Patents by Inventor Lawrence Thomas

Lawrence Thomas 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: 20080227850
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds and composition of compounds that modulate norepinephrine levels for the prevention and treatment of vasomotor symptoms, such as hot flush, caused by, inter alia, thermoregulatory dysfunctions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: Darlene Coleman Deecher, Istvan Jozsef Merchenthaler, Liza Leventhal, Kimberly Jean Sipe, Lawrence Thomas O'Connor
  • Patent number: 7345096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds and composition of compounds that modulate norepinephrine levels for the prevention and treatment of vasomotor symptoms, such as hot flush, caused by, inter alia, thermoregulatory dysfunctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Darlene Coleman Deecher, Istvan Jozsef Merchenthaler, Liza Leventhal, Kimberly Jean Sipe, Lawrence Thomas O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20070271133
    Abstract: A method and system that allows advertisers to bid for favorable placement of their ads relative to other advertisers, over a given time period and at a fixed cost. The provider of said system solicits ads from advertisers via an electronic interface. The advertisers provide ad copy, indicate how much they are willing to spend (ad price) for a given time period and then submit this information to the provider's servers. The ads appear, sorted by ad price, when potential customers submit search engine queries against a database of information which includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the ad copy submitted by the advertisers. Unlike pay-per-click or other pay-per-[action] systems, this invention is immune to click fraud and other types of end user fraud including automated fraud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventor: Lawrence Thomas McElhinney
  • Publication number: 20060276400
    Abstract: The present invention relates to autoantigenic vaccine peptides comprising a universal helper T cell epitope portion linked to a B cell epitope portion from the N-terminus of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP). The vaccine peptides are useful for eliciting an autoimmune response in a vaccinated individual, i.e., raising antibodies against the individual's endogenous CETP, in turn modulating circulating CETP activity, reducing LDL-cholesterol levels, and increasing HDL-cholesterol levels, which in turn is helpful to treat cardiovascular disease, such as atherosclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Hedy Adari, Lawrence Thomas, Charles Ritterhaus
  • Patent number: 7107203
    Abstract: A system and method for determining which of several possible cable lengths has been used by reversing the end-to-end correspondence of at least two conductors in the cable. A different two conductors are selected to identify respective different cable lengths. Each input pin is connected to a correspondingly identified output pin, except for the pair with the outputs reversed, which pair signifies the cable length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Quickturn Design Systems Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Beausoleil, R. Bryan Cook, Tak-kwong Ng, Helmut Roth, Peter Tannenbaum, Lawrence A. Thomas, Norton J. Tomassetti
  • Patent number: 7089538
    Abstract: A software driven emulator in which the stored emulation program for a processor module is compiled to include a code bit or bits in the emulation instruction step sequence that is decoded as main data memory disable command. Thus, once in each emulation program cycle, the memory controller disables the main data memories on the module, and allows the maintenance bus to read or write data to these memories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Quicktum Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Beausoleil, R. Bryan Cook, Tak-kwong Ng, Helmut Roth, Peter Tannenbaum, Lawrence A. Thomas, Norton J. Tomassetti
  • Patent number: 7043417
    Abstract: In an emulator processor cluster, the read ports of a shared input and data memory stack are time multiplexed to serve more than one processor. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a 256×8 memory array serves as the shared memory for four processors in a cluster. Two read ports are time multiplexed among the four processors in the cluster. On one read cycle, data from the two read ports is coupled to two processors. The next read cycle reads data from the same two ports to the remaining two processors. In the preferred embodiment, the memory operates at twice the system clock speed so that overall emulation process execution time is not effected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Quickturn Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Beausoleil, R. Bryan Cook, Tak-kwong Ng, Helmut Roth, Peter Tannenbaum, Lawrence A. Thomas, Norton J. Tomassetti
  • Patent number: 6984695
    Abstract: Novel polyethylene copolymer compositions prepared with a homogeneous catalyst system are characterized by having a unique high molecular weight, low comonomer (high density) fraction. These heterogeneous/homogeneous compositions may be prepared using a solution polymerization process in which the polymerization reactor contains a gradient in temperature, catalyst concentration or monomer concentration. The heterogeneous/homogeneous compositions of this invention are easily processed into films having excellent tear strengths and low hexane extractables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Nova Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Stephen John Brown, Christopher John Brooke Dobbin, Clayton Trevor Elston, Norman Dorien Joseph Aubee, Gilbert Alexander Arnould, Sarah Marshall, Lawrence Thomas Kale, Mark Weber
  • Publication number: 20050267732
    Abstract: A processor-based emulation system for emulating an integrated circuit design, the processor-based emulation system including emulation circuitry and capture circuitry. The capture circuitry is operable to capture processing results from the emulation circuitry. The captured processing results can be used to identify functional errors in the integrated circuit design. Because the processor-based emulation system includes capture circuitry, emulation circuitry is not used for capturing the processing results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: William Beausoleil, Lawrence Thomas, Arthur Sarkisian, Beshara Elmufdi
  • Patent number: 6901359
    Abstract: A system and method for bulk transfer to and from the SRAMs in which a starting memory address is latched and is then incremented every clock cycle to generate a new memory address. The addresses are decoded and memory requests are pipelined to the SRAM memory, one every clock cycle. When the memory controller detects transfer of the boundary of a predetermined number of clock cycles or words (e.g. 64 words or four clock cycles) the burst mode of data transfer is stopped and the memory controller waits for a “done” signal before resuming another cycle of the burst transfer mode. The memory controller on detecting a request on this address boundary first does a memory refresh followed by a requested operation; e.g. a continuation of the transfer operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Quickturn Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Beausoleil, R. Bryan Cook, Tak-kwong Ng, Helmut Roth, Peter Tannenbaum, Lawrence A. Thomas, Norton J. Tomassetti
