Patents by Inventor Ronald Cramer

Ronald Cramer 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: 7221758
    Abstract: The present scheme improves the security of encrypted data or information by using of a practical public-key cryptosystem that is able to resist adaptive attacks. The disclosed scheme does not leak any information about the secret of the used key. Therefor the scheme generates an extended private key and public key. A message m, also referred to as plaintext, is encryptable to a ciphertext t by using the public key. Only a recipient with the right private key is able to decrypt the ciphertext t. But before a decryption starts, a verification of the ciphertext t takes place. Such a verification allows to prove the legitimation of the ciphertext t. That means, the ciphertext t is investigated and either decrypted back to the plaintext or rejected if a chosen ciphertext is fed, ie. the ciphertext is illegitimate or invalid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Cramer, Victor Shoup
  • Publication number: 20060258999
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article comprising a durable, hydrophilic substantially liquid pervious topsheet, the substantially liquid pervious topsheet comprising: (a) a topsheet substrate; and (b) a hydrophilicity boosting composition coated on the substrate, the hydrophilicity boosting composition comprising a hydrophilicity boosting amount of nanoparticles, wherein said nanoparticles have a particle size of from about 1 to about 750 nanometers. Methods of preparing disposable absorbent articles are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Ekaterina Ponomarenko, John Carter, Ronald Cramer, Mattias Schmidt, Robert Rohrbaugh
  • Publication number: 20060253092
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article comprising an absorbent core, the absorbent core comprising: (a) a storage layer; and (b) a durable hydrophilic fluid pervious core wrap, the core wrap surrounding at least a portion of the storage layer, said core wrap comprising: (i) a core wrap substrate; and (ii) a hydrophilicity boosting composition coated on the substrate, the hydrophilicity boosting composition comprising a hydrophilicity boosting amount of nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles have a particle size of from about 1 to about 750 nanometers. Methods of preparing disposable absorbent articles are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Ekaterina Ponomarenko, John Carter, Ronald Cramer, Mattias Schmidt, Robert Rohrbaugh
  • Publication number: 20060247587
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article comprising an absorbent core, the absorbent core comprising a durable, hydrophilic fluid pervious acquisition layer, the acquisition layer comprising: (a) a acquisition layer substrate; and (b) a hydrophilicity boosting composition coated on the substrate, the hydrophilicity boosting composition comprising a hydrophilicity boosting amount of nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles have a particle size of from about 1 to about 750 nanometers. Methods of preparing disposable absorbent articles are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Ekaterina Ponomarenko, John Carter, Ronald Cramer, Mattias Schmidt, Robert Rohrbaugh
  • Publication number: 20050169478
    Abstract: The present scheme improves the security of encrypted data or information by using of a practical public-key cryptosystem that is able to resist adaptive attacks. The disclosed scheme does not leak any information about the secret of the used key. Therefor the scheme generates an extended private key and public key. A message m, also referred to as plaintext, is encryptable to a ciphertext t by using the public key. Only a recipient with the right private key is able to decrypt the ciphertext t. But before a decryption starts, a verification of the ciphertext t takes place. Such a verification allows to prove the legitimation of the ciphertext t. That means, the ciphertext t is investigated and either decrypted back to the plaintext or rejected if a chosen ciphertext is fed, ie. the ciphertext is illegitimate or invalid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ronald Cramer, Victor Shoup
  • Publication number: 20050008839
    Abstract: A method of rendering materials having hard and soft surfaces hydrophilic or more hydrophilic is disclosed. The method involves hydrophilizing such materials by applying a high energy treatment and charged particles and/or one or more hydrophilic polymeric materials with discrete charges to such materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Ronald Cramer, Robert Rohrbaugh, John Carter, Karl Thuemmler
  • Patent number: 6697488
    Abstract: The present scheme improves the security of encrypted data or information by using of a practical public-key cryptosystem that is able to resist adaptive attacks. The disclosed scheme does not leak any information about the secret of the used key. Therefor the scheme generates an extended private key and public key. A message m, also referred to as plaintext, is encryptable to a ciphertext t by using the public key. Only a recipient with the right private key is able to decrypt the ciphertext r. But before a decryption starts, a verification of the ciphertext t takes place. Such a verification allows to prove the legitimation of the ciphertext t. That means, the ciphertext t is investigated and either decrypted back to the plaintext or rejected if a chosen ciphertext is fed, ie. the ciphertext is illegitimate or invalid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ronald Cramer, Victor Shoup
  • Patent number: D302185
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Inventor: Ronald Cramer