Patents by Inventor Michael W. Butler

Michael W. Butler 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: 9755950
    Abstract: Techniques for path routing for communication sessions are described. In at least some embodiments, a communication session refers to an exchange of communication data between different nodes in a network. According to various embodiments, a routing path for a communication session includes peering points between different networks to enable communication sessions to be routed between devices connected to the different networks. In an event that performance degradation occurs in a communication session over a particular routing path, techniques discussed herein enable the communication session to be rerouted to a different routing path. The different routing path, for example, may be indicated as providing a higher quality data flow than the original routing path. Thus, rerouting the communication session can improve the quality of user experience during the communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael W. Butler, Pascal F. Menezes
  • Patent number: 9669119
    Abstract: A sterilizer for sterilizing medical instruments, the sterilizer having a pressurizable chamber having an opening communicating therewith. A door is provided for closing and sealing the opening to the chamber. A sterilant inlet and a sterilant outlet communicate with the chamber. A container holds medical instruments to be sterilized. The container is comprised of a tray and a lid dimensioned to rest on the tray. The tray and lid define an interior area for holding medical instruments. The tray has connection means for connecting the sterilant inlet to the interior area of the tray when the tray is inserted in the chamber, and the lid is movable from the tray when pressurized sterilant is introduced into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: AMERICAN STERILIZER COMPANY
    Inventors: William Amor, Michael A. Bacik, Michael W. Butler, J. D. Cunningham, Evan Kessick
  • Publication number: 20150320896
    Abstract: A sterilizer for sterilizing medical instruments, the sterilizer having a pressurizable chamber having an opening communicating therewith. A door is provided for closing and sealing the opening to the chamber. A sterilant inlet and a sterilant outlet communicate with the chamber. A container holds medical instruments to be sterilized. The container is comprised of a tray and a lid dimensioned to rest on the tray. The tray and lid define an interior area for holding medical instruments. The tray has connection means for connecting the sterilant inlet to the interior area of the tray when the tray is inserted in the chamber, and the lid is movable from the tray when pressurized sterilant is introduced into the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: AMERICAN STERILIZER COMPANY
    Inventors: William AMOR, Michael A. BACIK, Michael W. BUTLER, J.D. CUNNINGHAM, Evan KESSICK
  • Publication number: 20150113164
    Abstract: Techniques for path routing for communication sessions are described. In at least some embodiments, a communication session refers to an exchange of communication data between different nodes in a network. According to various embodiments, a routing path for a communication session includes peering points between different networks to enable communication sessions to be routed between devices connected to the different networks. In an event that performance degradation occurs in a communication session over a particular routing path, techniques discussed herein enable the communication session to be rerouted to a different routing path. The different routing path, for example, may be indicated as providing a higher quality data flow than the original routing path. Thus, rerouting the communication session can improve the quality of user experience during the communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael W. Butler, Pascal F. Menezes
  • Patent number: 7156605
    Abstract: An apparatus for transporting and marking a substrate, such as a collapsed corrugated cardboard carton. A feeder station is configured to receive a substantially vertically aligned stack of substrates. An advancement assembly of the feeder station successively moves the lower portions of the substrates in an inboard direction and a tensioner assembly applies a clamping force to the upper portions of the substrates. A transfer assembly engages the innermost substrate in the stack to rotate and remove the substrate from the rest of the stack and provide the substrate to a transport and marking station, which drives the substrate past a marking mechanism. The transport and marking station advances the substrate into a gravity discharge station which induces sufficient tilt in the substrate so that, upon exiting of the substrate from the transport, gravity induces the substrate to rotate and fall in a controlled fashion into a completed stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Hadley Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell J. Hadley, Jeffrey D. Hadley, Timothy B. Kirk, Michael W. Butler
  • Patent number: D716964
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: American Sterilizer Company
    Inventors: William Amor, Michael A. Bacik, Michael W. Butler, Evan Kessick