Patents by Inventor Christopher Dennis

Christopher Dennis 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).

  • Off-heap direct-memory data stores, methods of creating and/or managing off-heap direct-memory data stores, and/or systems including off-heap direct memory data store
    Patent number: 9176870
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to a highly-concurrent, predictable, fast, self-managed, in-process space for storing data that is hidden away from the garbage collector and its related pauses. More particularly, certain example embodiments relate to improved memory management techniques for computer systems that leverage an off-heap direct-memory data store that is massively scalable and highly efficient. The off-heap store may be provided in connection with a Java-based environment, and garbage collection may be completely or nearly completely avoided for the off-heap store. The off-heap store may be integrated into a tiered storage solution in certain example embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Software AG USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven T. Harris, Christopher Dennis, Saravanan Subbiah
  • POLYIMIDE METAL CLAD LAMINATE
    Publication number: 20150197073
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a polyimide metal clad laminate. The metal clad laminate has a metal foil and a polyimide layer. The polyimide layer having a polyimide derived from 100 mole % 3,3?,4,4?-biphenyl tetracarboxylic dianhydride, and 100 mole % 2,2?-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzidine. The polyimide metal clad laminate does not have an adhesive layer between the metal foil and the polyimide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: G Sidney Cox, Christopher Dennis Simone, Carl Robert Haeger
  • CIRCUIT BOARD
    Publication number: 20150201490
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a circuit board having a first imaged metal layer, a first electrically insulating layer, a second imaged metal layer, a polyimide bondply derived from 100 mole % 3,3?,4,4?-biphenyl tetracarboxylic dianhydride, 20 to 90 mole % 2,2?-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzidine, and 10 to 80 mole % 4,4?-oxydianiline, a third imaged metal layer, a second electrically insulating layer and a forth imaged metal layer. The circuit board does not have an adhesive layer between the second imaged metal layer and the polyimide bondply or the third imaged layer and the polyimide bondply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: G. Sidney Cox, Christopher Dennis Simone, Carl Robert Haeger
  • POLYIMIDE METAL CLAD LAMINATE
    Publication number: 20150147567
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a polyimide metal clad laminate. The metal clad laminate has a metal foil and a polyimide layer. The polyimide layer having a polyimide derived from 80 to 90 mole % 3,3?,4,4?-biphenyl tetracarboxylic dianhydride, 10 to 20 mole % 4,4?-oxydiphthalic anhydride and 100 mole % 2,2?-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzidine. The polyimide metal clad laminate does not have an adhesive layer between the metal foil and the polyimide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Dennis Simone, Sidney G. Cox
  • Light emitting diode assembly and thermal control blanket and methods relating thereto
    Patent number: 8969909
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a light emitting diode assembly and a thermal control blanket. The light emitting diode assembly and the thermal control blanket have advantageous reflective and thermal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Christopher Dennis Simone, Thomas Edward Carney
  • Chemokine Receptor Binding Heterocyclic Compounds With Enhanced Efficacy
    Publication number: 20150038509
    Abstract: The invention relates to heterocyclic compounds consisting of a core nitrogen atom surrounded by three pendant groups, wherein two of the three pendant groups are preferably benzimidazolyl methyl and tetrahydroquinolyl, and the third pendant group contains N and optionally contains additional rings. The compounds bind to chemokine receptors, including CXCR4 and CCR5, and demonstrate protective effects against infection of target cells by a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Gary J. Bridger, Renato T. Skerlj, Al Kaller, Curtis Harwig, David Earl Bogucki, Trevor R. Wilson, Jason B. Crawford, Ernest J. McEachern, Bem Atsma, Siqiao Nan, Yuanxi Zhou, Dominique Schols, Christopher Dennis Smith, Maria Rosario DiFluri
  • Acoustic systems and methods for nondestructive testing of a part through frequency sweeps
    Patent number: 8903675
    Abstract: A waveform generator and a signal analyzer are respectively provided in electrical communication with an input transducer and an output transducer capable of conversion between electrical and acoustic signals, and in mechanical communication with a part. A processor coupled with the waveform generator and signal analyzer receives a set of parameters defining a frequency scan from which it determines a number of frequency sweeps to be performed by the waveform generator. Each of the frequency sweeps has a number of frequencies less than a maximum capacity of the waveform generator, and for each frequency sweep, the processor instructs the waveform generator to excite the input transducer and synchronously receiving a response signal with the signal analyzer at multiple frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Vibrant Corporation
    Inventors: Leanne Jauriqui, Christopher Dennis Ziomek, Shawn A. Knapp-Kleinsorge, Lemna Hunter, James J. Schwarz
  • OFF-HEAP DIRECT-MEMORY DATA STORES, METHODS OF CREATING AND/OR MANAGING OFF-HEAP DIRECT-MEMORY DATA STORES, AND/OR SYSTEMS INCLUDING OFF-HEAP DIRECT-MEMORY DATA STORE
