The R&D Dept.: Local patent roundup for 5.21.25

Firearm Security Device
Patent No. 12298094
A firearm security device removably connected to at least a portion of a firearm, the firearm security device including a biometric sensor to scan a physical characteristic of a user and send biometric data therefrom, a control unit running a program thereon and connected to the biometric sensor to compare the biometric data received from the biometric sensor to user data to determine whether the user is an authorized user of the firearm, and a locking pin disposed on a trigger bar of the firearm and connected to the control unit to prevent use of the firearm until the control unit determines the user is authorized to use the firearm.
Inventor: Joseph White (Richmond)
Assignee: N/A
May 13, 2025

Controlled Release Mentholated Tobacco Beads
Patent No. 12295402
Encapsulated tobacco beads and processes of making the encapsulated tobacco beads are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a process of making encapsulated tobacco beads comprises mixing tobacco particles and menthol in an aqueous solution to form a wet mass; extruding the wet mass to form extrudates; spheronizing the extrudates to form tobacco beads; drying the tobacco beads; contacting the beads with a solution comprising a cation; and introducing the contacted tobacco beads into a solution of coating material in a concentration effective to induce ionic gelation of the coating material around the beads, to form encapsulated tobacco beads having gel coatings. According to another embodiment, an encapsulated tobacco bead comprises a core comprising tobacco particles and encapsulated menthol, an inner coating layer comprising hydroxypropyl methylcellulose or pectin, and an outer coating layer comprising an ionically-crosslinked gel.
Inventors: Georgios D. Karles (Richmond); Shuzhong Zhuang (Glen Allen, Va.); Yi Zeng (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
May 13, 2025

Insert With Undercuts
Patent No. 12297022
The insert includes a base, the base including at least one depression that defines a cavity, the at least one depression including a floor with walls, the walls including a first pair of opposing walls and a second pair of opposing walls, the first pair of opposing walls each defining an undercut, the undercut including a lower inclined segment and an upper inclined segment that join at an apex, the apex of the undercut for each of the first pair of opposing walls facing each other, and a lid connected to an upper brim of the base, the lid covering the cavity.
Inventors: Todd M. McCandless (Richmond); Brian M. Casey (Richmond); Christopher L. Simpson (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 13, 2025

Electronic Vaping Device
Patent No. 12296091
In one embodiment, the electronic vaping device includes a cartridge and a battery section. The cartridge and the battery section are connectable so as to define an air inlet between a portion of the cartridge and a portion of the battery section.
Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker (Midlothian, Va.); Geoffrey Brandon Jordan (Midlothian, Va.); Barry S. Smith (Richmond); Ali A. Rostami (Richmond); Michael J. Mullins (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 13, 2025

Cartridge For An Aerosol-generating System
Patent No. 12295415
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system, the cartridge including a housing, a storage compartment, an air flow passage, a fluid permeable aerosol-generating element, and a removable seal. The housing having a mouth end opening and an air inlet. The storage compartment is within the housing. The storage compartment is configured to contain a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The air flow passage extending from the air inlet to the mouth end opening. The fluid permeable aerosol-generating element is within the housing. The fluid permeable aerosol-generating element has a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, the second surface being in fluid communication with the storage compartment. The removable seal has a seal portion and a tab portion, the seal portion in the air flow passage over the first surface of the fluid permeable aerosol-generating element, and the tab portion extending outwardly from the housing through the air inlet.
Inventors: Patrick Charles Silvestrini (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik (Peseux, Switzerland); Noori Moyad Brifcani (Neuchatel, Switzerland) Guillaume Frederick (Les-Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 13, 2025

Continuous Dust Accumulation Monitoring System With Impaired Optics Detection And Cleaning
Patent No. 12298255
A continuous dust accumulation monitoring system, device and method monitors and measures dust accumulation via an enclosure and a machine vision subsystem which can include a digital camera. A dirty optics detection subsystem monitors optical clarity and can invoke a cleaning assembly to help maintain clarity of optics for monitoring and measuring dust accumulation.
Inventors: George Armbruster Jr. (Williamsburg, Va.); Shane Diller (Richmond); Bruce Seymour Ferris (Richmond); Laurence E. Moulis (Charlottesville, Va.); Viatcheslav Orlov (Richmond); Alan Abul-Haj (Sedona, Ariz.); Brent Roeder (Blacksburg, Va.); Anthony Consentino (Hilly Springs, N.C.); Samuel DeFilipp (Cary, N.C.)
Assignee: Industrial Intelligence (Williamsburg, Va.)
May 13, 2025

