Patents by Inventor Karen Lee

Karen Lee 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: 20170185709
    Abstract: A static timing analysis method and apparatus that determine an expected design condition surrounding a target cell in an integrated circuit design. A derate adjustment is determined based on the expected design condition for a target cell and a timing derate, representing variation in propagation delay for a default design condition, is then adjusted based on the derate adjustment. An expected timing of a signal path including the target cell is determined based on the adjusted timing derate. The derate adjustment may be determined based on simulated variance of the propagation delay through the target cell for the expected design condition. This approach avoids unnecessary optimism or pessimism in the timing derate, which reduces the number of false positive or false negative detections of timing violations in the static timing analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Marlin Wayne FREDERICK, JR., Karen Lee DELK, Lena AHLEN, James Dennis DODRILL
  • Publication number: 20170183123
    Abstract: A collapsible cup assembly includes a cup that may contain a food item. The cup is positionable in a collapsed position and an extended position. A lid is removably coupled to the cup such that the lid closes the cup. A pair of clips is provided and each of the clips is coupled to the lid. A utensil is provided. The utensil may be manipulated thereby facilitating the food item to be consumed. The utensil is positionable between the clips such that the clips removably retain the utensil on the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventor: Karen Lee
  • Patent number: 9690889
    Abstract: A static timing analysis method that determines an expected design condition surrounding a target cell in an integrated circuit design. A derate adjustment is determined based on the expected design condition for a target cell and a timing derate, representing variation in propagation delay for a default design condition, is then adjusted based on the derate adjustment. An expected timing of a signal path including the target cell is determined based on the adjusted timing derate. The derate adjustment may be determined based on simulated variance of the propagation delay through the target cell for the expected design condition. This approach avoids unnecessary optimism or pessimism in the timing derate, which reduces the number of false positive or false negative detections of timing violations in the static timing analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: ARM Limited
    Inventors: Marlin Wayne Frederick, Jr., Karen Lee Delk, Lena Ahlen, James Dennis Dodrill
  • Patent number: 9653413
    Abstract: An integrated circuit 2 is formed with standard-cell power conductors 14 which are overlaid by power grid conductors 20. The power grid conductors are offset in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the power grid conductors relative to their underlying standard-cell power conductor. This has the effect of increasing the conductor spacing possible to one side of the power grid conductor. Accordingly, a wider than minimum width power grid conductor may be provided which blocks only one of its adjacent track positions from being used by a routing conductor 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: ARM Limited
    Inventors: Marlin Wayne Frederick, Jr., Karen Lee Delk
  • Patent number: 9623133
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for disinfecting a lavatory inside a vehicle in response to a set of criteria being met. A determination is made as to whether a set of criteria for activation of a disinfection system that emits far-ultraviolet radiation to perform a disinfection process inside a lavatory has been met. In response to a determination that the set of criteria has been met, the disinfection system is activated to perform the disinfection process inside the lavatory using the far-ultraviolet radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: James J. Childress, Mark L. Cloud, Karen Lee Hills
  • Patent number: 9520740
    Abstract: A shielding arrangement for preventing AM radio interference when a wireless charger is used in a vehicle has a plurality of parallel conductors arranged at a distance from one another responsive to a frequency desired to be attenuated. An interconnection arrangement includes a solid conductive junction and connects the conductors to one another without forming loops, and to ground. The conductors are traces disposed on a PCB. Additional parallel conducts are disposed on the other side of the PCB at an orthogonal orientation with respect to the first conductors. The spacing between the conductors is determined in response to the frequency desired to be attenuated, as well as frequencies thereabove that are desired to be propagated therethrough, such as mobile telephone signals. The solid conductive junction that is disposed on the printed circuit board is electrically and thermally conductive, such as copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignees: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., POWERMAT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Karen Lee Chiles, John Robert Balint, III, Kevin Grady, Oola Greenwald, Gary O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20160357894
    Abstract: A static timing analysis method that determines an expected design condition surrounding a target cell in an integrated circuit design. A derate adjustment is determined based on the expected design condition for a target cell and a timing derate, representing variation in propagation delay for a default design condition, is then adjusted based on the derate adjustment. An expected timing of a signal path including the target cell is determined based on the adjusted timing derate. The derate adjustment may be determined based on simulated variance of the propagation delay through the target cell for the expected design condition. This approach avoids unnecessary optimism or pessimism in the timing derate, which reduces the number of false positive or false negative detections of timing violations in the static timing analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Marlin Wayne FREDERICK, JR., Karen Lee DELK, Lena AHLEN, James Dennis DODRILL
  • Publication number: 20160264953
    Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant glycoproteins (e.g., recombinant human ?-galactosidase-A proteins) with an altered (e.g., improved) glycosylation profile, and pharmaceutical compositions and kits including one or more of these proteins. Also provided are methods of generating a mammalian cell useful for recombinant expression of a glycoprotein (e.g., recombinant human ?-galactosidase-A), methods of producing recombinant glycoproteins, and methods of treatment that include administering to a subject at least one of the recombinant glycoproteins (e.g., recombinant human ?-galactosidase-A protein).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Karen Lee, Christopher Hwang, Christine Demaria
  • Publication number: 20160220716
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for disinfecting a lavatory inside a vehicle in response to a set of criteria being met. A determination is made as to whether a set of criteria for activation of a disinfection system that emits far-ultraviolet radiation to perform a disinfection process inside a lavatory has been met. In response to a determination that the set of criteria has been met, the disinfection system is activated to perform the disinfection process inside the lavatory using the far-ultraviolet radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: James J. Childress, Mark L. Cloud, Karen Lee Hills
  • Patent number: 9253629
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the method of handling mobile station identifiers, at least one network element that used entire mobile station identifiers in performing packet data session handling functions is programmed to use less than the entire mobile station identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Karen Lee Redell, Douglas Harold Rollender
  • Publication number: 20150380980
    Abstract: A shielding arrangement for preventing AM radio interference when a wireless charger is used in a vehicle has a plurality of parallel conductors arranged at a distance from one another responsive to a frequency desired to be attenuated. An interconnection arrangement includes a solid conductive junction and connects the conductors to one another without forming loops, and to ground. The conductors are traces disposed on a PCB. Additional parallel conducts are disposed on the other side of the PCB at an orthogonal orientation with respect to the first conductors. The spacing between the conductors is determined in response to the frequency desired to be attenuated, as well as frequencies thereabove that are desired to be propagated therethrough, such as mobile telephone signals. The solid conductive junction that is disposed on the printed circuit board is electrically and thermally conductive, such as copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Karen Lee Chiles, John Robert Balint, III, Kevin Grady, Oola Greenwald, Gary O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20150371959
    Abstract: An integrated circuit 2 is formed with standard-cell power conductors 14 which are overlaid by power grid conductors 20. The power grid conductors are offset in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the power grid conductors relative to their underlying standard-cell power conductor. This has the effect of increasing the conductor spacing possible to one side of the power grid conductor. Accordingly, a wider than minimum width power grid conductor may be provided which blocks only one of its adjacent track positions from being used by a routing conductor 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Marlin Wayne FREDERICK, JR., Karen Lee DELK
  • Patent number: 9161481
    Abstract: A shielding arrangement for preventing AM radio interference when a wireless charger is used in a vehicle has a plurality of parallel conductors arranged at a distance from one another responsive to a frequency desired to be attenuated. An interconnection arrangement includes a solid conductive junction and connects the conductors to one another without forming loops, and to ground. The conductors are traces disposed on a PCB. Additional parallel conducts are disposed on the other side of the PCB at an orthogonal orientation with respect to the first conductors. The spacing between the conductors is determined in response to the frequency desired to be attenuated, as well as frequencies thereabove that are desired to be propagated therethrough, such as mobile telephone signals. The solid conductive junction that is disposed on the printed circuit board is electrically and thermally conductive, such as copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignees: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Powermat Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Karen Lee Chiles, John Robert Balint, III, Kevin Grady, Oola Greenwald, Gary O'Brien
  • Patent number: 9146943
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and methods for classifying user content (e.g., spam) within an online community by determining user specific signals and content specific signals, the systems and methods comprising: a user interface module configured to receive user content from the online community, a social signal processing module configured to determine signals from the user content, a user and content classifying module configured to classify user content and configured to compute a decision on the user content, a user content labeling module configured to label the user content, and an execution module configured to execute the decision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Madhukar Narayan Thakur, Nandini Kappiah, Guangqi Ye, Dharmeshkumar Jayantilal Mokani, Karen Lees, Oleg Chernyakhovskiy, Andrew Granoff, Luis Alberto Rojas Marambio, Francesco Xavier Llora Fabrega, Morgan Avery Conbere
  • Patent number: 8999391
    Abstract: A thickening system for personal care formulations including methyl ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose provides efficient thickening power in applications areas such as shampoo and styling gels. In addition to providing thickening, the methyl ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose derived polymers also provide foam stability to shampoos and improved high humidity curl retention to hair gel compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: AKZO Nobel Chemicals International B.V.