    Publication number: 20140351549
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to a highly-concurrent, predictable, fast, self-managed, in-process space for storing data that is hidden away from the garbage collector and its related pauses. More particularly, certain example embodiments relate to improved memory management techniques for computer systems that leverage an off-heap direct-memory data store that is massively scalable and highly efficient. The off-heap store may be provided in connection with a Java-based environment, and garbage collection may be completely or nearly completely avoided for the off-heap store. The off-heap store may be integrated into a tiered storage solution in certain example embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Steven T. HARRIS, Christopher DENNIS, Saravanan SUBBIAH
  • OPTICALLY TUNED HARDMASK FOR MULTI-PATTERNING APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20140327117
    Abstract: The embodiments herein provides methods for forming a PVD silicon oxide or silicon rich oxide, or PVD SiN or silicon rich SiN, or SiC or silicon rich SiC, or combination of the preceding including a variation which includes controlled doping of hydrogen into the compounds heretofore referred to as SiOxNyCz:Hw, where w, x, y, and z can vary in concentration from 0% to 100%, is produced as a hardmask with optical properties that are substantially matched to the photo-resists at the exposure wavelength. Thus making the hardmask optically planarized with respect to the photo-resist. This allows for multiple sequences of litho and etches in the hardmask while the photo-resist maintains essentially no optical topography or reflectivity variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Dennis BENCHER, Daniel Lee DIEHL, Huixiong DAI, Yong CAO, Tingjun XU, Weimin (Wilson) ZENG, Peng XIE
  • VECTOR NETWORK POWER METER
    Publication number: 20140327429
    Abstract: System and method for implementing a Vector Network Power Meter (VNPM) as a new class of electronic test instrument that uses a novel topology based upon a reflectometer to combine the functionality of a Power Meter with that of a Vector Network Analyzer (VNA). The VNPM overcomes application limitations of the two existing classes of test instruments, including parallel and simultaneous measurement capability, in-circuit operation, and improved accuracy and repeatability by eliminating the calibration of interconnecting cabling. Also provided are alternate implementations of a correlator for the reflectometer which reduce the size and complexity of the correlator while extending its frequency range without limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: LITEPOINT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Dennis Ziomek, Stephen Jachim
  • Light emitting diode assembly and thermal control blanket and methods relating thereto
    Patent number: 8853723
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a light emitting diode assembly and a thermal control blanket. The light emitting diode assembly and the thermal control blanket have advantageous reflective and thermal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Christopher Dennis Simone, Thomas Edward Carney
  • RESIST HARDENING AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20140263172
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of forming an etch mask on a substrate is provided that includes (1) forming a resist layer on a substrate; (2) exposing one or more regions of the resist layer to an energy source so as to alter at least one of a physical property and a chemical property of the exposed regions; (3) performing a hardening process on the resist layer to increase the etch resistance of first regions of the resist layer relative to second regions of the resist layer, the hardening process including exposing the resist layer to one or more reactive species within an atomic layer deposition (ALD) chamber; and (4) dry etching the resist layer to remove the one or more second regions and to form a pattern in the resist layer. Other embodiments are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Peng Xie, Christopher Dennis Bencher, Huixiong Dai, Timothy Michaelson, Subhash Deshmukh
  • Off-heap direct-memory data stores, methods of creating and/or managing off-heap direct-memory data stores, and/or systems including off-heap direct-memory data store
    Patent number: 8832674
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to a highly-concurrent, predictable, fast, self-managed, in-process space for storing data that is hidden away from the garbage collector and its related pauses. More particularly, certain example embodiments relate to improved memory management techniques for computer systems that leverage an off-heap direct-memory data store that is massively scalable and highly efficient. The off-heap store may be provided in connection with a Java-based environment, and garbage collection may be completely or nearly completely avoided for the off-heap store. The off-heap store may be integrated into a tiered storage solution in certain example embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Software AG USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven T. Harris, Christopher Dennis, Saravanan Subbiah
  • Chemokine receptor binding heterocyclic compounds with enhanced efficacy
    Patent number: 8778967
    Abstract: The invention relates to heterocyclic compounds consisting of a core nitrogen atom surrounded by three pendant groups, wherein two of the three pendant groups are preferably benzimidazolyl methyl and tetrahydroquinolyl, and the third pendant group contains N and optionally contains additional rings. The compounds bind to chemokine receptors, including CXCR4 and CCR5, and demonstrate protective effects against infection of target cells by a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Bridger, Renato T Skelj, Al Kaller, Curtis Harwig, David Bogucki, Trevor R Wilson, Jason B Crawford, Ernest J McEachern, Bem Atsma, Siqiao Nan, Yuanxi Zhou, Dominique Schols, Christopher Dennis Smith, Maria R Di Fluri
