Patents by Inventor Michael Bales

Michael Bales 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: 10852266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to planar electrochemical sensors with membrane coatings used to perform chemical analyses. The object of this invention is to provide unit-use disposable sensors of very simple and inexpensive construction, preferably with only a single membrane coating on an electrode. The invented devices are potentiometric salt-bridge reference electrodes and dissolved gas sensors constructed with a heterogeneous membrane coating of a conductor. The heterogeneous membrane, which is an intimate admixture of a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic compartment, concurrently supports constrained transport of non-volatile species through its hydrophilic compartment and rapid gas and water vapor transport through its hydrophobic compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Imants Lauks, Anca Varlan, Alexandra Oussova, Michael Bales
  • Publication number: 20180321175
    Abstract: The present invention relates to planar electrochemical sensors with membrane coatings used to perform chemical analyses. The object of this invention is to provide unit-use disposable sensors of very simple and inexpensive construction, preferably with only a single membrane coating on an electrode. The invented devices are potentiometric salt-bridge reference electrodes and dissolved gas sensors constructed with a heterogeneous membrane coating of a conductor. The heterogeneous membrane, which is an intimate admixture of a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic compartment, concurrently supports constrained transport of non-volatile species through its hydrophilic compartment and rapid gas and water vapor transport through its hydrophobic compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Imants Lauks, Anca Varlan, Alexandra Oussova, Michael Bales
  • Patent number: 10031099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to planar electrochemical sensors with membrane coatings used to perform chemical analyses. The object of this invention is to provide unit-use disposable sensors of very simple and inexpensive construction, preferably with only a single membrane coating on an electrode. The invented devices are potentiometric salt-bridge reference electrodes and dissolved gas sensors constructed with a heterogeneous membrane coating of a conductor. The heterogeneous membrane, which is an intimate admixture of a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic compartment, concurrently supports constrained transport of non-volatile species through its hydrophilic compartment and rapid gas and water vapor transport through its hydrophobic compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Imants R. Lauks, Anca Varlan, Alexandra Oussova, Michael Bales
  • Publication number: 20140279387
    Abstract: A system comprises a device including a memory with an automated collateral fraud and risk detection application installed thereon, wherein the application evaluates risk in an acquisition in support of end user decisions by accessing at least one database to retrieve documentation corresponding to the acquisition and secondary information corresponding to the documentation, the documentation and secondary information each including data fields; compares the documentation data fields with corresponding secondary information data fields to identify acquisition defects; applies risk heuristics on the acquisition defects to generate a probability estimation for each acquisition defect; and outputs a risk evaluation for the acquisition including a confidence metric based on an aggregation of the probability estimations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Fannie Mae
    Inventors: Stacey Shifman, Oleksiy Medinets, Edward Dombroski, Lois Wesly, David Monaco, Matthew Gibbs, Katherine Melnichenko, Kristi Heutnik, James Beattie, Michael Bales, Robert Barclay, Patria S. Kunde, Amanda Woods, Eric Rosenblatt
  • Publication number: 20140279380
    Abstract: A system comprises a device including a memory with a risk detection application installed thereon, wherein the risk detection application detects strategic defaulters by generating a rule set in response to receiving a search query, the rule set including a plurality of rules that respectively identify strategic default characteristics determined to correspond to a potential strategic default status, each of the plurality of rules having a corresponding weight; accessing a record in a database of loan information; applying the plurality of rules to determine whether the strategic default characteristics are respectively represented in the record; calculating a strategic defaulter score for the record using the corresponding weights for those of the plurality of rules that are determined to be represented in the record; and outputting the strategic defaulter score for the record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Yekaterina Melnichenko, David Monaco, Michael Bales, Stacey Shifman, Eric Rosenblatt
  • Publication number: 20100252428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to planar electrochemical sensors with membrane coatings used to perform chemical analyses. The object of this invention is to provide unit-use disposable sensors of very simple and inexpensive construction, preferably with only a single membrane coating on an electrode. The invented devices are potentiometric salt-bridge reference electrodes and dissolved gas sensors constructed with a heterogeneous membrane coating of a conductor. The heterogeneous membrane, which is an intimate admixture of a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic compartment, concurrently supports constrained transport of non-volatile species through its hydrophilic compartment and rapid gas and water vapor transport through its hydrophobic compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: EPOCAL INC.
    Inventors: Imants LAUKS, Anca VARLAN, Alexandra OUSSOVA, Michael BALES
  • Patent number: 7767068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to planar electrochemical sensors with membrane coatings used to perform chemical analyses. The object of this invention is to provide unit-use disposable sensors of very simple and inexpensive construction, preferably with only a single membrane coating on an electrode. The invented devices are potentiometric salt-bridge reference electrodes and dissolved gas sensors constructed with a heterogeneous membrane coating of a conductor. The heterogeneous membrane, which is an intimate admixture of a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic compartment, concurrently supports constrained transport of non-volatile species through its hydrophilic compartment and rapid gas and water vapor transport through its hydrophobic compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Epocal Inc.
    Inventors: Imants Lauks, Anca Varlan, Alexandra Oussova, Michael Bales
  • Publication number: 20040231984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to planar electrochemical sensors with membrane coatings used to perform chemical analyses. The object of this invention is to provide unit-use disposable sensors of very simple and inexpensive construction, preferably with only a single membrane coating on an electrode. The invented devices are potentiometric salt-bridge reference electrodes and dissolved gas sensors constructed with a heterogeneous membrane coating of a conductor. The heterogeneous membrane, which is an intimate admixture of a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic compartment, concurrently supports constrained transport of non-volatile species through its hydrophilic compartment and rapid gas and water vapor transport through its hydrophobic compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Imants Lauks, Anca Varlan, Alexandra Oussova, Michael Bales
  • Patent number: 5660452
    Abstract: An indicator for an appliance includes a light bar formed of molded plastic material. The bar is interconnected to the control elements of the appliance so the periphery of the bar lights whenever any element of the appliance is active. The bar is designed so the periphery of the light bar is exposed along the exterior edge of the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Bales, Mark A. Pickering