Patents by Inventor Gerard Allen

Gerard 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).

  • Publication number: 20250086356
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for controlling a multi-chamber system configured to process substrates are described herein. In some embodiments, a method comprises automatically determining, by each digital twin device a first data set associated with a corresponding process chamber of process chambers. The plurality of digital twin devices captures and models characteristics and processes of process chambers and generates control inputs for controlling the process chambers or processes executed by the chambers during the manufacturing of substrates. The method further comprises automatically generating, by each digital twin device, a second data set that comprises control inputs, and automatically transmitting the second data set to the process chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Adolph Miller ALLEN, Karthik RAMANATHAN, Girish VENKATACHALAPATHY, Umesh M. KELKAR, Kasturi Tulashidas SARANG, Yimeng LYU, Weize HU, Ying TENG, Sejune CHEON, Shiqi DONG, Paul Gerard KIELY, Milan PRAKASH
  • Publication number: 20250085699
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for controlling a physical twin chamber configured to process substrates are described herein. In some embodiments, a method comprises determining, by a digital twin device, characteristics of a physical twin chamber and generating control inputs for controlling the physical twin chamber. The digital twin device comprises one or more computational models for determining the characteristics of the physical twin and for generating the control inputs. The digital twin device determines a first data set associated with the physical twin chamber. The first data set comprises process data collected by sensors configured to measure attributes of the physical twin chamber. Based on the first data, the digital twin device automatically generates a second data set based on the generated control inputs and transmits the second data set to the physical twin chamber for controlling the process performed on the substrates by the physical twin chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Adolph Miller ALLEN, Karthik RAMANATHAN, Girish VENKATACHALAPATHY, Umesh M. KELKAR, Kasturi Tulashidas SARANG, Yimeng LYU, Weize HU, Ying TENG, Sejune CHEON, Shiqi DONG, Paul Gerard KIELY, Milan PRAKASH
  • Publication number: 20250086357
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for controlling a multi-chamber process system for substrate processing are described herein. In some embodiments, a method comprises determining, by each digital twin device, of a plurality of digital twin devices, a first data set associated with at least one process chamber of a plurality of chamber processes, and the corresponding processes for processing a plurality of substrates. Each digital twin device comprises one or more computational models. The first data set comprises measurements reported by probes or sensors within the at least one chamber process, or data collected and reported by internal sensors of the digital twin device. The method further automatically generating, by each digital twin device a second data set based on, at least in part, the first data set, and by executing one or more computational models of the digital twin device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Adolph Miller ALLEN, Karthik RAMANATHAN, Girish VENKATACHALAPATHY, Umesh M. KELKAR, Kasturi Tulashidas SARANG, Yimeng LYU, Weize HU, Ying TENG, Sejune CHEON, Shiqi DONG, Paul Gerard KIELY, Milan PRAKASH
  • Patent number: 12243112
    Abstract: A crop prediction system performs various machine learning operations to predict crop production and to identify a set of farming operations that, if performed, optimize crop production. The crop prediction system uses crop prediction models trained using various machine learning operations based on geographic and agronomic information. Responsive to receiving a request from a grower, the crop prediction system can access information representation of a portion of land corresponding to the request, such as the location of the land and corresponding weather conditions and soil composition. The crop prediction system applies one or more crop prediction models to the access information to predict a crop production and identify an optimized set of farming operations for the grower to perform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Indigo Ag, Inc.
    Inventors: David Patrick Perry, Geoffrey Albert von Maltzahn, Robert Berendes, Eric Michael Jeck, Barry Loyd Knight, Rachel Ariel Raymond, Ponsi Trivisvavet, Justin Y H Wong, Neal Hitesh Rajdev, Marc-Cedric Joseph Meunier, Casey James Leist, Pranav Ram Tadi, Andrea Lee Flaherty, Charles David Brummitt, Naveen Neil Sinha, Jordan Lambert, Jonathan Hennek, Carlos Becco, Mark Allen, Daniel Bachner, Fernando Derossi, Ewan Lamont, Rob Lowenthal, Dan Creagh, Steve Abramson, Ben Allen, Jyoti Shankar, Chris Moscardini, Jeremy Crane, David Weisman, Gerard Keating, Lauren Moores, William Pate
  • Publication number: 20250031579
    Abstract: Laminated vehicle glass structures included printed piezoelectric actuators for sound generation. Ring-shaped piezoelectric actuators are printed on an inner surface of a selected one of the exterior glass panel or interior glass panel. The printed piezoelectric actuators are offset relative to a centerline longitudinally extending between the opposing glass panels. Also disclosed are processes for forming the laminated glass structures including at least one printed piezoelectric actuator. The laminated glass structures can be utilized about the vehicle anywhere sound generation is desired, e.g., passenger windows, sunroofs, front windshield, rear windshield, and the like. The printed ring-shaped piezoelectric actuators act as a diaphragm to produce sound upon excitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Julien P. Mourou, Bo Yang, Gerard Parij, Bradley Allen Newcomb
  • Patent number: 7274684
    Abstract: In a complete network-in-a-box system acting as an enterprise network demarcation point, packets such as voice, video and data packets, are routed over common network connections, such as LAN and WAN. The packets are mapped from a public address field (such as an IP address) and port number to a private address field and port number, the mapping process typically being handled by a NAT (Network Address Translation). The packets are also prioritized, by marking the packets for priority queuing and routing, and configuring the bandwidths of the WAN traffic and the voice traffic to predetermined quantities and configuring the address fields of the voice devices. Simultaneous transmission of the various packets can be limited to predetermined quantities, typically by utilizing a CAC (Client Access Control).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Inventors: Bruce Fitzgerald Young, Noel Gerard Allen, David Mitchell Hurwit
  • Publication number: 20060160078
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lateral flow assay device to test for the presence and/or amount of a nucleic acid sequence of interest in a sample, the lateral flow device comprising: (a) a sample receiving zone for contacting the device with a sample to be tested; (b) an extraction zone (8) for extraction of nucleic acid from the sample; (c) a nucleic acid amplification zone (18) in liquid communication with the sample receiving zone; and (d) a detection zone (20) for detecting the products, directly or indirectly, of a nucleic acid amplification reaction performed in the nucleic acid amplification zone, said detection zone (20) being, or being locatable, in liquid communication with the amplification zone (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Donald Cardy, Gerard Allen
  • Publication number: 20030093563
    Abstract: In a complete network-in-a-box system acting as an enterprise network demarcation point, packets such as voice, video and data packets, are routed over common network connections, such as LAN and WAN. The packets are mapped from a public address field (such as an IP address) and port number to a private address field and port number, the mapping process typically being handled by a NAT (Network Address Translation). The packets are also prioritized, by marking the packets for priority queuing and routing, and configuring the bandwidths of the WAN traffic and the voice traffic to predetermined quantities and configuring the address fields of the voice devices. Simultaneous transmission of the various packets can be limited to predetermined quantities, typically by utilizing a CAC (Client Access Control).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Bruce Fitzgerald Young, Noel Gerard Allen, David Mitchell Hurwit