Patents by Inventor Douglas P. Kelley
Douglas P. Kelley 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: 20250041820Abstract: A system includes a synthesizer unit having a fluid input to receive fluids and a communication input to receive commands to synthesize data-encoded DNA sequences and cleave the DNA. A first flexible chemistry reaction chamber module may be fluidically coupled to the synthesizer unit to receive the data-encoded DNA sequences and amplify the sequences. A deposition unit may be fluidically coupled to the first flexible chemistry reaction chamber module to receive the amplified DNA sequences and encapsulate the amplified DNA sequences into one or more wells in a storage plate for storage and retrieval to and from a plate storage unit. Retrieved DNA may be processed and read by further units.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Inventors: Bichlien H. NGUYEN, Douglas P. KELLEY, Karin STRAUSS, Robert CARLSON, Hsing-Yeh PARKER, John MULLIGAN, Luis H. CEZE, Yuan-Jyue CHEN, Douglas CARMEAN
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Patent number: 12157102Abstract: A system includes a synthesizer unit having a fluid input to receive fluids and a communication input to receive commands to synthesize data-encoded DNA sequences and cleave the DNA. A first flexible chemistry reaction chamber module may be fluidically coupled to the synthesizer unit to receive the data-encoded DNA sequences and amplify the sequences. A deposition unit may be fluidically coupled to the first flexible chemistry reaction chamber module to receive the amplified DNA sequences and encapsulate the amplified DNA sequences into one or more wells in a storage plate for storage and retrieval to and from a plate storage unit. Retrieved DNA may be processed and read by further units.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Bichlien H. Nguyen, Douglas P. Kelley, Karin Strauss, Robert Carlson, Hsing-Yeh Parker, John Mulligan, Luis H. Ceze, Yuan-Jyue Chen, Douglas Carmean
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Patent number: 12027361Abstract: High temperature superconductor (HTS)-based interconnect systems comprising a cable including HTS-based interconnects are described. Each of the HTS-based interconnects includes a first portion extending from a first end towards an intermediate portion and a second portion extending from the intermediate portion to a second end. Each of the HTS-based interconnects includes a substrate layer formed in the first portion, in the intermediate portion, and in the second portion, a high temperature superconductor layer formed in at least a sub-portion of the first portion, in the intermediate portion, and in the second portion, and a metallic layer formed in the first portion and in at least a sub-portion of the intermediate portion. The HTS-based interconnect system includes a thermal load management system configured to maintain the intermediate portion of each of the HTS-based interconnects at a predetermined temperature in a range between a temperature of 60 kelvin and 92 kelvin.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Dawson Yee, Craig S. Ranta, Cliff C. Lee, Douglas P. Kelley, Matthew David Turner, David B. Tuckerman
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Patent number: 11800691Abstract: The description relates to passive two-phase immersion cooling of computers, such as servers. One example can include multiple liquid immersion tanks configured to contain servers immersed in a liquid-phase of a coolant having a boiling point below a maximum operating temperature of the servers such that operation of the servers generates heat that is transferred to the liquid phase of the coolant and causes a portion of the coolant to boil to a gas phase of the coolant. The example can include a single phase separator tank and a single heat exchanger coupled to the multiple liquid immersion tanks as a sealed cooling system and configured to receive the gas phase of the coolant and configured to transition the gas phase of the coolant back to the liquid phase of the coolant and to automatically deliver liquid phase of the coolant to an individual liquid immersion tank responsive to further boiling producing additional gas phase of the coolant that evacuates the individual liquid immersion tank.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kathryn Oseen-Senda, Douglas P. Kelley, Alexis Grace Schubert
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Publication number: 20230189486Abstract: The description relates to passive two-phase immersion cooling of computers, such as servers. One example can include multiple liquid immersion tanks configured to contain servers immersed in a liquid-phase of a coolant having a boiling point below a maximum operating temperature of the servers such that operation of the servers generates heat that is transferred to the liquid phase of the coolant and causes a portion of the coolant to boil to a gas phase of the coolant. The example can include a single phase separator tank and a single heat exchanger coupled to the multiple liquid immersion tanks as a sealed cooling system and configured to receive the gas phase of the coolant and configured to transition the gas phase of the coolant back to the liquid phase of the coolant and to automatically deliver liquid phase of the coolant to an individual liquid immersion tank responsive to further boiling producing additional gas phase of the coolant that evacuates the individual liquid immersion tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kathryn OSEEN-SENDA, Douglas P. KELLEY, Alexis Grace SCHUBERT
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Publication number: 20220375869Abstract: High temperature superconductor (HTS)-based interconnect systems comprising a cable including HTS-based interconnects are described. Each of the HTS-based interconnects includes a first portion extending from a first end towards an intermediate portion and a second portion extending from the intermediate portion to a second end. Each of the HTS-based interconnects includes a substrate layer formed in the first portion, in the intermediate portion, and in the second portion, a high temperature superconductor layer formed in at least a sub-portion of the first portion, in the intermediate portion, and in the second portion, and a metallic layer formed in the first portion and in at least a sub-portion of the intermediate portion. The HTS-based interconnect system includes a thermal load management system configured to maintain the intermediate portion of each of the HTS-based interconnects at a predetermined temperature in a range between a temperature of 60 kelvin and 92 kelvin.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Dawson YEE, Craig S. RANTA, Cliff C. LEE, Douglas P. KELLEY, Matthew David TURNER, David B. TUCKERMAN
