Patents by Inventor John Laskowski
John Laskowski 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: 9944439Abstract: A container lid assembly includes a cover, a pivoting lid connected with the cover, and a lid gasket connected with the pivoting lid. The cover is configured to fit with an associated container and defines an opening through the cover. The pivoting lid is positioned in the opening in the cover. The pivoting lid is movable between an open position and a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Helen of Troy LimitedInventors: Alexander Tze Fung Lee, Larry S. Witt, Michael John Laskowski, Hyukjae Chang, Noah Ziman Pentelovitch, Ryan Vernon
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Publication number: 20150251826Abstract: A container lid assembly includes a cover, a pivoting lid connected with the cover, and a lid gasket connected with the pivoting lid. The cover is configured to fit with an associated container and defines an opening through the cover. The pivoting lid is positioned in the opening in the cover. The pivoting lid is movable between an open position and a closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: HELEN OF TROY LIMITEDInventors: Alexander Tze Fung Lee, Larry S. Witt, Michael John Laskowski, Hyukjae Chang, Noah Ziman Pentelovitch, Ryan Vernon
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Patent number: 8286355Abstract: An apparatus for partitioning a food mass, such as a solidified egg, is disclosed including a base, a holder for supporting the food mass, and a plurality of cutting members for partitioning the food mass, wherein the holder is rotatable to permit the cutting members to partition the food mass in a first orientation and in a second orientation. The apparatus further includes a retainer positionable on a top surface of the food mass having passageways permitting the cutting members to pass through a portion thereof. The apparatus may include a cleaning plate receivable by portions of the holder in a position below the food mass, the cleaning plate being removable from the holder to remove food matter from between the support portions. The apparatus may include a lock for securing apparatus in a closed or lowest position for storage.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2007Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Helen of Troy LimitedInventors: Grégoire Bernard Aby-Eva, Michael John Laskowski, Eugene Ryu Kaneko
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Patent number: 7984554Abstract: An apparatus for partitioning a food mass, such as a solidified egg, is disclosed including a base, a holder for supporting the food mass, and a plurality of cutting members for partitioning the food mass, wherein the holder is rotatable to permit the cutting members to partition the food mass in a first orientation and in a second orientation. The apparatus further includes a retainer positionable on a top surface of the food mass having passageways permitting the cutting members to pass through a portion thereof. The apparatus may include a cleaning plate receivable by portions of the holder in a position below the food mass, the cleaning plate being removable from the holder to remove food matter from between the support portions. The apparatus may include a lock for securing apparatus in a closed or lowest position for storage.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Helen of Troy LimitedInventors: Gregiore Bernard Aby-Eva, Michael John Laskowski, Eugene Rye Kaneko
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Publication number: 20100175569Abstract: An apparatus for partitioning a food mass, such as a solidified egg, is disclosed including a base, a holder for supporting the food mass, and a plurality of cutting members for partitioning the food mass, wherein the holder is rotatable to permit the cutting members to partition the food mass in a first orientation and in a second orientation. The apparatus further includes a retainer positionable on a top surface of the food mass having passageways permitting the cutting members to pass through a portion thereof. The apparatus may include a cleaning plate receivable by portions of the holder in a position below the food mass, the cleaning plate being removable from the holder to remove food matter from between the support portions. The apparatus may include a lock for securing apparatus in a closed or lowest position for storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Inventors: Grégoire Bernard Aby-Eva, Michael John Laskowski, Eugene Ryu Kaneko
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Publication number: 20090019705Abstract: An apparatus for partitioning a food mass, such as a solidified egg, is disclosed including a base, a holder for supporting the food mass, and a plurality of cutting members for partitioning the food mass, wherein the holder is rotatable to permit the cutting members to partition the food mass in a first orientation and in a second orientation. The apparatus further includes a retainer positionable on a top surface of the food mass having passageways permitting the cutting members to pass through a portion thereof. The apparatus may include a cleaning plate receivable by portions of the holder in a position below the food mass, the cleaning plate being removable from the holder to remove food matter from between the support portions. The apparatus may include a lock for securing apparatus in a closed or lowest position for storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2007Publication date: January 22, 2009Inventors: Gregoire Bernard Aby-Eva, Michael John Laskowski, Eugene Ryu Kaneko
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Publication number: 20060047550Abstract: A method and system for enabling autonomic determination and allocation of product support resources. The automated process allocates support resources based on a combination of product and market requirements and historical data on resources used by similar products in similar markets. Projects requiring a support infrastructure are algorithmically classified by a combination of product complexity metrics and target market maturity metrics. Then, support infrastructure requirements are calculated based on the combined classification along with historical usage records for similarly classified products. The classification and allocation process is automated so that a product (or multiple products competing for available resources) can self-provision/request its resource requirement as a part of the product development and go-to-market process.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2004Publication date: March 2, 2006Applicant: International Business Machines Corp.Inventors: Lisbeth Dineen, Verlyn Johnson, John Laskowski, Janet Olausen, Clark Roscher, Christina Stockey
