The R&D Dept.: Local patent roundup for 12.20.23

Age And Identity Verification System
Patent No. 11842347
An age and/or identity verification system for reduced-risk devices (RRD) may include a RRD, the RRD initially in an inoperable state, an identity verification server configured to perform identity verification related to an adult consumer, and a computing device. The computing device may receive adult consumer identity information corresponding to the adult consumer from the adult consumer, receive the UID of the RRD, transmit the adult consumer identity information and the UID of the RRD to the identity verification server to perform identity verification of the adult consumer, receive results of the performed identity verification from the identity verification server, receive an encrypted key corresponding to the RRD based on the results of the performed identity verification of the adult consumer, and transmit the encrypted key to the RRD. The RRD may change the state of the RRD to an operable state based on the encrypted key.
Inventor: Jarrett Keen (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Dec. 12, 2023

System, Device And Method For Effective Deployment Of A Dust Accumulation Sensor
Patent No. 11841305
A system, device and method for deployment of one or more dust accumulation sensors receives a baseline measurement associated with no accumulation of dust in a target environment, receives a time-elapsed measurement associated with positive accumulation of dust in the target environment, determines a quantity of accumulated dust in the target environment based on the baseline measurement and the time-elapsed measurement, generates a spatial dust deposition distribution for the target environment based on the determined quantity of accumulated dust and determines a deployment for one or more dust accumulation sensors for the target environment based on the spatial dust deposition distribution.
Inventors: George T. Armbruster Jr. (Williamsburg, Va.); Ali S. Rangwala (East Lyme, Conn.); Laurence E. Moulis (Charlottesville, Va.); Shane Diller (Richmond)
Assignee: Industrial Intelligence (Williamsburg, Va.)
Dec. 12, 2023

Aerosol-generating System Including A Heated Gel Container
Patent No. 11839706
An aerosol-generating system may include an electrical power supply, an electrical heater connected to the electrical power supply, and a substrate container. The substrate container may define a blind cavity containing an aerosol-forming substrate in the form of a gel that is a solid at room temperature. The electrical heater is external to the substrate container and configured to heat the substrate container to generate a vapor without contacting the aerosol-forming substrate. As result, the possibility of unwanted materials building up on the electrical heater can be reduced, thereby providing a more reliable and consistent performance.
Inventors: Gerard Zuber (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Jean-Yves Vollmer (Neuchatel, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Dec. 12, 2023

Presentation And Control Of User Interactions With A Time-dependent User Interface Element
Patent No. 11842037
In some implementations, a user device may present, on a user interface (UI) associated with a user account, a first UI element. The user device may detect a user interaction, with the user device, indicating the first UI element. The user device may present, on the UI and based on the user interaction, a second UI element, which increases in length in a first direction from a start point, along a closed path around the first UI element and ending at the start point, while the user interaction is being detected. The second UI element completes the closed path when an interaction duration satisfies a duration threshold, which indicates a confirmation of a request for an action associated with the user account. The duration threshold is based on one or more parameters associated with one or more of the action, the user account, or the user interaction.
Inventors: Erik Jay Salazar De Leon (Richmond); Thoams Dohan II (Elmhurst, Ill.); Charles Richard Hollins (Mechanicsville, Va.); Jennifer Wilkens (New Kent, Va.); Albert Berger (Arlington, Va.); John Heiner (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 12, 2023

Gloves And The Manufacture Thereof
Patent No. 11839247
A glove of a form typically, although not necessarily exclusively, provided for single or limited use purposes and discarded thereafter. The glove is to prevent contact between a product and a person’s hand and to avoid contamination. The glove material includes components capable of detection by at least one form of noncontact detection apparatus which renders the glove or portion detectable if discarded and inadvertently becomes part of a manufacturing process or product. The components render the glove detectable by using metal detection apparatus and/or X-ray detection apparatus which may allow removal of the glove. The glove may also include an antimicrobial agent as part to prevent or reduced contamination on the surface of the glove. The glove can also be rendered biodegradable.
Inventor: Sean Ronald Smith (Richmond)
Assignee: Detectamet Limited (Pocklington, Great Britain)
Dec. 12, 2023

