Patents by Inventor Bob G. Schlicher

Bob G. Schlicher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9177249
    Abstract: Provided is a method of generating a scientometric model that tracks the emergence of an identified technology from initial discovery (via original scientific and conference literature), through critical discoveries (via original scientific, conference literature and patents), transitioning through Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) and ultimately on to commercial application. During the period of innovation and technology transfer, the impact of scholarly works, patents and on-line web news sources are identified. As trends develop, currency of citations, collaboration indicators, and on-line news patterns are identified. The combinations of four distinct and separate searchable on-line networked sources (i.e., scholarly publications and citation, worldwide patents, news archives, and on-line mapping networks) are assembled to become one collective network (a dataset for analysis of relations).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Robert K. Abercrombie, Bob G. Schlicher, Frederick T. Sheldon
  • Patent number: 9157414
    Abstract: A wind energy apparatus is made up of a plurality of modular wind energy devices or units. Each unit has a housing and at least two turbines mounted on the housing. Each of the turbines has a blade set extending upward from the housing. Each blade set has a vertical axis extending upward in relation to the housing. Each of the turbines has a generator connected thereto, each generator being disposed in the housing, and having a rotor and a stator. Each turbine is rotatably mounted with respect to the housing, and mounted to the rotor so that they rotate together. Each housing has a positive connector and negative connector on each side of the respective unit. The units, when placed together, connect their respective poles, positive and negative, together completing a circuit. Therefore, one may connect multiple units together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: WINDSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Bates, Bob G. Schlicher, John R. Owen, Ravi K. Tangirala, Srinivas K. Guntur, Gary E. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20150021922
    Abstract: A wind energy apparatus is made up of a plurality of modular wind energy devices or units. Each unit has a housing and at least two turbines mounted on the housing. Each of the turbines has a blade set extending upward from the housing. Each blade set has a vertical axis extending upward in relation to the housing. Each of the turbines has a generator connected thereto, each generator being disposed in the housing, and having a rotor and a stator. Each turbine is rotatably mounted with respect to the housing, and mounted to the rotor so that they rotate together. Each housing has a positive connector and negative connector on each side of the respective unit. The units, when placed together, connect their respective poles, positive and negative, together completing a circuit. Therefore, one may connect multiple units together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel L. Bates, Bob G. Schlicher, John R. Owen, Ravi K. Tangirala, Srinivas K. Guntur, Gary E. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8823194
    Abstract: A wind energy apparatus is made up of a plurality of modular wind energy devices or units. Each unit has a housing and at least two turbines mounted on the housing. Each of the turbines has a blade set extending upward from the housing. Each blade set has a vertical axis extending upward in relation to the housing. Each of the turbines has a generator connected thereto, each generator being disposed in the housing, and having a rotor and a stator. Each turbine is rotatably mounted with respect to the housing, and mounted to the rotor so that they rotate together. Each housing has a positive connector and negative connector on each side of the respective unit. The units, when placed together, connect their respective poles, positive and negative, together completing a circuit. Therefore, one may connect multiple units together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Windstream Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Bates, Bob G. Schlicher, John R. Owen, Ravi K. Tangirala, Srinivas K. Guntur, Gary E. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140157415
    Abstract: Vulnerability in security of an information system is quantitatively predicted. The information system may receive malicious actions against its security and may receive corrective actions for restoring the security. A game oriented agent based model is constructed in a simulator application. The game ABM model represents security activity in the information system. The game ABM model has two opposing participants including an attacker and a defender, probabilistic game rules and allowable game states. A specified number of simulations are run and a probabilistic number of the plurality of allowable game states are reached in each simulation run. The probability of reaching a specified game state is unknown prior to running each simulation. Data generated during the game states is collected to determine a probability of one or more aspects of security in the information system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Robert K. Abercrombie, Bob G. Schlicher
  • Publication number: 20140006332
    Abstract: Provided is a method of generating a scientometric model that tracks the emergence of an identified technology from initial discovery (via original scientific and conference literature), through critical discoveries (via original scientific, conference literature and patents), transitioning through Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) and ultimately on to commercial application. During the period of innovation and technology transfer, the impact of scholarly works, patents and on-line web news sources are identified. As trends develop, currency of citations, collaboration indicators, and on-line news patterns are identified. The combinations of four distinct and separate searchable on-line networked sources (i.e., scholarly publications and citation, worldwide patents, news archives, and on-line mapping networks) are assembled to become one collective network (a dataset for analysis of relations).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Robert K. Abercrombie, Bob G. Schlicher, Frederick T. Sheldon
  • Patent number: 8536720
    Abstract: A wind energy apparatus is made up of a plurality of modular wind energy devices or units. Each unit has a housing and at least two turbines mounted on the housing. Each of the turbines has a blade set extending upward from the housing. Each blade set has a vertical axis extending upward in relation to the housing. Each of the turbines has a generator connected thereto, each generator being disposed in the housing, and having a rotor and a stator. Each turbine is rotatably mounted with respect to the housing, and mounted to the rotor so that they rotate together. Each housing has a positive connector and negative connector on each side of the respective unit. The units, when placed together, connect their respective poles, positive and negative, together completing a circuit. Therefore, one may connect multiple units together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Windstream Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Bates, Bob G. Schlicher, John R. Owen, Ravi K. Tangirala, Srinivas K. Guntur, Gary E. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20100270808
    Abstract: A wind energy apparatus is made up of a plurality of modular wind energy devices or units. Each unit has a housing and at least two turbines mounted on the housing. Each of the turbines has a blade set extending upward from the housing. Each blade set has a vertical axis extending upward in relation to the housing. Each of the turbines has a generator connected thereto, each generator being disposed in the housing, and having a rotor and a stator. Each turbine is rotatably mounted with respect to the housing, and mounted to the rotor so that they rotate together. Each housing has a positive connector and negative connector on each side of the respective unit. The units, when placed together, connect their respective poles, positive and negative, together completing a circuit. Therefore, one may connect multiple units together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel L. Bates, Bob G. Schlicher, John R. Owen, Ravi K. Tangirala, Srinivas K. Guntur, Gary E. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7773773
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and a computer program stored in a tangible medium for automatically determining a volume of three-dimensional objects represented in two-dimensional images, by acquiring at two least two-dimensional digitized images, by analyzing the two-dimensional images to identify reference points and geometric patterns, by determining distances between the reference points and the component objects utilizing reference data provided for the three-dimensional object, and by calculating a volume for the three-dimensional object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Robert K. Abercrombie, Bob G. Schlicher
  • Publication number: 20080095404
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and a computer program stored in a tangible medium for automatically determining a volume of three-dimensional objects represented in two-dimensional images, by acquiring at two least two-dimensional digitized images, by analyzing the two-dimensional images to identify reference points and geometric patterns, by determining distances between the reference points and the component objects utilizing reference data provided for the three-dimensional object, and by calculating a volume for the three-dimensional object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Robert K. Abercrombie, Bob G. Schlicher