Patents by Inventor E. Allen

E. Allen 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).

  • Patent number: 8984194
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an arbitration mechanism for controlling access of a plurality of nodes external to a shared resource, to which accesses by the number of nodes must be restricted, is applicable to any shared source in a computer or computer-controlled system. The present design delivers the following advantageous features. It provides localized arbitration to obtain resource access and localized self-management of resource mastery; eliminates resource seizure locally; it allows equal access to the share resource, encapsulate all four above features with the same circuit/protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Numia Medical Technology LLC
    Inventors: Duane E. Allen, James Jay Allen
  • Publication number: 20150068045
    Abstract: A planar cutting tool has a body comprising a first end, a second end and substantially flat portion that extends between the first and second portions. The substantially flat portion has a substantially flat top surface and a substantially flat bottom surface and a longitudinal axis extending between the body first and second ends. A first handle is coupled to the body proximate the front end and a second handle is coupled to the body proximate the body back end. A cutting assembly is operatively connected to the body and comprises: (i) a cutter having a cutting edge and a cutter holder for securing the cutter to the body in a position where the cutting edge is parallel to a plane that encompasses the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventor: Timothy E. Allen
  • Patent number: 8941082
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a process chamber defining an enclosed volume, and a dual sided workpiece assembly disposed in the enclosed volume. The dual sided workpiece assembly includes a base portion and a flip portion coupled to the base portion. The flip portion has a support surface configured to support at least one dual sided workpiece and is configured to rotate about a flipping axis. The processing apparatus also includes a controller configured to control the dual sided workpiece assembly to expose a first side of the at least one dual sided workpiece to accelerating ions in the process chamber during a first time interval and to expose a second side of the at least one dual sided workpiece to accelerating ions during a second time interval different than the first time interval by rotating the flip portion about the flipping axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Hertel, Ernest E. Allen, Jr., Philip J. McGrail, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8924277
    Abstract: A securities transaction, such as a buy or sell order is transmitted to a securities exchange with an indicator requesting automatic execution. In one embodiment, the securities transaction has a limit price and if the limit price is equal to or better than the current quote for the security on the exchange, the transaction is automatically executed without exposing the transaction to the auction market crowd on the exchange floor for possible price improvement. In another embodiment, the securities transaction is a market order, and if otherwise eligible, the transaction is automatically executed without exposing the transaction to auction market crowd on the exchange floor for possible price improvement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: NYSE Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Anne E. Allen, Paul N. Desroches
  • Patent number: 8910718
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for producing a hydrocarbon fluid from a subterranean environment. The system and method utilize an electric submersible pumping system having a motive unit comprising a combined submersible motor section and protector section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur I. Watson, Steven Dornak, Michael W. Miller, Parveen Sayela, Cody Casey, Gregory H. Manke, Mark McCorry, John D. Rowatt, Mark E. Allen, Diego A. Narvaez
  • Patent number: 8888132
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first panel having a first side and a second side and defining a first hole. The apparatus also includes a second panel having a third side and a fourth side and defining a second hole. A seal assembly extends from the first panel to the second panel and through the first and second holes. The seal assembly includes a first wall that defines a passageway from the first hole to the second hole, and a second wall that surrounds the first wall and cooperates with the first wall to define a chamber therebetween. The seal assembly forms a first seal around the first hole and a second seal around the second hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Todd E. Allen
  • Publication number: 20140335048
    Abstract: This disclosure relates, at least in part, to a method of treatment. In one embodiment, the method of treatment comprises administering to a subject in need of such treatment a first therapeutic agent including compound (1): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in combination with a second therapeutic agent, wherein the first therapeutic agent and the second therapeutic agent are administered either simultaneously or sequentially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: ONCOCEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin STOGNIEW, Joshua E. ALLEN
  • Patent number: 8882112
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus is provided for sealing an automotive component extending between an engine compartment and a passenger compartment of an automobile. The sealing apparatus includes a pass-through mount component configured to house the automotive component. An outer seal component is configured to rigidly mount to a wall structure separating the passenger compartment from the engine compartment and to elastically contact a platform region of one end of the pass-through mount structure. An inner seal component is configured to elastically couple to the outer seal component within the passenger compartment and to elastically couple to one end of the pass-through mount component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC.
