System And Method For Achieving Goals
Patent No. 11809431
A system, method, server, and computer readable medium for tracking goal progression. Input is received establishing one or more clients. The one or more clients are individuals receiving treatment or assistance. Each of the one or more clients are assigned to one or more providers in response to selections from an administrator. The one or more providers include at least individuals available to treat or assist each of the one or more clients and one or more biometric devices associated with the one or more clients. Goals are established for each of the one or more clients. Data associated with each of the one or more clients is compiled as received from the one or more providers in the server. A determination is made where the goals are being met in response to the thresholds for the compiled data. Alerts are automatically communicated in response to the compiled data varying from a threshold to become significant for one of the one or more clients.
Inventors: Nathaniel T. Bradley (Tucson, Ariz.); James Gaynor (Winchester, Va.); Joshua A. Paugh (Tucson, Ariz.); Paul Arena (Malibu, Calif.); Lisa A. Marshall (Richmond)
Assignee: Data Health Partners (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Nov. 7, 2023
System, Device And Method For Stable Airway Management
Patent No. 11806285
Embodiments of a device facilitate controlled positioning and manipulation of an individual’s relative head, neck and jaw positions to facilitate stable airway management. In various embodiments, the device includes a base to which support arms are movably attached. A thrust arm is movably attached to each support arm and a jaw disc is attached to each thrust arm and adapted for rotation in accommodating various shapes and sizes of patient jaws.
Inventors: William L. Welter (Richmond); Vishal Yajnik (Richmond); David Joshua Cohen (Richmond)
Assignee: Stable Airway Management (Richmond)
Nov. .7, 2023
Lubricating Compositions For Reduced High Temperature Deposits
Patent No. 11807827
This disclosure describes blends of detergent and antiwear lubricating additives and lubricants including such additive blends effective to reduce high-temperature deposits, and in particular, high-temperature deposits in low ash compositions.
Inventor: Kenneth Garelick (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Nov. 7, 2023
Methods And Systems For Connecting Data With Non-standardized Schemas In Connected Graph Data Exchanges
Patent No. 11809398
Methods and systems for connecting data with non-standardized schemas in connected graph data exchanges. For example, the system generates a custom data structure corresponding to a user identifier for a user profile that includes pointers between user profile attributes (e.g., individual fields/categories within the user profile) and existing assets in a connected graph (e.g., an existing application, software profile for an application, data set, connections, etc.). The system then connects the custom data structure corresponding to the user identifier to the existing assets in the connected graph.
Inventors: Gaurav Singh (Glen Allen, Va.); Richard Ferrara (Chesterfield, Va.); Pankaj Singh (Glen Allen, Va.); Christopher Wilcoxen (Henrico, Va.); Felix Hidaldo (Henrico, Va.);Rangarajan Lakshminarayanachar (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 7, 2023
Ballasted Clarification System
Patent No. 11807558
In general, the present invention is directed to systems and methods of providing improved ballasted clarification systems for the treatment of water or wastewater. In accordance with some embodiments, a method may include introducing an influent including the water or wastewater and a coagulant; agitating or mixing the influent causing flocs to develop; introducing polymer and ballast wherein the ballast has an aspect ratio of less than 1.15; agitating or mixing the influent causing the ballast to move through the influent and penetrate the flocs; agitation or mixing the flocs to cause larger flocs to form through collision of smaller flocs among the flocs; providing the influent into a clarifying tank having a bottom and a top, wherein the ballast particles in flocs cause the flocs to settle to the bottom of the clarifier; and outputting an effluent from the top of the clarifying tank.
Inventors: Peter Temple Ballard (Glen Allen, Va.); Raed Labban (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Suez International (Paris la Defense, France)
Nov. 7, 2023
Universal Pre-processor For Extracting And Joining Data
Patent No. 11809440
In some implementations, a device may receive a first data set configuration and a second data set configuration. The device may receive a first set of input data sets based on the first data set configuration and a second set of input data sets based on the second data set configuration. The device may process, by executing a single set of executable code and based on the first data set configuration, the first set of input data sets. The device may process, by executing the single set of executable code and based on the second one or more parameters, the second data set configuration. The device may generate a first output file based on the desired data from the first set of input data sets. The device may generate a second output file based on the desired data from the second set of input data sets.
Inventor: Jemima Samuel (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 7, 2023
Audience Segmentation Prioritization In Support Of Personalization For Automated Message Generation
Patent No. 11811713
A message generating system disseminates to each of multiple user devices first information items each associated with at least a respective one of multiple services made available by a first entity. When access indicative signals are received via a network connection, each prompted by a respective one of the user devices accessing at least one of the first information items, the system stores a respective awareness-stage record for each received access indicative signal, thereby recording that the respective user entity accessed at least one of the first information items. For each user entity for which a respective awareness-stage record is stored, a second item is generated and sent including information of a particular service associated with at least one first information item. User entities for which a second item was not generated are excluded as having not accessed a first item. The exclusion reduces data traffic on the network connection.
Inventors: David Wright (Roswell, Ga.); David Pham (Acworth, Ga.); Adam Thomas Lewis (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Truist Bank (Charlotte, N.C.)
Nov. 7, 2023
Frozen Product Machine
Patent No. 11806789
A frozen product machine that solves problems associated with conventional home ice cream and frozen product machines by prevents loss of product in the chamber and decreases freezing time for a liquid product. A cooling chamber is cooled by a cooling element that provides variable cooling temperatures throughout the cooling chamber. A temperature gradient, progressing from lower temperatures at the bottom of the chamber, or the outlet, to higher at the top of the chamber, or inlet, create a more efficient means of cooling a frozen product. An auger, that may be shaped to match the shape of the cooling chamber may include slots that allow for controlled flow of frozen product through the chamber to promote efficient cooling. Hinged fins may rotate from open to closed within the slot to further enhance flow of frozen product through the frozen product machine.
Inventors: Lindsay Springer (West Seneca, N.Y.); Robert J. Susz (Caledonia, N.Y.); Ray Dudenhoeffer (Buffalo, N.Y.); Donkeun Park (Henrico, Va.); Don Yuhong Park (Henrico, Va.); Dov Glucksman (Winchester, Mass.)
Assignee: Steuben Foods (Elma, N.Y.)
Nov. 7, 2023
System And Method For Card Present Account Provisioning
Patent No. 11810123
In a method for provisioning account information of a payment card, user datum encryption information is transmitted to a transaction data processing system. A user datum encrypted using the user datum encryption information and a request to share account provisioning information is received from the transaction data processing system when the payment card is present by a user at the transaction data processing system. A user account associated with the payment card is determined and the user of the payment card is authenticated. A request for confirmation that the account provisioning information should be shared is sent to a user device associated with the user account and a confirmation response is received from the user device that includes permission to share account provisioning information. Account provisioning information is then transmitted to the transaction data processing system.
Inventors: Lawrence Douglas (McLean, Va.); Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Jackson Macomber (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 7, 2023
System For Suggesting Words, Phrases, Or Entities To Complete Sequences In Risk Control Documents
Patent No. 11816422
Embodiments disclosed are directed to a computing system that performs steps to automatically suggest a word, phrase, or entity to complete a sequence in a risk control document. The computing system classifies, by a generative machine learning (ML) model, risk control features associated with phrases in a risk control document. The computing system then generates, by the generative ML model and based on the classified risk control features, suggested words, phrases, or entities to complete a sequence following a cursor position in the risk control document. The computing system then corrects, by a discriminative natural language processing (NLP) model with domain specific knowledge, the suggested words, phrases, or entities. Subsequently, the computing system generates, by a discriminative predictor system, an encoded sequence of word, phrase, or entity suggestions based on the cursor position, the classified risk control features, and the corrected suggested words, phrases, or entities.
Inventors: Peter Tanski (Marborough, Mass.); Matthew Peroni (Bedford, Mass.); Deny Daniel (Medford, Mass.); Ranjith Zachariah (Medford, Mass.); Kevin Zhang (Braintree, Mass.); Viji Soundar (Richmond); Paul Vest (Bumpass, Mass.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Providing An Interface For Interview Sessions
Patent No. 11816639
In some implementations, a system may establish an interview session between a first client device associated with an interviewer and a second client device associated with a candidate. The system may transmit, to the first client device associated with the interviewer, a first user interface during the interview session between the first client device and the second client device. The system may transmit, to the second client device associated with the candidate, a second user interface during the interview session between the first client device and the second client device. The system may receive, from the first client device, the feedback associated with the interview session. The system may transmit, to a human resource system, the feedback to enable a hiring recommendation regarding whether to offer the position associated with the interview session to the candidate.
