Patents by Inventor Keith Fox

Keith Fox 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: 12052354
    Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques of generating a unique biometric key, hashing and salting the key, and storing it. Embodiments include techniques to analyze biological information associated with a user and determine one or more biological characteristics from the analyzed information. The biological characteristics may be used to generate a character string unique to the user, which may be used to generate the biometric key based on a cryptographic algorithm. The hash values, salt values, or the hash function may be changed at a predetermined interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Fox, Keith Hamburg
  • Publication number: 20230366094
    Abstract: An apparatus for depositing film stacks in-situ (i.e., without a vacuum break or air exposure) are described. In one example, a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition apparatus configured to deposit a plurality of film layers on a substrate without exposing the substrate to a vacuum break between film deposition phases, is provided. The apparatus includes a process chamber, a plasma source and a controller configured to control the plasma source to generate reactant radicals using a particular reactant gas mixture during the particular deposition phase, and sustain the plasma during a transition from the particular reactant gas mixture supplied during the particular deposition phase to a different reactant gas mixture supplied during a different deposition phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jason Dirk Haverkamp, Pramod Subramonium, Joseph L. Womack, Dong Niu, Keith Fox, John B. Alexy, Patrick G. Breiling, Jennifer L. Petraglia, Mandyam A. Sriram, George Andrew Antonelli, Bart J. van Schravendijk
  • Patent number: 11746420
    Abstract: An apparatus for depositing film stacks in-situ (i.e., without a vacuum break or air exposure) are described. In one example, an apparatus configured to deposit a plurality of film layers having different compositions on a substrate without exposing the substrate to a vacuum break between film deposition phases, is provided. The apparatus includes a process chamber, a plasma source and a process station reactant feed fluidically coupled to a gas inlet of the process station, and fluidically coupled to an inert gas delivery line, a first reactant mixture gas delivery line and a second reactant mixture gas delivery line such that the first reactant gas mixture and the second reactant gas mixture can be introduced sequentially into the process station reactant feed, and supplied via a shared path to the process station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Novellus Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Pramod Subramonium, Joseph L. Womack, Dong Niu, Keith Fox
  • Publication number: 20220363443
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a bag comprising mesh and film side walls and a reinforcing strip of film; wherein (a) the mesh side wall is sealed to opposing side edges of the film side wall; (b) the reinforcing strip of film is sealed to an upper portion of the mesh side wall and to the opposing side edges of the film side wall; (c) the film side wall has a bottom extension, which is monolithic with the film side wall, extending upwardly and sealed along a lateral extent of a bottom portion of the mesh side wall; (d) the film side wall is non-coplanar with a portion of the bottom extension; (e) another portion of the bottom extension is non-coplanar with the mesh side wall; and (f) a horizontal axis intersects the bottom portion of the film side wall and three portions of the bottom extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: L. Keith Fox, Aaron Fox, Craig Fox
  • Publication number: 20220139730
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a first liquid input line, a second liquid input line, a third liquid input line, a first liquid flow controller with an input in fluid contact with the first liquid input line, a second liquid flow controller with an input in fluid contact with the second liquid input line, a third liquid flow controller with an input in fluid contact with the third liquid input line, a common manifold in fluid contact with an output of the first liquid flow controller and an output of the second liquid flow controller and an output of the third liquid flow controller, and a vaporizer with an input in fluid contact with the common manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Miguel Benjamin VASQUEZ, Jonathan CHURCH, Keith FOX
  • Patent number: 11299324
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a bag comprising mesh and film side walls and a reinforcing strip of film; wherein (a) the mesh side wall is sealed to opposing side edges of the film side wall; (b) the reinforcing strip of film is sealed to an upper portion of the mesh side wall and to the opposing side edges of the film side wall; (c) the film side wall has a bottom extension, which is monolithic with the film side wall, extending upwardly and sealed along a lateral extent of a bottom portion of the mesh side wall; (d) the film side wall is non-coplanar with a portion of the bottom extension; (e) another portion of the bottom extension is non-coplanar with the mesh side wall; and (f) a horizontal axis intersects the bottom portion of the film side wall and three portions of the bottom extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Kenneth Fox Supply Company
    Inventors: L. Keith Fox, Aaron Fox, Craig Fox
  • Patent number: 11278141
    Abstract: An apparatus for hanging a garment comprising a vertical suspension member hangable from a body, a garment support member suspended from the suspension member, the garment support member extending laterally from opposed sides of the suspension member; and an arcuate hood support member extending between first and second ends and having a midpoint therebetween, wherein the first and second ends of the hood support member are secured to the garment support member and wherein the midpoint of the hood support member is cantilevered upward from the garment support member. A method for hanging a garment comprising providing an apparatus for hanging a garment, positioning a shoulder portion of the garment on the garment support member with the suspension member extending above the shoulder portion, positioning a hood on the hood support member and hanging the apparatus on a support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: HALO HANGERS LTD.
