Patents by Inventor A Francis

A Francis 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).

  • Full wafer processing by multiple passes through a combinatorial reactor
    Patent number: 8772124
    Abstract: Overlapping combinatorial processing can offer more processed regions, better particle performance and simpler process equipment. In overlapping combinatorial processing, one or more regions are processed in series with some degrees of overlapping between regions. In some embodiments, overlapping combinatorial processing can be used in conjunction with non-overlapping combinatorial processing and non-combinatorial processing to develop and investigate materials and processes for device processing and manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Intermolecular, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Kelekar, Aaron T Francis, Gregory P Lim
  • Gaming system and a method of gaming
    Patent number: 8771067
    Abstract: A gaming system is disclosed that comprises at least one mechanical reel, and a video display device disposed over the at least one mechanical reel. The video display device is controllable to display for each mechanical reel a virtual reel representative of the mechanical reel, and so as to be disposed in an operative first state wherein the at least one virtual reel is viewable on the video display device, or a substantially transparent second state. The gaming system also comprises a shutter device positioned between the video display device and the at least one mechanical reel and disposable in a first state wherein the at least one mechanical reel is revealed or a second state wherein the at least one mechanical reel is concealed. During use, either the mechanical reel(s) or the virtual reel(s) representative of the mechanical reel(s) are viewable by a player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Damien Burczyk, Mark Cass, Bradley Hendricks, Cash Imutan, Francis Styck
  • Clamps and methods of using clamps to measure angular positions of components
    Patent number: 8769839
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to measure an angular position of craft components are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an opening to receive a component along a first plane; and a first magnetic coupler positioned along a first exterior side of the apparatus to removably couple an inclinometer to the apparatus at a first angle relative to the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Antonio Paesano, Francis Kendra, Frank J. Gill
  • CONJUGATION PROCESS OF BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDES TO CARRIER PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20140186389
    Abstract: Process for conjugation of bacterial saccharides including Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae saccharides by reductive amination are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS S.A.
    Inventors: Ralph Leon BIEMANS, Pierre DUVIVIER, Ollivier Francis Nicolas GAVARD
  • EYE TRACKING WEARABLE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR USE
    Publication number: 20140184775
    Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for eye-tracking, e.g., including a freeform optical assembly and/or a modular design. In an exemplary embodiment, a device and method are provided that includes a wearable device on a user's head, the wearable device including a scene camera oriented to capture images of the user's surroundings. The user may perform a predetermined action with the user's eye to activate a photo feature of the wearable device, gaze at a region within the user's surroundings, the wearable device determining a focal point and limited field-of-view for the camera imaging field based on the center point, and activate the camera to capture an image of the limited field-of-view centered around the focal point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Eyefluence, Inc.
    Inventors: Eliot Francis Drake, Gholamreza Amayeh, Angelique Kano, Dave Le Blanc, Zhiming Liu, Lewis James Marggraff, Rory Pierce, Nelson G. Publicover, Christopher N. Spitler, Michael Vacchina
  • Location-Based Small Arms Control System
    Publication number: 20140182179
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a trigger mechanism and a controller coupled to the trigger mechanism. The controller is configured to disable the trigger mechanism when the apparatus is within a gun-restricted zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventor: John Francis McHale
  • MEASURING APPLICATIONS LOADED IN SECURE ENCLAVES AT RUNTIME
    Publication number: 20140189246
    Abstract: Embodiments of an invention for measuring applications loaded in secure enclaves at runtime are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes an instruction unit and an execution unit. The instruction unit is to receive an instruction to extend a first measurement of a secure enclave with a second measurement. The execution unit is to execute the instruction after initialization of the secure enclave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Bin Xing, Matthew E. Hoekstra, Michael A. Goldsmith, Carlos V. Rozas, Vincent R. Scarlata, Simon P. Johnson, Uday R. Savagaonkar, Francis X. Mckeen, Stephen J. Tolopka
  • NON-PERPENDICULAR CONNECTIONS BETWEEN COKE OVEN UPTAKES AND A HOT COMMON TUNNEL, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140183024
