Patents by Inventor Lawrence Allen
Lawrence Allen 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).
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Patent number: 7404146Abstract: There is disclosed an input device including a display for displaying a plurality of icons, and a selector for selecting a displayed icon. At least a portion of the display is an electronic display. The device is adapted such that the selector moves relative to the display between a plurality of positions. At least one position corresponds to a displayed icon. The device further includes a function selection means. A function associated with an icon corresponding to a current position of the selector is selected when the function selection means is enabled.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2004Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: Agere Systems Inc.Inventors: David James Bennetts, Lawrence Allen Rigge, Paul Robert Smith, Richard Verney
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Patent number: 7178609Abstract: A method and apparatus for running a whipstock into a well bore attached to a combination mill and drill bit, releasing the mill/bit from the whipstock, milling a window in the casing, and drilling a lateral well bore, all in one trip. The mill/bit is provided with a primary cutting structure better suited for milling through the casing, and a secondary cutting structure, better suited for drilling through the earth formation. The secondary cutting structure is initially smaller in diameter than the primary cutting structure. The whipstock can be attached to the mill/bit with a shear bolt supported by a boss on the whipstock, with the boss designed to arrest axial motion of the mill/bit after shearing of the bolt.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2004Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Daniel Hart, Calvin Stowe, II, Trung Huynh, Roy E. Swanson, Rustom K. Mody, Jack T. Oldham, Jeffrey Lund, Lawrence Allen Sinor, Robert A. Laing
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Patent number: 7139906Abstract: A single starting point configuration for a complex, configurable system, is determined by collecting machine-reported data from a configurable system; obtaining non-machine reported configuration information regarding said configurable system from one or more external document applications, merging the machine-reported data and the external document, and producing a proposed configuration starting point. A user may enter additional changes to the system configuration, thereby yielding a highly accurate starting point configuration. Prior to order fulfillment, the final system configuration, change order, and starting point configuration are verified to match and correlate.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2003Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Philip Arnfield, Lawrence Allen Hurst, Jr., Daniel Jack Wingard
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Patent number: 7090779Abstract: A manually operated water purifying device which includes a manually moveable operating member that pumps unpurified water into a conduit where it is exposed to purification by an electrically operated UV-C lamp and then dispensed from a portable container, and the UV-C lamp is energized by an electric generator that is also driven by a manually moveable operating member.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2004Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Inventors: Lawrence Allen Bernstein, Anna Johanna Bernstein
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Patent number: 7073050Abstract: The machine-native format of a machine reported configuration data set is identifying, and a set of rules is employed to translate the data set from machine-native format into a common format such as sales nomenclature. The common format configuration information is stored in a globally accessible repository, and retrieved to produce accurate and comprehensive configuration reports for complex configurable systems such as computer servers. These configuration reports may be utilized in order and need fulfillment, such as ordering system upgrades and repair components, scheduling manufacturing, assembly and shipping.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2003Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ping Chen, Lawrence Allen Hurst, Jr., Joseph Gregory Lovato, Arthur Hawley Parmelee, Daniel Jack Wingard
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Patent number: 7000715Abstract: A superabrasive cutter-equipped rotary drag bit especially suitable for directional drilling in subterranean formations is provided. The bit may employ PDC cutters in an engineered cutter placement profile exhibiting optimal aggressiveness in relation to where the cutters are positioned along the profile of the bit extending from a cone region laterally, or radially, outward toward a gage region therefore. The engineered cutter placement profile may include cutters exhibiting differing degrees of aggressiveness positioned in order to maximize rate-of-penetration and minimize torque-on-bit while maintaining side cutting capability and steerability.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2002Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Lawrence Allen Sinor, Christopher C. Beuershausen, Mark W. Dykstra, Roger Fincher, Roland Illerhaus, Rudolf C. O. Pessier
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Publication number: 20050178283Abstract: A variably curved track-mounted amusement ride having, in a first embodiment, at least one outside curve and at least one inside curve, each lying substantially within a vertical plane and each having an axis of symmetry which is substantially horizontal. The vertical distance occupied by an outside curve is less than that occupied by an inside curve. The track can retain a cart which runs on the track no matter what the orientation of the body of the cart is with respect to the track. Any means that is well known in the art can be used to raise the cart to the beginning of the track. No portion of the track, except optionally the lowest level, lies directly below at least the farthest outside portion of an outside curve. A second embodiment has only outside curves.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2003Publication date: August 18, 2005Inventors: Stanley Checketts, Ned Hansen, Quin Checketts, Lawrence Allen, Dody Bachtar, Benjamin Clegg, Michael Winger
