Patents by Inventor Michael A. Holmes

Michael A. Holmes 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: 7596779
    Abstract: A condition management callback system and method for use with a processor employing a hierarchical register consolidation structure. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a condition management structure, (2) a callback abstraction subsystem configured to register a callback for at least one element object in the condition management structure and store logically abstracted data associated with the callback and (3) an abstraction retrieval subsystem configured to employ the condition management structure to determine a condition of at least one status indicator in the condition management structure by traversing the hierarchical register consolidation structure, initiate the callback based on the condition and pass the logically abstracted data if the element object representing the status indicator has the callback registered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Agere Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Hitchcock, Michael A. Holmes, Keith Kahn, Gerald S. Williams
  • Patent number: 7500228
    Abstract: A system for, and method of, automatically generating a hierarchical register consolidation structure. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a graph generator that parses a High-level Design Language (HDL) file to generate an intermediate graph containing definitions of microprocessor-accessible registers, node interrelationships and summary bits and masks associated with alarm registers, (2) a graph converter, associated with the graph generator, that selectively adds virtual elements and nodes to the intermediate graph to transform the intermediate graph into a mathematical tree and (3) a description generator, associated with the graph converter, that employs the mathematical tree to generate a static tree description in a programming language suitable for use by a device-independent condition management structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Agere Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Holmes, Gerald S. Williams
  • Patent number: 7389496
    Abstract: For use with a processor employing a hierarchical register consolidation structure (HRCS), a condition management system and method of operation thereof. In one embodiment, the system includes a condition management structure (CMS) that abstracts groups of status indicators associated with the HRCS into a tree of hierarchical container objects and element objects. Each of the container objects is associated with at least one of the element objects and linked to a single parent object, and each of the element objects configured to represent at least one of the status indicators and linked to a single child object. The system further includes an abstraction retrieval subsystem that employs the CMS to traverse the HRCS to determine a condition of at least one of the status indicators, and an abstraction management subsystem that employs the CMS to control a propagation of selected ones of the status indicators through the HRCS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Agere Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Eckhart, Michael A. Holmes, Chang Li, Gerald S. Williams
  • Patent number: 5688606
    Abstract: There is provided an anodizable aluminum substrate having an increased breakdown voltage. The increase in breakdown voltage is achieved by selecting an appropriate aluminum alloy and appropriate processing parameters. Sealing the anodic film increases the breakdown voltage by decreasing corrosion. A preferred sealant is an epoxy cresol novolac having a low room temperature viscosity that cures to a highly cross-linked polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Olin Corporation
    Inventors: Deepak Mahulikar, Efraim Sagiv, Arvind Parthasarathi, Satish Jalota, Andrew J. Brock, Michael A. Holmes, Jeffrey M. Schlater, German J. Ramirez, Dexin Liang
  • Patent number: 5534356
    Abstract: There is provided an anodizable aluminum substrate having an increased breakdown voltage. The increase in breakdown voltage is achieved by selecting an appropriate aluminum alloy and appropriate processing parameters. Sealing the anodic film increases the breakdown voltage by decreasing corrosion. A preferred sealant is an epoxy cresol novolac having a low room temperature viscosity that cures to a highly cross-linked polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Olin Corporation
    Inventors: Deepak Mahulikar, Efraim Sagiv, Arvind Parthasarathi, Satish Jalota, Andrew J. Brock, Michael A. Holmes, Jeffrey M. Schlater, German J. Ramirez, Dexin Liang
  • Patent number: 5455386
    Abstract: There is disclosed an adhesively sealed electronic package in which a compensation apparatus is provided for excess adhesive. As a result, excess adhesive does not extend beyond the package perimeter, squeeze-out, or travel along the inner lead fingers interfering with wire bonding. The compensation is a chamfer on the peripheral edges and/or interior edges of the package base component and cover component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Olin Corporation
    Inventors: George A. Brathwaite, German J. Ramirez, Michael A. Holmes, Paul R. Hoffman, Dexin Liang
  • Patent number: 4769863
    Abstract: A portable hand wash unit is comprised of a tank having a dispenser housing hinged to the upper portion of the tank. The dispenser housing is shaped to define a pair of wash basins, each having a water outlet connected in continuous communication with a metering receptacle and each basin having a soap dispenser pump connected in communicating relation with a soap reservoir. Each wash basin is provided with a manual water pump which pumps clear water from a bag of water within the tank through the inlet of each metering receptacle. The inlet for each metering receptacle has a cross-sectional size approximately twice the cross-sectional size of the water outlet, thereby allowing a user the time needed to wash his hands after the user has finished operation of the water pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Satellite Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Duane T. Tegg, Perry M. Domaas, Michael A. Holm
  • Patent number: D315196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: Satellite Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Duane T. Tegg, Perry M. Domaas, Michael A. Holm
  • Patent number: D344251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Inventor: Michael A. Holmes