    Abstract: The present technology is generally directed to non-perpendicular connections between coke oven uptakes and a hot common tunnel, and associated systems and methods. In some embodiments, a coking system includes a coke oven and an uptake duct in fluid communication with the coke oven. The uptake duct has an uptake flow vector of exhaust gas from the coke oven. The system also includes a common tunnel in fluid communication with the uptake duct. The common tunnel has a common flow vector and can be configured to transfer the exhaust gas to a venting system. The uptake flow vector and common flow vector can meet at a non-perpendicular interface to improve mixing between the flow vectors and reduce draft loss in the common tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Ung-Kyung Chun, Chun Wai Choi, Milos Kaplarevic, Rajat Kapoor, John Francis Quanci
  • COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20140187454
    Abstract: Additive composition for use in a fuel or lubricant formulation, comprising an active substance in an inclusion complex with a modified cyclodextrin of formula (I): wherein n is an integer from 6 to 20, and R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted aryl and carbonyl, provided that R1, R2 and R3 are not all hydrogen. Also provided is a fuel or lubricant formulation comprising the additive composition, a premix for use in preparing the additive composition, and the use of a modified cyclodextrin (I) as a vehicle for an active substance in an additive composition or in a fuel or lubricant formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence BREWER, Roger Francis CRACKNELL, Tor Kit GOH
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PAGE WALK EXTENSION FOR ENHANCED SECURITY CHECKS
    Publication number: 20140189274
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing a protection table by a processor. For example, a processor according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: protection table management logic to manage a protection table, the protection table having an entry for each protected page or each group of protected pages in memory; wherein the protection table management logic prevents direct access to the protection table by user application program code and operating system program code but permits direct access by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Gur Hildesheim, Ittai Anati, Hisham Shafi, Shlomo Raikin, Gideon Gerzon, Uday R Savagaonkar, Carlos V Rozas, Francis X McKeen, Michael A Goldsmith, Dewan Prashant
  • TRACKING CONTENT THROUGH SERIAL PRESENTATION
    Publication number: 20140188766
    Abstract: Computer systems, methods, and computer program products for tracking content using serial presentation are disclosed. Some embodiments track an aggregated quantity of words displayed by Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSPV) in a digital media item across a plurality of user electronic devices. Some embodiments track what words are displayed by RSVP. Some embodiments track a percentage of words displayed by RSVP across a plurality of user sessions. Some embodiments track trends in the percentage of words displayed by RSVP. Some embodiments use RSVP tracking and trending information to enhance search results. Some embodiments analyze RSVP consumption across a plurality of sessions to determine opportunities for improving content consumption and improving selection of sub-content items. These and other embodiments are further disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Spritz Technology LLC
    Inventors: Francis Abbott WALDMAN, Maik Steffen MAURER, Oleg SKRYPNYUK
  • MINERAL SEPARATION USING SIZED-, WEIGHT- OR MAGNETIC-BASED POLYMER BUBBLES OR BEADS
    Publication number: 20140183104
    Abstract: Apparatus for use in, or forming part of, a separation process to be implemented in separation processor technology, the apparatus comprising synthetic bubbles or beads configured with a polymer or polymer-based material functionalized to attach to a valuable material in a mixture so as to form an enriched synthetic bubbles or beads having the valuable material attached thereto, and also configured to be separated from the mixture based at least partly on a difference in a physical property between the enriched synthetic bubbles or beads having the valuable material attached thereto and the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: CIDRA CORPORATE SERVICES INC.
    Inventors: Paul J. Rothman, Mark R. Fernald, Francis K. Didden, Christian V. O'keefe, Alan D. Kersey, Douglas H. Adamson
  • Portable Optical Device With Interactive Wireless Remote Capability
    Publication number: 20140184788
    Abstract: A firearm scope comprises an optical sensor to capture video data, a display, a transceiver configured to communicate data wirelessly through a communication channel, and a controller. The controller can be configured to provide a portion of the video data to the display, provide media content including the video data to the transceiver for wireless transmission, receive a signal from the communication channel in response to the wireless transmission, and selectively modify the portion of the video data to the display in response to receiving the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: TRACKINGPOINT, INC.
