Patents by Inventor Gary Ray Ashton

Gary Ray Ashton 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).

  • Storage device having a resistance measurement system
    Patent number: 7085151
    Abstract: A storage device and a storage system employing the storage device. In one embodiment, the storage device comprises an electron emitter and a storage medium comprising an information layer having at least a first state and a second state for storing information. The storage device comprises a resistance measurement system coupled to the storage medium for reading the information stored at the information layer by measuring resistance to determine a state of a storage area on the information layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gary Ray Ashton, Robert Newton Bicknell