Patents by Inventor Michael William

Michael William 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).

  • ENDOSCOPE
    Publication number: 20110137126
    Abstract: An endoscope includes a light source operable to generate coherent incident light, and a plurality of imaging optical fibres that are arranged in a fibre bundle, arranged to receive light at a proximal end of the fibre bundle, and arranged to transmit light to a distal end of the fibre bundle. The endoscope further includes a spatial light phase modulator between the light source and the fibre bundle, and arranged to receive the incident light from the light source and to adjust the relative phase of the incident light entering each of the plurality of imaging optical fibres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Michael William French, Carl Paterson, Mark Andrew Aquilla Neil, Christopher William Dunsby
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ERROR MANAGEMENT IN A MEMORY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110138261
    Abstract: A method and system for error management in a memory device. In one embodiment of the invention, the memory device can handle commands and address parity errors and cyclic redundancy check errors. In one embodiment of the invention, the memory can detect whether a received command has any parity errors by determining whether the command bits or the address bits of the received command has any parity errors. If a parity error or cyclic redundancy check error in the received command is detected, an error handling mechanism is triggered to recover from the errant command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: KULJIT S. BAINS, DAVID J. ZIMMERMAN, DENNIS W. BRZEZINSKI, MICHAEL WILLIAMS, JOHN B. HALBERT
  • Method, system, and software for geographically focused network advertising
    Patent number: 7958007
    Abstract: A software based system and method of displaying location based information from an information site on a network by determining location data of a user of the location based information on the network. The location based information is generated based on the determined location data of the user; and generated location based information is provided to the user over the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Heavy Hammer, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael William Urbanski, Charles David Dent
  • Shielded three-terminal flat-through EMI/energy dissipating filter
    Patent number: 7957806
    Abstract: A shielded three-terminal flat-through EMI/energy dissipating filter includes an active electrode plate through which a circuit current passes between a first terminal and a second terminal, a first shield plate on a first side of the active electrode plate, and a second shield plate on a second side of the active electrode plate opposite the first shield plate. The first and second shield plates are conductively coupled to a grounded third terminal. In preferred embodiments, the active electrode plate and the shield plates are at least partially disposed with a hybrid flat-through substrate that may include a flex cable section, a rigid cable section, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert A. Stevenson, Buehl E. Truex, Richard L. Brendel, Christine A. Frysz, Warren S. Dabney, Haythem Hussein, Jose Luis Lorente-Adame, Robert Shawn Johnson, Scott Brainard, Christopher Michael Williams
  • Method and apparatus for setting cache policies in a processor
    Patent number: 7949834
    Abstract: According to the methods and apparatus taught herein, processor caching policies are determined using cache policy information associated with a target memory device accessed during a memory operation. According to one embodiment of a processor, the processor comprises at least one cache and a memory management unit. The at least one cache is configured to store information local to the processor. The memory management unit is configured to set one or more cache policies for the at least one cache. The memory management unit sets the one or more cache policies based on cache policy information associated with one or more target memory devices configured to store information used by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Michael William Morrow
  • TREATMENT Of RINGWORM
    Publication number: 20110118347
    Abstract: A compound of the formula CH3(CH2)n—RA—(CH2)m-(CH?CH)q—(CH2)p—X wherein RA=(a); q=0 or 1; m and p are independently selected integers of at least 1; n=0 or an integer of at least 1; X is a polar group selected from —CO2RS, where Rs?H, Na, K, —NHRI, —NRIRII or RIII; —CH3OH; —CH3NH2; —CH3NHRI; or —CH3NRIRII; wherein RI, RII and RIII are independently selected from C1-C6 alkyl or an aryl group, preferably a hydrophilically substituted C1-C6 alkyl or aryl group, or RIII is an esterified glycol; and wherein 20>m+n+p+2q?2; is useful for the treatment of ringworm infection caused by Trichophyton tonsurans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Vernolix Limited
    Inventor: Michael William Fowler
  • Virtual test market system and method
    Publication number: 20110119201
    Abstract: Systems and methods for conducting a virtual test market are disclosed. A system may include a virtual launch component, a transaction component, and a marketing simulation component. The components of the system may be used in combination to obtain, and analyze marketing data relating to a new product offering at a substantially reduced cost and resource level as compared to conventional techniques. The systems and methods disclosed may also be used to perform scenario analyses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Paul Jacob Zimmerman, JR., Delaine Sue Hampton, Kristin Leigh Sharp, June Irene Hahn, William Harry Rocklin, Erik Daniel Barthel, Tod Randall Taylor, Robin Mathews Cox, Richard Terrence Lynch, Michael William Freeland, Susan Terry Azmier, Christopher John Hannaford
  • Targeted satellite radio advertising using mobile network determined location
    Patent number: 7945204
