Systems And Methods For Secure Storage Of Sensitive Data
Patent No. 11947812
A system including: one or more processors; a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors are configured to cause the system to: receive a plurality of user names and a plurality of anonymized user identifiers; receive a plurality of user attributes associated with one or more users of the plurality of users; receive a first plurality of hash values that uniquely identify an association between each user attribute and one or more users; receive a first request for a listing of user names associated with a first user attribute; receive a first secret key; generate a second plurality of hash values; determine a first subset of the first plurality of hash values that match the second plurality of hash values; generate a first graphical user interface including the listing of user names; and transmit the first graphical user interface to the first user device.
Inventors: Carla S. Erb (Flower Mound, Texas); Sheel Shah (Frederick, Md.); James E. Deaver II (Richmond); Caleb J Cockrill (Oakland, Calif.); Aaron Woodard (Glen Allen, Va.); Samantha Bennett (Aubrey, Texas); Christopher Halima (Woodbridge, Va.); Andrew Moore (Richmond); Daniel Hazeley (Washington, D.C.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 2, 2024
Document Classification Of Files On The Client Side Before Upload
Patent No. 11948383
A method for classifying a document in real-time is disclosed. The method includes identifying one or more sections of the document likely to contain text based on a contrast between dark space and light space in an image of the document. Optical character recognition is performed within the identified sections of the document to identify a set of words within each identified section of the document. The sets of words are extracted from the identified sections of the document, and a subset of the sets of words is selected for classifying the document based on a preconfigured option. The document is then classified by inputting the selected subset of words into one or more machine learning models. The method includes transmitting the document and the determined classification of the document to an external server.
Inventors: William J. Farmer II (Richmond); Sreedidhi Narayanamangalathu Kesavan (Glen Allen, Va.); Dimitri Bilenkin (Moseley, Va.); William Clayton Jackson (Glen Allen, Va.);Karthikeyan Palanivelu (Glen Allen, Va.): Siddarth Mangalik (North Grafton, Mass.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 2, 2024
Fire Mitigation And Downed Conductor Detection Systems And Methods
Patent No. 11946982
A transformer monitoring device has one or more voltage sensors and/or one or more current sensors integral with a housing for detecting a voltage of a power cable of a transformer. The transformer monitoring device can be configured to monitor voltage levels, and cause alerts to be issued if voltage levels drop and/or spike beyond operator-established tolerance(s). The transformer monitoring device further has one or more environmental sensors including a smoke sensor, ambient temperature sensor, external transformer temperature sensor, a fire/wildfire sensor, a humidity sensor, a noxious gases sensor, a seismic or vibration sensor, and/or a surface and/or ground temperature sensor configured to detect smoke, and/or temperature change indicators, and/or other environmental changes in an area surrounding the transformer, and a processor configured to monitor the smoke sensor, temperature sensors, and/or other environmental change sensors, the processor configured to transmit an alert if smoke, temperature and/or other environmental conditions are detected surrounding the transformer.
Inventors: W. Alan Snook II (York, Penn.); Joseph O. Beaudet (Disputanta, Va.); Sergio Angeli (San Clemente, Canada)
Assignee: Grid20/20 (Richmond)
April 2, 2024
Smokeless Tobacco Lipid Granules
Patent No. 11944114
A smokeless tobacco product includes a plurality of orally disintegrable granules. Each granule has a lipid core and at least one layer surrounding the core. The core can also include binders, powdered tobacco carbohydrates, water soluble polymers, flavorants, salts, sweeteners, and combinations thereof. The orally disintegrable granules can provide a pleasing texture and/or flavor experience.
Inventors: Munmaya K Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.); Frank Scott Atchley (Midlothian, VA.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
April 2, 2024
Intravenous Fluid Bag Supporting Assembly
Patent No. 11944779
An intravenous fluid bag supporting assembly includes a mobile base having a plurality of wheels, a telescoping pole having a lower end connected with the base and an inverted polyhedron structure connected with an upper end of the pole and configured to receive at least one intravenous fluid bag. An adjustable light assembly is arranged on the pole in spaced relation between the inverted polyhedron structure and the base. A support platform is arranged on the pole in spaced relation between the light assembly and the base, the support platform supporting a plurality of housings configured to receive a plurality of displays and pumps or other medical instruments, respectively. A hang grip and basket are also arranged on the pole.
