The R&D Dept.: Local patent roundup for 7.16.25

Systems And Methods For Data Translation Of Source Data Files
Patent No. 12353351
A method may include accessing, using a processing unit, a source chain datafile formatted in a first format, the source chain datafile including data entries identifying linkages between a service provider, a service receiver, and a component provider, of an enterprise; forming, using the processing unit, initial knowledge graph tuples including subject, object, and predicate components based on the linkages; generating, using the processing unit, a staging knowledge graph storing the initial knowledge graph tuples; translating, using the processing unit, the initial knowledge graph tuples into production knowledge graph tuples according to a source chain knowledge graph schema; and storing, using the processing unit, the production knowledge graph tuples in a production knowledge graph.
Inventors: David Newman (Walnut Creek, Calif.); Chao Chen (Short Hills, N.J.); Cristian Cocos (Princeton, N.J.); Steven Daryl McCullough (Ithaca, N.Y.); Omar B. Khan (Richmond)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, Calif.)
July 8, 2025

Methods And Systems For Identifying Unauthorized Logins
Patent No. 12355763
A computer-implemented method of identifying unauthorized logins may include: receiving a login request from a user device; using a machine learning model, generating a score corresponding to the login request, the machine learning model being trained to learn associations between identification data associated with login requests and scores based at least on (i) a set of prior login requests and (ii) a set of login classifications, each of the set of login classifications corresponding to at least one of the set of prior login requests; determining whether the score exceeds a predetermined score threshold; and in response to a determination that the score exceeds the predetermined score threshold, rejecting the login request and prompting a user of the user device to submit a renewed login request.
Inventors: Richard Post (Mechanicsville, Va.); Aurielle Catron (Richmond); Danielle Hagerty (Alexandria, Va.); Jason Haile (Washington, D.C.); Derek Lafever (Henrico, Va.); Daniel Parker (Spotsylvania, Va.); Nathan Weilbacher (Sherman, Texas)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
July 8, 2025

Polymer Agents For Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Patent No. 12350289
A method for resuscitation of the heart in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a solution comprising polyethylene glycol (PEG) having a molecular weight of 8-100 kDa is provided.
Inventors: Martin J. Mangino (Richmond); Joseph Ornato (Richmond); Wanchun Tang (Richmond); Jennifer Bradley (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
July 8, 2025

Aerosol-generating Device Having Multiple Power Supplies
Patent No. 12356507
An aerosol-generating device includes at least one electric heater and a first power supply configured to supply electrical energy only to the at least one electric heater. The aerosol-generating device also includes a controller configured to control the supply of electrical energy from the first power supply to the at least one electric heater and a second power supply configured to supply electrical energy to the controller.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
July 8, 2025

Aerosol-generating System Including A Cartridge Containing A Gel
Patent No. 12349720
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system may include a first chamber housing defining a first chamber and a second chamber housing defining a second chamber that is separate from the first chamber. The first chamber may contain an aerosol-forming substrate in the form of a gel, and the second chamber may contain a source of a desired compound. The first and second chamber housings may be separate or separable structures.
Inventors: Gerard Zuber (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Jean-Yves Vollmer (Neuchatel, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
July 8, 2025

Airflow In Aerosol Generating System With Mouthpiece
Patent No. 12349735
An aerosol generating system includes a first housing, a second housing, and a third housing. The first housing defines a first passage and includes a liquid storage portion configured to contain an aerosol generating substrate. The second housing defines a second passage configured to be fluidly coupled to the first passage. The first passage and the second passage define an aerosol flow path. The second housing includes a heating element configured to heat the aerosol generating substrate. The third housing defines an inner chamber and an outlet. The inner chamber of the third housing is configured to receive at least the first housing. The third housing defines an air flow path between the third housing and at least the first housing. The air flow path is fluidly coupled to the outlet.
Inventor: Eric Force (Bevaix, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
July 8, 2025

Tobacco Lozenge
Patent No. 12357016
A tobacco lozenge includes a body configured to be wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a matrix including a soluble fiber in an amount greater than or equal to 60 weight percent of the body, tobacco plant tissue dispersed in the matrix, and an additive dispersed in the matrix.
Inventors: Feng Gao (Midlothian, Va.); Diane L. Gee (Chesterfield, Va.); Shuzhong Zhuang (Glen Allen, Va); Phillip M. Hulan (Midlothian, Va.); William J. Burke (Nashville, Tenn.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
July 15, 2025

