Patents by Inventor David Charles

David Charles 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: 20180308680
    Abstract: Methods are provided for conducting a deposition on a semiconductor substrate by selectively depositing a material on the substrate. The substrate has a plurality of substrate materials, each with a different nucleation delay corresponding to the material deposited thereon. Specifically, the nucleation delay associated with a first substrate material on which deposition is intended is less than the nucleation delay associated with a second substrate material on which deposition is not intended according to a nucleation delay differential, which degrades as deposition proceeds. A portion of the deposited material is etched to reestablish the nucleation delay differential between the first and the second substrate materials. The material is further selectively deposited on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kapu Sirish Reddy, Meliha Gozde Rainville, Nagraj Shankar, Dennis M. Hausmann, David Charles Smith, Karthik Sivaramakrishnan, David W. Porter
  • Publication number: 20180305349
    Abstract: The specification relates to compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where Q, R, R1 and R2 have any of the meanings defined herein. The specification also relates to the use of such compounds and salts thereof to treat or prevent GLS1 mediated disease, including cancer. The specification further relates to crystalline forms of compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts; kits comprising such compounds and salts; methods of manufacture of such compounds and salts; intermediates useful in the manufacture of such compounds and salts; and to methods of treating GLS1 kinase mediated disease, including cancer, using such compounds and salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Maurice Raymond Verschoyle Finlay, Chukuemeka Tennyson Ekwuru, Mark David Charles, Piotr Antoni Raubo, Jonathan James Gordon Winter, Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Nissink
  • Publication number: 20180308687
    Abstract: Process and apparatus for forming a negative patterning mask in the context of EUV patterning uses a selective deposition process to deposit a metal oxide or metal nitride thin film in a feature defined in an EUV resist to prepare a negative image for patterning. The method to produce the “negative” image does not involve an etch back step and therefore accommodates the small resist budget. The material forming the “negative” image is significantly more etch resistant than resist which eliminates the need for an additional hard mask transfer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: David Charles Smith, Arpan Mahorowala
  • Patent number: 10108697
    Abstract: A system and method for event matching by analysis of text characteristics are presented. A document collection comprising documents is acquired. One or more document subsets of the document collection each comprising one or more documents potentially describing identical events are identified based on certain structured metadata fields of the documents. Salient text features are extracted from the documents in the document collection. An event similarity score for pairs of documents in the document collection is generated by comparing the text features extracted from the documents. A common event document list comprising sets of documents in the document collection whose event similarity scores with each other are above a similarity threshold is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Steven R. Poteet, Nigel Isaac Anthony Kilmer, David Charles Augustine, Anne Shu-Wan Kao, Shan Luh
  • Publication number: 20180298018
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I, a stereoisomer, enantiomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or an amino acid conjugate thereof; wherein variables are as defined herein; and their pharmaceutical compositions, which are useful as modulators of the activity of Farnesoid X receptors (FXR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Donatella CHIANELLI, Xiaodong LIU, Valentina MOLTENI, John NELSON, Jason ROLAND, Paul Vincent RUCKER, David Charles TULLY
  • Publication number: 20180295872
    Abstract: An apparatus and associated method are provided for manufacturing a smokeless tobacco product including tobacco material and at least one object. A forming unit is configured to form a continuous supply of a pouch material into a continuous tubular member defining a longitudinal axis. A tobacco insertion unit is configured to introduce tobacco material into a pouch member portion of the tubular member. An object insertion unit is configured to introduce objects into the tubular member, with at least one of the objects being introduced into the pouch member portion. A closing and dividing unit is configured to close and divide the tubular member at intervals along the longitudinal axis thereof, to form the tubular member into a plurality of discrete pouch member portions such that each discrete pouch member portion includes the tobacco material and the at least one of the objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Charles J. Novak, III, David Charles Bovender
  • Patent number: 10100407
    Abstract: The present inventors have conceived of a multi-stage process gas delivery system for use in a substrate processing apparatus. In certain implementations, a first process gas may first be delivered to a substrate in a substrate processing chamber. A second process gas may be delivered, at a later time, to the substrate to aid in the even dosing of the substrate. Delivery of the first process gas and the second process gas may cease at the same time or may cease at separate times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Purushottam Kumar, Hu Kang, Adrien LaVoie, Yi Chung Chiu, Frank L. Pasquale, Jun Qian, Chloe Baldasseroni, Shankar Swaminathan, Karl F. Leeser, David Charles Smith, Wei-Chih Lai
  • Publication number: 20180290112
