Patents by Inventor Mark C. Johnson

Mark C. Johnson 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: 20150058668
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method and system for optimizing a test flow within each ATE (Automated Test Equipment) station. The test flow includes a plurality of test blocks. A test block includes a plurality of individual tests. A computing system schedule the test flow based one or more of: a test failure model, test block duration and a yield model. The failure model determines an order or sequence of the test blocks. There are at least two failure models: independent failure model and dependant failure model. The yield model describes whether a semiconductor chip is defective or not. Upon completing the scheduling, the ATE station conducts tests according to the scheduled test flow. The present invention can also be applied to software testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wei Fan, Nagui Halim, Mark C. Johnson, Srinivasan Parthasarathy, Deepak S. Turaga, Olivier Verscheure
  • Patent number: 8961848
    Abstract: A medical device-includes a scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes inflating the delivery balloon during a diameter reduction to improve scaffold retention and maintaining an inflated balloon during the diameter reduction and prior and subsequent dwell periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Lily Ayo Roberts, Sean A. McNiven, Kathleen Yan, Boyd V. Knott, Jeremy B. Beer, Mark C. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140379064
    Abstract: A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath is removed by a health professional either by removing the sheath directly or using a tube containing the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen D. Pacetti, Annie P. Liu, Mark C. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140379065
    Abstract: A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath is removed by a health professional either by removing the sheath directly or using a tube containing the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Mark C. Johnson, Annie P. Liu, Erika Danielle Anderson-Bolden
  • Patent number: 8862424
    Abstract: Processing test results from a plurality of individual semiconductor testers by analyzing each test result at an adaptive test engine. A centralized system jointly analyzes all the test results from the plurality of individual semiconductor testers. The adaptive test engine or the centralized system identifies, based on the analysis of each test result or the joint analysis of all the test results, one or more of: a test environmental issue, a tester variability issue, a tester calibration issue, a product variability issue, and a manufacturing process variability issue. The adaptive test engine or the centralized system determines whether one or more of the plurality of individual semiconductor testers causes one or more of the identified issues or whether semiconductor products tested by the plurality of individual semiconductor testers causes one or more of the identified issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark C. Johnson, Deepak S. Turaga, Olivier Verscheure
  • Patent number: 8852257
    Abstract: A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath pair is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath pair is removed by a health professional before placing the scaffold within the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Annie P. Liu, Jason Phillips, Mark C. Johnson, Brenna Hearn Lord, Jeremy Beer, Travis Yribarren, Steve Saville, Marc L. Speck
  • Patent number: 8855959
    Abstract: Processing test results from a plurality of individual semiconductor testers by analyzing each test result at an adaptive test engine. A centralized system jointly analyzes all the test results from the plurality of individual semiconductor testers. The adaptive test engine or the centralized system identifies, based on the analysis of each test result or the joint analysis of all the test results, one or more of: a test environmental issue, a tester variability issue, a tester calibration issue, a product variability issue, and a manufacturing process variability issue. The adaptive test engine or the centralized system determines whether one or more of the plurality of individual semiconductor testers causes one or more of the identified issues or whether semiconductor products tested by the plurality of individual semiconductor testers causes one or more of the identified issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark C. Johnson, Deepak S. Turaga, Olivier Verscheure
  • Patent number: 8689066
    Abstract: A method of implementing integrated circuit device testing includes performing baseline testing of a first group of chips using a full set of test patterns, and for chip identified as failing, determining, a score for each test pattern in the full set. The score is indicative of an ability of the test pattern to uniquely identify a failing chip with respect to other test patterns. Following the baseline testing, streamlined testing on a second group of chips is performed, using a reduced set of the test patterns having highest average scores as determined by the baseline testing. Following the streamlined testing, full testing on a third group of chips is performed using the full set of test patterns, and updating the average score for each pattern. Further testing alternates between the streamlined testing and the full testing for additional groups of chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew S. Grady, Mark C. Johnson, Bradley D. Pepper, Dean G. Percy, Joseph C. Pranys
  • Patent number: 8414528
    Abstract: A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath pair is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath pair is removed by a health professional before placing the scaffold within the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Annie P. Liu, Jason Phillips, Mark C. Johnson, Sean McNiven
  • Publication number: 20130007546
    Abstract: A method of implementing integrated circuit device testing includes performing baseline testing of a first group of chips using a full set of test patterns, and for chip identified as failing, determining, a score for each test pattern in the full set. The score is indicative of an ability of the test pattern to uniquely identify a failing chip with respect to other test patterns. Following the baseline testing, streamlined testing on a second group of chips is performed, using a reduced set of the test patterns having highest average scores as determined by the baseline testing. Following the streamlined testing, full testing on a third group of chips is performed using the full set of test patterns, and updating the average score for each pattern. Further testing alternates between the streamlined testing and the full testing for additional groups of chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew S. Grady, Mark C. Johnson, Bradley D. Pepper, Dean G. Percy, Joseph C. Pranys
  • Publication number: 20120330593
    Abstract: Processing test results from a plurality of individual semiconductor testers by analyzing each test result at an adaptive test engine. A centralized system jointly analyzes all the test results from the plurality of individual semiconductor testers. The adaptive test engine or the centralized system identifies, based on the analysis of each test result or the joint analysis of all the test results, one or more of: a test environmental issue, a tester variability issue, a tester calibration issue, a product variability issue, and a manufacturing process variability issue. The adaptive test engine or the centralized system determines whether one or more of the plurality of individual semiconductor testers causes one or more of the identified issues or whether semiconductor products tested by the plurality of individual semiconductor testers causes one or more of the identified issues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark C. Johnson, Deepak S. Turaga, Olivier Verscheure
