Patents by Inventor Robert A. Talbot

Robert A. Talbot 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: 12121694
    Abstract: A closure container that can house a preset drug applicator in an easily accessible manner with tamper evidencing means. The closure container contains a plurality of dosing ribs and a retainer to retain the syringe in a preset dosage amount and preferably has a window to view the barrel of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Inventors: Aaron Hirschmann, Robert Hacker, Robert Fesus, Christopher Grimes, Hannah Talbot Aiken
  • Publication number: 20240293109
    Abstract: A biopsy device includes a body, a needle, a cutter, an analysis area, a valve, and a tissue sample holder. The cutter is movable relative to the needle and in communication with the needle for transporting tissue samples. The analysis area is disposed proximally of the cutter and in communication with the needle to receive a tissue sample cut by the cutter for analysis by a user. The valve is disposed proximally of the analysis area and configured to alternate between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The tissue sample holder is disposed proximally of the valve and fixedly attached to the body. The valve is configured to permit analysis of the sample disposed in the analysis area when the valve is in the closed configuration and to permit the tissue sample to be passed into the tissue sample holder when the valve is in the open configuration configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Rachel Yoon CHOUNG, Robert M. HOUSEHOLDER, Andrew P. NOCK, Andrew ROBINSON, Jordan SMITH, Kevin TALBOT, Emmanuel V. TANGHAL
  • Patent number: 10159341
    Abstract: A shelving divider includes a base plate having a main body with apertures, and a lip extending from the main body. The shelving divider further includes a center arm coupled to the base plate, a first side arm rotatably coupled to the center arm, and a second side arm rotatably coupled to the center arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Terry W. Thompson, Robert Talbot
  • Publication number: 20170030366
    Abstract: A geothermal pump includes a lineshaft, an internal casing disposed concentrically around the lineshaft and configured to form a lubrication-space between the lineshaft and the internal casing, an external casing disposed concentrically around the internal casing and configured to form a brine-space between the internal casing and the external casing, a piping network connected to an above-ground end of the internal casing, and a seal assembly disposed on a down-hole end of the lineshaft and connected to the piping network and the lubrication-space, such that a fluid circuit is formed, the seal assembly being configured to enable a lubrication fluid to flow from the piping network to the lubrication-space in a direction toward the above-ground end of the lineshaft while restricting the lubrication fluid from flowing toward the down-hole end of the lineshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Randy BADGER, Robert TALBOT, Landon COOPER
  • Patent number: 8812517
    Abstract: A way of detecting a watermark present in a structured result, such as a search result or a machine translation. The structured result is received and a hash is computed based upon at least part of the result. The resulting bit sequence is tested against a null hypothesis that the bit sequence was generated by a random variable with a binomial distribution with a parameter p=0.5. The result of this test is compared to a significance level, which indicates whether the structured result is watermarked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Venugopal, Jurij Ganitkevic, Franz Josef Och, David Robert Talbot, Jakob David Uszkoreit
  • Patent number: 8788507
    Abstract: A way of generating a watermark for a structured result, such as a search result or a machine translation. A hash function is used to generate a bit sequence for each of a plurality of structured results. A ranking score is generated for each resulting bit sequence. The ranking score can be based on the detectability of the bit sequence compared to a randomly-generated bit sequence and the quality of each of the structured results. A structured result is selected as the watermarked structured result based upon the ranking score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Venugopal, Jurij Ganitkevic, Franz Josef Och, David Robert Talbot, Jakob David Uszkoreit
  • Patent number: 7736106
    Abstract: A locking system for locking a container to a vehicle includes a locking assembly mounted to a hoist frame and a striker assembly mounted to the vehicle chassis. The locking assembly has at least one hook for hooking over a frame member of the container. The hook has a center of mass that biases the hook to an unlocked position. The striker assembly strikes the hook at a location to move the hook against the bias of the hook's center of mass into a locked position in which the hook is hooked over the frame member of the container. As the hoist frame supporting the container is lowered, the striker assembly contacts the hook and rotates the hook against the bias of the hook's center of mass into the locked position. As the hoist frame is raised, the hook rises as well and loses contact with the striker assembly, thereby falling away from the hoist frame and unlocking the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Wastequip Manufacturing Company LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Talbot, Edward N. Haddad, Jr., Greg L. Mosdell
  • Patent number: 7638055
