Patents by Inventor Mark Carroll
Mark Carroll 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: 11951036Abstract: A device for providing a droplet of a liquid stored in an interior of a vial is disclosed that includes a support body and a resilient dome portion mounted to the support body to form a chamber having air, with the dome portion being configured to create an air flow when activated by compression. The support body includes a vial seat, a nozzle, and air flow and transfer conduits. The support body is arranged, when the vial is received by the vial seat, such that the air flow conduit establishes an air connection between the vial interior and the chamber, the transfer conduit establishes a fluid connection between the vial and the nozzle, and, upon activation of the dome portion, the air flow delivers air into the vial that causes liquid to be transferred from the vial to the nozzle through the transfer conduit.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.Inventors: Maxime Gaillot, Roberta Leah, Declan Reilly, Thomas Thueer, Jack Carroll, James Coop, Edward Sims, Mark Teucher
-
Patent number: 11951073Abstract: A device for transferring a liquid from a first vial to a second vial is disclosed having a dome portion configured to create an air flow when activated by compression and re-expansion, and a support body tightly supporting the dome portion to form a chamber with air therein. The support body includes first and second vial seats, and a transfer conduit. The first and second vial seats are arranged to receive the first and second vials. When the first and second vials are received in the first and second vial seats, the transfer conduit is arranged to establish a fluid connection between the first vial and the second vial. Upon activation of the dome portion, air is delivered into the first vial, thereby creating a pressure rise in the first vial which causes the liquid to transfer from the first vial to the second vial through the transfer conduit.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.Inventors: Maxime Gaillot, Roberta Leah, Declan Reilly, Thomas Thueer, Jack Carroll, James Coop, Edward Sims, Mark Teucher
-
Patent number: 11938006Abstract: A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system and a waist gasketing element. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. When tested by the Blowout Method Test as described herein, the disposable absorbent article has a Blowout Percent Leakage of less than about 9.0%.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Abhishek Prakash Surushe, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Zachary Aaron Freije, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Donald Carroll Roe, Christopher E. Kiger, Wolfgang E. Huhn, Mark James Kline
-
Publication number: 20180226533Abstract: A device, system, and method for solar cell construction and bonding/layer transfer are disclosed herein. An exemplary structure of solar cell construction involves providing a monocrystalline donor layer. A solder bonding layer bonds the donor layer to a carrier substrate. A porous layer may be used to separate the donor layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: Amberwave Inc.Inventors: Anthony Lochtefeld, Chris Leitz, Mark Carroll
-
Patent number: 10023275Abstract: The present application is directed to a selectively deployable fin system which includes at least one housing positioned within a body of a standup paddleboard, the housing defining at least one housing passage therein, at least one actuator is positioned within the housing. The actuator is configured to be operable by a user positioned on the standup paddleboard or similar watercraft during use. At least one linkage system, in communication with the actuator, is positioned within the housing. In addition, at least one fin is in communication with the actuator via the linkage device. The fin is configured to be selectively positioned within the housing in a retracted configuration and selectively extending from the housing in a deployed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Mark Carroll
-
Publication number: 20180043974Abstract: The present application is directed to a selectively deployable fin system which includes at least one housing positioned within a body of a standup paddleboard, the housing defining at least one housing passage therein, at least one actuator is positioned within the housing. The actuator is con figured to be operable by a user positioned on the standup paddleboard or similar watercraft during use. At least one linkage system, in communication with the actuator, is positioned within the housing. In addition, at least one fin is in communication with the actuator via the linkage device. The fin is configured to be selectively positioned within the housing in a retracted configuration and selectively extending from the housing in a deployed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventor: Mark CARROLL
-
Patent number: 9590130Abstract: A device, system, and method for solar cell construction and bonding/layer transfer are disclosed herein. An exemplary structure of solar cell construction involves providing a monocrystalline donor layer. A solder bonding layer bonds the donor layer to a carrier substrate. A porous layer may be used to separate the donor layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: AMBERWAVE INC.Inventors: Anthony Lochtefeld, Chris Leitz, Mark Carroll
-
Patent number: 9484434Abstract: Strain is induced in a semiconductor layer. Embodiments include inducing strain by, for example, creation of free surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: James Fiorenza, Mark Carroll, Anthony J. Lochtefeld
-
Publication number: 20140147981Abstract: Strain is induced in a semiconductor layer. Embodiments include inducing strain by, for example, creation of free surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: James Fiorenza, Mark Carroll, Anthony J. Lochtefeld
-
Patent number: 8650311Abstract: A smart network may include a smart network host device as well as one or more client devices configured to connect to the smart network. Each of the client devices may implement one or more services that the client device exposes to other devices connected to the smart network. A client device configured to connect to the smart network may implement one or more modules configured to facilitate connecting to the smart network, registering the client device or services running on the client device with the smart network, diagnosing issues with the client device or the smart network, and upgrading the firmware of the client device. The client device may be configured to perform the various operations with minimal input from an owner of the smart network.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Siddhartha Dattagupta, John Furlan, Mark Carroll, Chong Liang Li, Insung Kim, Edward James, Matthew Tebbs, Craig Hobbs, Mark Chekhanovskiy, Dan Nguyen
-
Patent number: 8624319Abstract: Strain is induced in a semiconductor layer. Embodiments include inducing strain by, for example, creation of free surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: James Fiorenza, Mark Carroll, Anthony J. Lochtefeld
-
Patent number: 8626921Abstract: A smart network may include a smart network host device as well as one or more client devices configured to connect to the smart network. Each of the client devices may implement one or more services that the client device exposes to other devices connected to the smart network. Each of the client devices includes network layer 2 and 3 attributes as well as network layer 7 application attributes. The application attributes are enumerated as named services, which each client device registers with the smart network host device. When a client device needs access to a named service, the smart network host device uses layer 2, 3, and 7 attributes associated with the client device to select a suitable server for providing the named service to the client device.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Mark Chekhanovskiy, Mark Carroll, Siddhartha Dattagupta, John Furlan, Craig Hobbs, Edward James, Insung Kim, Chong Liang Li, Dan Nguyen, Matthew Tebbs
