Patents by Inventor Joseph Spahn

Joseph Spahn 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).

  • DETECTING RAMP LOAD/UNLOAD OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20100309574
    Abstract: A method for detecting ramp load/unload operations is disclosed. The method includes measuring a signal value generated by a transducer element during either a ramp unload operation or a ramp load operation in a data storage device. The method further includes analyzing the signal value to determine whether the ramp load operation or the ramp unload operation in the data storage device has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Shirish Dnyaneshwar Bahirat, Robert Allen Alt, Jerome Thomas Coffey, Michael Joseph Spahn
  • Genetic predictor of efficacy of anti-asthmatic agents for improving pulmonary function
    Publication number: 20060069074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for determining and predicting the efficacy of therapeutics for the treatment of an individual with asthma based on that individual's ?2-adrenergic receptor. The invention finds particular applicability to the treatment of an individual with asthma with an inhaled corticosteroid or a leukotriene receptor antagonist who is homozygous for arginine at position 16 of the ?2-adrenergic receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Lemanske, Christine Sorkness, Vernon Chinchilli, Wenlei Liu, Brenda Phillips, Robert Zeiger, Gregory Heldt, Fernando Martinez, Walter Klimecki, Theresa Guilbert, Wayne Morgan, Stanley Szefler, Gary Larsen, Lynn Taussig, Joseph Spahn, Robert Strunk, Leonard Bacharier, Gordon Bloomberg