Patents by Inventor Peter Willems

Peter Willems 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: 12260344
    Abstract: In an approach for a dynamic in-memory construction of a knowledge graph structure, the knowledge graph structure comprising a plurality of nodes and edges linking selected nodes to each other, a processor receives a record comprising a plurality of strings. The plurality of strings relates to a command combined with a set of strings. A processor determines content records relating to nodes relating to each of the strings. A processor assigns node identifiers for respective determined content records. A processor appends the node identifiers to a dynamic in-memory knowledge graph structure. A processor modifies an edge between selected ones of the node identifiers based on the command combined with the set of strings. A processor builds the dynamic in-memory knowledge graph structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Leonidas Georgopoulos, Peter Willem Jan Staar, Christoph Auer, Michele Dolfi, Konstantinos Bekas
  • Patent number: 12254033
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for searching a graph representing content of digital objects. A set of operations for traversing the graph may be determined according to a search request. The set of operations may be executed, resulting in intermediate result vectors of nodes and a result vector of nodes, wherein the result vector of nodes is associated with a result set of one or more object units of the digital objects. Intermediate result vectors may be selected from of the intermediate result vectors. A set of result entities may be identified. The set of result entities are entities which are part of the object units and part of entities represented by nodes of said selected intermediate result vectors. The set of result entities and the result set of object units may be provided as a result of the search request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Birgit Monika Pfitzmann, Kasper Dinkla, Michele Dolfi, Christoph Auer, Peter Willem Jan Staar, André Carvalho
  • Patent number: 12242190
    Abstract: In an approach to improve the field of photoacid generators (PAGs) through a new photoacid generator, in particular to a photoacid generator comprising a new polycyclic aromatic photoacid generator compound anion, and a photoresist composition, comprising said photoacid generator. Embodiments the present invention relate to a method of generating an acid using said photoresist composition and a method of forming a patterned materials feature on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Ingmar Meijer, Valery Weber, Peter Willem Jan Staar
  • Patent number: 12222987
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for performing a search using a hypergraph. Entities are identified. A knowledge graph using the entities is generated, wherein nodes of the knowledge graph represent the entities and edges between the nodes represent pair-wise relationships, and wherein each of the edges carries an edge score that quantifies a degree of coherence between a pair of the entities. A hypergraph using the knowledge graph is generated, wherein nodes of the hypergraph represent the entities and hyperedges represent relationships between multiple entities, and wherein each of the hyperedges carries a hyperedge score that quantifies a degree of coherence between the multiple entities. A search request is received. A search result is generated using the hypergraph, wherein the search result comprises a set of coherently related entities. The search result is returned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lokesh Mishra, Gerhard Ingmar Meijer, Peter Willem Jan Staar, Michele Dolfi
  • Patent number: 12216402
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel photoacid generator compound cation, comprising an element having for 92 eV photons (extreme ultraviolet (EUV)) an absorption cross section of at least 0.5×107·cm2/mol; having at least two stable oxidation states; and selected from the elements of group 1 to group 15 of the periodic table of the elements. Additionally, the present invention relates to a photoacid generator comprising said photoacid generator compound cation and an anion. Furthermore, the present invention aims to provide a photoresist composition comprising said photoacid generator and an acid labile polymer. Finally, the present invention relates to a method of generating an acid using the photoresist composition and a method of forming a patterned materials feature on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Ingmar Meijer, Valery Weber, Peter Willem Jan Staar
  • Patent number: 12210827
    Abstract: Ranking a plurality of text elements, each comprising at least one word, by specificity. For each text element to be ranked, such a method includes computing an embedding vector that locates a text element in an embedding space, and selecting a set of text fragments from reference text. Each of these text fragments contains the text element to be ranked and further text elements. For each text fragment, the method calculates respective distances in the embedding space between the further text elements. The method further includes calculating a specificity score for the text element to be ranked and storing the specificity score. After ranking the plurality of text elements, a text data structure using the specificity scores for text elements to extract data having a desired specificity from the data structure may be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francesco Fusco, Cesar Berrospi Ramis, Peter Willem Jan Staar
  • Publication number: 20240385505
    Abstract: An organometallic compound, composition, and dry photoresist or hardmask for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography are disclosed. The organometallic compound includes at least one bismuth element selected from Bi(III) and Bi(V). The organometallic compound also includes at least one C1 to C6 alkyl ligand and at least one terminal or bridging ligand A (O, S, or N—R, where the R group in N—R is H or a C1 to C6 alkyl) bonded to the bismuth element. Methods for preparing the dry photoresist or hardmask composition and for using the composition to form patterned material features on a substrate are disclosed as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Gerhard Ingmar Meijer, Valery Weber, Lucas Morin, AKIHIRO KISHIMOTO, Peter Willem Jan Staar
