Patents by Inventor Dana Hall
Dana Hall 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).
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Publication number: 20170208802Abstract: A composition is disclosed which comprises (A) an anti-microbial agent comprising peracetic acid; and (B) a reagent mixture comprising a buffer, an anticorrosive agent and a chelator. The composition may be characterized by the absence of molybdate. The foregoing composition may be dispersed in water to form a liquid sterilant. The liquid sterilant may be used for sterilizing articles such as medical, dental, pharmaceutical, veterinary or mortuary instruments, devices, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: American Sterilizer CompanyInventors: Phillip P. Franciskovich, Donald G. Rosenhamer, Kathleen A. Fix, Dana Hall
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Publication number: 20120230870Abstract: A sterilizing apparatus and a process for sterilizing an article in the sterilizing apparatus, the apparatus including a sterilization chamber and a sterilant introduction system, wherein the sterilant introduction system separately supplies components (A) and (B) to form a composition comprising the components (A) and (B), the components including (A) an anti-microbial agent comprising peracetic acid; and (B) a reagent mixture comprising a buffer, an anticorrosive agent and a chelator; in which the composition is characterized by the absence of molybdate. In the apparatus and in the process, components (A) and (B) may be introduced separately.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: American Sterilizer CompanyInventors: Phillip P. Franciskovich, Donald G. Rosenhamer, Kathleen A. Fix, Dana Hall
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Publication number: 20120189495Abstract: A composition is disclosed which comprises (A) an anti-microbial agent comprising peracetic acid; and (B) a reagent mixture comprising a buffer, an anticorrosive agent and a chelator. The composition may be characterized by the absence of molybdate. The foregoing composition may be dispersed in water to form a liquid sterilant. The liquid sterilant may be used for sterilizing articles such as medical, dental, pharmaceutical, veterinary or mortuary instruments, devices, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: American Sterilizer CompanyInventors: Phillip P. Franciskovich, Donald G. Rosenhamer, Kathleen A. Fix, Dana Hall
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Publication number: 20110217204Abstract: A composition is disclosed which comprises (A) an anti-microbial agent comprising peracetic acid; and (B) a reagent mixture comprising a buffer, an anticorrosive agent and a chelator. The composition may be characterized by the absence of molybdate. The foregoing composition may be dispersed in water to form a liquid sterilant. The liquid sterilant may be used for sterilizing articles such as medical, dental, pharmaceutical, veterinary or mortuary instruments, devices, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: Phillip P. Franciskovich, Donald G. Rosenhamer, Kathleen A. Fix, Dana Hall
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Publication number: 20070212252Abstract: A method of generating a microbial deactivation fluid to circulate through an apparatus that has a decontamination chamber for holding medical instruments and devices, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a first compartment and a second compartment in the circulation system; (b) providing a chemical reagent in the first compartment and a builder composition in the second compartment; (c) causing a fluid to flow through the second compartment to mix with the builder composition to create an alkaline fluid; (d) when the alkaline fluid has reached a predetermined pH level, causing the alkaline fluid to flow through the first compartment to mix with the chemical reagent to dissolve the chemical reagent to generate a microbial deactivation fluid; and (e) continuing steps (c) and (d) to continue the generation of the microbial deactivation fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2007Publication date: September 13, 2007Inventors: Christopher Jethrow, John Mayer, Dana Hall, Donald Rosenhamer
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Patent number: 6904479Abstract: A method for transmitting data over a data bus with minimized digital control and data inter-symbol interference. The voltage level on the data bus is not permitted to reach the quiescent negated voltage level set by the bus terminator voltage. Additional time is provided for data detection circuitry to detect a first segment of data transferred over the data bus. A pause time is enabled after the data bus has been idle or paused for a prolonged period. After the first segment of data has been transferred, the method returns to normal operation by pausing for a normal period of time for data detection circuitry to detect subsequent segments of data transferred over the data bus. Additionally, during prolonged synchronous data transfers with unchanged data bits, the data bus is inverted and driven for further regulating the data bus voltage.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2003Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignee: Maxtor CorporationInventors: Dana Hall, Bruce Leshay