  • Publication number: 20120324696
    Abstract: A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath pair is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath pair is removed by a health professional before placing the scaffold within the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Annie P. Liu, Jason Phillips, Mark C. Johnson, Brenna Hearn Lord, Jeremy Beer, Travis Yribarren, Steve Saville, Marc L. Speck
  • Publication number: 20120302955
    Abstract: A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath pair is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath pair is removed by a health professional before placing the scaffold within the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Annie P. Liu, Jason Phillips, Mark C. Johnson, Sean McNiven
  • Publication number: 20120261858
    Abstract: A medical device-includes a scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes inflating the delivery balloon during a diameter reduction to improve scaffold retention and maintaining an inflated balloon during the diameter reduction and prior and subsequent dwell periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Lily Ayo Roberts, Sean A. McNiven, Kathleen Yan, Boyd V. Knott, Jeremy B. Beer, Mark C. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120215212
    Abstract: A thermochemical ablation system can be used to ablate a portion of a bodily structure, such as a human airway. In some examples, the thermochemical ablation system includes a first ablation reagent, a second ablation reagent, and an expandable balloon positioned adjacent the distal end of a catheter. The expandable balloon can be inserted into the bodily structure and the two ablation reagents combined to cause an exothermic reaction that generates heat. The heat may create a substantially uniform temperature distribution across the surface of the expandable balloon, providing substantially uniform ablation of tissue adjacent the balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Michael M. Selzer, Mark C. Johnson, Erik N.K. Cressman
  • Publication number: 20120049881
    Abstract: Processing test results from a plurality of individual semiconductor testers by analyzing each test result at an adaptive test engine. A centralized system jointly analyzes all the test results from the plurality of individual semiconductor testers. The adaptive test engine or the centralized system identifies, based on the analysis of each test result or the joint analysis of all the test results, one or more of: a test environmental issue, a tester variability issue, a tester calibration issue, a product variability issue, and a manufacturing process variability issue. The adaptive test engine or the centralized system determines whether one or more of the plurality of individual semiconductor testers causes one or more of the identified issues or whether semiconductor products tested by the plurality of individual semiconductor testers causes one or more of the identified issues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark C. Johnson, Deepak S. Turaga, Olivier Verscheure
  • Patent number: 8079829
    Abstract: An in-line motor and pump assembly is supported at the bottom of a fuel storage tank by a pipe and an internal concentric conduit for housing electrical conductors extending therewithin to the motor. An impeller, coaxial with the rotor of the motor, draws the fuel into an annular passageway surrounding the stator of the motor. Further passageways convey the fuel to an annular passageway defined between the pipe and the conduit for discharge external of the storage tank. A low pressure environment attendant the inflow of the fuel is used to channel fuel for lubrication and cooling purposes to a lower journal bearing and thrust bearing supporting a common shaft for the impeller and the motor. A high pressure environment attendant outflow of fuel is used to channel fuel for lubrication and cooling purposes to a journal bearing supporting the upper end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Vaporless Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Penrod C. Geisinger, Mark C Johnson, Jason L Addink, Scott D Klopfenstein, Gregory E Young
  • Publication number: 20110288808
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method and system for optimizing a test flow within each ATE (Automated Test Equipment) station. The test flow includes a plurality of test blocks. A test block includes a plurality of individual tests. A computing system schedule the test flow based one or more of: a test failure model, test block duration and a yield model. The failure model determines an order or sequence of the test blocks. There are at least two failure models: independent failure model and dependant failure model. The yield model describes whether a semiconductor chip is defective or not. Upon completing the scheduling, the ATE station conducts tests according to the scheduled test flow. The present invention can also be applied to software testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Fan, Nagui Halim, Mark C. Johnson, Srinivasan Parthasarathy, Deepak S. Turaga, Olivier Verscheure
  • Publication number: 20090202366
    Abstract: An in-line motor and pump assembly is supported at the bottom of a fuel storage tank by a pipe and an internal concentric conduit for housing electrical conductors extending therewithin to the motor. An impeller, coaxial with the rotor of the motor, draws the fuel into an annular passageway surrounding the stator of the motor. Further passageways convey the fuel to an annular passageway defined between the pipe and the conduit for discharge external of the storage tank. A low pressure environment attendant the inflow of the fuel is used to channel fuel for lubrication and cooling purposes to a lower journal bearing and thrust bearing supporting a common shaft for the impeller and the motor. A high pressure environment attendant outflow of fuel is used to channel fuel for lubrication and cooling purposes to a journal bearing supporting the upper end of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: VAPORLESS MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Penrod Geisinger, Mark C. Johnson, Jason L. Addink, Scott D. Klopfenstein, Gregory E. Young
  • Patent number: 7513755
    Abstract: An in-line motor and pump assembly is supported at the bottom of a fuel storage tank by a pipe and an internal concentric conduit for housing electrical conductors extending therewithin to the motor. An impeller, coaxial with the rotor of the motor, draws the fuel into an annular passageway surrounding the stator of the motor. Further passageways convey the fuel to an annular passageway defined between the pipe and the conduit for discharge external of the storage tank. A low pressure environment attendant the inflow of the fuel is used to channel fuel for lubrication and cooling purposes to a lower journal bearing and thrust bearing supporting a common shaft for the impeller and the motor. A high pressure environment attendant outflow of fuel is used to channel fuel for lubrication and cooling purposes to a journal bearing supporting the upper end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Vaporless Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Penrod Geisinger, Mark C. Johnson, Jason L. Addink, Scott D. Klopfenstein, Gregory E. Young