Patents by Inventor Robert C. Nielsen

Robert C. Nielsen 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: 7676492
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for migrating a database of a workflow processing system from a current version to a new version by serializing the data into serialized objects and then deserializing the objects into the new version of the database. The current version of the database may include elements of data associated with base features and extension features of the workflow processing system. The new version of the database is initially generated to include only base features associated with a new version of the programmed instructions of the system. Deserializing the serialized objects into the new version of the database is effective to merge the object types of the information in the current version of the database into the object type of the new version of the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin J. Bodily, Kyle P. Manning, Robert C. Nielsen, Dwight R. Palmer
  • Patent number: 4587631
    Abstract: The specification discloses a method for adjusting text in a word processing system when the insert mode is completed. An indicator is set to indicate a change active condition if a change is made to the current line of text when an establish insert mode key is depressed by the operator. The indicator is interrogated to determine if a change active condition has been indicated when a terminate insert mode key is later depressed by the operator. When a change active condition is detected, the line end codes for the current line of text are adjusted to provide an adjusted line. The adjusted line is then interrogated to determine whether a paragraph boundary or page end code is included. If no paragraph boundary or page end code is included, the adjusted line is interrogated to determine whether a change was made in the line end code. Each succeeding line following the adjusted line is adjusted until a paragraph boundary or page end code is encountered or no change in the line end code is made for that line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1986
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Robert C. Nielsen, John A. Aiken, Jr., Aubrey M. Herzik
  • Patent number: 4187257
    Abstract: Radiation curable resins providing high cross-link density while maintaining relatively low viscosity result from the reaction of a polyepoxide and a monoester of a dicarboxylic acid and a di- or tri-acrylate of pentaerythritol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1980
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventor: Robert C. Nielsen