Patents by Inventor Eric A. Miller

Eric A. Miller 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: 20240079276
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to processing methods and resulting structures for non-shared metal gate integrations for transistors. In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a first nanosheet stack is formed in a first region of a substrate and a second nanosheet stack is formed in a second region of the substrate. A first work function metal stack is formed around nanosheets in the first nanosheet stack and nanosheets in the second nanosheet stack, and a first sacrificial material is formed around the first work function metal stack. The first sacrificial material in the second nanosheet stack is replaced with a second sacrificial material and the first sacrificial material and the first work function metal stack in the first nanosheet stack are replaced with a second work function metal stack. The second sacrificial material in the second nanosheet stack is replaced with a third work function metal stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Ruqiang Bao, Effendi Leobandung, Eric Miller, Charlotte DeWan Adams, Cornelius Brown Peethala, Liqiao Qin
  • Publication number: 20240067614
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and related aspects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NRG Therapeutics Ltd.
    Inventors: Neil MILLER, Richard RUTTER, Jan KULAGOWSKI, Richard MORPHY, Tammy LADDUWAHETTY, John MACLEAN, Mustafa MOROGLU, Eric TALBOT, Michael ROWLEY
  • Patent number: 11916013
    Abstract: Interconnect structures including super vias are formed during back-end-of-line processing using sacrificial placeholders to protect the bottom portions of the super vias while upper portions of the super vias are formed. The sacrificial placeholders are removed and replaced by metal conductors that fill the bottom and upper portions of the super vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yann Mignot, Christopher J. Waskiewicz, Eric Miller, Chanro Park
  • Patent number: 11903526
    Abstract: A blender system that includes a base that is selectively and operatively engaged with a container is shown and described herein. The base may include a near field communications chip that may communicate with a near field communications chip of a container. The base also includes a motor that is selectively and operatively engaged with a blade disposed within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David J. Kolar, Saifur T. Tareen, Eric Miller
  • Publication number: 20240055466
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an assembly having directly bonded first and second wafers where the assembly includes a backside surface and a front side surface. The first wafer includes IO signal connections vertically routed to the direct bonding interface by a first one of the bonding posts on the first wafer bonded to a first one of the bonding posts on the second wafer. The second wafer includes vertical routing of the IO signal connections from first one though the bonding posts on the second wafer to IO pads on a backside surface of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Eric Miller, Christian M. Boemler, Justin Gordon Adams Wehner, Drew Fairbanks, Sean P. Kilcoyne
  • Publication number: 20240055477
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a first source region and a first drain region forming a first L-shaped layout. Embodiments include a second source region and a second drain region forming a second L-shaped layout, the first L-shaped layout and the second L-shaped layout being interrupted by a gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Ruilong Xie, Nicholas Anthony Lanzillo, Albert M. Chu, DANIEL JAMES DECHENE, Eric Miller, Lawrence A. Clevenger
  • Patent number: 11902615
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided reducing storage space occupied by a media asset by adjusting quality levels of the media asset downward over time. This may be accomplished by a media guidance application that store, at a given time, the media asset in a first format having a first quality level. The media guidance application retrieves, from a database, a data entry corresponding to the media asset and determines, based on the data entry, a threshold period of time for storing the media asset in the first format. The media guidance application detects whether the threshold period of time since the given time has passed and responds by altering a first portion of the media asset from the first format having the first quality level to a second format having a second quality level that is inferior to the first quality level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton Kim, Lucas Waye, Richard Eric Miller, Matthew John Emerson
  • Publication number: 20240032821
    Abstract: An apparatus for sensing motion of a subject's head comprises three conductive threads, each of which has a resistance that varies in response to strain thereof, circuitry for applying a voltage across the threads, circuitry for detecting current flowing through the threads, a data-collection system configured to detect the current, and a data-processing system that classifies, based on data provided by the data-collection system, a type of motion of the head and an extent of the motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Sameer Sonkusale, Yiwen Jiang, Eric Miller
  • Patent number: 11883644
    Abstract: An apparatus for creating resonant standing waves in biological tissue, in particular in the treatment of medical conditions, comprising at least one applicator for application to biological tissue and a drive unit for driving the at least one applicator simultaneously with AM modulated and FM modulated carrier signals in order to create resonant standing waves in the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: INNOVARIUS CORP.
