Patents by Inventor Mark A. Fischer

Mark A. Fischer 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: 9582001
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an example motor system. The motor system includes a steering motor with a first rotor positioned within a first stator. The steering motor is configured to rotate the first rotor about a steering axis. The motor system also includes a traction motor including a second stator positioned within a second rotor. The second rotor includes a traction surface defining a wheel. The traction motor is configured to rotate the second rotor about a rolling axis, and the traction motor is positioned within an opening in the first rotor. The motor system also includes an axle positioned coaxial to the second rotor and coupled to the first rotor such that the traction motor rotates about the steering axis as the steering motor rotates the first rotor about the steering axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Robert Andre Holmberg, John William Zevenbergen, Mark Fischer
  • Patent number: 9513298
    Abstract: Methods and products for the detection of oncofetal fibronectin indicating molecules in samples are provided. Methods for imaging of oncofetal fibronectin are provided. In some methods provided herein, the sample is treated with a reagent and/or contacted with a non-specific binder. Provided are methods for testing subjects to ascertain health and disease status and to assess the risk of developing a disease or condition. Methods for detecting the presence of oncofetal fibronectin indicating molecules by a variety of methods such as immunoassays and mass spectrometry also are provided. Methods and products for detection of oncofetal fibronectin for selection of concept are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Hussa, Mark Fischer-Colbrie, Jerome P. LaPointe, Simon Shorter, Andrew Senyei
  • Publication number: 20160350091
    Abstract: Computer implemented techniques for storage management include transforming file instances using a modeling language platform that includes a language grammar and a set of language processing rules to transform instances of an entity written in the language grammar into a platform independent code and artifact files and auto-generating by the modeling language platform code to recognize and process input in a given language to deconstruct file instances into pieces that allow further discrete operations to be performed on the file instances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Prakash Khot, Mark Fischer, Daniel Philip Arcari
  • Publication number: 20160350303
    Abstract: Disclosed is a network of systems that includes plural disparate storage systems that store user data, the disparate storage systems including NoSQL server databases that provide storage and retrieval of data modeled in forms besides tabular relations used in relational databases, and index storage system, a relational graph storage system and one or more data storage query platforms in communication with the plural disparate storage that have queries produced in a modeling language that abstracts application programmer functionality from network functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Fischer, Prakash Khot, Daniel Philip Arcari
  • Publication number: 20160350367
    Abstract: Computer implemented techniques for storage management include receiving a query from an application within an application level, which is received as a standard syntax wrapped query language query, with the standard syntax wrapped query having as a parameter, an identifier to a specific object, determining a platform type on which the received query is executable and translating the standard syntax wrapped query language query into the determined native query language used by the determined data storage platform type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Fischer, Prakash Khot, Dilip Kumar Vedula, Tong Zhao, Siva Prakash Ragavan, Joseph Paquette
  • Patent number: 9449978
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a recessed access device that includes a first pillar, a second pillar, a channel region connecting the first and second pillars, and a gate disposed over the channel region. The channel region has a width that is narrower than widths of the first pillar and the second pillar. An array of recessed access devices comprises a plurality of pillars protruding from a substrate, and a plurality of channel regions. Each channel region has a width that is less than about 10 nm and couples neighboring pillars to form a plurality of junctionless recessed access devices. A method of forming at least one recessed access device also comprises forming pillars over a substrate, forming at least a channel region coupled with the pillars, the channel region having a relatively narrow width, and forming a gate at least partially surrounding the channel region on at least three sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kamal M. Karda, Mingtao Li, Haitao Liu, Deepak Chandra Pandey, Mark Fischer
  • Publication number: 20160214204
    Abstract: Pin tool assemblies for friction stir welding and apparatus and methods that include the pin tool assemblies. The pin tool assemblies include an outer member, an inner member, and a stop. The outer member includes an inner surface that defines an elongate internal cavity and an external shoulder that includes an opening to the elongate internal cavity. The inner member includes a welding end, extends at least partially within the elongate internal cavity, and projects from the opening such that the welding end is external the elongate internal cavity. The pin tool assembly is configured to permit motion of the inner member relative to the outer member. The stop defines a plurality of stop configurations. Each of the stop configurations restricts motion of the inner member relative to the outer member in a stop direction to define a corresponding stop distance between the welding end and the external shoulder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Michael Comfort, Mark A. Fischer, Joseph Andrew Querin
