Centurion Patentors as of April 22, 2025
Robert Peter Hodgkins
Research Science Consultant at Aramco.
Dr. Robert Hodgkins is a Senior Scientist at Saudi Aramco’s Research and Development Center, specializing in catalyst development, aromatics upgrading, and converting refinery waste into valuable products. Since joining Aramco in 2014, he has led multiple technology-driven R&D projects aligned with refinery needs.
He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of St. Andrews, UK, and previously worked at Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, where he led the development of next-generation zeolite-based emission control technologies. His research focuses on nanoporous materials for applications in catalysis, diagnostics, and more.
Patent №: 12281022 – Modified zeolites that include hafnium-containing organometallic moieties and methods for making such. Disclosed are modified zeolites with microporous frameworks (≤2 nm) made of silicon and oxygen. These zeolites include organometallic moieties with hafnium, bonded via secondary amine groups that link the hafnium to the silicon in the framework.
Susumu Kawashima
Susumu works in the Semiconductor Division.
Patent №: 12282240 – Display device and electronic device.
A display device includes pixel blocks with a shared first circuit that adds data from a source driver, and second circuits with display elements that use the added data. Sharing the first circuit among pixels increases the aperture ratio and improves image quality.
Amitai Alkalay
Senior Distinguished Engineer, Chief Architect at Dell Technologies PowerStore.
Patent №: 12282689 – Dynamic redundant array of independent disks (RAID) transformation.
A technique for dynamic RAID transformation involves measuring storage array parameters, identifying a new RAID configuration based on those parameters, and then transforming the existing RAID setup into the new one.
Gene Wesley Marsh
Senior Director at Qualcomm.
Patent №: 12283004 – Techniques to facilitate a cloud-based vehicle XR experience.
Methods and devices enable cloud-based vehicle XR by requesting a session, sending user data, and receiving rendering info based on that data. The session includes XR elements for both the vehicle and user.
John Frederic Schreck
Board Member and Advisor – Texas Institute for Electronics.
Patent №: 12283305 – Main word line drivers.
A main word line driver uses transistors controlled by row addresses. In a high resistance state, a decoder can override and activate the word line. A parallel setup with a second transistor enables similar control.
Jialing Liu
Principal Engineer at Futurewei.
Dr. Liu received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering and a B.S. degree in automatic control from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1998, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA, in 2002 and 2006, respectively.
He joined Garmin International in 2005, Motorola Inc., in 2007, and Futurewei Technologies in 2010. He is interested in communications, information theory, dynamical systems and control, and the interconnections among them.
Patent №: 12284125 – System and method for communicating time and frequency tracking signals using configurations for one port CSI-RSs. A network controller configures and signals CSI-RS settings to UEs, including one-port resources and QCL parameters for tracking and DMRS alignment.
Patent №: 12207179 – Device, network, and method for network adaptation and utilizing a downlink discovery reference signal. A UE receives timing and format info for a discovery signal (DS), skips CRS-based actions during inactive periods, and uses the DS for sync, cell ID, or RRM.
Hong Rak Son
Hongrak Son received a B.S. degree in control and instrumentation engineering in 1996, an M.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1998, and his Ph.D. degree in electronics engineering, all from the Chonbuk National University, Korea, in 2003.
Since 2005, he has been a Senior Researcher with the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Korea.
Patent №: 12282421 – Method and apparatus for managing memory of storage system. The disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for memory management in storage systems. A controller determines the data type, stores a header for first-type data, compresses second-type data, and powers off memory once the header or compressed data is stored.
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Angelina Kushnarova
Angelina Kushnarova (Sverediuk) was born in Ukraine. She graduated from Ternopil Medical University with a specialization in Medicine and completed an internship in Radiology at Lviv University. She worked as a Radiologist, while also working as a web developer.