Inventor: Walter L. Smith (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
April 2, 2024
Crowdsourced Contact Tracing
Patent 11950163
Systems and methods include the following. Information about a first electronic communication device is transmitted to at least one server and/or decentralized infrastructure. The information includes vicinity information. A status signal associated with a first user of the first electronic communication device is optionally transmitted. Contact proximity network information about a contact proximity network is received. The contact proximity network is based on the information from a plurality of electronic communication devices and information about the association between users and electronic communication devices. The contact proximity network information includes status signal information and interconnected nodes corresponding to different users and pairwise connections between users based upon their relative physical space and time proximity. A notification indicating a network-based proximity of a first user to a second user is provided, indicating a minimum number of connections between the first user and the second user during a specified time frame.
Inventors: Po-Shen Loh (Pittsburgh, Penn.); Hannah Cai (San Jose, Calif.); Felipe Campos (Midlothian, Va.); John Choi (Pittsburgh, Penn.); Timothy Chu (San Jose, Calif.); Dean Dijour (Morganville, N.J.); Bennett Huffman (Mequon, Wisc.); Mohammed Jaffer (San Bruno, Calif.); Ziv Scully (Pittsburgh, Penn.); Brandon Wang (Saratoga, Calif.); Lawrence Wang (New York, N.Y.); Phillip Wang (Irvine, Calif.)
Assignee: Expii Inc. (Pittsburgh, Penn.)
April 2, 2024
System, Apparatus, And Method For Removing And Replacing Conveyor System Components
Patent No. 11945655
An apparatus for a conveyor system is disclosed. The apparatus has a housing assembly, a protrusion assembly including a base member and a probe member, the base member being attached to the housing assembly, a collar assembly that is movably attached to the housing assembly and movable between a first position and a second position, and a biasing member disposed in the housing assembly and configured to bias the collar assembly away from the base member and to the first position. A tip portion of the probe member is disposed in the collar assembly in the first position and the tip portion protrudes out of the collar assembly in the second position. The collar assembly includes a collar end cavity that is configured to receive a conveyor component of the conveyor system.
Inventor: Ronald B. Flournoy (Hopewell, Va.)
Assignee: Steel Craft Mfg. Inc (Hopewell, Va.)
April 2, 2024
Compositions And Methods For Producing Tobacco Plants And Products Having Altered Alkaloid Levels
Patent No. 11950563
The present disclosure provides tobacco Nic1b locus and associated genes (e.g., a group of ERF genes). Also provided are tobacco plants with altered total alkaloid and nicotine levels and commercially acceptable leaf grade, their development via breeding or transgenic approaches, and production of tobacco products from these tobacco plants. Further provided are compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants having novel mutations or alleles to reduce nicotine levels. Further provided are sequence polymorphisms and molecular markers for breeding tobacco with reduced nicotine or alkaloids while maintaining tobacco leaf grade and tobacco product quality.
Inventors: Sreepriya Pramod (Fredericksburg, Va.); Marcos Fernando de Godoy Lusso (Chesterfield, Va.); Jesse Frederick (Richmond); Andrew Carl Adams (Midlothian, Va.); Dongmei Xu (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
April 9, 2024
Probe
Patent No. 11951496
The disclosure provides methods and probes used to dispense flowable materials from a packaged source, such as a bag in box container. The probes are adapted to engage with one or more dispensing components, for example, spouts, faucets, caps, bags, boxes, or other dispensing components. The disclosure also provides methods of using the probe, including connecting the probe to one or more dispensing components, for example flip caps, and methods of dispensing the packaged flowable material.
Inventor: James W Johnson (Delaware, Ohio)
Assignee: Liqui-Box Corp (Richmond)
April 9, 2024
Multi-chambered Container
Patent No. 11952184
A container is configured to house a consumer product. The container includes a base, a cap, and an over-cap. The base has a bottom wall and a side wall extending from the bottom wall. The cap is engaged with the base so as to define a first compartment. The first compartment is configured to house the consumer product. The over-cap is engaged with the base and at least partially defines a second compartment.
Inventors: Christopher J. Hession (Mechanicsville, Va.); Christopher L. Simpson (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
April 9, 2024
Cartridge For E-vaping Device With Open-microchannels
Patent No. 11951250
A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes a reservoir configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation and a channel structure that includes a channel surface with one or more open-microchannels. An open-microchannel in the channel structure may be in fluid communication with the reservoir and may transport pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir to a heating element based on capillary action of the pre-vapor formulation through the open-microchannels. The heating element may vaporize the pre-vapor formulation drawn through one or more open-microchannels. The cartridge may be independent of fibrous dispensing interfaces, including one or more wicks. Fabrication of such a cartridge may be simplified, faster, cheaper, some combination thereof, or the like relative to fabrication of a cartridge that includes a fibrous or soft dispensing interface to draw pre-vapor formulation from a reservoir to a heating element.