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Patent number: 6779011Abstract: A system determines the multiplicative inverse of A∈GF(22M) by representing A using a selected basis in which basis elements are squares of one another, and performing various operations that involve raising A to powers of 2 as cyclic rotations of A. The system also performs multiplication operations over GF(22M) or subfields thereof by calculating the coefficients of the product of two elements A and B that are represented using the selected basis as combinations of the coefficients of cyclically rotated versions of A and B. The system further utilizes a relatively small look-up table that contains the multiplicative inverses of selected elements of a subfield of GF(22M). The system may then cyclically rotate the multiplicative inverse values read from the table to produce the multiplicative inverses of the remaining elements of the subfield.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2001Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Maxtor CorporationInventors: Lih-Jyh Weng, Dana Hall, Christine Imrich
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Publication number: 20040158186Abstract: An adhesive bandage applied to a vaccination site for the purpose of maintaining the cleanliness of the site possesses indicia on its exposed, or viewable, surface identifying the specific vaccine which was administered at the site thus immediately and unambiguously identifying the vaccine in the event identification of the vaccine should subsequently become necessary or desirable, e.g., in the event of an adverse reaction to the vaccine.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2003Publication date: August 12, 2004Inventor: Dana Hall
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Patent number: 6772390Abstract: A method of determining error values including loading an error correction code (ECC) entity having rows representing data symbols, determining an error location for a first row, generating an error syndrome for the first row, determining an erasure constant array from the error location, determining an error location for each of the remaining rows, generating an error syndrome for each of the remaining rows and determining the error values for each of the rows from the corresponding error location and corresponding error syndrome and the constant.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2000Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Quantum CorporationInventors: Lih-Jyh Weng, Dana Hall
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Publication number: 20040017869Abstract: A method for transmitting data via a data bus with minimized digital control and data inter-symbol interference. The voltage level on the bus is not permitted to reach the bus negated quiescent voltage level set by the bus terminator voltage. Additional time is provided for data detection circuitry to detect a first segment of data transferred over the bus. A pause time is enabled after the bus has been at idle/paused for a prolonged period. After the first segment of data has been transferred, the method returns to normal operation by pausing for a normal period of time for data detection circuitry to detect subsequent segments of data transferred over the bus. Additionally, during prolonged synchronous data transfers with unchanged data bits, the data bus is inverted and driven for further regulating the data bus voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2003Publication date: January 29, 2004Applicant: Maxtor CorporationInventors: Dana Hall, Bruce Leshay
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Patent number: 6577687Abstract: A method for transmitting data over a data bus with minimized digital control and data inter-symbol interference. The voltage level on the data bus is not permitted to reach the quiescent negated voltage level set by the bus terminator voltage. Additional time is provided for data detection circuitry to detect a first segment of data transferred over the data bus. A pause time is enabled after the data bus has been idle or paused for a prolonged period. After the first segment of data has been transferred, the method returns to normal operation by pausing for a normal period of time for data detection circuitry to detect subsequent segments of data transferred over the data bus. Additionally, during prolonged synchronous data transfers with unchanged data bits, the data bus is inverted and driven for further regulating the data bus voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1998Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Maxtor CorporationInventors: Dana Hall, Bruce Leshay
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Publication number: 20030039326Abstract: A method for transmitting data via a data bus with minimized digital control and data inter-symbol interference. The voltage level on the bus is not permitted to reach the bus negated quiescent voltage level set by the bus terminator voltage. Additional time is provided for data detection circuitry to detect a first segment of data transferred over the bus. A pause time is enabled after the bus has been at idle/paused for a prolonged period. After the first segment of data has been transferred, the method returns to normal operation by pausing for a normal period of time for data detection circuitry to detect subsequent segments of data transferred over the bus. Additionally, during prolonged synchronous data transfers with unchanged data bits, the data bus is inverted and driven for further regulating the data bus voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 1998Publication date: February 27, 2003Inventors: DANA HALL, BRUCE LESHAY