    Abstract: The invention provides the use of an effective amount of a non-oxidizing water-soluble biocide in the improvement of sludge quality by reducing the sludge tendency towards bulking, wherein the biocide comprises an alkyl-substituted phosphonium compound, an alkyl-substituted phosphine, an alkyl-substituted phosphine condensate, or a polymeric quaternary ammonium compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Yvette Pescher, Robert Talbot, Luc Louvel, Agnes Pilas-Begue
  • Patent number: 7638056
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reducing the pathogen content of sewage sludge comprising (a) adding to the sludge an effective amount of a phosphorous-containing compound and (b) keeping the phosphorous-containing compound in contact with the sludge for a sufficient time to reduce the amount of pathogens present in the sludge by an amount equivalent to a logarithmic reduction of 2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Stephanie Edmunds, Douglas Paul Gilbert, Eric Robert Talbot, Manocher Asaadi, Peter Winter
  • Patent number: 7613266
    Abstract: A phase selection circuit having a selection circuit, binary weighted current sources, and an amplifier circuit. The phase selection circuit is configured for selecting adjacent phase signals from a number of equally-spaced phases of a clock signal, based on a phase selection value. The selection circuit outputs the adjacent phase signals to respective first and second binary weighted current sources, along with a digital interpolation value. The first current source outputs a contribution current onto a summing node based on the first adjacent phase signal and the digital interpolation control value, and the second current source outputs a second contribution current to the summing node based on the second adjacent phase signal and an inverse of the digital interpolation control value, resulting in an interpolated signal. An amplifier circuit outputs the interpolated signal as a phase-interpolated clock signal according to the phase selection value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald Robert Talbot
  • Patent number: 7613237
    Abstract: A method of ensuring robust operation of a differential serial link is provided. The method provides a first integrated circuit having 1) a phase generator constructed and arranged to provide a programmable shift of a clock signal based on selective interpolating between first and second phases of the clock signal relative to a digital phase value, and 2) a transmit driver constructed and arranged to control, in a programmable manner, a differential voltage of digital data signals. A second integrated circuit is constructed and arranged to receive the clock and digital data signals sent by the first integrated circuit. The clock and digital data signals are sent substantially simultaneously through the link from the first integrated circuit to the second integrated circuit. It is determined whether the digital data signals can be sampled reliably by the second integrated circuit relative to the digital phase value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald Robert Talbot
  • Publication number: 20090186858
    Abstract: A synergistic composition comprising a THP salt and a biopenetrant, in which the biopenetrant comprises a polymer of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a copolymer of an unsaturated carboxylic acid with a sulphonic acid, said polymer or copolymer being terminated by a mono- or diphosphonated unsaturated carboxylic acid group or having such monomers incorporated into the polymer backbone. This composition acts synergistically to enhance the biocidal efficacy of the THP salt against both planktonic (free-swimming) and sessile (attached) bacteria, and also acts synergistically to enhance the efficacy of the THP salt in the dissolution of iron sulphide scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Robert Talbot, Christopher Jones
  • Publication number: 20080135476
    Abstract: The invention provides the use of an effective amount of a non-oxidising water-soluble biocide in the improvement of sludge quality by reducing the sludge tendency towards bulking, wherein the biocide comprises an alkyl-substituted phosphonium compound, an alkyl-substituted phosphine, an alkyl-substituted phosphine condensate, or a polymeric quaternary ammonium compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Yvette Pescher, Robert Talbot, Luc Louvel, Agnes Pilas-Begue
  • Publication number: 20080129057
    Abstract: A locking system for locking a container to a vehicle includes a locking assembly mounted to a hoist frame and a striker assembly mounted to the vehicle chassis. The locking assembly has at least one hook for hooking over a frame member of the container. The hook has a center of mass that biases the hook to an unlocked position. The striker assembly strikes the hook at a location to move the hook against the bias of the hook's center of mass into a locked position in which the hook is hooked over the frame member of the container. As the hoist frame supporting the container is lowered, the striker assembly contacts the hook and rotates the hook against the bias of the hook's center of mass into the locked position. As the hoist frame is raised, the hook rises as well and loses contact with the striker assembly, thereby falling away from the hoist frame and unlocking the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Robert A. Talbot, Edward N. Haddad
  • Patent number: 7308620
