Patents by Inventor James A. McMillen
James A. McMillen 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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Publication number: 20240150593Abstract: Disclosed is a sealing composition for treating a metal substrate comprising: a polyolefin component; and a colloidal layered silicate. Also disclosed is a system for treating a metal substrate comprising: a cleaner composition; and/or a pretreatment composition for treating at least a portion of the substrate, the pretreatment composition comprising a Group IVB metal; and a sealing composition for treating at least a portion of the substrate treated with the cleaner composition and/or the pretreated composition, the sealing composition comprising a polyolefin component. Also disclosed is a method of treating a substrate comprising contacting at least a portion of a surface of the substrate with any of the compositions disclosed herein or any of the systems disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Corey James DeDomenic, Kristi Maree Allen, Elizabeth Stephenie Brown-Tseng, Peter Lawrence Votruba-Drzal, Silvia Bezer, Michael Gerard Olah, Steven Edward Bowles, Mary Lyn Chong Lim, Mark William McMillen
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Patent number: 9680532Abstract: A docking station that securely holds a portable electronic device in a desired location with respect to a primary power coil for inductive charging of a battery of the portable electronic device is provided. In one embodiment the docking station includes a pair of opposed end stops spaced apart longitudinally along a base and a primary coil of an inductive charging system positioned below the base. The end stops are longitudinally adjustable to properly align a secondary coil of the portable electronic device with a primary coil. A flexible retention wall may be deflected to provide a biasing force on the portable electronic device. Walls of the end stops are generally curved toward each other and provide downward pressure to prevent vertical and horizontal movement. In another embodiment, a retainer clip is movably coupled with and selectively slides along the base to securely hold the portable electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: L&P Property Management CompanyInventors: Milosz Zbigniew Niec, Renato Colja, Robert James McMillen, Xinde Liang
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Publication number: 20150270875Abstract: A docking station that securely holds a portable electronic device in a desired location with respect to a primary power coil for inductive charging of a battery of the portable electronic device is provided. In one embodiment the docking station includes a pair of opposed end stops spaced apart longitudinally along a base and a primary coil of an inductive charging system positioned below the base. The end stops are longitudinally adjustable to properly align a secondary coil of the portable electronic device with a primary coil. A flexible retention wall may be deflected to provide a biasing force on the portable electronic device. Walls of the end stops are generally curved toward each other and provide downward pressure to prevent vertical and horizontal movement. In another embodiment, a retainer clip is movably coupled with and selectively slides along the base to securely hold the portable electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: L & P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANYInventors: MILOSZ ZBIGNIEW NIEC, RENATO COLJA, ROBERT JAMES MCMILLEN, XINDE LIANG
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Patent number: 9059591Abstract: A docking station that securely holds a portable electronic device in a desired location with respect to a primary power coil for inductive charging of a battery of the portable electronic device is provided. In one embodiment the docking station includes a pair of opposed end stops spaced apart longitudinally along a base and a primary coil of an inductive charging system positioned below the base. The end stops are longitudinally adjustable to properly align a secondary coil of the portable electronic device with a primary coil. A flexible retention wall may be deflected to provide a biasing force on the portable electronic device. Walls of the end stops are generally curved toward each other and provide downward pressure to prevent vertical and horizontal movement. In another embodiment, a retainer clip is movably coupled with and selectively slides along the base to securely hold the portable electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: L&P Property Management CompanyInventors: Milosz Zbigniew Niec, Renato Colja, Robert James McMillen, Xinde Liang
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Publication number: 20130049682Abstract: A docking station that securely holds a portable electronic device in a desired location with respect to a primary power coil for inductive charging of a battery of the portable electronic device is provided. In one embodiment the docking station includes a pair of opposed end stops spaced apart longitudinally along a base and a primary coil of an inductive charging system positioned below the base. The end stops are longitudinally adjustable to properly align a secondary coil of the portable electronic device with a primary coil. A flexible retention wall may be deflected to provide a biasing force on the portable electronic device. Walls of the end stops are generally curved toward each other and provide downward pressure to prevent vertical and horizontal movement. In another embodiment, a retainer clip is movably coupled with and selectively slides along the base to securely hold the portable electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: L & P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANYInventors: MILOSZ ZBIGNIEW NIEC, RENATO COLJA, ROBERT JAMES MCMILLEN, XINDE LIANG
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Patent number: 8219508Abstract: Systems and methods for compressing state machine instructions are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method comprises associating input characters associated with states to respective indices, where each index comprises information indicative of a particular transition instruction.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2008Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: LSI CorporationInventors: Robert James McMillen, Michael D. Ruehle