Opcodeless Computing And Multi-path Encryption Systems, Methods, And Devices
Patent No 11843696
A system including: a storage; and a processor configured to: receive a data packet; and process the data packet without an instruction input to perform a definite task. The data packet may be encrypted. The processor may be configured to process the data packet based on a decryption mechanism required to decrypt the data packet.
Inventors: Quinn Unger (Rosscarbery, Ireland)
Assignee: Kara Partners (Midlothian, Va.)
Dec. 12, 2023

Buprenorphine Dosing Regimens
Patent No. 11839611
The disclosure provides a dosage regimen using sustained-release buprenorphine formulations to produce therapeutic levels of buprenorphine in patients for the treatment of pain or opioid use disorders.
Inventors: Azmi Nasser (Chesterfield, Va.); Celine M. Laffont (Chesterfield, Va.); Christian A. Heidbreder (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Indivior UK Limited (Hull, Great Britain)
Dec. 12, 2023

Carton And Blank Therefor
Patent No. 11840386
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a carton for packaging one or more articles, a blank for forming the carton and a method of packaging articles. The carton comprises a plurality of primary panels including a pair of bottom lap panels (12, 20) secured together to allow the primary panels to form walls of a tubular structure. An upper end closure structure partially closes an end of the tubular structure. The upper end closure structure comprises a lower edge that defines at least in part a window for exposing to view contents (B) of the carton. The upper end closure structure comprises a top end closure flap (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d) having a handle opening defined therein and a pair of side end closure flaps (26a, 26b, 34a, 34b). The side end closure flaps comprise an outer surface and an inner surface opposing the outer surface. The outer surface of each of the side end closure flaps comprises a glue area (G1, G2).
Inventor: Matthew E. Zacherle (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems (Atlanta, Ga.)
Dec. 12, 2023

Systems And Methods For Temporary Transaction Processing
Patent No. 11842297
In one embodiment, a system comprises a database configured to store at least one record, at least one network communication device, a storage device comprising instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method. The method may comprise receiving a fraud communication associated with a first primary account number, calculating one or more limitations associated with the first primary account number based on an account associated with the first primary account number, and storing a database record including the first primary account number, a new primary account number, and the limitation(s). The method may further comprise receiving a transaction request including a second primary account number, and comparing the second primary account number to the at least one record. The method may also comprise, based on the comparing, enabling the transaction request to proceed, declining the transaction, or disabling the first primary account number.
Inventors: Daniel Beck (Arlington, Va.); Lawrence Douglas (McLean, Va.); Jeffrey Samitt (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 12, 2023

Systems And Methods For Email-based Card Activation
Patent No. 11843700
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission between a contactless card, a client device, and one or more servers are provided. The contactless card may include one or more processors and memory, which may include one or more applets. The client device may include one or more processors and memory. The client device may be in data communication with the contactless card. One or more servers may be in data communication with the client device. A first set of information may be transmitted from the contactless card to the client device. The first set of information may include one or more links to activate the contactless card via a designated email program. Upon validation of the first set of information by the one or more servers, the contactless card may be activated.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Melissa Heng (Glen Allen, Va.); Wayne Lutz (Fort Washington, Md.); James Ashfield (Midlothian, Va.); Colin Hart (Arlington, Va.); Rajko Ilincic (Annandale, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 12, 2023

Methods And Systems For Securing Data In The Public Cloud
Patent No. 11843584
Computer implemented systems and methods are provided for securing data. In some embodiments, a system for securing data may comprise one or more processors configured to receive a request for data over a network. The one or more processors may be configured to identify one or more confidential portions of data within the requested data. The one or more processors may be further configured to transmit the confidential portions of data to a hardware device configured to secure the confidential portions of data, and receive the secured data from the hardware device.
Inventors: Attaullah Baig (Round Rock, Texas); Vishal Parikh (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 12, 2023

Tool For Marking Sheet Metal And Method Of Use
Patent No. 11839967
A tool for marking sheet metal prior to bending in a bending brake, includes a scale having a first end, an opposite second end, a longitudinal axis, and four faces. Each of the four faces include a plurality of marking stations. A cross member is rotatably connected to the first end of the scale. The cross member has a surface which is disposed perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and is configured to abut the edge of the sheet of metal. The tool is positioned at a first location on the sheet of metal and marks are made at the marking stations. The tool is then moved to a second location on the sheet of metal and a second set of marks are made. The two sets of marks are used to align the sheet of metal with the bend line of a bending brake so that accurate bends can be made.
Inventor: Paul Hyman Keller (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
Dec. 12, 2023