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to a process for enriching a hydrocarbon fuel for use in an internal combustion engine, the process comprising: (i) contacting a hydrocarbon fuel with a gas stream containing hydrogen gas such that at least some of the hydrogen gas is introduced into the hydrocarbon fuel to produce an enriched hydrocarbon fuel; and optionally (ii) delivering the enriched hydrocarbon fuel to an internal combustion engine. The present invention further provides a device for use in the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: David Charles Colin Lewis, Christopher Leonard Smith, John Richard Lister
  • Patent number: 10093437
    Abstract: A method for packaging and installing high performance insulation of a loose, granular, moisture-resistant nature, suitable for providing insulation in walls, ceilings, or other cavities in traditional buildings, cabinets or other structures requiring thermal or sound insulation, in a practical, easy to manage, modular fashion. The method provides for the packaging of insulation material to be contained in an air-tight but moisture permeable material that traps the particulates but not moisture vapor. The insulation material may also be blended with other materials to adjust the product's resistance to thermal or sound conductivity, cost, and in order to prevent leakage in the event of puncture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Inventor: David Charles Loda
  • Patent number: 10097536
    Abstract: A network security system that employs space-time separated and jointly-evolving relationships to provide fast network access control, efficient real-time forensics capabilities, and enhanced protection for at-rest data in the event of a network breach. The network security system allows, in part, functionality by which the system accepts a request by a user to access the data stored in the database, identifies a sequence of security agents to participate in authenticating and protecting the access of the data by the user, generates a sequence of pseudorandom IDs and space-time varying credentials, checks at each one of the security agents a corresponding one of the credentials, determines that the user is permitted to access the data using access control logs if all the security agents accept the corresponding credentials, and varies the credentials based on a space-time relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: AUBURN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chwan-Hwa Wu, J. David Irwin, David Charles Last, Myers Hawkins, Hao Sun
  • Publication number: 20180280994
    Abstract: A specialty nozzle is provided having a pattern adjustment valve that may be adjusted to irrigate a substantially rectangular irrigation area. The nozzle may be further adjusted to irrigate three different substantially rectangular irrigation areas. The nozzle is adjustable to function as a left strip nozzle, right strip nozzle, and side strip nozzle. The strip irrigation setting may be selected by pressing down and rotating a deflector to directly actuate the valve. The nozzle may also include a flow reduction valve to set the size of the rectangular irrigation areas and may be adjusted by actuation of an outer wall of the nozzle. Other specialty nozzles are provided having a fixed pattern template to irrigate a rectangular area, such as left strip, right strip, or side strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Samuel C. Walker, David Charles Belongia, Jason Addink, Andrew P. Miller
  • Publication number: 20180281113
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system configured to manufacture a component including scan strategies for efficient utilization of one or more laser arrays. The additive manufacturing system includes at least one laser device, each configured as a laser array, and a build platform. Each laser device is configured to generate a plurality of laser beams. The component is disposed on the build platform. The at least one laser device is configured to sweep across the component and the build platform in at least one of a radial direction, a circumferential direction or a modified zig-zag pattern and simultaneously operate the one or more of the plurality of individually operable laser beams corresponding to a pattern of the layer of a build to generate successive layers of a melted powdered material on the component and the build platform corresponding to the pattern of the layer of the build. A method of manufacturing a component with the additive manufacturing system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: William Thomas Carter, Jason Harris Karp, Justin John Gambone, JR., Lang Yuan, David Charles Bogdan, JR., Victor Petrovish Ostroverkhov, Marshall Gordon Jones, Michael Evans Graham, Kevin George Harding
  • Publication number: 20180280220
    Abstract: A mobility aid assembly for lifting and lowering a user; the assembly including an articulated lifting arm releasably mounted to a base structure; a first portion of the lifting arm operable between a lowered position and a raised position by a linear actuator; a first end of the linear actuator pivotally connected to the first portion of the lifting arm and, wherein a second end of the linear actuator is releasably mounted so as to avoid injury to the user if the linear actuator moves the first portion of the lifting arm to an excessively lowered position in which the first portion of the lifting impinges on the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Patrick HARPER, David Charles THOMPSON, Arthur David COOPER, Thomas Maurice FLEMING
  • Patent number: 10091462
    Abstract: A method for use in providing content includes hosting a network site on a computer network, displaying on the network site links to one or more videos, and displaying on the network site at least an on-demand preview of a first video in response to a corresponding one of the links being selected. A storage medium stores a computer program for use on a client computer. Several other methods, systems and programs are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Crackle, Inc.