-
Patent number: 8591742Abstract: The present invention provides an automated system and method for maintaining compaction, and therefore increased efficiency, of a media bed within a chromatography column. In the preferred embodiment, an adjustment assembly is slidingly engaged inside one end of the column such that it can be moved along the column's major axis. When idle, the force exerted on this end is equal to the compression on the media. When the column is actively processing chromatographic fluid, this exerted force can be expressed as the sum of the compression on the media, and the force of the fluid being processed. This total force and the fluid pressure are monitored using a load cell and a pressure sensor respectively. The compression force operating on the media bed is then computed based on these measurements and compared to the optimal value. The position of the adjustment assembly within the column is then modified in response to changes in the measured compression force.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2010Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventors: Jeremy Perreault, Aaron Noyes, Mark Carroll
-
Publication number: 20130255113Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a rack and a rack system removeably attachable to a snow plow, the rack comprising: a base; a first vertical member extending generally orthogonally from the base; a second vertical member extending generally orthogonally from the base; a first and second attachment members both with a distal end and a proximal end, with the proximal ends attached to from generally the top of the first and second vertical member respectively, and the first and second attachment members: extending orthogonally from generally the top of the first and second vertical members respectively and configured to extend towards a snow plow, and the distal ends configured to each attach to generally the top of a snow plow; where the rack is configured to attach to the scoop end of a snow plow and to carry items.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Inventor: Mark Carroll
-
Patent number: 8489715Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for interacting with one or more client devices coupled to a smart network host device within a smart home network. The method includes the steps of identifying a first application that is associated with at least one client device and stored in an first application store coupled to a smart home network, downloading the first application from the first application store for execution, associating a service that is exposed by the at least one client device with the first application, translating a high-level instruction generated by the first application via the service to a low-level instruction that is understood by the at least one client device, and transmitting the low-level instruction to the at least one client device for processing.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: CISCO Technology, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Hyman Averbuch, John Furlan, Matthew Tebbs, Ariel Braunstein, John-Anthony Owens, Rodney David Smith, Mark Carroll, Thomas E. Logan, Daniel Richard Albertson, Alan Scott Pearson
-
Publication number: 20130007098Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for interacting with one or more client devices coupled to a smart network host device within a smart home network. The method includes the steps of identifying a first application that is associated with at least one client device and stored in an first application store coupled to a smart home network, downloading the first application from the first application store for execution, associating a service that is exposed by the at least one client device with the first application, translating a high-level instruction generated by the first application via the service to a low-level instruction that is understood by the at least one client device, and transmitting the low-level instruction to the at least one client device for processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Aaron Hyman AVERBUCH, John Furlan, Matthew Tebbs, Ariel Braunstein, John-Anthony Owens, Rodney David Smith, Mark Carroll, Thomas E. Logan, Daniel Richard Albertson, Alan Scott Pearson
-
Publication number: 20120273043Abstract: A device, system, and method for solar cell construction and bonding/layer transfer are disclosed herein. An exemplary structure of solar cell construction involves providing a monocrystalline donor layer. A solder bonding layer bonds the donor layer to a carrier substrate. A porous layer may be used to separate the donor layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: AMBERWAVE INC.Inventors: Anthony Lochtefeld, Chris Leitz, Mark Carroll
-
Patent number: 8114295Abstract: The present invention provides an automated system and method for packing chromatography columns. In one embodiment, the system first determines the type of media that is present in the column, and uses this information to generate an automated procedure to pack the specific media type. In a second embodiment, the media type is made known to the system, such as via input from the operator. The system then uses this information, in the same manner as in the first embodiment, to generate an automated procedure to pack the specific media type. Finally, in a third embodiment, parameters such as column height and rate of compression are made known to the system, such as via input from the operator. The system then packs the column in accordance with these supplied parameters.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Millipore CorporationInventors: Aaron Noyes, Jeremy Perreault, Mark Carroll
-
Publication number: 20110282936Abstract: A smart network may include a smart network host device as well as one or more client devices configured to connect to the smart network. Each of the client devices may implement one or more services that the client device exposes to other devices connected to the smart network. Each of the client devices includes network layer 2 and 3 attributes as well as network layer 7 application attributes. The application attributes are enumerated as named services, which each client device registers with the smart network host device. When a client device needs access to a named service, the smart network host device uses layer 2, 3, and 7 attributes associated with the client device to select a suitable server for providing the named service to the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Inventors: Mark Chekhanovskiy, Mark Carroll, Siddhartha Dattagupta, John Furlan, Craig Hobbs, Edward James, Insung Kim, Chong Liang Li, Dan Nguyen, Matthew Tebbs
-
Publication number: 20110264730Abstract: A smart network may include a smart network host device as well as one or more client devices configured to connect to the smart network. Each of the client devices may implement one or more services that the client device exposes to other devices connected to the smart network. A client device configured to connect to the smart network may implement one or more modules configured to facilitate connecting to the smart network, registering the client device or services running on the client device with the smart network, diagnosing issues with the client device or the smart network, and upgrading the firmware of the client device. The client device may be configured to perform the various operations with minimal input from an owner of the smart network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: Siddhartha DATTAGUPTA, John Furlan, Mark Carroll, Chong Liang Li, Insung Kim, Edward James, Matthew Tebbs, Craig Hobbs, Mark Chekhanovskiy, Dan Nguyen