Patents by Inventor Gary Shapiro

Gary Shapiro 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: 20050050822
    Abstract: A panel, for installation on a ceiling as a component of a matrix grid of similar panels, with the ceiling panels capable of being installed directly on sheetrock ceilings without the otherwise need for affixing a wooden structure to the sheetrock ceiling before affixing the ceiling panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Gary Shapiro, Scott Merry, Jeffrey Bauman
  • Publication number: 20040059373
    Abstract: A thrombus filter configured for placement within a blood vessel lumen defined by a blood vessel wall. Methods and devices for selectively reshaping the thrombus filter so that the lumen of the blood vessel is substantially unobstructed. The thrombus filter includes a generally cylindrical anchoring portion, and a generally conical filtering portion terminating at an apex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Shapiro, David Blossom, Isaac Ostrovsky
  • Patent number: 5973568
    Abstract: A power amplifier output module 200 having low insertion loss and self-shielding properties for dual-mode digital systems is provided. Module 200 has a first power amplifier drive circuit comprising a first power amplifier 220 and a first output impedance matching network having integrated suppression of higher order harmonics 222. A second power amplifier drive circuit comprising a second power amplifier 224 and a second output impedance matching network having integrated suppression of higher order harmonics 226 is also provided. Module 200 also comprises a single diplexer 228 coupled to the first impedance matching network and the second impedance matching network. Module 200 also comprises a single broadband directional coupler 230, coupled to the diplexer 228, for coupling both the first power amplifier drive circuit and the second power amplifier drive circuit. Module 200 provides an integrated solution involving greater performance in a smaller package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Shapiro, Greg Black, Michael Newell
  • Patent number: 5949304
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic package (200) with a floating element (202) to couple transmission lines (214) is disclosed. The package (200) has numerous dielectric layers (204A-204I) including an input electrode (206), an output electrode (208), a top ground plane (210) and a bottom ground plane (212). Transmission lines (214) are formed on some of the dielectric layers (204A-204I). Floating element (202) adjusts the electrical coupling between the transmission lines (214) and is spatially separated therefrom. This may provide the advantage of increased capacitive coupling between transmission line resonator structures in a multilayer packages, including non-adjacent resonant structures, without increasing the overall dimensions of the package (200). The floating element (202) may also increase the operable passband of a multilayer bandpass filter or provide a low-side transmission zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Heine, Gary Shapiro