Patents by Inventor Mark Fields

Mark Fields 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: 8697554
    Abstract: Lateral collection architecture for a photodetector is achieved by depositing electrically conducting SLS layers onto a planar substrate and diffusing dopants of a carrier type opposite that of the layers through the layers at selected regions to disorder the superlattice and create diode junctions oriented transversely to the naturally enhanced lateral mobility of photogenerated charge carriers within the superlattice. The diode junctions are terminated at a top surface of the photodetector within an SLS layer of wide bandgap material to minimize unwanted currents. A related architecture disorders the superlattice of topmost SLS layers by diffusing therethrough a dopant configured as a grid and penetrating to a lower SLS layer having the same carrier type as the dopant and opposite that of the topmost layers to isolate pixels within the topmost layers. Ohmic contacts may be deposited on doped regions, pixels, and substrate to provide desired external connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC
    Inventors: William E. Tennant, Gerard J. Sullivan, Mark Field
  • Patent number: 8614610
    Abstract: A waveguide component encapsulation device may include a housing having first and second surfaces, the housing defining a channel extending through the first and second surfaces, a micromachined waveguide component configured to be positioned in the channel, the waveguide component having first and second ends extending outside the channel and beyond the first and second surfaces of the housing by a finite length, and a pair of spacing members configured to align and stabilize the waveguide component within the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Hacker, Chris Hillman, Mark Field, Robert L. Borwick, III
  • Publication number: 20130326430
    Abstract: A web application provides a custom selection for editing text on a gesture or touch screen. The application replaces native browser handles with selection handles to provide consistent user interface experience across platforms. The application also provides a scheme for semantic interpretation of browser gesture or touch events. The application standardizes browser events into a consistent stream of semantic events that are compatible with a plurality of devices and browsers. The application also provides a gesture or touch optimized user interface in the browser. The application determines gesture or touch input and optimizes the user interface according to the type of input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Renu Devi, Barnabas Whitfield, Kyle Ryan, Trevor Harris, Mark Fields, Michael Herzfeld, Louisa Lee
  • Publication number: 20130179198
    Abstract: A method for determining a vehicle insurance premium for a period of time based at least in part on collected vehicle operation data, wherein a remote computer receives the collected vehicle operation data from a mobile device and calculates an insurance premium based at least in part on the collected vehicle operation data. A method for determining a vehicle insurance premium for a period of time based at least in part on collected vehicle operation data, wherein a server receives collected vehicle operation data, a database stores the collected vehicle operation data, and a rating engine determines a vehicle insurance premium based at least in part on collected vehicle operation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Benjamin F. Bowne, Jufeng "James" Peng, Nicholas R. Baker, Duane Lee Marzinzik, Matthew Eric Riley, SR., Nick U. Christopulos, Brian Mark Fields, J Lynn Wilson, Bryan T. Wilkerson, David W. Thurber
  • Publication number: 20120267967
    Abstract: A stator arrangement particularly suitable for use in an air-cooled generator or other such electric machine includes a stator with an outer stator surface, an opening therein defining an inner stator surface, and longitudinally opposed stator end surfaces. Conductive coils are supported by the stator, and include end turns overlying the longitudinally opposed stator end surfaces. In order to block out environmental contaminants and prevent conductive coil shorting, protective barriers are mounted over the end turns and secured to the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Kollmorgen Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley A. Trago, Stephen Mark Fields
  • Patent number: 8178863
    Abstract: Lateral collection architecture for a photodetector is achieved by depositing electrically conducting SLS layers onto a planar substrate and diffusing dopants of a carrier type opposite that of the layers through the layers at selected regions to disorder the superlattice and create diode junctions oriented transversely to the naturally enhanced lateral mobility of photogenerated charge carriers within the superlattice. The diode junctions are terminated at a top surface of the photodetector within an SLS layer of wide bandgap material to minimize unwanted currents. A related architecture disorders the superlattice of topmost SLS layers by diffusing therethrough a dopant configured as a grid and penetrating to a lower SLS layer having the same carrier type as the dopant and opposite that of the topmost layers to isolate pixels within the topmost layers. Ohmic contacts may be deposited on doped regions, pixels, and substrate to provide desired external connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC
    Inventors: William E. Tennant, Gerard J. Sullivan, Mark Field
  • Publication number: 20120057839
    Abstract: A waveguide component encapsulation device may include a housing having first and second surfaces, the housing defining a channel extending through the first and second surfaces, a micromachined waveguide component configured to be positioned in the channel, the waveguide component having first and second ends extending outside the channel and beyond the first and second surfaces of the housing by a finite length, and a pair of spacing members configured to align and stabilize the waveguide component within the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Jonathan Hacker, Chris Hillman, Mark Field, Robert L. Borwick, III
  • Publication number: 20110294252
    Abstract: Lateral collection architecture for a photodetector is achieved by depositing electrically conducting SLS layers onto a planar substrate and diffusing dopants of a carrier type opposite that of the layers through the layers at selected regions to disorder the superlattice and create diode junctions oriented transversely to the naturally enhanced lateral mobility of photogenerated charge carriers within the superlattice. The diode junctions are terminated at a top surface of the photodetector within an SLS layer of wide bandgap material to minimize unwanted currents. A related architecture disorders the superlattice of topmost SLS layers by diffusing therethrough a dopant configured as a grid and penetrating to a lower SLS layer having the same carrier type as the dopant and opposite that of the topmost layers to isolate pixels within the topmost layers. Ohmic contacts may be deposited on doped regions, pixels, and substrate to provide desired external connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: William E. Tennant, Gerard J. Sullivan, Mark Field