  • Publication number: 20160204247
    Abstract: A method for fabricated a buried recessed access device comprising etching a plurality of gate trenches in a substrate, implanting and activating a source/drain region in the substrate, depositing a dummy gate in each of the plurality of gate trenches, filling the plurality of gate trenches with an oxide layer, removing each dummy gate and depositing a high-K dielectric in the plurality of gate trenches, depositing a metal gate on the high-K dielectric in each of the plurality of gate trenches, depositing a second oxide layer on the metal gate and forming a contact on the source/drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Satoru Mayuzumi, Mark Fischer, Michael Violette
  • Publication number: 20160195459
    Abstract: A testing device for testing seals, in particular tubbing seals, which seals have at least one anchoring foot. The testing device can be easily and cost-effectively adjusted to various seals by using plates with a recess, in which correspondingly configured plate elements are detachably inserted, so that different groove shapes scan be reproduced. The recess thus acts as a kind of “universal groove”, which can be adjusted to the respective geometry of the sealing profile to be tested by means of the plate elements, if necessary with the assistance of a curing or curable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: Daetwyler Sealing Technologies Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Fischer, Oliver Pasemann, Matthias Stender
  • Patent number: 9337042
    Abstract: A method for fabricated a buried recessed access device comprising etching a plurality of gate trenches in a substrate, implanting and activating a source/drain region in the substrate, depositing a dummy gate in each of the plurality of gate trenches, filling the plurality of gate trenches with an oxide layer, removing each dummy gate and depositing a high-K dielectric in the plurality of gate trenches, depositing a metal gate on the high-K dielectric in each of the plurality of gate trenches, depositing a second oxide layer on the metal gate and forming a contact on the source/drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Mayuzumi, Mark Fischer, Michael Violette
  • Publication number: 20160106440
    Abstract: A surgical cutting device is described having a main body having an integral rear handle and a forward handle connected thereto. A sliding member sits atop a rail integral with the main body such that the sliding member is also moveably attached to the forward handle. The sliding member has a forward cutting device that is easily separable, reusable, disposable and replaceable using a simple mechanical engagement of perforations in the cutting device and protrusions in the sliding member. A strike end plate acts in conjunction with the sliding cutting device to grasp and cut bio matter from a patient during surgical procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Fischer Harper
  • Publication number: 20160059048
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to personal alert safety systems (PASS) as well as motion detection systems and methods for motion detection. Some embodiments may comprise methods for determining the alarm status for a PASS, wherein a plurality of motion sensing elements may be utilized by a motion detection system, thereby reducing false alarms. A motion detection system may comprise two motion sensing elements, with one motion sensing element located near the chest and shoulders of a user, and one motion sensing element located near the hips and back of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: LG Srinivasa Rao Kanakala, Praveen Kumar Palacharla, Rahul Ramesh Bhaskarwar, Jeffrey Shipley, Gregory Vrablik, Mark Fischer
  • Patent number: 9223852
    Abstract: Knowledge base is gaining popularity as a customer support tool. Customers search the knowledge base for solutions to their issues. Keywords searched in knowledge base are analyzed and reports are made available for managers and supervisors to understand the trends and requirements of customers. The number of keywords searched can be extremely large in some organizations. In this specification, storing the keywords in a meaningful way in order to generate report for further analysis is discussed. Efficient data storage helps in managing voluminous data and also reducing the amount of memory required to store the data. Any of the above embodiments can be used independently or together with any combination of other embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Francois Lopitaux, Etienne Giraudy, Mark A. Fischer, Xavier Hosxe
  • Patent number: 9195648
    Abstract: Mechanisms and methods for enabling customers to manage multi-lingual knowledge bases, so that end users can access articles based on a language the end user chooses, while also providing publishers with tools to manage articles in different languages and to translate them, either using an external vendor or leveraging in house translators, and providing administrators (knowledge managers) with the ability to setup or choose which languages are available in the knowledge base, as well as default language assignments for translations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Etienne Giraudy, Gene Rivera, Jill Blue Lin, Nicolas Paymal, Orjan Kjellberg, Natalie Doan, Mark A. Fischer, Francois Lopitaux