Inventors: Raymond Lau (Richmond); Ali Rostami (Glen Allen, Va.); Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
April 9, 2024
Device And Methods For Delivery Of Biphasic Electrical Pulses For Non-thermal Ablation
Patent No. 11952568
The present invention provides systems, methods, and devices for electroporation-based therapies (EBTs). Embodiments provide patient-specific treatment protocols derived by the numerical modeling of 3D reconstructions of target tissue from images taken of the tissue, and optionally accounting for one or more of physical constraints or dynamic tissue properties. The present invention further relates to systems, methods, and devices for delivering bipolar electric pulses for irreversible electroporation exhibiting reduced or no damage to tissue typically associated with an EBT-induced excessive charge delivered to the tissue.
Inventors: Robert E. Neal II (Richmond); Paulo A. Garcia (Cambridge, Mass.); Rafael V. Davalos (Blacksburg, Va.); John H. Rossmeisl (Blacksburg, Va.); John L. Robertson (Floyd, Va.)
Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties (Blacksburg, Va.)
April 9, 2024
Recyclable Metallized Barrier Films And Bags For Packaging Flowable Materials
Patent No. 11952188
The disclosure provides co-extruded, multi-layer films, including metallized barrier films and non-barrier films, and articles of manufacture that include the films, such as flexible bags and containers for flowable materials. The films and articles that include the films have good heat retention, and barrier properties, as well as good flex-crak resistance and toughness. The films and articles that include the films have a metallized barrier core layer of ethylene-vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymer wherein both the metal and EVOH are in amounts that achieve the heat retention, flex-crack resistance, toughness, and barrier properties, while allowing for the recycling of the films and articles of manufacture.
Inventors: Nicholas Farkas (Ontario, Canada); Paul Georgelos (Naperville, Ill.)
Assignee: Liqui-Box Corp (Richmond)
April 9, 2024
Cycled Pulsing To Mitigate Thermal Damage For Multi-electrode Irreversible Electroporation Therapy
Patent No. 11950835
Methods and systems for distributing electrical energy to tissue which minimize Joule heating, thermal effects, and/or thermal damage, without sacrificing efficacy of treatment, are described. The methods and systems are particularly suitable to electrical energy-based therapies employing multiple electrodes, such as arrays of electrodes.
Inventors: Timothy J. O’Brien (Blacksburg, Va.); Robert E. Neal II (Richmond); Rafael V. Davalos (Blacksburg, Va.)
Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties (Blacksburg, Va.)
April 9, 2024
Sensor Apparatus
Patent No. 11953354
A sensor apparatus may include a channel structure configured to couple with an external element and a fluid conduit, such that the channel structure may receive a fluid, at least partially drawn through the external element from an ambient environment, and direct the fluid through the fluid conduit. A sensor may generate sensor data indicating a flow rate of the fluid through the fluid conduit based on monitoring a variation in a pressure at a location in hydrodynamic contact with the fluid conduit and in relation to an ambient pressure of the ambient environment. The sensor apparatus may enable generation of improved topography information associated with flows of fluid drawn from the external element based on measuring a local pressure at the location in hydrodynamic contact with the fluid conduit and determining the ambient pressure based on monitoring the local pressure over time.
Inventors: David B. Kane (Richmond); Yezdi B Pithawalla (Midlothian, Va.); Srinivasan Janardhan (Glen Allen, Va.); Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
April 9, 2024
Systems And Methods To Convert Information Technology Infrastructure To A Software-defined System
Patent No. 11954504
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for a method of cloud infrastructure optimization. The method identifies an existing infrastructure configuration deployed in a cloud environment and generates a plurality of proposal configurations, each of the plurality of proposal configurations having executable code configured to adjust the existing infrastructure configuration for at least one variable. The method selects a proposal configuration from the plurality of proposal configurations based on the at least one variable adjusted for in the existing infrastructure configuration, and the selected proposal configuration is deployed in the cloud environment. The method then analyzes the selected proposal configuration for a level of adjustment for the at least one variable. The method trains a model engine with existing and new training data.
Inventors: Daniel Vincent Safronoff (Washington, D.C.); Ron Meck (Toano, Va.); James Hounshell (Richmond); Eric Schultz (Trappe, Penn.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 9, 2024
Method Of Making Capsule Including Filler Material Infused With Consumable
Patent No. 11950622
The method includes providing a filler material that is water insoluble, the providing provides the filler material with more than 98% alpha-cellulose, 0.01% to less than 2% ash and a remainder hemicellulose, infusing at least one first consumable within the filler material and inserting a matrix within at least one first containing structure to form a capsule, the matrix including the filler material.
