Patents by Inventor Edward Clayton

Edward Clayton 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: 9069394
    Abstract: According to one general aspect, an apparatus includes a trackpad that includes a cover member having a top surface and a switch coupled to the cover member. At least two spring members are coupled to the trackpad and are each disposed at a non-zero distance from each other and are each configured to collectively bias the trackpad in a first position in which the top surface of the cover member is in a first plane. The trackpad is movable to a second position in which the top surface of the cover member is in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane when an input force is exerted on the top surface of the cover member. The switch is configured to trigger an electrical signal within a computer when the trackpad is moved to its second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Edward Clayton, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Amy Han
  • Patent number: 8995117
    Abstract: A portable computer includes a lid assembly defining a lower edge and having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a display visible on the inner surface. The portable computer also includes a base defining a front and a back assembly and having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a keyboard on the upper surface. A pair of slots through the upper surface extends from adjacent the back toward the front. A hinge structure has first and second arms rotatably affixed to the base assembly adjacent opposite sides of the back and to the lid assembly at respective locations spaced apart from the lower edge. First and second rails are disposed within the base assembly adjacent the slots and first and second slide elements are slidably connected to the rails, extend through the slots, and are rotatably connected with the lid assembly at the lower edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Hayashida, Joseph Edward Clayton, Lawrence Lam, Martin Philip Riddiford
  • Publication number: 20140291499
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods capable of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of leaching operations. In one embodiment, the present invention may utilize a coiled tubing directional drilling system capable of treating interior portions of the heap/formation. In one embodiment, the present invention may utilize a system and method capable of capturing real time temperature and resistivity data pertaining to pregnant solution characteristics in the heap/formation. In one embodiment, the present invention may utilize one or more wire line deployed X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectrometers capable of quantitatively measuring concentrations of desired metals in the heap/formation during leaching operations. In one embodiment, the present invention utilizes multiple passes of elemental capture spectroscopy logs acquired at regular time intervals to monitor metal concentrations during leaching operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gilles Mathieu, Kent Lang, Peter Wraight, Roland Banas, James A. Grau, Edward Clayton
  • Publication number: 20140139442
    Abstract: According to one general aspect, an apparatus includes a trackpad that includes a cover member having a top surface and a switch coupled to the cover member. At least two spring members are coupled to the trackpad and are each disposed at a non-zero distance from each other and are each configured to collectively bias the trackpad in a first position in which the top surface of the cover member is in a first plane. The trackpad is movable to a second position in which the top surface of the cover member is in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane when an input force is exerted on the top surface of the cover member. The switch is configured to trigger an electrical signal within a computer when the trackpad is moved to its second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Edward Clayton, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Amy Han
  • Patent number: 8153016
    Abstract: The fabrication of a touch sensor panel having co-planar single-layer touch sensors fabricated on the back side of a cover glass is disclosed. It can be desirable from a manufacturing perspective to perform all thin-film processing steps on a motherglass before separating it into separate parts. To perform thin-film processing on a motherglass before separation, a removable sacrificial layer such as a photoresist can be applied over the thin-film layers. Next, the motherglass can be scribed and separated, and grinding and polishing steps can be performed prior to removing the sacrificial layer. In alternative embodiments, after the protective sacrificial layer is applied, the bulk of the coverglass can be dry-etched using a very aggressive anisotropic etching that etches primarily in the z-direction. In this embodiment, the etching can be patterned using photolithography to create rounded corners or any other shape. The photoresist can then be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Porter Hotelling, John Z. Zhong, Joseph Edward Clayton
  • Publication number: 20110100727
    Abstract: A touch sensitive device having a dielectric layer between a cover layer and a touch sensor layer is disclosed. The dielectric layer can reduce a negative pixel effect associated with poor grounding of an object touching the device. The dielectric layer can reduce a capacitance per unit area of the device to less than about 0.0305 picofarads per square millimeter, thereby reducing the negative pixel effect. The dielectric layer can have a thickness of about 0.50 millimeters or more and/or a dielectric constant of about 2.3 or less to reduce the negative pixel effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Shin John Choi, Joseph Edward Clayton, Patrick Jee Phone Tang
  • Publication number: 20110071144
