Patents by Inventor Gregory A. George

Gregory A. George 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: 10691433
    Abstract: A system for code development and execution includes a client interface and a client processor. The client interface is configured to receive user code for execution and receive an indication of a server that will perform the execution. The client processor is configured to parse the user code to identify one or more data items referred to during the execution. The client processor is also configured to provide the server with an inquiry for metadata regarding the one or more data items, receive the metadata regarding the one or more data items, determine a logical plan based at least in part on the metadata regarding the one or more data items; and provide the logical plan to the server for execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Databricks Inc.
    Inventors: Srinath Shankar, Eric Keng-hao Liang, Gregory George Owen
  • Publication number: 20200104943
    Abstract: Improved technological solutions are introduced for providing a secure and effective and enhanced clustering/grouping solution that is useful, for example, in an online dating forum as well as any number of other industries. The ability to attend live events in person or remotely is coupled with presence location and automatic verification of user devices and identities. This allows secured communication between participants without having to disclose actual contact information of the participants or their device addresses. An improved algorithm that groups members/items effectively based on a variety of matching criteria, with lowered possibilities of errors and more efficient use of processing power, is now introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: KENNETH PAGE-ROMER, GREGORY GEORGE PAGE-ROMER
  • Publication number: 20200073644
    Abstract: A system for code development and execution includes a client interface and a client processor. The client interface is configured to receive user code for execution and receive an indication of a server that will perform the execution. The client processor is configured to parse the user code to identify one or more data items referred to during the execution. The client processor is also configured to provide the server with an inquiry for metadata regarding the one or more data items, receive the metadata regarding the one or more data items, determine a logical plan based at least in part on the metadata regarding the one or more data items; and provide the logical plan to the server for execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Srinath Shankar, Eric Keng-hao Liang, Gregory George Owen
  • Patent number: 10580678
    Abstract: A wafer bonder apparatus, includes a lower chuck, an upper chuck, a process chamber and three adjustment mechanisms. The three adjustment mechanisms are arranged around a top lid spaced apart from each other and are located outside of the process chamber. Each adjustment mechanism includes a component for sensing contact to the upper chuck, a component for adjusting the pre-load force of the upper chuck, and a component for leveling the upper chuck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SUSS MICROTEC LITHOGRAPHY, GMBH
    Inventors: Hale Johnson, Gregory George, Michael Brennen
  • Publication number: 20190359112
    Abstract: A tie down assembly includes a clasp, a ring that is rotatably coupled to the clasp, and a support coupler that is coupled to the ring. The support coupler frictionally controls rotation of the ring with respect to the clasp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Gregory George Buczynski, Zhilin Li
  • Publication number: 20190338803
    Abstract: A box nut retainer system includes a panel configured to receive a fastener. The box nut retainer system includes a plurality of retainer legs extending from the panel. The box nut retainer system includes planar bends positioned at distal ends of the plurality of retainer legs. Straight beams extend from the planar bends. The straight beams have engagement angles relative to the plurality of retainer legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventor: Gregory George Buczynski
  • Publication number: 20190326945
    Abstract: A device for reducing communications crosstalk including a plurality of channel inputs each configured to receive an incoming signal from a respective device. The device further includes at least one control input configured such that, when the control input is triggered, the control input activates a voltage divider that attenuates at least one of the incoming signals, thereby reducing crosstalk between a first channel carrying the at least one attenuated incoming signal and a second channel not carrying the at least one attenuated incoming signal. The at least one attenuated incoming signal and the remaining incoming signals are output to a respective receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Gregory George TAMER, David Lawrence ALBEAN, John Edward BACZEWSKI, Raul Bolivar MONTALVO, Grant Colin WUNSCH
  • Patent number: 10331767
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for resolving a change to a table. A processing circuitry receives, from a user in a collaborative document editing environment, the change to the table, wherein the change comprises an expansion of a first cell in the table. A first state of the first cell is identified, wherein the state is indicative of a number of columns and a number of rows over which the first cell spans, and at least one of the number of columns and the number of rows is greater than one. A second state of a second cell that is adjacent to the first cell is identified, and the processing circuitry selects whether to allow the expansion of the first cell based on the second state of the second cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Gregory George Galante, Victoria Hsiao-Tsung Chou Fritz, Samuel Benjamin Messing, Luiz Do Amaral De Franca Pereira Filho