Inventors: Munmaya K Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.); Danielle Crawford (Richmond); Dwight David Williams (Powhatan, Va.); Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.); Terry Bache (Richmond); Raymond W Lau (Glen Allen, Va.); Shaoyong Yu (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
April 9, 2024
Payload Support Frame For Unmanned Aerial System
Patent No. 11952119
A payload support frame is adapted to suspend a payload from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during flight. The frame comprises at least one elongated rigid segment, at least one upper flexible segment at an upper end of the rigid segment, and at least one lower flexible segment at a lower end of the rigid segment. One or more of (a) the at least one rigid segment, (b) the at least one upper flexible segment, or (c) the at least one lower flexible segment comprise a dielectric material. The upper flexible segment is adapted to be selectively attachable, directly or indirectly, to the UAV. The lower flexible segment is adapted to be selectively attachable, directly or indirectly, to the payload.
Inventors: Michael Kenneth Beiro (Richmond); Alvin Leroy Corbin III (Dillwyn, Va.); Chase Hamilton Coble (Chesterfield, Va.); David Carson Schul (Richmond)
Assignee: Beirobotics LLC (Richmond)
April 9, 2024
Methods And Systems For Template Generation
Patent No. 11954156
A computer-implemented method for template generation may include: receiving a first plurality of variables, each of the first plurality of variables specifying a feature to be implemented in a new template for document generation; for each of a plurality of existing templates for document generation, determining a degree of similarity between the first plurality of variables and a plurality of variables included in the respective existing template; upon determining that none of the degrees of similarity respectively determined for the plurality of existing templates satisfies a similarity threshold, determining that a combination of variables from two or more of the plurality of existing templates has a degree of similarity with the first plurality of variables satisfying the similarity threshold; and generating the new template based on the two or more of the plurality of existing templates.
Inventor: Curtis Holt (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 9, 2024
Multi-factor Authentication Using Customizable Physical Security Token
Patent No. 11956229
In some implementations, an authentication system may receive, from a client device, a credential associated with a user account and a request to access a resource. The authentication system may transmit, to the client device, a request for an image of a customized physical security token associated with the user account. The authentication system may receive, from the client device, a first image. The authentication system may compare the first image with a representation of a second image of the customized physical security token associated with the user account. The authentication system may grant or denying access to the resource based on comparing the first image with the representation of the second image.
Inventor: Jerry Wagner (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 9, 2024
Query Alerts Generation For Virtual Warehouse
Patent No. 11954128
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for generating notifications corresponding to queries submitted for execution by virtual warehouses are described herein. A request to execute a query may be received. An execution plan, for the query, may be identified. A processing complexity for the query may be predicted based on the query and the execution plan. A notification may be generated based on the processing complexity meeting an alert threshold. A user device may display the notification. A response to the notification comprising a selection of a first virtual warehouse, of a plurality of virtual warehouses, to execute the query may be received.
Inventors: Praveen Kandukuri (Ashburn, Va.); Syed Salim (Potomac, Md.); Karam Chandradatt (Glen Allen, Va.); Nagender Gurram (Glen Allen, Va.); Ganesh Bharathan (Henrico, Va.); Yudhish Batra (McLean, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 9, 2024
Intravascular Arterial To Venous Anastomosis And Tissue Welding Catheter
Patent No. 11950828
A method of creating an AV fistula between adjacent first and second vessels includes inserting a guidewire from the first vessel into the second vessel. Inserting a catheter including a proximal member and a distal member over the guidewire such that a distal tip of the distal member comes into contact with a selected anastomosis site. Moving the distal member and the proximal member together to clamp tissue surrounding the aperture between the distal face of the proximal member and a proximal face on the distal member. Applying energy to an active heating member on the proximal member to cut and form the aperture, and to weld the edges thereof in order to create a desired fistula between the two vessels. Using a passive heating member disposed on the distal member to create a heating gradient across a tissue contacting surface of the distal member.
