Patents by Inventor Thomas F. Bowen

Thomas F. Bowen 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).

  • THE PERFORMANCE OF POROUS CAPACITOR ELECTRODES
    Publication number: 20240128024
    Abstract: Fabricating a capacitor includes forming conduits in a porous layer of material. The porous layer of material has particles that each includes a dielectric on a core. The formation of the conduits causes a portion of the dielectric to convert from a first phase to a second phase. The method also includes removing at least a portion of the second phase of the dielectric from the porous layer of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ralph Jason Hemphill, David R. Bowen, Thomas F. Strange, Xiaofei Jiang
  • Parallel, distributed optimistic concurrency control certification using hardware filtering
    Patent number: 5263156
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a conflict in a database transaction processing system between a specific transaction and one or more other transactions utilizes a certification system (30). The certification system (30) comprises a memory (32) which contains a log of database activity. The log is periodically broadcast over a channel (42) to a plurality of filters (43) which determine if there are conflicts between particular transactions. The inventive system and method perform optimistic concurrency control in a database transaction processing system in a highly efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Bell Communications Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Bowen, William H. Mansfield