Patents Represented by Attorney Brooks Hushman P.C.
  • Patent number: 7600221
    Abstract: A processing architecture supports executing instructions in parallel after identifying at least one level of dependency associated with a set of traces within a segment of code. Each trace represents a sequence of logical instructions within the segment of code that can be executed in a corresponding operand stack. Scheduling information is generated based on a dependency order identified among the set of traces. Thus, multiple traces may be scheduled for parallel execution unless a dependency order indicates that a second trace is dependent upon a first trace. In this instance, the first trace is executed prior to the second trace. Trace dependencies may be identified at run-time as well as prior to execution of traces in parallel. Results associated with execution of a trace are stored in a temporary buffer (instead of memory) until after it is known that a data dependency was not detected at run-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Achutha Raman Rangachari
  • Patent number: 6887923
    Abstract: The present invention disclose a method for the orientation of a high density polyethylene (“HDPE”) film. The process of the invention comprises forming a HDPE-wax mixture by adding to a HDPE batch a normally solid hydrocarbon wax. The HDPE-wax mixture is subsequently stretched into a film at an orientation temperature below the film's melt temperature. The hydrocarbon wax is characterized by having a drop point equal to or lower than the melting point of the HDPE film. The present invention also provides a film made by the process of the invention and a master batch thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Equistar Chemicals, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert J. Bowling, D. Ryan Breese