Inventors: Brad M. Kellerman (Escondido, Calif.); David Trottingwolf Aldridge (Laguna Hills, Calif.); David K Wrolstad (Escondido, Calif.); Mark A Ritchart (Dana Point, Calif.); Jeffrey E Hull (Midlothian, Va.); Gene Reu (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Assignee: Avenu Medical (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
April 9, 2024
Systems And Methods For Secure Storage Of Sensitive Data
Patent No. 11947812
A system including: one or more processors; a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors are configured to cause the system to: receive a plurality of user names and a plurality of anonymized user identifiers; receive a plurality of user attributes associated with one or more users of the plurality of users; receive a first plurality of hash values that uniquely identify an association between each user attribute and one or more users; receive a first request for a listing of user names associated with a first user attribute; receive a first secret key; generate a second plurality of hash values; determine a first subset of the first plurality of hash values that match the second plurality of hash values; generate a first graphical user interface including the listing of user names; and transmit the first graphical user interface to the first user device.
Inventors: Carla S. Erb (Flower Mound, Texas); Sheel Shah (Frederick, Md.); James E. Deaver II (Richmond); Caleb J Cockrill (Oakland, Calif.); Aaron Woodard (Glen Allen, Va.); Samantha Bennett (Aubrey, Texas); Christopher Halima (Woodbridge, Va.); Andrew Moore (Richmond); Daniel Hazeley (Washington, D.C.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 2, 2024
Document Classification Of Files On The Client Side Before Upload
Patent No. 11948383
A method for classifying a document in real-time is disclosed. The method includes identifying one or more sections of the document likely to contain text based on a contrast between dark space and light space in an image of the document. Optical character recognition is performed within the identified sections of the document to identify a set of words within each identified section of the document. The sets of words are extracted from the identified sections of the document, and a subset of the sets of words is selected for classifying the document based on a preconfigured option. The document is then classified by inputting the selected subset of words into one or more machine learning models. The method includes transmitting the document and the determined classification of the document to an external server.
Inventors: William J. Farmer II (Richmond); Sreedidhi Narayanamangalathu Kesavan (Glen Allen, Va.); Dimitri Bilenkin (Moseley, Va.); William Clayton Jackson (Glen Allen, Va.);Karthikeyan Palanivelu (Glen Allen, Va.): Siddarth Mangalik (North Grafton, Mass.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 2, 2024
Fire Mitigation And Downed Conductor Detection Systems And Methods
Patent No. 11946982
A transformer monitoring device has one or more voltage sensors and/or one or more current sensors integral with a housing for detecting a voltage of a power cable of a transformer. The transformer monitoring device can be configured to monitor voltage levels, and cause alerts to be issued if voltage levels drop and/or spike beyond operator-established tolerance(s). The transformer monitoring device further has one or more environmental sensors including a smoke sensor, ambient temperature sensor, external transformer temperature sensor, a fire/wildfire sensor, a humidity sensor, a noxious gases sensor, a seismic or vibration sensor, and/or a surface and/or ground temperature sensor configured to detect smoke, and/or temperature change indicators, and/or other environmental changes in an area surrounding the transformer, and a processor configured to monitor the smoke sensor, temperature sensors, and/or other environmental change sensors, the processor configured to transmit an alert if smoke, temperature and/or other environmental conditions are detected surrounding the transformer.
Inventors: W. Alan Snook II (York, Penn.); Joseph O. Beaudet (Disputanta, Va.); Sergio Angeli (San Clemente, Canada)
Assignee: Grid20/20 (Richmond)
April 2, 2024
Smokeless Tobacco Lipid Granules
Patent No. 11944114
A smokeless tobacco product includes a plurality of orally disintegrable granules. Each granule has a lipid core and at least one layer surrounding the core. The core can also include binders, powdered tobacco carbohydrates, water soluble polymers, flavorants, salts, sweeteners, and combinations thereof. The orally disintegrable granules can provide a pleasing texture and/or flavor experience.
Inventors: Munmaya K Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.); Frank Scott Atchley (Midlothian, VA.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
April 2, 2024
Intravenous Fluid Bag Supporting Assembly
Patent No. 11944779
An intravenous fluid bag supporting assembly includes a mobile base having a plurality of wheels, a telescoping pole having a lower end connected with the base and an inverted polyhedron structure connected with an upper end of the pole and configured to receive at least one intravenous fluid bag. An adjustable light assembly is arranged on the pole in spaced relation between the inverted polyhedron structure and the base. A support platform is arranged on the pole in spaced relation between the light assembly and the base, the support platform supporting a plurality of housings configured to receive a plurality of displays and pumps or other medical instruments, respectively. A hang grip and basket are also arranged on the pole.