Pilocarpine Ionic Liquids For Treatment Of Glaucoma
Patent No. 11845741
The present disclosure provides pilocarpine ionic liquid analogs useful in the treatment of ophthalmological disorders such as glaucoma.
Inventors: Juan Wang (Richmond); Hu Yang (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University Intellectual Property Foundation (Richmond)
Dec. 19, 2023

Tobacco Plants Exhibiting Altered Photosynthesis And Methods Of Making And Using
Patent No. 11845946
This disclosure provides tobacco plants that exhibit altered photosynthesis as well as methods of making and using such plants.
Inventors: Yanxin Shen (Glen Allen, Va.); Dongmei Xu (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Dec. 19, 2023

Systems And Methods For Automated Data Governance
Patent No. 11847143
Systems and methods for providing automated data governance are disclosed. The system may include a plurality of data environments, a metadata repository storing data attributes and classification requirements, a policy repository, one or more processors, and a memory in communication with the one or more processors storing instructions to execute steps of a method. The system may receive a first dataset from a first data environment having a first dataset ID. The system may transmit the dataset ID to the metadata repository and the metadata repository may return an indication that the first dataset includes at least one data attribute and at least one associated classification requirement. The system may transmit the classification requirement to the policy repository and receive classification code associated with the classification requirement. The system may modify the first dataset by transmitting instructions to the first data environment to execute the classification code.
Inventors: Aniket Sinkar (Glen Allen, Va.); Manisha Purkar (Glen Allen, Va.); Sindhu Myla (Glen Allen, Va.); Sovon Nath (Glen Allen, Va.); Richard Shi (Henrico, Va.); Bindiya Goppenahalli (Glen Allen, Va.); Cameron Utsman (Richmond); Ajay Shinde (Henrico, Va.); Mark Mabry (Glen Allen, Va.); Daniel Hanson (Richmond); Arindam Chakraborty (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 19, 2023

Method Of Making Blank
Patent No. 11845592
The method includes making a blank from a single web of material, the making including first configuring a first side panel and a second side panel to extend from first opposing ends of a bottom panel, second configuring a ramp panel to extend from a first edge of the first side panel, and third configuring a top panel and a lid panel to extend from second opposing ends of the bottom panel.
Inventors: Luiz Andre Rodrigues (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Onesio Luis Thesing (Ecublens, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Dec. 19, 2023

Tri-substituted Imidazoles For The Inhibition Of TGF Beta And Methods Of Treatment
Patent No. 11845745
Pharmaceutical compounds, their methods of manufacture, and methods of treatment of mammals with pharmaceutical compounds are provided.
Inventor: J. Scott Sawyer (Placitas, N.M.)
Assignee: Clavius Pharmaceuticals (Ashland, Va.)
Dec. 19, 2023

Time Axis Correlation Of Pulsed Electromagnetic Transmissions
Patent No. 11849347
The disclosed invention uses computer-implemented algorithms, including machine learning algorithms, to detect radiofrequency (RF) transmissions within a congested RF environment. Some embodiments include a method for sampling an RF environment, mapping the sampled signals onto a spectrogram, extracting signal start times from the spectrogram and loading the start times into a bit array. The method continues by correlating a subset of start times with each other, each subset representing a potential pulsed signal. The subsets are selected for strength of correlation by threshold analysis, and then are subject to sine wave analysis to precisely identify start times within the selected subsets before selecting strongly matched subsets by another threshold analysis. In other embodiments, a system for detecting pulsed RF signals includes a RF receiver, a signal detector, a converter for creating a bit array, a correlator, a first threshold discriminator, a sine wave analyzer, and a second threshold discriminator.
Inventors: Joseph Payton (Fredericksburg, Va.); Samantha Palmer (Henrico, Va.); Kyle Roberts (Centreville, Va.)
Assignee: Parsons Corp. (Centreville, Va.)
Dec. 19, 2023