Inventors: Jonathan T. Shea (Ashland, Va.); Steven Coulbourne (Haymarket, Va.); Jamie Taylor (Chesterfield, Va.); Abigail Greene (San Francisco, Calif.); Deepak Shanmukha Rama (Sunnyvale, Calif.); Krishna Bogavelli (Herndon, Va.); Elizabeth Ashley Binns (Richmond); William Giles (Rhome, Texas)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Durable Magnet Wires And Lubricating Fluids For Electric And Hybrid Vehicle Applications
Patent No. 11814599
The present disclosure relates to a driveline for an electric or hybrid-electric vehicle including an electric motor with an insulated magnet wire and a lubricating and cooling fluid configured to maintain the durability of the magnet wire.
Inventors: Piotr Grzyska (Mechanicsville, Va.); Yungwan Kwak (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Nov. 11, 2023
Capsules Including Internal Heaters, Heat-not-burn (HNB) Aerosol-generating Devices, And Methods Of Generating An Aerosol
Patent No. 11812785
A capsule for a heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating device may include a housing and a heater within the housing. The housing has interior surfaces defining a chamber configured to hold an aerosol-forming substrate. In addition, the housing has exterior surfaces constituting a first face, an opposing second face, and a side face of the capsule. The first face and the second face of the capsule are permeable to an aerosol. The heater has a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section. The first end section and the second end section of the heater may be external segments constituting parts of the side face of the capsule. The intermediate section of the heater is an internal segment disposed within the chamber of the housing.
Inventors: Zack Blackmon (Williamsburg, Va.); Patrick Good (Richmond); Rangaraj S. Sundar (Midlothian, Va.); Jarrett Keen (Richmond); Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.); Dean Twite (London, Great Britain); Guy Moseley (Cambridge, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 14, 2023
Nitric Oxide-releasing 3D-printing Compositions And Uses Thereof
Patent No. 11814519
A nitric oxide-releasing 3D printing ink is described for its composition and uses in fabricating a plurality of types of nitric oxide-releasing medical devices. The printing ink composition comprises a mixture of at least one nitric oxide donor and at least one polymer. The nitric oxide-releasing medical device is manufactured by 3D printing technology and provides antimicrobial and/or antithrombus effects by releasing nitric oxide in the presence of moisture.
Inventors: Xuewei Wang (Henrico, Va.); Hong Zhao (Glen Allen, Va.); Yuanhang Yang (Richmond); Wuwei Li (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Nov. 14, 2023
Apparatuses And Methods For Loading Containers With Products
Patent No. 11814203
At least one example embodiment relates to a system for filling a plurality of containers with oral products. The system comprises a container station and a shuttle assembly. The container station is configured to provide a plurality of containers. The shuttle assembly is configured to move between a first shuttle position to receive a plurality of oral products and a second shuttle position to deposit the oral products into the containers. At least one example embodiment relates to a method of filling a plurality of containers with oral products.
Inventors: Travis Martin Garthaffner (Midlothian, Va.); Tamika Murrell (Richmond); Ahmet Ercelebi (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 14, 2023
Sensor Receiver Having A Rydberg Cell With A Plurality Of Excitation Sources And Associated Methods
Patent No. 11815538
A sensor receiver may include a Rydberg cell configured to be exposed to a radio frequency (RF) signal, and a probe source configured to generate a plurality of spaced apart pulsed probe beams within the Rydberg cell. The pulsed probe beams may be offset in time from one another. A plurality of excitation sources may be coupled to the Rydberg cell. A detector may be positioned downstream from the Rydberg cell.
Inventors: Victor G. Bucklew (Richmond); Jerrod Langston (West Melbourne,
Fla.); James Drakes (Occoquan, Va.); Samuel H. Knarr (Melbourne, Fla.)
Assignee: Eagle Technology (Melbourne, Fla.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Systems And Methods For Providing Cash Redemption To A Third Party
Patent No. 11816647
A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of a method. Upon receiving a request to provide cash redemption to a third party from a provider client terminal, the system may allocate an amount of cash to a temporary financial account and generate a temporary access code that may be used to access the cash in the temporary financial account. The system may transmit the temporary access code to a recipient client terminal and upon an ATM terminal’s receipt of the input access code, the system may authorize the withdrawal of the amount of cash.
Inventors: Angela Baber (Richmond); Peter Davey (Powhatan, Va.); Abhinav Agrawal (Philadelphia, Penn.); Walter Avery Miller (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Methods And Machines For Pouching Smokeless Tobacco And Tobacco Substitute Products
Patent No. 11812776
A melt-blown fabric for pouching smokeless tobacco or a smokeless tobacco substitute can include melt-blown polymer fibers. The fabric can have a basis weight of less than 30 gsm and a tensile strength of at least 4 mJ in at least one predetermined direction. Method of making the fabric can include melt-blowing a polymeric material against a support surface and bonding the fibers or arranging them in a predetermined orientation. Pouched smokeless tobacco or tobacco substitute products including the fabrics provided herein can provide desirable flavor and tactile experience.
Inventors: Andrew Nathan Carroll (Chester, Va.); Shannon Maxwell Black (Richmond); Yan Helen Sun (Midlothian, Va.); William J. Burke (Nashville, Tenn.); Christopher Joseph Dinovi (Ruther Glen, Va.); David Phillips (Richmond); Jason Andrew Macko (Richmond); Robert Smith (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 14, 2023
Dependency Tracking Using Application Layer And Network Layer Information
Patent No. 11818010
Disclosed herein are systems, products, and/or methods for determining a dependency between a task and a hardware component executing the task. The method may include: accessing an execution log storing information related to a plurality of tasks, each task of the plurality of tasks being executed by a respective computing device of a plurality of computing devices distributed across a network architecture; identifying a task of the plurality of tasks to obtain application layer information of the identified task; determining which respective computing device executed the identified task to obtain network layer information of the respective computing device; generating a dependency map illustrating a relationship between the identified task and the respective computing device that executed the identified task, the relationship including the application layer information and the network layer information; and displaying, using an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) on a user device, the dependency map.
Inventors: Manideep Kantamneni (Henrico, Va.); Brandon Clodius (Richmond); Venkat Yashwanth Gunapati (Ashburn, Va.); Naveen Bansal (Glen Allen, Va.); Tariq Bhatti (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Systems, Devices And Methods For Implantable Neuromodulation Stimulation
Patent No. 11813467
The present invention comprises implantable neuromodulation systems and methods comprising a protective pouch that at least partially encases an implantable pulse generator prior to implanting in a patient and is adapted to be secured within the surgical site. A lead placement tool configured to receive an electrical lead(s) along at least part of the length of the tool within an open channel or groove to assist in placing electrical leads at the desired target. The lead placement tool may have at least one, or two, angles that provide a bend or angle between first and/or second end regions relative to a straight central region and an open channel along at least one of these regions. A harness for receiving and protecting at least a portion of the length of electrical leads in operative communication with an implantable pulse generator is provided. The harness is adapted to be secured within the surgical site.
Inventors: Gregory F. Molnar (Blaine, Minn.); Nazmi Peyman (Glen Allen, Va.); Kari W. Wright (Minneapolis, Minn.); Justin D. Zenanko (Minnestrista, Minn.); Beth A. Lindborg (St. Paul, Minn.); Kathleen W. Hill (St. Paul, Minn.); Kyle R. Grube (Minneapolis, Minn.); Michael C. Park (Excelsior, Minn.); Matthew A. Hunt (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Assignee: SynerFuse (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Selecting A Target Queue For An Electronic Communication
Patent No. 11818294
In some implementations, a cloud computing system that executes a function may receive an indication of an electronic communication to occur between a customer and an agent. The cloud computing system that executes the function may determine a classification of the electronic communication based on a first set of rules stored in a database of the cloud computing system and attributes associated with the electronic communication. The cloud computing system that executes the function may select, based on the classification of the electronic communication, a target queue from a plurality of potential queues to be associated with the electronic communication based on a second set of rules stored in the database. The cloud computing system that executes the function may select the agent from a plurality of potential agents for the electronic communication based on an association between the agent and the target queue.
Inventors: Selvakannan Dhandapani (Glen Allen, Va.); Srividya Bodduluri (Glen Allen, Va.); Gregory C. Deignan (Midlothian, Va.); Casey M. Minner (Brightwood, Va.); Christine H. Lindsey (Midlothian, Va.); Narasimhan Mepperia (Moseley, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Methods Of Treating Water With Powder Activated Carbon To Reduce Organic Matter Content
Patent No. 11814307
Methods are described that reduce the amount of organic matter in water, including reducing an amount of total organic carbon in water. The method includes adding powder activated carbon to the water; mixing the powder activated carbon in the water; and separating the powder activated carbon from the water. Also described are a method for reducing glycol content in water containing glycols, and a method for reducing glycol content in a steel mill wastewater stream containing glycols.
