Patents by Inventor Charles Carlson

Charles Carlson 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).

  • AMBIENT CONTROLLED TRANSFER MODULE AND PROCESS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180254207
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. In one implementation, the apparatus includes a load lock chamber coupled to a transfer chamber. The transfer chamber is coupled to a thermal process chamber and a substrate is transferred between each of the load lock chamber, the transfer chamber, and the thermal process chamber. In other implementations, a process platform having a load lock chamber, a transfer chamber, and a thermal process chamber is disclosed. Methods of measuring oxygen concentration in a load lock chamber via evacuation of a transfer chamber are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Shay ASSAF, Andrew CONSTANT, Jacob NEWMAN, Charles CARLSON, William Tyler WEAVER, Stephen HICKERSON
  • Hard aluminum films formed using high current density plating
    Patent number: 10000859
    Abstract: The described embodiments relate generally to aluminum films and methods for forming aluminum films. Methods involve providing aluminum films having increased hardness. Methods involve using higher than conventional current densities during plating of aluminum on substrates. The higher current density plating creates aluminum films with grain structures that are different from conventional plated aluminum films. In some embodiments, the average grain sizes are smaller in the hard aluminum films than conventional plated aluminum films. In some embodiments, the plated aluminum layer is anodized. In some embodiments, a multi-layered aluminum coating is formed using a combination of high current density and low current density plating. In some embodiments, a current filter is used to provide uniform plating across a part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Alumiplate, Inc.
    Inventors: Lucy Elizabeth Browning, William Charles Carlson, Jon Frederick Schulz, Gustavo Rolando Vallejo
  • Methods of reducing the size of lignocellulosic material, and related systems
    Patent number: 9963823
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes embodiments of methods and systems for reducing the size of lignocellulosic feedstock. The present disclosure also includes embodiments of methods and systems for separating oversized, in process lignocellulosic material, reducing the size of the oversized lignocellulosic material offline, and the reintroducing the lignocellulosic material back into the main process flow after size reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: POET Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Scott Radigan, II, James M. Geraets, Jeffrey R. Heikes, Rodney Duane Pierson, David Charles Carlson
  • RETICLE PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170315437
    Abstract: Provided herein are approaches for processing reticle blanks. In one approach, a reticle processing system includes a support assembly having a plate coupled to a frame, and a carrier assembly coupled to the support assembly. In one approach, the carrier assembly includes a carrier base coupled to the plate, a reticle disposed over the carrier base, and a carrier shield disposed over the reticle, wherein the carrier shield may include a central opening formed therein, allowing for placement and extraction of the reticle. In one approach, when the carrier assembly is placed atop the support assembly, a plurality of pins extend from the plate through corresponding openings in the carrier base, the plurality of pins supporting the carrier assembly so the carrier base, the reticle, and the carrier shield are each independently supported and vertically separated from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: James Strassner, Charles Carlson, Brent Vopat, Jeffrey Blahnik
  • CONTINUOUS DIRECTED EVOLUTION
    Publication number: 20170009224
    Abstract: The invention provides systems, methods, reagents, apparatuses, vectors, and host cells for the continuous evolution of nucleic acids. For example, a lagoon is provided in which a population of viral vectors comprising a gene of interest replicates in a stream of host cells, wherein the viral vectors lack a gene encoding a protein required for the generation of infectious viral particles, and wherein that gene is expressed in the host cells under the control of a conditional promoter, the activity of which depends on a function of the gene of interest to be evolved. Some aspects of this invention provide evolved products obtained from continuous evolution procedures described herein. Kits containing materials for continuous evolution are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Kevin Michael Esvelt, Jacob Charles Carlson
  • SYSTEM FOR TREATMENT OF BIOMASS TO FACILITATE THE PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL
    Publication number: 20160369304
