Patents by Inventor David J. Webb
David J. Webb 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: 20230303275Abstract: An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content is provided. An endless web substrate, with or without flavor film thereon, is formed into a tubular shape with a longitudinal seam. The tube is cut to individual lengths, and a procession of tubes is crimp-closed at one end, filled and crimp-closed at the other end to complete pouch production. During production, the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch are parallel to one another and the longitudinal seam of the pouch is midway between the sides of the pouch and orthogonal to the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Martin T. GARTHAFFNER, Dwight D. WILLIAMS, Jeremy J. STRAIGHT, Carl G. MILLER, David J. WEBB
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Patent number: 11702232Abstract: An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content is provided. An endless web substrate, with or without flavor film thereon, is formed into a tubular shape with a longitudinal seam. The tube is cut to individual lengths, and a procession of tubes is crimp-closed at one end, filled and crimp-closed at the other end to complete pouch production. During production, the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch are parallel to one another and the longitudinal seam of the pouch is midway between the sides of the pouch and orthogonal to the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Martin T. Garthaffner, Dwight D. Williams, Jeremy J. Straight, David J. Webb, Carl G. Miller
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Publication number: 20220315254Abstract: An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content is provided. An endless web substrate, with or without flavor film thereon, is formed into a tubular shape with a longitudinal seam. The tube is cut to individual lengths, and a procession of tubes is crimp-closed at one end, filled and crimp-closed at the other end to complete pouch production. During production, the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch are parallel to one another and the longitudinal seam of the pouch is midway between the sides of the pouch and orthogonal to the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Martin T. GARTHAFFNER, Dwight D. WILLIAMS, Jeremy J. STRAIGHT, David J. WEBB, Carl G. MILLER
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Patent number: 11383861Abstract: An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content. An endless web substrate, with or without flavor film thereon, is formed into a tubular shape with a longitudinal seam. The tube is cut to individual lengths, and a procession of tubes is crimp-closed at one end, filled and crimp-closed at the other end to complete pouch production. During production, the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch are parallel to one another and the longitudinal seam of the pouch is midway between the sides of the pouch and orthogonal to the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Martin T. Garthaffner, Dwight D. Williams, Jeremy J. Straight, David J. Webb, Carl G. Miller
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Publication number: 20210078737Abstract: An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content. An endless web substrate, with or without flavor film thereon, is formed into a tubular shape with a longitudinal seam. The tube is cut to individual lengths, and a procession of tubes is crimp-closed at one end, filled and crimp-closed at the other end to complete pouch production. During production, the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch are parallel to one another and the longitudinal seam of the pouch is midway between the sides of the pouch and orthogonal to the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Martin T. GARTHAFFNER, Dwight D. WILLIAMS, Jeremy J. STRAIGHT, David J. WEBB, Carl G. MILLER
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Patent number: 10870503Abstract: An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content. An endless web substrate, with or without flavor film thereon, is formed into a tubular shape with a longitudinal seam. The tube is cut to individual lengths, and a procession of tubes is crimp-closed at one end, filled and crimp-closed at the other end to complete pouch production. During production, the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch are parallel to one another and the longitudinal seam of the pouch is midway between the sides of the pouch and orthogonal to the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.Inventors: Martin T. Garthaffner, Dwight D. Williams, Jeremy J. Straight, David J. Webb, Carl G. Miller
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Patent number: 10138006Abstract: An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content. An endless web substrate, with or without flavor film thereon, is formed into a tubular shape with a longitudinal seam. The tube is cut to individual lengths, and a procession of tubes is crimp-closed at one end, filled and crimp-closed at the other end to complete pouch production. During production, the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch are parallel to one another and the longitudinal seam of the pouch is midway between the sides of the pouch and orthogonal to the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Martin T. Garthaffner, Dwight D. Williams, Jeremy J. Straight, David J. Webb, Carl G. Miller