Inventor: Douglas A. Godwin (Fairhope, Alaska)
Assignee: Chemtreat (Glen Allen, Va.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Subsea Hydrocarbon Flowline System And Related Method And Use
Patent No. 11814929
A subsea hydrocarbon flowline system (300) is disclosed. The flowline system has a hydrocarbon flowline (302); an electric trace heating system (304) arranged along at least a part-length of the flowline to control the temperature of hydrocarbon fluid flowing in the flowline; and a power input connector (Pin) configured for receiving electrical power from an electrical power providing system for powering the electric trace heating system. The electric trace heating system has a first three-phase trace heating cable (C′) and a second three-phase trace heating cable (C″), each trace heating cable extending between the power input connector and a cable termination (T′; T″) where phase conduits (L1′, L2′, L3′; L1″, L2″, L3″) of the trace heating cable are Y-connected and terminate in a neutral connection point (L.sub.N′; L.sub.N″). Further, the flowline system has a power output connector (Pout) for providing electrical power to a subsea hydrocarbon production system; a first electrical conduit (306′) extending between the neutral connection point of the cable termination of the first trace heating cable and the power output connector; and a second electrical conduit (306″) extending between the neutral connection point of the cable termination of the second trace heating cable and the power output connector, wherein the first and the second electrical conduits are electrically accessible at the power output connector for powering the subsea hydrocarbon production system.
Inventors: Sigurd Moe (Kongsberg, Norway); Rafael Taouil (Le Pecq, France); Jonny Emil Andersson (Kongsberg, Norway); Nicholas Gatherar (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
Nov. 14, 2023
Using Common Identifiers Related To Location To Link Fraud Across Mobile Devices
Patent No. 11818126
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and devices for countering fraudulent transactions by identifying devices associated with fraudulent activity. Examples relate to a system which compares identification parameters of devices associated with fraudulent activity, directly or indirectly, to identification parameters of a particular device. Based on the comparison, a confidence score may be generated may relate to the risk of fraud associated with that device. In some examples, the system may challenge a user with additionally security questions if the confidence score associated with a device indicates an increased risk of fraud.
Inventors: Lawrence H. Douglas (McLean, Va.); Eric Volles (Mechanicsville, Va.); Ya Liu (Arlington, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Phosphorylated Dispersants In Fluids For Electric Vehicles
Patent No. 11820956
The present disclosure relates to a lubricating fluid for an electric motor system and a method of lubricating gears and cooling a motor in an electric motor system. In particular, the disclosed technology relates to a lubricating fluid, for use in electric motor vehicle, comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and at least one phosphorylated dispersant exhibiting increased resistivity after aging.
Inventors: Tsuneo Adachi (Tsukuba, Japan); Lesley Schmid (Richmond); Hideaki Mitsui (Atsugi, Japan); Christopher Cleveland (Richmond); Atanu Adhvaryu (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Nov. 21. 2023
Hose Support Assembly
Patent No. 11821551
A hose support assembly for supporting a hose. The hose support assembly includes a series of panels that are connected together by links. The assembly is adjustable between an extended orientation to support the hose, and a folded orientation for storage when not in use. The panels are configured such that the assembly supports the hose at a decreasing height above the ground to facilitate drainage of fluids in the hose.
Inventors: Bruce Seymour Ferris (Richmond); Kristin Schmidt (Charlottesville, Va.)
Assignee: ETN Capital (Sandford, N.C.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Outstanding Check Alert
Patent No. 11823287
Systems as described herein generate an outstanding check alert. An alert generating server may receive transaction records associated with a plurality of checking accounts. The alert generating server may user a first machine learning classifier to determine a transaction pattern indicating a merchant has failed to process outstanding checks for a period of time. The alert generating server may receive sequential check information comprising at least one missing check number associated with a particular checking account. The alert generating server may user a second machine learning classifier to determine at least one outstanding check associated with the particular checking account. The alert generating server may send an alert indicating the at least one outstanding check to a user device.
Inventor: Kevin Lowe (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Electrically Heated Smoking System
Patent No. 11819063
An electrically heated smoking system includes a secondary unit capable of receiving a smoking article having an aerosol-forming substrate. The secondary unit includes at least one heating element and an interface for connection to a primary power supply for supplying electrical power to the at least one heating element during a pre-heating mode, to increase the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate to an operating temperature. The secondary unit further includes a secondary power supply arranged to supply electrical power to the at least one heating element during a smoking mode, to maintain the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate at substantially the operating temperature. The secondary unit also includes secondary circuitry. The electrically heated smoking system optionally includes a primary unit.
Inventors: Felix Fernando (Berkshire, Great Britain); Marc-Robert Chemla (Aubonne, Switzerland); Fredrik Stahle (Vevey, Switzerland)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Nov. 21, 2023
Box Blank
Patent No 11820547
A box blank useful for forming a container includes a first layer including paperboard, a second layer including a paper layer and a foil layer, and an adhesive layer adhering the first layer to the second layer. The foil layer is between the paperboard and the paper layer.
Inventors: Stephen Bellamah (Richmond); James S. Bigelow (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 21, 2023
E-vaping Cartridge
Patent No. 11825566
The e-vaping cartridge includes a first tube extending in a longitudinal direction, the first tube defining a first channel with a first end and a second end, a heater traversing a portion of the first end of the first channel, the heater being configured to heat a pre-vapor formulation to form a vapor, and a hydrogel spaced apart from the second end of the first channel, the hydrogel being a colloidal dispersion including at least one first flavorant.
Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.); Shaoyong Yu (Glen Allen, Va.); Raymond W. Lau (Richmond); Pauline Marcq (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 21, 2023
Graphical User Interface Enabling Interactive Visualizations Using A Meta-database Constructed From Autonomously Scanned Disparate And Heterogeneous Sources
Patent No. 11822564
A system for interfacing with a meta-database representing data from a plurality of source databases. A key variable repository module operably couples the databases and includes an AI program with a scanner algorithm and a profiler algorithm. The scanner algorithm receives the source data from a source interface, compresses the data, and synchronizes the data with the meta-data using a meta-database interface. The profiler algorithm receives the meta-data from the meta-database interface, generates granular data types for the meta-data, determines variables indicative of the meta-data, generates variable probability distributions, produces variable associations, and modifies the meta-database to include the probability distributions and associations using the meta-data interface. A graphical user interface allows for generating a representation of a location of data associated with a user identified variable with the source databases, the probability distribution for the user identified variable, or any associations for the user identified variable.
Inventors: Peter Council (Richmond); Kenneth William Cluff (Powhatan, Va.); Glenn Thomas Nofsinger (Reva, Va.); James Xu (Raleigh, N.C.); Qing Li (Cary, N.C.)
Assignee: Truist Bank (Charlotte, N.C.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Extruded Mat
Patent No. 11821214
A drainage component having a continuous, extruded mat having an upper face and a lower face. The mat includes a plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures, each structure spaced from all adjacent structures, and the plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures are provided in a plurality of linear rows or columns in a first direction.
Inventors: Lori C. Hascher (Candler, N.C.); James E. Mathis (Candler, N.C.); W. Allan Wingfield (Candler, N.C.); Wazir Nobbee (Richmond); Rupa Kibbe (Wilmington, Del.)
Assignee: Low & Bonar (Candler, N.C.) & E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Co. (Wilmington, Del.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Cigarette Maker
Patent No. 11819050
A system for manufacturing cigarettes is provided. The system can include an easily removable and/or replaceable metering device that use a cavity drum to dispense a filler material, a modular garniture format parts bank that can be removed and replaced as a single unit from the cigarette manufacturing machinery, and a cutter head having components operated with a single motor that turns a spline shaft.
Inventors: Michael Daniek (Richmond); Shengji Yang (Richmond); Hamid Atai (Richmond)
Assignee: Korber Technologies (Richmond)
Nov. 21, 2023
Method Of Making Device With Aligning Element And Consumables
Patent No. 11819056
The method includes first defining chambers within a housing, the chambers including a first chamber and a second chamber, providing at least one aligning element within the housing, the at least one aligning element being configured to align a first consumable and a second consumable in a fixed orientation within the first chamber and the second chamber, respectively; and configuring a mouthpiece to be selectively connected to the housing on a first side of the chambers in at least a first position or a second position, the first position aligning an inlet opening of the mouthpiece to direct at least one first airflow in a first direction through the first chamber while circumventing the second chamber, the second position aligning the inlet opening to direct the at least one first airflow in the first direction through the second chamber while circumventing the first chamber.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 21, 2023
Electronic Smoking Article
Patent No. 11819059
An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply region including liquid material and a heater-wick element operable to wick liquid material and heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol. The heater-wick element comprises a plurality of fused metal beads or particles.
Inventors: Jason Andrew Macko (Richmond); James Anthony Skapars (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 21, 2023
Aerosol Sprayers And Methods Of Using The Same
Patent No. 11820584
An aerosol sprayer may be connected to an aerosol container to form an aerosol delivery system. The aerosol sprayer includes a base secured to the container, a cap secured to the base, a pivoting trigger and a sliding nozzle body with an integrated nozzle/manifold which is slidably movable relative to the trigger between an extended operable position and a retracted, locked position. The nozzle includes flexible articulating wall structures adjacent to the manifold to accommodate movement of the nozzle body. The nozzle and trigger have interfitting locking structures to prevent actuation of the trigger when the nozzle is in the retracted locked position.