    Abstract: A serial link system is provided for determining a worst-case cumulative data eye. The system includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a channel between the transmitter and receiver such that data sent by the transmitter is received by the receiver through the channel. The channel includes a plurality of connections including a victim and at least first and second aggressors, with the victim being disposed between the first and second aggressors. The system also includes a controller constructed and arranged to determine a worst case cumulative data eye based on a data pattern of the victim, jitter on the victim, an effect a data and jitter pattern on the first aggressor has on the victim and an effect a data and jitter pattern of the second aggressor has on the victim and to combine the effects of the data pattern of the victim, the jitter on the victim and the effects of the first and second aggressors on the victim into a single pattern to determine cumulative data eye for use in a simulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald Robert Talbot
  • Patent number: 7269681
    Abstract: An integrated device (e.g., an integrated PCI bridge device) buffers received PCI bus strobe signals and distributes strobe signals for PCI receive data relative to the PCI data lines, enabling all PCI receive data to be latched using locally-generated PCI strobe signals generated based on the same PCI bus strobe signals. In addition, data line latch modules having primary and secondary flip-flops enable the PCI receive data to be held for an entire clock cycle, optimizing conversion between a PCI clock domain and a local clock domain of the PCI bridge device. A transmission circuit also can be configured to transmit data according to either double data rate (DDR) mode or quad data rate (QDR) mode in an efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Austen John Hypher, Richard W. Reeves, Gerald Robert Talbot
  • Patent number: 7256627
    Abstract: A phase alignment circuit having a phase selection circuit, a synchronizer, and a counter form a feedback loop for aligning a local clock signal with a received reference clock of a synchronous communications system. The phase selection circuit is configured for outputting the local clock signal as a phase-adjusted local clock having a selected phase based on a phase selection value specified by the counter. The synchronizer is configured for digitally sampling the received reference clock relative to the phase-adjusted local clock, and outputting a digital phase bit identifying whether the phase-adjusted local clock has a later phase relative to the received reference clock. The counter selectively increments or decrements a counted value based on the digital phase bit, and outputs to the phase selection circuit a prescribed number of most significant bits from the counted value as the phase selection value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Robert Talbot, Richard W. Reeves
  • Patent number: 7248125
    Abstract: An even number phase ring oscillator having at least eight, equally spaced phases. The oscillator includes at least eight stages, defining at least four pairs of stages, with each pair including a first stage and an associated second stage. The first stages are arranged such that an output of a first stage defines a primary input of another first stage, with the output of the first stage of the last pair defining the primary input of the second stage of the first pair. The second stages are arranged such that an output of a second stage defines a primary input of an another second stage, with the output of the second stage of the last pair crossing over the output of the first stage of the last pair and defining a primary input of the first stage of the first pair, thereby defining a closed loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald Robert Talbot
  • Publication number: 20070151930
    Abstract: The present invention provides a formulation for use in the treatment of corrosion and metal sulphide scale deposits in aqueous systems, said formulation comprising a tetrakis (hydroxyorgano) phosphonium salt (THP+ salt) and a primary, secondary or tertiary alcohol having an acetylenic bond in the carbon backbone. The invention also provides the use of such a formulation for treating corrosion of mild steel, copper or aluminium, and a method for treatment of an aqueous system containing or in contact with a metal sulphide scale while concomitantly inhibiting the corrosion of surfaces in contact with said aqueous system, which method comprises the addition to said aqueous system of a scale and corrosion inhibiting amount of such a formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Talbot, Jason Grech
  • Patent number: 7221192
    Abstract: Access is provided to internal analog voltage signals on internal analog nodes of an integrated circuit, without distortion of the internal analog voltage signals. An integrated circuit includes a voltage access circuit having buffered multiplexer circuits in proximity to respective groups of internal analog nodes for respective internal analog voltage signals. Each voltage access circuit outputs a selected one of the corresponding group of internal analog voltage signals as a buffered analog node signal. The voltage access circuit also includes a buffering output circuit configured for outputting a selected one of the buffered analog node signals from the respective buffered multiplexer circuits, as a buffered voltage signal, to an output pad configured for supplying the buffered voltage signal to an external probe. Successively larger buffer stages minimize loading on the internal analog nodes, while providing sufficient power for outputting the buffered voltage signal to the external probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald Robert Talbot