Patents by Inventor Douglas P. Drob

Douglas P. Drob 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).

  • Formulation and fitting techniques for whole-atmosphere empirical models
    Patent number: 10641925
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for obtaining an empirical model of a planetary atmosphere as a function of the independent variables in a parametric formulation. Embodiments of the present disclosure can represent the temperature and individual species densities of the planetary atmosphere in the formulation, can robustly and efficiently carry out the computations needed to evaluate this formulation and to estimate the formulation's parameters, and can thereby obtain the empirical model of the planetary atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: John T. Emmert, Douglas P. Drob, Julian Michael Picone
  • Formulation and Fitting Techniques for Whole-Atmosphere Empirical Models
    Publication number: 20190383968
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for obtaining an empirical model of a planetary atmosphere as a function of the independent variables in a parametric formulation. Embodiments of the present disclosure can represent the temperature and individual species densities of the planetary atmosphere in the formulation, can robustly and efficiently carry out the computations needed to evaluate this formulation and to estimate the formulation's parameters, and can thereby obtain the empirical model of the planetary atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: John T. Emmert, Douglas P. Drob, Julian Michael Picone