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Publication number: 20180305044Abstract: An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content. An endless web substrate, with or without flavor film thereon, is formed into a tubular shape with a longitudinal seam. The tube is cut to individual lengths, and a procession of tubes is crimp-closed at one end, filled and crimp-closed at the other end to complete pouch production. During production, the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch are parallel to one another and the longitudinal seam of the pouch is midway between the sides of the pouch and orthogonal to the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Martin T. GARTHAFFNER, Dwight D. WILLIAMS, Jeremy J. STRAIGHT, David J. WEBB, Carl G. MILLER
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Patent number: 9805949Abstract: A method of forming a high k gate stack on a surface of a III-V compound semiconductor, such GaAs, is provided. The method includes subjecting a III-V compound semiconductor material to a precleaning process which removes native oxides from a surface of the III-V compound semiconductor material; forming a semiconductor, e.g., amorphous Si, layer in-situ on the cleaned surface of the III-V compound semiconductor material; and forming a dielectric material having a dielectric constant that is greater than silicon dioxide on the semiconducting layer. In some embodiments, the semiconducting layer is partially or completely converted into a layer including at least a surface layer that is comprised of AOxNy prior to forming the dielectric material. In accordance with the present invention, A is a semiconducting material, preferably Si, x is 0 to 1, y is 0 to 1 and x and y are both not zero.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2012Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.Inventors: Jean Fompeyrine, Edward W. Kiewra, Steven J. Koester, Devendra K. Sadana, David J. Webb
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Publication number: 20170183110Abstract: An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content. An endless web substrate, with or without flavor film thereon, is formed into a tubular shape with a longitudinal seam. The tube is cut to individual lengths, and a procession of tubes is crimp-closed at one end, filled and crimp-closed at the other end to complete pouch production. During production, the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch are parallel to one another and the longitudinal seam of the pouch is midway between the sides of the pouch and orthogonal to the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Martin T. Garthaffner, Dwight D. Williams, Jeremy J. Straight, David J. Webb, Carl G. Miller
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Patent number: 9623988Abstract: An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content. An endless web substrate, with or without flavor film thereon, is formed into a tubular shape with a longitudinal seam. The tube is cut to individual lengths, and a procession of tubes is crimp-closed at one end, filled and crimp-closed at the other end to complete pouch production. During production, the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch are parallel to one another and the longitudinal seam of the pouch is midway between the sides of the pouch and orthogonal to the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Martin T. Garthaffner, Dwight D. Williams, Jeremy J. Straight, David J. Webb, Carl G. Miller
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Patent number: 8364851Abstract: A system that supports a high performance, scalable, and efficient I/O port protocol to connect to I/O devices is disclosed. A distributed multiprocessing computer system contains a number of processors each coupled to an I/O bridge ASIC implementing the I/O port protocol. One or more I/O devices are coupled to the I/O bridge ASIC, each I/O device capable of accessing machine resources in the computer system by transmitting and receiving message packets. Machine resources in the computer system include data blocks, registers and interrupt queues. Each processor in the computer system is coupled to a memory module capable of storing data blocks shared between the processors. Coherence of the shared data blocks in this shared memory system is maintained using a directory based coherence protocol. Coherence of data blocks transferred during I/O device read and write accesses is maintained using the same coherence protocol as for the memory system.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2003Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Richard E. Kessler, Samuel H. Duncan, David W. Hartwell, David A. J. Webb, Jr., Steve Lang
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Publication number: 20120326212Abstract: A method of forming a high k gate stack on a surface of a III-V compound semiconductor, such GaAs, is provided. The method includes subjecting a III-V compound semiconductor material to a precleaning process which removes native oxides from a surface of the III-V compound semiconductor material; forming a semiconductor, e.g., amorphous Si, layer in-situ on the cleaned surface of the III-V compound semiconductor material; and forming a dielectric material having a dielectric constant that is greater than silicon dioxide on the semiconducting layer. In some embodiments, the semiconducting layer is partially or completely converted into a layer including at least a surface layer that is comprised of AOxNy prior to forming the dielectric material. In accordance with the present invention, A is a semiconducting material, preferably Si, x is 0 to 1, y is 0 to 1 and x and y are both not zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Jean Fompeyrine, Edward W. Kiewra, Steven J. Koester, Devendra K. Sadana, David J. Webb