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Patent number: 6512644Abstract: A method and apparatus for Read-After-Write (RAW) verification with error tolerance is disclosed whereby upon read back of data from a medium, the actual read data can be compared to the actual write data, and the number of miscompares between the two can be counted. The severity of the number of miscompares can be determined depending on the Error Control Code (ECC) system used. If the error is correctable by the ECC system, the block need not be re-written to the medium. The invention provides the ability to increase medium capacity and throughput over previous implementations.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2000Date of Patent: January 28, 2003Assignee: Quantum CorporationInventors: Dana Hall, Arnon Friedmann
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Publication number: 20020156823Abstract: A system determines the multiplicative inverse of A∈GF(22M) by representing A using a selected basis in which basis elements are squares of one another, and performing various operations that involve raising A to powers of 2 as cyclic rotations of A. The system also performs multiplication operations over GF(22M) or subfields thereof by calculating the coefficients of the product of two elements A and B that are represented using the selected basis as combinations of the coefficients of cyclically rotated versions of A and B. The system further utilizes a relatively small look-up table that contains the multiplicative inverses of selected elements of a subfield of GF(22M). The system may then cyclically rotate the multiplicative inverse values read from the table to produce the multiplicative inverses of the remaining elements of the subfield.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2001Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventors: Lih-Jyh Weng, Dana Hall, Christine Imrich
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Publication number: 20020095638Abstract: A method of determining error values including loading an error correction code (ECC) entity having rows representing data symbols, determining an error location for a first row, generating an error syndrome for the first row, determining an erasure constant array from the error location, determining an error location for each of the remaining rows, generating an error syndrome for each of the remaining rows and determining the error values for each of the rows from the corresponding error location and corresponding error syndrome and the constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2000Publication date: July 18, 2002Inventors: Lih-Jyh Weng, Dana Hall
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Patent number: 6389568Abstract: A circuit for monitoring and detecting data transfer protocol errors that occur during asynchronous transfer of data over a data bus. The circuit monitors bus request/acknowledge control lines in accordance with a predetermined handshaking protocol. In the event that an undefined or illegal logic state is detected on the data bus request or acknowledge control lines, the circuit provides an error value to the data sending entity. As a result of receiving this error value, the data sending entity can retry the data transmission over data bus.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1998Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: Maxtor CorporationInventors: Bruce A. Leshay, Dana Hall
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Patent number: 6286125Abstract: A method of providing error detection information for data transferred between a sender and a receiver interconnected via a bus in a data communication system. The sender transmits data to the receiver on the bus, generates error detection information for the transmitted data, transmits a notification signal to the receiver to indicate start of error detection information transfer, and transmits the error detection information to the receiver on the bus. The receiver generates error detection information for data received from the sender, and compares the receiver generated error detection information to error detection information received from the sender, posting an error condition in case of one or more mismatches.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1999Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: Maxtor CorporationInventors: Bruce A. Leshay, Dana Hall, Jim McGrath
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Patent number: 5912275Abstract: Polyester is depolymerized by methanolysis and methanol is recovered in a process that uses methyl benzoate and/or p-methyltoluate as an azeotropic agent while the methanol is present.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1997Date of Patent: June 15, 1999Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Stephen Dana Hall, Richard Redfearn Hepner, Robert Everett Michel, Donald Richard Wheatcraft, Jr., George Malcolm Williamson
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Patent number: 5592342Abstract: A method and an apparatus for packing variable size user data records into fixed size blocks on a storage medium. The invention includes the steps of receiving user data of variable record lengths along with error detection information; creating a data page for each user data record; building a map entry of record packing information for each data page; and storing each data page and its associated map within the same physical record on a storage medium. The data pages being stored in consecutive order and the map entries are stored in reverse order. A predetermined number of physical blocks are combined to form a logical block and a predetermined number of logical blocks form an entity.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1994Date of Patent: January 7, 1997Assignee: Quantum CorporationInventors: Dana Hall, Haim Bitner