Inventor: Jacob VanBecelaere (Olathe, Kan.)
Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corp. (Richmond)
Nov. 21, 2023
Composite Structural Board And Wall Systems Containing Same
Patent 11821220
A composite structural board having a structural board and a water-resistant barrier (WRB) sheet, and a wall system comprising same, wherein a face of the structural board is discontinuously attached to the inner face of the WRB sheet solely by a first adhesive, the WRB sheet fully covering the face of the structural board; wherein the unattached areas between the face of the structural board and the inner face of the WRB sheet define paths by which a liquid can move between the face of the structural board and the inner face of the WRB sheet; in some instances the WRB sheet material extends beyond at least one edge of the structural board forming a WRB sheet flap.
Inventors: Wazir Nobbee (Chesterfield, Va.); Jesse C. Thrower II (Midlothian, Va.); James Dean Katsaros (Midlothian, Va.); Stephane Costeux (Midlland, Mich.); John Neill (Bristol, Great Britain); William Brian Lieburn (Plain City, Ohio); Bryn Thomas (Bristol, Great Britain)
Assignee: Dupont Safety & Construction (Wilmington, Del.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Automated Management Of A Shipping System
Patent No. 11823119
A method/system is provided for automatically managing a shipping system, including receiving trip information for a plurality of trips requested by at least one shipper and receiving get-load requests associated with a plurality of carriers to participate in an assignment process to be assigned to execute one or more of the trips. The method further includes tentatively assigning a carrier identified by a get-load request to a trip, triggering a determination whether an EL requirement for the trip is satisfied by an amount of original EL indicated for the carrier, and if not satisfied, requesting adequate immediate digital provision of EL trip coverage for the carrier, only assigning the carrier to the trip after receiving confirmation that the EL trip coverage can be immediately and digitally obtained, and otherwise blocking the get-load request associated with the carrier from participating in an assignment process to be assigned to the trip and/or other equivalent trips.
Inventors: Thomas C. Bredahl (Darien, Conn.); Kenneth Russo (Iselin, N.J.); Thomas Kuriakose (Glen Allen, Va.); Luigi Pedalino (Cedar Knolls, N.J.); Matthew Gauthier (Pingree Grove, Ill.); Jeffrey Norman Roth (Mountain Lakes, N.J.)
Assignee: United States Fire Insurance Co. (Morristown, N.J.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Consolidated Data Restoration Framework
Patent No. 11822435
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for identifying occurrence of events and performing one or more actions to mitigate the impacts of the events. The system is configured for gathering data from one or more data sources of an entity, generating dataflows using the data gathered from the one or more data sources, identifying an anomaly based on one or more indicators and the dataflows, determining occurrence of an event and generating one or more propagation models associated with the event, performing event impact analysis based on the one or more propagation models, perform one or more actions to contain the event based on the one or more propagation models, identifying a last good copy of data based on the data gathered from the one or more data sources, retrieving the last good copy of data, and restoring the last good copy of data.
Inventors: Christopher Emmanuel Huntley (Huntersville, N.C.); Musa Ajakaiye (Harrisburg, N.C.); Prasad V. Annadata (St. Augustine, Fla.); Dnyanesh P. Ballikar (St. Johns, Fla.); Sina Bauer (Charlotte, N.C.); Jason Kenneth Bellew (Charlotte, N.C.); Timothy John Bendel (Charlotte, N.C.); Michelle Andrea Boston (Richardson, Texas); Lisa Julia Brown (Charlotte, N.C.); Robin J. Buck (West Paul Beach, Fla.); Brian C. Busch (Charlotte, N.C.); Salvatore Michael Certo (Charlotte, N.C.); Ramesh Naidu Chatta (Charlotte, N.C.); Lisa Michelle Cook (Charlotte, N.C.); Joseph Corbett (Matthews, N.C.); Joseph Seth Cushing (Charlotte, N.C.); Steven Paul Davidson (Waxhaw, N.C.); Shailesh Deshpande (Glen Allen, Va.); Sevara Ergasheva (Charlotte, N.C.): Maria Ervin (Charlotte, N.C.); James Wilson Foy Jr. (Gastonia, N.C.); Noel Mary Fuller (Charlotte, N.C.); Benjamin Judson Gaines III (Charlotte, N.C.); Candace Gordon (Jacksonville, Fla.); Jesse Antonio Hernandez (Denver, N.C.); Christine Hoagland (Belmont, N.C.); Robert Charles Hoard (Lincoln, R.I.); Michael Spiro Karafotis (Glen Allen, Va.); Wesley Keville (Charlotte, N.C.); Sandip Kumar (Matthews, N.C.); Terri Dorinda Lail (Denver, N.C.); Mukesh Maraj (Fort Mill, S.C.); Wyatt Edward Maxey (Charlotte, N.C.); Dari Ann Mckenzie (Charlotte, N.C.); Ashley Meadows (Charlotte, N.C.); Heather Newell (Harrisburg, N.C.); Conor Mitchell Liam Nodzak (Charlotte, N.C.); Kenyell Javon Ollie (McKinney, Texas); Jayshree G. Patel (Monroe Township, N.J.); David John Perro (Mooresville, N.C.); Nivetha Raghavan (Matthews, N.C.); Nikhil Ram (Huntersville, N.C.); Tara Michel Ramirez (Jacksonville, Fla.); Laurie Readhead (Charlotte, N.C.); Mary Kathleen Riley (Denver, N.C.); Elizabeth Rachel Rock (Prescott, Ariz.); Angela Dawn Roose (Mooresville, N.C.); Sanjay Singeetham (Frisco, Texas); Kyle S. Sorensen (Huntersville, N.C.); Shreyas Srinivas (Charlotte, N.C.); Constance Jones Suarez (Charlotte, N.C.); Viresh Taskar (Charlotte, N.C.); Linda Trent (Concord, N.C.); Sachin Varule (Concord, N.C.); Bradley Walton (Clover, S.C.); Christie M. Weekley (Oakboro, N.C.); Yvette Alston (Charlotte, N.C.); Ravindra Bandaru (Charlotte, N.C.); Carmen R. Barnhill (Charotte, N.C.); Jamie Gilchrist (Charlotte, N.C.); Namrata Kaushik (Charlotte, N.C.); Fernando A. Maisonett (Charlotte, N.C.)
Assignee: Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Chat Communication Support Assistants
Patent No. 11824820
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums which provide for an agent support application with a plurality of plug-in communication support assistants. Each of the plurality of plug-in communication support assistants monitors communications between the agents and customers for different conversational triggers. Conversational triggers may be any conversation, either by the agent or the customer, that the communication support assistant is trained to detect. Upon detecting one of these conversational triggers, the plug-in communication support assistant provides one or more suggestions to the agent.
Inventors: Kimarie Pike Matthews (Burlingame, Calif.); Richard Castanho (Rutherfordton, N.C.); Germaine S. Chee (Mill Valley, Calif.); Robin J. Cusimano (San Francisco, Calif.); Brett D. Ehrlich (San Carlos, Calif.); Tyua Larsen Fraser (Livermore, Calif.); Colleen Reardon Graham (Mooresville, N.C.); Scott Gregory Hill (Midlothian, Va.); James W. Pedersen (Gilbert, Ariz.); Timothy J. Shipman (San Francisco, Calif.)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, Calif.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Dispersants Derived From Aromatic Polyamines, Lubricants, And Methods
Patent No. 11820955
Compositions, including dispersants, derived from substituted succinic anhydrides and aromatic polyamines. Methods for making compositions, the methods including contacting a substituted succinic anhydride and an aromatic polyamine. Lubricants that include a composition derived from a substituted succinic anhydride and an aromatic polyamine. Methods for improving soot performance.
Inventors: Jeffrey A. Crow (Midlothian, Va.); Xingguo R. Chen (Henrico, Va.); Troy R. Haynes (Midlothian, Va.); Brennan William Balzer (Midlothian, Va.); Brian Joseph Cereghino (Danville, Va.)
Assignee: International Petroleum Products & Additives Co. (Dublin, Calif.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Oral Care Implement Having Multiple Soft Tissue Cleaner Components
Patent No. 11819113
An oral care implement with a soft tissue cleaner. The oral care implement may include a handle and a head, the head having a first surface, and an opposite second surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the first and second surfaces. A soft tissue cleaner may have a first cleaner fixed to the second surface of the head and a second cleaner fixed to the peripheral surface of the head. Furthermore, the second cleaner may incorporate a plurality of grooves extending at least a portion of the distance from the first surface to the second surface along the peripheral surface.
Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez (Manalapan, N.J.); Michael Rooney (Millburn, N.J.); o (Manakin-Sabot, Va.); Jacob Pringlers (Colombo, Sri Lanka); Luca Casini (Milan, Italy); Joachim Storz (Zell am See, Austria); Raimund Klausegger (Vienna, Austria)
Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Nov. 21, 2023
System And Method For Achieving Goals
Patent No. 11809431
A system, method, server, and computer readable medium for tracking goal progression. Input is received establishing one or more clients. The one or more clients are individuals receiving treatment or assistance. Each of the one or more clients are assigned to one or more providers in response to selections from an administrator. The one or more providers include at least individuals available to treat or assist each of the one or more clients and one or more biometric devices associated with the one or more clients. Goals are established for each of the one or more clients. Data associated with each of the one or more clients is compiled as received from the one or more providers in the server. A determination is made where the goals are being met in response to the thresholds for the compiled data. Alerts are automatically communicated in response to the compiled data varying from a threshold to become significant for one of the one or more clients.
Inventors: Nathaniel T. Bradley (Tucson, Ariz.); James Gaynor (Winchester, Va.); Joshua A. Paugh (Tucson, Ariz.); Paul Arena (Malibu, Calif.); Lisa A. Marshall (Richmond)
Assignee: Data Health Partners (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Nov. 7, 2023
System, Device And Method For Stable Airway Management
Patent No. 11806285
Embodiments of a device facilitate controlled positioning and manipulation of an individual’s relative head, neck and jaw positions to facilitate stable airway management. In various embodiments, the device includes a base to which support arms are movably attached. A thrust arm is movably attached to each support arm and a jaw disc is attached to each thrust arm and adapted for rotation in accommodating various shapes and sizes of patient jaws.
Inventors: William L. Welter (Richmond); Vishal Yajnik (Richmond); David Joshua Cohen (Richmond)
Assignee: Stable Airway Management (Richmond)
Nov. .7, 2023
Lubricating Compositions For Reduced High Temperature Deposits
Patent No. 11807827
This disclosure describes blends of detergent and antiwear lubricating additives and lubricants including such additive blends effective to reduce high-temperature deposits, and in particular, high-temperature deposits in low ash compositions.
Inventor: Kenneth Garelick (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Nov. 7, 2023
Methods And Systems For Connecting Data With Non-standardized Schemas In Connected Graph Data Exchanges
Patent No. 11809398
Methods and systems for connecting data with non-standardized schemas in connected graph data exchanges. For example, the system generates a custom data structure corresponding to a user identifier for a user profile that includes pointers between user profile attributes (e.g., individual fields/categories within the user profile) and existing assets in a connected graph (e.g., an existing application, software profile for an application, data set, connections, etc.). The system then connects the custom data structure corresponding to the user identifier to the existing assets in the connected graph.
Inventors: Gaurav Singh (Glen Allen, Va.); Richard Ferrara (Chesterfield, Va.); Pankaj Singh (Glen Allen, Va.); Christopher Wilcoxen (Henrico, Va.); Felix Hidaldo (Henrico, Va.);Rangarajan Lakshminarayanachar (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 7, 2023
Ballasted Clarification System
Patent No. 11807558
In general, the present invention is directed to systems and methods of providing improved ballasted clarification systems for the treatment of water or wastewater. In accordance with some embodiments, a method may include introducing an influent including the water or wastewater and a coagulant; agitating or mixing the influent causing flocs to develop; introducing polymer and ballast wherein the ballast has an aspect ratio of less than 1.15; agitating or mixing the influent causing the ballast to move through the influent and penetrate the flocs; agitation or mixing the flocs to cause larger flocs to form through collision of smaller flocs among the flocs; providing the influent into a clarifying tank having a bottom and a top, wherein the ballast particles in flocs cause the flocs to settle to the bottom of the clarifier; and outputting an effluent from the top of the clarifying tank.
Inventors: Peter Temple Ballard (Glen Allen, Va.); Raed Labban (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Suez International (Paris la Defense, France)
Nov. 7, 2023
Universal Pre-processor For Extracting And Joining Data
Patent No. 11809440
In some implementations, a device may receive a first data set configuration and a second data set configuration. The device may receive a first set of input data sets based on the first data set configuration and a second set of input data sets based on the second data set configuration. The device may process, by executing a single set of executable code and based on the first data set configuration, the first set of input data sets. The device may process, by executing the single set of executable code and based on the second one or more parameters, the second data set configuration. The device may generate a first output file based on the desired data from the first set of input data sets. The device may generate a second output file based on the desired data from the second set of input data sets.
Inventor: Jemima Samuel (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 7, 2023
Audience Segmentation Prioritization In Support Of Personalization For Automated Message Generation
Patent No. 11811713
A message generating system disseminates to each of multiple user devices first information items each associated with at least a respective one of multiple services made available by a first entity. When access indicative signals are received via a network connection, each prompted by a respective one of the user devices accessing at least one of the first information items, the system stores a respective awareness-stage record for each received access indicative signal, thereby recording that the respective user entity accessed at least one of the first information items. For each user entity for which a respective awareness-stage record is stored, a second item is generated and sent including information of a particular service associated with at least one first information item. User entities for which a second item was not generated are excluded as having not accessed a first item. The exclusion reduces data traffic on the network connection.
Inventors: David Wright (Roswell, Ga.); David Pham (Acworth, Ga.); Adam Thomas Lewis (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Truist Bank (Charlotte, N.C.)
Nov. 7, 2023
Frozen Product Machine
Patent No. 11806789
A frozen product machine that solves problems associated with conventional home ice cream and frozen product machines by prevents loss of product in the chamber and decreases freezing time for a liquid product. A cooling chamber is cooled by a cooling element that provides variable cooling temperatures throughout the cooling chamber. A temperature gradient, progressing from lower temperatures at the bottom of the chamber, or the outlet, to higher at the top of the chamber, or inlet, create a more efficient means of cooling a frozen product. An auger, that may be shaped to match the shape of the cooling chamber may include slots that allow for controlled flow of frozen product through the chamber to promote efficient cooling. Hinged fins may rotate from open to closed within the slot to further enhance flow of frozen product through the frozen product machine.
Inventors: Lindsay Springer (West Seneca, N.Y.); Robert J. Susz (Caledonia, N.Y.); Ray Dudenhoeffer (Buffalo, N.Y.); Donkeun Park (Henrico, Va.); Don Yuhong Park (Henrico, Va.); Dov Glucksman (Winchester, Mass.)
Assignee: Steuben Foods (Elma, N.Y.)
Nov. 7, 2023
System And Method For Card Present Account Provisioning
Patent No. 11810123
In a method for provisioning account information of a payment card, user datum encryption information is transmitted to a transaction data processing system. A user datum encrypted using the user datum encryption information and a request to share account provisioning information is received from the transaction data processing system when the payment card is present by a user at the transaction data processing system. A user account associated with the payment card is determined and the user of the payment card is authenticated. A request for confirmation that the account provisioning information should be shared is sent to a user device associated with the user account and a confirmation response is received from the user device that includes permission to share account provisioning information. Account provisioning information is then transmitted to the transaction data processing system.
Inventors: Lawrence Douglas (McLean, Va.); Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Jackson Macomber (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 7, 2023
System For Suggesting Words, Phrases, Or Entities To Complete Sequences In Risk Control Documents
Patent No. 11816422
Embodiments disclosed are directed to a computing system that performs steps to automatically suggest a word, phrase, or entity to complete a sequence in a risk control document. The computing system classifies, by a generative machine learning (ML) model, risk control features associated with phrases in a risk control document. The computing system then generates, by the generative ML model and based on the classified risk control features, suggested words, phrases, or entities to complete a sequence following a cursor position in the risk control document. The computing system then corrects, by a discriminative natural language processing (NLP) model with domain specific knowledge, the suggested words, phrases, or entities. Subsequently, the computing system generates, by a discriminative predictor system, an encoded sequence of word, phrase, or entity suggestions based on the cursor position, the classified risk control features, and the corrected suggested words, phrases, or entities.
Inventors: Peter Tanski (Marborough, Mass.); Matthew Peroni (Bedford, Mass.); Deny Daniel (Medford, Mass.); Ranjith Zachariah (Medford, Mass.); Kevin Zhang (Braintree, Mass.); Viji Soundar (Richmond); Paul Vest (Bumpass, Mass.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Providing An Interface For Interview Sessions
Patent No. 11816639
In some implementations, a system may establish an interview session between a first client device associated with an interviewer and a second client device associated with a candidate. The system may transmit, to the first client device associated with the interviewer, a first user interface during the interview session between the first client device and the second client device. The system may transmit, to the second client device associated with the candidate, a second user interface during the interview session between the first client device and the second client device. The system may receive, from the first client device, the feedback associated with the interview session. The system may transmit, to a human resource system, the feedback to enable a hiring recommendation regarding whether to offer the position associated with the interview session to the candidate.
Inventors: Jonathan T. Shea (Ashland, Va.); Steven Coulbourne (Haymarket, Va.); Jamie Taylor (Chesterfield, Va.); Abigail Greene (San Francisco, Calif.); Deepak Shanmukha Rama (Sunnyvale, Calif.); Krishna Bogavelli (Herndon, Va.); Elizabeth Ashley Binns (Richmond); William Giles (Rhome, Texas)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Durable Magnet Wires And Lubricating Fluids For Electric And Hybrid Vehicle Applications
Patent No. 11814599
The present disclosure relates to a driveline for an electric or hybrid-electric vehicle including an electric motor with an insulated magnet wire and a lubricating and cooling fluid configured to maintain the durability of the magnet wire.