    Abstract: A method for treating fermented lignocellulosic biomass to be supplied to a distillation system for production of ethanol is provided. The method includes pre-treating lignocellulosic biomass into pre-treated biomass and separating the pre-treated biomass into a liquid component comprising sugars and a solids component comprising cellulose and lignin. The method also includes hydrolysing the solids component of the pre-treated biomass into a hydrolysed biomass comprising sugars and lignin and fermenting the hydrolysed solids component of the pre-treated biomass into a fermentation product comprising ethanol and lignin. The method also includes treating the fermentation product and distilling the treated fermentation product to recover the ethanol. The lignocellulosic biomass comprises cellulose, hemi-cellulose and lignin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: POET Research, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. McDonald, Nicholas Paul Stutzman, David Charles Carlson
  • NEGATIVE SELECTION AND STRINGENCY MODULATION IN CONTINUOUS EVOLUTION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160348096
    Abstract: Strategies, systems, methods, reagents, and kits for phage-assisted continuous evolution are provided herein. These include strategies, systems, methods, reagents, and kits allowing for stringency modulation to evolve weakly active or inactive biomolecule variants, negative selection of undesired properties, and/or positive selection of desired properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Jacob Charles Carlson, Ahmed Hussein Badran, Kevin Michael Esvelt
  • Method for treatment of biomass
    Patent number: 9469859
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to a method for producing a fermentation product from biomass that has been pre-treated in a pre-treatment system and separated into a liquid component and a first solids component. The method comprises: (a) treating the liquid component in a filtration system comprising at least one nano-filter to produce a treated liquid component, and to remove an acid from the liquid component; (b) supplying the treated liquid component, a fermenting organism, and agents to a fermentation system; (c) recovering the fermentation product from the fermentation system; and (d) supplying the acid for re-use in the pre-treatment system. In many embodiments, the biomass comprises lignocellulosic material and the liquid component comprises pentose (e.g., xylose).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: POET RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Steven T. Bly, David Charles Carlson, Jason Richard Kwiatkowski
  • System for management of yeast to facilitate the production of ethanol
    Patent number: 9416376
    Abstract: A system and method for managing an ethanologen for use in biorefinery is disclosed. The method for propagating ethanologen for use in the production of a fermentation product from biomass comprises the steps of providing a medium for propagation of ethanologen and supplying a first cell mass of ethanologen to the medium. A first cell mass of ethanologen is propagated into a larger second cell mass of ethanologen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: POET RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Neelakantam V. Narendranath, David Charles Carlson
  • Continuous directed evolution
    Patent number: 9394537
    Abstract: The invention provides systems, methods, reagents, apparatuses, vectors, and host cells for the continuous evolution of nucleic acids. For example, a lagoon is provided in which a population of viral vectors comprising a gene of interest replicates in a stream of host cells, wherein the viral vectors lack a gene encoding a protein required for the generation of infectious viral particles, and wherein that gene is expressed in the host cells under the control of a conditional promoter, the activity of which depends on a function of the gene of interest to be evolved. Some aspects of this invention provide evolved products obtained from continuous evolution procedures described herein. Kits containing materials for continuous evolution are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Kevin Michael Esvelt, Jacob Charles Carlson
  • Efficient elimination of access to data on a writable storage media
    Patent number: 9384777
    Abstract: A system provided for eliminating access to data within a writable storage media cartridge. The system comprises a writable storage media drive, such as a tape drive. The writable storage drive determines if at least a first portion of data on the writable storage media is encrypted. If it is determined that the first portion of data is encrypted then the writable storage drive shreds a second portion of data within the writable storage media cartridge related to said encrypted first portion of data. The first portion of data and the second portion are not the same portions of the writable storage media cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne Charles Carlson, Cheryl Marie Friauf, Gregory Tad Kishi, Duke Andy Lee, Jonathan Wayne Peake
  • Biomass pretreatment
    Patent number: 9334545
    Abstract: A system for pre-treating biomass for the production of ethanol is provided. The system supplies biomass to a steaming bin, wherein the biomass is mixed with water, and inputting the steamed biomass to a first pretreatment reactor, wherein the steamed biomass comprises liquids and solids. The system removes a bulk of liquids from the solids and feeding the solids into a second pretreatment reactor. The system applies a pressure drop to the solids in the second pretreatment reactor, wherein the pressure drop opens up a structure of the solids, and sending the solids to a fermentation process for ethanol processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Andritz Inc.