Elongate Heater For An Electrically Heated Aerosol-generating System
Patent No. 12295417
An electrically heated aerosol-generating system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate includes a heating element including a first electrically conductive element electrically insulated from a second electrically conductive element by an electrically insulating portion. The first and second elements are elongate and are electrically connected to each other by an electrically resistive portion. At least one electrically conductive element and the electrically resistive portion are arranged such that they are at least partially in contact with the aerosol-forming substrate.
Inventors: Olivier Greim (Villars-Buquin, Switzerland); Julien Plojoux (Geneva, Switzerland); Dani Ruscio (Cressier, Switzerland)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
May 13, 2025

Apparatus, Method, And Computer-readable Medium For Generating Musical Pieces
Patent No. 12300203
An apparatus, method, and computer-readable storage medium that generate a harmonized musical piece. The method includes receiving a chord selection including a musical key and a scale selection, generating, within a digital audio work session, a chord progression sequence based on the received chord selection, in response to a detected chord selection change, modifying the chord progression sequence to include a chord progression corresponding to the chord selection change, setting the chord progression sequence as a master sequence, in response to detecting a second progression sequence within the digital audio work session, transmitting an identifier to the second progression sequence setting it as a slave sequence, and establishing a synchronized communication link between the master and the slave sequences such that changes made in the master sequence are automatically effectuated in the slave sequence, and combining the master sequence and the slave sequence to form a composed musical piece.
Inventors: Yakov Vorobyev (Miami, Fla.); Louis Ng (Alhambra, Calif.); Michael Cupino (Miami, Fla.); Matthew Donner (Davis, Calif.); John Batka (Richmond)
Assignee: Mixed In Key LLC (Miami, Fla.)
May 13, 2025

Tobacco Beads
Patent No. 12295403
A smokeless tobacco product described herein includes at least one tobacco bead. Tobacco beads described herein include a core and at least one tobacco-containing layer surrounding the core. Each tobacco-containing layer can include less than 10 weight percent tobacco. Tobacco bead described herein can have a diameter of at least 1 millimeters. Tobacco bead described herein can have at least 5 mg tobacco. Tobacco bead described herein can have an oven volatiles content of between 2 weight percent and 10 weight percent. Tobacco bead described herein can have an outer shell.
Inventors: Andrew Nathan Carroll (Chester, Va.); Yan Helen Sun (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 13, 2025

System And Method To Compute A Pixel Sensitivity Map Of An Imaging Device
Patent No. 12296198
An image calibration method includes capturing and correcting a flood field image for background signal and effects of known image-panel features (dead/bad pixels). The corrected image is processed to separate frequencies characteristic of relative pixel sensitivities from frequencies characteristic of radiation energy fluence. The incident energy fluence has a known maximum in-field energy fluence gradient. A model that describes the incident energy fluence on a detector is generated or received. The corrected image may be modeled at frequencies at or below the maximum in-field energy fluence gradient. A pixel sensitivity matrix (PSM) is generated by adjusting the corrected image with the model of the incident energy fluence on the detector. For example, the corrected image signal may be divided by the model or the model may be subtracted from the corrected image. The PSM may be used to correct additional raw images captured by the detector.
Inventors: Jeffrey Vincent Siebers (Richmond); Mahmoud Ahmed (Charlottesville, Va.)
Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.)
May 13, 2025

Systems And Methods For Authenticating A User Identity Using A Sound Device
Patent No. 12300076
Systems and methods for authenticating a user identity using a sound device, the sound device comprising a card including a plurality of texture protrusions, including establishing an audio connection between a user device and an authentication system, instructing a user of the user device to generate real-time sound data, receiving the real-time sound data at the authentication system, comparing the real-time sound data to a pre-determined sound configuration to determine a match value, and upon determining the match value, causing to output a notification of the determined match value.
Inventors: Justin Bowers (Richmond); Karthik Nagesh (Arlington, Va.); Christopher Matthews (Arlington, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (Richmond)
May 13, 2025

Presentation And Control Of User Interactions With A Time-dependent User Interface Element
Patent No. 12299260
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 De Leon (Richmond); Thomas 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.)
May 13, 2025

