Patents by Inventor Douglas Yates

Douglas Yates 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).

  • Publication number: 20080056960
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods, and devices for using acoustic energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: James Laugharn, Brevard Garrison, Robert McKnight, Douglas Yates
  • Publication number: 20080031094
    Abstract: This invention relates to systems and methods for applying acoustic energy to a sample. According to one aspect of the invention, a system comprises a housing, a chamber for receiving the sample, an acoustic energy source for providing a focused acoustic field to the sample according to a treatment protocol, a processor for determining the treatment protocol, a sensor for detecting information about the sample, and a user interface for communicating with a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: Covaris, Inc.
    Inventors: James Laugharn, Brevard Garrison, Douglas Yates
  • Publication number: 20070053795
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for automated compound management and sample preparation using acoustic energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: Covaris, Inc.
    Inventors: James Laugharn, Brevard Garrison, Douglas Yates
  • Publication number: 20060158956
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods, and devices for using acoustic energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Covaris, Inc.
    Inventors: James Laugharn, Brevard Garrison, Robert McKnight, Douglas Yates
  • Publication number: 20040243925
    Abstract: A method for managing documents by means of a computer system includes the steps of recording an expected return-time for each document issued to a party external to the computer system. In the event that the return of the document from the external party is not entered into the computer system by the expected return-time then the computer system issues an operator alert so that an operator may take steps to recover the document. In a preferred embodiment each document has associated with it a time dependent reliability parameter indicating a reliability time-frame. Documents issued outside the reliability time-frame are printed with a warning that the veracity of the data contained in the document is doubtful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Vernon Ronald Yates, Ian Douglas Yates
  • Patent number: 6220122
    Abstract: A fastener driving system and a fastener holding tool therefor having a shank and a resilient retainer with a bore therethrough coupled to a first end portion of the shank. A first end of the resilient retainer and a portion of the resilient retainer bore protrudes axially beyond the first end of the shank. In some embodiments, an annular chamfer is disposed on the resilient retainer between a first end and the bore thereof. The system includes a fastener having a shaft with a head formed on a trailing end portion thereof. The fastener head diameter is greater than the retainer bore diameter of the resilient retainer protruding axially beyond the first end of the shank to engage and retain the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc
    Inventors: David J. Forsell, Edward Douglas Yates