Patents by Inventor Christopher E. FRANCE

Christopher E. FRANCE 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).

  • Methods and systems for identifying features
    Patent number: 11199501
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for transmitting a light such that it is incident on a multi-layer stack, wherein the multi-layer stack includes the feature and a region without the feature, detecting a narrow-band light from the feature and the region without the feature, wherein the feature has a first optical response in response to a wavelength of the narrow-band light and the region without the feature has a second optical response in response to the wavelength of the narrow-band light, and generating, based on the narrow-band light, an image indicative of where the first optical response and the second optical response occur on the multi-layer stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: UTICA LEASECO, LLC
    Inventors: Vineet Kumar, Katayoun Zand, Howard Woo, Markelle L. Gibbs, Enrique Bravo Mora, Christopher E. France, Brendan M. Kayes
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING FEATURES
    Publication number: 20210116654
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for transmitting a light such that it is incident on a multi-layer stack, wherein the multi-layer stack includes the feature and a region without the feature, detecting a narrow-band light from the feature and the region without the feature, wherein the feature has a first optical response in response to a wavelength of the narrow-band light and the region without the feature has a second optical response in response to the wavelength of the narrow-band light, and generating, based on the narrow-band light, an image indicative of where the first optical response and the second optical response occur on the multi-layer stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Vineet KUMAR, Katayoun ZAND, Howard WOO, Markelle L. GIBBS, Enrique BRAVO MORA, Christopher E. FRANCE, Brendan M. KAYES