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for determining a location of a satellite radio receiver and directing advertisements to the satellite radio receiver based on its current location. The current location of the satellite radio receiver is determined through communication with a wireless mobile device and a wireless communications network where the wireless mobile device is located in close proximity to the satellite radio receiver. Once a location is determined, a database of satellite radio advertisements is searched to identify advertisements directed towards a specific location, and these advertisements are transmitted to the satellite radio receiver across a satellite radio network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Johnson, Michael Williams, Roy Joseph
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOVAL OF IMPLANTABLE INTRAVASCULAR DEVICES
    Publication number: 20110112548
    Abstract: Improved methods, systems and apparatuses for extracting devices implanted within the vasculature of a patient are provided, including a method of extracting an intravascular device anchored in a vasculature of a patient, the device including a device body and a lead coupled to the device body, the lead having a distal end including an electrode, the distal end being fixed in a heart of the patient, the method comprising forming an incision in the vasculature, disconnecting the lead from the device body, removing the distal end of the lead from the heart, withdrawing the lead from the patient, disconnecting the device body from an anchor, and withdrawing the device body from the patient via the incision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel Fifer, Richard Glenn, Jeffrey Smith, Geoff Orth, Michael Williams, William Sanders, Earl Bardsley, Wendy Graczyk
  • Tissue sheets having improved properties
    Patent number: 7935409
    Abstract: The roll properties of tissue sheets are improved either by imparting cross-machine direction dominant bar-like protrusions to the air side of the tissue by using specially woven transfer fabrics and/or by offsetting recurring surface features of the sheet relative to the surface features of adjacent sheets within the roll, such as by providing a throughdryer fabric with an offset seam. Both techniques provide the resulting tissue sheets with improved capabilities for providing an improved combination of roll bulk and roll firmness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Burazin, Edward Joseph VanRengen, Kenneth Curtis Larson, Jerome Steven Veith, Ralph Lee Anderson, Michael William Veith
  • Locking automobile mat hanger and display device
    Publication number: 20110095155
    Abstract: A locking automobile mat hanger and display device consists of two hanger housings that cooperate with an interchangeable adapter insert to secure a plurality of automobile floor mats. The device includes housings having a retaining portion and an adapter insert, whereby the adapter insert and the retaining portion of the housing create channels in which automobile floor mats may be inserted and retained. The device also has a cutout section in the housings whereby a user may easily grasp and carry the entire mat hanger assembly. The device further contains a hook section disposed on the housings, which allows for the entire mat hanger assembly to be hung from retail displays, and also allows for efficient storage. The label application section of the hanger aids inventory organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Milella, JR., David Allen Reband, Karl Joseph Mazur, Michael William Negus, Robert A. Price
  • Externally loaded browser interpreter for non-native language support
    Patent number: 7921415
    Abstract: An interpreter program is described that may be loaded from an external resource when needed by a host. In one implementation, the interpreter program is written in a first language and is capable of interpreting a second language. A program, written in the second language, is provided as data to the interpreter program. The interpreter program may then execute the program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: TellMe Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael William Bodell, Matthew D. Oshry, Brandon William Porter
  • Capacitor and inductor elements physically disposed in series whose lumped parameters are electrically connected in parallel to form a bandstop filter
    Patent number: 7920916
    Abstract: One or more inductors and one or more capacitors are physically disposed relative to one another in series and are electrically connected to one another in parallel to form a bandstop filter. Chip inductors and chip capacitors having spaced apart conductive terminals are physically arranged in end-to-end abutting relation to minimize electrical potential between adjacent conductive terminals. The bandstop filter may be hermetically sealed within a biocompatible container for use with an implantable lead or electrode of a medical device. The values of the inductors and the capacitors are selected such that the bandstop filter is resonant at one or more selected frequencies, such as an MRI pulsed frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Shawn Johnson, Kishore Kumar Kondabatni, Christopher Michael Williams, Ryan Thomas Bauer, Scott Brainard, Qingshan Ye, Warren S. Dabney, Robert A. Stevenson, Jeff Fleigle, Holly Noelle Moschiano
  • Method and apparatus for determining optimal neuromuscular detection sites, novel diagnostic biosensor array formed in accordance with the same, and novel method for testing a patient using the novel diagnostic biosensor array
    Patent number: 7917201
    Abstract: This invention relates to the detection of bioelectric signals indicative of neuromuscular function. A mapping biosensor array is first used to identify, relative to reliable anatomical landmarks, the optimal myoelectrical detection site for the majority of the population. Then a diagnostic biosensor array is fabricated using this information so that when the diagnostic biosensor array is positioned on an individual using the reliable anatomical landmarks, the detection electrode is automatically positioned over the optimal detection site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: NeuroMetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Shai N. Gozani, Marie Neverov, Charles Fendrock, Michael Williams
  • Data prefetch throttle
    Patent number: 7917702