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Publication number: 20120023874Abstract: An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content. An endless web substrate, with or without flavor film thereon, is formed into a tubular shape with a longitudinal seam. The tube is cut to individual lengths, and a procession of tubes is crimp-closed at one end, filled and crimp-closed at the other end to complete pouch production. During production, the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch are parallel to one another and the longitudinal seam of the pouch is midway between the sides of the pouch and orthogonal to the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Martin T. Garthaffner, Dwight D. Williams, Jeremy J. Straight, David J. Webb, Carl G. Miller
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Patent number: 7724988Abstract: An opto-electronic board including a printed wiring board with an optical waveguide, a metallic area, and a hole, wherein an abutting face of the optical waveguide and an abutting face of the metallic area form a part of the side face of the hole. The opto-electronic board further comprises an opto-electronic circuit with a bonding pad, wherein the opto-electronic circuit is arranged in the hole and soldered with its bonding pad to the abutting face of the metallic area.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Laurent A. Dellmann, Michel Despont, Bert J. Offrein, David J. Webb
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Publication number: 20080247706Abstract: An opto-electronic board including a printed wiring board with an optical waveguide, a metallic area, and a hole, wherein an abutting face of the optical waveguide and an abutting face of the metallic area form a part of the side face of the hole. The opto-electronic board further comprises an opto-electronic circuit with a bonding pad, wherein the opto-electronic circuit is arranged in the hole and soldered with its bonding pad to the abutting face of the metallic area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Laurent A. DELLMANN, Michel Despont, Bert J. Offrein, David J. Webb
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Patent number: 7336864Abstract: An opto-electronic board including a printed wiring board with an optical waveguide, a metallic area, and a hole, wherein an abutting face of the optical waveguide and an abutting face of the metallic area form a part of the side face of the hole. The opto-electronic board further comprises an opto-electronic circuit with a bonding pad, wherein the opto-electronic circuit is arranged in the hole and soldered with its bonding pad to the abutting face of the metallic area.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Laurent A. Dellmann, Michel Despont, Bert J. Offrein, David J. Webb
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Patent number: 7076597Abstract: A directory-based multiprocessor cache control scheme for distributing invalidate messages to change the state of shared data in a computer system. The plurality of processors are grouped into a plurality of clusters. A directory controller tracks copies of shared data sent to processors in the clusters. Upon receiving an exclusive request from a processor requesting permission to modify a shared copy of the data, the directory controller generates invalidate messages requesting that other processors sharing the same data invalidate that data. These invalidate messages are sent via a point-to-point transmission only to master processors in clusters actually containing a shared copy of the data. Upon receiving the invalidate message, the master processors broadcast the invalidate message in an ordered fan-in/fan-out process to each processor in the cluster.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2003Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: David A. J. Webb, Jr., Richard E. Kessler, Steve Lang, Aaron T. Spink
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Patent number: 6961781Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for reducing network message passing latency in a distributed multiprocessing computer system that contains a plurality of microprocessors in a computer network, each microprocessor including router logic to route message packets prioritized in importance by the type of message packet, age of the message packet, and the source of the message packet. The microprocessors each include a plurality of network input ports connected to corresponding local arbiters in the router. The local arbiters are each able to select a message packet from the message packets waiting at the associated network input port. Microprocessor input ports and microprocessor output ports in the microprocessor allow the exchange of message packets between hardware functional units in the microprocessor and between the microprocessors. The microprocessor input ports are similarly each coupled to corresponding local arbiters in the router.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2000Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Shubhendu S. Mukherjee, Richard E. Kessler, Steve Lang, David A. J. Webb, Jr.
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Patent number: 6768716Abstract: A real-time load-balancing system for distributing a sequence of incoming data packets emanating from a high speed communication line to a plurality of processing means, each operating at a capacity that is lower than the capacity of the high speed communication line; the system according to the invention comprises: a parser capable of extracting a configurable set of classifier bits from the incoming packets for feeding into a compression means; the compression means is capable of reducing a bit pattern of length K to a bit pattern having a length L which is a fraction of K; a pipeline block for delaying incoming packets until a load balancing decision is found, and an inverse demultiplexer for receiving a port identifier output from said compression means as selector and for directing pipelined packets to the appropriate output port.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2000Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: François G. Abel, Peter Buchmann, Antonius Engbersen, Andreas Herkersdorf, Ronald P. Luijten, David J. Webb