Patents by Inventor Peter A. Klein

Peter A. Klein 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).

  • System and method for verifying the contents of a filled, capped pharmaceutical prescription
    Patent number: 7898657
    Abstract: A probe for a system for determining the chemical signature of a pharmaceutical compound. The probe comprises: a housing; an inlet in the housing adapted to be connected to a transmitting optical fiber; a scanning aperture in the housing; a receiving outlet in the housing adapted to be connected to a receiving optical fiber; at least one transmission reflector positioned in the housing to receive laser light from the transmitting optical fiber and reflect the laser light through the detection outlet to a pharmaceutical vial containing a pharmaceutical compound positioned outside the housing, and at least one receiving reflector positioned in the housing to receive light reflected by the pharmaceutical compound and reflect the light to the receiving outlet. This configuration can enable rapid and accurate scanning of a pharmaceutical contained in a vial positioned adjacent the detection outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Parata Systems, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Peter A. Klein, Wang-Long Zhou, Yongwu Yang, Victor Sapirstein, Jesse Samuel Eberdt, III, W. L. Douglas Townsend, Jr.
  • System and Method for Verifying the Contents of a Filled, Capped Pharmaceutical Prescription
    Publication number: 20080183410
    Abstract: A probe for a system for determining the chemical signature of a pharmaceutical compound. The probe comprises: a housing; an inlet in the housing adapted to be connected to a transmitting optical fiber; a scanning aperture in the housing; a receiving outlet in the housing adapted to be connected to a receiving optical fiber; at least one transmission reflector positioned in the housing to receive laser light from the transmitting optical fiber and reflect the laser light through the detection outlet to a pharmaceutical vial containing a pharmaceutical compound positioned outside the housing, and at least one receiving reflector positioned in the housing to receive light reflected by the pharmaceutical compound and reflect the light to the receiving outlet. This configuration can enable rapid and accurate scanning of a pharmaceutical contained in a vial positioned adjacent the detection outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Peter A. Klein, Jesse Samuel Eberdt, W.L. Douglas Townsend, Victor Sapirstein, Wang-Long Zhou, Yongwu Yang
  • Method and system for compiling source code containing natural language instructions
    Patent number: 6453465
    Abstract: A system and method for compiling source code comprising natural language declarations, natural language method calls, and natural language control structures into computer-executable object code is disclosed. The system and method allow the compilation of source code containing both natural language and computer language into computer-executable object code. The system and method use a component database, containing components and associated natural language instructions, to select one or more components having an instruction declaration associated with the natural language instruction. A solution manager is used to resolve ambiguities inherent in the use of natural language instructions in the source code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Inventor: Peter A. Klein
  • Method and system for compiling source code containing natural language instructions
    Patent number: 6173441
    Abstract: A system and method for compiling source code comprising natural language declarations, natural language method calls, and natural language control structures into computer-executable object code is disclosed. The system and method allow the compilation of source code containing both natural language and computer language into computer-executable object code. The system and method use a component database, containing components and associated natural language instructions, to select one or more components having an instruction declaration associated with the natural language instruction. A solution manager is used to resolve ambiguities inherent in the use of natural language instructions in the source code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Inventor: Peter A. Klein