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Patent No. 12614921
Disclosed herein is a static transfer switch and methods of operating the same. The static transfer switch includes a first switch between a first voltage source and a load, and a second switch between a second voltage source and the load. The first switch and the second switch are configured to alternate power to the load between the first voltage source or the second voltage source. The static transfer switch also includes a first parallel circuit branch coupled in parallel to the first switch, the first parallel circuit branch comprising a first passive element and a first auxiliary switch.
Inventors: Hany Habib (Richmond); Thomas Anthony Kendzia III (Richmond); Veerakumar Bose (Richmond); Christopher Alan Belcastro (Richmond)
Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Germany)
April 28, 2026

Consensus Key Locking With Fast Local Storage For Idempotent Transactions
Patent No. 12614186
Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions according to review and approval workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. As the transactions are processed, the transactions may require access to a resource (e.g., a key value in a database). A microservice processing the transaction may request, from a locking microservice, a lock for the resource. The locking microservice may query a local cache to determine whether a lock exists for the resource. If the local cache determines that no lock exists for resource, the locking mechanism may employ a consensus protocol to obtain a lock for the resource from a plurality of clusters. If consensus is reached, a lock for the resource may be granted to the requesting microservice.
Inventors: Brian T. Burnett (Mechanicsville, Va.); Shane Champion (Richmond); John Beach (Richmond); Jordan May (Richmond); Earle Michael Lee (Midlothian, Va.); Logan Donovan (Cincinnati, Ohio); Leonard Ports (Midlothian, Va.); Dustin Deal (Washington, D.C.); David Smit (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services
April 28, 2026

Rydberg Sensor Having An Optical Fiber Path Feeding Rydberg Sensing Regions And Associated Methods
Patent No. 12613264
A Rydberg sensor may include Rydberg sensing regions, a coupling laser source, and an optical path extending from the coupling laser source to feed the plurality of Rydberg sensing regions in a series configuration. A probe source generates respective probe laser beams for the Rydberg sensing regions.
Inventors: Victor G. Bucklew (Richmond); James Drakes (Occoquan, Va.); Samuel H. Knarr (Melbourne, Fla.); Dennis Estrada (Palm Day, Fla.)
Assignee: Eagle Technology (Melbourne, Fla.)
April 28, 2026

Ester Blends For Electric Drive And Cooling Application
Patent No. 12612574
This disclosure relates to oil compositions of ester blends that are useful in the chemical arts, such as in the manufacture of products, such as base oils and battery immersive cooling fluids. In particular, the present disclosure pertains to blends of an alkenylene diester, such as a dialkyl fumarate or a dialkyl maleate, and a compound of Formula I.
Inventors: Atanu Adhvaryu (Glen Allen, Va.); Kenneth Crook (Winston Salem, N.C.); Carlos Curiel (Denham Springs, La.); Katherine Glasgow (Indianapolis, Ind.); Matthew Stephens (Cranston, R.I.)
Assignee: Aurorium Holdings (Indianapolis, Ind.)
April 28, 2026

Machine Learning-based Synthetic Monitoring
Patent No. 12614116
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for using machine learning processes to improve synthetic monitoring of, e.g., websites. Training data may comprise sitemap information for a plurality of different websites and monitoring information that indicates whether, for each of a plurality of different portions of those websites, one or more synthetic monitoring scripts are executed. A machine learning model may be trained using that training data to output whether one or more portions of an input website should be monitored using synthetic monitoring. A sitemap of a first website may be determined and provided as input to the trained first machine learning model. Based on output from the trained first machine learning model, a synthetic monitoring script may be determined and executed to monitor at least a first portion of the first website.
Inventors: Michael Anthony Young Jr. (Henrico, Va.); Matthew Louis Nowak (Midlothian, Va.); Christopher McDaniel (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services
April 28, 2026