Oral Pouch Product
Patent No. 12295412
An oral pouch product includes a wrapper and a filling material. The wrapper defines a cavity. The filling material is in the cavity. The filling material includes a dry mixture and a liquid mixture. The dry mixture includes a cellulosic material and a water-soluble filler. The liquid mixture includes an oil and liquid nicotine. The oil includes a triglyceride, a diglyceride, a monoglyceride, or any combination thereof. The liquid nicotine is dissolved in the oil. The filling material is free of water or includes water in an amount less than or equal to 5 weight percent.
Inventors: Baiwei Chen (Richmond); Feng Gao (Midlothian, Va.); Shannon M. Black (Richmond); Shaoyong Yu (Glen Allen, Va.); Shuzhong Zhuang (Glen Allen, Va.); Benjamin L. Ragland (Richmond); Rebecca M. Gray (Richmond); Fadi Aldeek (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 13, 2025

Controlling Access To Historical Call Data
Patent No. 12300252
An electronic processor that may be configured to perform a first voiceprint analysis of first audio data of a first call from a first caller to determine a first voiceprint of the first caller, and determine that the first voiceprint matches a first previously-stored voiceprint. The first previously-stored voiceprint may identify and be associated with first previously-stored information regarding a previous call from the first caller that is anonymized so as not to include a name of the first caller or a phone number of the first caller. The electronic processor may also receive a permission command based on a user input from the first caller to indicate that a call taker handling the first call is allowed to have access to the first previously-stored information. The electronic processor may output the first previously-stored information on a call taker device in response to receiving the permission command.
Inventors: Natalie D. Dentel (Chesterfield, Va.); Matthew Seeley (Sandy, Utah); Chun Wang (Chicago, Ill.)
Assignee: Motorola Solutions (Chicago, Ill.)
May 13, 2025

Tap To Autofill Card Data
Patent No. 12299673
Various embodiments are generally directed to autofilling card data from a contactless card to a form of a computing device. An application may determine that a payment field of a form has received focus. The application may then receive encrypted data from a communications interface of a contactless card associated with an account. The application may then receive, from a server, verification of the encrypted data. The application may then receive, from the server, an encrypted account number associated with the account, and decrypt the encrypted account number to yield the account number. An autofill service of an operating system (OS) executing on the processor circuit, may then autofill the account number to the payment field of the form.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Wayne Lutz (Fort Washington, Md.); Paul Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 13, 2025

Methods Of Data Sharing Across Cloud Regions And Cloud Platforms Of Cloud-based Data Warehousing Systems
Patent No. 12298973
Methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for sharing data between accounts that are hosted by a cloud-based data warehousing system on different cloud platforms or in different cloud regions of a cloud platform, and where such accounts may be associated with different organizations. Sharing of data in the multi-cloud platform and/or multi-cloud region environments may be facilitated by the on-demand creation of one or more data collection accounts.
Inventors: Hiren Shah (Stafford, Va.); Ganesh Bharathan (Henrico, Va.); Sridhar Maramreddy (Glen Allen, Va.); Naga Vadakattu (Frisco, Texas); Naveen Kumar Venkata Sriram Kilaru (Little Elm, Texas)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 13, 2025

Systems And Methods For User Identification And/or Retrieval Of User-related Data At A Local Auxiliary System
Patent No. 12301722
Systems and methods described herein may generate a temporary location-associated cryptographic identification code (which can be used to uniquely identify the user) based on detection of the user at the associated location. As an example, such systems and methods allow for the user to be identified (e.g., as part of an authentication process) when the user visits a location without having to share personally identifiable information with any other users or computing systems at the location. Additionally, or alternatively, such systems and methods enable the practical use of shorter cryptographic identification codes as a primary identifier (or sole identifier) at the location for retrieving data related to the user (e.g., by avoiding or mitigating collision or security risks typically associated with short identifiers).
Inventors: Nahid Farhady Ghalaty (Fairfax, Va.); Lee Adcock (Midlothian, Va.); Benjamin Polk (Arlington, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 13, 2025

Techniques For Dynamic Network Strengthening
Patent No. 12301415
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for network strengthening, such as by detecting issues with one or more network components and reconfiguring one or more upstream or downstream network components to preempt issues with the one or more upstream or downstream network components, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to a tool (e.g., strengthening agent) that implements pre-scripted or dynamic hardening of up and downstream dependencies of a network component in response to an issue identified with the network component. In many embodiments, up and downstream components of a network component may be reconfigured while the issue with the network component is being addressed to preempt issues with the up and downstream components.
Inventors: Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.); Bryan Pinos (Williamsburg, Va.); Lindsay Helbing (Newport News, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 13, 2025