  • Publication number: 20240378185
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of determining a table structure of a table. The method comprises receiving an image of the table. The method further comprises receiving the table structure of the table in response to inputting the image of the table into a table recognition neural network. The table structure comprises a single token assigned to each cell of the table. The single token assigned to each cell of the table is selected from a finite number of tokens. The table structure comprises a row of tokens for each row of the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Maksym Lysak, Peter Willem Jan Staar, Nikolaos Livathinos, Ahmed Samy Nassar, Christoph Auer
  • Patent number: 12135503
    Abstract: Organometallic photoresists suitable for use in deep ultraviolet (DUV) or extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography are provided. The organometallic photoresists contain an organometallic molecule having least a metal element M selected from the group consisting of Bi, Sb, and mixtures thereof, and having an oxidation state of 3+, and at least one polymerizable group R. A method of forming a patterned materials feature on a substrate utilizing the organometallic photoresist compositions is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Ingmar Meijer, Valery Weber, Peter Willem Jan Staar
  • Patent number: 12118039
    Abstract: A computing system, program products and computer-implemented method of exploring data comprises accessing data structures and executing an interaction loop. Data structure captures connected graph nodes associated with attributes containing human-readable data. Interaction loop receives user-selected attributes associated with focal nodes and executes subroutines to determine layouts of an arborescence extending from focal nodes. The subroutines use starting nodes and pivot attributes as arguments. Identifying nodes of subroutines are connected to starting nodes by walking the graph and comparing pivot attributes with attributes associated with connected nodes, obtaining distance-dependent quantities. Subroutines compute layout data, including coordinates of the connected nodes. Coordinates are determined in accordance with the distance-dependent quantities. Interaction loop displays arborescence according to the layout data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Maksym Lysak, Viktor Kuropiatnyk, Nikolaos Livathinos, Cesar Berrospi Ramis, Peter Willem Jan Staar, Abderrahim Labbi
  • Publication number: 20240321412
    Abstract: The invention is notably directed to a computer-implemented method to generate a synthetic data set. The synthetic data set comprises a plurality of chemical documents and each of the plurality of chemical documents comprises a respective set of chemical objects. The method comprises a step of receiving configuration data, the configuration data comprising a set of configuration parameters for the data set. The method further comprises performing, in an iterative manner, for each of the plurality of chemical documents the steps of generating, by a structure generation module, a respective document structure for each of the respective chemical documents in accordance with the configuration data, generating, by a content generation module, the respective set of chemical objects for the respective chemical document and arranging the respective set of chemical objects on the respective chemical document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Nikolaos Livathinos, Maksym Lysak, Ahmed Samy Nassar, Peter Willem Jan Staar, Valery Weber, Gerhard Ingmar Meijer
  • Patent number: 12083536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for cleaning outside or inside air that is polluted by solid particles. The method comprises a specific sequence of measures for promoting agglomeration and/or coagulation of the particles, including ionization, followed by a series of filtrations. This lead to a surprising removal of ultra-fine particles of 1-100 ?m with a great efficiency. The invention includes an apparatus for the application of the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Van Wees Innovations B.V.
    Inventor: Peter Willem Van Wees
  • Publication number: 20240233223
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for automatically generating table images. The method includes determining a table configuration including a number of rows of the table, a number of columns of the table and a spanning area of the table, the spanning area indicating a fraction of spanning cells in the table. The table may be generated in accordance with the table configuration. Content may be inserted into cells of the table using a selected content template. An image table of an appearance of the table may be created and the image table may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Nikolaos Livathinos, Maksym Lysak, Ahmed Samy Nassar, Peter Willem Jan Staar
  • Patent number: 11940962
    Abstract: A method for creating a database for a domain specific application includes providing a centralized data repository comprising data from different sources, identifying a set of data units of the repository that represent a specific domain, determining a pivotal entity type for an application, determining a mapping between different identifiers of the pivotal entity type, creating a reference set by selecting a first subset of the set of data units using the mapping, wherein the first subset represents the pivotal entity type, selecting, based at least in part on the mapping, a second subset of the set of data units, wherein the second subset represents non-pivotal entity types which are related to instances of the pivotal entity type in the reference set; and creating a database from data units and associated attributes selected from the reference set of data units and the second subset of data units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nikolaos Livathinos, Maksym Lysak, Viktor Kuropiatnyk, Cesar Berrospi Ramis, Peter Willem Jan Staar, Abderrahim Labbi
  • Patent number: 11934419