    Inventors: Laura Fox, Keith Fox
  • Publication number: 20220068636
    Abstract: Films that can be useful in large area gap fill applications, such as in the formation of advanced 3D NAND devices, involve processing a semiconductor substrate by depositing on a patterned semiconductor substrate a doped silicon oxide film, the film having a thickness of at least 5 gm, and annealing the doped silicon oxide film to a temperature above the film glass transition temperature. In some embodiments, reflow of the film may occur. The composition and processing conditions of the doped silicon oxide film may be tailored so that the film exhibits substantially zero as-deposited stress, substantially zero stress shift post-anneal, and substantially zero shrinkage post-anneal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Reza Bayati, Bart J. van Schravendijk, Jonathan Church, Keith Fox
  • Publication number: 20200307865
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a bag comprising mesh and film side walls and a reinforcing strip of film; wherein (a) the mesh side wall is sealed to opposing side edges of the film side wall; (b) the reinforcing strip of film is sealed to an upper portion of the mesh side wall and to the opposing side edges of the film side wall; (c) the film side wall has a bottom extension, which is monolithic with the film side wall, extending upwardly and sealed along a lateral extent of a bottom portion of the mesh side wall; (d) the film side wall is non-coplanar with a portion of the bottom extension; (e) another portion of the bottom extension is non-coplanar with the mesh side wall; and (f) a horizontal axis intersects the bottom portion of the film side wall and three portions of the bottom extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: L. Keith Fox, Aaron Fox, Craig Fox
  • Patent number: 10683140
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a bag comprising mesh and film side walls and a reinforcing strip of film; wherein (a) the mesh side wall is sealed to opposing side edges of the film side wall; (b) the reinforcing strip of film is sealed to an upper portion of the mesh side wall and to the opposing side edges of the film side wall; (c) the film side wall has a bottom extension, which is monolithic with the film side wall, extending upwardly and sealed along a lateral extent of a bottom portion of the mesh side wall; (d) the film side wall is non-coplanar with a portion of the bottom extension; (e) another portion of the bottom extension is non-coplanar with the mesh side wall; and (f) a horizontal axis intersects the bottom portion of the film side wall and three portions of the bottom extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Kenneth Fox Supply Company
    Inventors: L. Keith Fox, Aaron Fox, Craig Fox
  • Publication number: 20190376186
    Abstract: An apparatus for depositing film stacks in-situ (i.e., without a vacuum break or air exposure) are described. In one example, a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition apparatus configured to deposit a plurality of film layers on a substrate without exposing the substrate to a vacuum break between film deposition phases, is provided. The apparatus includes a process chamber, a plasma source and a controller configured to control the plasma source to generate reactant radicals using a particular reactant gas mixture during the particular deposition phase, and sustain the plasma during a transition from the particular reactant gas mixture supplied during the particular deposition phase to a different reactant gas mixture supplied during a different deposition phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Jason Dirk Haverkamp, Pramod Subramonium, Joseph L. Womack, Dong Niu, Keith Fox, John B. Alexy, Patrick G. Breiling, Jennifer Leigh Petraglia, Mandyam Ammanjee Sriram, George Andrew Antonelli, Bart J. van Schravendijk
  • Patent number: 10358717
    Abstract: A method for reducing post-annealing shrinkage of silicon dioxide film includes arranging a substrate on a substrate support in a processing chamber; setting a pressure in the processing chamber to a predetermined pressure range; setting a temperature of the substrate support to a predetermined temperature range; supplying a process gas mixture to a gas distribution device. The process gas mixture includes TEOS gas, a gas including an oxygen species, and argon gas. The argon gas comprises greater than 20% of the process gas mixture by volume. The method further includes striking plasma and depositing the film on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keith Fox, Jonathan Church
  • Publication number: 20190208941
    Abstract: An apparatus for hanging a garment comprising a vertical suspension member hangable from a body, a garment support member suspended from the suspension member, the garment support member extending laterally from opposed sides of the suspension member; and an arcuate hood support member extending between first and second ends and having a midpoint therebetween, wherein the first and second ends of the hood support member are secured to the garment support member and wherein the midpoint of the hood support member is cantilevered upward from the garment support member. A method for hanging a garment comprising providing an apparatus for hanging a garment, positioning a shoulder portion of the garment on the garment support member with the suspension member extending above the shoulder portion, positioning a hood on the hood support member and hanging the apparatus on a support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Laura Fox, Keith Fox
  • Patent number: 10214816
