Patents by Inventor Michael L. Roy

Michael L. Roy 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: 6913190
    Abstract: A reclosable container made of a semi-rigid paperboard material or the like has a lower component with a bottom panel and an upstanding side wall and an upper component or lid that is pivotally connected to the lower component along one edge thereof. An opposite edge of the lid component has a tab formed therein which can be punched out and folded inwardly relative to the lid to releasably engage a horizontal extension or catch formed along the corresponding top edge of the lower component of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd R. Ruhbusch, Natalie G. Casey-Shuman, Michael L. Roy
  • Patent number: 6748575
    Abstract: A programming tool for programmable logic devices (PLDs), such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), supports the display of hidden-switch connections, in addition to the display of conventional placed-switch, switch-box, and pseudo-arc connections. A hidden-switch connection between two functional elements in the PLD is represented in graphical displays generated by the programming tool as a curve (e.g., a diagonal straight line) from a jumper wire on the first functional element to another jumper wire on the second functional element, where a jumper wire is represented in the graphical display as a wire connected at one end to an pin of the corresponding functional element and unconnected at the other end. A programming tool that supports hidden-switch connections can be used to program FPGAs and other PLDs having architectures that were not previously supported by conventional programming tools that do not support hidden-switch connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Wenyi Feng, William A. Oswald, Michael L. Roy, Eric Ting
  • Patent number: 6496969
    Abstract: A programming tool for programmable logic devices (PLDs), such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), supports the display of hidden-switch connections, in addition to the display of conventional placed-switch, switch-box, and pseudo-arc connections. A hidden-switch connection between two functional elements in the PLD is represented in graphical displays generated by the programming tool as a curve (e.g., a diagonal straight line) from a jumper wire on the first functional element to another jumper wire on the second functional element, where a jumper wire is represented in the graphical display as a wire connected at one end to an pin of the corresponding functional element and unconnected at the other end. A programming tool that supports hidden-switch connections can be used to program FPGAs and other PLDs having architectures that were not previously supported by conventional programming tools that do not support hidden-switch connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Wenyi Feng, William A. Oswald, Michael L. Roy, Eric Ting
  • Publication number: 20020174411
    Abstract: A programming tool for programmable logic devices (PLDs), such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), supports the display of hidden-switch connections, in addition to the display of conventional placed-switch, switch-box, and pseudo-arc connections. A hidden-switch connection between two functional elements in the PLD is represented in graphical displays generated by the programming tool as a curve (e.g., a diagonal straight line) from a jumper wire on the first functional element to another jumper wire on the second functional element, where a jumper wire is represented in the graphical display as a wire connected at one end to an pin of the corresponding functional element and unconnected at the other end. A programming tool that supports hidden-switch connections can be used to program FPGAs and other PLDs having architectures that were not previously supported by conventional programming tools that do not support hidden-switch connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Wenyi Feng, William A. Oswald, Michael L. Roy, Eric Ting
  • Patent number: 5612315
    Abstract: Parenteral pharmaceutical formulations of human growth hormone, which are stabilized against aggregation, comprising biosynthetic human growth hormone, glycine, and mannitol. Methods of reducing aggregation of human growth hormone in parenteral formulations are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Pikal, Michael L. Roy
  • Patent number: 5579989
    Abstract: A multi-side container prepared from a single blank of paperboard includes a base panel foldably connected to a row of inner side walls. The base panel is also foldably connected to a row of outer side walls which encircle the inner side walls to form a double wall construction. A lid panel is foldably connected to the outer side walls and is bonded to the outer side walls. A tear line crosses at least some of the outer side walls separating an upper portion of the outer side walls from a lower portion. The tear line is capable of being broken to form a recloseable lid comprising the lid panel and upper portions of the outer side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Universal Packaging Corporation
    Inventors: Michael L. Roy, Darrell K. Bennett
  • Patent number: 4132848
    Abstract: Essentially crystalline cephalothin sodium for parenteral administration is prepared by a freeze-drying process wherein a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alcohol or acetone)-water solution of cephalothin sodium containing from about 2 to about 10 percent of C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alcohol or acetone by volume is chilled from room temperature to -20.degree. C., or below, preferably about -40.degree. C. over a 1-3 hour period and then warmed to from about -3.degree. C. to about -10.degree. C. and held for 3 hours or more, then cooled to -20.degree. C., or below, preferably about -40.degree. C., before subjecting said frozen solution to a high vacuum and a moderate amount of heat to sublime the frozen solvent therefrom. The resulting powder dissolves rapidly in acceptable pharmaceutical diluents. Alternatively, from about 2 to about 5 percent by weight of sodium bicarbonate, related to the amount of cephalothin sodium present, is added to the solution before freeze-drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1979
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Michael D. Cise, Michael L. Roy