Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Jay M. Brown
  • Patent number: 8343807
    Abstract: Apparatus including a chip substrate having a first chip surface facing away from a second chip surface; an array of microelectronic elements on the first chip surface; and an array of conductors each in communication with one of the microelectronic elements, the conductors passing through the chip substrate and fully spanning a distance between the first and second chip surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Vladimir Anatolyevich Aksyuk, Nagesh R Basavanhally, Avinoam Kornblit, Warren Yiu-Cho Lai, Joseph Ashley Taylor, Robert Francis Fullowan
  • Patent number: 8298604
    Abstract: Technique for making a Low-Fat Yogurt-Cheese-Oil Composition, including: forming a milkfat-oil composition including a milkfat fluid and an oil; combining yogurt with the milkfat-oil composition to form a yogurt-milkfat-oil composition; combining milk protein with the yogurt-milkfat-oil composition; and forming a blend including the milk protein and the yogurt-milkfat-oil composition. Low-Fat Yogurt-Cheese-Oil Compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Franklin Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon R. Gutknecht, John B. Ovitt
  • Patent number: 8247015
    Abstract: Techniques for making a yogurt-cheese-oil product, comprising steps of: providing a milkfat-oil fluid comprising butterfat and an oil; pasteurizing the milkfat-oil fluid to produce a cheese-oil precursor; combining yogurt with the cheese-oil precursor to produce a combined yogurt-cheese-oil precursor; and homogenizing and acidifying the combined yogurt-cheese-oil precursor; producing a yogurt-cheese-oil product. Yogurt-cheese-oil products: comprising between about 10% by weight and about 80% by weight of total butterfat; comprising between about 2% by weight and about 52.5% by weight of an oil; comprising between about 10% by weight and about 50% by weight of yogurt; and yielding less than about 1% syneresis by weight after 15 hours at about 74° F. to about 75° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Franklin Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon R. Gutknecht, John B. Ovitt
  • Patent number: 8129669
    Abstract: System including first and second light sources and controller. First light source is configured to generate first light beam of first perceived color. Second light source is configured to generate second light beam of different second perceived color. Controller is configured to direct light from first light beam to an image projector during first time intervals and to direct light from second light beam to an image projector during second time intervals. First light source generates first light beam with first intensity. Second light source generates second light beam with different second intensity. Controller is configured to temporally interleave first and second time intervals such that second time intervals are longer than first time intervals. Method also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Gang Chen, Roland Ryf
  • Patent number: 8097464
    Abstract: Device comprising: a first substrate; a plurality of first raised elements on the first substrate, the first raised elements mutually spaced apart by first channel regions on the first substrate, each of the first raised elements having a first distal end, the first distal ends forming a first array; hydrophobic molecules on the first raised elements; and primary reactive molecules on the first raised elements for generating hydrophilic reaction products. Techniques for utilizing the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Joanna Aizenberg, Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Oleksandr Sydorenko, Joseph Ashley Taylor
  • Patent number: 8070973
    Abstract: Apparatus including: a substrate layer having a substantially planar top surface; an optically conductive peak located and elongated on, and spanning a first thickness measured in a direction generally away from, the top surface; the optically conductive peak having first and second lateral walls each including distal and proximal lateral wall portions, the proximal lateral wall portions intersecting the top surface; and first and second sidewall layers located on the distal lateral wall portions, the sidewall layers not intersecting the top surface and spanning a second thickness that is less than the first thickness measured in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Young-Kai Chen, Andreas Bertold Leven, Yang Yang
  • Patent number: 8066945
    Abstract: Apparatus comprising a surface site comprising a substantially inorganic surface having a chemical composition selected from the group consisting of metals, semiconductors, insulators, and mixtures thereof, the surface positioned within a polypeptide bonding region and having a selective bonding affinity for a polypeptide; a plurality of interlayers between which the surface site is interposed; a distal site end on the surface site and distanced from the interlayers, the surface being provided on the distal site end; the surface site and the interlayers being interposed between first and second supports; first and second conductors provided on the first and second supports and having respective first and second distal conductor ends positioned within the polypeptide bonding region; the conductors being capable of applying an external voltage potential across the polypeptide bonding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Robert L. Willett, Kirk W. Baldwin, Loren N. Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 8047235
