ABB и Altria получили патенты на инновационные системы: от модульных переключателей с транзисторами широкой запрещенной зоны до алгоритмов кластеризации уязвимостей безопасности

Assembly With Capillary Medium And Air Impingement Structure Defining First Opening Patent No. 12714143 The assembly including a capillary medium defining a duct, and an air impingement structure defining a first opening, the air impingement structure including electrically conductive filaments, the air impingement structure being connected to a surface of the capillary medium, at least one first portion of the air impingement structure extending into the surface of the capillary medium. Inventor: Michel Thorens (Moudon, Switzerland) Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond) Aug. 25, 2026 Clustering Compliance Activities And Security Vulnerability Remediations Patent No. 12719911 In some implementations, a compliance system may receive, from a tracking system, a set of data structures representing a set of security vulnerabilities and indicating a corresponding set of severity levels. The compliance system may determine a set of levels of effort, corresponding to remediating the set of security vulnerabilities. The compliance system may provide the set of levels of effort to a machine learning model, in order to generate a proposed change to a set of users that are responsible for remediation, and may output an indication of the proposed change. The compliance system may provide the corresponding set of severity levels and the set of levels of effort to the machine learning model in order to generate clusters for the set of security vulnerabilities. The compliance system may output, based on the clusters, an indication of which users are assigned to which security vulnerabilities. Inventors: Grant Michael Iwan (Montpelier, Va.); Mohamed Seck (Aubrey, Texas); Shannon Reid (Richmond) Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.) Aug. 25, 2026 Customized Graphical User Interface Generation Graphically Depicting Icons Via A Computer Screen Patent No. 12717797 Systems and methods receive control signal(s) representing a UI input provided via an actionable GUI input component depicted via a GUI of a computer screen, the UI input indicating the user’s need for an entity object, accessible via an entity, to be personalized for the user. Stored user data of the user stored to data storage location(s) is accessed that includes both attribute data associated with the user and resource data associated with a resource currently possessed by the user. Data analysis is performed on entity objects each having object attributes, the data analysis including evaluating the object attributes relative stored user data, identifying entity objects available to the user, and ranking the entity objects. Interactive UI input components associated with entity object content are generated and display, via the GUI, is initiated, the entity object content including a selection of ranked entity objects available to the user. Inventors: John Peter Sherry (Charlotte, N.C.); Daria Hadalski (Fayetteville, Ga.); Zachary Samuel Sink (High Point, N.C.); Laura Jeanette Smith (Richmond) Assignee: Truist Bank (Charlotte, N.C.) Aug. 25, 2026 Aerosol-generating System With Liquid Aerosol-forming Substrate Identification Patent No. 12708726 An aerosol-generating system includes a storage portion configured to hold an aerosol-forming substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode spaced from the first electrode, and a control system. At least a portion of the storage portion is between the first electrode and the second electrode. The portion of the storage portion between the first electrode and the second electrode holds the aerosol-forming substrate when the aerosol-forming substrate is held in the storage portion. The control system is configured to measure an electrical quantity between the first electrode and the second electrode, and identify the liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the storage portion based on the measured electrical quantity information. Inventors: Ole Mironov (Cudrefin, Switzerland); Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik (Peseux, Switzerland); Jerome Christian Courbat (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain) Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond) Aug. 18, 2026 Near-infrared Spectroscopy Systems And Methods For Monitoring Human Physiology In Activities Related To Aircraft Patent No. 12708269 A near-infrared spectroscopy system for monitoring human physiology in activities related to aircraft comprises a substrate, a light source emitting a set of wavelengths, an optical detector detecting the set of wavelengths, a processor in electronic communication with the light source bank and/or the optical detector, and a memory device in electronic communication with the processor. The light source bank, optical detector, processor, and memory device are mounted on the substrate, and a battery is in electronic communication with at least one of these components. Program instructions direct the processor to calculate an oxygenation level, compare that oxygenation level to a predetermined threshold, and optionally, activate a feedback device. A method of detecting an oxygenation level comprises mounting the system in a wearable article, calculating a baseline oxygenation level, regularly executing the program instructions to calculate the oxygenation level, and activating the feedback device. Inventors: Jared Dale Allen (Richmond); Bretton Robert