Aerosol-generating System With Pairs Of Electrodes
Patent No. 12618671
An aerosol-generating system includes a liquid storage for holding a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, a first pair of electrodes, a second pair of electrodes and a control system. The liquid storage includes a first portion in fluid communication with a second portion. The first pair of electrodes is adjacent to or in the first portion of the liquid storage. The second pair of electrodes is adjacent to or in the second portion of the liquid storage portion. The control system is configured to measure an electrical quantity between the first pair of electrodes, measure an electrical quantity between the second pair of electrodes, and determine the orientation of the liquid storage portion based on the electrical quantity between the first pair of electrodes and the electrical quantity between the second pair of electrodes.
Inventors: Michel Bessant (Carouge, Switzerland); Robert Emmett (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Jacques Robert (Le Mont-Sur-Lausanne, Switzerland); Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 5, 2026

Control Of Network Systems For Automatic Assessment And Remediation Of Processing Anomalies
Patent No. 12619991
A remote deposit capture (RDC) processing anomaly detection and remediation tool that can communicate with the RDC system over a network, and determine whether a RDC transaction is missing from the RDC system by comparing created and assigned unique identifiers represented in RDC transaction data received at a selected RDC system location or component with unique identifiers represented in RDC transaction data received at a RDC system location or component that is upstream thereof. In response to finding a missing RDC transaction, the tool can determine one or more RDC system remediation actions, execute the one or more RDC system remediation actions on the RDC system, and report the missing RDC transaction and any RDC system remediation actions executed on the RDC system.
Inventors: Omganesh Teekaramsingh (Johns Creek, Ga.); Louis Allin (Richmond); Jonathan Topp (Montpelier, Va.); Madhu Babu Martheneni (Cumming, Ga.); Lenin Kumar Pagidipala (Atlanta, Ga.)
Assignee: Truist Bank (Charlotte, N.C.)
May 5, 2026

E-vaping Cartridge
Patent No. 12616243
The cartridge includes a housing, an air passage through at least a portion of the housing, a reservoir, the reservoir defining a cavity that is configured to store a pre-vapor formulation, a distal end of the reservoir defining a vent hole, a wick in communication with the air passage and the cavity, and a heater configured to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation in the wick.
Inventor: Ali A. Rostami (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 5, 2026

Systems And Methods For Linking A Screen Capture To A User Support Session
Patent No. 12619756
Systems and methods for linking a screen capture to a user support session are disclosed. The system may receive a screen capture initiation request from a user device. The system may capture a first data object indicative of a first graphical user interface associated with the user device. The system may provide, to the user device, the first graphical user interface for a predetermined period of time. The system may track, by the one or more processors, one or more inputs from the user device that indicate the presence of one or more articles of sensitive information within the graphical user interface. The system may mask the one or more articles of sensitive information within the graphical user interface, generate a second data object indicative of the graphical user interface having the masked articles of sensitive information, and store the second data object in a data repository.
Inventors: Thomas H. Scott (Richmond); Jude Pierre Anasta (Hudson, N.Y.); Fayaz Khan (Souderton, Penn.); Patrick Blinkhorn (Silver Spring, Md.); Mary Sweeney (Wilmington, Del.); Tejen Shrestha (Arlington, Va.); Joseph Amburgey (Alexandria, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 5, 2026

Smokeless Tobacco Product Sized, Shaped And Adapted For Oral Consumption
Patent No. 12616236
A consumable tobacco film strip adapted to dissolve in the oral cavity includes a tobacco component, a binder, a humectant, and optionally a flavorant. The tobacco component can include ground or powdered tobacco and/or a tobacco extract. Tobacco flavoring can be incorporated in the film strip by casting or extruding a mixture or the tobacco component may be added to a film strip after formation of the film. The film strips are adapted to dissolve and provide tobacco satisfaction.
Inventors: Susan E. Wrenn (Chesterfield, Va.); Maria Carolina Marun (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
May 5, 2026