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for displaying a search result in a user interface comprising a sequence of K table rows, a sequence of first type columns (named regular columns) and a sequence of B second type columns (named braided columns), the search result comprising values of attributes. The method includes creating a structure that includes a sequence table rows and a sequence of regular columns and a sequence of braided columns. The method selects a row of the sequence of rows and a braided column of the braided columns for displaying the search result. In each regular column a regular cell that is included in the selected row may be defined. From a braided column a braided cell may be defined that includes in the selected row and subsequent B?1 rows. The attributes values are displayed in the defined regular and braided cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kasper Dinkla, Michele Dolfi, Christoph Auer, Birgit Monika Pfitzmann, Peter Willem Jan Staar
  • Publication number: 20240069442
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel photoacid generator compound cation, comprising an element having for 92 eV photons (extreme ultraviolet (EUV)) an absorption cross section of at least 0.5×107·cm2/mol; having at least two stable oxidation states; and selected from the elements of group 1 to group 15 of the periodic table of the elements. Additionally, the present invention relates to a photoacid generator comprising said photoacid generator compound cation and an anion. Furthermore, the present invention aims to provide a photoresist composition comprising said photoacid generator and an acid labile polymer. Finally, the present invention relates to a method of generating an acid using the photoresist composition and a method of forming a patterned materials feature on a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Gerhard Ingmar Meijer, Valery Weber, Peter Willem Jan Staar
  • Patent number: 11846886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel photoacid generator compound cation, comprising an element having for 92 eV photons (extreme ultraviolet (EUV)) an absorption cross section of at least 0.5×107·cm2/mol; having at least two stable oxidation states; and selected from the elements of group 1 to group 15 of the periodic table of the elements. Additionally, the present invention relates to a photoacid generator comprising said photoacid generator compound cation and an anion. Furthermore, the present invention aims to provide a photoresist composition comprising said photoacid generator and an acid labile polymer. Finally, the present invention relates to a method of generating an acid using the photoresist composition and a method of forming a patterned materials feature on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Ingmar Meijer, Valery Weber, Peter Willem Jan Staar
  • Patent number: 11832582
    Abstract: A leg (205) detection system comprising: a robotic arm (200) comprising a gripping portion (208) for holding a teat cup (203, 210) for attaching to a teat (1102, 1104, 1106, 1108, 203S, 203) of a dairy livestock (200, 202, 203); an imaging system coupled to the robotic arm (200) and configured to capture a first three-dimensional (3D) image (138, 2400, 2500) of a rearview of the dairy livestock (200, 202, 203) in a stall (402), the imaging system comprising a 3D camera (136, 138) or a laser (132), wherein each pixel of the first 3D image (138, 2400, 2500) is associated with a depth value; one or more memory (104) devices configured to store a reference (3D) 3D image (138, 2400, 2500) of the stall (402) without any dairy livestock (200, 202, 203); and a processor (102) communicatively coupled to the imaging system and the one or more memory (104) devices, the processor (102) configured to: access the first 3D image (138, 2400, 2500) and the reference (3D) 3D image (138, 2400, 2500); subtract the first 3D image
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Mark A. Foresman, Bradley J. Prevost, Marijn Van Aart, Peter Willem van der Sluis, Alireza Janani
  • Publication number: 20230252078
    Abstract: A computing system, program products and computer-implemented method of exploring data comprises accessing data structures and executing an interaction loop. Data structure captures connected graph nodes associated with attributes containing human-readable data. Interaction loop receives user-selected attributes associated with focal nodes and executes subroutines to determine layouts of an arborescence extending from focal nodes. The subroutines use starting nodes and pivot attributes as arguments. Identifying nodes of subroutines are connected to starting nodes by walking the graph and comparing pivot attributes with attributes associated with connected nodes, obtaining distance-dependent quantities. Subroutines compute layout data, including coordinates of the connected nodes. Coordinates are determined in accordance with the distance-dependent quantities. Interaction loop displays arborescence according to the layout data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Maksym Lysak, Viktor Kuropiatnyk, Nikolaos Livathinos, Cesar Berrospi Ramis, Peter Willem Jan Staar, Abderrahim Labbi
  • Publication number: 20230252309
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for building a knowledge graph. A computer system converts user inputs as to a partial topology of a knowledge graph that a user wants to build into one or more initial nodes corresponding to respective natural language descriptions. A computer system interprets the respective natural language descriptions using natural language processing to match the one or more initial nodes against reference data. A computer system, based on matched reference data, obtains a valid topology of nodes and edges, wherein the nodes and edges are mapped onto the matched reference data. A computer system, based on the valid topology, generates a data flow linking to the matched reference data via associations of the nodes and edges and the matched reference data. A computer system builds an executable knowledge graph from the data flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Birgit Monika Pfitzmann, Christoph Auer, Kasper Dinkla, Michele Dolfi, Peter Willem Jan Staar