Patents by Inventor Paul J. Higgins

Paul J. Higgins 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: 11914734
    Abstract: A method for protecting content, comprising receiving, from a client device, a request for an encryption key for encrypting the content comprising a reference associated with the client device, identifying a set of supported security capabilities corresponding to the reference associated with the client device, identifying a set of required security capabilities corresponding to the content associated with the key request, determining if the set of supported security capabilities satisfy the set of required security capabilities, and in response to determining that the supported security capabilities satisfy the set of required security capabilities, transmitting the encryption key to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Ananth Seetharam, Sean J. Higgins, Paul R. Osborne
  • Patent number: 8563446
    Abstract: A method for forming a trench structure is provided for a semiconductor and/or memory device, such as an DRAM device. In one embodiment, the method for forming a trench structure includes forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate, and exposing the sidewalls of the trench to an arsenic-containing gas to adsorb an arsenic containing layer on the sidewalls of the trench. A material layer is then deposited on the sidewalls of the trench to encapsulate the arsenic-containing layer between the material layer and sidewalls of the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ashima B. Chakravarti, Jacob B. Dadson, Paul J. Higgins, Babar A. Khan, John J. Moore, Christopher C. Parks, Rohit S. Takalkar
  • Publication number: 20120228736
    Abstract: A method for forming a trench structure is provided for a semiconductor and/or memory device, such as an DRAM device. In one embodiment, the method for forming a trench structure includes forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate, and exposing the sidewalls of the trench to an arsenic-containing gas to adsorb an arsenic containing layer on the sidewalls of the trench. A material layer is then deposited on the sidewalls of the trench to encapsulate the arsenic-containing layer between the material layer and sidewalls of the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ashima B. Chakravarti, Jacob B. Dadson, Paul J. Higgins, Babar A. Khan, John J. Moore, Christopher C. Parks, Rohit S. Takalkar
  • Patent number: 8236710
    Abstract: A method for forming a trench structure is provided for a semiconductor and/or memory device, such as an DRAM device. In one embodiment, the method for forming a trench structure includes forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate, and exposing the sidewalls of the trench to an arsenic-containing gas to adsorb an arsenic containing layer on the sidewalls of the trench. A material layer is then deposited on the sidewalls of the trench to encapsulate the arsenic-containing layer between the material layer and sidewalls of the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ashima B. Chakravarti, Jacob B. Dadson, Paul J. Higgins, Babar A. Khan, John J. Moore, Christopher C. Parks, Rohit S. Takalkar
  • Publication number: 20120086103
    Abstract: A method for forming a trench structure is provided for a semiconductor and/or memory device, such as an DRAM device. In one embodiment, the method for forming a trench structure includes forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate, and exposing the sidewalls of the trench to an arsenic-containing gas to adsorb an arsenic containing layer on the sidewalls of the trench. A material layer is then deposited on the sidewalls of the trench to encapsulate the arsenic-containing layer between the material layer and sidewalls of the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: ASHIMA B. CHAKRAVARTI, Jacob B. Dadson, Paul J. Higgins, Babar A. Khan, John J. Moore, Christopher C. Parks, Rohit S. Takalkar
  • Patent number: 5851528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel chimeric proteins comprising a first polypeptide which inhibits complement activation, linked to a second polypeptide which inhibits complement activation, nucleic acids encoding novel chimeric proteins and methods of reducing inflammation with the administration of the chimeric proteins of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Cytomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jone-Long Ko, Paul J. Higgins, C. Grace Yeh
  • Patent number: 5477241
    Abstract: A screen commanding utility is provided that permits a user to select the number of display pixels are used to represent a designated unit length of printed output in a computer system's display screen. The screen commander is arranged to determine the location(s) at which the operating system stores the current DPI setting. Then, when a command is received from a user to adjust the DPI settings, the desired new DPI setting are stored in the current DPI settings location(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Binar Graphics Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul J. Higgins, Scott D. Vouri
  • Patent number: 5420605
    Abstract: A method of resetting the screen display mode in a computer system having a display monitor is disclosed. The method is arranged to reset the display mode while a designated operating system such as a windowing environment based operating system is running, without requiring the operating system or any currently running application(s) to be exited and reloaded. The method includes the step of receiving a user initiated input requesting a change in the display mode. After a display mode request is received, the operating system display characteristic variables are reset to values that are appropriate for the requested display mode. Additionally, the display driver display characteristic variables are reset to values that are appropriate for the requested display mode. Moreover, the hardware mode is set to a mode that is appropriate for the requested display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Binar Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Vouri, Paul J. Higgins
  • Patent number: 4317877
    Abstract: Malignant and pre-malignant cells in humans are detected by contacting an antibody to oncofoetal deoxythymidine kinase with human cells and detecting the presence of cells containing oncofoetal deoxythymidine kinase antigen bound to the antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1982
    Assignee: Sloan Kettering Institute
    Inventors: M. Earl Balis, Paul J. Higgins, Josephine S. Salser