Patents by Inventor Benjamin David Briggs

Benjamin David Briggs 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).

  • Publication number: 20170344722
    Abstract: A cognitive health management method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include analyzing user input data of a first user by comparing the user input data of the first user to medical data in the database, and providing both of: a recommendation to the first user based on the comparison of the user input data of the first user to the medical data of the database, and a result feedback including a conclusion of the analyzing to a result feedback section of the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Benjamin David Briggs, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Leigh Anne Hodges Clevenger, Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Michael Rizzolo
  • Patent number: 9780035
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a metallization layer of a semiconductor device, in which copper is used for an interconnect material and cobalt is used to encapsulate the copper, includes introducing a material that will form an alloy with cobalt and resist a degradation of an effect of the cobalt on encapsulating the copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin David Briggs, James J. Kelly, Koichi Motoyama, Roger Allan Quon, Michael Rizzolo, Theodorus Eduardus Standaert
  • Publication number: 20170249506
    Abstract: An anti-counterfeiting method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium an anti-counterfeiting system, include a production circuit configured to produce a Directed Self-Assembly (DSA) pattern including a unique pattern, an analysis circuit configured to analyze the unique pattern, an embedding circuit configured to embed the unique pattern on a document, and a verification circuit configured to verify that the unique pattern embedded on the document corresponds to the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin David Briggs, Lawrence A. Clevengen, Bartlet H. DeProspo, Michael Rizzolo