Patents by Inventor A. Nelson

A. Nelson 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).

  • Self-calibrated alignment and overlay target and measurement
    Patent number: 8638438
    Abstract: An alignment feature disposed on a substrate, the alignment feature including a first lithographic pattern having a first aggregate geometric center point defined by a first sub-pattern comprising alignment marks having a first sub-pattern geometric center point arranged a distance (d0) in a first direction from the first aggregate geometric center point, and a second sub-pattern comprising alignment marks having a second sub-pattern geometric center point arranged the distance d0 in a reciprocal direction of the first direction from the first aggregate geometric center point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher P. Ausschnitt, Nelson Felix
  • Methods and systems for automatically forwarding data messages in a wireless telecommunications network
    Patent number: 8639277
    Abstract: A data message originally addressed to a first mobile device is forwarded to a second mobile device in a wireless telecommunications network. Data messages may include text messages, picture messages, and video messages. In addition to forwarding data messages, other optional data message forwarding features are provided such as a copy feature that allows for a forwarded message to be copied back to the original addressee, and an invisible feature that prevents a data message sender from knowing that a data message has been forwarded by the data message addressee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Piyush Upadhyay, John Schuler, William J. Routt, Jamie Kennedy, Rodney D. Nelson
  • Phospholipases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them
    Patent number: 8637290
    Abstract: The invention provides novel polypeptides having phospholipase activity, including, e.g., phospholipase A, B, C and D activity, patatin activity, phosphatidic acid phosphatases (PAP) and/or lipid acyl hydrolase (LAH) activity, nucleic acids encoding them and antibodies that bind to them. Industrial methods, e.g., oil degumming, and products comprising use of these phospholipases are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Eileen O'Donoghue, Nelson R. Barton
  • Navigation system
    Patent number: 8636146
    Abstract: An array of personal care product packages comprises a first package containing a first personal care product and a second package containing a second personal care product. The first package and the second package are each of a single primary brand. The first package is of a first sub-brand and the second package is of a second sub-brand that is different than the first sub-brand. Each package further includes a visual schema, where the visual schema comprises a primary viewing area. The primary viewing area includes a product identification region comprising product identification indicia, a qualitative information region comprising qualitative information indicia, and a photographic region comprising photographic indicia. In addition, the visual schema is repeated for the first package and the second package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Keegan G. K. Coulter, Heidi Ellen Vanden Boom, Dayton Joel Henderson, Robert Eric MacDonald, Brenda Marie Nelson, Nicole Minotti, Laura Leigh Boudrie, Michael Patrick McCuskey, Christine Marie Mau
  • Endotracheal cuff and technique for using the same
    Patent number: 8636010
    Abstract: An inflatable balloon cuff may be adapted to seal a patient's trachea when associated with an endotracheal tube. Configurations of these cuffs that include tapered regions with certain characteristics, such as cuff wall diameter and thickness, may provide improved sealing of the trachea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Dhairya Mehta
  • Vented plastic film and method of making
    Patent number: 8637134
    Abstract: Vented plastic stretch film and a method of making the film in which elongated reinforcement strips are applied to a base sheet, each reinforcement strip including a cord-like, reinforcement member formed from plastic film and a flat, narrow film strip covering the reinforcement member. Vent holes are formed from slits between the reinforcement members by applying tensional forces to the base sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Alliance Plastics, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur Norman Aronsen, Jaime Nelson Barfield, Luis Arturo Lopez, Jason Zhao
  • SHARED PROGRESSIVE WITH CERTIFICATES GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140024444
    Abstract: Disclosed is a progressive system for paying out a primary progressive prize and a secondary progressive prize. The system includes a progressive controller, a plurality of game devices each configured to execute a game of chance and a network interconnecting the progressive controller and the game devices. A funding module is executable by the progressive controller to maintain primary and secondary award pools. In accordance with one or more embodiments, the game devices may award shares of the secondary progressive pool to players. When the primary progressive is triggered, share holders may redeem their shares for a value determined by the system. In some embodiments, winners of shares may monitor the value of their pending certificates through various outlets such as social media sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Bally Garning, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Lowell, Loren T. Nelson, Will Jones
  • Conformal Electro-Textile Antenna and Electronic Band Gap Ground Plane for Suppression of Back Radiation From GPS Antennas Mounted on Aircraft
    Publication number: 20140022139
    Abstract: An antenna system having reduced back radiation is disclosed. The antenna system includes an antenna and ground plane. The antenna includes electro-textiles and is configured to operate in at least the frequency range between 1.1-1.6 GHz. The ground plane includes electro-textiles and is configured to operate as a frequency selective surface with electronic band gap characteristics to suppress edge and curved surface diffraction effects. In this system, the antenna and ground plane are configured to be located on a curved surface and to radiate with a directional radiation pattern having attenuated back lobes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Basrur Rama Rao, Eddie Nelson Rosario
  • MAGNETIC COUPLING FOR SPRAYHEADS
    Publication number: 20140020767
    Abstract: A faucet including a faucet head, a body and a magnetic coupling releasably coupling the faucet head to the faucet body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Nelson, Christopher Michael McGuire
  • VERIFY COMMAND FOR A PERIPHERAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140025844
    Abstract: A verify command specifies a plurality of selected areas of a peripheral device's memory. The peripheral device is validated when data corresponding to the memory content of its plurality of selected areas of memory correspond to verified data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Corey Alvin Charlton, Marvin D. Nelson