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Patent number: 8156247Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing network performance degradation by assigning caching priorities to one or more states of a state machine are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method comprises storing, in a memory, a state machine corresponding to one or more patterns to be detected in a data stream, wherein the state machine comprises a plurality of states, generating a test data stream based on the one or more patterns, traversing the state machine with the test data stream, determining a respective hit quantities associated with each of the plurality of states, the hit quantities each indicating a number of accesses to a corresponding state by the traversing, and associating a caching priority to at least some of the plurality of states based on the hit quantities of the respective states.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: LSI CorportionInventor: Robert James McMillen
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Patent number: 7788206Abstract: Compressing state transition instructions may achieve a reduction in the binary instruction footprint of a state machine. In certain embodiments, the compressed state transition instructions are used by state machine engines that use one or more caches in order to increase the speed at which the state machine engine can execute a state machine. In addition to reducing the instruction footprint, the use of compressed state transition instructions as discussed herein may also increase the cache hit rate of a cache-based state machine engine, resulting in an increase in performance.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: LSI CorporationInventors: Robert James McMillen, Michael D. Ruehle
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Publication number: 20090063825Abstract: Systems and methods for compressing state machine instructions are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method comprises associating input characters associated with states to respective indices, where each index comprises information indicative of a particular transition instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventors: Robert James McMillen, Michael D. Ruehle
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Publication number: 20080270764Abstract: Compressing state transition instructions may achieve a reduction in the binary instruction footprint of a state machine. In certain embodiments, the compressed state transition instructions are used by state machine engines that use one or more caches in order to increase the speed at which the state machine engine can execute a state machine. In addition to reducing the instruction footprint, the use of compressed state transition instructions as discussed herein may also increase the cache hit rate of a cache-based state machine engine, resulting in an increase in performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Robert James McMillen, Michael D. Ruehle
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Publication number: 20080270833Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing network performance degradation by assigning caching priorities to one or more states of a state machine are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method comprises storing, in a memory, a state machine corresponding to one or more patterns to be detected in a data stream, wherein the state machine comprises a plurality of states, generating a test data stream based on the one or more patterns, traversing the state machine with the test data stream, determining a respective hit quantities associated with each of the plurality of states, the hit quantities each indicating a number of accesses to a corresponding state by the traversing, and associating a caching priority to at least some of the plurality of states based on the hit quantities of the respective states.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventor: Robert James McMillen
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Patent number: 7077476Abstract: An ergonomic weight support device for a seat comprising a housing having a channel defined by at least one guide boss, an extending element having an unanchored weight supporting end and an engaged end slidingly disposed within the channel of said housing and an actuator fixedly attached to said housing and in moving communication with said extending element whereby said actuator mediates the weight supporting end of said extending element between a substantially retracted position and an extended position.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2004Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: L&P Property Management CompanyInventor: Robert James McMillen
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Patent number: 6900894Abstract: This invention discloses an apparatus for measuring an ion-implantation ion energy and/or dosage. The apparatus includes a scanning densitometer for measuring a reflected light from a monitor substrate. The apparatus further uses a monitor substrate. A thin film is supported on the monitor substrate wherein the thin film has an optical characteristic that is sensitive to the ion-implantation. The apparatus further includes a light source for projecting a measuring beam onto the monitor substrate for generating a reflected light. The apparatus also includes a bare silicon substrate for measuring a full scale reflected light represented by I0 reflected from the bare silicon substrate with the light source projecting a full scale light onto the bare silicon substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2001Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Process Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: James A. McMillen, Evan Grund
