Patents by Inventor Gregory Alan Watkins

Gregory Alan Watkins 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).

  • Multi-device burst update method
    Patent number: 10860509
    Abstract: One example includes a non-transitory storage medium storing a set of instructions, which upon being implemented by a processing element cause the processing element to initiate a burst update communication session from a master microcontroller device on a bus and provide a burst address in the burst update communication session from the master microcontroller device to slave microcontroller devices on the bus. The slave microcontroller devices on the bus can have a burst address to concurrently activate the slave microcontroller devices to read data. The instructions can also cause the processing element to provide burst data corresponding to a burst update from the master microcontroller device to the slave microcontroller devices on the bus based on the burst address, and conclude the burst update communication session from the master microcontroller device to the slave microcontroller devices on the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Watkins, Michael Joseph Koltun, IV, Nagesh Narayana Swamy, Randall Stephen Preissig
  • Device and method for sustained release of antipsychotic medications
    Patent number: 10137081
    Abstract: A drug delivery device comprising a non-erodible, non-porous housing member defining a reservoir is provided. The reservoir is loaded with a dry formulation of a selected salt of a neuroleptic agent. The housing member has one or more porous partitions, where the pores of the partitions are sufficiently small to retain the insoluble powder particles within the reservoir yet large enough to allow diffusion of the active agent once the device is hydrated. A therapeutic dose of the drug is released from the device at a constant rate over a period of approximately 2-6 months.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Delpor, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Alan Watkins
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUSTAINED RELEASE OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS
    Publication number: 20150250716
    Abstract: A drug delivery device comprising a non-erodible, non-porous housing member defining a reservoir is provided. The reservoir is loaded with a dry formulation of a selected salt of a neuroleptic agent. The housing member has one or more porous partitions, where the pores of the partitions are sufficiently small to retain the insoluble powder particles within the reservoir yet large enough to allow diffusion of the active agent once the device is hydrated. A therapeutic dose of the drug is released from the device at a constant rate over a period of approximately 2-6 months.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventor: Gregory Alan Watkins