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Publication number: 20220347645Abstract: A system includes a synthesizer unit having a fluid input to receive fluids and a communication input to receive commands to synthesize data-encoded DNA sequences and cleave the DNA. A first flexible chemistry reaction chamber module may be fluidically coupled to the synthesizer unit to receive the data-encoded DNA sequences and amplify the sequences. A deposition unit may be fluidically coupled to the first flexible chemistry reaction chamber module to receive the amplified DNA sequences and encapsulate the amplified DNA sequences into one or more wells in a storage plate for storage and retrieval to and from a plate storage unit. Retrieved DNA may be processed and read by further units.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Bichlien H. NGUYEN, Douglas P. KELLEY, Karin STRAUSS, Robert CARLSON, Hsing-Yeh PARKER, John MULLIGAN, Luis H. CEZE, Yuan-Jyue CHEN, Douglas CARMEAN
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Patent number: 11439970Abstract: A system includes a synthesizer unit having a fluid input to receive fluids and a communication input to receive commands to synthesize data-encoded DNA sequences and cleave the DNA. A first flexible chemistry reaction chamber module may be fluidically coupled to the synthesizer unit to receive the data-encoded DNA sequences and amplify the sequences. A deposition unit may be fluidically coupled to the first flexible chemistry reaction chamber module to receive the amplified DNA sequences and encapsulate the amplified DNA sequences into one or more wells in a storage plate for storage and retrieval to and from a plate storage unit. Retrieved DNA may be processed and read by further units.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Bichlien H Nguyen, Douglas P Kelley, Karin Strauss, Robert Carlson, Hsing-Yeh Parker, John Mulligan, Luis H Ceze, Yuan-Jyue Chen, Douglas Carmean
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Patent number: 11192086Abstract: Reagents and solvents used for polymer synthesis are reused or recycled rather than discarded. The outflow from each step of polymer synthesis may be collected separately in one of multiple dedicated containers. Reuse returns the outflow from a step of polymer synthesis back to an input of a polymer synthesizer for subsequent use in that same step. Recycling processes the outflow from one or more steps of polymer synthesis to restore original concentrations or purity levels for use in a later synthesis run. Quality control analysis may determine if outflow collected from a polymer synthesizer is reused or recycled. These techniques reduce reagent cost and waste quantity. These techniques may be used with phosphoramidite or enzyme-based synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Bichlien Hoang Nguyen, Karin Strauss, Douglas P. Kelley
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Publication number: 20200391175Abstract: Reagents and solvents used for polymer synthesis are reused or recycled rather than discarded. The outflow from each step of polymer synthesis may be collected separately in one of multiple dedicated containers. Reuse returns the outflow from a step of polymer synthesis back to an input of a polymer synthesizer for subsequent use in that same step. Recycling processes the outflow from one or more steps of polymer synthesis to restore original concentrations or purity levels for use in a later synthesis run. Quality control analysis may determine if outflow collected from a polymer synthesizer is reused or recycled. These techniques reduce reagent cost and waste quantity. These techniques may be used with phosphoramidite or enzyme-based synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Bichlien Hoang NGUYEN, Karin Strauss, Douglas P. Kelley
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Patent number: 10588246Abstract: Computer systems and associated methods for cooling computer components are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a computer system includes a computer cabinet having an air inlet spaced apart from an air outlet. The computer system also includes heat exchangers positioned in the computer cabinet, and a heat removal system in fluid communication with the heat exchangers. The computer system additionally includes at least one sensor for monitoring heat transfer between the computer cabinet and the room. The computer system further includes a control system operatively coupled to the at least one sensor, the control system including a computer-readable medium holding instructions for determining whether heat transfer between the computer cabinet and the room is balanced based on information from the sensor, and if not, adjusting a parameter to balance the heat transfer.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Cray, Inc.Inventors: Douglas P. Kelley, Wade J. Doll, Alexander I. Yatskov
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Publication number: 20190358604Abstract: A system includes a synthesizer unit having a fluid input to receive fluids and a communication input to receive commands to synthesize data-encoded DNA sequences and cleave the DNA. A first flexible chemistry reaction chamber module may be fluidically coupled to the synthesizer unit to receive the data-encoded DNA sequences and amplify the sequences. A deposition unit may be fluidically coupled to the first flexible chemistry reaction chamber module to receive the amplified DNA sequences and encapsulate the amplified DNA sequences into one or more wells in a storage plate for storage and retrieval to and from a plate storage unit. Retrieved DNA may be processed and read by further units.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Bichlien H. Nguyen, Douglas P. Kelley, Karin Strauss, Robert Carlson, Hsing-Yeh Parker, John Mulligan, Luis H. Ceze, Yuan-Jyue Chen, Douglas Carmean