Pouch With Breakable Seal
Patent No. 12296055
A wipe kit includes a pouch having a first compartment with a one-way valve coupled to an end thereof, a second compartment, and a frangible seal between the first and second compartments. The first compartment receives a liquid through the one-way valve and the second compartment contains a dry wipe. The frangible seal can be broken to permit liquid to flow from the first compartment onto the wipe in the second compartment. The deactivation wipe kit may be used in a clean room to deactivate most hazardous drugs on a work surface.
Inventors: Mark J. Compo (Doylestown, Penn.); Michael Balestri (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Veltek Associates (Malvern, Penn.)
May 13, 2025

Packet Processing Of Streaming Content In A Communications Network
Patent No. 12301692
Aspects of present disclosure include devices within a transmission path of streamed content forwarding received data packets of the stream to the next device or “hop” in the path prior to buffering the data packet at the device. In this method, typical buffering of the data stream may therefore occur at the destination device for presentation at a consuming device, while the devices along the transmission path may transmit a received packet before buffering. Further, devices along the path may also buffer the content stream after forwarding to fill subsequent requests for dropped data packets of the content stream. Also, in response to receiving the request for the content stream, a device may first transmit a portion of the contents of the gateway buffer to the requesting device to fill a respective buffer at the receiving device.
Inventors: Timothy Brown (Moseley, Va.); Veronica Kravchenko (Dublin, Ireland)
Assignee: Sandpiper CDN (Wilmington, Del.)
May 13, 2025

Industrial Lubricant
Patent No. 12305142
A lubricating composition for a transmission, gearbox, or clutches including a mixture of compounds providing phosphorus and nitrogen to the fluids effective to achieve good wear, extreme pressure, friction, and copper corrosion.
Inventor: Paul Norris (Fareham, Great Britain)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
May 20, 2025

Cryptography-as-a-service
Patent No. 12309274
Systems and methods, as described herein, may comprise and/or utilize data governance systems to enable end-to-end encrypted communications between an organization and third parties as well as between systems internal to the organization. The data governance systems may enforce compliance with an organization’s data governance policies, as well as various laws, rules, and/or policies, for encrypted communications and/or other encrypted data payloads.
Inventors: Andrew Berger (Dayton, Ohio); Ashish Gupta (Richmond); Marek Bazler (Glen Allen, Va.); Bharath Bhushan Sreeravindra (Sunnyvale, Calif.); Hao Cheng (Oakton, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 20, 2025

Slide Measuring System For Filling Pouches And Associated Method
Patent No. 12304672
Systems and methods for metering a granular material for packaging in pouches are disclosed. A system includes a hopper structured and arranged to hold a granular material in a hopper cavity. The system also includes a measuring system including a measuring cavity and a tube that is slidable in the hopper cavity between a first position unaligned with the measuring cavity and a second position over and aligned with the measuring cavity. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move a portion of the granular material from the hopper cavity to the measuring cavity when the tube is in the first position. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move the portion of the granular material from the measuring cavity to a pouch making machine using pressurized gas when the tube is in the second position.
Inventors: Herbert Carrington Longest Jr. (Midlothian, Va.); Jarrod W. Chalkley (Mechanicsville, Va.); Tamika S. Murrell (Richmond); Leah A. Meyers (Midlothian, Va.); Jeremy J. Straight (Midlothian, Va.); Travis M. Garthaffner (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 20, 2025

Spurious-data-based Detection Related To Malicious Activity
Patent No. 12306938
In some aspects, a computing system obtain a first dataset including a set of original data samples and a first set of spurious data samples. Based on a time period expiring, the computing system may replace the first set of spurious data samples in the first dataset with a second set of spurious data samples. The computing system may obtain an indication that a second dataset is available via a third-party computing device. Based on a determination that a subset of samples of the second dataset correspond to the first set of spurious data samples, the computing system may determine a time window in which an incident occurred. As an example, the time window may be determined to correspond to a time before the first set of spurious data samples were replaced with the second set of spurious data samples.
Inventors: Galen Rafferty (Mahomet, Ill.); Samuel Sharpe (Cambridge, Mass.); Brian Barr (Schenectady, N.Y.); Jeremy Goodsitt (Champaign, Ill.); Michael Davis (Arlington, Va.); Taylor Turner (Richmond); Justin Au-Yeung (Somerville, Mass.); Owen Reinert (Queens, N.Y.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 20, 2025

