Patents by Inventor Ralph E. Howe

Ralph E. Howe 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: 4403303
    Abstract: A terminal configuration management system manages the configuration of a microprocessor-based computer terminal which includes three types of memory elements: non-volatile read only memory, non-volatile read/write memory, and volatile random access memory, including configuration registers for storing short term configuration data that defines the configuration of the terminal. The read only memory has a block of standard configuration data, as well as configuration management processing routines stored therein which allow configuration parameters defined by the configuration data to be selectively displayed on the display screen of the terminal and to be readily modified and/or summarized through the use of specially labeled keys of a keyboard included in the terminal which correspond to the labeling used to identify the choices of configuration parameter values and groupings displayed on menu lists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1983
    Assignee: Beehive International
    Inventors: Ralph E. Howes, John E. Benson, Ruben S. Longwell
  • Patent number: 4131691
    Abstract: A method of coating a substrate in an electrical discharge plasma, which comprises establishing a zone of electrical glow discharge plasma in a gaseous medium comprising at least about 25%, by weight, of water vapor, based on the total weight of the gaseous medium, and exposing said substrate to said plasma in said zone then exposing the substrate to an ethylenically unsaturated monomer whereby the monomer is grafted onto the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1978
    Assignee: Surface Activation Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Morley, Ralph E. Howe