Goldbach (Richmond); Areej Habib (Richmond); Jason Michael Strohmaier (Richmond); Ryan Casey Boutwell (Richmond) Assignee: NIRSense (Richmond) Aug. 18, 2026 Authenticating Users During And After Suspicious Voice Calls And Browsing Patent No. 12719861 In some implementations, a remote server may receive a request for authentication including a set of credentials associated with a user. The remote server may transmit, to a user device associated with the user, a request for a status associated with a browsing history of the user device or associated with recent emails viewed on the user device. The remote server may receive, from the user device, an indication of the status. The remote server may transmit a message based on the indication of the status and may determine whether to authenticate the user, using the set of credentials, based on the indication of the status. Inventors: Matthew Nowak (Midlothian, Va.); Michael Anthony Young Jr. (Henrico, Va.); Christopher McDaniel (Glen Allen, Va.) Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.) Aug. 25, 2026 Systems And Methods For Communication Modification To Reduce Inaccurate Machine-learning-based Communication Suppressions Patent No. 12719761 Methods and systems are described herein for generating communication modifications to reduce inaccurate machine-learning-based communication suppressions. The system may receive a candidate communication to be sent to a user device or user account. The system may generate a prediction indicating whether a negative action is likely to be taken by a machine learning model with respect to the candidate communication. Based on a prediction that a negative action is likely to be taken by a machine learning model with respect to the candidate communication, the system may modify the candidate communication. Inventors: Christopher McDaniel (Glen Allen, Va.); Matthew Louis Nowak (Midlothian, Va.); Michael Anthony Young Jr. (Henrico, Va.) Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.) Aug. 25, 2026 Highly Configurable Adaptable Mobile Deionization Trailer Patent No. 12709557 Systems for treating water, e.g., mobile deionization systems, are disclosed. The system includes a system inlet connectable to a source of water to be treated; a water distribution manifold connected to the system inlet and including a plurality of valves structured and arranged to provide a configurable flow path along the water distribution manifold; a plurality of water treatment vessels each having an inlet and an outlet connected to the water distribution manifold; and a system outlet connected to the outlet of a last of the plurality of water treatment vessels. The plurality of valves are selectively operable to provide for sections of the water distribution manifold to switch between flowing water into one or more of the plurality of water treatment vessels or receiving water from the one or more of the plurality of water treatment vessels. Methods of treating water using the systems are also disclosed. Inventors: John David Forbes (Midlothian, Va.); Kodi Marlan Killion (Chesterfield, Va.) Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies (Pittsburgh, Penn.) Aug. 18, 2026 Discovery Crawler For Application Dependency Discovery, Reporting, And Management Tool Patent No. 12717701 Techniques for monitoring operating statuses of an application and its dependencies are provided. A monitoring application may collect and report the operating status of the monitored application and each dependency. Through use of existing monitoring interfaces, the monitoring application can collect operating status without requiring modification of the underlying monitored application or dependencies. The monitoring application may determine a problem service that is a root cause of an unhealthy state of the monitored application. Dependency analyzer and discovery crawler techniques may automatically configure and update the monitoring application. Machine learning techniques may be used to determine patterns of performance based on system state information associated with performance events and provide health reports relative to a baseline status of the monitored application. Also provided are techniques for testing a response of the monitored application through modifications to API calls. Such tests may be used to train the machine learning model. Inventors: Muralidharan Balasubramanian (Gaitersburg, Md.); Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.); Julie Dallen (Vienna, Va.); David Watson (Alexandria, Va.) Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.) Aug. 25, 2026 Building And Providing A Remediation Library For Cloud-based Applications Patent No. 12711223 In some implementations, a remediation engine may receive an indication of a current instance of a security vulnerability associated with a cloud-based application. The remediation engine may determine, using a first machine learning model, a previous ticket associated with resolving a previous instance of the security vulnerability. The remediation engine may generate, using a second machine learning model, an automated script associated with resolving the security vulnerability. The remediation engine may transmit instructions for a user interface (UI) indicating the current instance of the security vulnerability. The remediation engine may receive an indication of an interaction with the UI. The remediation engine may transmit instructions for an overlay, indicating the previous ticket and the automated script, in response to the indication of the interaction with the UI. Inventors: Mohamed Seck (Aubrey, Texas); Krystan R. Franzen (Mechanicsville, Va.) Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.) Aug. 18, 2026 Predictive And Real Time Process Intervention Involving A Multi-component Defoamer Feed Unit Patent No. 12709840 Systems and methods are disclosed herein for proactive intervention in an industrial process involving a defoamer composition. Learning models are iteratively trained using historical input data sets comprising directly measured variables from the industrial process and correlations between combinations of the input data and respective process states. For a current input data set associated with the industrial process, and responsive to detected process attributes, an intervention event is determined with respect to at least a first defoamer component in a current composition. Models are utilized to predict, responsive to the intervention event, changes in target values within a specified range of target values for other components in the current composition and/or for directly measured variables as corresponding with a specified process state. Automatic control is performed for respective actuators to produce a new defoamer composition, and as needed to other actuators for the directly measured variables. Inventors: Glenn Mudaly (Mechanicsville, Va.); Stephen Skirius (Memphis, Tenn.); Deborah Marais (Memphis, Tenn.); Rohini Kanwar (Memphis, Tenn.); Dimitri Kouznetsov (Memphis, Tenn.); Daniel Paik (Memphis, Tenn.); Yanran Xu (Memphis, Tenn.); Shunong Yang (Memphis, Tenn.) Assignee: Buckman Laboratories International (Memphis, Tenn.) Aug. 18, 2026 Modular Static Transfer Switch With Wide-bandgap Transistors Patent No. 12712381 A modular static transfer switch (STS) assembly comprises a semiconductor powertrain constructed with wide-bandgap transistors. A first input of the STS assembly is electrically coupled to a first power source and a second input of the STS assembly is electrically coupled to a second power source. An output of the STS assembly is electrically coupled to a load, wherein the load is powered using the first power source via the STS modular assembly. A galvanic isolator like relay or contactor or breaker or fuse disconnects any faulty semiconductor powertrain. The STS also comprises a controller to execute the transfer of power supplied to the load from the first power source to the second power source by electrically decoupling the first power source from the load, verifying that the first power source is disconnected from the load, and providing instructions to electrically couple the second power source to the load. Inventors: Chunmeng Xu (Raleigh, N.C.); Veerakumar Bose (Henrico, Va.); Harish Suryanarayana (Apex, N.C.); Govind S. Chavan (Garner, N.C.); Pietro Cairoli (Cary, N.C.) Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland) Aug. 18, 2026 Assembly With Capillary Medium And Air Impingement Structure Defining First Opening Patent No. 12714143 The assembly including a capillary medium defining a duct, and an air impingement structure defining a first opening, the air impingement structure including electrically conductive filaments, the air impingement structure being connected to a surface of the capillary medium, at least one first portion of the air impingement structure extending into the surface of the capillary medium. Inventor: Michel Thorens (Moudon, Switzerland) Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond) Aug. 25, 2026 Clustering Compliance Activities And Security Vulnerability Remediations Patent No. 12719911 In some implementations, a compliance system may receive, from a tracking system, a set of data structures representing a set of security vulnerabilities and indicating a corresponding set of severity levels. The compliance system may determine a set of levels of effort, corresponding to remediating the set of security vulnerabilities. The compliance system may provide the set of levels of effort to a machine learning model, in order to generate a proposed change to a set of users that are responsible for remediation, and may output an indication of the proposed change. The compliance system may provide the corresponding set of severity levels and the set of levels of effort to the machine learning model in order to generate clusters for the set of security vulnerabilities. The compliance system may output, based on the clusters, an indication of which users are assigned to which security vulnerabilities. Inventors: Grant Michael Iwan (Montpelier, Va.); Mohamed Seck (Aubrey, Texas); Shannon Reid (Richmond) Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.) Aug. 25, 2026 Customized Graphical User Interface Generation Graphically Depicting Icons Via A Computer Screen Patent No. 12717797 Systems and methods receive control signal(s) representing a UI input provided via an actionable GUI input component depicted via a GUI of a computer screen, the UI input indicating the user’s need for an entity object, accessible via an entity, to be personalized for the user. Stored user data of the user stored to data storage location(s) is accessed that includes both attribute data associated with the user and resource data associated with a resource currently possessed by the user. Data analysis is performed on entity objects each having object attributes, the data analysis including evaluating the object attributes relative stored user data, identifying entity objects available to the user, and ranking the entity objects. Interactive UI input components associated with entity object