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Patent number: 6900900Abstract: A high-resolution and high-speed film thickness and thickness uniformity measurement method is disclosed in this invention. The disclosed method includes a step a) of measuring a film thickness at a single point on the top surface of the substrate using an interferometry with a measuring light beam having a range of wavelengths. The method further includes a step b) of selecting an optimal wavelength from the range of wavelengths applied for measuring the film thickness at the single point. The method further includes a step c) of measuring reflection intensities by scanning over a plurality of points with a measuring light beam of the optimal wavelength over the top surface of the substrate. The method further includes a step d) of calculating a film thickness at the plurality of points applying the optimal-wavelength reflection intensities at the plurality of points over the top surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2001Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Process Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: James A. McMillen, Evan Grund
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Patent number: 6824214Abstract: An ergonomic weight support device for a seat comprising a housing having a channel defined by at least one guide boss, an extending element having an unanchored weight supporting end and an engaged end slidingly disposed within the channel of said housing and an actuator fixedly attached to said housing and in moving communication with said extending element whereby said actuator mediates the weight supporting end of said extending element between a substantially retracted position and an extended position.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2003Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: L & P Property Management CompanyInventor: Robert James McMillen
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Publication number: 20030173806Abstract: An ergonomic weight support device for a seat comprising a housing having a channel defined by at least one guide boss, an extending element having an unanchored weight supporting end and an engaged end slidingly disposed within the channel of said housing and an actuator fixedly attached to said housing and in moving communication with said extending element whereby said actuator mediates the weight supporting end of said extending element between a substantially retracted position and an extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2003Publication date: September 18, 2003Inventor: Robert James McMillen
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Patent number: 6619739Abstract: An ergonomic weight support device for a seat comprising a housing having a channel defined by at least one guide boss, an extending element having an unanchored weight supporting end and an engaged end slidingly disposed within the channel of said housing and an actuator fixedly attached to said housing and in moving communication with said extending element whereby said actuator mediates the weight supporting end of said extending element between a substantially retracted position and an extended position.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2001Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: L & P Property Management CompanyInventor: Robert James McMillen
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Patent number: 6473827Abstract: An interconnect network having a plurality of identical fabrics partitions the switching elements of the fabrics, so that many links can be combined into single cables. In the partitioning method, one or more of the switching elements from the first stage of each of the fabrics are physically packaged onto the same board called a concentrator, and these concentrators are physically distributed among the processing nodes connected to the interconnect network. The concentrator allows all the links from each processing node to a concentrator, each of which need to be connected to different fabrics, to be combined into a single cable. Furthermore, the concentrator allows all the links from a single switching element in the first stage to be combined into a single cable to be connected to the subsequent or expansion (second and higher) stages of the fabric. The subsequent or expansion stages of each fabric can be implemented independently of other fabrics in a centralized location.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1998Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Robert James McMillen, Chinh Kim Nguyen
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Publication number: 20020138683Abstract: An interconnect network having a plurality of identical fabrics partitions the switching elements of the fabrics, so that many links can be combined into single cables. In the partitioning method, one or more of the switching elements from the first stage of each of the fabrics are physically packaged onto the same board called a concentrator, and these concentrators are physically distributed among the processing nodes connected to the interconnect network. The concentrator allows all the links from each processing node to a concentrator, each of which need to be connected to different fabrics, to be combined into a single cable. Furthermore, the concentrator allows all the links from a single switching element in the first stage to be combined into a single cable to be connected to the subsequent or expansion (second and higher) stages of the fabric. The subsequent or expansion stages of each fabric can be implemented independently of other fabrics in a centralized location.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 1998Publication date: September 26, 2002Inventors: ROBERT JAMES MCMILLEN, CHINH KIM NGUYEN
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Publication number: 20020121802Abstract: An ergonomic weight support device for a seat comprising a housing having a channel defined by at least one guide boss, an extending element having an unanchored weight supporting end and an engaged end slidingly disposed within the channel of said housing and an actuator fixedly attached to said housing and in moving communication with said extending element whereby said actuator mediates the weight supporting end of said extending element between a substantially retracted position and an extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2001Publication date: September 5, 2002Inventor: Robert James McMillen