Inventors: Piotr Grzyska (Mechanicsville, Va.); Yungwan Kwak (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Nov. 11, 2023
Capsules Including Internal Heaters, Heat-not-burn (HNB) Aerosol-generating Devices, And Methods Of Generating An Aerosol
Patent No. 11812785
A capsule for a heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating device may include a housing and a heater within the housing. The housing has interior surfaces defining a chamber configured to hold an aerosol-forming substrate. In addition, the housing has exterior surfaces constituting a first face, an opposing second face, and a side face of the capsule. The first face and the second face of the capsule are permeable to an aerosol. The heater has a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section. The first end section and the second end section of the heater may be external segments constituting parts of the side face of the capsule. The intermediate section of the heater is an internal segment disposed within the chamber of the housing.
Inventors: Zack Blackmon (Williamsburg, Va.); Patrick Good (Richmond); Rangaraj S. Sundar (Midlothian, Va.); Jarrett Keen (Richmond); Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.); Dean Twite (London, Great Britain); Guy Moseley (Cambridge, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 14, 2023
Nitric Oxide-releasing 3D-printing Compositions And Uses Thereof
Patent No. 11814519
A nitric oxide-releasing 3D printing ink is described for its composition and uses in fabricating a plurality of types of nitric oxide-releasing medical devices. The printing ink composition comprises a mixture of at least one nitric oxide donor and at least one polymer. The nitric oxide-releasing medical device is manufactured by 3D printing technology and provides antimicrobial and/or antithrombus effects by releasing nitric oxide in the presence of moisture.
Inventors: Xuewei Wang (Henrico, Va.); Hong Zhao (Glen Allen, Va.); Yuanhang Yang (Richmond); Wuwei Li (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Nov. 14, 2023
Apparatuses And Methods For Loading Containers With Products
Patent No. 11814203
At least one example embodiment relates to a system for filling a plurality of containers with oral products. The system comprises a container station and a shuttle assembly. The container station is configured to provide a plurality of containers. The shuttle assembly is configured to move between a first shuttle position to receive a plurality of oral products and a second shuttle position to deposit the oral products into the containers. At least one example embodiment relates to a method of filling a plurality of containers with oral products.
Inventors: Travis Martin Garthaffner (Midlothian, Va.); Tamika Murrell (Richmond); Ahmet Ercelebi (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 14, 2023
Sensor Receiver Having A Rydberg Cell With A Plurality Of Excitation Sources And Associated Methods
Patent No. 11815538
A sensor receiver may include a Rydberg cell configured to be exposed to a radio frequency (RF) signal, and a probe source configured to generate a plurality of spaced apart pulsed probe beams within the Rydberg cell. The pulsed probe beams may be offset in time from one another. A plurality of excitation sources may be coupled to the Rydberg cell. A detector may be positioned downstream from the Rydberg cell.
Inventors: Victor G. Bucklew (Richmond); Jerrod Langston (West Melbourne,
Fla.); James Drakes (Occoquan, Va.); Samuel H. Knarr (Melbourne, Fla.)
Assignee: Eagle Technology (Melbourne, Fla.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Systems And Methods For Providing Cash Redemption To A Third Party
Patent No. 11816647
A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of a method. Upon receiving a request to provide cash redemption to a third party from a provider client terminal, the system may allocate an amount of cash to a temporary financial account and generate a temporary access code that may be used to access the cash in the temporary financial account. The system may transmit the temporary access code to a recipient client terminal and upon an ATM terminal’s receipt of the input access code, the system may authorize the withdrawal of the amount of cash.
Inventors: Angela Baber (Richmond); Peter Davey (Powhatan, Va.); Abhinav Agrawal (Philadelphia, Penn.); Walter Avery Miller (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Methods And Machines For Pouching Smokeless Tobacco And Tobacco Substitute Products
Patent No. 11812776
A melt-blown fabric for pouching smokeless tobacco or a smokeless tobacco substitute can include melt-blown polymer fibers. The fabric can have a basis weight of less than 30 gsm and a tensile strength of at least 4 mJ in at least one predetermined direction. Method of making the fabric can include melt-blowing a polymeric material against a support surface and bonding the fibers or arranging them in a predetermined orientation. Pouched smokeless tobacco or tobacco substitute products including the fabrics provided herein can provide desirable flavor and tactile experience.
Inventors: Andrew Nathan Carroll (Chester, Va.); Shannon Maxwell Black (Richmond); Yan Helen Sun (Midlothian, Va.); William J. Burke (Nashville, Tenn.); Christopher Joseph Dinovi (Ruther Glen, Va.); David Phillips (Richmond); Jason Andrew Macko (Richmond); Robert Smith (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 14, 2023
Dependency Tracking Using Application Layer And Network Layer Information
Patent No. 11818010
Disclosed herein are systems, products, and/or methods for determining a dependency between a task and a hardware component executing the task. The method may include: accessing an execution log storing information related to a plurality of tasks, each task of the plurality of tasks being executed by a respective computing device of a plurality of computing devices distributed across a network architecture; identifying a task of the plurality of tasks to obtain application layer information of the identified task; determining which respective computing device executed the identified task to obtain network layer information of the respective computing device; generating a dependency map illustrating a relationship between the identified task and the respective computing device that executed the identified task, the relationship including the application layer information and the network layer information; and displaying, using an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) on a user device, the dependency map.
Inventors: Manideep Kantamneni (Henrico, Va.); Brandon Clodius (Richmond); Venkat Yashwanth Gunapati (Ashburn, Va.); Naveen Bansal (Glen Allen, Va.); Tariq Bhatti (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Systems, Devices And Methods For Implantable Neuromodulation Stimulation
Patent No. 11813467
The present invention comprises implantable neuromodulation systems and methods comprising a protective pouch that at least partially encases an implantable pulse generator prior to implanting in a patient and is adapted to be secured within the surgical site. A lead placement tool configured to receive an electrical lead(s) along at least part of the length of the tool within an open channel or groove to assist in placing electrical leads at the desired target. The lead placement tool may have at least one, or two, angles that provide a bend or angle between first and/or second end regions relative to a straight central region and an open channel along at least one of these regions. A harness for receiving and protecting at least a portion of the length of electrical leads in operative communication with an implantable pulse generator is provided. The harness is adapted to be secured within the surgical site.
Inventors: Gregory F. Molnar (Blaine, Minn.); Nazmi Peyman (Glen Allen, Va.); Kari W. Wright (Minneapolis, Minn.); Justin D. Zenanko (Minnestrista, Minn.); Beth A. Lindborg (St. Paul, Minn.); Kathleen W. Hill (St. Paul, Minn.); Kyle R. Grube (Minneapolis, Minn.); Michael C. Park (Excelsior, Minn.); Matthew A. Hunt (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Assignee: SynerFuse (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Selecting A Target Queue For An Electronic Communication
Patent No. 11818294
In some implementations, a cloud computing system that executes a function may receive an indication of an electronic communication to occur between a customer and an agent. The cloud computing system that executes the function may determine a classification of the electronic communication based on a first set of rules stored in a database of the cloud computing system and attributes associated with the electronic communication. The cloud computing system that executes the function may select, based on the classification of the electronic communication, a target queue from a plurality of potential queues to be associated with the electronic communication based on a second set of rules stored in the database. The cloud computing system that executes the function may select the agent from a plurality of potential agents for the electronic communication based on an association between the agent and the target queue.
Inventors: Selvakannan Dhandapani (Glen Allen, Va.); Srividya Bodduluri (Glen Allen, Va.); Gregory C. Deignan (Midlothian, Va.); Casey M. Minner (Brightwood, Va.); Christine H. Lindsey (Midlothian, Va.); Narasimhan Mepperia (Moseley, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Methods Of Treating Water With Powder Activated Carbon To Reduce Organic Matter Content
Patent No. 11814307
Methods are described that reduce the amount of organic matter in water, including reducing an amount of total organic carbon in water. The method includes adding powder activated carbon to the water; mixing the powder activated carbon in the water; and separating the powder activated carbon from the water. Also described are a method for reducing glycol content in water containing glycols, and a method for reducing glycol content in a steel mill wastewater stream containing glycols.