    Inventors: William F. McDonald, David Charles Carlson, Wiley D. Bradford
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING THE LEVEL OF ONE OR MORE IMPURITIES THAT ARE PRESENT IN A PRETREATED CELLULOSIC MATERIAL AND/OR DISTILLATE
    Publication number: 20160121236
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for remediating one or more impurities (e.g., diacetyl) that are present in manufacturing an alcohol (e.g., ethanol) from cellulosic biomass. The methods and systems include reacting the one or more impurities with at least one treatment compound (e.g., an oxidizing agent, an alkali compound, or a mixture thereof) to form a reaction product that can be separated from the alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: David Charles Carlson, Blake J. Gomer, Casey C. Jenks, Sharil Kirschman-Rollag, Kristine Nicole Plack, Melissa R. Tille
  • SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF YEAST TO FACILITATE THE PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL
    Publication number: 20160090611
    Abstract: A system and method for managing an ethanologen for use in biorefinery is disclosed. The method for propagating ethanologen for use in the production of a fermentation product from biomass comprises the steps of providing a medium for propagation of ethanologen and supplying a first cell mass of ethanologen to the medium. A first cell mass of ethanologen is propagated into a larger second cell mass of ethanologen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Neelakantam V. Narendranath, David Charles Carlson
  • Efficient elimination of access to data on a writable storage media
    Patent number: 9299385
    Abstract: A method and computer program product are provided for eliminating access to data within a writable storage media cartridge. If it is determined if at least a first portion of data on the writable storage media is encrypted then a second portion of data within the writable storage media cartridge related to said encrypted first portion of data is shredded. The first portion of data and the second portion are not the same portions of the writable storage media cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne Charles Carlson, Cheryl Marie Friauf, Gregory Tad Kishi, Duke Andy Lee, Jonathan Wayne Peake
  • Methods and systems for reducing the level of one or more impurities that are present in a pretreated cellulosic material and/or distillate
    Patent number: 9278379
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for remediating one or more impurities (e.g., diacetyl) that are present in manufacturing an alcohol (e.g., ethanol) from cellulosic biomass. The methods and systems include reacting the one or more impurities with at least one treatment compound (e.g., an oxidizing agent, an alkali compound, or a mixture thereof) to form a reaction product that can be separated from the alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: POET RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: David Charles Carlson, Blake J. Gomer, Casey C. Jenks, Sharil Kirschman-Rollag, Kristine Nicole Plack, Melissa R. Reis
  • DIFFUSION FLAME BURNER FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20160061108
    Abstract: A diffusion flame burner (110) is provided for a gas turbine engine (136). The diffusion flame burner includes concentrically oriented spray cones (112) staged in a plurality of stages (114, 116, 118, 120) and attached to a water supply (122) during a gas mode and attached to an oil supply (124) during an oil mode. The diffusion flame burner also includes a central spray cone (130) positioned at a center (132) of the concentrically oriented spray cones and attached to the water supply during the oil mode. The diffusion flame burner also includes a plurality of concentrically oriented outlets (134) positioned outside the plurality of concentrically oriented spray cones and attached to a combined water and natural gas supply (122, 128) during the gas mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Gurdev Singh, Charles A. Carlson, JR., Heena H. Dandwani, Khalil Farid Abou-Jaoude, George Joseph Robinson, Selvam Veerappan
  • System for management of yeast to facilitate the production of ethanol
    Patent number: 9234167
    Abstract: A system and method for managing an ethanologen for use in biorefinery is disclosed. The method for propagating ethanologen for use in the production of a fermentation product from biomass comprises the steps of providing a medium for propagation of ethanologen and supplying a first cell mass of ethanologen to the medium. A first cell mass of ethanologen is propagated into a larger second cell mass of ethanologen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: POET RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Neelakantam V. Narendranath, David Charles Carlson
  • HARD ALUMINUM FILMS FORMED USING HIGH CURRENT DENSITY PLATING
    Publication number: 20160002805
    Abstract: The described embodiments relate generally to aluminum films and methods for forming aluminum films. Methods involve providing aluminum films having increased hardness. Methods involve using higher than conventional current densities during plating of aluminum on substrates. The higher current density plating creates aluminum films with grain structures that are different from conventional plated aluminum films. In some embodiments, the average grain sizes are smaller in the hard aluminum films than conventional plated aluminum films. In some embodiments, the plated aluminum layer is anodized. In some embodiments, a multi-layered aluminum coating is formed using a combination of high current density and low current density plating. In some embodiments, a current filter is used to provide uniform plating across a part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Lucy Elizabeth Browning, William Charles Carlson, Jon Frederick Schulz, Gustavo Rolando Vallejo
  • Cremated remains remembrance and burial system
    Patent number: RE47066
    Abstract: A cremated remains remembrance and burial system that includes an urn, an urn lid, an urn enclosure and a headstone. The urn includes an enclosure with an opening, a first sealing mechanism and second sealing mechanism. The urn lid is capable of engaging the first sealing mechanism to substantially seal the enclosure. The urn enclosure has a recess formed therein that is adapted to receive the urn. The urn enclosure is adapted to engage the second sealing mechanism to retain the urn in engagement with the urn enclosure. The headstone has an opening formed therein that is adapted to receive at least a portion of the urn. The headstone is adapted to engage the second sealing mechanism to retain the urn in engagement with the headstone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Inventors: Charles Carlson, Donald Eyberg, Mark Cannon