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Publication number: 20160330875Abstract: Computer systems and associated methods for cooling computer components are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a computer system includes a computer cabinet having an air inlet spaced apart from an air outlet. The computer system also includes heat exchangers positioned in the computer cabinet, and a heat removal system in fluid communication with the heat exchangers. The computer system additionally includes at least one sensor for monitoring heat transfer between the computer cabinet and the room. The computer system further includes a control system operatively coupled to the at least one sensor, the control system including a computer-readable medium holding instructions for determining whether heat transfer between the computer cabinet and the room is balanced based on information from the sensor, and if not, adjusting a parameter to balance the heat transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Douglas P. Kelley, Wade J. Doll, Alexander I. Yatskov
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Patent number: 9420729Abstract: Computer systems and associated methods for cooling computer components are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a computer system includes a computer cabinet having an air inlet spaced apart from an air outlet. The computer system also includes heat exchangers positioned in the computer cabinet, and a heat removal system in fluid communication with the heat exchangers. The computer system additionally includes at least one sensor for monitoring heat transfer between the computer cabinet and the room. The computer system further includes a control system operatively coupled to the at least one sensor, the control system including a computer-readable medium holding instructions for determining whether heat transfer between the computer cabinet and the room is balanced based on information from the sensor, and if not, adjusting a parameter to balance the heat transfer.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2012Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Cray Inc.Inventors: Douglas P. Kelley, Wade J. Doll, Alexander I. Yatskov
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Patent number: 8537539Abstract: Computer systems with air cooling systems and associated methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, a computer system can include a computer cabinet holding multiple computer modules, and an air mover positioned in the computer cabinet. The computer system can also include an airflow restrictor positioned proximate to an air outlet of the computer cabinet, and an overhead heat exchanger mated to the computer cabinet proximate to the air outlet.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Cray Inc.Inventors: Wade J. Doll, Douglas P. Kelley
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Publication number: 20120188706Abstract: Computer systems and associated methods for cooling computer components are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a computer system includes a computer cabinet having an air inlet spaced apart from an air outlet. The computer system also includes heat exchangers positioned in the computer cabinet, and a heat removal system in fluid communication with the heat exchangers. The computer system additionally includes at least one sensor for monitoring heat transfer between the computer cabinet and the room. The computer system further includes a control system operatively coupled to the at least one sensor, the control system including a computer-readable medium holding instructions for determining whether heat transfer between the computer cabinet and the room is balanced based on information from the sensor, and if not, adjusting a parameter to balance the heat transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Inventors: Douglas P. Kelley, Wade J. Doll, Alexander I. Yatskov
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Patent number: 8170724Abstract: Computer systems and associated methods for cooling computer components are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a computer system includes a computer cabinet having an air inlet spaced apart from an air outlet. The computer system also includes heat exchangers positioned in the computer cabinet, and a heat removal system in fluid communication with the heat exchangers. The computer system additionally includes at least one sensor for monitoring heat transfer between the computer cabinet and the room. The computer system further includes a control system operatively coupled to the at least one sensor, the control system including a computer-readable medium holding instructions for determining whether heat transfer between the computer cabinet and the room is balanced based on information from the sensor, and if not, adjusting a parameter to balance the heat transfer.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Cray Inc.Inventors: Douglas P. Kelley, Wade J. Doll, Alexander I. Yatskov
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Publication number: 20120008275Abstract: Computer systems with air cooling systems and associated methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, a computer system can include a computer cabinet holding multiple computer modules, and an air mover positioned in the computer cabinet. The computer system can also include an airflow restrictor positioned proximate to an air outlet of the computer cabinet, and an overhead heat exchanger mated to the computer cabinet proximate to the air outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Inventors: Wade J. Doll, Douglas P. Kelley
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Patent number: 8081459Abstract: Computer systems with air cooling systems and associated methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, a computer system can include a computer cabinet holding multiple computer modules, and an air mover positioned in the computer cabinet. The computer system can also include an airflow restrictor positioned proximate to an air outlet of the computer cabinet, and an overhead heat exchanger mated to the computer cabinet proximate to the air outlet.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2008Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Cray Inc.Inventors: Wade J. Doll, Douglas P. Kelley
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Publication number: 20100097751Abstract: Computer systems with air cooling systems and associated methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, a computer system can include a computer cabinet holding multiple computer modules, and an air mover positioned in the computer cabinet. The computer system can also include an airflow restrictor positioned proximate to an air outlet of the computer cabinet, and an overhead heat exchanger mated to the computer cabinet proximate to the air outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Inventors: Wade J. Doll, Douglas P. Kelley