Cover For An Electronic Dispersion Device
Patent No. 12303634
A dispersion device includes a first dispersion generating system, a second dispersion generating system and an outlet end element including a first outlet corresponding to the first dispersion generating system and a second outlet corresponding to the second dispersion generating system.
Inventors: Buket Sahin (Richmond); Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Va.); Qiang Wang (Glen Allen, Va.); Christopher S. Tucker (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 20, 2025

Automatically Adjusting System Activities Based On Trained Machine Learning Model
Patent No. 12307473
A computing system is configured to generate a predictive model during training of a machine learning program using a training data set including a personal data set of a plurality of first users. The predictive model is configured to predict a first predicted assessment score at a first instance and a second predicted assessment score at a second instance with respect to a second user. The computing system determines whether the first predicted assessment score is different from the second predicted assessment score, and whether a first data entry of the personal data set of the second user changed between the first instance and the second instance. The computing system takes or recommends an action corresponding to a reversal in the change in the first data entry in order to alter the predicted assessment score of the second user.
Inventors: Donta Lamar Wilson (Charlotte, N.C.); Jane Moury Kane (Winston-Salem, N.C.): Kenneth William Cluff (Powhatan, Va.); Peter Councill (Richmond); Qing Li (Cary, N.C.); James Xu (Raleigh, N.C.)
Assignee: Truist Bank (Charlotte, N.C.)
May 20, 2025

Quantum Communication System That Switches Between Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Protocols And Associated Methods
Patent No. 12309266
A quantum communications system includes a communications system that operates with a quantum key distribution (QKD) system, which includes a transmitter node, a receiver node, and a quantum communications channel coupling the transmitter node and receiver node. The transmitter node may be configured to transmit to the receiver node a bit stream of optical pulses, and switch between first and second QKD protocols based upon at least one channel condition.
Inventors: Victor G. Bucklew (Richmond); James A. Nagel (Fort Wayne, Ind.); Michael R. Lange (Melbourne, Fla.)
Assignee: Eagle Technologies (Melbourne, Fla.)
May 20, 2025

Age And Identity Verification System
Patent No. 12307459
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)
May 20, 2025

Methods And Systems For Template Generation
Patent No. 12306883
A computer-implemented method for template generation may include: receiving a first plurality of variables, each of the first plurality of variables specifying a feature to be implemented in a new template for document generation; for each of a plurality of existing templates for document generation, determining a degree of similarity between the first plurality of variables and a plurality of variables included in the respective existing template; upon determining that none of the degrees of similarity respectively determined for the plurality of existing templates satisfies a similarity threshold, determining that a combination of variables from two or more of the plurality of existing templates has a degree of similarity with the first plurality of variables satisfying the similarity threshold; and generating the new template based on the two or more of the plurality of existing templates.
Inventor: Curtis Holt (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 20, 2025

Beverage-making Machine
Patent No. 12303063
A beverage-making machine includes: a housing; a fluid reservoir mounted to the housing; a pump fluidly connected with the water reservoir; a heating unit; and a brew station having an outlet; wherein the fluid reservoir, the pump, the heating unit and the brew station define a fluid path. The beverage-making machine further comprises a controller configured to: (a) detect performance of a pre-brewing action, and in response initiate preheating of the heating unit; then (b) detect performance of a brew activation action, and in response activate the pump to convey fluid from the fluid reservoir along the fluid path to the outlet of the brew station to prepare a brewed beverage.
Inventors: Jie Zhao (Midlothian, Va.); Adam Hanes (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands (Glen Allen, Va.)
May 20, 2025

Food Processor With Cleaning Accessory And Methods Of Using Same
Patent No. 12303852
A method of cleaning a food processor includes: (a) providing a food processor a base that includes a rotary power driver having a rotatable shaft; a bowl mounted on the base; and a food processing blade attached to the shaft within the bowl; (b) inserting a cleaning accessory into the bowl above the food processing blade; (c) introducing cleaning fluid into the bowl; and (d) rotating the food processing blade with the rotatable shaft to agitate the cleaning fluid.
Inventors: David Matthew Schandel (Mechanicsville, Va.); Koen Aidan Ambrose (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands (Glen Allen, Va.)
May 20, 2025

