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).
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Patent number: 9177249Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Robert K. Abercrombie, Bob G. Schlicher, Frederick T. Sheldon
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Patent number: 9157414Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: WINDSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Daniel L. Bates, Bob G. Schlicher, John R. Owen, Ravi K. Tangirala, Srinivas K. Guntur, Gary E. Johnson
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Publication number: 20150021922Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Daniel L. Bates, Bob G. Schlicher, John R. Owen, Ravi K. Tangirala, Srinivas K. Guntur, Gary E. Johnson
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Patent number: 8823194Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Windstream Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Daniel L. Bates, Bob G. Schlicher, John R. Owen, Ravi K. Tangirala, Srinivas K. Guntur, Gary E. Johnson
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Publication number: 20140157415Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Inventors: Robert K. Abercrombie, Bob G. Schlicher
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Publication number: 20140006332Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Robert K. Abercrombie, Bob G. Schlicher, Frederick T. Sheldon
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Patent number: 8536720Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Windstream Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Daniel L. Bates, Bob G. Schlicher, John R. Owen, Ravi K. Tangirala, Srinivas K. Guntur, Gary E. Johnson
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Publication number: 20100270808Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Inventors: Daniel L. Bates, Bob G. Schlicher, John R. Owen, Ravi K. Tangirala, Srinivas K. Guntur, Gary E. Johnson
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Patent number: 7773773Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Robert K. Abercrombie, Bob G. Schlicher
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Publication number: 20080095404Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2006Publication date: April 24, 2008Inventors: Robert K. Abercrombie, Bob G. Schlicher