Explore the 9,740 U.S. Patent Applications published on the 51st week of 2023, including 6,108 applications that subsequently received a Patent Grant.
Devices and systems for urine collection
A urine collection device includes a collection member extending from a proximal end to a distal end. The proximal end includes an opening that provides access to an internal cavity of the collection member. The internal cavity includes a first chamber in fluid communication with a second chamber. The urine collection device includes a spacer in the second chamber, a first attachment member extending from a bottom wall of the collection member at the proximal end, a second attachment member extending from a top wall of the collection member at the proximal end, and an outlet for egressing urine from the internal cavity of the collection member. The first attachment member defines an aperture. The collection member is suitable to (i) direct urine from the first chamber to the second chamber and (ii) direct the urine in the second chamber distally toward the outlet.
Published: 2023-12-21
METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ANALYZING IMMUNE INFILTRATION IN CANCER STROMA TO PREDICT CLINICAL OUTCOME
Provided herein are methods for analyzing immune cell infiltration in a cancer stromal region of a biological sample obtained from a subject using machine learning modules. For example, the methods may include (a) identifying a cancerous region or an analyte associated with the cancerous region in the biological sample; (b) identifying a stromal region or an analyte associated with the stromal region in the biological sample; (c) identifying one or more immune cells or an analyte associated with an immune cell in one or more locations in the biological sample; and (d) using (i) the identified cancerous and stromal regions or associated analytes thereof in the biological sample and (ii) the identified one or more immune cells or associated analytes thereof to analyze immune cell infiltration in the cancer stromal region of the biological sample obtained from the subject.
Published: 2023-12-21 Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLC.
ELECTRIC FURNACE TO PRODUCE OLEFINS
A method of thermally cracking a hydrocarbon feed (105) includes feeding the hydrocarbon feed (105) into at least one coil (130) in a reaction section (112) of an electric heater (110), using electrical energy to heat the hydrocarbon feed (105) in the electric heater (110) to a reaction temperature, and directing a reaction output from the electric heater (110) to at least one exchanger (150) to cool the reaction output.
Published: 2023-12-21 Assignee: Ouraring, Inc..
Wearable computing device
A smart ring includes a curved housing having a U-shape interior storing components including: a curved battery approximately conforming to the curved housing, a semi-flexible PCB approximately conforming to the curved housing and having mounted thereon: a motion sensor for generating motion data from physical perturbations of the smart ring, a memory for storing executable instructions, a transceiver for sending data to a client computer, a temperature sensor, and a processor for receiving motion data and performing executable instructions in response thereto, and a potting material disposed in the interior, forming an interior wall of the smart ring, wherein the potting material encapsulates the components and is substantially transparent to visible light, infrared light, and/or ultraviolet light.
Published: 2023-12-21 Assignee: LAT Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a MediPak Energy Systems, LAT ENTERPRISES, INC..
Foldable solar panel
A foldable solar panel including at least two solar modules mounted to a substrate. The foldable solar panel includes hook and loop tape to secure the foldable solar panel in the folded configuration. The foldable solar panel includes at least two straps and at least two horizontal rows of webbing operable to attach the foldable solar panel to a load-bearing platform.
Published: 2023-12-21 Assignee: LivePerson, Inc..
Targeted generative AI from merged communication transcripts
The present disclosure relates generally to systems, methods, instructions, and other aspects describing automated transcription and associated script generation. In one aspect, a method includes facilitating a voice bot segment of a two-way communication session, where the voice bot segment is between a customer device and a non-human bot agent, and transfer of the session to a human agent device as part of a human voice segment of the two-way communication session, wherein the transfer occurs following a failure of the non-human bot agent to resolve a customer issue. Accessing survey data describing the two-way communication session, wherein the survey data is associated with successful resolution of the customer issue and automatically processing transcript data from the two-way communication with the survey data to identify language data from the transcript associated with resolution of the customer issue. The non-human bot agent is then dynamically updated using the language data.
Published: 2023-12-21 Assignee: ElectroCore, Inc..
NON-INVASIVE NERVE STIMULATION WITH MOBILE SOFTWARE APPLICATION
Devices, systems and methods are provided for treating various symptoms, disorders and medical conditions through noninvasive stimulation of a nerve. A system comprises a stimulator including an electrode configured to contact an outer skin surface of a patient and a user interface for turning the stimulator ON to enable the stimulator to operate. An energy source is coupled to the stimulator to generate an electrical impulse, wherein the stimulator transmits the electrical impulse from the electrode transcutaneously through an outer skin surface of an individual to a selected nerve within the individual. The system further comprises a software application coupled to the stimulator and configured to transmit data to the stimulator. The data may include authorization for the stimulator to transmit the electrical impulse.
Published: 2023-12-21
ELECTRODE WATERING ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING CATHODIC MONITORING OF STRUCTURES
An embodiment of an electrode watering assembly includes a cap having a cap body with a reservoir adjacent to a proximal electrode end of a permanent reference electrode when installed thereon. The cap body may include (i) a distal cap end defining a distal opening configured to be disposed around the proximal electrode end, (ii) a proximal cap end defining a proximal opening, and (iii) an outer wall defining an overflow port therethrough to receive overflow fluid from the reservoir and direct the overflow fluid out of the reservoir. The electrode watering assembly may include a conduit having a distal conduit end configured to be fluidly coupled to the proximal opening and a proximal conduit end configured to be positioned at a cathodic test station. Thus, fluid directed into the proximal conduit end is directed through the conduit and into the reservoir for watering at least the proximal electrode end.
Published: 2023-12-21 Assignee: Shopify, Inc..
Augmented reality enabled dynamic product presentation
Systems and methods described herein allow a customer to employ AR/VR software to generate virtual representations of physical spaces (e.g., house) and sub-spaces (e.g., living room) to preview virtual objects situated in AR/VR virtual environments. A commerce system (or mobile app associated with the commerce system) may generate virtualized environments representing a physical space (e.g., house, apartment) and regions (e.g., living room, kitchen) based on source images uploaded to or otherwise captured by the commerce system. The end-user may operate the software on a client device and interacts with VR or AR presentations of the virtual environment using a voice-based interface recognized by the software. For example, the end-user may say the name of room (region) or an object and the system retrieves data of the identified room or an appropriate room, such as virtual representations of furniture or objects situated in the room.
Published: 2023-12-21 Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION.
Techniques for resource utilization in replication pipeline processing
Techniques are described for ensuring end-to-end fair-share resource utilization during cross-region replication. In certain embodiments, a fair-share architecture is used for communication among pipeline stages performing a cross-region replication between different cloud infrastructure regions. Cross-region replication-related jobs are distributed evenly from a pipeline stage into a temporary buffer in the fair-share architecture, and then further distributed evenly form the fair-share architecture to parallel running threads of next pipeline stage for execute. Techniques for static and dynamic resource allocations are also disclosed.