Patents by Inventor David S. Roth

David S. Roth 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).

  • System and method for displaying network status in a network topology
    Publication number: 20030084146
    Abstract: An electronic network is monitored by a plurality of diagnostic tools. When a first diagnostic tool determines that a portion of the electronic network is not operating within a preselected specification, at least one other diagnostic tool is instructed to analyze that portion of the network. The data generated by the diagnostic tools is correlated to better determine the cause of the network not operating within the preselected specification, which is then presented to a network user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Cynthia K. Schilling, Jun Su, Chia-Chu S. Dorland, Aaron J. Loyd, David S. Roth, Katherine L. Withers-Miklos
  • System and method for displaying network status in a network topology
    Publication number: 20030079011
    Abstract: An electronic network is monitored by a plurality of diagnostic tools. When a first diagnostic tool determines that a portion of the electronic network is not operating within a preselected specification, at least one other diagnostic tool is instructed to analyze that portion of the network. The data generated by the diagnostic tools is correlated to better determine the cause of the network not operating within the preselected specification, which is then presented to a network user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Cynthia K. Schilling, Jun Su, Chia-Chu S. Dorland, Aaron J. Loyd, David S. Roth, Katherine L. Withers-Miklos
  • Sterilization process in the manufacturing of snuff
    Patent number: 5372149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tobacco and more particularly to a process for preparing a moist snuff product and the stabilization thereof to reduce the level of microflora bacteria and to provide normal tasting products with extended shelf-lives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Inventors: David S. Roth, William H. Cowart, Jr., Carl B. Jenkins, Jr., Denis M. Boyle
  • Cigarette paper
    Patent number: 5062434
    Abstract: A cigarette wrapping paper includes a plurality of rows of perforations extending across the width of the paper wherein the rows of perforations are spaced at preselected distances along the entire length of the paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1991
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventors: Paul L. Aulbach, Dorothy M. Frank, David S. Roth
  • Tobacco substitute having improved ash characteristics
    Patent number: 4119104
    Abstract: Tobacco substitutes which eliminate excessive blooming of cigarette ash are disclosed. The tobacco substitutes comprise an organic binder; an inorganic filler; a boric oxide, boron oxyacid, or boron oxyacid salt; ash stabilizer; and, as a bloom control agent, from about 10% to about 40% by weight of tobacco fines. The substitute may also include up to about 10% by weight of a burning rate accelerator, such as sodium nitrate, sodium citrate or potassium tartrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventor: David S. Roth
  • Electronic controller for towed vehicle brakes
    Patent number: D494547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Tekonsha Towing Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce E. Smith, David S. Roth