    Inventors: John Francis McHale, Jason Peter Schauble, John Hancock Lupher
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING TEXT USING RSVP
    Publication number: 20140189595
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed that relate to serially displaying text on an electronic display. In some embodiments, a user device displays a notification marker/icon representing a notification event associated with an application by displaying the notification marker/icon with an icon representing the application. The notification marker/icon further represents a presence of content that is displayable using RSVP. The communications device receives a user interface action to select the notification event, and in response to the user interface action, displays textual content associated with the notification event in a designated display area using RSVP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SPRITZ TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Francis Abbott WALDMAN, Maik Steffen MAURER, Oleg SKRYPNYUK
  • EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR A LEAN-BURN IC ENGINE COMPRISING A PGM COMPONENT AND A SCR CATALYST
    Publication number: 20140186245
    Abstract: An exhaust system 10 for a vehicular lean-burn internal combustion engine comprises: (a) a first substrate monolith 6 comprising a SCR catalyst; (b) at least one second substrate monolith 4 comprising a catalytic washcoat coating comprising at least one platinum group metal (PGM) disposed upstream of the first substrate monolith; and (c) a third substrate monolith 2 disposed between the first substrate monolith and the or each second substrate monolith, wherein at least one PGM on the or each second substrate monolith 4 is liable to volatilise when the or each second substrate monolith 4 is exposed to relatively extreme conditions including relatively high temperatures, and wherein the third substrate monolith 2 comprises a washcoat coating comprising at least one metal oxide for trapping volatilised PGM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Philip Gerald BLAKEMAN, Sougato CHATTERJEE, Andrew Francis CHIFFEY, Jane GAST, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, Raj Rao RAJARAM, Andrew Peter WALKER
  • ASYNCHRONOUS INTERACTIVE GAME PLAY
    Publication number: 20140187328
    Abstract: Systems and methods of asynchronous interactive game play are described. In some embodiments, a method permits a first player to access a first game instance of a multiplayer online game and access a second game instance of the multiplayer online game. The second game instance is accessed at a first time. The first game instance is associated with the first player and the second game instance is associated with a second player. The method receives an identification of an in-game action performed by the first player in the second game instance while the first player accesses the second game instance. The second player is permitted to access the second game instance at a second time, which is later than the first time. The method causes display to the second player an identification of the in-game action performed by the first player in the second game instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brian Reynolds, Aaron Paul Foster, Daniel Edward Halka, Douglas Francis Kaufman, Paul Eugene Stephanouk
  • Reduced-VOC and Non-VOC Blowing Agents for Making Expanded and Extruded Thermoplastic Foams
    Publication number: 20140187658
    Abstract: Process for producing a thermoplastic polymer foam article includes preparing an expandable polymeric formulation comprising a thermoplastic polymer and a blowing agent blend, forming the formulation into an expandable bead, and expanding the expandable bead to form a thermoplastic polymer foam article. The blowing agent blend includes methyl formate, hydrocarbon, and either carbon dioxide or 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a). The blowing agent blend has a higher effective volatility than that of methyl formate alone. A thermoplastic polymer foam article prepared by a process is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Pactiv LLC
    Inventors: Y. Paul Handa, Gary A. Francis, Glenn C. Castner, Mohammad Zafar
  • PRODUCT AND PROCESSES FROM AN INTEGRATED FOREST BIOREFINERY
    Publication number: 20140182796
    Abstract: An omnibus process of pulping and bleaching lignocellulosic materials in which a charge of a lignocellulosic material is biopulped and/or water extracted prior to pulping and bleaching. The lignocellulosic material may be mechanically pulped and bleached in the presence of an enzyme that breaks lignin-carbohydrate complexes. The aqueous extract in embodiments including a water extract step is separated into acetic acid and hemicellulose sugar aqueous solutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Thomas E. Amidon, Raymond Francis, Gary M. Scott, Jeremy Bartholomew, Bandaru V. Ramarao, Christopher D. Wood
  • SURGICAL HEART VALVES ADAPTED FOR POST-IMPLANT EXPANSION
    Publication number: 20140188221
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve configured to replace a native heart valve and having a support frame configured to be reshaped into an expanded form in order to receive and/or support an expandable prosthetic heart valve therein is disclosed, together with methods of using same. The prosthetic heart valve may be configured to have a generally rigid and/or expansion-resistant configuration when initially implanted to replace a native valve (or other prosthetic heart valve), but to assume a generally expanded form when subjected to an outward force such as that provided by a dilation balloon or other mechanical expander.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Visith Chung, Da-Yu Chang, Brian S. Conklin, Grace M. Kim, Louis A. Campbell, Donald E. Bobo, Jr., Myron Howanec, David S. Lin, Peng Norasing, Francis M. Tran, Mark Van Nest, Thomas Y. Chien, Harvey H. Chen, Isidro L. Guerrero, Derrick Johnson, Paul A. Schmidt
  • COLLECTION CATHETER AND KIT
    Publication number: 20140188062
    Abstract: A catheter for collecting fluid such as blood from a vessel such as a coronary sinus of a patient has an elongated, flexible tubular portion and an annular sealing member spaced from a distal end of the tubular member. A proximal end of the tubular member is adapted to be connected to a source of suction for applying suction to a collection lumen of the tubular member. The distal end is placed in a blood vessel with the sealing member spaced from opposing surface of the vessel in an absence of a suction applied to the collection lumen. Suction is applied to the collection lumen in an amount sufficient to draw blood from the vessel through the fluid inlet and into the collection lumen and further sufficient to urge the opposing surface of the vessel to migrate into sealing engagement with the sealing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Osprey Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Shapland Edward James, Doan Minh Tuan, Brown Francis Mark