  • TECHNIQUE FOR SELECTIVELY PROCESSING THREE DIMENSIONAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140162414
    Abstract: A method to selectively process a three dimensional device, comprising providing a substrate having a first surface that extends horizontally, the substrate comprising a structure containing a second surface that extends vertically from the first surface; providing a film on the substrate, the film comprising carbon species; and etching a selected portion of the film by exposing the selected portion of the film to an etchant containing hydrogen species, where the etchant excludes oxygen species and fluorine species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Nilay A. Pradhan, Benjamin Colombeau, Naushad K. Variam, Mandar B. Pandit, Christopher Dennis Bencher, Adam Brand
  • RESIST FORTIFICATION FOR MAGNETIC MEDIA PATTERNING
    Publication number: 20140147700
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming magnetic media substrates is provided. A patterned resist layer is formed on a substrate having a magnetically susceptible layer. A conformal protective layer is formed over the patterned resist layer to prevent degradation of the pattern during subsequent processing. The substrate is subjected to an energy treatment wherein energetic species penetrate portions of the patterned resist and conformal protective layer according to the pattern formed in the patterned resist, impacting the magnetically susceptible layer and modifying a magnetic property thereof. The patterned resist and conformal protective layers are then removed, leaving a magnetic substrate having a pattern of magnetic properties with a topography that is substantially unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Dennis BENCHER, Roman GOUK, Steven VERHAVERBEKE, Li-Qun XIA, Yong-Won LEE, Matthew D. SCOTNEY-CASTLE, Martin A. HILKENE, Peter I. PORSHNEV
  • Non-polar capped nano transition metal oxides and sulfides
    Patent number: 8597609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a functionalized nano size transition metal oxide or sulfide particle comprising the steps of (a) providing a ternary solvent system comprising a polar solvent, a non-polar solvent and an intermediate solvent allowing miscibility of all three components; (b) providing a mixture of a transition metal salt and a ternary solvent; (c) providing a mixture of a suitable source of oxide or sulfide and the ternary solvent; (d) providing a mixture of a non-polar end capping agent and the non-polar solvent; (e) mixing the mixtures; and (f) recovering the resultant functionalized nano size transition metal oxide or sulfide particle. The invention further relates to non-polar end capped nano sized transition metal oxide or sulfide particle so produced and the use of such particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Rubber Nano Products (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Dennis Woolard, Damien Christopher Williams, Jason Leigh van Rooyen, Katherine Garde, Robert Michael Bosch, Stefanus Hendrik Josephus Strydom
  • USER IDENTIFICATION AND PERSONALIZATION BASED ON AUTOMOTIVE IDENTIFIERS
    Publication number: 20130216102
    Abstract: A system and method for user identification and personalization based on automotive identifiers are described. Image data of a vehicle is received from an image capture device. Vehicle identification information is extracted from the image data. A data record associated with a user is retrieved using the vehicle identification information. A personalized communication for the user is generated based on the retrieved data record. The personalized communication may be transmitted to a device. The personalized communication may comprise a recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Ryan, Christopher Dennis Boncimino
  • LIGHT EMITTING DIODE ASSEMBLY AND THERMAL CONTROL BLANKET AND METHODS RELATING THERETO
    Publication number: 20130126940
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a light emitting diode assembly and a thermal control blanket. The light emitting diode assembly and the thermal control blanket have advantageous reflective and thermal properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS and COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher Dennis Simone, Thomas Edward Carney
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF PARTS
    Publication number: 20130096881
    Abstract: A waveform generator and a signal analyzer are respectively provided in electrical communication with an input transducer and an output transducer capable of conversion between electrical and acoustic signals, and in mechanical communication with the part. A processor coupled with the waveform generator and signal analyzer receives a set of parameters defining a frequency scan from which it determines a number of frequency sweeps to be performed by the waveform generator. Each of the frequency sweeps has a number of frequencies less than a maximum capacity of the waveform generator, and for each frequency sweep, the processor instructs the waveform generator to excite the input transducer and synchronously receiving a response signal with the signal analyzer at multiple frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: VIBRANT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Leanne Jauriqui, Christopher Dennis Ziomek, Shawn A. Knapp-Kleinsorge, Lemna Hunter, James J. Schwarz