Patents by Inventor Peter B. Merkle

Peter B. Merkle 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).

  • Tag and seal employing a micromachine artifact
    Patent number: 10776678
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to authenticate a tamper resistant seal that includes a population of particles embedded in an adhesive, the population including at least one micromachine artifact of a predetermined physical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventor: Peter B. Merkle
  • TAG AND SEAL EMPLOYING A MICROMACHINE ARTIFACT
    Publication number: 20170316294
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to authenticate a tamper resistant seal that includes a population of particles embedded in an adhesive, the population including at least one micromachine artifact of a predetermined physical shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventor: Peter B. Merkle
  • Tag and seal employing a micromachine artifact
    Patent number: 9652703
    Abstract: A tamper resistant seal including a population of particles embedded in an adhesive, the population including at least one micromachine artifact of a predetermined physical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventor: Peter B. Merkle
  • Real-time human collaboration monitoring and intervention
    Patent number: 7751878
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for monitoring and intervening in, in real time, a collaboration between a plurality of subjects comprising measuring indicia of physiological and cognitive states of each of the plurality of subjects, communicating the indicia to a monitoring computer system, with the monitoring computer system, comparing the indicia with one or more models of previous collaborative performance of one or more of the plurality of subjects, and with the monitoring computer system, employing the results of the comparison to communicate commands or suggestions to one or more of the plurality of subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Peter B. Merkle, Curtis M. Johnson, Wendell B. Jones, Gerold Yonas, Adele B. Doser, David J. Warner