Patents by Inventor Michael Smits

Michael Smits 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: 10185773
    Abstract: An ecosystem that allows fine-grained multi-party control over access to information stored in one or more data sources of a data provider. A requesting party can submit a query job to the data provider. Resellers in the chain can introduce their own query modifiers to the query job, adding additional data access, data transformation and segmentation functions to the query job. The data provider can append its own query modifier to the query job and execute the query job with all of the query modifiers. Access control for each link in the chain is checked before the query modifier for the link is executed. After execution of all query modifiers and the query job, the results can be provided to the requesting party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Bitnobi, Inc.
    Inventors: Marin Litoiu, Mark Shtern, Bradley Simmons, Michael Smit
  • Publication number: 20080045039
    Abstract: A method is provided for making a FET device in which a nitride layer overlies the PFET gate structure, where the nitride layer has a compressive stress with a magnitude greater than about 2.8 GPa. This compressive stress permits improved device performance in the PFET. The nitride layer is deposited using a high-density plasma (HDP) process, wherein the substrate is disposed on an electrode to which a bias power in the range of about 50 W to about 500 W is supplied. The bias power is characterized as high-frequency power (supplied by an RF generator at 13.56 MHz). The FET device may also include NFET gate structures. A blocking layer is deposited over the NFET gate structures so that the nitride layer overlies the blocking layer; after the blocking layer is removed, the nitride layer is not in contact with the NFET gate structures. The nitride layer has a thickness in the range of about 300-2000 ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicants: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Conti, Ronald Bourque, Nancy Klymko, Anita Madan, Michael Smits, Roy Tilghman, Kwong Wong, Daewon Yang
  • Publication number: 20080036007
    Abstract: A method is provided for making a FET device in which a nitride layer overlies the PFET gate structure, where the nitride layer has a compressive stress with a magnitude greater than about 2.8 GPa. This compressive stress permits improved device performance in the PFET. The nitride layer is deposited using a high-density plasma (HDP) process, wherein the substrate is disposed on an electrode to which a bias power in the range of about 50 W to about 500 W is supplied. The bias power is characterized as high-frequency power (supplied by an RF generator at 13.56 MHz). The FET device may also include NFET gate structures. A blocking layer is deposited over the NFET gate structures so that the nitride layer overlies the blocking layer; after the blocking layer is removed, the nitride layer is not in contact with the NFET gate structures. The nitride layer has a thickness in the range of about 300-2000 ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicants: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Conti, Ronald Bourque, Nancy Klymko, Anita Madan, Michael Smits, Roy Tilghman, Kwong Wong, Daewon Yang
  • Publication number: 20070266420
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to privacy compliance assessment for computer software and provide a method, system and computer program product for a privacy model framework for software applications. In one embodiment, a privacy modeling data processing system can be provided. The privacy modeling data processing system can include a modeling framework configured for communicative coupling to a software application. The modeling framework can capture information flows from requests to and responses from a coupled software application, and can rules-based process the captured information flows for privacy rules to generate a privacy compliance report for the software application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer Hawkins, Darshanand Khusial, Kelly Lyons, Michael McAllister, Jacob Slonim, Michael Smit
  • Publication number: 20070007548
    Abstract: A method is provided for making a FET device in which a nitride layer overlies the PFET gate structure, where the nitride layer has a compressive stress with a magnitude greater than about 2.8 GPa. This compressive stress permits improved device performance in the PFET. The nitride layer is deposited using a high-density plasma (HDP) process, wherein the substrate is disposed on an electrode to which a bias power in the range of about 50 W to about 500 W is supplied. The bias power is characterized as high-frequency power (supplied by an RF generator at 13.56 MHz). The FET device may also include NFET gate structures. A blocking layer is deposited over the NFET gate structures so that the nitride layer overlies the blocking layer; after the blocking layer is removed, the nitride layer is not in contact with the NFET gate structures. The nitride layer has a thickness in the range of about 300-2000 ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicants: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, NOVELLUS SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Richard Conti, Ronald Bourque, Nancy Klymko, Anita Madan, Michael Smits, Roy Tilghman, Kwong Wong, Daewon Yang
  • Publication number: 20060273056
    Abstract: The display rack of the present invention includes a main frame, at least two shelf receiving portions, a plurality of shelves and at least one basket, peg hook basket or reel assembly. The main frame has a back portion and side portions. Each shelf receiving portion is attached to the main frame and has a plurality of generally vertically spaced apart shelf receiving apertures formed therein. Each shelf has spaced apart shelf fingers adapted to be received in the shelf receiving apertures. The plurality of shelves is chosen from the group consisting of shelf basket racks and shelf reel racks. In another aspect of the invention there is provided a web basket for use in association with hanging products. The web basket includes a hook portion, a basket portion and a means for attaching the basket to a shelf. The basket portion is spaced below the hook portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Smits, Lance Perrin
  • Publication number: 20040172520
    Abstract: A method of constructing a Boolean expression in a clinical setting, including identifying at least a first and a second data assertion to add to the Boolean expression, adding at least one Boolean logical operator to the Boolean expression, determining an order of evaluation for the first and second data assertions, and visually depicting the first and second data assertions and the Boolean logical operator in a hierarchal display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Smit, Khiang Seow
  • Patent number: 4055802
    Abstract: For identification purposes, a network is added to a multiply configurable microminiature array. During fabrication of the array, the connection pattern of the network is established to be uniquely representative of the particular circuit then being formed in the array. In response to interrogation signals applied to the array, the network provides a unique pattern of voltages representative of the particular circuit. During actual operation of the array, the identification network is in effect automatically disconnected therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1977
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Peter Theodore Panousis, Robert Leonard Pritchett, Friedolf Michael Smits
  • Patent number: D349306
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: California Pacific Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Altman, Michael Smit