Inventor: Walter L. Smith (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
April 2, 2024
Crowdsourced Contact Tracing
Patent 11950163
Systems and methods include the following. Information about a first electronic communication device is transmitted to at least one server and/or decentralized infrastructure. The information includes vicinity information. A status signal associated with a first user of the first electronic communication device is optionally transmitted. Contact proximity network information about a contact proximity network is received. The contact proximity network is based on the information from a plurality of electronic communication devices and information about the association between users and electronic communication devices. The contact proximity network information includes status signal information and interconnected nodes corresponding to different users and pairwise connections between users based upon their relative physical space and time proximity. A notification indicating a network-based proximity of a first user to a second user is provided, indicating a minimum number of connections between the first user and the second user during a specified time frame.
Inventors: Po-Shen Loh (Pittsburgh, Penn.); Hannah Cai (San Jose, Calif.); Felipe Campos (Midlothian, Va.); John Choi (Pittsburgh, Penn.); Timothy Chu (San Jose, Calif.); Dean Dijour (Morganville, N.J.); Bennett Huffman (Mequon, Wisc.); Mohammed Jaffer (San Bruno, Calif.); Ziv Scully (Pittsburgh, Penn.); Brandon Wang (Saratoga, Calif.); Lawrence Wang (New York, N.Y.); Phillip Wang (Irvine, Calif.)
Assignee: Expii Inc. (Pittsburgh, Penn.)
April 2, 2024
System, Apparatus, And Method For Removing And Replacing Conveyor System Components
Patent No. 11945655
An apparatus for a conveyor system is disclosed. The apparatus has a housing assembly, a protrusion assembly including a base member and a probe member, the base member being attached to the housing assembly, a collar assembly that is movably attached to the housing assembly and movable between a first position and a second position, and a biasing member disposed in the housing assembly and configured to bias the collar assembly away from the base member and to the first position. A tip portion of the probe member is disposed in the collar assembly in the first position and the tip portion protrudes out of the collar assembly in the second position. The collar assembly includes a collar end cavity that is configured to receive a conveyor component of the conveyor system.
Inventor: Ronald B. Flournoy (Hopewell, Va.)
Assignee: Steel Craft Mfg. Inc (Hopewell, Va.)
April 2, 2024
Compositions And Methods For Producing Tobacco Plants And Products Having Altered Alkaloid Levels
Patent No. 11950563
The present disclosure provides tobacco Nic1b locus and associated genes (e.g., a group of ERF genes). Also provided are tobacco plants with altered total alkaloid and nicotine levels and commercially acceptable leaf grade, their development via breeding or transgenic approaches, and production of tobacco products from these tobacco plants. Further provided are compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants having novel mutations or alleles to reduce nicotine levels. Further provided are sequence polymorphisms and molecular markers for breeding tobacco with reduced nicotine or alkaloids while maintaining tobacco leaf grade and tobacco product quality.
Inventors: Sreepriya Pramod (Fredericksburg, Va.); Marcos Fernando de Godoy Lusso (Chesterfield, Va.); Jesse Frederick (Richmond); Andrew Carl Adams (Midlothian, Va.); Dongmei Xu (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
April 9, 2024
Probe
Patent No. 11951496
The disclosure provides methods and probes used to dispense flowable materials from a packaged source, such as a bag in box container. The probes are adapted to engage with one or more dispensing components, for example, spouts, faucets, caps, bags, boxes, or other dispensing components. The disclosure also provides methods of using the probe, including connecting the probe to one or more dispensing components, for example flip caps, and methods of dispensing the packaged flowable material.
Inventor: James W Johnson (Delaware, Ohio)
Assignee: Liqui-Box Corp (Richmond)
April 9, 2024
Multi-chambered Container
Patent No. 11952184
A container is configured to house a consumer product. The container includes a base, a cap, and an over-cap. The base has a bottom wall and a side wall extending from the bottom wall. The cap is engaged with the base so as to define a first compartment. The first compartment is configured to house the consumer product. The over-cap is engaged with the base and at least partially defines a second compartment.
Inventors: Christopher J. Hession (Mechanicsville, Va.); Christopher L. Simpson (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
April 9, 2024
Cartridge For E-vaping Device With Open-microchannels
Patent No. 11951250
A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes a reservoir configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation and a channel structure that includes a channel surface with one or more open-microchannels. An open-microchannel in the channel structure may be in fluid communication with the reservoir and may transport pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir to a heating element based on capillary action of the pre-vapor formulation through the open-microchannels. The heating element may vaporize the pre-vapor formulation drawn through one or more open-microchannels. The cartridge may be independent of fibrous dispensing interfaces, including one or more wicks. Fabrication of such a cartridge may be simplified, faster, cheaper, some combination thereof, or the like relative to fabrication of a cartridge that includes a fibrous or soft dispensing interface to draw pre-vapor formulation from a reservoir to a heating element.