    Abstract: Apparatus including a rigid fluid-permeable body, having a first non-planar fluid-permeable body surface, and having a second fluid-permeable body surface; a plurality of fluid-permeable cells in the fluid-permeable body; and a plurality of raised micro-scale features on the first fluid-permeable body surface. Apparatus including a fluid-permeable body having first and second fluid-permeable body surfaces; a plurality of fluid-permeable cells in the fluid-permeable body; a plurality of raised micro-scale features on the first fluid-permeable body surface; and a fluid containment body forming, together with the second fluid-permeable body surface, a second fluid containment structure. Methods, utilizing an apparatus, of treating a liquid with a fluid, and of maintaining a superhydrophobic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Alan Michael Lyons, John Mullins, Michael Joseph Schabel
  • Patent number: 8025271
    Abstract: Device including channel having channel input and output. Channel has interior channel surface extending along channel path from channel input to output. In one implementation, channel includes plurality of channel sections in serial communication along channel path. Each of channel sections includes first internal circumference spaced apart along channel path from second internal circumference, in each of channel sections the first and second internal circumferences being substantially different. Each of channel sections includes sub-surface of interior channel surface. At least region of sub-surface of each channel section includes distribution of raised micro-scale features. As another implementation, at least first region of interior channel surface includes distribution of raised micro-scale features interrupted by plurality of raised barriers spaced apart along channel path on interior channel surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Paul Robert Kolodner, Avinoam Kornblit, Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Alan Michael Lyons, Todd Richard Salamon
  • Patent number: 7998559
    Abstract: Superlyophobic Surface Structure, including a substrate having a surface; a plurality of nanoscale raised features on the substrate surface, each nanoscale raised feature having a length measured in a direction approximately perpendicular to the substrate surface, each nanoscale raised feature having a raised feature diameter along the length and measured in a direction approximately parallel to the substrate surface; a nanoscale top feature on each of a plurality of the nanoscale raised features, each nanoscale top feature having a top feature diameter measured in a direction approximately parallel to the substrate surface; in which an average top feature diameter is greater than an average raised feature diameter. Method of fabricating a Superlyophobic Surface Structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Joseph Ashley Taylor
  • Patent number: 7998519
    Abstract: Techniques for making a yogurt-cheese-oil product, comprising steps of: providing a milkfat-oil fluid comprising butterfat and an oil; pasteurizing the milkfat-oil fluid to produce a cheese-oil precursor; combining yogurt with the cheese-oil precursor to produce a combined yogurt-cheese-oil precursor; and homogenizing and acidifying the combined yogurt-cheese-oil precursor; producing a yogurt-cheese-oil product. Yogurt-cheese-oil products: comprising between about 10% by weight and about 80% by weight of total butterfat; comprising between about 2% by weight and about 52.5% by weight of an oil; comprising between about 10% by weight and about 50% by weight of yogurt; and yielding less than about 1% syneresis by weight after 15 hours at about 74° F. to about 75° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Franklin Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon R. Gutknecht, John B. Ovitt
  • Patent number: 7928638
    Abstract: Apparatus including layer of polarizable material located between first and second electrodes. Polarizable material has block copolymeric composition including elastomeric domain blocks and conductive domain blocks. Method that includes providing layer of polarizable material having block copolymeric composition including elastomeric domain blocks and conductive domain blocks, first and second electrodes being on opposite surfaces of the layer. Method also includes applying voltage differential between electrodes, causing dimension of layer to change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Inventor: Ashok J. Maliakal
  • Patent number: 7897185
    Abstract: Technique for making a cream cheese product comprising steps of: providing a milkfat fluid comprising butterfat; pasteurizing the milkfat fluid; homogenizing the milkfat fluid; and culturing bacteria in the milkfat fluid; producing a cream cheese product comprising live probiotic bacteria cultures. Cream cheese product comprising: between about 10% by weight and about 55% by weight of total butterfat; and a live probiotic bacteria culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Franklin Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon R. Gutknecht, John B. Ovitt
  • Patent number: 7883665
    Abstract: Device comprising: a first substrate; a plurality of first raised elements on the first substrate, the first raised elements mutually spaced apart by first channel regions on the first substrate, each of the first raised elements having a first distal end, the first distal ends forming a first array; hydrophobic molecules on the first raised elements; and primary reactive molecules on the first raised elements for generating hydrophilic reaction products. Techniques for utilizing the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Joanna Aizenberg, Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Oleksandr Sydorenko, Joseph Ashley Taylor
  • Patent number: 7832462