    Inventors: Aviv Eyal, Piers Haken, David Charles Alexander Hodgson, Steven Hazel
  • Publication number: 20180274812
    Abstract: An air mixing device mitigates temperature stratification between two incoming air streams by creation of turbulent airflow through an arrangement of channels in the device. The device also provides selective passage of air for incoming airstreams to achieve functionality for damper control typically associated with separate inlet dampers. A method provides for selectively controlled airflow through the device so effective mixing occurs along with an economizer function to control separate airstreams such as outside air and return air. Existing dampers may be integrated with the air mixing device to control airflow in which flow of one airstream through the device increases as the flow of the other airstream is proportionately decreased. A minimum outside air duct can be incorporated in the mixing device to efficiently satisfy building code requirements regarding monitoring and recording of outside air input to air handling units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: David Charles Dorste, Mark Jeffrey Pavol, Kevin Deems
  • Publication number: 20180276253
    Abstract: Equipment, tools, systems, storage media, and methods that allow a user to monitor database storage at various granularities and set thresholds for generating alerts are described. In one aspect, a system includes a client device configured to execute an application, a database configured to support the client device, a storage array configured to provide information to the database, and a computing device. The computing device may execute a Database Storage Throughput Analyzer (DSTA) tool, specify an interval, specify a particular database cluster of the database, specify a service level objective for controlling communications between the database and the storage array, generate a query, receive storage throughput measurements for the database, and apply the query to the storage throughput measurements to aid users in identifying database storage issues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: David Charles Ellis, Sr., Michael Patrick McCormick, Raju Viziagopal Kakarlapudi, Karen Wiles
  • Publication number: 20180269058
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for selectively depositing silicon nitride on silicon surfaces relative to silicon oxide surfaces and selectively depositing silicon nitride on silicon oxide surfaces relative to silicon surfaces are provided herein. Methods involve blocking one surface while leaving another surface unblocked and selectively depositing silicon nitride on the unblocked surface. The blocked surface may include an organic moiety having an Si—C bond. The method may include blocking one of an exposed hydroxyl-terminated silicon-containing surface and an exposed hydrogen-terminated silicon-containing surface of the substrate. Apparatuses include a process chamber having a pedestal, an outlet, and a controller for providing instructions for causing delivery of a semiconductor substrate to the pedestal, causing introduction of a silicon-containing precursor and causing introduction of a nitrogen-containing reactant without igniting a plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: David Charles Smith, Dennis M. Hausmann
  • Patent number: 10077240
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I, a stereoisomer, enantiomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or an amino acid conjugate thereof; wherein variables are as defined herein; and their pharmaceutical compositions, which are useful as modulators of the activity of Farnesoid X receptors (FXR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Donatella Chianelli, Valentina Molteni, John Nelson, Jason Thomas Roland, Paul Vincent Rucker, David Charles Tully
  • Publication number: 20180258783
    Abstract: A method according to disclosure may include removing only a portion of a used abradable material layer on a metal sealing surface of a first component that interacts with an abradable sealing element extending from a second component. The first and second component may be, in one example, vanes and rotor of a steam turbine, that sealingly move relative to one another in an operative state. The method includes thermal spray layer a new abradable material layer on the used abradable material layer, rather than completely removing the used abradable material and starting over on bare metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: David Charles Kirchhoff, Donald Thomas Blais
  • Publication number: 20180261447
    Abstract: It will be understood that in some embodiments, nitrogen-containing ligands bonded to the silicon may not necessarily be identical to another nitrogen-containing ligand bonded to the same silicon atom. For example, in some embodiments, R1 and R2 may be different alkyl ligands. In some embodiments, a first NR1R2 ligand attached to a silicon atom may not be the same as or have the same alkyl ligands as another NR1R2 ligand attached to the same silicon atom. As noted above, R1 and R2 may be any alkyl ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: David Charles Smith, Dennis M. Hausmann