    Inventor: Todd E. Allen
  • Patent number: 8874644
    Abstract: Under the present invention, a method, system, chat interface, and program product for comparing free time between instant message chat members in order to schedule an upcoming event are provided. The method includes: storing individual calendars corresponding to each member of the chat; initiating a free time comparison; and combining the individual calendars corresponding to each member of the chat into a free time summary calendar, wherein the free time summary calendar indicates at least one of free time periods that are simultaneously available to all of the members of the chat and conflict time periods during which at least two chat members simultaneously have an event scheduled. The free time summary calendar may be viewed in day, week, and month view formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy E. Allen, Wilbert R. Joyner, Jeremy G. Perry, Eric Saari
  • Patent number: 8860891
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for increasing the effective contrast ratio and brightness yields for digital light valve image projectors using a variable luminance control mechanism (VLCM), associated with the projector optics, for modifying the light output and provide a correction thereto; and an adaptive luminance control module (ALCM) for receiving signals from the video input board, the adaptive luminance control module producing a signal on a VLCM bus connecting the variable luminance control mechanism and the adaptive luminance control module, the signal causing the variable luminance control mechanism to change the luminance of the light output and provide a corrected video signal for the projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Inventors: Eddie E. Allen, Thomas D. Strade, Christopher Coley
  • Publication number: 20140297442
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating expedited registration of sellers in an electronic marketplace. For example, whether a user is eligible for an expedited seller registration procedure in an electronic marketplace is determined by analyzing one or more credibility factors relating to a historical profile of the user. The expedited seller registration procedure omits one or more identity verification tasks as compared to a normal seller registration procedure. If the user is eligible, the user is invited to register as a seller in the electronic marketplace using the expedited seller registration procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Anand Varadarajan, Seema P. Degwekar, Kimberly E. Allen, Brian J. Boshes, Gregory P. Niejadlik
  • Publication number: 20140285726
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for increasing the effective contrast ratio and brightness yields for digital light valve image projectors using a variable luminance control mechanism (VLCM), associated with the projector optics, for modifying the light output and provide a correction thereto; and an adaptive luminance control module (ALCM) for receiving signals from the video input board, the adaptive luminance control module producing a signal on a VLCM bus connecting the variable luminance control mechanism and the adaptive luminance control module, the signal causing the variable luminance control mechanism to change the luminance of the light output and provide a corrected video signal for the projector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: ALLEN VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Eddie E. ALLEN, Thomas D. STRADE, Christopher COLEY
  • Publication number: 20140280690
    Abstract: A method includes: confirming a wireless communication link between a medical device and a mobile computing device hosting an application; requesting identifying data for the medical device via the wireless communication link; and receiving identifying data for the medical device via the wireless communication link in response to the request. The method further includes: presenting an option to register the medical device on a display of the mobile computing device; receiving an affirmative indication to register the medical device; requesting input of patient identifiable data for a user of the medical device in response to receiving the affirmative indication to register; receiving patient identifiable data for the user of the medical device in response to the request for input; forming registration data from the patient identifiable data and the identifying data; and registering the medical device with a manufacturer of the medical device using the registration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Janette E. Allen, Carol J. Batman, David B. Markisohn
  • Publication number: 20140271540
    Abstract: This disclosure relates, at least in part, to a method of treatment. In one embodiment, the method of treatment comprises administering to a subject in need of such treatment a first therapeutic agent including compound (1): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in combination with a second therapeutic agent, wherein the first therapeutic agent and the second therapeutic agent are administered either simultaneously or sequentially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ONCOCEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin STOGNIEW, Joshua E. ALLEN
  • Publication number: 20140250631
    Abstract: A product including a hinge which may include two opposed columns or towers defining at least one gap there between, and a compressible or elastomeric material filling at least a portion of the at least one gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Todd E. Allen, Seung H. Lee
  • Publication number: 20140248264
    Abstract: Methods and compositions relating to TIC10 are described according to aspects of the present invention. The compositions and methods have utility in treating disease, particularly cancer in a subject in need thereof, including a human subject as well as subjects of other species. The compositions have utility in treating brain cancer in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Wafik S. El-Deiry, Joshua E. Allen, Gen Sheng Wu
  • Publication number: 20140235887
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrocyanating 3-pentenenitrile. The process can include feeding 3-pentenenitrile and HCN to a hydrocyanation reaction zone that includes a Lewis acid promoter, nickel, and a phosphorus-containing ligand. In various embodiments, the process can also include controlling water concentration within the hydrocyanation reaction zone sufficient to maintain a high activity of the ligand catalyst complex while recycling at least a portion of the ligand catalyst complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A R.L.
    Inventors: Sudhir Aki, Wyatte E. Allen, Mark Anstrom, Charles Nelson Campbell, Tseng Chao, James E. Mcintosh, Larry E. Moerbe, Bruce Edwin Murphree, Mark D. Rogers, William J. Tenn, Thomas E. Vos, Michael W. Wensing
  • Publication number: 20140216539
    Abstract: Structures useful for forming contacts to materials having low charge carrier mobility are described. Methods for their formation and use are also described. These structures include interdigitated electrodes capable of making electrical contact to semiconducting materials having low electron and/or whole mobility. In particular, these structures are useful for organic semiconducting devices made with conducting polymers and small molecules. They are also useful for semiconducting devices made with nanocrystalline semiconductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC
    Inventors: Danvers E. Johnston, Jonathan E. Allen, Charles T. Black, Chang-Yong Nam
  • Patent number: 8798253
    Abstract: At least one device receives a call request from a calling party to a called party. The device routes the call request to an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) core when a first condition is met and bypasses the IMS core when a second condition is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis E. Allen, Phillip D. Crable, Mariafranca Gregorat, Steven L. Lass, Richard L. McClain, Sandra A. Paiement, Timothy Dwight, James L. Verlare, Yung-Hwa Tai, Gregory Welch, Yaron Raps
  • Publication number: 20140206175
    Abstract: Semiconductor structures that include bodies of a semiconductor material spaced apart from an underlying substrate. The bodies may be physically separated from the substrate by at least one of a dielectric material, an open volume and a conductive material. The bodies may be electrically coupled by one or more conductive structures, which may be used as an interconnect structure to electrically couple components of memory devices. By providing isolation between the bodies, the semiconductor structure provides the properties of a conventional SOI substrate (e.g., high speed, low power, increased device density and isolation) while substantially reducing fabrication acts and costs associated with such SOI substrates. Additionally, the semiconductor structures of the present disclosure provide reduced parasitic coupling and current leakage due to the isolation of the bodies by the intervening dielectric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanh D. Tang, David H. Wells, Tuman E. Allen