    Abstract: A system and method taught herein control data prefetching for a data cache by tracking prefetch hits and overall hits for the data cache. Data prefetching for the data cache is disabled based on the tracking of prefetch hits and data prefetching is enabled for the data cache based on the tracking of overall hits. For example, in one or more embodiments, a cache controller is configured to track a prefetch hit rate reflecting the percentage of hits on the data cache that involve prefetched data lines and disable data prefetching if the prefetch hit rate falls below a defined threshold. The cache controller also tracks an overall hit rate reflecting the overall percentage of data cache hits (versus misses) and enables data prefetching if the overall hit rate falls below a defined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael William Morrow, James Norris Dieffenderfer
  • CATALYTICALLY INACTIVE PROTEINS AND METHOD FOR RECOVERY OF ENZYMES FROM PLANT-DERIVED MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20110053195
    Abstract: An inactive xylanase molecule for the recovery of xylanase activity in plant-derived material containing active xylanase enzyme(s) and xylanase inhibitors. The inactive xylanase molecule of binds to xylanase inhibitors in the plant-derived material, thereby allowing accurate measurement of xylanase enzyme activity of the enzyme contained in the plant-derived material. The invention further includes amino acid molecules depicted by SEQ ID NOS. 4 through 112, wherein the catalytically active sites of each of the amino acids have been modified resulting in inactive xylanase molecules. A method of production of the inactive xylanase molecules includes expression of the inactive xylanase molecule in microbial or eukaryal (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Michael William Bauer, Justin DeFontes
  • HORSEBACK RIDING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20110047944
    Abstract: A horseback riding assembly comprises a saddle, the saddle including a body arranged about a central axis. The body has a proximal region to be adjacent a neck region of a horse. The body includes a pair of lateral portions extending outwardly from the central axis, each of the lateral portions having an inner panel portion providing an inner surface region for engaging a corresponding back region of the horse. An outer panel portion provides an outer surface for receiving a corresponding thigh region of a horseback rider. The body includes an access path between the inner panel portion and the outer panel portion. An assistance bar unit includes a gripping bar portion arranged to be oriented transverse to the central axis and adjacent the proximal region. The gripping bar portion has a pair of opposed end regions and a pair of support portions, each extending from a corresponding end region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Mary Lorna Longden, Michael William Ipkendanz
  • System and method for focused ion beam data analysis
    Patent number: 7897918
    Abstract: A system and method for improving FIB milling endpointing operations. The methods involve generating real-time images of the area being milled and real-time graphical plots of pixel intensities with an increased sensitivity over native FIB system generated images and plots. The images and plots are generated with raw signal data obtained from the native FIB system. More specifically, the raw signal data is processed according to specific algorithms for generating images and corresponding intensity graphs which can be reliably used for accurate endpointing. In particular, the displayed images will display more visual information regarding changes in milled material, while the intensity graphs will plot aggregate pixel intensity data on a dynamically adjusting scale to dramatically highlight relative changes in milled material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: DCG Systems
    Inventors: Michael William Phaneuf, Michael Anthony Anderson, Ken Guillaume Lagarec
  • COOLING MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20110042052
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cooling material which comprises a first spectrally selective component that comprises particles. The particles are arranged for emission of radiation predominantly having a wavelength or wavelength range within an atmospheric window wavelength range in which the atmosphere of the earth has a reduced average absorption and emission compared with an average absorption and emission in an adjacent wavelength range. Consequently, the cooling material is arranged for emission of thermal radiation and absorption of radiation from the atmosphere within that wavelength range is reduced. The cooling material further comprises a second spectrally selective component having a property that distinguishes the second spectrally selective component from the first spectrally selective component and facilitates at least one desired function of the cooling material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Geoffrey Burton Smith, Michael William Barnett, Christ William Barnett, Susan Dianne Barnett
  • Apparatus and method for surface modification using charged particle beams
    Patent number: 7893397
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for using high beam currents in FIB circuit edit operations, without the generation of electrostatic discharge events. An internal partial chamber is disposed over the circuit to be worked on by the FIB. The partial chamber has top and bottom apertures for allowing the ion beam to pass through, and receives a gas through a gas delivery nozzle. A non-reactive gas, or a combination of a non-reactive gas and a reactive gas, is added to the FIB chamber via the partial chamber, until the chamber reaches a predetermined pressure. At the predetermined pressure, the gas pressure in the partial chamber will be much greater than that of the chamber, and will be sufficiently high such that the gas molecules will neutralize charging induced by the beam passing through the partial chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Fibics Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael William Phaneuf, Ken Guillaume Lagarec, Alexander Krechmer