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Publication number: 20040260920Abstract: A single starting point configuration for a complex, configurable system, is determined by collecting machine-reported data from a configurable system; obtaining non-machine reported configuration information regarding said configurable system from one or more external document applications, merging the machine-reported data and the external document, and producing a proposed configuration starting point. A user may enter additional changes to the system configuration, thereby yielding a highly accurate starting point configuration. Prior to order fulfillment, the final system configuration, change order, and starting point configuration are verified to match and correlate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2003Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Philip Arnfield, Lawrence Allen Hurst, Daniel Jack Wingard
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Publication number: 20040143507Abstract: The machine-native format of a machine reported configuration data set is identifying, and a set of rules is employed to translate the data set from machine-native format into a common format such as sales nomenclature. The common format configuration information is stored in a globally accessible repository, and retrieved to produce accurate and comprehensive configuration reports for complex configurable systems such as computer servers. These configuration reports may be utilized in order and need fulfillment, such as ordering system upgrades and repair components, scheduling manufacturing, assembly and shipping.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2003Publication date: July 22, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ping Chen, Lawrence Allen Hurst, Joseph Gregory Lovato, Arthur Hawley Parmelee, Daniel Jack Wingard
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Patent number: 6547571Abstract: The present invention is related to a method and apparatus of securing and testing an IC or similar device, in which the connection of the IC is achieved through the use of a handler PCB and dual “Outrigger” PCBs connected to a test head via “flex joints”. More specifically, the present invention discloses a method and apparatus to flexibly dock a handler PCB containing a device under test to a test head through the use of dual Outrigger PCBs capable of flexible movement allowing alignment between high performance electrical connectors on the handler PCB and the Outrigger PCBs, eliminating stress due to misalignments and vibration transmission during testing.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2001Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.Inventors: David Lawrence Allen, Edmon Quinto Dimla, Dainuri Paul Rott
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Patent number: 6544338Abstract: A curing module for use in fabricating semiconductor wafers is provided. The cure module comprises a housing and a bottom plate. The housing also contains a heating plate adjacent a top surface of the housing and side walls extending from the top surface. The housing sidewalls, the heating plate and the bottom plate define a chamber within the cure module. Films disposed on semiconductor wafers are cured within the chamber by being raised on lift pins to the heating plate during a heating operation and then lowered on the lift pins to the bottom plate during a cooling operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2000Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: Novellus Systems, Inc.Inventors: William Tom Batchelder, Fred Joseph Chetcuti, Lawrence Allen Gochberg
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Publication number: 20030037964Abstract: A superabrasive cutter-equipped rotary drag bit especially suitable for directional drilling in subterranean formations. The bit may employ PDC cutters in an engineered cutter placement profile exhibiting optimal aggressiveness in relation to where the cutters are positioned along the profile of the bit extending from a cone region laterally, or radially, outward toward a gage region thereof. The engineered cutter placement profile may include cutters exhibiting differing degrees of aggressiveness positioned in order to maximize rate-of-penetration and minimize torque-on-bit while maintaining side cutting capability and steerability.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2002Publication date: February 27, 2003Inventors: Lawrence Allen Sinor, Christopher C. Beuershausen, Mark W. Dykstra, Roger Fincher, Roland Illerhaus, Rudolf C.O. Pessier
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Publication number: 20020197892Abstract: The present invention is related to a method and apparatus of securing and testing an IC or similar device, in which the connection of the IC is achieved through the use of a handler PCB and dual “Outrigger” PCBs connected to a test head via “flex joints”. More specifically, the present invention discloses a method and apparatus to flexibly dock a handler PCB containing a device under test to a test head through the use of dual Outrigger PCBs capable of flexible movement allowing alignment between high performance electrical connectors on the handler PCB and the Outrigger PCBs, eliminating stress due to misalignments and vibration transmission during testing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2001Publication date: December 26, 2002Inventors: David Lawrence Allen, Edmon Quinto Dimla, Dainuri Paul Rott
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Patent number: 6352913Abstract: An improved MOSFET transistor is disclosed having a high dielectric constant gate dielectric and a metal gate electrode. With such a procedure, the known problems with polysilicon gate electrodes on very thin gate oxide transistors are greatly improved, resulting in improved gate threshold voltage control and improved transistor electrical properties, without loss of the benefit of self aligned source and drain electrodes available with polysilicon gates. Dual metal gate electrodes are also disclosed and exhibit improved CMOS transistor function compared to polysilicon gates, resulting in better and more controlled transistor properties. Thus the metal Damascene gate process results in faster and more consistent MOS and CMOS transistors and improved IC fabrication.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 1999Date of Patent: March 5, 2002Assignee: Compaq Computer CorporationInventors: Kaizad Rumy Mistry, Lawrence Allen Bair