    Abstract: Device having first wick evaporator including first membrane and plurality of first thermally-conductive supports. First membrane has upper and lower surfaces. First membrane also has plurality of pores with upper pore ends at upper surface of first membrane and with lower pore ends at lower surface of first membrane. Each of first thermally-conductive supports has upper and lower support ends. Upper support ends of first thermally-conductive supports are in contact with first membrane. Each of first thermally-conductive supports has longitudinal axis extending between the upper and lower support ends, average cross-sectional area along axis, and membrane support cross-sectional area at upper support end, the membrane support cross-sectional area effectively being smaller than average cross-sectional area. First thermally-conductive supports are configured to conduct thermal energy from lower support ends of first thermally-conductive supports to first membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Nagesh R. Basavanhally, Marc Scott Hodes, Paul Robert Kolodner, Avinoam Kornblit, Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Wonsuck Lee, Alan Michael Lyons, Todd Richard Salamon, Brijesh Vyas
  • Patent number: 7763294
    Abstract: Technique for making a Low-Fat Yogurt-Cheese Composition, including: providing a composition including a milkfat fluid; combining yogurt with the composition including a milkfat fluid to form a composition including yogurt and a milkfat fluid; combining milk protein with the composition including yogurt and a milkfat fluid; and forming a blend including the milk protein and the composition including yogurt and a milkfat fluid. Low-Fat Yogurt-Cheese Composition, including: cream cheese at a concentration within a range of between about 75% by weight and about 15% by weight; yogurt at a concentration within a range of between about 40% by weight and about 10% by weight; and milk protein at a concentration within a range of between about 45% by weight and about 15% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Franklin Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon R. Gutknecht, John B. Ovitt
  • Patent number: 7704784
    Abstract: Semiconductor apparatus comprising: a substrate having a substrate surface; a layer of a first material overlying a first region of the substrate surface; a layer of a semiconductor overlying the layer of first material and overlying a second region of the substrate surface; a first region of the layer of semiconductor, overlying the layer of first material and having a first conductivity; a second region of the layer of semiconductor, overlying the second region of the substrate surface and having a second conductivity; and the first conductivity being substantially different from the second conductivity. Such semiconductor apparatus further comprising a layer of a second material overlying the second region of the substrate surface, the second region of the layer of semiconductor overlying the layer of the second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignees: Lucent Technologies, Inc., E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Zhenan Bao, Howard Edan Katz, Jeffrey Scott Meth
  • Patent number: 7572473
    Abstract: Techniques for making a yogurt cream cheese product comprising steps of providing a milkfat fluid comprising butterfat; pasteurizing the milkfat fluid to produce a cream cheese precursor; providing a yogurt, and combining the yogurt with the cream cheese precursor to produce a combined precursor; and homogenizing and acidifying the combined precursor; wherein the acidification is completed within about three hours following production of the combined precursor; producing a yogurt cream cheese product. Techniques wherein the combined precursor is cooled to retard bacteria activity prior to the acidifying. Techniques for making a whipped yogurt cream cheese product. Yogurt cream cheese products produced by the processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Franklin Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon R. Gutknecht, John B. Ovitt
  • Patent number: 6528324
    Abstract: A system for producing a library of oligomer comprising at least two monomers in a positionally determined array comprise a plurality of synthesis supports, a first plurality of support carriers wherein each carrier has a uniform array of distinct support holding positions for the synthesis supports; means for contacting each array of synthesis supports with a different monomer to provide a first chemical transformation of the synthesis supports; a second plurality of support carriers wherein each carrier has a uniform array of distinct support holding positions for receiving the chemically transformed synthesis supports contained in the first plurality of support carriers; transfer apparatus for transferring a selected row or column of synthesis supports from each of the first plurality of carriers to each of the second plurality of carriers to enable the supports in the second to undergo at least a second chemical transformation; and whereby each support position in each carrier identifies the chemical comp
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Ontogen Corporation
    Inventors: Romaine R. Maiefski, Edmund J. Moran, Thomas J. Baiga
  • Patent number: 5599371
    Abstract: A precision burner for oxidizing halide-free, silicon-containing compounds, such as, octamethyl-cyclotetrasiloxane (OMCTS), is provided. The burner includes a subassembly (13) which can be precisely mounted on a burner mounting block (107) through the use of an alignment stub (158), a raised face (162) on the burner mounting block (107), and a recess (160) in the back of the subassembly (13). The burner's face includes four concentric gas-emitting regions: a first central region (36, 90) from which exits a mixture of OMCTS and O.sub.2, a second innershield region (38, 92) from which exits N.sub.2, a third outershield region (40, 42, 94, 96) from which exits O.sub.2, and a fourth premix region (44, 98) from which exits a mixture of CH.sub.4 and O.sub.2. The burner provides more efficient utilization of halide-free, silicon-containing raw materials than prior burners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael B. Cain, Robert B. Desorice, William J. Kiefer, Dale R. Powers