E-vaping Device Cartridge With Internal Conductive Element
Patent No. 12357032
A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes a conductive element extending through an interior of a dispensing interface to which a heating element is coupled. The conductive element may have a greater temperature coefficient of electrical resistivity than the heating element. The dispensing interface may include a fibrous wicking material, and the conductive element may be woven through an interior of the fibrous wicking material. A temperature of the dispensing interface may be determined based on monitoring an electrical resistance of the conductive element. An amount of pre-vapor formulation may be determined based on an electrical resistance of the bridge electrical circuit to an electrical signal between the heating element and the conductive element through the dispensing interface.
Inventors: Barry S. Smith (Richmond); Ed Cadieux (Mechanicsville, Va.); Patrick J. Cobler (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
July 15, 2025

Lipidic Analogs Of Anti-cancer Stem Cell Agent
Patent No. 12358941
A group of specific sulfated flavonoid agents carrying cholesterol modification display promising in vivo anti-cancer activity through selective inhibition of cancer stem cells, and not of adult or hematopoietic stem cells. The compounds exhibit high potency, excellent oral bioavailability and a physiologically relevant therapeutic window.
Inventors: Umesh R. Desai (Richmond); Balaji Nagarajan (Richmond); Connor O’Hara (Richmond); Daniel Kwame Afosah (Richmond); Elsamani I. Abdelfadiel (Richmond); Jyothi Sistia (Richmond); Rahaman Navaz Gangji (Richmond); Ravikumar Ongolu (Richmond); Shravah Morla (Richmond); Viji Sankaranarayanan (Richmond); Bhaumik B. Patel (Richmond); Chetna Sharon (Richmond); Rio Boothello (Richmond); Alberto Vera (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
July 15, 2025

Soft Oral Product
Patent No. 12357019
An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a polymer matrix and one or more flavorants and/or active ingredients embedded in the polymer matrix. The polymer matrix can include a copolymer of ethylene and one or more vinyl monomers or zein. For example, the polymer can be ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and/or ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. In some cases, the oral product can include tobacco and/or nicotine.
Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.); Georgios D. Karles (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
July 15, 2025

Capsules, Heat-not-burn (HNB) Aerosol-generating Devices, And Methods Of Generating An Aerosol
Patent No. 12357774
A capsule for a heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating device may include a first heater, a second heater, and a frame sandwiched between the first heater and the second heater, and a cannabinoid-containing material. The frame may define open spaces therein and have a rigidity that is adequate to support the first heater and the second heater. The open spaces within the frame may be interconnected and sized for aerosol-permeability and capillary action.
Inventors: Gregory Griscik (Midlothian, Va.); Raymond W. Lau (Glen Allen, Va.); Eric Hawes (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
July 15, 2025

Hose Support Assembly
Patent No. 12359751
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 LLC (Sanford, N.C.)
July 15, 2025

Electronic Vaping Device Including Transfer Pad With Oriented Fibers
Patent No. 12357023
A cartridge for an electronic vaping device includes an outer housing extending in a longitudinal direction and a reservoir configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation. The reservoir is in the outer housing. The cartridge also includes at least two transfer pads at a reservoir end, and a wick in contact with the transfer pads. The transfer pads include a plurality of fibers. Each of the plurality of fibers is substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction.
Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker (Midlothian, Va.); William J. Crowe (Richmond); Geoffrey Brandon Jordan (Midlothian, Va.); Bipin R. Patil (Richmond); Jarrett Keen (Richmond); Michael Roberts (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
July 15, 2025

Article Top Engaging Device, Article Carrier And Blank Therefor
Patent No. 12358705
Aspects of the disclosure relate to an article top engaging device, a carrier for packaging one or more articles and a blank for forming the carrier. The article top engaging device comprises an engaging panel (12; 112; 212; 312; 412; 512; 612; 712) having at least one top-receiving opening (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) defined by a perimeter which defines a notional circle (NC). The perimeter is interrupted by at least three relief elements (C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11) each extending radially away of the center of the notional circle. The perimeter comprises a toothed segment (S1) and a toothless segment (S2). The toothed segment comprises at least two tooth edges (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36; 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236) for bearing a substantially vertical load.
Inventors: Matthew E. Zacherle (Moseley, Va.); Alex N. Barrette (Richmond); Cullen B. Rosenbrien (Richmond); Tsugihiko Suzuki (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems (Atlanta, Ga.)
July 15, 2025

Configuration For A Heat Exchanger In A Temperature Controlled Case
Patent No. 12349815
A heat exchanger for a temperature controlled case is disclosed herein. A temperature controlled case includes a housing that defines a temperature controlled space. The housing includes a duct that receives circulated air. A heat exchanger is coupled to the housing and disposed within the duct. The heat exchanger includes an intake face at a non-perpendicular angle relative to an air flow direction in the duct immediately upstream of the heat exchanger.
Inventors: Roy Bates (Chesterfield, Va.); Lawrence W. Eget (Mechanicsville, Va.); Karuna Kumari Lade (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Hill Phoenix (Conyers, Ga.)
July 8, 2025