    Abstract: The invention relates to quinazoline derivatives of formula (1) wherein m is an integer from 1 to 2; R1 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, nitro, trifluoromethyl, cyano, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkylthio, or —NR5R6 (wherein R5 and R6, which may be the same or different, each represents hydrogen or C1-3alkyl); R2 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, methoxy, amino or nitro; R3 represents hydroxy, halogeno, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkanoyloxy, trifluoromethyl, cyano, amino or nitro; X1 represents —O—, —CH2—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —NR7CO—, —CONR8—, —SO2NR9—, —NR10SO2— or —NR11— (wherein R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 each independently represents hydrogen, C1-3alkyl or C1-3alkoxyC2-3alkyl); R4 represents an optionally substituted 5 or 6 membered saturated carbocyclic or heterocyclic group or a group which is alkenyl, alkynyl or optionally substituted alkyl, which alkyl group may contain a heteroatom linking group, which alkenyl, alkynyl or alkyl group may carry a terminal optionally substituted group sele
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Andrew Peter THOMAS, Craig Johnstone, Edward Clayton, Elaine Sophie Elizabeth Stokes, Jean-Jacques Marcel Lohmann, Laurent Francois Andre Hennequin
  • Publication number: 20090090694
    Abstract: The fabrication of a touch sensor panel having co-planar single-layer touch sensors fabricated on the back side of a cover glass is disclosed. It can be desirable from a manufacturing perspective to perform all thin-film processing steps on a motherglass before separating it into separate parts. To perform thin-film processing on a motherglass before separation, a removable sacrificial layer such as a photoresist can be applied over the thin-film layers. Next, the motherglass can be scribed and separated, and grinding and polishing steps can be performed prior to removing the sacrificial layer. In alternative embodiments, after the protective sacrificial layer is applied, the bulk of the coverglass can be dry-etched using a very aggressive anisotropic etching that etches primarily in the z-direction. In this embodiment, the etching can be patterned using photolithography to create rounded corners or any other shape. The photoresist can then be removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Porter Hotelling, John J. Zhong, Joseph Edward Clayton
  • Publication number: 20050239777
    Abstract: The invention relates to quinazoline derivatives of formula (1) wherein m is an integer from 1 to 2; R1 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, nitro, trifluoromethyl, cyano, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkylthio, or —NR5R6 (wherein R5 and R6, which may be the same or different, each represents hydrogen or C1-3alkyl); R2 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, methoxy, amino or nitro; R3 represents hydroxy, halogeno, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkanoyloxy, trifluoromethyl, cyano, amino or nitro; X1 represents —O—, —CH2—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —NR7CO—, —CONR8—, —SO2NR9—, —NR10SO2— or —NR11— (wherein R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 each independently represents hydrogen, C1-3alkyl or C1-3alkoxyC2-3alkyl); R4 represents an optionally substituted 5 or 6 membered saturated carbocyclic or heterocyclic group or a group which is alkenyl, alkynyl or optionally substituted alkyl, which alkyl group may contain a heteroatom linking group, which alkenyl, alkynyl or alkyl group may carry a terminal optionally substituted group sel
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas, Craig Johnstone, Edward Clayton, Elaine Elizabeth Stokes, Jean-Jacques Lohmann, Laurent Andre Hennequin
  • Patent number: 6907913
    Abstract: A device and method for mounting a tire (20) on a wheel (22) wherein the wheel is secured to a mounting table (48) and the tire is secured between the fingers (62) of a pivot arm (54). The pivot arm swings the tire into a position over the wheel wherein a sector of the tire beads (30 and 32) are laterally opposite the radial perimeter surface (38) of the wheel. The pivot arm is then advanced toward the mounting table so that the sector of the tire beads (30 and 32) contacts the radial perimeter surface (38) that is defined between the flanges (42 and 44) of the wheel (22). A button arm (66) advances toward the wheel (22) in an axial direction to cause a second sector of the tire beads (30 and 32) to pass over one of the wheel flanges (42 or 44) and position the tire beads within the second sector within a well (40) that is defined between the flanges (42 and 44) of the tire (22). The pivot arm then releases the tire and the button arm retracts from the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: C & J Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Keisel, Edward Clayton, Ronnie Urquhart, David Corner
  • Patent number: 6897210
    Abstract: The invention relates to quinazoline derivatives of formula (I) wherein m is an integer from 1 to 2; R1 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, nitro, trifluoromethyl, cyano, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkylthio, or —NR5R6 (wherein R5 and R6, which may be the same or different, each represents hydrogen or C1-3alkyl); R2 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, methoxy, amino or nitro; R3 represents hydroxy, halogeno, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkanoyloxy, trifluoromethyl, cyano, amino or nitro; X1 represents —O—, —CH2—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —NR7CO—, —CONR8—, —SO2NR9—, —NR10SO2— or —NR11— (wherein R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 each independently represents hydrogen, C1-3alkyl or C1-3alkoxyC2-3alkyl); R4 represents an optionally substituted 5 or 6 membered saturated carbocyclic or heterocyclic group or a group which is alkenyl, alkynyl or optionally substituted alkyl, which alkyl group may contain a heteroatom linking group, which alkenyl, alkynyl or alkyl group may carry a terminal optionally substituted group selected
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignees: Zeneca Limited, Zeneca Pharma S. A.
