Patents by Inventor Robert A. Levin

Robert A. Levin 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).

  • Hand held device for automatically removing and replacing screw-on caps for cryogenic tubes, cryogenic vials and microtubes
    Patent number: 12497279
    Abstract: A handheld, battery operated device that, when activated, will grip a screw-cap on the top of a cryogenic vial, microtube, test tube or other pharmaceutical product container, and automatically rotate the cap in a counterclockwise direction to remove the cap, and automatically rotate the cap in a clockwise direction to fasten the cap back on the cryogenic vial, microtube, test tube or other pharmaceutical product container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Levin
  • HAND HELD DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY REMOVING AND REPLACING SCREW-ON CAPS FOR CRYOGENIC TUBES, CRYOGENIC VIALS AND MICROTUBES
    Publication number: 20230055698
    Abstract: A handheld, battery operated device that, when activated, will grip a screw-cap on the top of a cryogenic vial, microtube, test tube or other pharmaceutical product container, and automatically rotate the cap in a counterclockwise direction to remove the cap, and automatically rotate the cap in a clockwise direction to fasten the cap back on the cryogenic vial, microtube, test tube or other pharmaceutical product container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Levin
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING MARGIN REQUIREMENTS
    Publication number: 20110047096
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a system and method of applying value-at-risk determination of a financial portfolio to a performance bond requirement and comparing the value-at-risk determination with a traditional scenario-based performance bond requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
    Inventors: Robert A. Levin, Benjamin M. Chesir, Robert A. Biolsi
  • Method and system for determining margin requirements
    Patent number: 7813988
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a system and method of applying value-at-risk determination of a financial portfolio to a performance bond requirement and comparing the value-at-risk determination with a traditional scenario-based performance bond requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Levin, Benjamin M. Chesir, Robert A. Biolsi
  • Method And System For Determining Margin Requirements
    Publication number: 20080319920
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a system and method of applying value-at-risk determination of a financial portfolio to a performance bond requirement and comparing the value-at-risk determination with a traditional scenario-based performance bond requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Robert A. Levin, Benjamin M. Chesir, Robert A. Biolsi
  • Method and system for detecting network elements in an optical communications network
    Patent number: 7054554
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a method of detecting network elements in an optical communications network. The method includes an initiating network element generating a neighbor discovery message including a requested hierarchy level at which neighbor discovery is requested and transmitting the neighbor discovery message downstream along the optical communications network. A downstream network element receives the neighbor discovery message, determines if the downstream network element operates at the requested hierarchy level. The downstream network element generates a responding neighbor discovery message if the downstream network element operates at the requested hierarchy level and transmits the responding neighbor discovery message to the initiating network element. Alternate embodiments include a system and storage medium for implementing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: CIENA Corporation
    Inventors: Robert McNamara, Greg M. Bernstein, Robert A. Levin, Srinivasa Hebbar