    Inventors: Anthony John Adamo, Jaime Dion Hamm, Mojahedul Islam, Karen Lee White, Samuel Anthony Vona, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8926716
    Abstract: In a fuel composition containing a static dissipator additive, a Fischer-Tropsch derived fuel component is blended for the purpose of increasing the electrical conductivity of the composition and/or for reducing the concentration of the static dissipator additive in the composition. The fuel composition is preferably an automotive diesel fuel composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Claire Ansell, Richard Hugh Clark, Robert Wilfred Matthews Wardle, Sze Hsuean Karen Lee
  • Patent number: 8838612
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method of implementing fulfillment management. The method includes receiving order information, wherein the order information includes one or more order lines, selecting at least one of the one or more order lines, scoring the one or more selected order lines, and accessing one or more rules assigned to the one or more order lines. The method further includes based on the assigned rules, defining a priority rank of each of the one or more selected order lines, specifying fulfillment of inventory based on the priority and scoring of each of the selected one or more order lines, and assigning inventory based on the specified fulfillment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Kara Lea Berlener, Karen Lee Brown, Eric Vance, Denise Tsuru Okuno-Prickett, Jack William Hurdelbrink, Joseph Ellimoottil Joseph, Yelena B. Feldman, Thomas Gerard Vinci, Paula Dennice Dietz
  • Patent number: 8759076
    Abstract: A sensor for detecting an electric field fluctuation associated with the permeabilization of a bacterial cell wall comprises a substrate, at least two electrodes integrated on the substrate, an amplifier integrated on the substrate, and a processor electrically connected to the amplifier to analyze the amplified signal. The substrate and the at least two electrodes define a well between the at least two electrodes, and the at least two electrodes being configured to generate a signal in response to an electric field fluctuation in close proximity to the well or the electrodes triggered when at least one antibacterial agent associated with the well contacts a cognate target. The amplifier is configured to generate an amplified signal in response to the signal. In addition, the processor is electrically connected to the amplifier to analyze the amplified signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Inventors: Patrick Glenn Gulak, Karen Lee Maxwell, Nasim Nikkhoo, Cintia Po Sze Man
  • Patent number: 8715625
    Abstract: A natural anhydrous oral care composition with a limited number of naturally-derived, naturally processed, generally regarded as safe (GRAS) ingredients including an effective amount of a bioactive glass is described. The topical application of the composition to human teeth cleanses, remineralizes and reduces plaque build-up on teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Karen Lee Rokitowski, Amy Tracy Hart, Celeste Anne Lutrario
  • Patent number: 8695824
    Abstract: A flexible container assembly and methods for making and using such an assembly are disclosed herein. The assembly is configured to hold an amount of material, such as heavy and/or bulky material (e.g., industrial, job or work site waste material). In some embodiments, the assembly includes a support structure and a flexible container structure configured to interface with, so as to be supported at least in part by, the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Edward John Cavenagh, Karen Lee MacDonald, Alden Dale Friesen, Selamawit Tedesse Desta