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Thomas, Craig Johnstone, Edward Clayton, Elaine Sophie Elizabeth Stokes, Jean-Jacques Marcel Lohmann, Laurent Francois Andre Hennequin
  • Publication number: 20040242574
    Abstract: The invention relates to quinazoline derivatives of formula (I) wherein m is an integer from 1 to 2; R1 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, nitro, trifluoromethyl, cyano, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkylthio, or —NR5R6 (wherein R5 and R6, which may be the same or different, each represents hydrogen or C1-3alkyl), R2 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, methoxy, amino or nitro; R3 represents hydroxy, halogeno, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkanoyloxy, trifluoromethyl, cyano, amino or nitro, X1 represents —O—, —CH2—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —NR7CO—, —CONR8—, —SO2NR9—, —NR10SO2— or —NR11— (wherein R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 each independently represents hydrogen, C1-3alkyl or C1-3alkoxyC2-3alkyl); R4 represents an optionally substituted 5 or 6 membered saturated carbocyclic or hetrocyclic group or a group which is alkenyl, alkynyl or optionally substituted alkyl, which alkyl group may contain
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicants: ZENECA LIMITED, ZENECA PHARMA S.A.
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Thomas, Craig Johnstone, Edward Clayton, Elaine Sophie Elizabeth Stokes, Jean-Jacques Marcel Lohmann, Laurent Francois Andre Hennequin
  • Patent number: 6449629
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes an adder having a first adder circuit for receiving a portion of the operands to be summed, along with corresponding carry-in inputs. The first adder circuit provides a sum output and carry-out outputs. A second adder circuit receives another portion of the operands to be summed, along with corresponding carry-in inputs. Multiplexers between the first and second adder circuits determine whether the carry-in inputs to the second adder circuit are the same the carry-in inputs to the first adder circuit or whether the carry-in inputs to the second adder circuit are independent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Agere Systems Guardian Corp.
    Inventor: Edward Clayton Morgan
  • Patent number: 6414148
    Abstract: The invention relates to quinazoline derivatives of formula (1) wherein m is an integer from 1 to 2; R1 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, nitro, trifluoromethyl, cyano, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkylthio, or —NR5R6 (wherein R5 and R6, which may be the same or different, each represents hydrogen or C1-3alkyl); R2 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, methoxy, amino or nitro; R3 represents hydroxy, halogeno, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkanoyloxy, trifluoromethyl, cyano, amino or nitro; X1 represents —O—, —CH2—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —NR7CO—, —CONR8—, —SO2NR9—, —NR10SO2— or —NR11— (wherein R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 each independently represents hydrogen, C1-3alkyl or C1-3alkoxyC2-3alkyl); R4 represents an optionally substituted 5 or 6 membered saturated carbocyclic or heterocyclic group or a group which is alkenyl, alkynyl or optionally substituted alkyl, which alky
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignees: Zeneca Limited, Zeneca Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Thomas, Craig Johnstone, Edward Clayton, Elaine Sophie Elizabeth Stokes, Jean-Jacques Marcel Lohmann, Laurent Francois Andre Hennequin
  • Patent number: 5646451
    Abstract: A multifunctional chip includes first and second electrically isolated bonding pads. The chip also includes a control circuit coupled to the second bonding pad. The control circuit commands the chip to perform the first function if the first and second bonding pads are coupled. Alternatively, the control circuit commands the chip to perform the second function if the first and second bonding pads remain electrically isolated. The coupling or isolation between the first and second bonding pads is determined by wire bonds. Therefore, the use of wire bonds selects the function for the chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Lamar Freyman, Craig Joseph Garen, Clinton Hays Holder, Jr., Robert Nelson Kershaw, Edward Clayton Morgan
  • Patent number: RE42353
    Abstract: The invention relates to quinazoline derivatives of formula (1) wherein m is an integer from 1 to 2; R1 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, nitro, trifluoromethyl, cyano, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkylthio, or —NR5R6 (wherein R5 and R6, which may be the same or different, each represents hydrogen or C1-3alkyl); R2 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, methoxy, amino or nitro; R3 represents hydroxy, halogeno, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkanoyloxy, trifluoromethyl, cyano, amino or nitro; X1 represents —O—, —CH2—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —NR7CO—, —CONR8—, —SO2NR9—, —NR10SO2— or —NR11— (wherein R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 each independently represents hydrogen, C1-3alkyl or C1-3alkoxyC2-3alkyl); R4 represents an optionally substituted 5 or 6 membered saturated carbocyclic or heterocyclic group or a group which is alkenyl, alkynyl or optionally substituted alkyl, which alkyl group may contain a heteroatom linking group, which alkenyl, alkynyl or alkyl group may carry a terminal optionally substituted group sele
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca UK Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Thomas, Craig Johnstone, Edward Clayton, Elaine Sophie Elizabeth Stokes, Jean-Jacques Marcel Lohmann, Laurent Francois Andre Hennequin
  • Patent number: D722314
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Lam, Joseph Edward Clayton