content are generated and display, via the GUI, is initiated, the entity object content including a selection of ranked entity objects available to the user. Inventors: John Peter Sherry (Charlotte, N.C.); Daria Hadalski (Fayetteville, Ga.); Zachary Samuel Sink (High Point, N.C.); Laura Jeanette Smith (Richmond) Assignee: Truist Bank (Charlotte, N.C.) Aug. 25, 2026 Aerosol-generating System With Liquid Aerosol-forming Substrate Identification Patent No. 12708726 An aerosol-generating system includes a storage portion configured to hold an aerosol-forming substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode spaced from the first electrode, and a control system. At least a portion of the storage portion is between the first electrode and the second electrode. The portion of the storage portion between the first electrode and the second electrode holds the aerosol-forming substrate when the aerosol-forming substrate is held in the storage portion. The control system is configured to measure an electrical quantity between the first electrode and the second electrode, and identify the liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the storage portion based on the measured electrical quantity information. Inventors: Ole Mironov (Cudrefin, Switzerland); Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik (Peseux, Switzerland); Jerome Christian Courbat (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain) Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond) Aug. 18, 2026 Near-infrared Spectroscopy Systems And Methods For Monitoring Human Physiology In Activities Related To Aircraft Patent No. 12708269 A near-infrared spectroscopy system for monitoring human physiology in activities related to aircraft comprises a substrate, a light source emitting a set of wavelengths, an optical detector detecting the set of wavelengths, a processor in electronic communication with the light source bank and/or the optical detector, and a memory device in electronic communication with the processor. The light source bank, optical detector, processor, and memory device are mounted on the substrate, and a battery is in electronic communication with at least one of these components. Program instructions direct the processor to calculate an oxygenation level, compare that oxygenation level to a predetermined threshold, and optionally, activate a feedback device. A method of detecting an oxygenation level comprises mounting the system in a wearable article, calculating a baseline oxygenation level, regularly executing the program instructions to calculate the oxygenation level, and activating the feedback device. Inventors: Jared Dale Allen (Richmond); Bretton Robert Goldbach (Richmond); Areej Habib (Richmond); Jason Michael Strohmaier (Richmond); Ryan Casey Boutwell (Richmond) Assignee: NIRSense (Richmond) Aug. 18, 2026 Authenticating Users During And After Suspicious Voice Calls And Browsing Patent No. 12719861 In some implementations, a remote server may receive a request for authentication including a set of credentials associated with a user. The remote server may transmit, to a user device associated with the user, a request for a status associated with a browsing history of the user device or associated with recent emails viewed on the user device. The remote server may receive, from the user device, an indication of the status. The remote server may transmit a message based on the indication of the status and may determine whether to authenticate the user, using the set of credentials, based on the indication of the status. Inventors: Matthew Nowak (Midlothian, Va.); Michael Anthony Young Jr. (Henrico, Va.); Christopher McDaniel (Glen Allen, Va.) Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.) Aug. 25, 2026 Systems And Methods For Communication Modification To Reduce Inaccurate Machine-learning-based Communication Suppressions Patent No. 12719761 Methods and systems are described herein for generating communication modifications to reduce inaccurate machine-learning-based communication suppressions. The system may receive a candidate communication to be sent to a user device or user account. The system may generate a prediction indicating whether a negative action is likely to be taken by a machine learning model with respect to the candidate communication. Based on a prediction that a negative action is likely to be taken by a machine learning model with respect to the candidate communication, the system may modify the candidate communication. Inventors: Christopher McDaniel (Glen Allen, Va.); Matthew Louis Nowak (Midlothian, Va.); Michael Anthony Young Jr. (Henrico, Va.) Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.) Aug. 25, 2026 Highly Configurable Adaptable Mobile Deionization Trailer Patent No. 12709557 Systems for treating water, e.g., mobile deionization systems, are disclosed. The system includes a system inlet connectable to a source of water to be treated; a water distribution manifold connected to the system inlet and including a plurality of valves structured and arranged to provide a configurable flow path along the water distribution manifold; a plurality of water treatment vessels each having an inlet and an outlet connected to the water distribution manifold; and a system outlet connected to the outlet of a last of the plurality of water treatment vessels. The plurality of valves are selectively operable to provide for sections of the water distribution manifold to switch between flowing water into one or more of the plurality of water treatment vessels or receiving water from the one or more of the plurality of water treatment vessels. Methods of treating water using the systems are also disclosed. Inventors: John David Forbes (Midlothian, Va.); Kodi Marlan Killion (Chesterfield, Va.) Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies (Pittsburgh, Penn.) Aug. 18, 2026 Discovery Crawler For Application Dependency Discovery, Reporting, And Management Tool Patent No. 12717701 Techniques for monitoring operating statuses of an application and its dependencies are provided. A monitoring application may collect and report the operating status of the monitored application and each dependency. Through use of existing monitoring interfaces, the monitoring application can collect operating status without requiring modification of the underlying monitored application or dependencies. The monitoring application may determine a problem service that is a root cause of an unhealthy state of the monitored application. Dependency analyzer and discovery crawler techniques may automatically configure and update the monitoring application. Machine learning techniques may be used to determine patterns of performance based on system state information associated with performance events and provide health reports relative to a baseline status of the monitored application. Also provided are techniques for testing a response of the monitored application through modifications to API calls. Such tests may be used to train the machine learning model. Inventors: Muralidharan Balasubramanian (Gaitersburg, Md.); Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.); Julie Dallen (Vienna, Va.); David Watson (Alexandria, Va.) Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.) Aug. 25, 2026 Building And Providing A Remediation Library For Cloud-based Applications Patent No. 12711223 In some implementations, a remediation engine may receive an indication of a current instance of a security vulnerability associated with a cloud-based application. The remediation engine may determine, using a first machine learning model, a previous ticket associated with resolving a previous instance of the security vulnerability. The remediation engine may generate, using a second machine learning model, an automated script associated with resolving the security vulnerability. The remediation engine may transmit instructions for a user interface (UI) indicating the current instance of the security vulnerability. The remediation engine may receive an indication of an interaction with the UI. The remediation engine may transmit instructions for an overlay, indicating the previous ticket and the automated script, in response to the indication of the interaction with the UI. Inventors: Mohamed Seck (Aubrey, Texas); Krystan R. Franzen (Mechanicsville, Va.) Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.) Aug. 18, 2026 Predictive And Real Time Process Intervention Involving A Multi-component Defoamer Feed Unit Patent No. 12709840 Systems and methods are disclosed herein for proactive intervention in an industrial process involving a defoamer composition. Learning models are iteratively trained using historical input data sets comprising directly measured variables from the industrial process and correlations between combinations of the input data and respective process states. For a current input data set associated with the industrial process, and responsive to detected process attributes, an intervention event is determined with respect to at least a first defoamer component in a current composition. Models are utilized to predict, responsive to the intervention event, changes in target values within a specified range of target values for other components in the current composition and/or for directly measured variables as corresponding with a specified process state. Automatic control is performed for respective actuators to produce a new defoamer composition, and as needed to other actuators for the directly measured variables. Inventors: Glenn Mudaly (Mechanicsville, Va.); Stephen Skirius (Memphis, Tenn.); Deborah Marais (Memphis, Tenn.); Rohini Kanwar (Memphis, Tenn.); Dimitri Kouznetsov (Memphis, Tenn.); Daniel Paik (Memphis, Tenn.); Yanran Xu (Memphis, Tenn.); Shunong Yang (Memphis, Tenn.) Assignee: Buckman Laboratories International (Memphis, Tenn.) Aug. 18, 2026 Modular Static Transfer Switch With Wide-bandgap Transistors Patent No. 12712381 A modular static transfer switch (STS) assembly comprises a semiconductor powertrain constructed with wide-bandgap transistors. A first input of the STS assembly is electrically coupled to a first power source and a second input of the STS assembly is electrically coupled to a second power source. An output of the STS assembly is electrically coupled to a load, wherein the load is powered using the first power source via the STS modular assembly. A galvanic isolator like relay or contactor or breaker or fuse disconnects any faulty semiconductor powertrain. The STS also comprises a controller to execute the transfer of power supplied to the load from the first power source to the second power source by electrically decoupling the first power source from the load, verifying that the first power source is disconnected from the load, and providing instructions to electrically couple the second power source to the load. Inventors: Chunmeng Xu (Raleigh, N.C.); Veerakumar Bose (Henrico, Va.); Harish Suryanarayana (Apex, N.C.); Govind S. Chavan (Garner, N.C.); Pietro Cairoli (Cary, N.C.) Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland) Aug. 18, 2026