  • Publication number: 20150287825
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a construction having a second semiconductor material over a first semiconductor material. A region of the second semiconductor material proximate the first semiconductor material has strain due to different lattice characteristics of the first and second semiconductor materials. A transistor gate extends downwardly into the second semiconductor material. Gate dielectric material is along sidewalls and a bottom of the transistor gate. Source/drain regions are along the sidewalls of the transistor gate, and the gate dielectric material is between the source/drain regions and the transistor gate. A channel region extends between the source/drain regions and is under the bottom of the transistor gate. At least some of the channel region is within the strained region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoru Mayuzumi, Mark Fischer
  • Patent number: 9098458
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for profiling and identifying the source of a signal is provided. A first method includes receiving a signal produced by a known source and creating a matrix of wavelet coefficients corresponding to a wavelet transform of the signal. The method also includes profiling the signal according to an output of a wavelet transform utilizing a particular base function and a particular scale set. A second method includes performing a wavelet transform having a particular profile on a received signal and determining the presence of a particular signal-producing entity as a function of wavelet coefficients exceeding a threshold. An apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a signal and a processor coupled to the receiver, such that the processor is configured to perform wavelet transforms on the signals. A database is coupled to the processor and configured to store wavelet transform profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Inventor: Mark Fischer
  • Publication number: 20150194430
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a recessed access device that includes a first pillar, a second pillar, a channel region connecting the first and second pillars, and a gate disposed over the channel region. The channel region has a width that is narrower than widths of the first pillar and the second pillar. An array of recessed access devices comprises a plurality of pillars protruding from a substrate, and a plurality of channel regions. Each channel region has a width that is less than about 10 nm and couples neighboring pillars to form a plurality of junctionless recessed access devices. A method of forming at least one recessed access device also comprises forming pillars over a substrate, forming at least a channel region coupled with the pillars, the channel region having a relatively narrow width, and forming a gate at least partially surrounding the channel region on at least three sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kamal M. Karda, Mingtao Li, Haitao Liu, Deepak Chandra Pandey, Mark Fischer
  • Publication number: 20150187586
    Abstract: A method for fabricated a buried recessed access device comprising etching a plurality of gate trenches in a substrate, implanting and activating a source/drain region in the substrate, depositing a dummy gate in each of the plurality of gate trenches, filling the plurality of gate trenches with an oxide layer, removing each dummy gate and depositing a high-K dielectric in the plurality of gate trenches, depositing a metal gate on the high-K dielectric in each of the plurality of gate trenches, depositing a second oxide layer on the metal gate and forming a contact on the source/drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Satoru Mayuzumi, Mark Fischer, Michael Violette
  • Patent number: 9035416
    Abstract: Pitch multiplied and non-pitch multiplied features of an integrated circuit, e.g., features in the array, interface and periphery areas of the integrated circuit, are formed by processing a substrate through a mask. A photoresist layer is patterned to simultaneously define mask elements in the array, interface and periphery areas. The pattern is transferred to an amorphous carbon layer. Spacers are formed on the sidewalls of the patterned amorphous carbon layer. Protective material is deposited and patterned to expose mask elements in the array region and in parts of the interface or periphery areas. Exposed amorphous carbon is removed, leaving free-standing spacers in the array region. The protective material is removed, leaving a pattern of pitch multiplied spacers in the array region and non-pitch multiplied mask elements in the interface and periphery areas. The pattern is transferred to a hard mask layer, through which the substrate is etched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Fischer, Stephen Russell, H.Montgomery Manning
  • Patent number: 8981444
    Abstract: Novel etch techniques are provided for shaping silicon features below the photolithographic resolution limits. FinFET devices are defined by recessing oxide and exposing a silicon protrusion to an isotropic etch, at least in the channel region. In one implementation, the protrusion is contoured by a dry isotropic etch having excellent selectivity, using a downstream microwave plasma etch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Round Rock Research, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin J. Torek, Mark Fischer, Robert J. Hanson