Transaction Card Assembly
Patent No. 12307316
A modular transaction card assembly includes a card frame having the traditional dimensions of a credit card, and a transaction card that is smaller than a traditional card and that fits into a receptacle of the card frame. Each of the card frame and the transaction card may be capable of performing contactless data transactions individually. The combined assembly of the card frame with the transaction card secured in the receptacle is also capable of performing contact data transactions. The transaction card and/or the card frame may include one or more visual or tactile regions that allow the transaction card and card frame to be distinguished from other cards and/or to be properly oriented and aligned with one another when combined to form the card assembly.
Inventors: Vyjayanthi Vadrevu (Pflugerville, Texas); Phoebe Atkins (Midlothian, Va.); Michael Saia (Weehawken, N.J.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 20, 2025

Transaction Card Assembly
Patent No. 12307317
A modular transaction card assembly includes a card frame having the traditional dimensions of a credit card, and a transaction card that is smaller than a traditional card and that fits into a receptacle of the card frame. Each of the card frame and the transaction card may be capable of performing contactless data transactions individually. The combined assembly of the card frame with the transaction card secured in the receptacle is also capable of performing contact data transactions, and in some instances, with an identifier that is distinct from the card frame or the transaction card alone. The card frame may include a processor enabling it to perform data encryption and authentication of the smaller transaction card.
Inventors: Phoebe Atkins (Midlothian, Va.); Vyjayanthi Vadrevu (Pflugerville, Texas); Michael Saia (Weehawken, N.J.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 20, 2025

Polyamide Terpolymers For Manufacture Of Transparent Articles
Patent No. 12305000
Amorphous polyamide terpolymers with a high level of transparency, transition glass temperature, flexibility, and chemical resistance. In one embodiment, the polyamide terpolymers are polymerized from caprolactam, at least one diamine, and at least one diacid.
Inventors: Haoyu Liu (Midlothian, Va.); John V. Facinelli (Morristown, N.J.)
Assignee: AdvanSix Resins & Chemicals (Parsippany, N.J.)
May 20, 2025

Using Common Identifiers Related To Location To Link Fraud Across Mobile Devices
Patent No. 12309149
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 Voiles (Mechanicsville, Va.); Ya Liu (Alexandria, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 20, 2025

Change Monitoring And Detection For A Cloud Computing Environment
Patent No. 12309174
Aspects described herein allow for systems and methods to monitor production changes to resources in a cloud computing environment and determine whether those changes were performed in accordance with a change management policy. A change order monitoring application receives data from cloud computing audit logs to detect infrastructure changes and combines that data with application information to determine which application was affected. The change order monitoring application then uses a machine learning algorithm to cluster multiple change events together when it is likely that the change events were part of the same change. If cluster of change activity does not appear to be authorized, the change order monitoring application sends an alert to a change management team and an application team to get more information about the activity.
Inventors: Daniel W. File (Baltimore, Md.); Hao Liu (Reston, Va.); Rajesh Kanna Durairaj (Plano, Texas); Peter Terrana (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 20, 2025

Frozen Product Machine
Patent No. 12302922
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.); Don Yuhong Park (Henrico, Va.); Donkeun Park (Henrico, Va.); Dov Glucksman (Winchester, Mass.)
Assignee: Steuben Foods (Elma, N.Y.)
May 20, 2025

Generating Synthetic Models Or Virtual Objects For Training A Deep Learning Network
Patent No. 12307366
In some implementations, a training platform may receive data for generating synthetic models of a body part, such as a hand. The data may include information relating to a plurality of potential poses of the hand. The training platform may generate a set of synthetic models of the hand based on the information, where each synthetic model, in the set of synthetic models, representing a respective pose of the plurality of potential poses. The training platform may derive an additional set of synthetic models based on the set of synthetic models by performing one or more processing operations with respect to at least one synthetic model in the set of synthetic models, and causing the set of synthetic models and the additional set of synthetic models to be provided to a deep learning network to train the deep learning network to perform image segmentation, object recognition, or motion recognition.
Inventors: Reza Farivar (Champaign, Ill.); Kenneth Taylor (Champaign, Ill.); Austin Walters (Savoy, Ill.); Joseph Ford III (Manakin Sabot, Va.); Rittika Adhikan (Westford, Mass.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 20, 2025

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