    Inventors: Albert Nunez, Eric Miller, Gary Minker, Alex Nunez
  • Patent number: 11880463
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides systems and methods for detecting malware, including receiving thermal images of an integrated circuit, and generating a power density profile using at least one of the thermal images. The present disclosure further includes comparing the power density profile to an expected power density profile of the integrated circuit, and determining, based on the comparison, if the integrated circuit is in an abnormal operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: Trustees of Tufts College, Drexel University
    Inventors: Mark Hempstead, David Werner, Eric Miller, Kyle Juretus, Ioannis Savadis
  • Publication number: 20240022009
    Abstract: An electrical terminal includes a body with a first opening for receiving an electrical conductor and a second opening for coupling the electrical terminal to an electrically conducting member. The second opening has a first open portion with an inner dimension to receive a first fastener and a second open portion with an inner dimension different than the first open portion. The second open portion is configured to receive a second fastener having an outer dimension different than the first fastener. The second open portion can have a substantially circular first and second open portions that overlap along the outer edges. An electrical assembly includes the electrical terminal and an electrically conducting base, and either a first fastener having a first dimension or a second fastener having a second dimension, where the dimension of the fasteners corresponding to dimension of a threaded hole in the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Craig LAWSON, Eric MILLER
  • Patent number: 11868709
    Abstract: Systems and methods for populating the fields of an electronic form are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a processing circuit, a speech input for filling out a field of an electronic form; determining, by the processing circuit, an irregularity in the speech input; refining, by the processing circuit, the speech input based on the determined irregularity; converting, by the processing circuit, the refined speech input into text; and providing, by the processing circuit, the text to a user device to populate the field with the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Gerard K. Cohen, Edmund Gauci, Eric Miller
  • Publication number: 20240003434
    Abstract: A system including a valve. The valve includes a valve body having an interior volume and a bore along a first axis. A stem extends along a second axis and a flow control element couples to the stem. The stem selectively moves the flow control element through the interior volume between a closed position and an open position relative to the bore. A valve insert system retains a pressurized lubricant in the interior volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sandra Gavela, Zachary Walters, Codie Smith, Loc Gia Hoang, Eric Miller
  • Patent number: 11851373
    Abstract: Compositions such as concrete compositions are described for use in building materials and products. The composition may comprise an aggregate composition comprising a particulate suppressing component and a cement. The composition may have an impact resistance of at least Class 1 as measured under ANSI/FM 4473. Methods of preparing and using such compositions are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: WESTLAKE ROYAL ROOFING LLC
    Inventors: Russell L. Hill, Robert F. Rathbone, Amitabha Kumar, Darren Schulz, Eric Miller, James Hill, Hamed Maraghechi, Jacob Myers
  • Publication number: 20230411477
    Abstract: A gate-all-around transistor structure including a channel region surrounded on three sides by a gate conductor, and a pair of salicide regions extending from opposite ends of the channel region in a direction parallel with the gate conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Su Chen Fan, Nicolas Jean Loubet, Yann Mignot, Tsung-Sheng Kang, Eric Miller
  • Patent number: 11837623
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an assembly having directly bonded first and second wafers where the assembly includes a backside surface and a front side surface. The first wafer includes IO signal connections vertically routed to the direct bonding interface by a first one of the bonding posts on the first wafer bonded to a first one of the bonding posts on the second wafer. The second wafer includes vertical routing of the IO signal connections from first one though the bonding posts on the second wafer to IO pads on a backside surface of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Eric Miller, Christian M. Boemler, Justin Gordon Adams Wehner, Drew Fairbanks, Sean P. Kilcoyne
  • Patent number: 11827352
    Abstract: In some examples, a device may receive, from a first camera, a plurality of images of an airspace corresponding to an area of operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The device may detect, based on the plurality of images from the first camera, a candidate object approaching or within the airspace. Based on detecting the candidate object, the device may control a second camera to direct a field of view of the second camera toward the candidate object. Further, based on images from the second camera captured at a first location and images from at least one other camera captured at a second location, the candidate object may be determined to be an object of interest. In addition, at least one action may be taken based on determining that the candidate object is the object of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SKYDIO, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Miller, Jacob Daniel Phillips
  • Publication number: 20230369217
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method for fabricating a semiconductor device and the resulting structure. A first field-effect transistor (FET) having a first source/drain region is formed. A second FET having a second source/drain region is formed, where the second FET is stacked above the first FET. A trench extending from above the second source/drain region to beneath the first source/drain region is formed, where the trench passes through portions of (i) the first source/drain region and (ii) the second source/drain region. A bottom contact is formed in the trench. A dielectric layer is formed in the trench, the dielectric layer on a top surface of the bottom contact. A top contact is formed in the trench, the top contact on a top surface of the dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ruilong Xie, Nicholas Anthony Lanzillo, Julien Frougier, Kangguo Cheng, Eric Miller, Lawrence A. Clevenger, DANIEL JAMES DECHENE
  • Patent number: 11816998
    Abstract: An Aerial Robotics Network (ARN) Management Infrastructure (MI) (also referred to as ARNMI) that provides a mechanism for the management of aerobots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: X, Jonathan Evans, Andrew McCollough, Dana Maher, Jake Nylund, Eric Miller, Chase Fiedler
  • Publication number: 20230359812
    Abstract: Systems and methods for populating the elements of content are disclosed. One method includes determining a plurality of elements of a document and receiving a first speech input from a user to enable a mode of operation. The method further includes authenticating the user by comparing the first speech input with at least one voice sample of the user and enabling the mode of operation. The method further includes receiving, in the mode of operation, a second speech input for filling out a first element of the document and determining an irregularity or distortion in the second speech input based on the first element and identifying a missing syllable or a distorted syllable. The method further includes refining the second speech input into at least one matching syllable, converting the refined second speech input, and providing the text to populate the first element with the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Gerard K. Cohen, Edmund Gauci, Eric Miller