Patents by Inventor Peter Clifton

Peter Clifton 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).

  • Drinking apparatus
    Publication number: 20060102636
    Abstract: A drinking apparatus including: a container having a lid and defining an internal cavity for holding a body of liquid; a valve element operates in conjunction with an opening on the container and is operable between an open condition and a closed condition; the valve element is biased to the closed condition wherein the apparatus completely encapsulates the internal cavity to thereby prevent substances from being introduced to the cavity; and removal of the lid from the container results in an indication that the apparatus has been tampered with.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Clifton, Craig Chamulko
  • TMR sensor with oxidized alloy barrier layer and method for forming the same
    Publication number: 20050168317
    Abstract: A tunneling magnetoresistive stack includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a tunnel barrier layer on the first ferromagnetic layer, and a second ferromagnetic layer on the tunnel barrier layer. The tunneling magnetoresistive stack exhibits a negative exchange coupling between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer indicating that the tunneling magnetoresistive stack has a high quality tunnel barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Peter Clifton, Eric Singleton, David Larson, Brian Karr, Kristin Duxstad