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVELY CONTROLLING WIND PARK TURBINES
    Publication number: 20140021720
    Abstract: A wind turbine park (242) connected to a transmission system (234). The wind turbine park includes a component (230) for determining a short circuit ratio and based thereon for determining a parameter adjustment recipe, and a controller (238) for controlling an output of the wind turbine park, the controller (238) executing a control algorithm using a determined parameter adjustment recipe, the determined parameter adjustment recipe responsive to the short circuit ratio and determined within the component (230) or within the controller (238).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Robert J. Nelson, Hongtao Ma
  • Introducer Handle Notch Design/Concept
    Publication number: 20140025003
    Abstract: An improved splittable medical device introducer designed to introduce a medical device such as a lead or catheter, into a patient's vasculature without loss of blood or introduction of air is described. The introducer assembly is designed with a notch provided at the proximal end of the introducer housing. The notch, which may comprise a multitude of cross-sectional geometries, is designed to reduce the force required to separate the housing and the introducer sheath, thereby minimizing the possibility of unintentional dislodgement during separation. The notch also increases the repeatability and consistency of the amount of force required to separate the introducer housing and sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott Kimmel, Nicholas Kampa, Mark Nelson, Blane Larson
  • DISH RACK FOR OVERSIZED CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20140021153
    Abstract: The invention is a dish rack for accommodating oversized containers in an automated dish machine. The rack includes a generally porous base surrounded by upstanding sidewalls and at least a pair of notches in one sidewall or opposing sidewalls configured for receiving an edge of the an oversized container. One form of the invention includes a wire framework having a base and one or more stanchions that extend generally upwardly from the base. The notches and wire framework are configured for supporting an oversized container at an angled position within an automated dish machine to inhibit spray from being directed out of the dish machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Michael Jensen, Wesley Mark Nelson, Bryan John Henneman
  • Mammalian Sweet and Amino Acid Heterodimeric Taste Receptors Comprising T1R3 and T1R1
    Publication number: 20140024043
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sweet or amino acid taste receptors comprising T1R3 and T1R1, two heterologous G-protein coupled receptor polypeptides from the T1R family of sensory G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of sweet and amino acid taste receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Charles S. Zuker, Jayaram Chandrashekar, Greg Nelson, Yifeng Zhang, Nicholas J. P. Ryba, Mark A. Hoon
  • SHOULDER PADS
    Publication number: 20140020162
    Abstract: A shoulder pad for use in a contact sport, such as football, hockey or lacrosse is provided. The shoulder pad includes a pair of curvilinear, continuous arch members joined together to define a central opening that receives the player's head. A side pad assembly, including an epaulet and a shoulder cap, is operably connected to each arch member by a flexible band that provides a common connection point on the arch member. The band provides a single pivot point for the epaulet and the shoulder cap about the common connection point. A curvilinear internal padding assembly is removably connected to each arch member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Riddell, Inc.
    Inventors: Nelson KRAEMER, Vittorio Bologna, Ralph Infusino, Thad M. Ide
  • Seamless multiple format metadata abstraction
    Patent number: 8635634
    Abstract: For seamlessly abstracting metadata in multiple formats, an abstraction module converts first metadata of an incoming object and additional metadata for the incoming object from an annotation map contained by the first metadata into a common format useable. The additional metadata is not part of an original format of the first metadata. A communication module communicates the converted metadata to an adapter in the common format, the adapter processing the first metadata and the additional metadata independent of the original format of the first metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Madhavi Katari, Travis E. Nelson, Suraksha Vidyarthi
  • Modular medical pump assembly
    Patent number: 8632496
    Abstract: A medical pump subassembly comprises a magnetic cup forming a recess. The magnetic cup includes a protrusion within the recess. The cup forms a central aperture through the protrusion. The medical pump subassembly further comprises an electromagnetic coil within the recess and circumscribing the protrusion, a weld ring surrounding the recess, a barrier plate covering the recess, and a seal between the weld ring and the barrier plate to fluidically separate an interior of the cup from an external surface of the barrier plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale A. Young, Nicholas R. Whitehead, Ahmed Elmouelhi, John Michael Gray, James M. Haase, Thomas W. Hovind, Brian M. Pattock, Cynthia R. Nelson Konen
  • Techniques for reporting on or tracking ground vehicles
    Patent number: 8634827
    Abstract: Ground vehicle reporting and tracking techniques are provided to track vehicles associated with a particular area (e.g., an airport, a military base, etc.). Ground vehicles may regularly report information about the vehicle to one or more control stations via corresponding communication links. The communication links may include, for example, an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) link and a non-ADS-B link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: ADS-B Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Steven Melum, Robert C. Nelson
  • Distributed workflow framework
    Patent number: 8635331
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to workflows. In aspects, an activity of a workflow may request data and provide a logical handle. In response, distributed workflow components use the logical handle to determine whether the requested data is available locally or remotely. If the data is available remotely, the components may obtain the data for the requesting entity. In the process of obtaining the data, the data may be serialized and deserialized. After the data is available locally, it is provided to the requesting entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nelson Sampaio Araujo, Jr., Roger S. Barga, Jared J. Jackson, Di Guo
  • Balloon weight
    Patent number: D697983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Premium Balloon Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Nelson, Wesley A. Schroeder