected based on resistance measurements from within the e-Cig. The battery charging can be controlled and optimized based on a slow control of the current and voltage.
Inventor: Nehemia Amir (Shoham, Israel)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
E-vaping Device With First-type Consumable And Second-type Consumable
Patent No. 11896758
The e-vaping device includes a first housing, a chamber defined within the first housing, a first structure and a second structure that interface with the chamber, the first structure is configured to accept at least one first-type consumable within the chamber and the second structure is configured to receive at least one second-type consumable within the chamber.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
To Gloves And A Method Of Manufacture
Patent No. 11896068
A glove of a type worn to provide masking effect between a wear’s hand and another surface, such as surface of food stuff. The glove, or fragments thereof, is rendered detectable by X-ray and/or metal detection apparatus. Apparatus and/or indication means can be provided to allow a detected glove or glove portion to be allocated to a particular location and/or personnel to allow, if necessary, remedial action to be taken.
Inventor: Sean Richard Smith (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Detectamet Limited (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
Aerosol-generating System With Adjustable Pump Flow Rate
Patent No. 11896056
A method of generating an aerosol in an aerosol-generating system includes storing liquid aerosol-forming substrate in a liquid storage portion and delivering via a pump a liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion to an atomizer. The method also includes sensing a puff via a a puff sensor in an airflow path of the aerosol-generating system and determining a puff intensity during the puff via a controller. The delivery flow rate of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the atomizer is adjusted in response to the determined puff intensity.
Inventors: Michel Bessant (Carouge, Switzerland); Ben Mazur (Bristol, Great Britain); Evea Saade Latorre (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Alain Tabasso (Essertines-sur-Yverdon, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
Lubricating Oil Compositions With Resistance To Engine Deposit And Varnish Formation
Patent No. 11898119
A lubricating oil composition comprising greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil of lubricating viscosity, and an additive composition comprising: an amount of one or more zinc dialkyl dithiophosphates (ZDDP compounds) and an amount of one or more viscosity modifiers, wherein an amount of phosphorus (P) in weight percent provided to the lubricating oil composition by the one or more ZDDP compounds divided by the amount of the one or more viscosity modifiers (VM) in weight percent based on a total weight of the lubricating oil composition is a P/VM quotient of more than about 0.0075. The lubricating oil composition can improve resistance to engine deposits and extend oil drain intervals of an internal combustion engine.
Inventors: Todd Dvorak (Glen Allen, Va.); Kenneth Garelick (Mechanicsville, Va.); Mark Devlin (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
Cut And Seal Method And Apparatus
Patent No. 11897649
A fin sealer and method to seal a radially outwardly directed fin of a tubular web structure by directing the fin through a nip between a first and a second fin sealing rollers while communicating heat to the fin through at least one of the fin sealing rollers is provided. The fin sealer is configured to maintain a nominal face-to-face relation between an outer annulus of the first fin sealing roller and an outer annulus of the second fin sealing roller with a flexible connection between a hub element of the second fin sealing roller with the outer annulus of the second fin sealing roller.
Inventors: Jarrod W. Chalkley (Mechanicsville, Va.); James D. Evans (Chesterfield, Va.); Thien Hoang Nguyen (Glen Allen, Va.); Patrick S. McElhinney (Chesterfield,Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
System And Method For Applying A Label For The Automated Production Of E-vapor Devices
Patent No. 11897655
A system for use in manufacturing vapor-generating articles may include a rotatable drum that is configured to hold a plurality of the vapor-generating articles. The system may also include a tagging drum that is configured to tag a respective label to a housing of each of the vapor-generating articles. The system may also include a pressing roller that is configured to press a leading edge of the label against the housing after the tagging. The system may further include a rolling drum that is configured to roll the label around the housing after the pressing.
Inventor: Martin Garthaffner (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Feb. 13, 2024
Policy Control Threat Detection
Patent No. 11899559
Techniques are described that determine whether applications and/or services operating in a network environment adhere to risk reduction policies. An example system includes one or more processors, a first agent, a second agent, a third agent, and a compliance analyzer. The first agent analyzes source code in a source code repository associated with an application executing in a network environment according to a first set of policies. The second agent analyzes artifacts of deployed assets on a target deployment environment associated with the application according to a second set of policies. The third agent analyzes access logs to the application according to a third set of policies. The compliance analyzer determines a risk of the application based on the analysis by the first, second, and third agents.
Inventors: Adam Sanders (Huntersville, N.C.); Keith Travis Witt (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, Calif.)
Feb. 13, 2024
Integrated Delivery Platform For Enterprise Software Development At A Computing Device
Patent No. 11900125
An integrated delivery platform for enterprise software development is provided. The platform includes services and scheduling capabilities for bootstrapping and scheduling software microservices. The platform is capable of handling both conventional software development and Artificial Intelligence (AI) software. Some implementations include a framework for operational environment in the cloud, a workflow automation and environment bootstrapping engine and a code generation engine, and a repository for publishing and downloading multi-modal components (e.g., data sets, machine learning models, API, applications, and integration solutions), and facilitates software reuse. The bootstrapping process kick starts a scalable platform that avoids manual handoffs.
