Centurion Patentors as of February 25, 2025
Jonathan Karl Burkholz
R&D Director | Leadership | Innovation | IP Development | Product Development | Fine Art Photography.
R&D leader with 27 years in global medical technology, device, and drug product development, driving customer-focused innovation, strategic IP creation, and inclusive team leadership. Recipient of five Wesley J. Howe Science & Technology Awards and three MDS Presidents Awards for innovation excellence.
Top intellectual property contributor at BD, fostering a culture of innovation and expanding team engagement in IP creation. Also a landscape and fine art photographer, with works featured in hospitals, clinics, and tourism publications, enhancing healthcare environments and promoting Salt Lake City.
Patent №: 12233225 – Blood collection devices, systems, and methods facilitating blood flashback. A catheter system includes a catheter adapter, a distal catheter, and a transparent needle hub securing a needle. A flow control plug at the hub’s proximal end enables a flashback pathway. Some embodiments allow needle retraction via an inner and outer barrel mechanism.
Patent №: 12232909 – Methods of performing an ultrasound procedure. A portable ultrasound system includes a handheld computer with a display, a protective case, a probe head, and a communication interface. The case has an anterior opening framing the display and an integrated rechargeable battery. The probe head, powered by the battery, contains an array of ultrasonic transducers for imaging.
Eric E Swayze
Executive Vice President, Research at Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Patent №: 12234447 – Modified compounds and uses thereof. A
n oligomeric compound features a modified oligonucleotide with central region modifications, designed to improve therapeutic efficacy. Certain embodiments enhance the therapeutic index or increase the maximum tolerated dose for better clinical outcomes.
Tetsuya Yamamoto
Lead engineer at Panasonic Holdings Co., Ltd.
Patent №: 12237960 – Terminal, base station, transmission method, and reception method.
A controller determines the transmission timing based on candidate subframes for a sounding reference signal (SRS) used to measure uplink reception quality. The transmitter then transmits the repetition signals at the optimized timing, improving communication reliability.
Sigen Ye
Cellular System Engineering, Standards at Apple.
Patent №: 12238716 – Techniques for PDSCH/PUSCH processing for multi-TRP.
A UE configured for single-DCI multi-TRP PDSCH operation identifies multiple PDSCH transmissions within a slot and determines the minimum HARQ-ACK processing timing based on symbols from one or both PDSCHs, optimizing acknowledgment efficiency and transmission reliability.
Patent №: 12238551 – Network operations to reduce PDCCH monitoring. The UE reports a reduced PDCCH monitoring capability for specific search space sets (SSS), and the base station determines and transmits a corresponding reduced monitoring configuration, optimizing resource efficiency and power consumption.
Patent №: 12238027 – Timing-related considerations for network-controlled repeaters. . The repeater determines whether to apply the indicated beam to transmission (Tx), reception (Rx), or both spatial filters, optimizing signal forwarding between the UE and the network.
Centurion Patentors as of March 18, 2025
Centurion+ Patent Holders as of December 26, 2023
Inventor Recognitions with Centurion Plus Utility Patents as of September 26, 2023
About The Author
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.