  • Patent number: 6850880
    Abstract: A software driven emulator has a maintenance bus operating protocol mode in which, after an initial address phase, data is streamed continuously by automatically incrementing the sending and receiving addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Quickturn Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Beausoleil, R. Bryan Cook, Tak-kwong Ng, Helmut Roth, Peter Tannenbaum, Lawrence A. Thomas, Norton J. Tomassetti
  • Publication number: 20040152710
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds and composition of compounds that modulate norepinephrine levels for the prevention and treatment of vasomotor symptoms, such as hot flush, caused by, inter alia, thermoregulatory dysfunctions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Darlene Coleman Deecher, Istvan Jozsef Merchenthaler, Liza Leventhal, Kimberly Jean Sipe, Lawrence Thomas O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20040143008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds and composition of compounds that modulate norepinephrine levels for the prevention and treatment of vasomotor symptoms, such as hot flush, caused by, inter alia, thermoregulatory dysfunctions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Darlene Coleman Deecher, Istvan Jozsef Merchenthaler, Liza Leventhal, Kimberly Jean Sipe, Lawrence Thomas O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20040086671
    Abstract: Novel polyethylene copolymer compositions prepared with a homogeneous catalyst system are characterized by having a unique high molecular weight, low comonomer (high density) fraction. These heterogeneous/homogeneous compositions may be prepared using a solution polymerization process in Which the polymerization reactor contains a gradient in temperature, catalyst concentration or monomer concentration. The heterogeneous/homogeneous compositions of this invention are easily processed into films having excellent tear strengths and low hexane extractables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Stephen John Brown, Christopher John Brooke Dobbin, Clayton Trevor Elston, Norman Dorien Joseph Aubee, Gilbert Alexander Arnould, Sarah Marshall, Lawrence Thomas Kale, Mark Weber
  • Publication number: 20040063721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating thermoregulatory disorders by administering compounds and compositions of compounds which by modulating 5HT levels activate the 5HT2a receptor. The invention also relates to therapy using 5HT1a antagonists and SRIs in combination and pharmaceutical compositions and products containing it. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: Darlene Coleman Deecher, Istvan Jozsef Merchenthaler, Liza Leventhal, Kimberly Jean Sipe, Lawrence Thomas O'Connor, Terrance Andree
  • Publication number: 20040015210
    Abstract: An improved cochlear implant and method of stimulating are disclosed. The method comprises stimulating an electrode array using a set of current stimuli having different geometries, so as to provide a more regular and monotonic set of pitch percepts for a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Graeme Milbourne Clark, Lawrence Thomas Cohen, Peter Andrew Busby
  • Patent number: 6611717
    Abstract: An improved cochlear implant and method of stimulating are disclosed. The method comprises stimulating an electrode array using a set of current stimuli having different geometries, so as to provide a more regular and monotonic set of pitch percepts for a user. In one embodiment, this may be achieved by combining different modes of stimulation for a patient, so that some channels utilise one mode and other channels utilise one or more different modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: The University of Melbourne
    Inventors: Graeme Milbourne Clark, Lawrence Thomas Cohen, Peter Andrew Busby
  • Patent number: 6491205
    Abstract: Chips requiring high temperature reflow for attachment to a module substrate are attached first and then a eutectic water soluble solder paste and/or water soluble flux is dispensed on both the TSOP and the PBGA chip pads instead of using the paste screening techniques. The dispensing is done by injecting solder on the solder sites individually. Characteristics of the solder paste used is that it must be fluid enough to be injected onto the individual sites yet have enough body that it remains in place and does not run from site to site once dispensed. A paste capable of providing such characteristics is one having: a ) a very fine particle size in the range of 400 to 500 mesh and preferably between 400 and 450 mesh; b) a low viscosity (below 500 k centerpoise and preferably between 425 to 375 cps); and c) a solid content of 86% or lower and preferably between 84 and 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chon C. Lei, Jac A. Burke, William F. Beausoleil, N. James Tomassetti, Lawrence A. Thomas, Tak-kwong Ng, Michael Kessler
  • Patent number: 6406439
    Abstract: An evoked response audiometer method and apparatus in which a patient receives an auditory stimulus signal comprising a carrier frequency which is periodically amplitude modulated and frequency modulated whereby the stimulus is at least substantially frequency specific, the brain potential signals of the patient evoked by the auditory signal being sampled to determine whether phase locking to the modulated auditory signal has occurred, the auditory signal being selectively controlled to advance or delay one modulation with respect to the other modulation to cause enhancement of the evoked response to the auditory stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: The University of Melbourne
    Inventors: Lawrence Thomas Cohen, John Charles Parker, Field Winston Rickards
  • Patent number: 6340532
    Abstract: Shrink films having an outstanding balance of physical properties and shrink properties are manufactured from “pseudohomogeneous” linear low density polyethylene resin. The preferred pseudohomogeneous resins used in the present invention are prepared with an advanced Ziegler Natta catalyst (having a magnesium component and a titanium component), preferably in medium pressure solution polymerization process. The films of this invention may be employed in a variety of uses, including, 1) “overwrap” packaging to protect goods during transportation, distribution, handling and display; and 2) food packaging, such as shrink wrap for frozen poultry, primal meat cuts and processed meat and cheese products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Nova Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: James Chin-Kuang Huang, Peter Andrew Sipos, Lawrence Thomas Kale, Patrick R. Thomas, James Arthur Auger