Inventor: Douglas A. Godwin (Fairhope, Alaska)
Assignee: Chemtreat (Glen Allen, Va.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Subsea Hydrocarbon Flowline System And Related Method And Use
Patent No. 11814929
A subsea hydrocarbon flowline system (300) is disclosed. The flowline system has a hydrocarbon flowline (302); an electric trace heating system (304) arranged along at least a part-length of the flowline to control the temperature of hydrocarbon fluid flowing in the flowline; and a power input connector (Pin) configured for receiving electrical power from an electrical power providing system for powering the electric trace heating system. The electric trace heating system has a first three-phase trace heating cable (C′) and a second three-phase trace heating cable (C″), each trace heating cable extending between the power input connector and a cable termination (T′; T″) where phase conduits (L1′, L2′, L3′; L1″, L2″, L3″) of the trace heating cable are Y-connected and terminate in a neutral connection point (L.sub.N′; L.sub.N″). Further, the flowline system has a power output connector (Pout) for providing electrical power to a subsea hydrocarbon production system; a first electrical conduit (306′) extending between the neutral connection point of the cable termination of the first trace heating cable and the power output connector; and a second electrical conduit (306″) extending between the neutral connection point of the cable termination of the second trace heating cable and the power output connector, wherein the first and the second electrical conduits are electrically accessible at the power output connector for powering the subsea hydrocarbon production system.
Inventors: Sigurd Moe (Kongsberg, Norway); Rafael Taouil (Le Pecq, France); Jonny Emil Andersson (Kongsberg, Norway); Nicholas Gatherar (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
Nov. 14, 2023
Using Common Identifiers Related To Location To Link Fraud Across Mobile Devices
Patent No. 11818126
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and devices for countering fraudulent transactions by identifying devices associated with fraudulent activity. Examples relate to a system which compares identification parameters of devices associated with fraudulent activity, directly or indirectly, to identification parameters of a particular device. Based on the comparison, a confidence score may be generated may relate to the risk of fraud associated with that device. In some examples, the system may challenge a user with additionally security questions if the confidence score associated with a device indicates an increased risk of fraud.
Inventors: Lawrence H. Douglas (McLean, Va.); Eric Volles (Mechanicsville, Va.); Ya Liu (Arlington, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 14, 2023
Phosphorylated Dispersants In Fluids For Electric Vehicles
Patent No. 11820956
The present disclosure relates to a lubricating fluid for an electric motor system and a method of lubricating gears and cooling a motor in an electric motor system. In particular, the disclosed technology relates to a lubricating fluid, for use in electric motor vehicle, comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and at least one phosphorylated dispersant exhibiting increased resistivity after aging.
Inventors: Tsuneo Adachi (Tsukuba, Japan); Lesley Schmid (Richmond); Hideaki Mitsui (Atsugi, Japan); Christopher Cleveland (Richmond); Atanu Adhvaryu (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Nov. 21. 2023
Hose Support Assembly
Patent No. 11821551
A hose support assembly for supporting a hose. The hose support assembly includes a series of panels that are connected together by links. The assembly is adjustable between an extended orientation to support the hose, and a folded orientation for storage when not in use. The panels are configured such that the assembly supports the hose at a decreasing height above the ground to facilitate drainage of fluids in the hose.
Inventors: Bruce Seymour Ferris (Richmond); Kristin Schmidt (Charlottesville, Va.)
Assignee: ETN Capital (Sandford, N.C.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Outstanding Check Alert
Patent No. 11823287
Systems as described herein generate an outstanding check alert. An alert generating server may receive transaction records associated with a plurality of checking accounts. The alert generating server may user a first machine learning classifier to determine a transaction pattern indicating a merchant has failed to process outstanding checks for a period of time. The alert generating server may receive sequential check information comprising at least one missing check number associated with a particular checking account. The alert generating server may user a second machine learning classifier to determine at least one outstanding check associated with the particular checking account. The alert generating server may send an alert indicating the at least one outstanding check to a user device.
Inventor: Kevin Lowe (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Electrically Heated Smoking System
Patent No. 11819063
An electrically heated smoking system includes a secondary unit capable of receiving a smoking article having an aerosol-forming substrate. The secondary unit includes at least one heating element and an interface for connection to a primary power supply for supplying electrical power to the at least one heating element during a pre-heating mode, to increase the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate to an operating temperature. The secondary unit further includes a secondary power supply arranged to supply electrical power to the at least one heating element during a smoking mode, to maintain the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate at substantially the operating temperature. The secondary unit also includes secondary circuitry. The electrically heated smoking system optionally includes a primary unit.
Inventors: Felix Fernando (Berkshire, Great Britain); Marc-Robert Chemla (Aubonne, Switzerland); Fredrik Stahle (Vevey, Switzerland)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Nov. 21, 2023
Box Blank
Patent No 11820547
A box blank useful for forming a container includes a first layer including paperboard, a second layer including a paper layer and a foil layer, and an adhesive layer adhering the first layer to the second layer. The foil layer is between the paperboard and the paper layer.
Inventors: Stephen Bellamah (Richmond); James S. Bigelow (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 21, 2023
E-vaping Cartridge
Patent No. 11825566
The e-vaping cartridge includes a first tube extending in a longitudinal direction, the first tube defining a first channel with a first end and a second end, a heater traversing a portion of the first end of the first channel, the heater being configured to heat a pre-vapor formulation to form a vapor, and a hydrogel spaced apart from the second end of the first channel, the hydrogel being a colloidal dispersion including at least one first flavorant.
Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.); Shaoyong Yu (Glen Allen, Va.); Raymond W. Lau (Richmond); Pauline Marcq (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 21, 2023
Graphical User Interface Enabling Interactive Visualizations Using A Meta-database Constructed From Autonomously Scanned Disparate And Heterogeneous Sources
Patent No. 11822564
A system for interfacing with a meta-database representing data from a plurality of source databases. A key variable repository module operably couples the databases and includes an AI program with a scanner algorithm and a profiler algorithm. The scanner algorithm receives the source data from a source interface, compresses the data, and synchronizes the data with the meta-data using a meta-database interface. The profiler algorithm receives the meta-data from the meta-database interface, generates granular data types for the meta-data, determines variables indicative of the meta-data, generates variable probability distributions, produces variable associations, and modifies the meta-database to include the probability distributions and associations using the meta-data interface. A graphical user interface allows for generating a representation of a location of data associated with a user identified variable with the source databases, the probability distribution for the user identified variable, or any associations for the user identified variable.
Inventors: Peter Council (Richmond); Kenneth William Cluff (Powhatan, Va.); Glenn Thomas Nofsinger (Reva, Va.); James Xu (Raleigh, N.C.); Qing Li (Cary, N.C.)
Assignee: Truist Bank (Charlotte, N.C.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Extruded Mat
Patent No. 11821214
A drainage component having a continuous, extruded mat having an upper face and a lower face. The mat includes a plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures, each structure spaced from all adjacent structures, and the plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures are provided in a plurality of linear rows or columns in a first direction.
Inventors: Lori C. Hascher (Candler, N.C.); James E. Mathis (Candler, N.C.); W. Allan Wingfield (Candler, N.C.); Wazir Nobbee (Richmond); Rupa Kibbe (Wilmington, Del.)
Assignee: Low & Bonar (Candler, N.C.) & E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Co. (Wilmington, Del.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Cigarette Maker
Patent No. 11819050
A system for manufacturing cigarettes is provided. The system can include an easily removable and/or replaceable metering device that use a cavity drum to dispense a filler material, a modular garniture format parts bank that can be removed and replaced as a single unit from the cigarette manufacturing machinery, and a cutter head having components operated with a single motor that turns a spline shaft.
Inventors: Michael Daniek (Richmond); Shengji Yang (Richmond); Hamid Atai (Richmond)
Assignee: Korber Technologies (Richmond)
Nov. 21, 2023
Method Of Making Device With Aligning Element And Consumables
Patent No. 11819056
The method includes first defining chambers within a housing, the chambers including a first chamber and a second chamber, providing at least one aligning element within the housing, the at least one aligning element being configured to align a first consumable and a second consumable in a fixed orientation within the first chamber and the second chamber, respectively; and configuring a mouthpiece to be selectively connected to the housing on a first side of the chambers in at least a first position or a second position, the first position aligning an inlet opening of the mouthpiece to direct at least one first airflow in a first direction through the first chamber while circumventing the second chamber, the second position aligning the inlet opening to direct the at least one first airflow in the first direction through the second chamber while circumventing the first chamber.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 21, 2023
Electronic Smoking Article
Patent No. 11819059
An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply region including liquid material and a heater-wick element operable to wick liquid material and heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol. The heater-wick element comprises a plurality of fused metal beads or particles.
Inventors: Jason Andrew Macko (Richmond); James Anthony Skapars (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Nov. 21, 2023
Aerosol Sprayers And Methods Of Using The Same
Patent No. 11820584
An aerosol sprayer may be connected to an aerosol container to form an aerosol delivery system. The aerosol sprayer includes a base secured to the container, a cap secured to the base, a pivoting trigger and a sliding nozzle body with an integrated nozzle/manifold which is slidably movable relative to the trigger between an extended operable position and a retracted, locked position. The nozzle includes flexible articulating wall structures adjacent to the manifold to accommodate movement of the nozzle body. The nozzle and trigger have interfitting locking structures to prevent actuation of the trigger when the nozzle is in the retracted locked position.