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Patent number: 6925232Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a high speed thermo-optic phase shifter comprises a length of optical waveguide including a waveguiding core of a first material having an index of refraction n1 and a first order temperature dependence |dn1/dT| and, optically coupled to the core, a length of a second material having an index n2 preferably greater than the core (n2>n1) and a first order temperature dependence |dn2/dT| than the core (|dn2/dT|>|dn1/dT|). Advantageously, the length of second material is adiabatically tapered at both ends. Upon heating, as by a resistance heater, the second material changes the optical pathlength by an amount predominantly determined by |dn2/dT| providing faster switching speed. In a preferred embodiment, the core comprises silica, and the second material comprises silicon to produce switching speeds up to a few hundred MHz.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2003Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Edward John Laskowski, Christi Kay Madsen, Annjoe Golangco Wong-Foy
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Publication number: 20040240818Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a high speed thermo-optic phase shifter comprises a length of optical waveguide including a waveguiding core of a first material having an index of refraction n1 and a first order temperature dependence |dn1/dT| and, optically coupled to the core, a length of a second material having an index n2 preferably greater than the core (n2>n1) and a first order temperature dependence |dn2/dT| than the core (|dn2/dT|>|dn1/dT|). Advantageously, the length of second material is adiabatically tapered at both ends. Upon heating, as by a resistance heater, the second material changes the optical pathlength by an amount predominantly determined by |dn2/dT| providing faster switching speed. In a preferred embodiment, the core comprises silica, and the second material comprises silicon to produce switching speeds up to a few hundred MHz.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2003Publication date: December 2, 2004Applicant: LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Edward John Laskowski, Christi Kay Madsen, Annjoe Golangco Wong-Foy
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Patent number: 6115520Abstract: The present invention includes a MZI comprising a pair of folded waveguides disposed between a pair of couplers. Each folded waveguide comprises a pair of segments intersecting at a reflector. The respective reflectors are different distances from the couplers to provide a major portion of the differential path length between the two arms. In a preferred embodiment, the reflectors are polysilicon mirrors and can be formed by etching through the intersecting waveguides and depositing polysilicon. The result is a compact MZI that can be used as a multiwavelength reference for a laser light source on a common silicon optical bench chip.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 1998Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: Edward John Laskowski, Dirk Joachim Muehlner
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Patent number: 6002823Abstract: The thermo-optically controlled optical couplers wherein the coupling region between the waveguides in the coupling section is filled with a material having a high dependence of refractive index on temperature thus making the thermo-optic control means more efficient and allowing a greater range of adjustment in the coupling coefficient for a given temperature change.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1998Date of Patent: December 14, 1999Assignee: Lucent Techolonogies Inc.Inventors: Edwin Arthur Chandross, Arturo Hale, Valerie Jeanne Kuck, Edward John Laskowski, Christi Kay Madsen, Ronald Edward Scotti, Joseph Shmulovich
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Patent number: 5887097Abstract: In accordance with the invention, arrays optical sources are combined in a multilevel planar optical waveguide structure for insertion into an optical fiber laser. The basic element of the combiner is a planar array of multiple waveguides which converge and are gradually tapered to a single output waveguide. A plurality of such elements integrally formed on successive cladding layers provides a high power stack of vertically aligned outputs. An arrangement is described for using such apparatus in the amplification of optical communications signals.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: Charles Howard Henry, Daryl Inniss, Edward John Laskowski, Michele Ann Milbrodt
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Patent number: 5719976Abstract: An optimized waveguide structure enables the functional integration of various passive optic components on a single substrate. The optimized waveguide structure is characterized by a thicker core layer than used for square core waveguides and a core width that changes according to different functional regions of the optic circuit within which it is incorporated. The height (H) of the waveguide core is determined by the thickness of the core layer defined during the fabrication process and is ideally uniform across the circuit. The width (W) of the core, however, is changed between functional regions by the photo-lithographic mask and the chemical etching during the fabrication process. By way of example, an optimized waveguide structure for a P-doped silica planar waveguide with a .DELTA. approximately 0.6% for wavelength .lambda.=1.2-1.7 .mu.m, has a single uniform height of H=6.7 .mu.m and a width that changes between W=4 .mu.m in a coupler region, W=5.5 .mu.m in a bend region, W=9 .mu.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1995Date of Patent: February 17, 1998Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Charles Howard Henry, Edward John Laskowski, Yuan P. Li, Henry Howard Yaffe