Inventors: Deepak Ramana (Bengaluru, India); Korgi Akshatha Rai (Mason, Ohio); Subhash Battepati (Mason, Ohio); Srini Pingali (Glen Allen, Va.); Varun Chibber (Mason, Ohio)
Assignee: The Anthem Companies (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Feb. 13, 2024
Platform And Source Agnostic Data Processing For Structured And Unstructured Data Sources
Patent No. 11900149
Data queries that are agnostic to any particular data source may include a data source alias. The data source alias may be replaced with a data source identifier to obtain a data query configured for a target data source. Data processing jobs may be agnostic to any particular data processing platform. A data processing job may include a data processing task that is agnostic to any particular data processing platform. A code library may provide platform-specific code configured to implement a data processing task on a data processing platform. A data query configured for a particular data source and a data processing task configured for a particular data processing platform may be used to create a data processing job. Configurations that restrict execution of a data processing job to execution via an interactive development environment may be removed to allow its execution directly at the data processing platform itself.
Inventors: Timothy Haggerty (Henrico, Va.); Yuting Zhou (Reston, Va.); Venu Nannapaneni (Glen Allen, Va.); Pravin Nair (Addison, Texas); Hussein Ali Khalif Samao (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Feb. 13, 2024
Systems And Methods For Detecting Software Errors
Patent No. 11899529
A computing system may determine that a change has occurred in a software application or a document object model associated with a software application. The computing system may obtain a current copy of a document object model (DOM) associated with the application and a current screenshot of a screen displaying the application (e.g., in response to determining that the change in the DOM has occurred). If the current copy of the DOM is determined to be similar to the screenshot, the computing system may save storage space by storing the current copy of the DOM and discarding the screenshot. The computing system may store the current copy of the DOM in a memory buffer. The computing system may send the DOM copies or screenshots stored in the memory buffer to the monitoring system, for example, if an error in the application is detected.
Inventors: Mehulkumar Jayantilal Gamara (Glen Allen, Va.); Vamsi Kavuri (Glen Allen, Va.); Soumyajit Ray (Glen Allen, Va.); Lee Adcock (Midlothian, Va.); Santhi Sridharan (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Feb. 13, 2024
System For Artificial Intelligence-based Engine For Generating Recommendations For Resource Allocation
Patent No. 11902177
A system is provided for an artificial intelligence-based engine for generating recommendations for resource allocation. In particular, the system may comprise an artificial intelligence module configured to access one or more data sources containing resource data associated with one or more users. Based on the resource data, the system may identify a group of analogous users with respect to a specific user. The system may then generate one or more recommendations for a resource allocation associated with the user. The one or more recommendations may then be presented on a graphical interface of a user device associated with the user. In this way, the system may provide an AI-driven method for efficient allocation of resources.
Inventors: Srinath S. Chakravarty (Plano, Texas); Steven Nathan Greene (Scarsdale, N.Y.); Aravind Shakaragouda Singtalur (McKinney, Texas); Dinesh Kumar Agrawal (Rowlett, Texas); Kenneth L. Boyd (Mechanicsville, Va.); Kerry M. Vaughan (Lawrenceville, N.J.); Stephen Richard Belton (Garden City, N.Y.); Petar Evan Puskarich (Murphy, Texas)
Assignee: Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.)
Feb. 13, 2024
System And Method To Weight Defects With Co-located Modeled Faults
Patent No. 11899065
Systems and methods for generating defect criticality are disclosed. Such systems and methods may include identifying defect results including a defect and a defect location. Such systems and methods may include receiving fault test recipes configured to test potential faults at a plurality of testing locations. Such systems and methods may include identifying a plurality of N-detect parameters based on a countable number of times the fault test recipes are configured to test a potential fault. Such systems and methods may include determining a plurality of weighting parameters based on the plurality of N-detect parameters. Such systems and methods may include generating the defect criticality for the defect based on a proximity between the plurality of testing locations and the defect location and the plurality of weighting.
Inventors: David W. Price (Austin, Texas); Robert J. Rathert (Mechanicsville, Va.); Chet V. Lenox (Lexington, Texas); Oreste Donzella (San Ramon, Calif.)
Assignee: KLA Corp. (Milpitas, Calif.)
Feb. 13, 2024
Validating Compliance Of Roles With Access Permissions
Patent No. 11902282
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for displaying roles of an identity and access management (IAM) together with their corresponding compliance status of the assigned security policies with respect to a set of security rules. The method includes selecting a first role and a second role administered by an entity of the IAM system. Afterwards, the method includes determining, based on a set of security rules, a first compliance status of the first role associated with a first set of security policies; and a second compliance status of the second role associated with a second set of security policies. In addition, the method includes displaying on a GUI, the first role and the second role together with a first compliance status and a second compliance status.
Inventors: Matthew A. Ghiold (Glen Allen, Texas); Muhammad Saad Tahir (Sterling, Va.); Gavin McGrew (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Feb. 13, 2024