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Patent number: 6236457Abstract: Spectroscopic apparatus for sequentially detecting the presence of a plurality of elements in a sample. The apparatus includes a plurality of lamps (1a-1e) each of which is for detecting the presence of a respective at least one predetermined element in a plurality of elements. A beam selector (13) which may be a mirror, is operative to direct a beam of light (7) from any one of lamps (1a-1e) to an analysis zone (8). The apparatus includes a monochromator (15), the drive (24) of which is under the control of a controller (25) with a memory device (26) linked thereto. Predetermined settings for the monochromator corresponding to the peak settings for each wavelength of interest can be stored in memory (26) for subsequently driving the monochromator to those settings without the need to undertake a peaking routine for each elemental analysis, thereby saving analyses time.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1998Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: Varian Australia Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Brian Lawrence Allen, Michael Ron Hammer
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Patent number: 6221296Abstract: A method of making a magnetically encodable card which comprises forming a dispersion of ferromagnetic particles in an organic fluid medium, forming a composite by intimately combining the dispersion with a thermoplastic resin plasticized by the organic fluid medium and forming the composite into an encodable card.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1995Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Robert Owen James, Mary-Irene Elizabeth Condo, Bradford Drake West, Lawrence Allen Rowley
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Patent number: 6204382Abstract: The present invention relates generally to carboxylated amino-1,3,5-triazines and the preparation thereof via carboxylation of amino-1,3,5-triazines with carbon dioxide and a base. These carboxylated amino-1,3,5-triazines find use, for example, as intermediates in the production of other useful amino-1,3,5-triazine derivatives, and particularly carbamate and isocyanate functional 1,3,5-triazines. The present invention also relates to the preparation of such carbamate and isocyanate functional 1,3,5-triazines.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1994Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Cytec Technology Corp.Inventors: Lawrence Allen Flood, Ram Baboo Gupta
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Patent number: 6121446Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing tris-substituted alkoxycarbonylamino-1,3,5-triazine compounds, which involves reacting a amino-1,3,5-triazine compound such as melamine, for example, in the presence of excess amounts of carbon monoxide and an alcohol, a sub-stoichiometric amount of a base, a catalyst system that includes a catalytic amount of a primary catalyst of a group VIII metal or metal salt, and a sub-stoichiometric amount of a co-catalyst of a group I-B or lanthanide series metal or metal salt. The reaction is conducted at a temperature, pressure and length of time sufficient to form a tris-substituted alkoxycarbonylamino-1,3,5-triazine compound in a yield of at least about 5 percent, with improved yields of more than 40 percent being conveniently obtained.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1998Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: Cytec Technology CorporationInventor: Lawrence Allen Flood
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Patent number: 6092179Abstract: An application-specific single chip digital processor having flexible design expansion capability with minimal impact on the performance of a processor core. The processor core has an ALU and a register file (accumulators). The output of the ALU is connected to a multiplexer whose output is connected to the input of the register file. The output of the register file connects to one input of the ALU. A function unit, separate from the core, has an input connected to the output of the register file and an output connected to another input to the multiplexer. The core operates with a predefined instruction set. The function unit, which may be redesigned depending on the application, operates with a reserved (uncommitted) instruction set under control of the core.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1997Date of Patent: July 18, 2000Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: Alan Joel Greenberger, Lawrence Allen Rigge, Mark Ernest Thierbach
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Patent number: 5957225Abstract: A method and liner assembly for drilling into unstable or depleted formations is provided that maintains control of the wellbore against caving such as where unconsolidated formations are penetrated and/or minimizes fluid losses such as to underpressured formations where differential pressures exist. The method and liner assembly herein includes the provision of a liner having a portion thereof that is drillable so that after setting of the liner, drilling can continue deeper into the unstable formations with minimal damage to the bit used to drill out the liner drillable portion. In one form, the liner has a shoe that includes cutter mounting blades, each having a set of cutters thereon. Relief slots are formed in the blades between cutters so that as the shoe and its blades are being drilled, the drill bit will cut through the slots, releasing the shoe cutters for transport up to the surface by the drilling fluid thereby minimizing damaging contact of the bit with the shoe cutters.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1997Date of Patent: September 28, 1999Assignee: BP Amoco CorporationInventor: Lawrence Allen Sinor