Data Certification Process For Updates To Data In Cloud Database Platform
Patent No. 12361008
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing access to records of a database stored on a database server in a cloud database platform are described herein. A data sharing platform may determine a shared view definition for access to the database. The data sharing platform may determine rules that specify criteria that limit access to the records stored by the database. The one or more first rules may be received via a user interface. The data sharing platform may perform, based on the rules, a data access certification process on the records stored by the database to generate a table of certification results. The data sharing platform may generate, based on the table of certification results, and without modifying the records stored by the database, a limited consumer view definition. Based on updates to the records, a new limited consumer view definition may be generated.
Inventors: Nagender Gurram (Glen Allen, Va.); Yudhish Batra (Glen Allen, Va.); Syed Shamaz Salim (North Potomac, Md.); Praveen Kandukun (Ashburn, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
July 15, 2025

Data Certification Process For Cloud Database Platform
Patent No. 12361156
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing access to records of a database stored on a database server in a cloud database platform are described herein. A data sharing platform may determine a shared view definition for access to the database. The data sharing platform may determine rules that specify criteria that limit access to the records stored by the database. The one or more first rules may be received via a user interface. The data sharing platform may perform, based on the rules, a data access certification process on the records stored by the database to generate a table of certification results. The data sharing platform may generate, based on the table of certification results, and without modifying the records stored by the database, a limited consumer view definition. Based on updates to the records, a new limited consumer view definition may be generated.
Inventors: Nagender Gurram (Glen Allen, Va.); Yudhish Batra (Glen Allen, Va.); Syed Shamaz Salim (North Potomac, Md.); Praveen Kandukuri (Ashburn, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
July 15, 2025

Systems And Methods For Controlling Permissions In Blockchains
Patent No. 12361155
Methods and systems for controlling users’ access to data available on blockchains are described herein, comprising: determining a first right for a first user to first data; determining a location in a permissioned blockchain comprising the first data, the location being a first fork of the permissioned blockchain; determining a first privilege required to access the first fork; determining that the first user corresponds to a first cryptographic address; and assigning the first privilege to the first cryptographic address.
Inventor: Mihir Vora (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
July 15, 2025

Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Apparatus And Method
Patent No. 12357840
A coil configuration and method for transcranial magnetic stimulation enabling stimulation of deep regions of the brain without excessively stimulating the cortex is provided. The coil configuration utilizes at least one coil to produce an off-plane magnetic field to enhance the magnetic field from a top TMS coil. In one configuration at least a single variable position coil referred to as the Variable Halo Coil and positionable vertically and/or angularly is used.
Inventors: David C. Jiles (Ames, Iowa); Magundappa Ravi L. Hadimani (Glen Allen, Va.) Priyam Rastogi (Ames, Iowa)
Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation (Ames, Iowa)
July 15, 2025

Systems And Methods For Online Control Of A Chemical Treatment Solution Using Scale Saturation Indices
Patent No. 12358820
Systems and methods for applying a chemical treatment solution to a process stream in an industrial processing system while the system is online. The method includes measuring a real-time pH of the process stream, determining a dosage of the chemical treatment solution based on a relationship between the dosage and a scale saturation parameter that is calculated based on the real-time pH of the process stream, and controlling application of the chemical treatment solution to the process stream based on the determined dosage.
Inventors: Kevin Boudreaux (Sioux Falls, S.Dak.); Bill Gonzalez (Glenwood, N.J.); Kerry Killough (Cypress, Texas); Faycal Finnouche (Algiers, Algeria); David Oswald (Hartwell, Ga.)
Assignee: Chemtreat (Glen Allen, Va.)
July 15, 2025

Data Attribute Retrieval
Patent No. 12360987
In some implementations, a device may receive a request to obtain a set of data attributes. The device may generate one or more hierarchical lists for respective data attributes included in the set of data attributes. The device may identify an anchor hierarchical list, from the one or more hierarchical lists, that is associated with a highest order among the one or more hierarchical lists. The device may generate a first query to a first data source indicated by a first data attribute in a top position of the anchor hierarchical list, wherein the first query requests a first one or more data attributes including the first data attribute and any other data attributes, associated with the first data source, that are in top positions of respective hierarchical lists of the one or more hierarchical lists. The device may transmit, to the first data source, the first query.
Inventors: Hong Guo (Glen Allen, Va.); Dhanveer Singh (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
July 15, 2025