Inventors: Raymond Lau (Richmond); Ali Rostami (Glen Allen, Va.); Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
April 9, 2024
Device And Methods For Delivery Of Biphasic Electrical Pulses For Non-thermal Ablation
Patent No. 11952568
The present invention provides systems, methods, and devices for electroporation-based therapies (EBTs). Embodiments provide patient-specific treatment protocols derived by the numerical modeling of 3D reconstructions of target tissue from images taken of the tissue, and optionally accounting for one or more of physical constraints or dynamic tissue properties. The present invention further relates to systems, methods, and devices for delivering bipolar electric pulses for irreversible electroporation exhibiting reduced or no damage to tissue typically associated with an EBT-induced excessive charge delivered to the tissue.
Inventors: Robert E. Neal II (Richmond); Paulo A. Garcia (Cambridge, Mass.); Rafael V. Davalos (Blacksburg, Va.); John H. Rossmeisl (Blacksburg, Va.); John L. Robertson (Floyd, Va.)
Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties (Blacksburg, Va.)
April 9, 2024
Recyclable Metallized Barrier Films And Bags For Packaging Flowable Materials
Patent No. 11952188
The disclosure provides co-extruded, multi-layer films, including metallized barrier films and non-barrier films, and articles of manufacture that include the films, such as flexible bags and containers for flowable materials. The films and articles that include the films have good heat retention, and barrier properties, as well as good flex-crak resistance and toughness. The films and articles that include the films have a metallized barrier core layer of ethylene-vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymer wherein both the metal and EVOH are in amounts that achieve the heat retention, flex-crack resistance, toughness, and barrier properties, while allowing for the recycling of the films and articles of manufacture.
Inventors: Nicholas Farkas (Ontario, Canada); Paul Georgelos (Naperville, Ill.)
Assignee: Liqui-Box Corp (Richmond)
April 9, 2024
Cycled Pulsing To Mitigate Thermal Damage For Multi-electrode Irreversible Electroporation Therapy
Patent No. 11950835
Methods and systems for distributing electrical energy to tissue which minimize Joule heating, thermal effects, and/or thermal damage, without sacrificing efficacy of treatment, are described. The methods and systems are particularly suitable to electrical energy-based therapies employing multiple electrodes, such as arrays of electrodes.
Inventors: Timothy J. O’Brien (Blacksburg, Va.); Robert E. Neal II (Richmond); Rafael V. Davalos (Blacksburg, Va.)
Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties (Blacksburg, Va.)
April 9, 2024
Sensor Apparatus
Patent No. 11953354
A sensor apparatus may include a channel structure configured to couple with an external element and a fluid conduit, such that the channel structure may receive a fluid, at least partially drawn through the external element from an ambient environment, and direct the fluid through the fluid conduit. A sensor may generate sensor data indicating a flow rate of the fluid through the fluid conduit based on monitoring a variation in a pressure at a location in hydrodynamic contact with the fluid conduit and in relation to an ambient pressure of the ambient environment. The sensor apparatus may enable generation of improved topography information associated with flows of fluid drawn from the external element based on measuring a local pressure at the location in hydrodynamic contact with the fluid conduit and determining the ambient pressure based on monitoring the local pressure over time.
Inventors: David B. Kane (Richmond); Yezdi B Pithawalla (Midlothian, Va.); Srinivasan Janardhan (Glen Allen, Va.); Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
April 9, 2024
Systems And Methods To Convert Information Technology Infrastructure To A Software-defined System
Patent No. 11954504
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for a method of cloud infrastructure optimization. The method identifies an existing infrastructure configuration deployed in a cloud environment and generates a plurality of proposal configurations, each of the plurality of proposal configurations having executable code configured to adjust the existing infrastructure configuration for at least one variable. The method selects a proposal configuration from the plurality of proposal configurations based on the at least one variable adjusted for in the existing infrastructure configuration, and the selected proposal configuration is deployed in the cloud environment. The method then analyzes the selected proposal configuration for a level of adjustment for the at least one variable. The method trains a model engine with existing and new training data.
Inventors: Daniel Vincent Safronoff (Washington, D.C.); Ron Meck (Toano, Va.); James Hounshell (Richmond); Eric Schultz (Trappe, Penn.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 9, 2024
Method Of Making Capsule Including Filler Material Infused With Consumable
Patent No. 11950622
The method includes providing a filler material that is water insoluble, the providing provides the filler material with more than 98% alpha-cellulose, 0.01% to less than 2% ash and a remainder hemicellulose, infusing at least one first consumable within the filler material and inserting a matrix within at least one first containing structure to form a capsule, the matrix including the filler material.