Inventor: Jacob VanBecelaere (Olathe, Kan.)
Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corp. (Richmond)
Nov. 21, 2023
Composite Structural Board And Wall Systems Containing Same
Patent 11821220
A composite structural board having a structural board and a water-resistant barrier (WRB) sheet, and a wall system comprising same, wherein a face of the structural board is discontinuously attached to the inner face of the WRB sheet solely by a first adhesive, the WRB sheet fully covering the face of the structural board; wherein the unattached areas between the face of the structural board and the inner face of the WRB sheet define paths by which a liquid can move between the face of the structural board and the inner face of the WRB sheet; in some instances the WRB sheet material extends beyond at least one edge of the structural board forming a WRB sheet flap.
Inventors: Wazir Nobbee (Chesterfield, Va.); Jesse C. Thrower II (Midlothian, Va.); James Dean Katsaros (Midlothian, Va.); Stephane Costeux (Midlland, Mich.); John Neill (Bristol, Great Britain); William Brian Lieburn (Plain City, Ohio); Bryn Thomas (Bristol, Great Britain)
Assignee: Dupont Safety & Construction (Wilmington, Del.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Automated Management Of A Shipping System
Patent No. 11823119
A method/system is provided for automatically managing a shipping system, including receiving trip information for a plurality of trips requested by at least one shipper and receiving get-load requests associated with a plurality of carriers to participate in an assignment process to be assigned to execute one or more of the trips. The method further includes tentatively assigning a carrier identified by a get-load request to a trip, triggering a determination whether an EL requirement for the trip is satisfied by an amount of original EL indicated for the carrier, and if not satisfied, requesting adequate immediate digital provision of EL trip coverage for the carrier, only assigning the carrier to the trip after receiving confirmation that the EL trip coverage can be immediately and digitally obtained, and otherwise blocking the get-load request associated with the carrier from participating in an assignment process to be assigned to the trip and/or other equivalent trips.
Inventors: Thomas C. Bredahl (Darien, Conn.); Kenneth Russo (Iselin, N.J.); Thomas Kuriakose (Glen Allen, Va.); Luigi Pedalino (Cedar Knolls, N.J.); Matthew Gauthier (Pingree Grove, Ill.); Jeffrey Norman Roth (Mountain Lakes, N.J.)
Assignee: United States Fire Insurance Co. (Morristown, N.J.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Consolidated Data Restoration Framework
Patent No. 11822435
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for identifying occurrence of events and performing one or more actions to mitigate the impacts of the events. The system is configured for gathering data from one or more data sources of an entity, generating dataflows using the data gathered from the one or more data sources, identifying an anomaly based on one or more indicators and the dataflows, determining occurrence of an event and generating one or more propagation models associated with the event, performing event impact analysis based on the one or more propagation models, perform one or more actions to contain the event based on the one or more propagation models, identifying a last good copy of data based on the data gathered from the one or more data sources, retrieving the last good copy of data, and restoring the last good copy of data.
Inventors: Christopher Emmanuel Huntley (Huntersville, N.C.); Musa Ajakaiye (Harrisburg, N.C.); Prasad V. Annadata (St. Augustine, Fla.); Dnyanesh P. Ballikar (St. Johns, Fla.); Sina Bauer (Charlotte, N.C.); Jason Kenneth Bellew (Charlotte, N.C.); Timothy John Bendel (Charlotte, N.C.); Michelle Andrea Boston (Richardson, Texas); Lisa Julia Brown (Charlotte, N.C.); Robin J. Buck (West Paul Beach, Fla.); Brian C. Busch (Charlotte, N.C.); Salvatore Michael Certo (Charlotte, N.C.); Ramesh Naidu Chatta (Charlotte, N.C.); Lisa Michelle Cook (Charlotte, N.C.); Joseph Corbett (Matthews, N.C.); Joseph Seth Cushing (Charlotte, N.C.); Steven Paul Davidson (Waxhaw, N.C.); Shailesh Deshpande (Glen Allen, Va.); Sevara Ergasheva (Charlotte, N.C.): Maria Ervin (Charlotte, N.C.); James Wilson Foy Jr. (Gastonia, N.C.); Noel Mary Fuller (Charlotte, N.C.); Benjamin Judson Gaines III (Charlotte, N.C.); Candace Gordon (Jacksonville, Fla.); Jesse Antonio Hernandez (Denver, N.C.); Christine Hoagland (Belmont, N.C.); Robert Charles Hoard (Lincoln, R.I.); Michael Spiro Karafotis (Glen Allen, Va.); Wesley Keville (Charlotte, N.C.); Sandip Kumar (Matthews, N.C.); Terri Dorinda Lail (Denver, N.C.); Mukesh Maraj (Fort Mill, S.C.); Wyatt Edward Maxey (Charlotte, N.C.); Dari Ann Mckenzie (Charlotte, N.C.); Ashley Meadows (Charlotte, N.C.); Heather Newell (Harrisburg, N.C.); Conor Mitchell Liam Nodzak (Charlotte, N.C.); Kenyell Javon Ollie (McKinney, Texas); Jayshree G. Patel (Monroe Township, N.J.); David John Perro (Mooresville, N.C.); Nivetha Raghavan (Matthews, N.C.); Nikhil Ram (Huntersville, N.C.); Tara Michel Ramirez (Jacksonville, Fla.); Laurie Readhead (Charlotte, N.C.); Mary Kathleen Riley (Denver, N.C.); Elizabeth Rachel Rock (Prescott, Ariz.); Angela Dawn Roose (Mooresville, N.C.); Sanjay Singeetham (Frisco, Texas); Kyle S. Sorensen (Huntersville, N.C.); Shreyas Srinivas (Charlotte, N.C.); Constance Jones Suarez (Charlotte, N.C.); Viresh Taskar (Charlotte, N.C.); Linda Trent (Concord, N.C.); Sachin Varule (Concord, N.C.); Bradley Walton (Clover, S.C.); Christie M. Weekley (Oakboro, N.C.); Yvette Alston (Charlotte, N.C.); Ravindra Bandaru (Charlotte, N.C.); Carmen R. Barnhill (Charotte, N.C.); Jamie Gilchrist (Charlotte, N.C.); Namrata Kaushik (Charlotte, N.C.); Fernando A. Maisonett (Charlotte, N.C.)
Assignee: Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Chat Communication Support Assistants
Patent No. 11824820
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums which provide for an agent support application with a plurality of plug-in communication support assistants. Each of the plurality of plug-in communication support assistants monitors communications between the agents and customers for different conversational triggers. Conversational triggers may be any conversation, either by the agent or the customer, that the communication support assistant is trained to detect. Upon detecting one of these conversational triggers, the plug-in communication support assistant provides one or more suggestions to the agent.
Inventors: Kimarie Pike Matthews (Burlingame, Calif.); Richard Castanho (Rutherfordton, N.C.); Germaine S. Chee (Mill Valley, Calif.); Robin J. Cusimano (San Francisco, Calif.); Brett D. Ehrlich (San Carlos, Calif.); Tyua Larsen Fraser (Livermore, Calif.); Colleen Reardon Graham (Mooresville, N.C.); Scott Gregory Hill (Midlothian, Va.); James W. Pedersen (Gilbert, Ariz.); Timothy J. Shipman (San Francisco, Calif.)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, Calif.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Dispersants Derived From Aromatic Polyamines, Lubricants, And Methods
Patent No. 11820955
Compositions, including dispersants, derived from substituted succinic anhydrides and aromatic polyamines. Methods for making compositions, the methods including contacting a substituted succinic anhydride and an aromatic polyamine. Lubricants that include a composition derived from a substituted succinic anhydride and an aromatic polyamine. Methods for improving soot performance.
Inventors: Jeffrey A. Crow (Midlothian, Va.); Xingguo R. Chen (Henrico, Va.); Troy R. Haynes (Midlothian, Va.); Brennan William Balzer (Midlothian, Va.); Brian Joseph Cereghino (Danville, Va.)
Assignee: International Petroleum Products & Additives Co. (Dublin, Calif.)
Nov. 21, 2023
Oral Care Implement Having Multiple Soft Tissue Cleaner Components
Patent No. 11819113
An oral care implement with a soft tissue cleaner. The oral care implement may include a handle and a head, the head having a first surface, and an opposite second surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the first and second surfaces. A soft tissue cleaner may have a first cleaner fixed to the second surface of the head and a second cleaner fixed to the peripheral surface of the head. Furthermore, the second cleaner may incorporate a plurality of grooves extending at least a portion of the distance from the first surface to the second surface along the peripheral surface.
Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez (Manalapan, N.J.); Michael Rooney (Millburn, N.J.); o (Manakin-Sabot, Va.); Jacob Pringlers (Colombo, Sri Lanka); Luca Casini (Milan, Italy); Joachim Storz (Zell am See, Austria); Raimund Klausegger (Vienna, Austria)
Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Nov. 21, 2023