Query Alerts Generation For Virtual Warehouse
Patent No. 12361026
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for generating notifications corresponding to queries submitted for execution by virtual warehouses are described herein. A request to execute a query may be received. An execution plan, for the query, may be identified. A processing complexity for the query may be predicted based on the query and the execution plan. A notification may be generated based on the processing complexity meeting an alert threshold. A user device may display the notification. A response to the notification comprising a selection of a first virtual warehouse, of a plurality of virtual warehouses, to execute the query may be received.
Inventors: Praveen Kandukuri (Ashburn, Va.); Syed Salim (North Potomac, Md.); Karamchandradatt Hardatt (Glen Allen, Va.); Nagender Gurram (Glen Allen, Va.); Ganesh Bharathan (Henrico, Va.); Yudhish Batra (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
July 15, 2025

Spare Tire Storage Assembly
Patent No. 12351247
A spare tire storage assembly includes a cabinet and a separate drawer that holds a spare tire stored in the assembly. The cabinet is fixed to the bottom of a vehicle. The drawer is partially extracted from the cabinet and is then pivoted downwardly with respect to the fixed cabinet to support the front of the drawer against the ground when removing a spare tire from the drawer. The tire can essentially fill the drawer without causing the bottom of the vehicle interfering with pivotal movement of the drawer.
Inventor: Gary K. Maurer (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
July 8, 2025

Systems For Database Searching And Database Schemas Management And Methods Of Use Thereof
Patent No. 12361209
Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable database search. The systems and/or methods may include receiving a search query that includes an input document having text. Word embeddings are generated within the input document, where the word embeddings include vector representations of words in the text of the input document. An average input document word embedding vector is determined for the word embeddings of the input document. A set of stored documents is accessed, where each stored document includes a stored text has a particular average stored document word embedding vector. A similarity model is used to determine a similarity metric measuring the similarity between the input document and each stored document based on the average input document word embedding vector and the particular average stored document word embedding vector of each stored document.
Inventors: Cruz Vargas (Ocean Springs, Miss.); Phoebe Atkins (Midlothian, Va.); Alexander Lin (Arlington, Va.); Joshua Edwards (Philadelphia, Penn.); Lin Ni Lisa Cheng (New York, N.Y.); Rajko Ilincic (Annandale, Va.); Max Miracolo (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Brian McClanahan (Hyattsville, Md.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
July 15, 2025

Systems And Methods For Percutaneously Placing Biologic Grafts At A Procedural Site
Patent No. 12357445
A catheter having opposed tissue contacting surfaces for creating an anastomosis between two blood vessels is utilized to facilitate a method for percutaneously placing a biologic graft at a procedural site. The method may comprise steps of advancing a biologic graft over a guidewire into a blood vessel at a biologic graft attachment site, advancing a catheter over the guidewire, and creating an anastomosis between the biologic graft and the blood vessel by activating the catheter to apply energy to a vessel wall of the blood vessel and to a wall of the biologic graft.
Inventors: Jeffrey E. Hull (Midlothian, Va.); Justin K. Mann (Dana Point, Calif.); Mark A. Ritchart (Dana Point, Calif.)
Assignee: Avenu Medical (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
July 15, 2025

Static Transfer Switches With Intelligent Bypass And Removable Power Stages
Patent No. 12362593
A method operable by a controller of a static transfer switch (STS) is provided. The STS includes first and second inputs selectively coupled with first and second power sources via first and second circuit breakers, respectively, an output coupled with a load, first and second bypass breakers selectively coupling the first and second inputs, respectively, with the output, at least one removable power stage module including first and second power stages configured to conduct electrical power when active, first and second contactors selectively coupling the first and second inputs with the first and second power stages, respectively, and a load switch selectively coupling the first and second power stages with the output. The method includes modifying an operating state of the first and second contactors and the first and second power stages to implement a bypass operation and an un-bypass operation of the STS in response to a trigger condition.
Inventors: Thomas Anthony Kendzia III (Rockville, Va.); Veerakumar Bose (Henrico, Va.); Christopher Alan Belcastro (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: ABB Schweiz (Baden, Switzerland)
July 15, 2025

Transaction Analysis For Multiple Entities
Patent No. 12361481
A computer-implemented method includes storing parameters that define data requested by a client device. The method also includes receiving the data that satisfies the parameters from interaction channels in response to a request for the data. The method further includes detecting unique identifiers in the data. Each unique identifier of the unique identifiers can be associated with an entity. Additionally, the method includes generating subsets of data for each of the unique identifiers. The method also includes causing a display of the subsets of data for each unique identifier at a user interface of the client device. The subsets of data for each unique identifier can be sent to the client device as separate files.
Inventors: Jonathan Topp (Montpelier, Va.); Priya Kenkare Shankarnanrayana (Sandy Springs, Ga.); Heather Choudhury (Stone Mountain, Ga.); Michael Geist (Woodstock, Ga.); Veeranjaneya Chandu (Alpharetta, Ga.)
Assignee: Truist Bank (Charlotte, N.C.)
July 15, 2025

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