Patents by Inventor Robert B. Winter

Robert B. Winter 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: 5664495
    Abstract: A system for registering printing screens used for printing in series on a substrate which includes a plurality of outwardly projecting electrical switches, with a pair of the switches being positioned to engage a first side of a screen frame and at least one switch being positioned to engage a second side of the screen frame. The first and second sides of the frame are orthogonal relative to each other and, a pair of lights are activated by engagement of the frame with the switches, both of the lights being activated by simultaneous engagement of each of the switches by a screen frame. Similar sets of switches are provided on a table that supports the screens during exposure to an image to be replicated during printing and on a device that temporarily replaces a printing platen for alignment of each screen in a multi screen printing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Inventor: Robert B. Winter
  • Patent number: 5517912
    Abstract: A system for registering printing screens used for printing in series on a substrate which includes a plurality of outwardly projecting electrical switches, with a pair of the switches being positioned to engage a first side of a screen frame and at least one switch being positioned to engage a second side of the screen frame. The first and second sides of the frame are orthogonal relative to each other and, a pair of lights are activated by engagement of the frame with the switches, both of the lights being activated by simultaneous engagement of each of the switches by a screen frame. Similar sets of switches are provided on a table that supports the screens during exposure to an image to be replicated during printing and on a device that temporarily replaces a printing platen for alignment of each screen in a multi screen printing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Inventor: Robert B. Winter
  • Patent number: 5079166
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the microbial degradation of trichlorethylene by treating trichloroethylene with Pseudomonas mendocina KR-1 or Pseudomonas putida Y2101 or a microorganism host cell that contains a recombinant plasmid. The recombinant plasmid contains toluene monooxygenase genes from Pseudomonas mendocina KR-1. The microogranism host cell containing the recombinant plasmid must have been treated with an inducer of the toluene monooxygenase genes. The method may be applied to the treatment of loci of trichloroethylene chemical waste in water or soil. More particularly, the method may be applied to degrade trichloroethylene as it may be present as a pollutant or contaminant in water, in industrial effluents, in various land areas such as industrial sites, or in various laboratory or commercial installations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Robert B. Winter, Kwang-Mu Yen, Burt D. Ensley