    Abstract: An apparatus for depositing film stacks in-situ (i.e., without a vacuum break or air exposure) are described. In one example, a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition apparatus configured to deposit a plurality of film layers on a substrate without exposing the substrate to a vacuum break between film deposition phases, is provided. The apparatus includes a process chamber, a plasma source and a controller configured to control the plasma source to generate reactant radicals using a particular reactant gas mixture during the particular deposition phase, and sustain the plasma during a transition from the particular reactant gas mixture supplied during the particular deposition phase to a different reactant gas mixture supplied during a different deposition phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Novellus Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Dirk Haverkamp, Pramod Subramonium, Joseph L. Womack, Dong Niu, Keith Fox, John B. Alexy, Patrick G. Breiling, Jennifer L. Petraglia, Mandyam A. Sriram, George Andrew Antonelli, Bart J. van Schravendijk
  • Patent number: 10161034
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a processing chamber of a substrate processing system includes supplying nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) gas to a remote plasma source (RPS); generating RPS plasma using the RPS; supplying the RPS plasma to the processing chamber; supplying NF3 gas as bypass gas to the processing chamber; striking in-situ plasma in the processing chamber while the RPS plasma is supplied; and cleaning the processing chamber during a cleaning period using both the RPS plasma and the in-situ plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Fox, Jonathan Church, James Lee, Matthew Mudrow, Kevin Gerber
  • Publication number: 20180305812
    Abstract: A method for reducing post-annealing shrinkage of silicon dioxide film includes arranging a substrate on a substrate support in a processing chamber; setting a pressure in the processing chamber to a predetermined pressure range; setting a temperature of the substrate support to a predetermined temperature range; supplying a process gas mixture to a gas distribution device. The process gas mixture includes TEOS gas, a gas including an oxygen species, and argon gas. The argon gas comprises greater than 20% of the process gas mixture by volume. The method further includes striking plasma and depositing the film on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Keith Fox, Jonathan Church
  • Publication number: 20180305814
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a processing chamber of a substrate processing system includes supplying nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) gas to a remote plasma source (RPS); generating RPS plasma using the RPS; supplying the RPS plasma to the processing chamber; supplying NF3 gas as bypass gas to the processing chamber; striking in-situ plasma in the processing chamber while the RPS plasma is supplied; and cleaning the processing chamber during a cleaning period using both the RPS plasma and the in-situ plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Keith Fox, Jonathan Church, James Lee, Matthew Mudrow, Kevin Gerber
  • Publication number: 20180194521
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a bag comprising mesh and film side walls and a reinforcing strip of film; wherein (a) the mesh side wall is sealed to opposing side edges of the film side wall; (b) the reinforcing strip of film is sealed to an upper portion of the mesh side wall and to the opposing side edges of the film side wall; (c) the film side wall has a bottom extension, which is monolithic with the film side wall, extending upwardly and sealed along a lateral extent of a bottom portion of the mesh side wall; (d) the film side wall is non-coplanar with a portion of the bottom extension; (e) another portion of the bottom extension is non-coplanar with the mesh side wall; and (f) a horizontal axis intersects the bottom portion of the film side wall and three portions of the bottom extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: L. Keith Fox, Aaron Fox, Craig Fox
  • Patent number: 9914562
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a bag comprising mesh and film side walls and a reinforcing strip of film; wherein (a) the mesh side wall is sealed to opposing side edges of the film side wall; (b) the reinforcing strip of film is sealed to an upper portion of the mesh side wall and to the opposing side edges of the film side wall; (c) the film side wall has a bottom extension, which is monolithic with the film side wall, extending upwardly and sealed along a lateral extent of a bottom portion of the mesh side wall; (d) the film side wall is non-coplanar with a portion of the bottom extension; (e) another portion of the bottom extension is non-coplanar with the mesh side wall; and (f) a horizontal axis intersects the bottom portion of the film side wall and three portions of the bottom extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Kenneth Fox Supply Company
    Inventors: L. Keith Fox, Aaron Fox, Craig Fox
  • Publication number: 20170081083
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a bag comprising mesh and film side walls and a reinforcing strip of film; wherein (a) the mesh side wall is sealed to opposing side edges of the film side wall; (b) the reinforcing strip of film is sealed to an upper portion of the mesh side wall and to the opposing side edges of the film side wall; (c) the film side wall has a bottom extension, which is monolithic with the film side wall, extending upwardly and sealed along a lateral extent of a bottom portion of the mesh side wall; (d) the film side wall is non-coplanar with a portion of the bottom extension; (e) another portion of the bottom extension is non-coplanar with the mesh side wall; and (f) a horizontal axis intersects the bottom portion of the film side wall and three portions of the bottom extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: L. Keith Fox, Aaron Fox, Craig Fox