  • Patent number: 10319615
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure bonding apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a leveling adjustment system configured to provide leveling adjustment of upper and lower block assemblies of the apparatus. In some cases, the leveling adjustment system may include a plurality of threaded posts, differentially threaded adjustment collars, and leveling sleeves. In some instances, the leveling adjustment system further may include a plurality of preload springs configured to provide a given preload capacity and range of adjustment. In some instances, the leveling adjustment system further may include a load cell through which one of the threaded posts may be inserted. In some embodiments, the upper block assembly further may include a reaction plate configured to reduce deformation of the upper block assembly. In some embodiments, the upper block assembly further may include a thermal isolation plate configured to provide compliance deflection and being of monolithic or polylithic construction, as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SUSS MICROTEC LITHOGRAPHY GMBH
    Inventors: Gregory George, Hale Johnson
  • Patent number: 10271639
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting the assistive lifting force capacity of a height adjustable work surface. The apparatus includes a couple of plates which are mounted to a system for providing a system for adjusting the height of the work surface. The plates include a set of connection points for connecting the apparatus to a gas spring. The geometry of the holes and the positioning of the gas spring provide for a more consistent lifting force throughout a range of motion of the work surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Globe Stamping Company Limited
    Inventors: Gregory George Carter, Gary Paprocki
  • Patent number: 10233084
    Abstract: An electrode for use in a electrochemical sensor comprises carbon modified with a chemically sensitive redox-active compound, excluding an electrode based on carbon having derivatized thereon two redox-active species wherein at least one of said species is selected from anthraquinone, phenanthrenequinone and N,N?-diphenyl-p-phenylenediamine (DPPD). The invention further provides a pH sensor comprising: a working electrode comprising carbon modified with a chemically sensitive redox active material; and a counter electrode, wherein the ratio of the surface area of the working electrode to the surface area of the counter electrode is from 1:10 to 10:1. Also provided is a pH sensor comprising: a working electrode comprising carbon modified with a chemically sensitive redox active material, and a counter electrode, wherein the area of the working electrode is from 500 ?m2 to 0.1 m2. The uses of these electrodes and sensors are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Sean P. McCormack, Richard G. Compton, Gregory George Wildgoose, Nathan Scott Lawrence
  • Patent number: 10230420
    Abstract: A device for reducing communications crosstalk including a plurality of channel inputs each configured to receive an incoming signal from a respective device. The device further includes at least one control input configured such that, when the control input is triggered, the control input activates a voltage divider that attenuates at least one of the incoming signals, thereby reducing crosstalk between a first channel carrying the at least one attenuated incoming signal and a second channel not carrying the at least one attenuated incoming signal. The at least one attenuated incoming signal and the remaining incoming signals are output to a respective receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: THALES DEFENSE & SECURITY, INC., 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Gregory George Tamer, David Lawrence Albean, John Edward Baczewski, Raul Bolivar Montalvo, Grant Colin Wunsch
  • Patent number: 10120845
    Abstract: Systems and methods may include updating subsets of elements of electronic documents. Associations of types of mutations, mutation locations, and subsets to update are stored in a database. A mutation to the element is received, and a type and location of the mutation are determined. Based on a stored association, a subset of the element is determined. The determined subset is associated with the determined type and determined location. The element is updated by updating the subset, and the updated element is displayed on a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey de Blanc Palm, Lindsay Grace Hall, Gregory George Galante, Victoria Hsiao-tsung Chou Fritz
  • Publication number: 20180108547
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure bonding apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a leveling adjustment system configured to provide leveling adjustment of upper and lower block assemblies of the apparatus. In some cases, the leveling adjustment system may include a plurality of threaded posts, differentially threaded adjustment collars, and leveling sleeves. In some instances, the leveling adjustment system further may include a plurality of preload springs configured to provide a given preload capacity and range of adjustment. In some instances, the leveling adjustment system further may include a load cell through which one of the threaded posts may be inserted. In some embodiments, the upper block assembly further may include a reaction plate configured to reduce deformation of the upper block assembly. In some embodiments, the upper block assembly further may include a thermal isolation plate configured to provide compliance deflection and being of monolithic or polylithic construction, as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Gregory George, Hale Johnson
