Patents by Inventor Derek Prothro

Derek Prothro 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).

  • Two-dimensional spectral imaging system
    Patent number: 8139213
    Abstract: Systems, including methods, apparatus, and algorithms, for spectrally imaging a two-dimensional array of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dar Bahatt, Chirag Patel, Roy H. Tan, Derek Prothro
  • USER INTERFACE FOR WEB COMMENTS
    Publication number: 20120023392
    Abstract: One or more server devices receive a request associated with a link, where the link is further associated with a comment and where the comment provides an opinion of, or remarks upon, a content of a document. The one or more server devices retrieve a content of the comment associated with the link from a database and retrieve the document. The one or more server devices generate another document that displays the content of the comment and includes a frame that further displays the document, and send the generated another document to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael CIERNIAK, Donn Denman, Tony Hsieh, Yuri Dolgov, Andrey Adaikin, Derek Prothro, Marc Pawliger, Kansinee Adsanatham, Ario Jafarzadeh, Vladislav Kaznacheev
  • USER INTERFACE FOR WEB COMMENTS
    Publication number: 20110161413
    Abstract: One or more server devices receive a request associated with a link, where the link is further associated with a comment and where the comment provides an opinion of, or remarks upon, a content of a document. The one or more server devices retrieve a content of the comment associated with the link from a database and retrieve the document. The one or more server devices generate another document that displays the content of the comment and includes a frame that further displays the document, and send the generated another document to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael Cierniak, Donn Denman, Tony Hsieh, Yuri Dolgov, Andrey Adaikin, Derek Prothro, Marc Pawliger, Kansinee Adsanatham, Ario Jafarzadeh, Vladislav Kaznacheev
  • OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE RANKING OF COMMENTS
    Publication number: 20110145219
    Abstract: A system may receive a request for comments associated with a particular document, identify a comment associated with the particular document, generate an objective score for the comment that is independent of a user associated with the request, identify the user associated with the request, generate a subjective score for the comment based on parameters associated with the identified user, generate a combined score for the comment by combining the objective score and the subjective score, and provide the comment, ranked based on the combined score, to the user for presentation with the particular document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Michal Cierniak, Donn Denman, Tony Hsieh, Yuri Dolgov, Andrey Adaikin, Derek Prothro, Marc Pawliger, Ario Jafarzadeh, Vladislav Kaznacheev
  • PRESENTING COMMENTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES
    Publication number: 20110040787
    Abstract: A system may include one or more databases to store comments relating to documents, the comments originating from first and second sources, where the comments from the first source include comments received from users via commenting functionality associated with browsers installed on client devices, and the comments from the second source include comments received from users independent of the commenting functionality associated with the browsers installed on the client devices. The system may also include one or more server devices to receive a request for comments relating to a particular document, search at least one of the one or more databases to identify comments relating to the particular document, and provide the identified comments for presentation in connection with the particular document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michal CIERNIAK, Donn Denman, Tony Hsieh, Derek Prothro, Marc Pawliger
  • Two-Dimensional Spectral Imaging System
    Publication number: 20100039642
    Abstract: Systems, including methods, apparatus, and algorithms, for spectrally imaging a two-dimensional array of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dar Bahatt, Chirag Patel, Roy H. Tan, Derek Prothro
  • Two-dimensional spectral imaging system
    Patent number: 7663750
    Abstract: Systems, including methods, apparatus, and algorithms, for spectrally imaging a two-dimensional array of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Applied Biosystems, LLC
    Inventors: Dar Bahatt, Chirag Patel, Roy H. Tan, Derek Prothro
  • Two-dimensional spectral imaging system
    Publication number: 20070035818
    Abstract: Systems, including methods, apparatus, and algorithms, for spectrally imaging a two-dimensional array of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Dar Bahatt, Chirag Patel, Derek Prothro, Roy Tan
  • Two-dimensional spectral imaging system
    Publication number: 20070035819
    Abstract: Systems, including methods, apparatus, and algorithms, for spectrally imaging a two-dimensional array of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Dar Bahatt, Chirag Patel, Roy Tan, Derek Prothro