  • Publication number: 20100301309
    Abstract: Lateral collection architecture for a photodetector is achieved by depositing electrically conducting SLS layers onto a planar substrate and diffusing dopants of a carrier type opposite that of the layers through the layers at selected regions to disorder the superlattice and create diode junctions oriented transversely to the naturally enhanced lateral mobility of photogenerated charge carriers within the superlattice. The diode junctions are terminated at a top surface of the photodetector within an SLS layer of wide bandgap material to minimize unwanted currents. A related architecture disorders the superlattice of topmost SLS layers by diffusing therethrough a dopant configured as a grid and penetrating to a lower SLS layer having the same carrier type as the dopant and opposite that of the topmost layers to isolate pixels within the topmost layers. Ohmic contacts may be deposited on doped regions, pixels, and substrate to provide desired external connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: William E. Tennant, Gerard J. Sullivan, Mark Field
  • Patent number: 7354244
    Abstract: A blower for a water heater having a flue defining a flue axis. The blower includes a housing at least partially defining a first chamber and a second chamber and having an inlet opening into the first chamber and an outlet communicating between the second chamber and atmosphere, the inlet being alignable with the flue, a ramp extending through the second chamber and having a surface, the surface being oriented at an acute angle with respect to the flue axis, and an impeller positioned in the second chamber and being operable to draw exhaust from the flue into the first chamber through the inlet and being operable to direct the exhaust through the second chamber and across the surface of the ramp, the surface of the ramp directing the exhaust through the outlet in a direction substantially parallel to the flue axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: AOS Holding Company
    Inventors: Michael Robert Hasbargen, John W. O'Neill, Anthony Joseph Coloma, Kevin Mark Field, Darrell Wayne Schuh, Dennis R. Hughes, Jason Robert Abele
  • Publication number: 20070191350
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a combination, particularly a synergistic combination, of an alpha-2-delta ligand and an atypical antipsychotic, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and their use in the treatment of pain, particularly neuropathic pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Pifizer Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Field, Richard Williams
  • Publication number: 20050065176
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a combination of an alpha-2-delta ligand and an AChE inhibitor for use in therapy, particularly in the treatment of pain, particularly neuropathic pain. Particularly preferred alpha-2-delta ligands are gabapentin and pregabalin. Particularly preferred ACHE inhibitors are donepezil (Aricept®), tacrine (cognex®), rivastigmine (Exelon®), physostgmine (Synapton®), galantamine (Reminyl), metrifonate (Promem), neostigmine (Prostigmin) and icopezil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Mark Field, Richard Williams
  • Publication number: 20050059715
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a combination, particularly a synergistic combination, of an alpha-2-delta ligand and a dual serotonin-noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitor (DSNRI) or one or both of a selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI) and a selective noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitor (SNRI), and pharmaceutically acceptable salths thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and their use in the treatment of pain, particularly neuropathic pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: David Dooley, Mark Field, Richard Williams
  • Patent number: 6468495
    Abstract: A method of removing from a metal salt ionic species contained therein involves contacting the metal salt with an ionic liquid to dissolve the metal salt, the ionic species or both. At least in the case where both the metal salt and the ionic species are dissolved, the resultant ionic liquid composition is treated to separate the ionic species therefrom and subsequently processed to recover the metal salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: British Nuclear Fuels PLC
    Inventors: Mark Fields, Robert Charles Thied, Kenneth Richard Seddon, William Robert Pitner, David William Rooney
  • Patent number: 6379634
    Abstract: A method of dissolving in an ionic liquid a metal in an initial oxidation state below its maximum oxidation state, characterized in that the ionic liquid reacts with the metal and oxidizes it to a higher oxidation state. The initial metal may be in the form of a compound thereof and may be irradiated nuclear fuel comprising UO2 and/or PuO2 as well as fission products. The ionic liquid typically is nitrate-based, for example a pyridinium or substituted imidazolium nitrate, and contains a Bronstead or Franklin acid to increase the oxidizing power of the nitrate. Suitable acids are HNO3, H2SO4 and [NO+]. Imidazolium nitrates and certain pyridinium nitrates form one aspect of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: British Nuclear Fuels Plc
    Inventors: Mark Fields, Graham Victor Hutson, Kenneth Richard Seddon, Charles Mackintosh Gordon
  • Patent number: 5786986
    Abstract: Structure for mounting electronic devices thereon. The structure is fabricated from a plurality of substrates each having a thermally and/or electrically conductive core surrounded by a dielectric material. The substrates can be adherently placed together with the electrically conductive cores providing ground and power planes or the substrates can be mounted together with connectors electrically interconnecting adjacent substrates and spacing the adjacent substrates apart providing a space through which a fluid can flow to extract heat generated by the electronic devices mounted thereon. The conductive cores provide both power and ground planes to the structure and a means for thermally dissipating the generated heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Fielding Bregman, Stephen Leslie Buchwalter, Karl Hermann, Caroline Ann Kovac, Paige Adams Poore, Alfred Viehbeck
  • Patent number: 5723837
    Abstract: A method of purifying a UF.sub.6 gas stream which comprises irradiating the UF.sub.6 gas stream with laser radiation in a vessel in order to selectively convert fluoride impurities in the gas stream to involatile products, removing the purified UF.sub.6 gas stream from the vessel and separately removing the impurities from the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: British Nuclear Fuels plc
    Inventors: Andrew Philip Jeapes, Mark Fields, Gerard Sean McGrady