  • Publication number: 20180102270
    Abstract: A wafer bonder apparatus, includes a lower chuck, an upper chuck, a process chamber and three adjustment mechanisms. The three adjustment mechanisms are arranged around a top lid spaced apart from each other and are located outside of the process chamber. Each adjustment mechanism includes a component for sensing contact to the upper chuck, a component for adjusting the pre-load force of the upper chuck, and a component for leveling the upper chuck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Hale Johnson, Gregory George, Michael Brennen
  • Patent number: 9916350
    Abstract: A computer system processes a plurality of unrelated database tables to create a join graph where each node in the join graph represents a table. The nodes in the join graph are connected by weighted, directed edges, where each directed edge represents a join from a first column in a first table to a second column in a second table and where the weight of the directed edge represents a predicted level of success in performing the join. The edge weights can be based on a likelihood of finding a value from the first column in the second column. A user selects a subset of the tables, and the system creates a join tree with recommended joins between the tables selected by the user. The recommended joins are used to create a structured query language statement which is executed to return a result to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan Young, John O'Neil, William K. Johnson, III, Martin Serrano, Gregory George, Udayan Das
  • Patent number: 9875917
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure bonding apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a leveling adjustment system configured to provide leveling adjustment of upper and lower block assemblies of the apparatus. In some cases, the leveling adjustment system may include a plurality of threaded posts, differentially threaded adjustment collars, and leveling sleeves. In some instances, the leveling adjustment system further may include a plurality of preload springs configured to provide a given preload capacity and range of adjustment. In some instances, the leveling adjustment system further may include a load cell through which one of the threaded posts may be inserted. In some embodiments, the upper block assembly further may include a reaction plate configured to reduce deformation of the upper block assembly. In some embodiments, the upper block assembly further may include a thermal isolation plate configured to provide compliance deflection and being of monolithic or polylithic construction, as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SUSS MicroTech Lithography GmbH
    Inventors: Gregory George, Hale Johnson
  • Patent number: 9859141
    Abstract: A device for locating and engaging a notch on the perimeter of a circular wafer includes a notch locating component and a first plate. The notch locating component is configured to move linearly along a first axis and includes a front elongated component extending along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis and having a front surface, a back surface opposite to the front surface and a first protrusion extending from the front surface of the elongated component. The first protrusion has a shape complementing the shape of a notch formed on the perimeter of a circular wafer. As the notch locating component is driven toward the perimeter of the circular wafer along the first axis, a distance between the back surface of the elongated component and a front surface of the first plate is measured and the value of the measured distance is used to determine engagement of the first protrusion with the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SUSS MicroTec Lithography GmbH
    Inventors: Hale Johnson, Gregory George, Michael Brennen
  • Publication number: 20170372925
    Abstract: An industrial-scale system and method for handling precisely aligned and centered semiconductor substrate (e.g., wafer) pairs for substrate-to-substrate (e.g., wafer-to-wafer) aligning and bonding applications is provided. Some embodiments include an aligned substrate transport device having a frame member and a spacer assembly. The centered semiconductor substrate pairs may be positioned within a processing system using the aligned substrate transport device, optionally under robotic control. The centered semiconductor substrate pairs may be bonded together without the presence of the aligned substrate transport device in the bonding device. The bonding device may include a second spacer assembly which operates in concert with that of the aligned substrate transport device to perform a spacer hand-off between the substrates. A pin apparatus may be used to stake the substrates during the hand-off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Hale Johnson, Gregory George, Aaron Loomis
  • Patent number: 9837295
    Abstract: A wafer bonder apparatus, includes a lower chuck, an upper chuck, a process chamber and three adjustment mechanisms. The three adjustment mechanisms are arranged around a top lid spaced apart from each other and are located outside of the process chamber. Each adjustment mechanism includes a component for sensing contact to the upper chuck, a component for adjusting the pre-load force of the upper chuck, and a component for leveling the upper chuck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SUSS MicroTec Lithography GmbH
    Inventors: Hale Johnson, Gregory George, Michael Brennen