Inventors: Munmaya K Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.); Danielle Crawford (Richmond); Dwight David Williams (Powhatan, Va.); Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.); Terry Bache (Richmond); Raymond W Lau (Glen Allen, Va.); Shaoyong Yu (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
April 9, 2024
Payload Support Frame For Unmanned Aerial System
Patent No. 11952119
A payload support frame is adapted to suspend a payload from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during flight. The frame comprises at least one elongated rigid segment, at least one upper flexible segment at an upper end of the rigid segment, and at least one lower flexible segment at a lower end of the rigid segment. One or more of (a) the at least one rigid segment, (b) the at least one upper flexible segment, or (c) the at least one lower flexible segment comprise a dielectric material. The upper flexible segment is adapted to be selectively attachable, directly or indirectly, to the UAV. The lower flexible segment is adapted to be selectively attachable, directly or indirectly, to the payload.
Inventors: Michael Kenneth Beiro (Richmond); Alvin Leroy Corbin III (Dillwyn, Va.); Chase Hamilton Coble (Chesterfield, Va.); David Carson Schul (Richmond)
Assignee: Beirobotics LLC (Richmond)
April 9, 2024
Methods And Systems For Template Generation
Patent No. 11954156
A computer-implemented method for template generation may include: receiving a first plurality of variables, each of the first plurality of variables specifying a feature to be implemented in a new template for document generation; for each of a plurality of existing templates for document generation, determining a degree of similarity between the first plurality of variables and a plurality of variables included in the respective existing template; upon determining that none of the degrees of similarity respectively determined for the plurality of existing templates satisfies a similarity threshold, determining that a combination of variables from two or more of the plurality of existing templates has a degree of similarity with the first plurality of variables satisfying the similarity threshold; and generating the new template based on the two or more of the plurality of existing templates.
Inventor: Curtis Holt (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 9, 2024
Multi-factor Authentication Using Customizable Physical Security Token
Patent No. 11956229
In some implementations, an authentication system may receive, from a client device, a credential associated with a user account and a request to access a resource. The authentication system may transmit, to the client device, a request for an image of a customized physical security token associated with the user account. The authentication system may receive, from the client device, a first image. The authentication system may compare the first image with a representation of a second image of the customized physical security token associated with the user account. The authentication system may grant or denying access to the resource based on comparing the first image with the representation of the second image.
Inventor: Jerry Wagner (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 9, 2024
Query Alerts Generation For Virtual Warehouse
Patent No. 11954128
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for generating notifications corresponding to queries submitted for execution by virtual warehouses are described herein. A request to execute a query may be received. An execution plan, for the query, may be identified. A processing complexity for the query may be predicted based on the query and the execution plan. A notification may be generated based on the processing complexity meeting an alert threshold. A user device may display the notification. A response to the notification comprising a selection of a first virtual warehouse, of a plurality of virtual warehouses, to execute the query may be received.
Inventors: Praveen Kandukuri (Ashburn, Va.); Syed Salim (Potomac, Md.); Karam Chandradatt (Glen Allen, Va.); Nagender Gurram (Glen Allen, Va.); Ganesh Bharathan (Henrico, Va.); Yudhish Batra (McLean, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
April 9, 2024
Intravascular Arterial To Venous Anastomosis And Tissue Welding Catheter
Patent No. 11950828
A method of creating an AV fistula between adjacent first and second vessels includes inserting a guidewire from the first vessel into the second vessel. Inserting a catheter including a proximal member and a distal member over the guidewire such that a distal tip of the distal member comes into contact with a selected anastomosis site. Moving the distal member and the proximal member together to clamp tissue surrounding the aperture between the distal face of the proximal member and a proximal face on the distal member. Applying energy to an active heating member on the proximal member to cut and form the aperture, and to weld the edges thereof in order to create a desired fistula between the two vessels. Using a passive heating member disposed on the distal member to create a heating gradient across a tissue contacting surface of the distal member.
Inventors: Brad M. Kellerman (Escondido, Calif.); David Trottingwolf Aldridge (Laguna Hills, Calif.); David K Wrolstad (Escondido, Calif.); Mark A Ritchart (Dana Point, Calif.); Jeffrey E Hull (Midlothian, Va.); Gene Reu (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Assignee: Avenu Medical (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
April 9, 2024