Patents by Inventor Michael J. McBride

Michael J. McBride 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: 20150190310
    Abstract: A medical device for collecting bodily samples, such as urine specimens from a human or animal, comprising a collection cup, and a detachable or separate handle. The handle proximal member may be telescopic with multiple sections for its extension, or one section. The handle distal member may comprise one prong that is detachable from the cup after its use; or, it may comprise a two prong fork that lies underneath a cup's ledge, and expandable to support different diameter cups. The distal member may also comprise a pivoting means to enable the handle to bend to maintain the cup horizontally. The collection cup may comprise various shapes and sizes, and the lid able to be fixed to the handle's distal member when the cup is in use. The cup may also inherently emit light, or a light source may be mounted on the handle to illuminate the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Donna S. McBride, Michael J. McBride, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090293888
    Abstract: A portable vaporizer for plant material has an inhalation tube having a distal end for insertion into a cigarette lighter receptacle of a vehicle. An electrical heating element within the inhalation tube is powered by the vehicle's electrical system when the inserted into the cigarette lighter receptacle. A plant material chamber on the proximal end of the inhalation tube has openings allowing air from the inhalation tube to be drawn through the inhalation tube, heated by the electrical heating element, and then drawn through an air-permeable pouch containing plant material held in the plant material chamber. A housing having a mouthpiece and baffles surrounds the plant material chamber to reduce the temperature of the heated air and vaporized plant material. The user inhales the mixture of heated air and vaporized plant material through the mouthpiece by drawing air through the inhalation tube, plant material chamber and housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: VAPOR FOR LIFE
    Inventors: Glenn L. Williams, Michael J. McBride
  • Publication number: 20090293892
    Abstract: A portable vaporizer for plant material has an inhalation tube having a distal end for insertion into a cigarette lighter receptacle of a vehicle. An electrical heating element within the inhalation tube is powered by the vehicle's electrical system when the inserted into the cigarette lighter receptacle. A plant material chamber on the proximal end of the inhalation tube has openings allowing air from the inhalation tube to be drawn through the inhalation tube, heated by the electrical heating element, and then drawn through the plant material held in the plant material chamber. A housing having a mouthpiece and baffles surrounds the plant material chamber to reduce the temperature of the heated air and vaporized plant material. The user inhales the mixture of heated air and vaporized plant material through the mouthpiece by drawing air through the inhalation tube, plant material chamber and housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: VAPOR FOR LIFE
    Inventors: Glenn L. Williams, Michael J. McBride
  • Patent number: 7217578
    Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to various advanced process control methodologies for thermal oxidation processes, and various systems for accomplishing same. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises measuring an ambient pressure of an environment external to an oxidation chamber, determining a correction factor based upon at least the measured ambient pressure, determining at least one parameter of a thermal oxidation process to be performed in the oxidation chamber based upon the determined correction factor, and performing the thermal oxidation process comprised of the determined parameter on at least one substrate positioned in the oxidation chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. McBride, Jesse C. Ramos, Mark E. Culp, Matthew Ryskoski, Pirainder S. Lall
  • Patent number: 6165906
    Abstract: A method of forming an improved isolation trench between active regions within the semiconductor substrate involves oxidizing unmasked portions of a semiconductor substrate prior to etching an isolation trench into the semiconductor substrate. By oxidizing the unmasked portions of the semiconductor prior to etching, an isolation trench with rounded corners may be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Basab Bandyopadhyay, Douglas J. Bonser, Michael J. McBride
  • Patent number: D581520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Vapor for Life
    Inventors: Glenn L. Williams, Michael J. McBride
  • Patent number: D729929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Inventors: Donna S McBride, Michael J McBride, Jr.