Patents by Inventor Raymond L. Gardner

Raymond L. Gardner 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).

  • SAG nanowire growth with a planarization process
    Patent number: 11929253
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a nanowire structure. According to an exemplary process, a substrate is firstly provided. An intact buffer region is formed over the substrate, and a sacrificial top portion of the intact buffer region is eliminated to provide a buffer layer with a planarized top surface. Herein, the planarized top surface has a vertical roughness below 10 ?. Next, a patterned mask with an opening is formed over the buffer layer, such that a portion of the planarized top surface of the buffer layer is exposed. A nanowire is formed over the exposed portion of the planarized top surface of the buffer layer through the opening of the patterned mask. The buffer layer is configured to have a lattice constant that provides a transition between the lattice constant of the substrate and the lattice constant of the nanowire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey C. Gardner, Sergei V. Gronin, Raymond L. Kallaher, Michael James Manfra
  • Deployment of object code
    Patent number: 11321349
    Abstract: The system manages database structure updates. The system may receive, via a development gateway, a development script. The system may also copy, via a backup engine to an update module, an existing object code. The system may deploy, via an update engine, the development script directly to the database structure. The system may also generate new object code within the database structure associated with the existing object code. The system may determine, via a database health monitoring module, at least one of a successful deployment of the new object code or an unsuccessful deployment of the new object code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond L. Gardner, Srinivas Somavarapu
  • Deployment Of Object Code
    Publication number: 20190087477
    Abstract: The system manages database structure updates. The system may receive, via a development gateway, a development script. The system may also copy, via a backup engine to an update module, an existing object code. The system may deploy, via an update engine, the development script directly to the database structure. The system may also generate new object code within the database structure associated with the existing object code. The system may determine, via a database health monitoring module, at least one of a successful deployment of the new object code or an unsuccessful deployment of the new object code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond L. Gardner, Srinivas Somavarapu
  • System and method for managing data and updates to a database structure
    Patent number: 10157215
    Abstract: The system manages database structure updates. The system may receive, via a development gateway, a development script. The system may also copy, via a backup engine to an update module, an existing object code. The system may deploy, via an update engine, the development script directly to the database structure. The system may also generate new object code within the database structure associated with the existing object code. The system may determine, via a database health monitoring module, at least one of a successful deployment of the new object code or an unsuccessful deployment of the new object code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond L. Gardner, Srinivas Somavarapu
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA AND UPDATES TO A DATABASE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20180357293
    Abstract: The system manages database structure updates. The system may receive, via a development gateway, a development script. The system may also copy, via a backup engine to an update module, an existing object code. The system may deploy, via an update engine, the development script directly to the database structure. The system may also generate new object code within the database structure associated with the existing object code. The system may determine, via a database health monitoring module, at least one of a successful deployment of the new object code or an unsuccessful deployment of the new object code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond L. Gardner, Srinivas Somavarapu
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA AND UPDATES TO A DATABASE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20170199922
    Abstract: The system manages database structure updates. The system may receive, via a development gateway, a development script. The system may also copy, via a backup engine to an update module, an existing object code. The system may deploy, via an update engine, the development script directly to the database structure. The system may also generate new object code within the database structure associated with the existing object code. The system may determine, via a database health monitoring module, at least one of a successful deployment of the new object code or an unsuccessful deployment of the new object code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond L. Gardner, Srinivas Somavarapu